Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

Narrated by: Gregory D. Barnett, Sam Slade, Kimberly Bonny, Louis B. Jack, James Lewis, Jay Aaseng

From the macabre mind of a Bram Stoker Award-nominated author, this heart-pounding novel of horror and psychological suspense takes a ghost hunting reality TV crew into a world they could never have imagined.

Fade to Black is the newest hit ghost hunting reality TV show. Led by husband and wife team Matt and Claire Kirklin, it delivers weekly hauntings investigated by a dedicated team of ghost hunting experts.

Episode Thirteen takes them to every ghost hunter's holy grail: the Paranormal Research Foundation. This brooding, derelict mansion holds secrets and clues about bizarre experiments that took place there in the 1970s. It's also famously haunted, and the team hopes their scientific techniques and high tech gear will prove it. But as the house begins to reveal itself to them, proof of an afterlife might not be everything Matt dreamed of. A story told in broken pieces, in tapes, journals, and correspondence, this is the story of Episode Thirteen—and how everything went terribly, horribly wrong.

"An epistolary descent into a living nightmare . . . well-written and genuinely unsettling. Fans of paranormal documentaries, ghost-hunting shows, and found-footage horror will lose their minds over this one."—Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Kin

“A beautiful Russian doll of a story… Episode Thirteen hooks you, creeps you out, and then it overwhelms you. It’s House of Leaves meets Haunting of Hill House, in all the best possible ways.”—Peter Clines, NYT bestselling author of The Broken Room

For more from Craig DiLouie, check out:

The Children of Red Peak

Our War

One of Us

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Craig DiLouie (P)2023 Redhook

Critic reviews

“A beautiful Russian doll of a story… Episode Thirteen hooks you, creeps you out, and then it overwhelms you. It’s House of Leaves meets Haunting of Hill House, in all the best possible ways.”—Peter Clines, NYT Bestselling Author of The Broken Room

“Episode Thirteen does not go where you think it will…instead it offers bizarre twists, devious reveals, and unexpected shocks. Deeply satisfying and a hell of a lot of weird fun!”—Jonathan Maberry—New York Times Bestselling Author of Patient Zero

"An epistolary descent into a living nightmare . . . well-written and genuinely unsettling. Fans of paranormal documentaries, ghost-hunting shows, and found-footage horror will lose their minds over this one."—Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Kin

Just okay

It was very slow building and the characters weren't particularly likeable (in my opinion). The sound effects got a little annoying after a while for me. Once the story took off, it felt like a big build up to very disappointing yuppie mumbo jumbo.

When a TV show becomes a book

Captivating story, interesting characters (albeit underdeveloped) and mysterious ending. Entertaining. I recommend it during a car ride.

Not quite there

It started off good but really petered out. Once we got to the actual paranormal parts, it went down hill.

Episode thirteen

This love was so great and scary and everything that happened in the book I didn’t expect to like it this much

it started out good

The story started out good but then went into another direction. I completed 90% of it.

Grave Encounters meets House of Leaves.

A great found footage foray into the world of the paranormal and cosmic horror. If the title of the review intrigued you, then you are more than likely going to enjoy this book.

Fun listen!

Enjoyable found footage style horror in novel form. I wasn't sure if it would work, but it comes together nicely.

Unique and Kept me Interested

This is such a crazy way to tell a story but I’m here for it. I was worried with so much character set up to start that I would get bored but once the story picked up, it never let up. I found myself so disappointed that it ended.

I loved the haunted house theme

Overall I loved the story and the characters well being unlikeable were we're good and acted well. The podcast style sound effects could good and could be annoying at times, but for the most part I liked them.

I went into it having an idea of what the theme would be, but it was different by the end than I expected and that was enjoyable.

huge production value gets in the way

cool story, but the large cast, sounds, and style actually detracted from my enjoyment. DNF