The Dead Don't Testify
Premieres: Thurs, October 1st 2026
Episode Count: 6
System: The Haunted RPG (Follow on Gamefound)
Series Synopsis
In the freezing, post-Crash winter of December 1929, weary private eye George Valentine and grieving medium Faye Bellwether are forced into an unlikely partnership. When Faye's twin brother is murdered and George's missing ex-wife is linked to the crime, their investigation drags them into the corrupt underbelly of Bellweather City, where powerful factions rewrite history, and the dead are forced to keep their secrets.
Content Warnings: Intense horror content, including claustrophobic underground mine scenes, child endangerment, light body horror, plus themes of grief, religious trauma, and death (people or animals). Listener discretion is advised.
Cast
- Maia Wilson: Gamemaster, Editor & Narrator
- Michael Gilbert: as Detective George Valentine
- Anna Glover as Medium Faye Bellwether
About the System
Haunted is a tabletop roleplaying game of supernatural noir investigation. You and your fellow investigators take on impossible cases in a city that smells like rain and something worse, a place where the dead have opinions, the cults are real, and every case reaches back further than you'd like.
You play troubled people: the reckless Bull, the spooky Medium, the dogged Shamus, and others, each carrying a wound at their center that broke the way they see the world. There are no dice in Haunted. Every uncertain moment is resolved by drawing from a tarot deck: the Major Arcana for a clean success, the numbered cards for a price you'll pay. The whole table reads the card together to decide what just happened. Beneath the casework runs a second story, each investigator's Redemption Arc, the slow and optional work of facing the person who haunts them.
Credits & Disclaimers
The Dead Don’t Testify is a promotional actual play showcase sponsored by Burzerkerr Studios, creators of Haunted RPG.
Each installment in Maia’s Game Room tells a self-contained story with unique characters and plots, so you can jump in anywhere without worrying about the order. Note: While the seasons are standalone, the episodes within each season follow a continuous narrative. So once you start a season, listen in numerical order for the full story.