OUT OF THE MIST
OUT OF THE MIST
Podcast
· Thriller · 45 pages
In the coastal town of Crescent Point, a community journalist and radio host, who has a secret and personal reason for pursuing the truth behind the infamous twenty-year-old GoatMan Killer Case, reaches out to the recently released and possibly-deranged child-murderer himself. Think "Dateline" meets "The X-Files".
Written by
Leon Masters and David Calbert
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Accolade Highlights
Finalist,
Shore Scripts Fiction Podcast Contest 2020
Second Rounder,
Austin Film Festival 2021
2 Writers
Los Angeles, California
Leon is a queer man who was raised in the proudly weird, central coast hippie-town and former Murder Capital of the World, Santa Cruz, California. He writes crime thriller, supernatural horror, and science fiction teleplays, features, podcasts, and shorts that place gay and transgender characters in key roles and explore LGBT+ issues. Leon has an ...
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Leon Masters is a one-hour genre writer whose writing fuses the othering of supernatural creatures and real-world horrors to explore issues facing trans and other marginalized folks. Raised in the former Murder Capital of the World, he developed an off-beat sense of humor when it comes to tackling serious issues, and is heavily influenced by his background where cults, ghost-hunts and séances felt like the norm. With a voice to die for and a truly one-of-a-kind perspective, Leon is ready to take on TV.
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Los Angeles, CA
David Calbert is a screenwriter and graduate of UCLA's MFA program in Screenwriting.
He loves all things horror
Additional Project Info
Winner, Roadmap Writers Podcasting Competition 2023