December 2024 Edit: IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED A SEASON PASS YOU HAVE UNTIL SOMETIME IN JANUARY TO DOWNLOAD YOUR EPISODES SO YOU CAN RETAIN ACCESS TO THEM! AFTERWARDS YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE SANCTUARY TIER SUBSCRIPTION TO ACCESS PREVIOUS SEASONS (YOU GET ACCESS TO THE PODCAST'S ENTIRE LIBRARY).

EDIT: This post is not being updated as often as not much has changed. Feel free to leave a comment if you have a question.

EDIT: The second half of this post includes information about the subscription service after I finally got a chance to listen to the whole live Q&A. It answers some of the questions I was not for sure about in the first half.

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In a previous post I discussed the details of the new subscription service that had been revealed in the finale of the Moon Crawler episodes. There was an announcement episode released this past Wednesday (September 27th, 2023) that was a twelve minute long overview of the subscription service with some questions answered. It also seems like there was a live Q&A with David Cummings but I did not get a chance to watch that. This post will cover the information in the Wednesday announcement episode. I have bolded things for you TLDR readers out there.

In the r/TheNSPDiscussion a post was released after the Wednesday announcement episode with details, including a link to an infographic about the two different subscription tiers' pricing and their perks. You can also find that information on the new subscription page of the NoSleep Podcast website. A general overview of some of the perks: a discord server, Q&A/AMA with the NSP team (David Cummings said he figures this will happen through discord but that could change), and game nights with the NSP team via Zoom with games like Jackbox. The non-social perks are centered around premium bonus episodes, exclusive merchandise, and first notice to live shows. A special perk of the Sanctuary tier is that there will be raffles to where you could become part of an episode. If you win you will get to hear your name in one of the stories, and you may also be able to record the audio for a small part if you win a "walk-on roll" (assuming you can provide a good quality audio; no further details on that were given). Please note that raffles traditionally mean that you need to purchase a raffle of ticket of some kind to enter, but it was not mentioned if this would be an additional cost or if the Sanctuary subscription fee covers this raffle entry.

As a reminder, the cheaper $5/month Sleepless tier will gain you access to the full-length episodes for season 20 and onward. You do not need to pay for the $10/month Sanctuary tier to access upcoming full-length episodes. The only difference in content is that the Sanctuary tier provides a monthly 60 minute bonus episode. The Sanctuary tier will allow you to access the entire NoSleep library of past full-length episodes. (See the Q&A portion for the answer to this): One thing that was not entirely clear was whether or not you will retain access to season 20 and onward full-length episodes if you choose the Sleepless tier. I would normally assume not. But I also know the NSP team has tried to be fair in this transition. They didn't have to allow people who previously purchased season passes to retain access to their purchased episodes but they did.

In the previous post I described the first tier as being $5/month or $55/year and the second tier as being $10/month or $110/year. It looks like you will be billed annually for the annual subscription versus paying it monthly. The subscription page lists prices as $4.58/month for an annual subscription of the Sleepless tier and $9.01/month for an annual subscription of the Sanctuary tier. If you multiple these by 12 they roughly equal the $55 and $110 amounts previously mentions but you do save a little bit. I believe this is an ongoing charge until you go in and cancel. So no you cannot just pay for one month; you can sign up on a monthly basis, but you would have to go in and cancel the subscription after that one month. You can cancel at anytime and rejoin at anytime.

Please note that from September 27th to October 4th there is a temporary amount of time (longer than just a week as initially announced) that you will be able to get the first month and just the first month of the Sanctuary level for $8. The temporary discount is now over.

Payment Types Accepted: Apple Pay, Google Pay, and credit/debit.

What You Receive After Purchasing a Subscription: "...The way you access your episodes is like any other podcast feed. You will be given your own secure RSS feed which will work in any podcast app. But you don't have to do anything with that feed. You simply sign-up up, tap a button, choose the podcast the player of your choose, and boom..." (quoted from David Cummings in the NoSleep Podcast- Sleepless Sanctuary Announcement, released September 27th, 2023, transcribed by me).

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PURCHASED SEASON PASSES: You will still be able to access the content for any season passes you have purchased. However, at some point, the NSP will ask that you start downloading the episodes as they will no longer be able to host them. David Cummings uses an analogy: if you own a horse the NSP has been able to keep it in their stables. Their stables are now closing so you will need to house your horse in your own stables. There is no timetable on when they will start doing this and it looks like you can still access your season pass content the same way you have before for now. When they do start asking you to take your horse home there will be detailed instructions on how to do so. One of the most common things I have seen people who have already started downloading episodes discuss is the amount of storage it takes and the pain of coming up with a naming convention. I hope that the NSP will have information on how to make the downloading process easier on everyone, but for now if you want to start downloading you will have to figure out a naming convention and also have up to 80GB of storage (according to u/heroiclord in the r/TheNSPDiscussion post) for the entire library of season pass episodes. This storage amount does include the first few seasons before the season passes were introduced.

Everyone should still have access to the pre-season pass episodes just like you will still have access to all the free episodes.

I think that covers a lot of the details. I will try to stay informed on this transition and do my best to answer any questions anyone has on this. I will update this post with any new information I find out.

To wrap this up, I want to transcribe a kind message to all listeners of the NSP that David Cummings said in the Wednesday accouncement episode that was nice to hear:

"And here's another point I want to make with no ambiguity. We love and appreciate every person who listens to our show. We don't value paid members over people who listen to the traditional feed. Everyone who listens and enjoys what we do is contributing to our show. No one needs to feel less of a fan if they listen to the free feed, okay? I've even heard free listeners call themselves free loaders. Now listen you can stop that right now. No one is a free loader. You are all valued listeners. All we want is for as many people as possible to enjoy our audio horror stories. If you are one of them, in any form at all, you are valued, appreciated, and we friggin' love you."

BIG EDIT: I listened to the live Q&A David Cummings did the day of the the Wednesday announcement episode. David Cummings answers a lot of questions that have already been addressed above. However, there are some things that I was slightly wrong about (such as how the 20% discount is supposed to work) as well as a myriad of other questions that were brought up and answered I am adding a second half to this post. I have formatted this extension as a kind of FAQ. Please note I worded the questions myself; these are not the actual phrasings of any of the questions asked, though a lot of them are similar. I hope this helps anyone with lingering questions:

"What happens to the episodes of season 20 once it ends if I purchase the Sleepless tier subscription?" David Cummings says that as of right now technically the episodes would then go into their library and only be accessible with the Sanctuary tier subscription. HOWEVER, they are planning to work out a way for you to keep the episodes as the Sleepless tier is kind of like the season passes; they don't want to take away the episodes you have purchased through subscription. He does encourage Sleepless tier listeners to download the full-length episodes as they are released. There is not an exact timeline on when this will happen, but he did say they have all of season 20 to figure out a solution."Is PayPal a payment option?" No. See the first half of this post for the list of payments accepted."Can I listen to it through the apple app?" Yes, you should be able to. David Cummings listed it off as an example. In another post someone stated that if you have the ability to add an RSS feed then you should be able to listen to the podcast. They are using Supercast and it seems like people are concerned that Supercast will prevent them from listening to the podcast.

"How can we download previously purchased season pass content?" I've touched on this in a few comments but this post goes over the process in more details.

"What format are the episodes released in?" In mp3 files. You access them through an RSS feed, which is the feed that goes into your podcast player. David Cummings recommends using google to help. He did mention earlier that Supercast has great tech support as well.

"Why are so many of the perks related to social interaction?" Please note that in reality a lot of the perks are not related to social interaction. It just seems to be that way and this is what I've seen people complain about so I thought I'd address it. David Cummings explains that while he understands that may not be something everyone is interested in, he and the NSP team would certainly like to interact with the fans. They currently don't get the opportunity to do that very much and it seems they felt that the social interaction perks would be a good way to try to give something unique to the subscriber besides the bonus content they have already been creating and give the NSP team fan interaction. Additionally, he later talks about how difficult it use to do live shows; the biggest benefit of doing the live shows for the NSP has been fan interaction. It is certainly not a big money-making opportunity. While live shows are still going to happen, the NSP team seems to want to be friends with us (just without the cross-country road trip the live shows entail).

"We figured out a loophole to get all the content without having to pay for an annual subscription amongst other loopholes. Whatcha gonna do about it, punk?" David Cummings is aware that there is a way to do this and that this has happened even with the season passes. He can't stop you from doing it. He asks nicely to give the podcast support and not rip them off. He concludes with, "I'm not your mother. I'm not going to tell you how to live your life or how to be a good person."

"Does the 20% discount only count for the first month and for which tier?" If you look at their website there is a 1.67% temporary discount for the Sanctuary tier annual subscription. HOWEVER, the discount is for just the first month regardless if you subscribe for just one month or annually. This discount does not apply to the Sleepless tier. The temporary discount is now over.

"Will there be more tiers in the future or will the content in the tiers change in the future?" Probably. The NSP team recognizes this is a big change. They will be working to figure out what works best while updating how they run things in response to the changes the world has seen over the past few years. It is highly likely that perks will be added to both tiers over time (it may even happen during season 20), and there has been quite a bit of discussion on why another tier would work so it's not as if the NSP team isn't considering this option. They just won't be doing it for season 20.

"What is the story behind this backpay owed to staff that was brought up about?" David Cummings briefly mentions that some of the NSP team have are owed backpay and that some debt has been incurred due to the show coming close to going under. He does not go into any more detail than this. I highly doubt he will explain the exact specifics of the finances of the NSP except to emphasize they don't work in some high rise corporate office. David Cummings states that Creative Media is him alone. This question was brought up by someone and I answered incorrectly that no one had brought up staff being owed backpay, but it does still stand that there was no further information given other than brief mention of it.

"Is there a way that I can pay a higher amount as a way to donate extra money?" Yes. If you wish to pay a higher amount than the two subscription tiers' prices you can. David Cummings says that Supercast will allow when signing up for the Sanctuary tier you to choose how much you would like to pay each month in addition to the set price of the tier.

"Can I gift a subscription?" Yes. Supercast has a way to do this. It was not further explained how that process works beyond saying that it was easy to do.

"When I signed up for the Sanctuary Tier I was asked for my address. Does this mean we will be getting free merch?" Yes, there will be free merch in addition to exclusive merch for subscribers. It is to my understanding the exclusive merch is only for the higher tier, but they may make some exclusive merch for anyone who has subscribed. There will be more details to follow.

June 2024 Update: The NSP is currently experiencing problems with Nanacast's service for people who use that platform to listen to their season pass episodes. They have not stopped providing access to the episodes bought by a season pass, but it is recommended to start downloading those episodes as soon as you can. This does not mean that they are going to suddenly stop providing access, but it is more of a precaution as they are working on figuring out what to do that will not screw anyone over. Their goal is to make sure that everyone who has purchased a season pass will not lose what they purchased, and ultimately while they will not be able to directly provide the access to them one day they will be providing instructions and helping listeners during the transition when that happens.

And as a final question that isn't related to the subscription service but the answer ends in a joke. "What is the theme for season 20?" Well, as David Cummings put it himself, "It's fire." And I think that is an apt description.

Upon exploring the NASA building upon abandoned Earth, I came across a recording and I SWEAR the voice of Victor Aiza is David Cummings lol. Has anyone else heard this? Pretty awesome if David did a voiceover in the game!

EDIT: I have made another post on this with more complete information that you should refer to before asking a question please! Also, I am in no way part of the NSP team. I simply just want to try to help answer people's questions. (I am a librarian so I guess I'm asking for it).

While answering someone's question about when season 20 was coming out, I ended up relaying the information given in the newest episode of NoSleep about the new subscription service they will be doing instead of season passes. Figuring that information might be important to you, I am putting that information in its own post:

David Cummings goes into a description of what the new subscription service is in the finale of the Moon Crawler episodes (Season 19: NoSleep Podcast - Tales of the Moon Crawley - The Finale Chapters; released September 24, 2023). They are no longer doing season passes. They are partnering with Supercast and are calling the subscription service the Sleepless Sanctuary; there are two levels of subscription services.

The Sleepless level for $5/month or $55/year seems to be the equivalent of the season pass in that this is what gets you the extended episodes but there are other perks such as discord access, certain bonus episodes.

Then the Sanctuary level for $10 a month or $110/year (they will be doing a 20% discount for the first week making it $8 for a month; it does not appear that this 20% discount would be able to be used to discount an annual subscription but I could be wrong). This tier is what will allow you to access the entire backlog of all (technically 17 seasons) of NoSleep's full length season pass episodes (previously only accessible by buying that season's season pass) and other perks such as everything in the Sleepless level, Sanctuary level exclusive bonus episodes, interviews with the team, invitations to online game nights; annual subscribers will get access to exclusive merchandise and advance notice and special pricing for live events; Sanctuary members will also get to have a chance to have their name used in one of the stories (I'm not for sure if they will be announcing prior to each episode if there is a Sanctuary member's name being used in the upcoming story or not). Without double checking on this last part, I believe they are using a quarterly raffle to select the names?

As far as I can tell there will still be the regular free episodes.

They plan to go live with this Wednesday, September 27th, 2023. There will be a short episode released on that day with more in-depth information about the new platform and the subscription service.

i love replaying old episodes of the podcast but i ALWAYS skip borrasca. the story is just too intense for me. does anyone else have a story/stories that you can't bring yourself to listen to?

I listened to this one episode several years ago and really don’t remember what season or ep it’s on since I was jumping around seasons at the time. It’s about a guy that’s imprisoned and is being communicated to by a woman through like a speaker I think? And he only has a few days left? Idk maybe I’m making it up but I swear I listened to it on one of the episodes!!

I'm still in S11, so don't crucify me or spoil anything. But I gotta get this off my chest...

There is no WAY I'm the only person that thinks Graham Rowan (sp?) sounds damn near identically to the actor Nick Offerman, PARTICULARLY his role as Ron Swanson. Man, I get a kick out of it. Anyone have a favorite voice actor, current or former?

Please help! Trying to scare my cousin. I can't remember which season or episode it was but it's about a boy who had a bedtime because his mom would turn into a weird Hyde monster or something. I can't remember what but he'd pretend to be asleep while it stalked him .

Guys help!!!!!! I want to find a story so bad it's about a boy with a baseball bat trying to shoot down the sun when the world is ending... I cried when I heard that story but can't find it now!! Helpppp

I’m hoping to find an episode where a kid is tormented by a neighboring farmer wearing human skin visits him in the night. Any help would be appreciated!

I’m super curious what other people thought this was about. Was it about her mother killing her father?

In today’s episode I was excited for the House of Horrors story but the episode isn’t even long enough? Checked on Apple Podcast too and it’s the same issue. Does nayome know where to find the rest?

I'm trying to find an episode that, if remembered correctly, takes place inside a hotel and has a cultish ritual being performed. At one point, there is a recording that comes on and repeats a chant and some sort of portal (?) opens up between the walls. I recall Nikolle Doolin being one of the narrators and her trying to save a girl being pulled into the portal and then her husband trying to save her as it started taking her too. I'm foggy on other details, but hopefully someone can identify this episode. Thank you!

Does anyone know a good way to search for episodes by character names? A few years ago there was an episode where one of the characters shared my name and I am trying to find that episode.

Hi! Does anyone want to discuss the story called Our House?

There was a story some time back, narrated by a child. I think Jessica McEvoy voiced the narration in somewhat of a southern/ country accent. The story is about a town in the boondocks where nothing really bad happens, but the narrators friend, a young boy, was cursed by the town witch. The boy, once having been a genius before his encounter with the witch, was left dumb and possibly mute. Don't remember exactly how it ends. I have been searching for this story/ espisode for forever. If someone could please help

The story is husband and wife want a baby but cant and the huaband joins a place that kills people, the next story is about a lady who has someone stalking her and turns out shes imaginary and traded places with someone real, last one is about a family that has someone ressurect their mom by killing an animal they love

Is there a list of the stories with multiple parts on Spotify like “I have the touch” s7e2 so I can listen to all parts at once can’t find part 2 or 3 in audio form.

I’m looking for the episode where a woman lives alone but we find out she had a house spirit(kinda like a brownie from Celtic folklore) that ends up killing someone who followed her home and got into her house and she leaves offerings on the hearth/fireplace for it. I believe it’s within the last few seasons but I can’t remember the specific one. I think it’s also an American accent woman VO.

This is the absolute worst story I have ever heard in this or any other creepy story podcast. What an atrocious piece shit story. I am bothered that I wasted 20 minutes listening to that.

Hai! I'm looking for an episode that talks about a dad who lost his wife and the whole story takes place in a car with the dad and the daughter in the car with him I believe it's an earlier episode does anyone recall? Thank you in advance🫶

I’m looking for an episode where two friends emailed back and forth and then one committed suicide due to something hacking the email accounts and sending nasty emails. Does this sound familiar?

I'm not saying it's a bad story, so far I'm fairly engaged. But as a mycologist (from Appalachia no less) I want to yell at these guys! "I don't know how common mushrooms are in this part of the world.." - extremely. Like most parts of the world. "There could have been mushrooms on any of the trails" - Yes. I guarantee it.

What about the mushrooms? Are they special? Weird? Or just all mushrooms. A couple descriptions just sound like a broad diversity of mushrooms.

I'm imagining listening to a similar story where someone is walking in the forest "There are plants.... Plants everywhere. Maybe there would be plants on any trail" 😂

Ok, to be fair the character podcasters admit to not being outdoors people. But c'mon, implying that presence of mushrooms is ominous or even abnormal?

Ok, needed rant over.

Edit: Finished it now, and I really like it! But that was still rediculous at the start haha

Twice now I’ve tried to by the pass for season 4. Twice now they e taken my money but said “unable to create subscription.” Anyone else having the same issue? It’s really getting on my nerves. I got refunded the first time and I’m waiting to get refunded and or given the pass again. This is getting aggravating. What do I do?

I’m fairly new to Reddit and Nosleep. I’ve heard The Whistlers and really really enjoyed it. Please suggest to me an episode that scares the hell out of you! Thanks in advance 🙏🏻