https://www.cityofghostspodcast.com/home daily 1.0 2021-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1630727635689-CL2C5OZ85KI4C8OWQ3KO/CityofGhosts-herofinal.jpg Home A supernatural neo-noir audio drama set in 1990s NYC about corruption, murder, and the things that haunt us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1630726500393-9TX23WAZ6P8J4BUQDAMX/5654b1ba84307668008b5207.jpg Home - the story CITY OF GHOSTS is a supernatural neo-noir that follows El Rivkin (Brigette Lundy-Paine), an information broker who makes a living collecting and selling the dirty secrets of New York’s elite, assisted by her business partner and only friend, the agoraphobic internet whiz Prizrak (Moises Arias). After they are hired to investigate a journalist’s murder, El begins to untangle a web that takes her from a burned-down apartment building to the highest levels of New York society - a world her sister Talia (Erin Darke) is marrying into, as she weds the old-moneyed James Chapman (James Scully). The deeper she presses into the investigation, the more she is forced to confront her own history of trauma and mental illness. What if the ghosts that hover in the corners of her apartment aren’t mere figments of her imagination? The answer to that question will alter the course of El’s life forever, especially as one voice rises above all the others: Sahar (Golshifteh Farahani), the murdered journalist herself. https://www.cityofghostspodcast.com/crew daily 0.75 2021-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1597953489639-SLO66GTQ151N61PJ86L7/2020-08-20.png Crew https://www.cityofghostspodcast.com/characters daily 0.75 2021-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1597733676619-GNG0RKCCRNO8251U8ZX6/Erin+Darke_Headshot.png Characters - Erin Darke As Talia Rivkin El’s older sister. She posseses the same wit, cleverness, drive as El but has her eyes set a little higher... and to the east. The Upper East Side to be exact. Their parents fell short of any type of notoriety but Talia won’t make the same mistake. Charming, charismatic, and compassionate (but perhaps not always to her ‘mischievous sister’), Talia is simlutaneously “at home” in her soon-to-be-husband’s wealthy, influential family, but also perpetually suffering and second guessing herself from the imposter syndrome that comes from a powerless surname. Although Talia starts as an opposing force to El, constantly chiding her into a more “respectable” job, she evolves into a complex character who must balance her love for her fiance, the expectations and demands of this new world, and her only tether back to her childhood - El. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1597733498839-2P6F63WFG7C751DI2U5J/Brigette.jpg Characters - brigette lundy-paine As Eleanor “El” Rivkin Works as a private “information broker” on the streets of NYC. Essentially a black-market private eye, she specializes in digging up dirt on politicians, celebrities, and other influential members of the city’s elite, then selling it to the highest bidder. Sardonic, dry, gruff at the edges, she doesn’t take bullshit from anyone, even those she cares about. She’s not particular about men or women though relationships with either have never really worked out. Haunted by the tragic death of her parents and a history of psychiatric problems, El makes a living on the edges of Manhattan, alone, with the singular exception of a disguised voice who helps her with cases, PRIZRAK. However, when she is pulled into a new case, she may be forced to re-evaluate her long-held principles of distance from her clients. And then there are the actual ghosts that only she seems to be able to see and hear. Is she losing it? Maybe. But what’s new? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1597733941970-SDOASXWOV64JWZGM8B6Q/Moises_Arias_better.jpg Characters - Moisés Arias as Prizrak El’s “colleague” and perhaps only friend, an agoraphobic, sardonic, paranoid computer whiz who helps El with her contracts from the safety of their apartment - and from behind a voice disguiser. Whether it’s hacking records, trawling through databases, navigating 1999’s BBS boards, or chasing down digital leads - Prizrak is almost always available at the other end of the phone to trade good-natured barbs with El and help her out of a bind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1597727636539-W2O9L89D6NUP732MSRRY/Navid_2.jpg Characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1597727421303-5B4TDUCBJXN6MEUCINRQ/JAMES.jpg Characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1597727701061-UNR4HPO1UOA4VZT4Z87P/Golshifteh_1.jpg Characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1597731369834-95RZZ4QMEV2LHGYYSPG2/Jeb%2BBrown.jpg Characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1597730478292-A6SJ9CBCLCDQ8V9BDQT0/KEVIN%2BPOLLAK.jpg Characters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1597730448402-RYXR0P6S6S96THH0SFU6/Rich%2BSommer%2Bphoto%2B%25281%2529.jpg Characters https://www.cityofghostspodcast.com/learnmore daily 0.75 2020-08-18 https://www.cityofghostspodcast.com/episode-list daily 0.75 2022-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1632933214496-DMO3376YQDVCB91LWDOS/Episode1Sq.jpg Episodes - Episode 1: The Introduction Eleanor “El” Rivkin is a private information broker in New York City with a history of psychiatric problems. She makes a living buying and selling information for the City’s elite. Today, she is introduced to a mysterious man in a department store with a task that’s out of her usual scope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1635806323223-UKI6BNFRE8YYYS97BD6R/Episode+2+Sq.jpg Episodes - Episode 2: The Tapes Prizrak urges El to visit an old flame to piece together sabotaged evidence. Talia comes to terms with her role in her own wedding and the Chapman family. The voices in El’s head become more and more intense, sending her to a rabbi in the hopes of finding answers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1635806516519-0YLBG95Q7K5LX1ZZ0RX3/Episode+3.JPG Episodes - episode 3: The sisters Talia calls El with a potential job. Prizrak and El follow an investigation trail Sahar left behind as El also discovers how to control her new powers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1635806646893-ERZJGJ9JJGVHU3R7UUKL/Episode+4+copy.png Episodes - Episode 4: The tea Prizrak turns to conspiracy boards online. El meets with another mysterious man who knows a lot more about her than she does about him. Talia must dazzle to be accepted in the Chapmans’ high society world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/1635806885961-YWMOU4MFZS0HIOLE636J/Episode+5+copy.png Episodes - Episiode 5: The senator Sahar and El have their first conversation. A new job directs El’s attention to a state senator, and she must visit another ex to get information on him, Prizrak and El dig deeper into the inconsistencies of the Flatiron Fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/9a8b5293-a965-4585-8a55-33b49b29298b/Episode+6.jpg Episodes - Episode 6: The Company A new piece to the puzzle of the Flatiron Fire arrives in the form of a powerful real estate development company … with close connections to El. Talia agrees to help El with a sting operation. Prizrak muses on the nature of curses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/0008bd46-82f7-407f-90e3-bccf8f91aa21/Episode+7.png Episodes - Episiode 7: The honeypot El is poised to catch the senator at a high-society dinner party, but the ever-persistent ghosts might interfere. Sahar and El fight about the nature of justice. Prizrak opens up. Talia’s future plans take an unexpected turn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/2f8a4988-1385-4766-841a-d1b24950d65f/Episode+8+.png Episodes - Episode 8: The machine Tendrils from the Flatiron Fire sprawl all the way to Albany, where El reconnects with an old acquaintance, hoping to get information about the Attorney General. Talia grapples with inner doubts as James’ political ambitions and the wedding loom closer. El’s voices grow more aggressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/deab6fe1-f231-47e3-a28c-7cd6315e3945/Episode+9.png Episodes - Episode 9: The Ghosts El visits the site of the fire and tries to get answers from the ghosts still lingering there. Talia and El reminisce about the past. An aggressive new contact provides evidence that might break the case wide open. WARNING: This episode contains references to and descriptions of suicide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f379470ce02280dc222f5cc/b585d89a-086d-4ee6-979e-47389d5e1090/Episode+10.png Episodes - Episode 10: The wedding El tries to stop Talia from marrying James, concerned he’s too close to the conspiracy. Mr. Orange returns and, again, is one step ahead of El, whose demons finally catch up with her. Prizrak goes their own way. And as James launches his campaign for state senate, the case begins to unravel. https://www.cityofghostspodcast.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2021-10-08