Lore and order: can the hit podcast become the scariest show on TV?

The podcast about macabre history attracts 6 million listeners per episode, and now Amazon is hoping that success can be replicated on the small screen

Aaron Mahnke’s Lore is possibly the scariest offering in the podcast world. Its tales of non-fictional murder and mystery have made the dark-history podcast a cult favourite that Amazon is hoping will become a horror hit both in text form and on the small screen. The podcast attracts 6 million monthly listeners, and is being adapted into a three-book series, as well as six half-hour episodes available to stream on Amazon on 13 October.

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