{"product_id":"the-ridgewood-tapes-damien-holloway-9798267804233","title":"The Ridgewood Tapes: A True Haunted Asylum Horror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome tapes play even if no one's listening.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen freelance journalist \u003cb\u003eClara Hensley\u003c\/b\u003e agrees to write a Halloween feature on America's most haunted asylums, Ridgewood is supposed to be just one stop - a forgotten facility buried in the forests of upstate New York, long since abandoned after a fire and a series of unexplained disappearances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Ridgewood Asylum doesn't stay abandoned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd some voices don't stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat starts as a routine assignment quickly spirals into something darker, stranger - and far more personal. Clara uncovers \u003cb\u003efive reel-to-reel audio tapes\u003c\/b\u003e hidden inside the asylum's archived materials. Each tape plays fragments of impossible recordings: whispers in languages no one can translate, screams layered over children's laughter, and voices that seem to know \u003cb\u003ewho she is\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Clara digs deeper, she uncovers chilling transcripts, surviving staff members who refuse to speak, and evidence of an \u003cb\u003eoccult experiment\u003c\/b\u003e that was never supposed to be documented. The asylum's history becomes tangled with her own. Her voice starts appearing on the tapes. Even when she's not recording.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the worst part?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTape Five hasn't played yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through traditional narrative, found-media transcripts, and immersive analog horror, \u003ci\u003eThe Ridgewood Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cb\u003evisceral, slow-burn descent\u003c\/b\u003e into supernatural possession, psychological collapse, and the terrifying persistence of media long after its creators have vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on the archives of a real place.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you're reading may not be fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause \u003cb\u003ethis isn't the first time you've read it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's just the latest loop. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eP.S... this is just a fiction story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Damien Holloway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798267804233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Damien Holloway","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443037909247,"sku":"9798267804233","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f63c05e-950c-4409-b32b-4ba70088808a.jpg?v=1777201434","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ridgewood-tapes-damien-holloway-9798267804233","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}