Slightly Out Of Frame

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on Slightly Out of Frame, we open our shift high in the hills above the Italian Riviera exploring the tragic history, ghost stories and artistic rebirth of Bussana Vecchia. Shattered by a devastating Ash Wednesday earthquake in 1887 that claimed roughly 2,000 lives, this medieval village sat completely deserted for decades...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on an extended personal shift of Slightly Out of Frame, host Sylvana takes a deep dive into an unexplainable fixation carried since childhood: her lifelong love for Hollywood legend James Dean. We travel from Dean's early life in Fairmount, Indiana, to the wind swept California crossroads in Cholame where his life was trag...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on Slightly Out of Frame, we open our shift at the edge of the Pacific Ocean exploring the history, storm ravaged past and lingering hauntings of California's historic Santa Monica Pier. From midnight carousel organ music playing in locked buildings to phantom fishermen vanishing into the dark waves, we examine how coastal...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on a deeply personal shift of Slightly Out of Frame, host Sylvana steps out from behind the lens to share the quiet origin story of her relationship with the unexplained and how a single, chilling moment in childhood fundamentally altered her creative DNA. We travel back to a ten year old’s sudden, terrifying collapse in f...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on Slightly Out of Frame, we open our shift on the shores of Lake Zurich in Switzerland climbing the Herrenberg hill to the ancient, seven-century structure of St. Johann’s Parish Church in Rapperswil. From its mismatched medieval towers to its chilling neighbour, the 15th century ossuary chapel, we step into one of Europe...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on a special interim shift of Slightly Out of Frame, we journey across the ocean to Denmark, to explore one of the finest preserved Renaissance water castles in the world: Egeskov Castle. From its dark foundations built on an entire felled forest of oak trees to the tragedy of Lady Rigborg’s five year solitary imprisonment...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on Slightly Out of Frame, we explore the profound connection between physical structures built to contain human suffering and the immortal gothic mythologies created to process our deepest fears. We open the shift along the Western Australian coast, diving into the dark colonial history, convict built limestone arches and...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on Slightly Out of Frame, we turn our eyes inland away from the coast to step directly into the sunbaked, haunting frequency of Australian Gothic. Unlike European gothic narratives defined by crumbling castles and foggy cobblestones, Australian Gothic finds its terror in the crushing sun, hypnotic heat haze, and the uncann...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on Slightly Out of Frame, we journey from the scorching, Art Deco concrete monoliths of the Mojave Desert to the pulsing, darkwave underground. We open the shift exploring the heavy history, dark tunnel rumors, and lingering hauntings of the Hoover Dam and examine how massive, industrial structures contain and radiate huma...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. When an unexpected guest cancellation leaves the studio quiet, host Sylvana steps up to the microphone alone for an intimate, deeply atmospheric journey into her own creative sanctuary. Stepping into her author alter ego, Raven Starfenne, she takes us on a dark voyage along Western Australia’s treacherous "Shipwreck Coast." Beyond...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on Slightly Out of Frame, we move from the atmospheric thresholds of Western Australian architecture to the uncanny architecture of the human canvas. We are joined by AACTA accredited Australian actress and internationally published alternative model Victoria Ferrara. From her memorable comedic turn as Angie on the Logie A...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on Slightly Out of Frame, we transition from the haunted, historic architecture of the past to the ink-stained corridors of independent creation. We are joined by prolific Canadian author, publisher, and cartoonist A.P. Fuchs for a deep dive into the solitary ritual of world-building. Broadcasting straight out of Winnipeg,...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on Slightly Out of Frame, we step across the threshold into an ancient, watchful landscape steeped in memory. We are joined by photographer, writer, digital creator, and wilderness guide Matt Ankney for a journey into the deep hollows of the Ozarks. Together, we explore the thin, blurry line where mountain superstitions, o...

The shift is open. Pour yourself something warm and dim the lights. Tonight on Slightly Out of Frame, we travel across geographic and spiritual boundaries to explore the thin lines between historical tragedy, transformation and modern audio magic. We begin the shift in Switzerland, journeying to the Alpine town of Glarus to look into the heartbreaking history of Anna Göldi, wrongfully executed in...

What happens when your recording equipment catches something you didn't invite into the room? In tonight’s episode, host Sylvana shares a chilling personal encounter with a sorrowful phantom violin echoing from a barricaded school turret room. Then, we sit down in the late night studio with Sigmund from the dark avant-garde duo Inner Missing. While dissecting Victorian dark romanticism and shadow...

Welcome to Slightly Out of Frame, a late night sanctuary for night owls, creators, and those who appreciate the view from the edges of things. In this introductory episode, host Sylvana lays out the core philosophy of the show, exploring how the paranormal, the liminal, and the otherworldly infiltrate the creative mind.