Arcane Canvas

SILENTIUM

Fiction EN ↓ 8 episodes

A solo-narrator horror fiction podcast following Vatican linguist Father Tommaso Lanza as he investigates deaths for the Custodia Ultimae Vocis. Each episode documents a new case as he attempts to translate an ancient, impossible language that appears only at the moment of death.

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Arcane Canvas

Episodes

Episode 7: Transaction 24.06.2026 29:52

TM-1995-013. A man exhibits strange scars after multiple crucifixions. ------ ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Death, body horror, religious themes, existential dread, loss of a close one, hospital 📖 TRANSCRIPT: https://arcane-canvas.github.io/silentiumpodcast/episode7.html ------ ABOUT SILENTIUM: A solo-narrator horror fiction podcast following Vatican linguist Father Tommaso Lanza as he investigates deaths...

Episode 6: What Grows Unseen 12.05.2026 19:55

TM-1667-039 (concluded). Father Tommaso Lanza returned from a meeting with Praefectus Visconti and other two Custodia members. ------ ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Death, body horror, religious themes, existential dread 📖 TRANSCRIPT: https://arcane-canvas.github.io/silentiumpodcast/episode6.html ------ ABOUT SILENTIUM: A solo-narrator horror fiction podcast following Vatican linguist Father Tommaso Lanza a...

Episode 5.5: Bellows 12.04.2026 15:52

TM-1667-039. An organist died while playing during Vespers in a Prague cathedral. ------ ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Death, body horror, religious themes, existential dread 📖 TRANSCRIPT: https://arcane-canvas.github.io/silentiumpodcast/episode5_5.html ------ ABOUT SILENTIUM: A solo-narrator horror fiction podcast following Vatican linguist Father Tommaso Lanza as he investigates deaths for the Custodia U...

Episode 5: The First Word 12.03.2026 26:49

TM-0072-001. A Roman soldier narrates what happened in 33 AD on Mount Golgotha. ------ ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Death, body horror, religious themes, existential dread 📖 TRANSCRIPT: https://arcane-canvas.github.io/silentiumpodcast/episode5.html ------ ABOUT SILENTIUM: A solo-narrator horror fiction podcast following Vatican linguist Father Tommaso Lanza as he investigates deaths for the Custodia Ultim...

Episode 4: Substrate 14.02.2026 35:23

TM-1983-127. A man is found in its house completely covered by white fungal growth, yet still conscious and alive. ------ ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Death, body horror, religious themes, existential dread, loss of a close one, hospital 📖 TRANSCRIPT: https://arcane-canvas.github.io/silentiumpodcast/episode4.html ------ ABOUT SILENTIUM: A solo-narrator horror fiction podcast following Vatican linguist Fat...

Episode 3: The Crown 12.01.2026 27:17

TM-1922-014. A 12 year old girl is revered as a saint in an old convent after manifesting what it appears to be a holy light halo. ------ ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Death, body horror, religious themes, existential dread, loss of a close one, hospital 📖 TRANSCRIPT: https://arcane-canvas.github.io/silentiumpodcast/episode3.html ------ ABOUT SILENTIUM: A solo-narrator horror fiction podcast following Vati...

Episode 2: Tributaries 12.12.2025 26:27

TM-2024-051. A woman watched a river for 21 days straight while gaining 12kg of pure water. ------ ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Death, body horror, religious themes, existential dread, loss of a close one, hospital 📖 TRANSCRIPT: https://arcane-canvas.github.io/silentiumpodcast/episode2.html ------ ABOUT SILENTIUM: A solo-narrator horror fiction podcast following Vatican linguist Father Tommaso Lanza as he...

Episode 1: Threshold-Witness 24.11.2025 19:46

TM-2024-047. A livestream goes dark. 10,247 viewers. Only 17 heard the Tongue. Father Tommaso Lanza must translate what manifested in Marcus Chen's final transmission. ------ ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Death, body horror, religious themes, existential dread 📖 TRANSCRIPT: https://arcane-canvas.github.io/silentiumpodcast/episode1.html ------ ABOUT SILENTIUM: A solo-narrator horror fiction podcast foll...