Cold Tapes

  • Sian Williams

I was in charge of the entire production process, leading creative decisions from initial development and casting through to delivery. The concept behind Cold Tapes is that the audio is raw 'evidence' - listeners have to piece together clues and work out who killed Drew. I implemented creative recording techniques, playing with location, equipment, and process, to make the files (police interviews, secret recordings, and personal diaries) sound as authentic as possible. Cold Tapes has since been acquired by Wondery+. reached No.1 on the Apple charts and No.2 on the Spotify charts. It was The Guardian's "Pick of the Week" and Crime Monthly Magazine gave it 5*s, printing "It's not often something truly original enters the podcast space".