Scanlines
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Scanlines
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Narrated by:
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Tom Jordan
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By:
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Todd Keisling
About this listen
In 1987, Congressman Benjamin Hardy III died by suicide on live television amidst accusations of political corruption. Years later, rumors of a recording surfaced among VHS trading groups and urban legend chat rooms. Dubbed the "Duncan Tape," after the deceased cameraman who attempted to sell the video, the rumors allege that anyone who watches the tape is driven to suicide.
Or so the story goes. In truth, no one has ever seen the supposed Duncan Tape, presumably because it doesn't exist. It's a ghost story perpetuated on the forums and chat rooms of the internet, another handful of bytes scattered across the information superhighway at blistering 56K modem speeds.
For Robby and his friends, an urban legend is the last thing on their minds when a boring Friday night presents a chance to download porn. But the short clip they watch turns out to be something far more graphic and disturbing, and in the coming days, they'll learn even the most outlandish urban legends possess a shred of truth.
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Scanlines feels like it should’ve been a full novel. The bones are good—great, even—but there’s not enough flesh on them. The plot feels thin, the characters barely scratch the surface, and by the time it ends, I was left thinking either Keisling didn’t have enough to stretch it further, or he did and just cut too deep.
That said, Keisling is good at horror. He knows how to unnerve you, how to build dread in a way that lingers. I just wish there’d been more to sink my teeth into.
The audiobook narrator, at least, brings the right weight and gravity to the story—serious, moody, and atmospheric. It’s a creepy little bite of horror… I just wanted a full meal.
All atmosphere, not quite enough meat on the bones
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I felt like this captured so many great things from my childhood and just made them all go rotten. Excellent story!
Creepy and eerily close to my experience online at that time
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