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Check out the visual trailer here: https://www.echoverse.com/grim-death TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL – 2026 Podcast Showcase Selection; COMMUNICATOR AWARDS – 2026 Best Fiction Podcast and Best Fiction Podcast Writing; NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARDS – 2026 Best Drama Podcast Bronze Winner; WEBBY AWARDS – 2026 Best Podcast Writing Nominee; GOODPODS #3 Supernatural Podcast of the Month. In this award-winning, supernatural investigative thriller from acclaimed artist Mike Mignola (Hellboy) and NYT bestselling author Thomas E. Sniegoski, Bentley Hawthorne lives a solitary and mysterious life in an old mansion with his wry, long-suffering butler Pym. Pym and Bentley's childhood friend and spitfire journalist Gwendolyn Marks don't understand why Bentley insists on a path of isolation, but that's because they don't know his secret: The gentle-seeming Bentley is actually a chosen servant of Death tasked with avenging victims who have been killed before their time. Bentley has worked alone until now. However, he’ll need their help when Death's messenger, a raven named Roderick, charges Bentley with his strangest and most dangerous investigation yet. Starring Cory Michael Smith (Bentley Hawthorne), Merritt Wever (Gwendolyn Marks), Željko Ivanek (Pym), John Carroll Lynch (Roderick), Craig Tate (Bill), William Fichtner (Professor Romulus), André de Shields (Dr. Nocturne), and Stephen Tobolowsky (Warden Delocroix) Directed by Anne Kauffman Written by Thomas E. Sniegoski Series created by Mike Mignola and Thomas E. Sniegoski based on their book “Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal” Executive Producers: Mark Stern and Cory Michael Smith Producers: Nick Garland, Peter J. Donaldson, Mike Mignola, and Thomas E. Sniegoski Produced by Best Case Studios Adam Pincus, Executive Producer Isabel Evans, Producer Brent Katz, Producer Hannah Lebowitz-Lockard, Associate Producer Charlotte Morlie, Associate Producer Edited by Ryan Seaton, Max Michael Miller, and Nisha Venkat Sound Design by Dennis Dembeck and Will Rosati Mixed by Dennis Dembeck Original Music by Benjamin Sturley Casting By Paul Schnee and Kerry Barden Special Thanks to Jeannine Acheson FOR ECHOVERSE: Development Executive: Nick Garland Development Executive: Ben Chodosh Development Coordinator: Madison Engle Development Assistant: Sophie Kelly Production Consultant: Eleanor Hyde Business and Legal Affairs: Laura Black Dawson Finance: Andy Lewis, Morgan Krautstrunk, Judy Geletko Key Art Design By: Sophie Kelly Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal is an Echoverse Production

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