🛠️ Robert Barba

Creator | Director | Story Architect

The mind behind The Dark Line

Birthday: March 9, 1981

Raised with discipline. Drawn to the unknown.

✦ About Robert

Born in Southern California and shaped by service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Robert approaches every project with precision, grit, and a deep sense of purpose. With a career in IT and operations—and a lifelong interest in the strange—Robert founded The Dark Line to create a space for real stories that defy explanation.

He oversees every part of the production: curating voicemails, crafting scripts, directing hosts, designing the show’s brand, and engineering its signature sound. Each eerie call that reaches your ears has passed through his hands first.

Outside the podcast, Robert runs Synergy Edge, an IT solutions company supporting small businesses and independent creators across the country.

✦ Notable Work

🎙️ Podcasting & Production

• The Dark Line (2023–present) – Creator, Director, Scriptwriter

• Dark Line Supply Co. – Branding & Merch Development

• The Dark Dispatch (upcoming) – Creator & Editor

🧰 Systems & Tech

• Founder, Synergy Edge LLC

• IT Security & Deployment Consultant (15+ years)

• Specializing in remote infrastructure, digital workflows, and small-biz support

📚 Creative & Writing

• Rob’s Rules – Leadership Playbook (2025)

• Newsletter essays, listener story development, and case-based narrative scripts

✦ Creative Style

• Structured, cinematic, and purpose-driven

• Focused on real experiences that blur the line between logic and belief

• Think: a producer’s mind… with a ghost hunter’s curiosity

✦ Availability

Robert is open to speaking opportunities, collaboration inquiries, and project partnerships rooted in storytelling, leadership, or the unexplained.

🔍 Podcast Philosophy

The unexplained isn’t always paranormal—but it’s always worth listening to. Whether it’s a voice in the static or a presence behind the curtain, The Dark Line is where true stories are told—and the strange is taken seriously.

💬 Favorite Episode

Season 1, Episode 3 – “Borrowed Time”

A man on the edge walks into a church and meets a priest with glowing green eyes and a warning that cuts through the noise of addiction.

Weeks later, he learns that no such priest exists.

Was it a hallucination? A guardian angel? Or something else altogether?

📨 Contact:

General + guest inquiries: thedarkline@outlook.com

📍 Based in Southern California | Remote-First