Dead West

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Part 9 "The Crone, The Crow, and the Mountain Child" Dec 31, 2025

Show notes

Eldritch horror and weird western themes collide in the dying years of a re-imagined American Wild West. A time when everything was stolen, blood was let, and society grappled with modernity. We follow Conrad as he explores the shadowy corners of the world in an attempt to outrun his family legacy.

In Part 9, Auggie communes with family, the veil around the Ward's family legacy thickens, and Conrad starts piecing together a larger plot before him.

Trigger warnings:

Harm to children, violence to children implied and direct, claustrophobia, possession.

Credits:

Devin Steffens as Conrad, Louis, and other voices

Brianna Steffens as Auggie and Mable (https://www.tiktok.com/@bsteffensbooks)

Raphael Suarez is Thug

Intro and Outro music by @Sage_GC

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Tales from the Dead West: Nearer Hell than Purgatory Jul 22, 2025

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Join us on another foray into a "Tales from the Dead West" episode, these are stand alone anthology stories from around the world of the Dead West. In this episode Pinkerton Agent, Penelope Bancroft, heads deep into the Sierra Nevada Mountains to look for a team of missing agents. Little does she know that in those mountains she will learn what "surviving at all costs" really means.

Trigger warnings:

Cannibalism
Forced cannibalism
Assault
Blood and intense descriptions of gore
chionophobia

Credits:

Story and writing by Ashe Seguinte

Sophia Chung as Penelope Bancroft

Dennis Ortman as Linwood Gael

Editing, Sound Design, and additional Voices by Devin Steffens

Intro and Outro music by @Sage_GC

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Part 8: "Voices in the Dark" Jun 30, 2025

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In Part 8, Conrad and his Poppet dive further into the caves and into the madness that has consumed Blackwater.

Trigger warnings:

Harm to children, violence to children implied and direct, infant ghosts, gore, implied cannibalism, mentions of consuming flesh, claustrophobia, possession.

Credits:

Devin Steffens as Conrad, Louis, and other voices (https://x.com/merlin_thebard)

Athan of Hush Studio as Rory (https://bsky.app/profile/athansmusic.com)

Zachary Scott as Father Gregory https://m.imdb.com/name/nm16544300/?ref_=m_ttfcd_cl19

Intro and Outro music by @Sage_GC

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Part 7 "Paw and Poppet" May 13, 2025

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In Part 7, Conrad and Louis compare their pasts and confront one another about the use of knacks and other magics.

Trigger warnings:

Talk of closed practices, medical procedures through out, harm to children (implied), old practices using antiquated terms.

Credits:

Devin Steffens as Conrad, Louis, and other voices (https://x.com/merlin_thebard)

Intro and Outro music by @Sage_GC

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Part 6 "As above, so below" Apr 02, 2025

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In Part 6, Conrad comes face to face with the Mother of the Mountain only to realize that around every corner there is some monster or another.

Trigger warnings:

Mutilation, Injury, Suffocation, Claustrophobia, Creature noises through out, old practices using antiquated terms.

Credits:

Devin Steffens as Conrad, Louis, and other voices (https://x.com/merlin_thebard)

Zachary Scott as Father Gregory https://m.imdb.com/name/nm16544300/?ref_=m_ttfcd_cl19

Brianna Lucido as Auggie (https://www.tiktok.com/@bsteffensbooks)

Intro and Outro music by @Sage_GC

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Part 5 "Father" Mar 03, 2025

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Conrad converses about the life and trials of Father Gregory as they tend to Conrad's wounds. There is more to the coal than Conrad and Louis imagined.

Trigger warnings:

Medical procedure through-out, mention of child death, and religious fervor.

Credits:

Devin Steffens as Conrad, Louis, and other voices (https://x.com/merlin_thebard)

Zachary Scott as Father Gregory https://m.imdb.com/name/nm16544300/?ref_=m_ttfcd_cl19

Intro and Outro music by @Sage_GC

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Part 4 "Nothing beside remains" Jan 30, 2025

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In Part 4, the forces of Blackwater make themselves known and begin moving in town. Conrad recalls memories of his past.

Trigger warnings:

Maiming, threats to children, harm to child, maggots and flies, insects, burning skin, vomit, retching, gagging, religious fervor and manipulation, mutilation, blood and gore, fire and pyrotechnics, swearing.

Credits:

Devin Steffens as Conrad, Louis, and other voices (https://x.com/merlin_thebard)

Brianna Steffens as Auggie (https://www.tiktok.com/@bsteffensbooks)

Zachary Scott as Father Gregory https://m.imdb.com/name/nm16544300/?ref_=m_ttfcd_cl19

Intro and Outro music by @Sage_GC

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Tales from the Dead West: La Loup Garou Jan 07, 2025

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Join us on our inaugural foray into a new podcast segment we are calling, "Tales from the Dead West", these are stand alone anthology stories from around the world of the Dead West. Our first one here is about our favorite paternal ghost and his going's ons before his death. Please note this episode depicts intense scenes of torture and harm to animals, no actual animals were harmed in the production of this episode.

Trigger warnings w/ approximate time stamps:

Dated Language: "Godless Savages" 2:56
Violence, torture: 4:29
Bound and gagged, restrained 4:29 - end
Violence, torture, mutilation: 8:33
Violence, torture: 12:13
Mention of dental procedures: 13:57
Violence, torture: 15:22
Torture, burning flesh: 17:50
Torture, burning flesh: 18:33
Animal in pain: 19:09
Violence, Harm to animals, mutilation, torture, grieving and pain: 20:54

Credits:

Devin Steffens as Conrad, Louis, and other voices (https://x.com/merlin_thebard)

Intro and Outro music by @Sage_GC

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Part 3 "Mrs Davis" Nov 21, 2024

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In Part 3, Auggie confronts Conrad about his secrets and lies and Conrad finally makes his way out of town to visit Mrs Davis.

Trigger warnings w/ approximate time stamps:

Shaving: 9:34
Chewing: 13:15
Gunshot with Victim: 27:58

Credits:

Devin Steffens as Conrad, Louis, and other voices (https://x.com/merlin_thebard)

Brianna Steffens as Auggie (https://www.tiktok.com/@bsteffensbooks)

Dexter Manning as Mr Davis

Intro and Outro music by @Sage_GC

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Part 2 "Simple Things" Oct 21, 2024

Show notes

In our second episode tensions grow between Conrad and Louis as the world around them takes shape.

Trigger warnings w/ approximate time stamps:

3:45: Usage of dated language

3:55: Harm to children

Credits:

Devin Steffens as Conrad, Louis, and other voices (https://x.com/merlin_thebard)

Brianna Steffens as Auggie (https://www.tiktok.com/@bsteffensbooks)

Intro and Outro music by @Sage_GC

Badb: Oathed Devotee Prayer by wolvesandravensohmy as posted by https://madamehearthwitch.tumblr.com/post/172184136481/badb-oathed-devotee-prayer

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