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The Beast Jun 22, 2021

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The residents of small-town Elkhorn, Wisconsin, have a very hairy problem. When a local reporter stumbles across rumors of a strange creature feasting on roadkill, her interest is piqued—but soon, Beast fever grips the town, and everyone—possibly even the Beast itself—wants in on the action.

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The Cadet Jun 08, 2021

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A West Point Cadet receives a mysterious visitor. . .and then vanishes. Despite the full force of the US government behind a multi-year search, missing cadet Richard Colvin Cox seems to have fallen off the face of the earth. Or has he?

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Patreon Preview: The Poet Jun 01, 2021

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Every student of literature has studied the work of American romantic writer Edgar Allan Poe--but no one, so far, has fully unpacked the truth behind his mysterious death.

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Works Cited:

N/A, “Chronology of the Life of Edgar Allan Poe.” Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Snodgrass, Joseph E. “Sketches of Eminent Men. Edgar Allen Poe.” The Saturday Express,1855.

N/A, “Poe’s Tragic Death.” Morristown Gazette Mail. 1933.

Davis, Jack F. “Did Election Mob. . .” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1949.

Davis, Jack F. “Some Biographies Claim. . .” Democrat and Chronicle, 1949.

N/A, “Death of Edgar A Poe.” The Baltimore Sun, 1

Francis, Roger A. “The Final Days . . .” Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, vol. 60, no. 2, Aug. 2009, pp. 165–173.

Crenson, Mat. “Master of Macabre. . ” The Monitor, 1996.

N/A, “DEATH OF EDGAR A POE.” The Baltimore Sun, 2018.

N/A, “Edgar A. Poe.” Vicksburg Daily Whig, 1849.

Gelling, Natasha. “The (Still) Mysterious Death. . .” Smithsonian Magazine.

“mania a potu.” Oxford University Press. Lexico.com.

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The Blob May 25, 2021

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Texas is invaded by a very unwelcome, and extremely gelatinous, visitor. Could this blob be a particularly virulent fungi--or, as residents suspect, something a little more extraterrestrial?

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Special thanks to Bradley George of WUSF for lending us his voice.

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The Barber May 11, 2021

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A prowler with peculiar predilections stalks the nighttime streets of World-War-II era Mississippi.

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The Visitors Apr 27, 2021

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Folks want to feel safe at home--and secure; but how much do we really want to know about the things that lurk outside, in the dark?

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Introducing In God We Lust Apr 20, 2021

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A woman named Becki is lounging by the pool at the Fontainebleau Hotel when she decides to proposition a strapping pool attendant. Go on a date with her...and her husband. What begins as an unconventional proposition will soon throw them all into the international spotlight. And that’s because the couple is none other than Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becki, two of the most powerful figures in Evangelical America.

Wondery presents In God We Lust, hosted by Brooke Siffrin and Aricia Skidmore-Williams of Even the Rich. A story of an alluring sex scandal, power, money and a very public fall from grace. When word of their affair fell into the wrong hands it led to political extortion and a public outing that brought Jerry Falwell Jr.’s empire crashing down.

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The Birds Apr 13, 2021

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When a blackbird flock in Beebe, Arkansas plummets to the earth, conspiracy theorists are interested; imagine their surprise when, over the next week, a dozen or more similar events occur across the globe.

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Special thanks to Robin Warder (The Trail Went Cold), Kristi Lee (Canadian True Crime), and Micheal Whelan (Unresolved) for lending us their voice acting talents!

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The Pilot Mar 30, 2021

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After visiting an aircraft museum, a young boy begins to have disturbing dreams of World-War-II-era air battles. But after he begins to show an amazing knowledge of both the aircraft and a specific ship--and battle--from the era, his parents question whether he’s actually “dreaming” at all.

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The Heist Mar 16, 2021

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In Montgomery Township in New Jersey, locals expect to enjoy a Turkey Trot on Thanksiving--not an apparent bank robbery attempt. Their local police force was faced with a stone-cold suspect unwilling to respond to any demands.

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Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton

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Additional Research by Lex Weathers

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