Darker Pastures

In October of 1989, a well-to-do farmer, ruled by his voracious appetites, reaps the ultimate fruit of his labors.

***Content warning: This episode touches upon themes of familial loss, racism and anti-immigrant sentiment, and psychological abuse. Listener discretion advised.***

You can now text the show here with feedback or questions!

Support the show

Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected].

You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

After a loss few seem to understand or even notice, a young woman learns that both love and grief can manifest in the most uncanny of ways.

***Content warning: This episode deals with themes of pet loss, and may be upsetting for some listeners. Discretion advised.***

Cover image adapted from: A Belgian Malinois male named Intrepid's Chase, sired by dog "Veni Van Balderlo". © 2005 by D. Williams is licensed under A Belgian Malinois male named Intrepid's Chase, sired by dog "Veni Van Balderlo". © 2005 by D. Williams licensed under CC BY 2.0

In loving memory of Manfred von Katzstein, darkling prince of felinity.

You can now text the show here with feedback or questions!

Support the show

Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected].

You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

A house that has long stood as a silent monument to past hardship becomes the locus of a new disquiet.

You can now text the show here with feedback or questions!

Support the show

Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected].

You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

Against her wishes, a young student is transferred into a new and unwelcoming school. But what is happening there proves so much more sinister than she anticipates.

***Content warning: This episode deals with themes of religious and psychological abuse, homophobia, and discrimination against non-binary people. Listener discretion is advised.***

You can now text the show here with feedback or questions!

Support the show

Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected].

You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

Something wicked grows in the fields near Umber, Nebraska. But it grows only under the most diligent care, and its like can be found throughout this fair land, and beyond.

***Content warning: This episode deals with themes of misogyny, racism, nativism, religious trauma, depression, and mass gun violence. Listener discretion is strongly advised.***

You can now text the show here with feedback or questions!

Support the show

Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected].

You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

A troubled farming family living in 1940s Colorado falls victim to a gruesome, if altogether too common, accident. But they will soon learn that this is only the beginning of their changing fortune.

***Content warning: This episode deals with themes of physical and emotional abuse, ableism, and contains gore and body horror. Listener discretion is advised.***

You can now text the show here with feedback or questions!

Support the show

Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected].

You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

An embittered and lonely man, whose life lies in shambles and who has fallen fully under the sway of his worst impulses, stumbles upon a terrible secret—and the further into it he delves, the more it threatens to swallow him and all he knows.

***Content warning: This episode deals with themes of alcohol dependency, familial estrangement, and the abduction and exploitation of children. Listener discretion is strongly advised.***

You can now text the show here with feedback or questions!

Support the show

Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected].

You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

The self-styled curator of a museum of horrors finally attains the masterpiece for which he has long yearned, but does not find quite the fulfillment that he expects from completing his collection.

***Content warning: This episode deals with themes of objectification of and violence against women, and true crime fetishization. Listener discretion is advised.***

You can now text the show here with feedback or questions!

Support the show

Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected].

You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

During the deadly winter of 1886-1887, which would end the era of the open range, a ranch hand seeks to escape the crushing solitude and boredom of his isolated station in the merciless vastness of the Wyoming Territory.

*** Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of cruelty and harm to animals. Listener discretion is advised. ***

You can now text the show here with feedback or questions!

Support the show

Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected].

You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

A weary office worker learns that sometimes, a few words are all it takes to unravel the pattern of a carefully ordered life.

***Content warning: This episode contains body horror and sexual content. Listener discretion is advised.***

You can now text the show here with feedback or questions!

Support the show

Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected].

You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!