A college professor has a mysterious story to tell to a prized student, but his timing and motive are no less cryptic.

With Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast, Linda Wojtowick, Elena Vega, and Cal Butera.

All music by Anthony Sanders, used by permission, all rights reserved. Check out some of his work at https://cibolathecityofgold.bandcamp.com/.

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For the people in a small town in upstate New York, what happened was just another sordid true crime story. But they would never know just how frightening and surreal things became in its aftermath, or what one woman chose to endure in the name of compassion.

Music: Bob Pokrzywa, from the album 'A Wounded and Prostrate Foe,' all rights reserved. https://bobpokrzywa.bandcamp.com/album/a-wounded-and-prostrate-foe    -and-  Anthony Brown, 'Evolving Ambient Soundscape,' Getty Music. All rights reserved.

Cast (in order of appearance):

Scholar: Eric Dantley

Ellen Hershbergen: Linda Wojtowick

Narrator: Jamie Molina

Pontiac resident: Julie Medina

Father Dorr: Les Lentz

Denise Minotka: Amy Newman

Detective: Corey Landis

Radio broadcaster: Maureen Rivers

Nan Carlos: Currer Hathaway

Private investigator:  Stuart Arnheim

Social worker: Effi T. Mothgil

Grace Beck: Catherine Saraceno

Prosecutor: Cal Butera

Police officer: Ebenezer Alasi

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The featured story of this brief trilogy imagines that perhaps, Earth's final confrontation between good and evil will take place so quietly you'll be able to hear a caterpillar crawl through the blood-soaked grass. Before this tale comes an appetizer ... and afterward, a little dessert.

1. dusk

2. extremity

3. project

Additional narration by Linda Wojtowick.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Ice Demon" licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Nothing that has four walls and a roof can be eliminated as a possible breeding ground for the supernatural -- nothing.

Music: "Dream" by Jahzzar, SoundExpress, Getty Music.

"Mourning Song" and "Past the Edge" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Memories of three weird occurrences that cannot be explained merge for their living witness into a common theme.

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A man who insists on the existence of a relative no one else has ever seen delves dangerously into the swirling fog of his own youthful perceptions. Radio host played by Currer Hathaway.

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A man blinded by infatuation learns the object of his desire has intentions to become something from which he may have already missed his chance to escape.

Additional narration by Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast.

MUSIC: Lee Rosevere, from '10 Minute Meditations,' licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere AND by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com. 'Mesmerize,' 'Mystic Dark Background,' and 'The Dread' licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Maybe your own town holds one: a folk tale, discredited and in many ways absurd, that nevertheless will not die. Here is a glimpse into one such tale ... and the rare destructive force it happened to carry with it. 

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), "Virtutes Instrumenti" licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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A man in trouble, wanting only an escape from a crisis, stumbles across a mystery which leads to another... and yet another, demanding a return to a dangerous place and time.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), "Shadowlands 1: Horizon" licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Another tale of lands touched by both enigmatic beauty and dormant, uncategorizable cruelty. 

The narrator: Justy Gee

The poem reader: Jes Echo

Gail Greenlove: Amy Paonessa, The Bloodlust podcast

The truck driver: Cal Butera

Michael Spinell: Soren Narnia

Nadia Oliver: Susan Wallace

Ronald Garr: Brian Lillie

Poetry by Mia LeBemay

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) “Concentration” and “Smoother Move” licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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