It's Episode 24 of Season 24. Enter the dark waters of the Cape Fear River as we present tales good efforts gone bad.

"Spiral" by Gail Maitland (Story starts around 00:03:30)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Jeff Clement
Cast: Narrator - Mike DelGaudio, Allie - Sarah Ruth Thomas, DoctorRuckus - Atticus Jackson, anniexiety - Ilana Charnelle, TwitchyPete - Dan Zappulla, AdventColander - James Cleveland, BoingBoingBoobies - Jeff Clement, NewCatSmell - Nichole Goodnight, hearthealthhannah - Jessica McEvoy, MelanoMama - Wafiyyah White, lambshark - Matthew Bradford, fancyafoot - Jake Benson, Actual Doctor - Mary Murphy

"Tire Thumper" by Joe Prosit (Story starts around 00:29:55)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Linsay Rousseau

"East Marion" by Ryan Marie Ketterer (Story starts around 00:56:25)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Jesse Cornett, Martha Moore - Nichole Goodnight, Cathy Jackson - Wafiyyah White, Delia Owens - Mary Murphy, Waitress - Erin Lillis, Mark Moore - Dan Zappulla, Charles Jackson - Matthew Bradford, Ray Owens - Jeff Clement, Mayor Samuel Lewis - David Cummings

"The Silent Bell" by David Haynes (Story starts around 01:08:20)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Claudius Moore
Cast: Doctor Gough - Andy Cresswell, Mr. Hughes - David Ault, Lady Asquith - Penny Scott-Andrews, Lord Asquith - James Cleveland, Monroe - Jake Benson, Student - Erika Sanderson, Emma - Ash Millman

"Replanter" by Parker McIntosh (Story starts around 01:38:00)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Jesse Cornett
Cast: Narrator - Graham Rowat, Henrietta - Erin Lillis

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Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone
"The Silent Bell" illustration courtesy of Alia Synesthesia

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