Professor Troughton is forced to defend his pursuit of paranormal knowledge, and his scientific thinking is put to the test, as a strange phenomenon outside a nearby churchyard invites new terror into his life. 

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

Gemma Amor

Paul Alborough (Professor Elemental)

Mark Nixon

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:37:00), Credits (Around 01:15:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: mention of execution, jump scare – loud crash of glass, assault, injury. Discussion: discussion of horror tropes including gore.

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We return for a short bonus episode, producing M.R. James’ punchy ghost story ‘There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard’.

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Credits:

Written by M. R. James and Adapted by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:08:00), Credits (Around 00:32:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: character death, depiction of burial. Discussion: discussion of religion (general), discussion of death (general). 

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Professor Troughton returns to Warwick University to settle back into ordinary life. However, a rather restless colleague is keen to invite Troughton back to his home, where he experiencing something quite insidious.

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:30:00), Credits (Around 01:06:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: sudden loud noises (screeching tyres), brief description of dead body, suicide. Discussion: none.

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Our protagonist stands on both the threshold of a stately home and a dark secret, and we are reminded never to meet our heroes or idols.

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Credits:

Written by Pete Alex Harris 

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Script Editing by Mark Nixon

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:33:00), Credits (Around 01:08:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: prolonged illness, terminal illness. Discussion: discussion of religion vs. science.

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A travelling academic checks into his hotel and is amused at the superstition of hotels not having a Room 13. Yet, despite the manager’s insistence, there is a number 13 and something is inside…

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Credits:

Written by M. R. James and Adapted by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:27:00), Credits (Around 00:55:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: none. Discussion: sexual innuendo

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A young social worker moves into his first home. He finds that village life is small and quiet, and the neighbours are incredibly nosey, and what are they hiding exactly?

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:24:00), Credits (Around 01:00:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: homophobia, cults/cultlike behaviour. Discussion: discussion of media representation including homophobia and misogyny, fridging, mention of child abuse.

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An unscrupulous collector finds a rare and mysterious board game. Once he finally gets his hands on it, his luck turns sour, and he begins to notice the ever present caw of crows behind him…

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Credits:

Written by Christopher Long

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Script Editing by Mark Nixon

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:30:00), Credits (Around 01:04:00)

Content Warnings: Story: sudden loud noises (crashing crockery), animal death, character death. Discussion: none.

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A tormented signalman is visited by a passing stranger. But why does he mistrust the stranger, and why can he not take his eyes from the tunnel mouth outside his signal box?

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Credits:

Written by Charles Dickens and Adapted by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:23:00), Credits (Around 00:46:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: character death. Discussion: brief discussion of violent death/injury.

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An archaeologist travels to Egypt and ignores the misgivings of the locals as he proceeds with a new project. He is soon joined by a feline companion, and begins to hear something outside his tent in the dead of night...

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Credits:

Written by Gemma Amor 

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Script Editing by Mark Nixon

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:31:00), Credits (Around 00:55:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: themes of historical colonisation/cultural appropriation, sudden loud noise (rocks falling, gunfire), assault. Discussion: brief mention of enslavement, extended discussion of horror tropes & genre examples.

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A suffering husband becomes lost in the New England swamps only to find an Indian site, and the literal Devil waiting for him.

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Credits:

Written by Washington Irving and Adapted by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:27:00), Credits (Around 00:50:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: racism/slurs (indigenous, Black), mention of human sacrifice, mention of genocide, mention of religious persecution, mention of enslavement, graphic depiction of nausea, implied violent death, abduction. Discussion: extended discussion of religion/religious themes/doctrine (Christianity).

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