Episode 80: Alison and Timothy discuss the wondrous life of William Woodruff, a hermit from Colebrook River, Connecticut. From newspaper articles, town histories, census records, wills, and  various other sources, we piece together William's story - a fatherless child turned town dandy, who walked away from society, grew hollyhocks, gazed at the stars, and kept a vow of silence for much of his life. We also discuss a "wild man" flap which occurred in the area during William's lifetime - and tell the tale of William being mistaken for bigfoot.

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Episode 78: Stories of contact with The Other. Joshua tells of multiple intense experiences with weird lights and weirder entities. Was he taken by the beings known as tall greys? Then Brett from Lost River Legends podcast stops by to talk about a question he was asked in the middle of the night by something unseen. 

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In this episode, the group announces the 2019-20 season for Forward Theater Company, and discusses the process involved in choosing each production.

Episode 76: In the first part of this episode Troy tells stories about a haunted fiddle passed down in his family, ancestral channeling, visions of women in mirrors, and a woman in white apparition. We also get to hear some music and other audio from Troy. In the second part of the episode we talk with Crystal who, after a near-death experience at a young age, experienced a number of strange encounters - including a cat head apparition and repeated sightings of an orb in her basement. 

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First, we hear an incredible Flannel Man account from Jade who had a fascinating encounter with a lumberjack-like entity on Halloween 1997. Then we talk to Mo who had a terrifying encounter with a bigfoot creature in the nineties which still effects him today.

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On this episode, the group discusses the use of a resident performing company and its impact on area professionals. Forward Theater is used as an example as well as two other highly successful regional theaters in Wisconsin, American Players Theatre and Milwaukee Repertory Theater.

The team talks about the choice to produce as a union-based company, how unions influence careers in Wisconsin and the Midwest, and the recent end to the AEA/Broadway League strike.

In this introductory episode, the team explains the foundation of Forward Theater Company, a unique professional theater in Madison, WI.

Episode 74: We talk with Loren Rhoads, author of "199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die", about graveyards - the good, the bad, and the scary. We hear about Loren's cemetery travels, including some spooky experiences she's had amongst the tombstones and mausoleums. Loren also gives us a short list of graveyards-to-visit in the U.S. Of course there are tales of lost and forgotten graves, ghosts, and vampires along the way. 

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Episode 71: We present four more Flannel Man accounts this episode. First we talk to Brad who saw Flannel Man beside a lake. Brad then tells us about a weird photo taken of his wife, an encounter with another dark entity, and some other strange experiences. Next, we hear Dan's experience of seeing Flannel Man as a child. Alison then reads a Flannel Man account sent in by Ruthann. Finally, we hear a story of a Flannel Man seen almost simultaneously by Sheila and her daughter - in two separate rooms of the same house! It is perhaps the scariest Flannel Man account we have heard.

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