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May 2021
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Episode 25: The Siege of Pleasant Evenin...

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The light dies and the darkness comes to the big parlor house out in the gap. There will be blood. There will be death. The conclusion of the The Railroad Man and the Local Magistrate storyline.


CW: Discussion of agency and consent, gunfire, body horror, decay, aging, death by magic, death of human appearing monsters, familial stress and conflict.


Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

The voice of The Railroad Man: Yuri Lowenthal

The voice of Jerry Brotherton: Corey Ryan Forreseter

Intro Music: "The Land Unknown (The Hollow Heart Verses)" written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro Music: “Charcoal Suit and All” by Jacob Cody Moore


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