Death, Dying, and Other Things

A story about eating. In “The Hunger at the Center of Everything,” a teenager tries to each his fill, and so does a isolated place in the plains.

This month, a story about a breakup, and some voicemails. In “Message,” a man leaves several voicemails on an ex-girlfriend's phone to gloat.

A story about something found on the lakebed. In “A Rusty Blade,” a man finds an old knife.

A story about camping. In “A Dream in the Forest,” a man goes to sleep in his tent

A story about a love spell gone wrong. In “Heartache,” a pair of friends try to cast a love spell with disastrous results.

A story about a broken arm. In “Another Left,” a man breaks his arm.

In “Floating Upside Down,” a family has a close encounter of a third kind.

In “Mom I’m Scared,” a little girl is right to be scared. And in “Barely Going to Make It,” a man headed home for the holidays meets one obstacle after another.

A story about a dog and its owner. In “A Story About a Dog,” a dog’s mystery injury, and the aftermath.

The conclusion of a story about a man on a journey for an answer. In “The Ghosts of the World, Part 3,” a man’s journey comes to a close.

The second part of a story about a man on a journey for an answer. In “The Ghosts of the World, Part 1,” a man deals with an injury.

The first part of a story about a man on a journey for an answer. In “The Ghosts of the World, Part 1,” a man heads for a mountain.

A nursery rhyme about a monster. In “The Ralgorat,” a boy sees something in his closet.

A story about books. In “Two Dozen Shelves,” you learn to meditate at an early age. (This episode also co-hosted by the relentless birds outside my window.)

A story about an accident and its aftermath. In “Freak Accident,” a boy loses his two front teeth.

A story about a married couple, a surprise pregnancy, a dead dog, and an aquatic visitor. In “Egregore,” a couple spends a weekend in a lakefront cabin in an attempt to save their marriage.

A story about earthquakes and other kinds of moving earth. In “Groundswell,” secretive strangers arrive in a small town and set up a mysterious operation.

A story about a dream and its lingering. In “Audio Notes on a Hidden Moon,” a recurring dream has an interesting side-effect on a man’s mind.

A story about a flight. In “Airborne,” a woman, terrified to fly, sees fears realized in an unexpected way.

A story about an in-group, and an individual. In “Shibboleth,” an individual finds others like him, but not exactly.

In “A Highway on the Edge, Part 2,” a man deals with the aftermath of the disappearance of his friend and colleague.

In “A Highway on the Edge, Part 1,” a group of paranormal investigators check on a hotspot out in the wilderness.

A story about a basement. In “Holding Together the World,” two adult children grapple with a secret their parents have left for them.

A story about an antique cabinet. In “A Cabinet, a Bone, and Two Pieces of String,” a woman finds something in her new antique store find.

A story about a field of wildflowers. In “What Lives in the Wildflowers?” a teenage boy asks his little brother that exact question.

Two stories about things you weren’t supposed to hear. In the first, “The Desert Rose,” a traveler hears breathing in walls of his motel room. In the second “A Stab of Air,” a curse uttered in one town is heard in another.

Two stories about moving, moving through time, moving through space, and confronting the next stage of your life. In the first, “Staying the Night,” a cross country move takes a macabre turn. In the second “The Dirt in the Backyard,” an expecting mother, in a new home, starts a garden.

A single story about puberty. In “One Red, One Green, One Blue,” a teenager’s very reality starts changing, as he grows up.

A single story. In “On the H O R I Z O N,” massive creatures appear on the horizon and derail a life.

Some terrible, terrible news.

A single story. In “Unfathomable Depths” an experiment in a secret facility goes horribly wrong.

Two stories about bodies and bodies of water. In “It Spoke,” a corpse in a riverbed says a few words. In “The Watermen of Drag Lake,” a local legend is born.

A single story about creepy crawlies in the house. In “In the Walls,” a grieving man finds a creature that’s come out of a hole in the drywall.

Two stories of blood. In the first, “Bloodstain,” a couple contends with a mystery stain in their bedroom. In the second, “Bad Tastes,” there’s an interesting side effect of a man’s wisdom teeth removal.

A single story, told through 10 of a captain’s audio journals. In “A Small and Heavy Chamber,” an exploratory mission to the reaches of the solar system goes wrong.

A single story. In “Parlor Trick,” a magician uses a mirror, for magic trick.

Two stories about infection. In, “Just Come Home,” a relationship is infected by an outside force. In “Toe Infection,” you get an ingrown toenail on your toe, that grows into something much worse.

A single story, revisiting a theme. In, “Dreams of Dead Energy,” a man struggles with his work, the effect of leisure, and his insignificance in the face of an uncaring universe.

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Two stories: one that ends, and one that starts, in a grave. In the first, “Resurrection Men,” a pair of body snatchers dig up a corpse. In the second, “The Spiraling Grave,” a woman wakes up in a coffin.

Eight stories... of eight hauntings.

A single story, told in fifty three voicemails. In “Cold as Hell,” a man has an issue with the heater in his new apartment.

Two stories of weather and what comes with it. In, “The Raincaller,” a drought causes a group of farmers to take justice into their own hands. In, “Oligach, Who Came From the Fog,” two newcomers to a small mining town share one too many secrets.

This month on Death, Dying, and Other Things, two stories of dreams and their consequences. In the first, “Beyond the Lucid Dream,” a man ventures too far into his own dreams. In the second, “The Strange Dream of Mr. Bartlet,” a man’s recurring nightmare starts to affect his appetite.

This month on Death, Dying, and Other Things, a single story of a celestial event, in two parts. In “Starfall,” a meteor shower brings with it more than just an evening light show.

A single story in two parts. In “What I Found in the Woods,” a man must care for something he doesn’t understand.

Two stories set in holy places. In the first, “The Chapel on the Hill,” a man visits with an old friend, on a trip home. In the second, “Sanctuary,” a stranger comes to a church looking for sanctuary from a storm.

Two ghost stories. In the first, “Fever Dreams,” a man recounts a childhood illness during which he almost died. In the second, “In the Static,” a man obsessed with numbers stations hears something else buried in the static.

Two stories of things hidden. In the first, “The Voice Memos of Arnold Walters, Mystery Author,” a writer takes a retreat in an old hotel, hoping to cure his writer’s block. In the second, “The Pit,” a man discovers something disturbing in his basement.

Our first ever bonus episode. A story that didn't fit in episode 10. In "The Man in My Backyard," a mystery man terrorizes a father.