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Small Town Murder

James Pietragallo, Jimmie Whisman

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Two comedians look at a small town, what makes it tick, and a murder that took place there. In depth research, horrible tragedy, and the hosts' comedic spin on the whole thing. New episodes every Thursday!!
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FIRE IS ORANGE

Scott Sigler

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The third in the Color Series of short stories written by #1 New York Times best-selling novelist Scott Sigler, author of the Infected Trilogy, the Galactic Football League series, the Generations Trilogy, and more. This collection features s mixture of never-before-seen stories, tales from various anthologies, and Scott's first-ever published story. Fire is Orange collection blends humor and horror into a frothy flaming mixture. Author's notes explain the history and/or impetus of each stor ...
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Mystic Lasagna

Missing Sock

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40 years ago Jim Davis birthed a tubby orange oracle into the Universe. We haven't been able to get enough ever since. Join us as we plumb the depths of Garfield. Exploring his mystic existence, and plumbing the depths of his three panels like the lasagna loving, spider hating, tarot cards they truly are.
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This week, in Minden, Nevada, a horrifying scene in a lovely home, leaves suspicions squarely on the dead man's wife, who claims to have slept through a shotgun blast, and woke up to the front door being wide open. Detectives follow her around, waiting for a slip up. But did she actually do it? A drunken call to detectives changes everything, and o…
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This week, in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, several matching suitcases found in different places, all contain body parts that add to a a whole person. This leads to an investigation that reveals a shady spouse, some of the most incriminating internet searches ever typed, and one of the most brutal & senseless murders possible. Will anyone be hel…
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This week, in Bellaire, Ohio, a teenager finds his family absolutely butchered, in their home. Even crazier is the fact that his mother is found, with nails, next to her body, and his father's head has been placed in a bowl, under some satanic drawings. What this boy doesn't know is that he was supposed to be killed, too. The murderer ends up havin…
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This week, in Washington Township, Michigan, a man claims that his high powered wife, just walked out on him, after an argument. But when no one ever sees her, again, suspicions start to build. Especially, when detectives see that the couple has an attractive, 19 year old German live in babysitter. Was this an affair gone wrong? All is revealed, as…
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This week, in Groton, Massachusetts, a young man, who happens to be a prodigy jazz drummer, also has some problems. These problems lead to police showing up, after a 911 call, to find him naked, and covered in mud, claiming to have killed 4 people. As it turns out, he's not lying. Detectives find a horror scene, with blood and carnage that made eve…
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This week, in Madisonville, Kentucky, a bloodbath is discovered, in a quiet home, causing detectives to go through several unlikely suspects. This includes her retired doctor fiance, and even the woman's terminally ill younger sister. Detectives finally setting their sights on a man, who was living a double life, and fooling everyone in town. This …
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This week, in Williamsburg, Indiana, what seems like a sick woman, finally giving in to her illness, turns out to be horrible double murder, for a very dumb reason. Detectives are told that the woman's husband was overwhelmed with grief, and needed to leave town, but it turns out that he's much closer than anyone thinks. Will the couple's adult son…
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This week, in Carmel, Maine, a woman vanishes, after spending a day with her family, leading detectives to a suspect, who has a history of being around women, who come up missing. This includes his wife, who has been missing for years. As it turns out, there are even more women that went missing, after spending time with this man. In the end, some …
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This week, in Fredericksburg, Texas, a man's increasingly strange behavior concerns family & friends, for years. He goes through marriages, and tries to keep it under control, but eventually he buries all the furniture, and stabs the living room wall, because "the devil is in there". This all leads to shaving his head, and committing a brutal doubl…
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This week, in Selmer, Tennessee, when a Pastor is horribly murdered, in his own bedroom, detectives scramble to locate his wife, and three little girls, who the police assume have been kidnapped by the murderers. Police are very surprised to find all of them, taking a little beach vacation. When they find they murder weapon, in her trunk, things be…
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This week, in Pierre, South Dakota, an affair turns into a need for a divorce, which leads to a woman, disappearing. She leaves her phone, purse & car, but she's nowhere to be found. Detectives look to her new boyfriend, but eventually blame the husband, claiming it was a brutal act of jealousy, but he has someone else to blame... their 12-year-old…
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This week, in Lynchburg, Virginia, when a powerful couple is brutally murdered, in their home, detectives don't have a lot to work with, besides some bloody footprints, and blood from an unknown source. According to their daughter, they have a million enemies, ranging from angry business associates, to members of the Canadian government, and even s…
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This week, in Lashmeet, West Virginia, a sudden, and brutal murder may have been brought on by a very strange living arrangement, involving a woman, her boyfriend, and her ex-husband, One day, both the woman, and her boyfriend begin drinking, in the morning. This leads to arguments, when one claims to be "God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit", while the…
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This week, in Menomonie, Wisconsin, a friendly, traveling lounge singer moves into the area, and people start to end up dead. Some of the deaths even seem to be accidents. But it turns out not to be a coincidence, as this singer is also being guided by voices, coming from tv sets, light bulbs, and Chinese restaurants, while also being told what to …
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This week, in Ville Platte, Louisiana, the body of a man is found, inside of a plastic moving tub, with no legs, deep in the bayou. Detectives suspect his girlfriend, but quickly change course, when she is also found, in exactly the same condition. Tips lead police to a couple, who claim to be best frineds with the dead couple, but fingerprints, an…
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This week, in Mason City, Iowa, a smart & nerdy young man has a very illegal money making enterprise that spins out of control, leading to the cold blooded murders of 5 innocent people & a game of finger pointing that can only be sorted out by secret recordings, and midnight confessions. When the murders are discovered, they're so brutal & heartles…
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This week, in Klawock, Alaska, what may hve been a simple misunderstanding, turns into an angry Facebook mob, seeking vengeance. This ends horribly, in a brutally bloody attack, using all kinds of household items as weapons, with the killers, running out, into the night. It turns out that they didn't cover their tracks very well, and "Facebook made…
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This week, in East Hampton, New York, a horribly bloody murder scene is found, inside of a custom mansion, in an elite neighborhood. The multimillionaire victim has plenty of enemies, both business, and personal, but because of a removed hard drive, in the alarm system, detectives focus on the blue collar electrician boyfriend of the dead man's soo…
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This week, in Grafton, Vermont, a couple attempts to help an odd pair of hitchhikers pull their truck out of the mud, only to end up drinking, hanging out, and ending up brutally murdered. They are found in the strangest positions that dead bodies could be placed. Detectives want to track down these hitchikers, but the pair show up back at the murd…
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This week, in Poteau, Oklahoma, when murders begin happening, all over the area, including an older man, several women, and a popular local newscaster , it isn't clear if they're connected, at first. This all quickly turns into a frantic search for a serial killer, while he's actively taking more victims, on a near daily basis. When they finally fi…
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This week, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, detectives are met with a real mystery, when a chiropractor is horribly murdered, in his office. There are plenty of suspects, but they focus on another chiropractor, with an office just 500 feet away from the victim. There seems to be a lot of proof, but small town politics, and one of the craziest alibis of all…
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This week, in Riceboro, Georgia, a wild story unfolds, when a dismembered body is found, deep in the woods, on a hunting preserve. It's a real mystery, especially because the dead person & their spouse have been on the run from a nefarious group, who has been threatening, and harrassing the couple. Luckily, they had an FBI agent, helping them with …
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This week, in Gardner, North Dakota, a seemingly nice couple moves to this small town, only to raise major suspicions, after a couple of months. It turns out, that they're using the identity of another man, and are both wanted by police. When the man finds out they've been using his name, everything starts to fall apart, and before you know it, the…
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This week, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, a twisted tale emerges, when a rich, brash local, with a million enemies, is found horribly murdered & frozen solid, in his own car. Detectives have a mess on their hands, comsidering the dead man's nephews was having an affair with his wife. Plus, the dead man was having his own affair. The whole thing goes o…
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This week, in Grasshopper Junction, Arizona, a man tries to have a morning coffee, with his friends, who run the town's only restaurant, but discovers a bloody mess of a scene, with their brutally murdered bodies. At the same time, a pair of brothers, on the run from the law in Alabama, lead police on a chase, through the desert, throwing weapons o…
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This week, in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, a comfy country home is the setting for a terrible massacre, causing detectives to be suspicious of the spouse, only to find out that it's actually a much darker plot. A group of teens, calling themselves "Disciples of Destruction" set out to make a name for themselves, but didn't count on one thing; a mira…
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This week, in Tequesta, Florida, an absolutely insane, and horrific pair of murders is interrupted by a neighbor, who also gets attacked. The murders are incredibly horrendous, with knives, a machete, and is finished off, with an attempt to eat the faces off of the victims. It's a crazy act, by a young man, who seems to have gone crazy, claiming su…
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This week, in Prairie Village, Kansas, a wildly intelligent doctor hands in their medical license, amid a failing marriage, and begins to lose their mind, while slipping into a world of alcohol, drugs, strange threats. This all escalates into one crazy evening, and two murders, that are so brutal, that the town has to change all the street addresse…
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This week, in Willard, Ohio, a deeply disturbed man moves back in with his mother, only to go deeper into strangeness, by not leaving the house for over nine months, not getting any psychiatric help, and heavily day drinking whiskey. One night, when his neighbor mows her lawn, after dark, he decides it's finally time to leave the house. This ends i…
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This week, in Oak Grove, Oregon, when a group of bystanders attempt to save woman's life, after she was brutally stabbed, in a Denny's parking lot, no one can imagine that it would lead to the discovery of a makeshift forest graveyard, and one of the worst serial killers that the northwest has ever seen. He's a nasty one, with the cover of a good f…
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This week, in Edwards, Mississippi, a terribly murdered body is found, stuffed inside of hog feed container, on a rural farm. This leads police to hunt for the man who was last seen with the woman, but he has already moved on to other horrific acts, including brutally killing his aunt, and attacking a stranger with a knife. His demeanor in court is…
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This week, in McHenry, Illinois, several members of an extended family begin to get sick, and even drop dead, from a seemingly mysterious illness. These deaths just happen to be exactly what one family member needs, as he pays off his debts, with the money he collects. Is there some kind of enviornmental cause for the deaths? Maybe the water supply…
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This week, in Olancha, California, when a beloved & well respected rancher's skeleton is found, in the desert, everyone knows exactly who did it, but that person has vanished. This murdering con man is found in an unlikely place, only to escape from a very secure prison, to live his life, on the run. Episodes of "America's Most Wanted" & "Unsolved …
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This week, in Talladega, Alabama, the horrific discovery of multiple bodies, brutalized & posed, scares the entire area. But that's only the beginning, as more bodies are discovered, nearby. This leads police on a massive nationwide hunt for a serial killer, who fooled everyone into thinking he was literally another person, but as they hunt him, he…
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Scott and ARealGirl answer all y’all’s questions about FIRE IS ORANGE, the Siglerverse, short stories, “who would win in a fight between,” and we also give some various updates on all the things. Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dead Silence” by Vasya …
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Hello, this is Scott Sigler, the author of FIRE IS ORANGE. Well, the journey is over, and I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for spending your irreplaceable time with my work. If you want more of my fiction, I've got heaps of it for you. You can go to ScottSigler.com/books and see the titles I have available in print, ebook, and audiobook. Or you can…
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Yuki files her final report on the Hippo, revealing a disturbing past that almost explains his more disturbing present. It’s a story that not even Big Baby can believe — and one that Harry doesn’t want to hear. Narrated by Ray Porter. Written by Scott Sigler Performed by Ray Porter Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie …
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Harry needs info, and he’s not too proud to use cupcakes to get it. Tavena’s time has run out, while Yuki’s prime time has almost arrived. And, Big Baby gets antsier and antsier, waiting for his moment. Get ready for the sweet-tasting viciousness of Part 4. Written by Scott Sigler Performed by Ray Porter Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Producti…
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As a star reporter closes in on the Hippo, Tavena gets to meet the Hippo’s father. It’s time to “Batch it Up” in the most bizarre cooking show ever. Written by Scott Sigler Performed by Ray Porter Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dead Silence” by Vasya…
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The Hippo used live bait to draw out vamps Peter and Tavena. Peter has been dealt with — now, it’s Tavena’s turn. Written by Scott Sigler Performed by Ray Porter Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dead Silence” by Vasya Sakal…
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Part 1 of “Hippo,” a story from the pages of Jonathan Maberry’s V-WARS series, now out on NETFLIX! Narrated by Ray Porter. Written by Scott Sigler Performed by Ray Porter Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dead Silence” by Vasya Sakal…
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The things some heroes have to do to make ends meet. A superpowered run-in with the #MeToo movement leaves sponsors quite unhappy. Read by Scott Sigler. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dead Silence” by Vasya Sakal…
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The bonds forged in combat are among the strongest known to mankind. What happens when the comrade you fought and bled with not only dies, but is replaced by the comrade you fought and bled with? Narrated by Ray Porter. Written by Scott Sigler Performed by Ray Porter Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright…
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A double date of short story glory. “Mister Double M” - read by A B Kovacs - deals with a romance gone wrong, while “Fifth Girl” - read by Scott Sigler - features a different kind of pick-up artist. Written by Scott Sigler Performed by A B Kovacs and Scott Sigler Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 202…
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Petra Prawatt’s self-replicating “minids” are hard at work, eating up the radiation of a ruined city. But what happens when the only food they can eat is gone? Join us for the conclusion of "Complex God." Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entert…
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Petra Prawatt invented a modern miracle: a tiny, self-replicating, radiation-eating robot designed to clean up toxic waste. What works in the lab, however, isn’t always what works in the real world, as Petra is about to find out. Read by Scott Sigler. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by…
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Two short stories, one funny and one gut-wrenching. It’s “The Laundry Demon” and “Puppet Master,” both read by A.B. Kovacs. Written by Scott Sigler Performed by A B Kovacs Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dead Silence” by Vasya Sakal…
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Jump into the wayback machine to hear Scott’s first-ever pro fiction sale. Narrated by the incomparable Ray Porter. Written by Scott Sigler Performed by Ray Porter Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dead Silence” by Vasya Sakal…
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We kick off a new book with a side story from PANDEMIC. Meet Dale and Mable, a happily married couple trying to make their way in a very unhappy Chicago. Narrated by Ray Porter. Written by Scott Sigler Performed by Ray Porter Produced by Empty Set Entertainment Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme mus…
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