Best Stephen King Cosmic Horror Podcasts (2025)

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Tape 35 - Outer Reach Meditation a Transcendental Experience by Nick Lay 20:59

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it begs you to come closer... You Can No Longer Turn Back... just hold your breath...count to ten... And Open Your Eyes. If you enjoyed listening to this episode or the podcast as a whole, feel free to rate the show and share your thoughts in a review. It means a lot. Thank you. Happy 2024. Show some love and support to the Author: Nick Lay Website…

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Tape 34 - Living Will by Roger Ley 14:10

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Martin Riley leads as much a normal life as any other person, he marries, starts a family, divorces and of course like everyone else, he grows old. Now on his death bed, unable to eat, drink or talk, the decision of his end-of-life care is left to a software version of himself. A futuristic form of a living which he signed years before. If you enjo…

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(BONUS Tape 33) In Conversation with Author, Roger Ley 1:48:28

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Roger Ley is a novel and short story author born in London and educated in the U.K and Saudi Arabia. He worked as an engineer in the oilfields of North Africa and the North Sea, before pursuing a career in higher education. Teaching Mechanical Engineering and building navel engines. Now retired, he pursues his passion of writing stories, writing ov…

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Tape 32 - Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family by H.P Lovecraft with Special Guest VA, Margaret Ashley 31:06

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In this H.P Lovecraft classic, we listen to a story told by a nameless figure. A story about a certain strange man called Arthur Jermyn. As the title suggests, we listen to the life of this Arthur Jermyn and the peculiarities of both himself and his family. We hear about the family members and their strange unique obsessions with Gods and amazing m…

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Tape 31 - Observation Part 2 by Jakob Chapman 29:00

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The conclusion to Jakob Chapman's "Observation". Mik attends his second Observation experiment and is sent to another world, his mind his own, but in a foreign body. His interactions with the planet organisms soon prove hostile, and things only get more horrific when Mik suddenly wakes up outside his girlfriend Kessy's apartment carrying an itch in…

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Tape 30 - Observation Part 1 by Jakob Chapman 26:55

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"Observation" tells the story of a man called Mik, who volunteers to take part for the second time, in an incredible experiment which takes a persons consciousness and sends it across the solar system to different worlds. To observe the universe and prove humanity is not alone. But with some unpleasant side effects. Although Mik is drawn by a sense…

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(BONUS Tape 29) In Conversation with Comedy Writer and VA, Debs Wardle 2:57:23

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Debs is a voiceover artist and comedy writer who although has only been in the VO industry for a little over 3 years, as Debs put it herself, she believes to have found her calling the moment she first stood in front of a microphone. As well as talking about Debs' humble beginnings as a VO, we also talk about a whole load of other subjects. Such as…

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(BONUS Tape 28) In Conversation with VA, David Holmes 2:44:24

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Today I sit and chat with David Holmes. A voiceover artist who featured as the special guest narrator for Episode 23's "The Terrible Old Man" by H.P Lovecraft. We talk about a lot of things me and David. From his previous career as a theatre lighting designer, to his humble voiceover beginnings as a virtual Glaswegian Toad. From talking about his v…

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(BONUS Tape 27) In Conversation with VA, Brad Shaw 1:33:53

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In this Conversation Episode, I sit and chat with fellow voiceover artist and my friend, Brad Shaw. Brad has been in the creative industries all his life and has had experience as a theatre actor, a show reel producer, a murder mystery facilitator and of course, a voiceover artist. As well as delving into Brad's colourful career, we hear the story …

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Tape 26 - Hole by Nicholas Jones 22:00

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"Hole" is a short story written in the over-the-shoulder perceptive with the story telling you what is happening, as if you, the reader, is the one experiencing what is happening in the story. In this story, a perfectly black, circular hole has appeared on the floor of your Livingroom. Your immense curiosity needs to know. Why is it there? How did …

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Tape 25 - From Beyond by H.P Lovecraft 29:59

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From Beyond tells the story of Crawford Tillinghast. A man who believes he has made the monumental discovery of a world and beings that are invisible to everyone. Everyone except Tillinghast however, who has built a vast machine that will allow him and his concerned friend to see these invisible worlds and their inhabitants once and for all. But th…

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Tape 24 - Dagon by H.P Lovecraft with Special Guest VA, Brad Shaw 23:41

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One of the all time H.P Lovecraft favourites. Dagon tells the story about a mans retelling of his experiences as a WW1 naval prisoner of war who escaped alone, only to find the ocean vanished, along with himself marooned on a mysterious island that has a sinister quality to it. And as he explores his new surroundings, he finds a giant stone Monolit…

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Tape 23 - The Terrible Old Man by H.P Lovecraft with Special Guest VA, David Holmes 12:38

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Angelo Ricci, Joe Czanek and Manuel Silva are in the water town of Kingsport, waiting for an opportunity to exercise their profession on an unknowing resident with plenty of coin to miss. And when they hear rumours that the resident, mysterious old man who lives on the old house on the hill, holds a fortune of gold and silver, they think they've hi…

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(BONUS Tape 22) In Conversation with Author and Modern-Day Bard, Raz T. Slasher 2:06:33

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In this Bonus episode, I sit down and chat with Raz T. Slasher who is a man of many talents including haunted attraction performer, actor, voice actor, producer, trained vocalist, film director and of course, an incredibly skilled and educated writer. So as you can imagine, there is a lot of stuff we talk about in this conversation, which ends up b…

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Tape 21 - Lone Orbit by Roger Ley with Special Guest VA, Debs Wardle 13:05

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Mary is an astronaut conducting a mission on the International Space Station with only two months left till she finishes her mission and SpaceX sends new astronauts so she can return to Earth. Until then, Mary drifts alone. Watching the Earth below her, until she sees something happening on Earth and when she tries to contact Houston, she realises …

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Tape 20 - Time To Wake Up by HP. Newquist 15:25

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A giant sleeping being, hidden under the earth for thousands of years, wakes up to a modern world and makes her way to the sea to answer an ancient call long forgotten by humans. All she wants is to reach the sea, but the humans don't know that. If you enjoyed listening to this episode or the podcast as a whole, feel free to rate the show and share…

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(BONUS Tape 19) In Conversation with Writer, Jakob Chapman 1:34:00

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In this Bonus tape, I chat with Writer and Instructor Jakob Chapman. Jakob works as a college instructor at Olympic University in Washington state USA, and has been an indie writer since he was 14 years old, and has published several novels during that time. Jakob and I talk about many things such as his writing style and how he disciplines himself…

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(BONUS Tape 18) In Conversation with Indie Writer and Storyteller, Nick Lay 2:37:21

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I sit and chat with Indie Writer and Host of the horror YouTube channel, Darker Stories, Nick Lay. Author of Episode 8's "The Garden of Meat". We talk about a huge range of subjects, from Nick's humble beginnings as a writer, his story inspirations and discuss our personal fears. We also talk about our own personal goals as creatives and realise we…

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Tape 17 - The Unnameable by H.P Lovecraft 23:32

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Another short but tantalising story from the collection of HP. Lovecraft. Two intellectual friends discuss the theory and psychology of the idea of The Unnameable, in a graveyard of all places. They argue if it is even possible for a thing to be so horrendous, so terrifying, so beyond comprehension, that it is truly, Unnameable. They may have disco…

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(BONUS Tape 16) In Conversation with VA, Justine Ghosty 1:54:18

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In this bonus episode, I sit down and chat with VA, Justine Ghosty who narrated for Episode 15's The Extraordinary Lineage of Ethan McKay. In this conversation episode, we talk about Justine's life as a voiceover artist, where she shares how her journey as VA started out for her, the revelations she has experienced that have played a vital role in …

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Tape 15 - The Extraordinary Lineage of Ethan McKay by James G. Carlson, with Special Guest VA, Justine Ghosty 23:38

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Ethan McKay has never felt he fits in with anything or anyone in his life. Not his home, not his school, not his job, not his friends, not his girlfriend, even his own mother. The only two things that he has felt any kind of connection to, is the sea and the stars. But an unexplainable event occurs right on top of Ethan and everything around him pl…

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Tape 14 - Radio Silence by Aaron Lebold 20:28

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The year is 1918 and the ship USS Cyclops has just left port from Rio de Janeiro with 11,000 tons of magnesium ore onboard to make its final journey back home to Baltimore USA. Its captain, George W. Worley is confident that he and his crew would make it back to the USA in a matter of weeks, but unknown to them, under their ship, are thousands of d…

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(BONUS Tape 12) In Conversation with One Voice Award Nominated VA, Mars Lipowski 1:22:50

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In this second ever bonus episode, I talk with my dear friend and fellow voiceover artist Mars Lipowski where we explore a lot of things as well as hearing his story of how his love for voice over started out from a love for movies. When he used to act in his film maker father's movies and watch hundreds of English speaking movies where movie dubbi…

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Tape 13 - Dreams of Christmas Black by Tom Zumwalt 19:03

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Rinn's husband Sam is in self induced sleep on a machine that translates the sleepers dreams into their real meanings, but there is someone, or something inside his dreams that keeps showing up, and it appears to want Sam, but why? Along with the help of Rinn's friend Steve, they try to wake Sam up, but this creature doesn't seem to want that to ha…

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(BONUS Tape 11) In Conversation with Writer, Aaron Lebold 1:30:30

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This is the first of many special "Conversation" episodes, a series of bonus interview type episodes where I have a conversation with the Authors and Writers responsible for the stories that you hear on Cryo Pod Tapes, whom there would be no Cryo Pod Tapes without. As well as working Voice Over Artists who have leant their voices to some story epis…

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Tape 10 - Stewart by Aaron Lebold with Special Guest, Award Nominated VA Mars Lipowski 44:17

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Jeffery is young boy who is sad, alone and tormented by the memory of his father leaving him and his mother without a word. He is bullied at school, even disliked by his own mother. The only comfort he has in the world, is a little frog he rescued. A bond forms between them and Jeffery starts to feel whole again. But his mother feels nothing but di…

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Tape 9 - The White Ship by H.P Lovecraft 20:05

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Basil Elton has been keeper of the North Point Lighthouse for decades, just as his father before him and his father before him. Basil has heard many a tale of the strange and the unknown on the seven seas, including the one about The White Ship. One day, The White Ship appears to Basil where a mysterious man invites him to sail to distant strange l…

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Tape 8 - The Garden of Meat by Nick Lay 14:38

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An unnamed individual has just awakened with no memory of who they are and find themselves in a strange garden made of flesh. While trying to find a way out, they have to defend themselves against a hideous deformed monster called a Gorger, whereupon they will ultimately realise who they are, and what they are. If you enjoyed listening to this epis…

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Tape 7 - Thoughts? by Aaron Lebold 41:53

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The year is 2116 and medicine has evolved to the point where brain transplants are now commonplace. And William, a husband and father who is dying with brain cancer, has an appointment to swap his brain with another healthier brain in the efforts to save his life. At first, the operation appears to be a success. But then William starts to have visi…

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Tape 6 - The Beast In The Cave by H.P Lovecraft 19:15

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Today's story is one from the pioneer of Cosmic Horror fiction, Howard Phillips Lovecraft. A traveller who has lost his way as well as his companions while exploring a cave called the Mammoth Cave, must hide in the darkness from an unknown creature hunting him down. If you enjoyed listening to this episode or the podcast as a whole, feel free to ra…

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Tape 5 - Weird by Dean M. Drinkel 19:14

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A surreal experience about an unnamed character is lost in a terrible unknown world of fire and death trying to remember who he is, where he is, why he is here, and how to get out. If you enjoyed listening to this episode or the podcast as a whole, feel free to rate the show and share your thoughts. It means a lot. Thank you. Show some love to the …

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Tape 1 - IMMUNE SYSTEM by Jakob Chapman 25:09

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David just goes about his job as an astronaut like any other day as part of the colonisation of the Moon. But a serious malfunction causes damage to two satellites, the Norton and the Ralph 13, and David sets off to repair them both before they crash,. All while he revisits his troubled past with his estranged father and his decision to become an a…

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Tape 2 - Bloodlust by Aaron Lebold 31:17

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Jordon and Sam are brothers who assists a Doctor Benway in his experiments to find a cure for a Vampire-like disease that's causing chaos and panic within the city. Sam thinks nothing of Doctor Benway's experiments, but Jordon thinks the doctor is not to be trusted. And after completing what they thought was a normal routine job, they both start to…

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Tape 3 - GLOOM by James G. Carlson 39:45

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Ollie is a simple man who enjoys the simple things in life, or tries to, as he lives with immense dread everyday of his life. But after meeting a stranger in a bar that shows him an interdimensional being living on back that might be the source of his dread, Ollie finds himself working together with this stranger and a nurse who all seek to remove …

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Tape 4 - The Stars Were Wrong by Raz T. Slasher 14:36

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Jake is about to leave his volunteering job at the planetarium and go off to college. He attends a party held by his friends to celebrate his time there . However, for his friend Louie, this going away party also serves as a chance to reveal what he believes is the very reason for humanity's exitance in the universe. And as the party goes on, Jake …

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Cryo Pod Tapes Podcast Extended Trailer 3:16

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Tape 0 How long has it been? How much time has passed, since you first stepped into the pod? How long have you been drifting in the endless void of the unknown, alone? How do you know if you truly ARE alone? Out there, It’s just you, and whatever you perceive as, reality. All that is, is you, and the stories you carry. Welcome, to The Cryo Pod Tape…

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Episode: 25 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 15:25

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-In this episode: Epilogue

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Episode: 24 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 31:47

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-In this episode: Conclusion: Leon makes it back to the old Library to find Jean...and the minister, waiting for him.

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Episode: 23 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 37:22

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-In this episode: Leon and company prepare to escape from the house as the minister's followers close in.

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Episode 22 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 27:41

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-In this episode: Leon drops Ethan in New York to pursue a lead on Perlman, but when they get to the mysterious house in Charlemont, Leon, Miriam and Glen find the old rabbi waiting for them.

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Episode 21 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 16:33

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-In this episode: A minion of Doctor Janeway appears to Miriam during the night--and she realizes she is leading Leon, Ethan and Glen into a trap.

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Episode 20 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 17:41

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-In this episode: Leon, Glen and Ethan take Miriam out of town to escape Doctor Janeway's influence, while Glen's colleague Irwin gets an update from peers on the status of Monoceros.

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Episode 19 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 27:48

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-In this episode: Ethan visits Leon during his recovery in the hospital; they later meet with Glen DisStasio--while Jean heads to Connecticut to correlate more documentary evidence of Doctor Janeway's mysterious puritan cult.

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Episode 18 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 18:51

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-In this episode: Leon hides in Widener Library after closing hours to spy on the minister--and his followers.

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Episode 17 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 14:04

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-In this episode: In the aftermath of death, Leon determines to investigate the minister, whose followers appear to be multiplying during the midnight hours.

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Episode 16 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 14:46

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-In this episode: The death of Nancy Fraser.

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Episode 15 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 19:07

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-In this episode: Nancy's condition deteriorates. Glen and Leon meet for the first time outside of the minister's empty house, and Miriam discovers she has a frightening new power.

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Episode 14 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 20:27

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-In this episode: Miriam discovers that the minister is spreading his 'potion' among the faculty, and the circle of victims widens to embrace Rabbi Perleman.

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Episode 13 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 18:56

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-In this episode: While exploring Doctor Janeway's house, Miriam discovers the store of unusual minerals the minister uses to mix in his drinking water. No sooner has she left the house with a sample, she is attacked by the wandering vagrant.

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Episode 12 - Doctor Janeway's Plague 20:31

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-In this episode: Nancy helps Leon discover Puritan manuscripts documenting the existence of a Rev. Janeway during a string of mysterious disappearances in the early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Can it be the same man?