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March 15, 2023 3 mins

Julien Solas, an aspiring writer, returns home to save his friend, James Fincher, from a death sentence fourteen years after he was convicted for the gruesome murder of two teenage boys. As Julien digs into the past, uncovering dark truths about himself and his family, he must work through his own psychosis while trying to uncover the mystery behind what happened in the caves of Mantawauk County. Jonathan Tucker (Westworld) and Edi Gathegi (The Harder They Fall) star in this original, immersive audio experience that weaves together the narrative threads of social drama, supernatural horror, and psychological thriller.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, I say, the Lord works in mysterious ways. Well,
he ain't got nothing on the devil. It has now

(00:24):
been confirmed the truth yesterday. Indeed the remains of Thomas
Hadley and Deacon had Sometimes it's revealed in the Intersection
of Facts nineteen, along with a third boy, James Center.
Sometimes it's hiding to the Lord of our ritual district.
In the eyes of the court, he is guilty, guilty

(00:47):
until proven innocent. Every minute I remain in Maniwa County,
in every minute James Fincher's execution draws near, I need
to tell the truth that the think of the fall gets.
I'm gonna need to step out in the corner. How
long were you following me? I wouldn't go digging around

(01:08):
stirring up trouble if I was you. It's best if
you just let things play out the way they're supposed to.
My mind is playing tricks on me. That night in
the cave, when I turned and I looked over my shoulder,
there was nothing, just an absence, a whole no like
go nothing in that hole but sorrow, greed, hatred, and hunger.

(01:33):
What is happening here and now to our proud little
town is the Devil's worth the case. No one who
has entered them has come out entirely the same person,
including me. I'm trying to help you join, So what's
it going to be? Your story or his? There is
a lot you don't understand here. Something is with me now,

(01:57):
the creeping darkness that overtakes the town every day because
the Caves don't want me to know the truth. But
I'm close now. This is the exact spot where we
found the bodies joined, Closer than ever He took the

(02:19):
Hedley Brothers. I dreamed he was following you. Soon you
will almost certainly take James Fincher, and one day Harry comes.
It may take me too. The Manowat Caves, starring Jonathan

(02:44):
Tucker and Eddie Gaffeggi, a production of Blumhouse Television, I
Heart Radio and Psychopia Pictures. First episodes available March twenty second.
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