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Corpus Callosum

October 28, 2020·45 min·3 clips
A medical scan reveals Nick's brain has physically changed in ways that shouldn't be possible.
The episode begins with the story of Joan Grant, who in 1937 published historically accurate novels about ancient Egypt without research, claiming to access 'far memory' from past lives. Grant experienced vivid dreams from childhood and eventually developed methods for accessing these memories, including recollections of a place called the 'dark garden' or Tanis. Nick receives medical results showing his corpus callosum has become denser with increased electrical activity, meaning the two sides of his brain are communicating far more than normal. Despite doctors wanting to keep him for observation, Nick leaves to continue investigating murders in Terrace, British Columbia. That night, Nick has an intense dream of walking along an infinite stone wall in a desolate landscape, eventually riding a motorcycle through the wall into a birch forest. Nick and MK meet Chase Murakami, a local tracker who believes the accused Michael Powder is innocent of the murders. They interview Brenda Braithwaite, the surviving researcher who describes being attacked by someone in a metal mask who whispered 'We get what we deserve' while killing Kurt Moreno. The episode includes a reading from the Pacifica manuscript, describing a character's disorienting experiences in a forest study involving waking dreams and encounters with an administrator figure. Natalia Proska provides journal pages from Adams detailing the Gates of Karsus - four locations including the long stone, crystal cavern, morn tree, and path to Karsus. One disturbing journal entry describes finding two people crucified and flayed, their organs nailed to a twisted totem pole called the morn tree. The episode concludes with Chase providing a recording of John Coroman Jr. speaking with Rose Hempel via military satellite phone, where she reveals the location of the first gate before disappearing.

As heard by us

Reincarnation lore and field reporting meet in a slow-burn woods mystery.

TANIS starts with Joan Grant and the idea that Winged Pharaoh reached back through far memory, then lets that claim bleed into a woods-level hunt for masked figures, symbols, and menace. The episode is strongest when it keeps both lines active at once.

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For when a historical mystery opens on far memory and then slips into masked woods after dark.

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