10. The Stack

November 23, 2018·31 min·2 clips

In Randy's basement, Mark finds TVs playing white tapes in a circle, with shadowy figures waiting behind them.

Mark Cambria secretly returns to Randy's piano shop, determined to investigate the mysterious white tapes. His girlfriend, Tamara Wolfe, later discovers his recorded account of that night after he goes missing. The episode unfolds through Mark's tense field recording and Tamara's subsequent investigation with the police. Mark breaks into the empty shop and finds a basement containing a circle of old TVs playing footage from various white tapes. He encounters Randy, who explains the TVs are "windows" recording "transmissions" from eight different places "stacked up on top of each other." Randy claims the white tapes are like "recruitment videos" calling people to this location. Mark's recording captures him becoming distressed, hearing a voice he recognizes, and pleading for release before the audio cuts. Tamara reports Mark missing and plays the recording for Officer Russo. Police find the shop vacated and the basement empty, except for an empty VHS clamshell case. Tamara uses audio software to analyze Mark's recording, isolating key phrases. She connects Randy's mention of a "stack" to Thurman Mueller's past statement about opening "eight doors" in a basement. The voice Mark heard in the basement is identical to the one speaking on the white tapes, which Tamara identifies as Thurman Mueller. Randy is heard excitedly telling Mark, "You do not want to miss this," and asking if the Eyeless Man "hasn't opened one in a long time." The analysis reveals Thurman Mueller, presumed gone, is actively involved and was the speaker on the white tapes. Tamara theorizes Mark was deliberately lured into a long-standing belief system or operation, not a random victim. She questions if Randy's shop was a new "Video Palace," suggesting it may be a mobile philosophy or religion. The episode ends with Tamara finding a new white tape at her door, its voice confirmed to be Thurman Mueller's, and asking directly, "Where is Mark Cambria?" The tone is suspenseful and investigative, blending found-footage horror with a procedural mystery. Listeners who enjoy cryptic audio artifacts and slow-burn supernatural mysteries will be gripped. Those who prefer conclusive answers or less intense horror might find the unresolved tension frustrating.

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A basement crawl where the evidence starts to look like recruitment.

This episode turns Randy's basement into the center of the dread, and it does the job with little more than a broken window, a rough plywood fix, the stairs down, and an empty clamshell.

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Press play if you want the basement door, not the safe answer.

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