Sense Memory

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If our memory is the thing that shapes and defines us, that informs who we are at our very core, then God help us all...for memory, is a wicked and deceitful wretch.Thrust into a search for his own sister's killer, Benjamin Cady flees Colorado and the only world he understands to scour the streets of Los Angeles, plagued by headaches and memories of murder. He quickly discovers that L.A. is not unknown to him, and as his memories of his sister's death become clearer, so does the possibility that Ben himself may be the murderer.Lieutenant Jim Banquer has plenty of bodies, but every witness seems to be suffering from a mysterious form of amnesia. Investigating these deaths means he must piece…

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

A supernatural crime serial that makes corrupted memory both its central mystery and its most unsettling instrument.

Sense Memory turns memory into a weapon, following Benjamin Cady and Lieutenant Jim Banker through murders, vanished recollections, and encounters in which perception itself cannot be trusted. Written and performed by Brian J.

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A dinner companion vanishes from every witness's memory; your detective instincts have a problem.

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  • to follow Lieutenant Banker through a murder case where witnesses cannot remember who was there
  • to question Ben's recollections as a familiar room becomes frightening for reasons he barely understands
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SenseMemory 18Mar 7, 2013

A watched house and a dark laundromat pull Ben and Detective Michaels deeper into occult danger.

A glowing hearth leaves Ben certain he is being watched, and his fear pushes him out into a blizzard after he calls Jack about the black bag. From there, the focus shifts to Detective Gage Michaels, who wakes from a vision of shooting himself and breaks into a dark laundromat,…

SenseMemory 04Mar 7, 2013

A hardboiled memory piece where a thrift-store mug, dog breath, and chalk dust carry the damage.

SenseMemory 04 turns domestic debris into hardboiled pressure, letting a thrift-store mug marked "World's Number One Dad," a father's hunting photo, a viciously attention-seeking pug, and an unopened manila envelope do most of the heavy lifting.

SenseMemory 01Mar 7, 2013

A polished restaurant noir where memory, appetite, and murder leave their marks.

Sense Memory opens in candlelight and annoyance, with Aldrich watching a restaurant table through a gilded mirror while a headache builds and a waiter nudges the evening toward trouble.

SenseMemory 02Mar 7, 2013

A bloody, sensory story that turns bad timing and worse luck into real menace.

Sense Memory 02 starts with a man, a snake, and a head injury, then keeps pressing until blood, embarrassment, and bodily panic all start to blur.

SenseMemory 19Mar 7, 2013

A cold, memory-warping standoff with sensory detail and a hard finish.

Sense Memory 19 turns a school setting into a tight, freezing pressure cooker, using snow, breath, and memory as sources of pressure rather than comfort.

SenseMemory 03Mar 7, 2013

A tense, atmosphere-first episode where the room itself seems to do the damage.

Sense Memory 03 starts under surveillance and gradually narrows into a tense, intimate confrontation in a cramped shop, where binoculars, bad timing, and a stalled conversation keep the pressure close. Brian J.

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Episodes

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    SenseMemory 20

    Mar 7, 2013·20m
  2. 2

    SenseMemory 17

    Mar 7, 2013·35m
  3. 3

    SenseMemory 16

    Mar 7, 2013·30m
  4. 4

    SenseMemory 15

    Mar 7, 2013·37m
  5. 5

    SenseMemory 14

    Mar 7, 2013·36m
  6. 6

    SenseMemory 13

    Mar 7, 2013·28m
  7. 7

    SenseMemory 12

    Mar 7, 2013·37m
  8. 8

    SenseMemory 11

    Mar 7, 2013·37m
  9. 9

    SenseMemory 10

    Mar 7, 2013·38m
  10. 10

    SenseMemory 09

    Mar 7, 2013·35m
  11. 11

    SenseMemory 08

    Mar 7, 2013·39m
  12. 12

    SenseMemory 07

    Mar 7, 2013·33m
  13. 13

    SenseMemory 06

    Mar 7, 2013·38m
  14. 14

    SenseMemory 05

    Mar 7, 2013·39m
  15. 15

    SenseMemory 04

    Hidden gem

    Banker sits in a room with a white porcelain mug, a black-and-white father photo, and a captain's questions.

    Mar 7, 2013·43m·3 clips
  16. 16

    SenseMemory 02

    Hidden gem

    Benjamin Cady comes face-to-face with a very angry rattlesnake two years after leaving Southern California for the mountains of Colorado.

    Mar 7, 2013·37m·2 clips
  17. 17

    SenseMemory 19

    A man crouches in the dark outside a school with snow in his mouth and a handgun in his hand.

    Mar 7, 2013·46m·3 clips
  18. 18

    SenseMemory 01

    Hidden gem

    Aldrich watches them through the gilded mirror and feels the weak light picking at his eyes.

    Mar 7, 2013·28m·1 clip
  19. 19

    SenseMemory 03

    Hidden gem

    Lieutenant Banker and Detective Michaels watch a man through binoculars and try to figure out what he knows.

    Mar 7, 2013·35m·2 clips
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    SenseMemory 18

    Hidden gem

    Ben and Jack leave Parkton Hills Estates in a jeep while Ben describes a demon who may be Lieutenant Banker's partner and warns that "the whole police department up here could be looking for me." At the laundromat, Ben uses the reflection in the glass, a ten-dollar bill, and a Glock 26 to trap two men who approach with a knife and a car full of family tension.

    Mar 7, 2013·35m·2 clips