Episodes
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There's no more clowns, so what's next? An update from Lou and the Trailer for eir next project, the Tiger and the Dragon, a Victoriana pastiche audiodrama. More information can be found at: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/tigeranddragon/
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A final stand, against their foe/
Denouement for Jen and Joe/
Beneath the ground let us descend/
To bring this tale to an end./
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-12/
Content warnings:
Death/dying,
Supernatural threat,
The occult,
Murder,
Injury,
Misogyny,
Pregnancy,
Violence,
Religious bigotry,
Degenerative illness,
Mentions of: Abortion, homelessness, killing of a child,
SFX: Knife sounds, running feet, trickling water.,
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Stalked through the tunnels by a stranger,/
Our heroes flee from dreadful danger,/
To pass the time as down they go,/
Hear now the tales of Jen and Joe.
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-11/
Content warnings
Death/dying
Pregnancy
Death in childbirth/infant mortality
Violence
Alcoholism.
Religious themes (blasphemy, bigotry)
Child abuse
Intimate partner violence
SFX: Electrical humming, computer sounds, flowing water, falling masonry, metal squeaking, knife sounds.
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A doctor's work is never done/
But sometimes one can make it fun/
Her strength is great, though she seems frail/
Hear now Veronica Harrington's tale
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-10/
Content warnings
Injury
Death/dying (including major character death)
Grief
Childhood illness
Death of a child
Parentification
Period-typical sexism
Crime
Violence
Guns
SFX: Baby in distress, electrical humming, phone ringtone/dialling, keyboard, music, knife sounds.
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Where better for a clown to heal,/
Than in the Sainted Dymphna's Geel?/
To earth our hero vainly cleaves/
All whilst the wily fox deceives.../
Content warnings:
Supernatural threat
Mind control
Mental and physical illness,
Injury
Harm to animals
Mentions of: Religion, Hospitals
SFX: Shouting, unsettling strings, cracking ice, sounds of busy café, outdoor city, birdsong,
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-9/
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Our heroes to a fraud assigned/
But turns out he's quite hard to find/
To Windsor Forest they must head/
And there the hunter meets the hunted....
Content warnings:
Supernatural threat
Detailed descriptions of food
Violence
Discussions of: Murder, clowns, crime.
SFX: Music, animal sounds, horse’s hooves/snorting, dogs barking, thunder, wind, birdsong.
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-8/
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In stately hall the mummers throng -/
The play's awakened something wrong./
To be from summoned shadows freed/
A change of scene they're going to need..../
Content warnings:
Supernatural Threat
Violence
Needles
Unreality
Discussions of: Imperialism, slavery, oppression, murder, homelessness.
References to: Spiking/drugs.
SFX: Music, bells, buzzing, horse galloping, dogs barking, roaring.
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-7/
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Though laughter might be therapeutic../
It needs much more to cure the heartsick/
And all the magic of the fae/
Cannot wish mortal tears away...
Content warnings:
Clowns, as ever.
Supernatural threat
Mental illness
Bullying
SFX: Wind, church bells, mill working, crowd sounds, laughter, flickering lights, animal sounds
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-6/
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An old friend calls our hero Joe.../
So off to Yorkshire he shall go/
To save young love from fate so cruel/
He'll need some help from a Holy Fool.../
Content warnings:
Misogyny
Abuse
Violence
Mental Illness
References to: Death of a loved one, violence, animal neglect, clowns/puppets, unsurprisingly.
SFX: Desert winds, angelic vocal effects, cars, sounds of monastery singing/prayer, farmyard sounds.
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-5/
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An opera murder - there's a thing.../
But can they make the culprit sing?/
Qual piuma al vento/
Muta d'accento.../
Content warnings:
Clowns (technically present), Violence, Misogyny, Death/dying, Murder
References to: Sexual assault, ghosts
SFX: Opera singing, outdoor sounds, screaming,
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-4/
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Who likes to be beside the sea?/
Be warned before you come with me/
That even in the friendliest places/
One might discover dreadful faces...
CW: Violence, Death/dying, Possession, The occult, Thalassophobia, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Animal distress and as ever, clowns.
References to: Child abuse, poverty, abuse of power
SFX: Vocal effects, traffic noise, loud circus music, seaside sounds, seagulls/birds
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-3/
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Beneath the streets of London town/
We find a portrait of a clown/
Within these halls of mystery/
Hear now of Pantaloon history...
CW: Clowns, Death/dying, Violence, Blood, Racism, Homelessness, Alcohol
References to: War, abuse of power.
SFX: Fairground sounds, buzzing, street sounds, woodwind music
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-2/
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Let's introduce our hero, Jen/
Who shall be sorely tested - when/
They stumble 'pon a thing abhorred/
Prowling the children's cardiac ward...
Content warnings:
Clowns, Illness, mentions of fatal illness, Supernatural threat, Dismemberment, Puppets
SFX: Busy public spaces (outdoor, hospital), screaming, cracking, bird noises, ominous strings
For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-1/
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