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In 1899, a young drifter develops a curious relationship with an older man, whose past on at least two continents is checkered with mystery and shadow.  You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

With the heat and fury of summer growing ever more intense, and wildfires raging from coast to coast, a young girl in the country’s heart gets a glimpse of what lives within the flickering flames. ***Content Warning: This episode deals with wildfire devastation, including home destruction and familial loss. Listener discretion is advised.*** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

Tagline: In the spring and summer of 1952, the sun shines brightly for a young farm boy – but the shadows yawn dark and deep. ***Content Warning: This episode deals with bullying, harm to children, implied spousal and child abuse, the historical reality of Japanese-American internment, and contains graphic depictions of violence and a scene that may be triggering for survivors of sexual assault. Listener discretion is strongly advised.*** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

An isolated and bereaved man discovers what so many of us do in time: that middle age steals over us far sooner than expected, and that so too can life’s subtler cruelties. ***Content Warning: This episode contains body horror, deals with themes of major depression and parental loss, and may be triggering for those with mycophobia. Listener discretion is advised.*** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

In the spring of 1904, a young man arrives on a ranch in Wyoming, pursuing a singular aberrant desire. What follows is one of the strangest annals in the closure of the Old West. ***Content Warning: This episode contains potentially disturbing themes, scenes, and imagery, deals frankly with animal cruelty, murder, and suicide, and makes reference to the historical 1903 incident at Lightning Creek, Wyoming. Listener discretion is advised.*** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

In a lonely saloon on the 1888 western Kansas prairie, a man recounts an incredible tale from his childhood – one which has no clear beginning, and no definite end. ***Content Warning: This episode deals with themes of disease, disfiguration, decay, and familial loss, and contains explicit descriptions of physical violence and body horror. Listener discretion is advised.*** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

A seemingly minor accident on a nighttime country road in March of 1921 marks the beginning of a series of events that will forever change the lives of the Grossman family. ***Content Warning: This episode deals with themes of racism toward Indigenous people, and contains some violence and gore. Lister discretion advised.*** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

On Valentine’s Day of 1975, old wounds are reopened and chilled hearts beat again.  You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

In response to an unforgivable transgression, two brothers plan the inconceivable. But no plan survives contact with reality. ***Content Warning: This episode obliquely alludes to child sexual abuse, and references torture and murder. Listener discretion advised.*** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

An aging cattleman struggles with the usual hardships of winter... and with one entirely new. You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

The son of a Texas ranching dynasty returns from the battlefields of 1918 France to develop newly discovered oil wells on his inheritance, and discovers that his home is irrevocably changed… as is he. **Content Warning: This episode touches upon themes of combat-related PTSD, substance abuse, mental illness, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised.** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

Few could ever hope to understand the events that transpired in the autumn of 1888 on the Černik homestead, nestled in the gently rolling Bohemian Alps of southern Nebraska. Those who could forever maintained a stubborn silence. ***Content Warning: This episode contains themes of familial abuse and child illness. Listener discretion advised.*** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

An elderly couple finds their new neighbor troublesome and strange, but they could never guess what dark secrets lie in wait so near to their home. ***Content Warning: This episode deals with themes of the abuse and genocide of Indigenous people, as well as animal cruelty. Listener discretion advised.*** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

In the heart of the country, a traveling couple find themselves encountering a persistent shadow of the past – one that just might follow them home. ***Content Warning: This episode touches upon the history of American eugenics, and contains frank depictions of racism and sexual horror. Listener discretion is strongly advised.*** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!

Returning home to deal with her estranged father's estate, a young woman discovers a strange survival. ***Content Warning: This episode deals with themes of parental abuse, familial estrangement, substance abuse, and hoarding, and contains explicit descriptions of decomposition. Listener discretion advised.*** You can now text the show here with feedback or questions! Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any feedback or inquiries regarding the show, please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. You can also support the show at patreon.com/DarkerPastures or at darkerpastures.buzzsprout.com, and receive special bonus content!