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  • File 11: The Friedhof Triangle

    File 11: The Friedhof Triangle
    May 12 2026
    A routine investigation draws Deputy Eli Hargrove into the heart of a mystery involving three forgotten cemeteries, hidden geometry in the woods, and a local legend that no one quite understands.

    Written by Brian Lillie.

    Narrated by Tom Szymanski.

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    38 mins
  • File 10: The Ambassador Program

    File 10: The Ambassador Program
    May 5 2026
    Restricted orientation materials describe The Ambassador not as a leader or savior, but as a constraint—a necessary interface between human mediators and...others. When a hospital chaplain attempts to leverage suffering for personal revelation, intervention arrives in a form both ordinary and not.

    Written and narrated by Brian Lillie.

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    30 mins
  • File 09: The Fifth Service, pt. 2

    File 09: The Fifth Service, pt. 2
    Apr 28 2026
    Sondra Kellerman meets the mysterious 'field researcher' at last. What follows is a practical demonstration of the Fifth Service in action, featuring one of the most polite 911 calls on record.

    And cookies.

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    24 mins
  • File 08: A Visit to Plum Island

    File 08: A Visit to Plum Island
    Apr 21 2026
    A travel vlogger’s visit to a quiet Midwestern island uncovers a history that refuses to settle. Through archival newspapers, internal Fifth Service memoranda, and recovered firsthand testimony, this file traces the legacy of a long-abandoned medical colony, a ballroom fire linked to later incidents, and a celebration that closes the bridge at sundown. Some sites hum long after they burn.

    Written and narrated by Brian Lillie.

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    30 mins
  • File 07: the draculars

    File 07: the draculars
    Apr 14 2026
    A new word appears in a child’s dream and begins circulating through the hallways, recess rhythms, and ventilation ducts of a rural consolidated school campus. At first dismissed as playground nonsense, the phenomenon spreads with unsettling coordination.

    Written and narrated by Brian Lillie.


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    Peace!

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    19 mins
  • File 06: The Shape of the Chase

    File 06: The Shape of the Chase
    Apr 7 2026
    A botched robbery releases a dangerous predator.

    The Fifth Service sends their most experienced operative to intervene.


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    28 mins
  • File 05: The Fifth Service, pt. 1

    File 05: The Fifth Service, pt. 1
    Mar 31 2026
    Official records occasionally reference a presence known only as the Fifth Service—invoked in moments of disruption, then quietly excised from public explanation. We listen to a brief talk from a perplexed field researcher, followed by a day in the life of Inter-County Special Projects Liaison, Sondra Kellerman.

    Written by Brian Lillie.

    Narrated by Merrill Hodnefield.

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    28 mins
  • File 04: The Mirror Census/If You Hear Something

    File 04: The Mirror Census/If You Hear Something
    Mar 24 2026
    A double feature from the strange Midwest...

    The Mirror Census
    In certain regions, the census requires specialized procedures. Division 17 of the Bureau of Household Enumeration conducts what it calls the Mirror Census—an audit not of residents, but of reflections. Through training materials and field documentation, this file follows a rookie enumerator’s first assignment, where symmetry proves unreliable and the line between occupant and image begins to blur. Narrated by Otis Lillie and Brian Lillie.

    If You Hear Something
    When a small-town print shop owner begins experiencing unexplained alarm failures and a building-wide vibration no breaker can silence, she calls in an electrician. Is something trying to communicate with them? Narrated by Kristine Yun.

    Both stories written by Brian Lillie.

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    Peace!

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    28 mins