Death, Dying, and Other Things is a weird fiction podcast. On the first Thursday of every month, host Justyn Buske brings a set of stories meant to scare, spook, and unsettle.
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A story about eating. In “The Hunger at the Center of Everything,” a teenager tries to each his fill, and so does a isolated place in the plains.Justyn Buske
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This month, a story about a breakup, and some voicemails. In “Message,” a man leaves several voicemails on an ex-girlfriend's phone to gloat.Justyn Buske
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A story about something found on the lakebed. In “A Rusty Blade,” a man finds an old knife.Justyn Buske
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A story about camping. In “A Dream in the Forest,” a man goes to sleep in his tentJustyn Buske
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A story about a love spell gone wrong. In “Heartache,” a pair of friends try to cast a love spell with disastrous results.Justyn Buske
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A story about a broken arm. In “Another Left,” a man breaks his arm.Justyn Buske
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In “Floating Upside Down,” a family has a close encounter of a third kind.Justyn Buske
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In “Mom I’m Scared,” a little girl is right to be scared. And in “Barely Going to Make It,” a man headed home for the holidays meets one obstacle after another.Justyn Buske
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A story about a dog and its owner. In “A Story About a Dog,” a dog’s mystery injury, and the aftermath.Justyn Buske
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The conclusion of a story about a man on a journey for an answer. In “The Ghosts of the World, Part 3,” a man’s journey comes to a close.Justyn Buske
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The second part of a story about a man on a journey for an answer. In “The Ghosts of the World, Part 1,” a man deals with an injury.Justyn Buske
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The first part of a story about a man on a journey for an answer. In “The Ghosts of the World, Part 1,” a man heads for a mountain.Justyn Buske
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A nursery rhyme about a monster. In “The Ralgorat,” a boy sees something in his closet.Justyn Buske
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A story about books. In “Two Dozen Shelves,” you learn to meditate at an early age.(This episode also co-hosted by the relentless birds outside of my window.)Justyn Buske
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A story about an accident and its aftermath. In “Freak Accident,” a boy loses his two front teeth.Justyn Buske
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A story about a married couple, a surprise pregnancy, a dead dog, and an aquatic visitor. In “Egregore,” a couple spends a weekend in a lakefront cabin in an attempt to save their marriage.Justyn Buske
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A story about earthquakes and other kinds of moving earth. In “Groundswell,” secretive strangers arrive in a small town and set up a mysterious operation.Justyn Buske
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A story about a dream and its lingering. In “Audio Notes on a Hidden Moon,” a recurring dream has an interesting side-effect on a man’s mind.Justyn Buske
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A story about a flight. In “Airborne,” a woman, terrified to fly, sees fears realized in an unexpected way.Justyn Buske
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A story about an in-group, and an individual. In “Shibboleth,” an individual finds others like him, but not exactly.Justyn Buske
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In “A Highway on the Edge, Part 2,” a man deals with the aftermath of the disappearance of his friend and colleague.Justyn Buske
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In “A Highway on the Edge, Part 1,” a group of paranormal investigators check on a hotspot out in the wilderness.Justyn Buske
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A story about a basement. In “Holding Together the World,” two adult children grapple with a secret their parents have left for them.Justyn Buske
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A story about an antique cabinet. In “A Cabinet, a Bone, and Two Pieces of String,” a woman finds something in her new antique store find.Justyn Buske
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A story about a field of wildflowers. In “What Lives in the Wildflowers?” a teenage boy asks his little brother that exact question.Justyn Buske
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Two stories about things you weren’t supposed to hear. In the first, “The Desert Rose,” a traveler hears breathing in walls of his motel room. In the second “A Stab of Air,” a curse uttered in one town is heard in another.Justyn Buske
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Two stories about moving, moving through time, moving through space, and confronting the next stage of your life. In the first, “Staying the Night,” a cross country move takes a macabre turn. In the second “The Dirt in the Backyard,” an expecting mother, in a new home, starts a garden.Justyn Buske
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A single story about puberty. In “One Red, One Green, One Blue,” a teenager’s very reality starts changing, as he grows up.Justyn Buske
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A single story. In “On the H O R I Z O N,” massive creatures appear on the horizon and derail a life.Justyn Buske
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Some terrible, terrible news.Justyn Buske
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A single story. In “Unfathomable Depths” an experiment in a secret facility goes horribly wrong.Justyn Buske
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Two stories about bodies and bodies of water. In “It Spoke,” a corpse in a riverbed says a few words. In “The Watermen of Drag Lake,” a local legend is born.Justyn Buske
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A single story about creepy crawlies in the house. In “In the Walls,” a grieving man finds a creature that’s come out of a hole in the drywall.Justyn Buske
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Two stories of blood. In the first, “Bloodstain,” a couple contends with a mystery stain in their bedroom. In the second, “Bad Tastes,” there’s an interesting side effect of a man’s wisdom teeth removal.Justyn Buske
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A single story, told through 10 of a captain’s audio journals. In “A Small and Heavy Chamber,” an exploratory mission to the reaches of the solar system goes wrong.Justyn Buske
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A single story. In “Parlor Trick,” a magician uses a mirror, for magic trick.Justyn Buske
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Two stories about infection. In, “Just Come Home,” a relationship is infected by an outside force. In “Toe Infection,” you get an ingrown toenail on your toe, that grows into something much worse.Justyn Buske
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A single story, revisiting a theme. In, “Dreams of Dead Energy,” a man struggles with his work, the effect of leisure, and his insignificance in the face of an uncaring universe.Justyn Buske
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Standby for a special announcement...Justyn Buske
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Two stories: one that ends, and one that starts, in a grave. In the first, “Resurrection Men,” a pair of body snatchers dig up a corpse. In the second, “The Spiraling Grave,” a woman wakes up in a coffin.Justyn Buske
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Eight stories... of eight hauntings.Justyn Buske
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A single story, told in fifty three voicemails. In “Cold as Hell,” a man has an issue with the heater in his new apartment.Justyn Buske
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Two stories of weather and what comes with it. In, “The Raincaller,” a drought causes a group of farmers to take justice into their own hands. In, “Oligach, Who Came From the Fog,” two newcomers to a small mining town share one too many secrets.Justyn Buske
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This month on Death, Dying, and Other Things, two stories of dreams and their consequences. In the first, “Beyond the Lucid Dream,” a man ventures too far into his own dreams. In the second, “The Strange Dream of Mr. Bartlet,” a man’s recurring nightmare starts to affect his appetite.Justyn Buske
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This month on Death, Dying, and Other Things, a single story of a celestial event, in two parts. In “Starfall,” a meteor shower brings with it more than just an evening light show.Justyn Buske
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A single story in two parts. In “What I Found in the Woods,” a man must care for something he doesn’t understand.Justyn Buske
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Two stories set in holy places. In the first, “The Chapel on the Hill,” a man visits with an old friend, on a trip home. In the second, “Sanctuary,” a stranger comes to a church looking for sanctuary from a storm.Justyn Buske
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Two ghost stories. In the first, “Fever Dreams,” a man recounts a childhood illness during which he almost died. In the second, “In the Static,” a man obsessed with numbers stations hears something else buried in the static.Justyn Buske
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Two stories of things hidden. In the first, “The Voice Memos of Arnold Walters, Mystery Author,” a writer takes a retreat in an old hotel, hoping to cure his writer’s block. In the second, “The Pit,” a man discovers something disturbing in his basement.Justyn Buske
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