Episodes
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Season Three | EP 312
With Fists Raised
In the season finale, Amelia teams up with Ma Barker and Eli to enact vengeance upon Enid Wallace and save the town from certain demise.
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Season Three | EP 311
Hear The Sparrow
Frantic and alone, Remy is driven to the wilderness by a betrayal and her voices.
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Season Three | EP 310
Burden Of Truth
Unable to combat Daniel’s demons by herself, Bethany gets a little help from a demon of her own. Meanwhile, Enid Wallace presents Amelia with a once-in-a-lifetime offer.
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Season Three | EP 309
The Most Joy
Eli, Eve, and Flo reflect on their pasts and futures, hopes and reservations, faiths and follies. Meanwhile, Ms. Wallace joins Mr. Goose at one of PleasureTown’s more secretive venues to celebrate her railroad.
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Season Three | EP 308
Rebuilding This Place
With the town in desperate need of financial help, the Clerk holds a State of the Town address to lay out the pros and cons of the new railroad. Meanwhile, as Bethany aids the lost spirits of PleasureTown, Daniel continues to ensnare them.
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Season Three | EP 307
The Good In Ourselves
This week on PleasureTown, Remy is challenged when one of the more troubled members of her support group rejects help. Meanwhile, Amelia blows the dust off her gloves and goes a few rounds with her old friend, Ma Barker.
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Season Three | EP 306
Gnarled Remains
This week on PleasureTown, Skippy, the town clerk, takes stock of what is left of in the wake of the Great Fire, all the while trying to manage the out-of-touch founders. Meanwhile, Elijah, leader of the newly displaced residents, strikes a deal with Enid Wallace to secure provisions for those under his care.
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Season Three | EP 305
Smoke and Embers
Amelia and Remy bond over making their totems for the Feast of the Wretched. Meanwhile, the medium Daniel encounters a spirit who tries to console his lovesick heart.
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Season Three | EP 304
Heart Still Beating
As Remy’s mental state worsens, life for her in PleasureTown becomes increasingly unbearable. Now she must confront her inner demons with the help of a familiar face.
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Season Three | EP 303
Certain Dignity
An opportunity to stimulate the floundering economy of PleasureTown presents itself in the form of Enid Wallace, a wealthy railroad baroness who wishes to build her tracks through the town. How will the townspeople react to her proposal?
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Season Three | EP 302
Sinners At Every Turn
Meet Bethany and Daniel, two amorous teens from Louisiana who are gifted with the ability to speak to the dead. Meanwhile, Claude and Cyrus struggle to find the finances for repairs as the town shows increasing signs of wear.
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Season Three | EP 301
A Thin Connection
Amelia recalls her father’s abusive self-interest to tell how she came to be the proprietor of the town’s Inn. Remy, daughter to a family of wealthy English aristocrats, is sent away to live in the States after showing signs of mental illness.
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Minisodes | EP 12
The Human Form
A nudist who is known for her pink parasol describes an encounter with a pair of Irish siblings. One loves her, and one wishes to possess her.
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Minisodes | EP 11
It Takes A Village
PleasureTown may be a playground for the liberated, but for one young man, being born into a world so focused on pleasure made life nearly unbearable. This is his story.
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Minisodes | EP 10
How It Works
In this minisode, we meet a nameless PleasureTown resident as he recounts a chance meeting with a tormented Claude, who is haunted by memories of his father…and what he did. This minisode was written by PleasureTown Super Friend Richard Izzo.
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Minisodes | EP 9
Bad Water
Fear and hate go hand in hand. This is a lesson Hong, a Chinese immigrant, must learn as he traverses the Wild West to build a new home in Oklahoma. Will Hong be able to conquer the perils of his adopted land or will he succumb to the hatred of its people?
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Minisodes | EP 8
Rule of Symmetry
Clara, a young mathematician and PleasureTown native, decides to leave her family and community behind. Although Clara sets out to forge her own identity, it begins to dawn on her that life might have an all-encompassing symmetry that isn’t so easy to escape.
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Season Two | EP 212
Last Breath
In the season finale, Bulger and Rudd discover the Cintamani Stone, sending them on a collision course with Alvin Pilfer and Warren Featherbone III.
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Season Two | EP 211
By Blood or Bond
Veiled by the magic of the Cintamani Stone, Adrianne enters Bulger’s store to make contact with her estranged brother. Later, the stone’s elusiveness manages to push Alvin Pilfer to the brink of insanity.
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Season Two | EP 210
Of Such Metal
It’s Oklahoma’s 10th anniversary, and President Roosevelt is visiting as part of his campaign to drum up favor for the War. The citizens of PleasureTown are abuzz…as are the spirits who watch over them.
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Season Two | EP 209
The Hunt of the Hunter
PleasureTown’s second season is reaching its boiling point. First, a predator prowls unseen in Rudd’s shadow. Will this driven deathdealer send another soul to the great beyond? Meanwhile, Claude’s inaction as the town’s mayor causes an uprising among the shantytowners.
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Season Two | EP 208
The Flames Rising
It’s the Feast of the Wretched! A stranger on her way to town encounters Jeb, who has become a man on the run. Through a tale of family and fire, he warns her against what she might find in PleasureTown. Meanwhile, Alvin, masquerading under the guise of Warren Featherbone, continues on his singular mission to […]
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Season Two | EP 207
Needed Quiet
In this week’s episode, we visit with Goldie as she examines the reflection of her violent past with former lover Alvin. Waist deep in an ocean of regret and sorrow, Goldie laments failed resolutions, paths not taken and decisions that would inevitably haunt her until the end. After all, a heart of gold is easy […]
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Season Two | EP 206
History of Solitude
In this episode of PleasureTown, History of Solitude, we explore the depths of humanity and take a cold hard look at the things that tear us apart from within. We join the Bartender as he ruminates on the retribution that fate has dealt him for his years spent as a hitman.Sometimes it’s not the quick […]
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Season Two | EP 205
Thinly Veiled Disguise
In this week’s thrilling episode of PleasureTown, Mudd plans on spending his earnings from a recent heist but instead encounters an individual possibly more devious than himself. We then walk with Jebediah as he recalls the bloody night that led to his arrival in PleasureTown.
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Season Two | EP 204
Always Spot The Thorns
In the garden of life, some people are petals…and others are thorns. This week, Shiner returns to share details of her legendary romance and her legendary death. Next, we listen as Mudd and Ruddas they strike up an unusual friendship, which leads them to the stage. Finally, we are introduced to Evelyn, whose sister meets […]
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Season Two | EP 203
Years of Mayhem
More often than not, it is those that we least expect that are our undoing. In this week’s episode, we rejoin the town’s stoic Bartender as he is confronted by the widow of the man he murdered. Will she be the one to give the Bartender the conclusion he has been bracing himself for? And […]
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Season Two | EP 202
Good Luck Charm
In this episode of PleasureTown, we become reacquainted with Jebediah, a blind man whose father exploits his preternatural ability to taste, smell and feel others’ emotions. Also, we join Claude as he digs up a memory of a long-held keepsake that nearly took his life…and saved another.
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Season Two | EP 201
And You Run
Claude and Cyrus are back with another season of strange and twisted tales from PleasureTown’s past. In our premier, we begin by flashing back – way back – to hear a story of loss and bloodshed from a man whose people predate the Oklahoma utopia. Next, we hear from Rudd, a charismatic jokester whose lost […]
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Minisodes | EP 7
The Same Flower
In PleasureTown’s seventh and final “minisode,” we meet a young New York City couple with big dreams of small town living. But money is tight and trouble abounds. Will the couple make it to the fabled utopia, or will they get lost along the way? Written by Bob Garick, this is part of our “Write […]
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Minisodes | EP 6
The Shadows
In the thrilling conclusion to the Fantasy Fair & Freak Show trilogy, tough-talking Frank and the mysterious Mirella come to Pete’s aid while Mr. Blythe attempts to confront Buster about their altercation. Will the unlikely trio be able to rescue Sal, Buster and all the other children from the clutches of Crandle Philing? This installment […]
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Minisodes | EP 5
Legitimate Medicine
In PleasureTown’s fifth minisode, we are introduced to smooth-talking huckster Nicholas Morrison, a new arrival in PleasureTown who makes his living as a slinger of suspicious solutions. Soon after his arrival, Nicholas enlists the help of aging Darlin and drunken Mortimer to help con his way into the hearts and minds of the PleasureTowners. Will […]
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Minisodes | EP 4
Nothing But Hungry
In PleasureTown’s fourth “minisode,” we continue the story of Crandle Philing’s Fantasy Fair and Freak Show. Suspicions rise among the carnival workers as more strange happenings occur among the children. Will Buster, Sal and Pete escape, or will they remain trapped forever as one of Crandle’s diligent servants? This installment marks a collaboration with the Reading […]
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Minisodes | EP 3
My Life Wandering
In PleasureTown’s third “minisode,” we flash forward to the present, where we meet young Mason Bowen, a student at Enid State University. As part of his college thesis, he interviews Mr. Johnstone, an elderly man who visited the fabled PleasureTown as a boy. But is Mr. Johnstone’s account as credible as he’d like Mason to believe? […]
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Minisodes | EP 2
All Sorts of Trouble
In PleasureTown’s second “minisode,” a local shopkeeper with an axe to grind has a run-in with a band of youthful hoodlums. But there’s opportunity to set the children on the straight and narrow when a traveling carnival rolls into town and offers to take PleasureTown’s young miscreants under its care. This installment marks a collaboration […]
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Minisodes | EP 1
By My Own Hands
In PleasureTown’s first “minisode,” we meet Esther, the town seamstress, who spins a yarn about her lost heritage and life under the watchful eye of the menacing Miz Janine. This is part of our “Write an Episode” contest, which follows the completion of our first season. You can listen to all of Season 1 now!
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Season One | EP 112
The Road Appearing
In this episode, Claude and Cyrus have a run-in at a saloon that could change the course of their lives – and of PleasureTown itself. Meanwhile, the battle between the virtuous and the fallen comes to a head as Angie challenges the Sheriff…with the help of an old friend.
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Season One | EP 111
The Other Side Of Life
In this episode, two of PleasureTown long-time residents reach the end of the road. Ma Barker visits the grave of her deceased husband, Henry, and reflects on a life of hard knocks. Meanwhile, Shaman Jon’s spiritual awakening reaches a new level of transcendence.
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Season One | EP 110
Double Lives
In this episode, a mystery unfolds in PleasureTown as a pillar of the hedonistic society is found dead. Meanwhile, residents cope with the aftermath of a large and destructive fire. All is relayed by a new reporter who brings her own unique, yet familiar, flare for storytelling.
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Season One | EP 109
Pushing Upstream
In this episode, tensions come to a head as PleasureTown founders Claude and Cyrus duke it out in a battle of words. Meanwhile, the children of PleasureTown embark on an adventure.
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Season One | EP 108
Of Vigilance and Worry
In this episode, we learn about the genesis of the Reporter and the Doctor’s love affair, as well as its inevitable demise. Also, the somber and stoic Bartender shares his tale of violence and misery.
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Season One | EP 107
Flashes of Fire
In this episode, we learn about the evolution of PleasureTown from a beacon for society’s rough and grizzled outlaws and misfits to a haven for dreamers, poets and artists. Angie was one such dreamer, and she harbored a power far greater than anyone could have imagined. This is her story.
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Season One | EP 106
The Feast of The Wretched
In this episode, we learn the birth story behind PleasureTown’s original holiday, The Feast of the Wretched. Meanwhile, Mattie Barker has taken up boxing, Shaman John begins a new ritual, a strange love affair sweeps the reporter off his feet, and Claude visits the barber for a trim and leaves with a bruised ego.
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Season One | EP 105
Two Souls
In this episode, we meet PleasureTown’s barber, who tells his story about how he and his blind brother fled to the settlement after a particularly hairy run-in with a local bigot. We also revisit Shaman John and hear his tale of loss and his run-in with the Devil himself.
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Season One | EP 104
If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee
In this episode, Cyrus and Claude engage in a heated battle of words, with one advocating for rule and order while the other holds firm on the town’s ethos of unfettered freedoms. Meanwhile, we meet Deuteronomy, an outsider who has been called to the settlement for a special purpose.
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Season One | EP 103
A Smile that Stretches
As tale of PleasureTown spread far and wide, a flood of diverse immigrants gravitated toward the settlement. In this episode, we meet a journalist from New York City who has been sent to cover the budding community, and we learn the origins of the town’s resident doctor, who harbors a surprising secret.
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Season One | EP 102
White Stone Path
In this episode, we meet two of the town’s earliest residents. Once a man of faith, Shaman John is now a drifter on a mission. Meanwhile, Mattie Barker summons her inner warrior to confront her deadbeat husband, Henry.
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Season One | EP 101
Buried & Forgotten
In this episode, the origin and purpose of PleasureTown is told through the lives of the town’s two founders. Join Cyrus and Claude as they relive the moments that lead them to each other and created the town of their dreams.
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