Collections of Madness

Intro : October 7 th , 2022. Modern Day Massachusetts: You are part of the Unsolved Secrets documentary team. 20 miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts is the small island town of Marwicker (locally pronounced ‘Maa Weaka’). Your producer Daniel Harding has arranged for you to create an episode on the supposedly haunted resort there, the Red Empress . This might be your chance to document a real ghost! Jim Fontaine/Host  (Nathan) Ted Bear/Director (Mike) Xavier Sullivan/Audio Engineer (Max) Brad/Camera Operator (Ray) Anthony Rivera/Occult Expert (Bill) Cape Cod Docks : Anthony looked at the van logo once more, “ Unsolved Secrets . Sure sounds too familiar to that ‘ Unsolved Mysteries ’ series. At least we didn’t try to copy that ‘ Supernatural ’ logo. Colors too bland.” Jim pulled his suit coat tighter trying to block out the chilly frost in the morning air as they waited for the ...

Hook : 1953, Tumbleweed, Texas. A boomtown…bust. The once luxurious Plimpton hotel now a seedy 6-story rundown dive. The manager trying his best to keep it from being a hookers’ hangout. Thus, a hotel detective to keep an eye on things. A cast of employees down-on-their-luck. Waiting for their break. And tonight would offer that chance. Each had heard of the rendezvous of another Reno gangster’s planned drop of mob money turnover to a California courier. The employees had monitored the pattern set over the last 6 months. Man-in-black arrives with a large carpetbag. Yet before midnight someone else is seen carrying the bag away. When the man-in-black would wander into the hotel bar, bartender Mell graciously served him spiked drinks to loosen his tongue. “Several thousand smackers it was.” Taylor Knott  (Matt) hotel detective. Tortured dreams from the war. Hard enough to sleep with the nightmares. That damn drunk Oz next-door and his LOUD snoring doesn’t help. H...

April 19 th , 2:30pm : Franklin held the broken picture frame as he puzzled, “Other than the name, this airship looks exactly like the Terra Nova we flew on.” Killian suggested, “Car companies churn out the same model cars in their production lines. This could just be a sister-ship.” Ethel changed topics as she asked the neighbor Jean Simpson, “You found Robert Douglas’ body on the lake shore. Could you show us where? The coroner concluded he fell from a tree. Did the police find which tree?”   Franklin Campbell  (Brian) History teacher.  Afraid-of-heights . Daria Morrison  (Max) English teacher. Afraid-of-the-Dark . Gary Arms (Duane) professional boxer. Fear-of-getting-lost . Killian O’Mulligans  (Geoff) LA Police Detective. Fear-of-Falling . Ethel  (Jen) Outdoors woman, park ranger and wilderness guide. Eugene  (Matt) Defense Lawyer....