Episodes

  • Burned by a Paper Sun |S1| Ep. 12
    Dec 22 2025

    The men of a small arctic town seek fortune in the unexplored mountains. Upon finding riches beyond words, they attract the attention of something similarly indescribable.


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    Written by Mark Anzalone

    Edited by Walker Kornfeld

    Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

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    Voiced by Steven Zivic

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    Intro music by Steven Anzalone, Lou Sutcliffe, and female vocals by Harper Tacent

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    33 mins
  • Burned by a Paper Sun |S1| Ep. 11
    Dec 15 2025

    After Ms. Fitzgerald's journal was thoroughly analyzed, police continued their search for the missing woman, combing the city for her whereabouts. She was never found. However, around the same time as her disappearance, various people attending support groups around the city began to disappear. Authorities believe the cases may be related, Ms. Fitzgerald being just one of the many missing victims.


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    Written by Steven Anzalone

    Edited by Walker Kornfeld

    Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

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    Voiced by Harper Tacent

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    Intro music by Steven Anzalone, Lou Suttcliffe, and Harper Tacent

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    31 mins
  • Burned by a Paper Sun |S1| Ep. 10
    Dec 8 2025

    On July 16th, 2018, the apartment of Julie Fitzgerald was investigated based on the suspicion that she had gone missing (as reported by her family). While there was nothing missing from Ms. Fitzgerald's home, a journal was found in one of the drawers of her writing desk...


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    Written by Steven Anzalone

    Edited by Walker Kornfeld

    Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

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    Voiced by Harper Tacent

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    Intro music by Steven Anzalone, Lou Suttcliffe, and Harper Tacent

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    34 mins
  • Burned by a Paper Sun |S1| Ep. 9
    Dec 2 2025

    No Strings Attached

    A macabre string of murders puts Detective Hayes on the trail of a bizarre and clever killer. But as Hayes continues to try and solve the case, he discovers that he too is just another piece of a much larger puzzle.


    The Kingdom of Cellars

    In a quiet little town, a haunting tradition continues.


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    No Strings Attached Written by Steven Anzalone

    The Kingdom of Cellars written by Mark Anzalone

    Edited by Walker Kornfeld

    Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

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    No Strings Attached voiced by Steven Zivic

    The Kingdom of Cellars voiced by Matt Van Hove

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    Intro music by Steven Anzalone, Lou Suttcliffe, and Harper Tacent



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    27 mins
  • Burned by a Paper Sun |S1| Ep. 8
    Nov 24 2025

    A man wandering the roads at night comes upon an existential epiphany, leading to unprecedented enlightenment—or utter madness.


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    Written by Mark Anzalone

    Edited by Walker Kornfeld

    Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

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    Voiced by Trenton Butt

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    Intro music by Steven Anzalone, Lou Suttcliffe, and Harper Tacent

    Music and Sound effects are licensed from third party providers including Envato, Epidemic Sound, Artlist, Soundstripe, Melody Loops, Pond 5, Soundcrate, Music Vine, Youtube, Melodie, Slipstream, and Storyblocks

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    35 mins
  • Burned by a Paper Sun |S1| Ep. 7
    Nov 17 2025

    The Dream Under the World

    Wellington Redfield, an insurance adjuster from the small town of Suttercraft, New Hampshire, died in his sleep on June 26th, 2008. Upon collection of his belongings, his cousin May Darby discovers a worn notebook beneath some loose floorboards. The following are the strange accounts of that hidden diary.



    Beyond the Pale

    The following account was found on the desk of Dr. Patricia Romera, a professor of biological anthropology at the University of Vermont. She was last seen in her office on November 16th, 2005 during a severe thunderstorm. Her missing persons case has never been solved.


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    Written by Steven Anzalone

    Edited by Walker Kornfeld

    Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

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    The Dream Under the World voiced by Steven Zivic

    Beyond the Pale voiced by Aubrey Akers

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    Intro music by Steven Anzalone, Lou Suttcliffe, and Harper Tacent

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    25 mins
  • Burned by a Paper Sun |S1| Ep. 6
    Nov 10 2025

    On November 13, 2017, the room of Luke Stremholdt at the Wilmore Psychiatric Hospital in Manchester, England was found empty. Upon inspection, he left a letter on his desk recounting the childhood experience (and delusions) that earned him his place in the hospital. No one in the facility claimed to have seen him, except for the few patients who said they saw him outside their windows, attached to a series of strings and being lifted into the sky.


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    Written by Steven Anzalone

    Edited by Walker Kornfeld

    Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

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    Pulling Strings voiced by Lou Sutcliffe

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    Intro music by Steven Anzalone, Lou Sutcliffe, and female vocals by Harper Tacent


    Music and Sound effects are licensed from third party providers including Envato, Epidemic Sound, Artlist, Soundstripe, Melody Loops, Pond 5, Soundcrate, Music Vine, Youtube, Melodie, Eleven labs, Slipstream, and Storyblocks

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    26 mins
  • Burned by a Paper Sun |S1| Ep. 5
    Nov 3 2025

    The small city of Distoria appeared directly after the Great Darkness of 1999. It is nearly the exact twin of the much older Common Castle, the two lying separated by only a small stretch of woods. Distoria differs from its sibling by means of a far more aged appearance and a sickly aesthetic that informs it with no small amount of menace.

    An artist, with no choices left to him, visits in hope that the dark myths attributed to the towns are true.


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    Red Rembrandt written by Mark Anzalone

    Edited by Walker Kornfeld

    Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

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    Red Rembrandt voiced by Steven Zivic

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    Intro music by Steven Anzalone, Lou Sutcliffe, and female vocals by Harper Tacent


    Music and Sound effects are licensed from third party providers including Envato, Epidemic Sound, Artlist, Soundstripe, Melody Loops, Pond 5, Soundcrate, Music Vine, Youtube, Melodie, Elelven labs, Slipstream, and Storyblocks


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    26 mins