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What? Oh, sorry. I was

2:59

just thinking about that McWhatever guy. Pulling

3:17

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3:19

the other day? How could anyone

3:22

be that evil? Oh,

3:24

you literally want to summon a

3:26

demon using a spell from some

3:28

old book? It just

3:30

seems like a bad- Janice, you need to

3:32

take the chill bill. Jesus.

3:36

What does it say we do next? Um,

3:40

okay. I guess we wait.

3:43

It doesn't really say how long

3:45

it's gonna be before the demon

3:47

or whatever shows

3:50

up. You really are scared,

3:52

aren't you? Yeah, I

3:55

mean this seemed kind of fun at first, but

3:57

now I just have a really bad

3:59

feeling. What if we

4:01

go kill a bunch of people too

4:03

Agatha? Jan, McVay was just a shitty

4:06

dude. People suck. They

4:08

don't need to be possessed to do horrible. No! The

4:11

stencil on my hand. It

4:14

burns. Like, really burns. Agatha?

4:16

Agatha, do you hear that? Agatha. Agatha.

4:19

Agatha. Agatha. Agatha.

4:22

Agatha. Agatha.

4:24

Agatha. Agatha. Agatha.

4:27

Agatha. Agatha. Agatha,

4:31

look at your eyes. Okay.

4:33

Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh

4:35

my God. It's raining. What?

4:38

What are you doing? This isn't funny

4:40

Agatha. Put the knife down. Oh my. Oh

4:43

my. Oh my. I can't even lie.

4:45

I can't lie. I can't stop you. I

4:47

can't. I can't. I can't.

4:50

I can't. I can't. I

4:53

can't. I can't. I

4:55

can't. I can't. I can't. I

4:57

can't. I

5:00

can't. I can't. But he didn't even have it. but

5:03

it did. But it went on forever. Well

5:05

I wonder back to Ec ga Kick Body.

5:08

Ah good. Dang

5:11

it. k Watch

5:15

out for the dog.

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is advised. Where

6:36

Is this? Stupid greens?

6:42

More can come out wherever

6:44

you are. Pretty

6:47

says. He

6:52

notices. Might.

6:55

As well, take a break The same leave rights.

6:58

Has seen as I.

7:11

Owe much space and

7:13

cemeteries I guess both.

7:19

To capture the heart of the one

7:21

you love. Gathered handles, roses. And

7:24

citrus. Well

7:26

I guess is there wasn't a total

7:28

bust like a monetary stirred And And

7:31

Antiques Delvaux. It's

7:47

not like he are upset,

7:49

a file or murderer or

7:52

anything. I. say we

7:54

should live long enough for me to meet you

7:56

and agatha for his that i don't know anything

7:58

about you at all Thanks,

8:03

Santa Agatha, for the book and

8:05

the dirt. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

8:13

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

8:18

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

8:23

Mm-hmm. Becky,

8:25

what did I tell you about slamming my goddamn door?

8:28

Sorry. Lord,

8:30

why is this little white girl the only

8:33

person in this whole town willing to carry

8:35

on this legacy? I

8:37

got the dirt you asked for from the graveyard. And

8:40

you got it off Rob's? Robert Moore's grave.

8:42

Yes, ma'am. You

8:44

absolutely sure? Don't lie to

8:46

me, girl. You know I'll know. Ugh. Yes,

8:50

I'm sure. All right,

8:52

then. Good. And

8:56

you left seven cents exactly. A nickel

8:59

and two pennies. All right,

9:01

then, girl. Since you know so

9:03

much, tell me what else we got to do to work

9:06

this route. Hello?

9:13

Good Lord. This is the

9:15

third time this week. I told you he got it

9:17

out for me. See if you can get

9:19

him out our hair so I can be done with him for good.

9:24

Good afternoon, Sheriff. Couldn't

9:27

stay away, huh? Always

9:30

work to be done. Don't

9:32

suppose you're gonna let me in the back this time? Don't

9:34

suppose you got a warrant this time? Not

9:38

yet. But I don't see what

9:40

the big deal is as long as you're following the law. Ain't

9:43

you tired of chasing your tail? We

9:46

both know you're only on my ass all the time because

9:48

my mama cursed your daddy for being

9:50

a racist prick. Oh, hey there, Sheriff

9:52

Doherty. Hello, Becky. How

9:55

are you this fine afternoon?

9:58

Bob, we got work- I'm fine. Sir

10:00

just finished potting this year plant.

10:03

Well, it's a beauty Wish I

10:05

had some nice lady to give something like that to Jerry

10:08

paying you proper right Paying

10:10

taxes and all that now look here.

10:12

Well, I'm just thankful to learn so

10:15

much from her I

10:17

want to have my own floor shop one day. Can

10:19

you believe she's teaching me all of this free of

10:21

charge? Listen

10:23

Sheriff, can you do me a favor? Hmm

10:26

anything for you darling I was just

10:28

on the road from Mountainville and

10:31

saw at least three people going double the

10:33

speed limit on that highway Now,

10:36

you know my mama died because of

10:38

the speeder and all I can think

10:40

about is some other little girl crying

10:42

herself to sleep because Someone

10:45

else couldn't follow the law Maybe

10:49

you could go patrol that stretch of highway

10:53

Sure, what set my mind at ease? Well,

10:57

uh, I

10:59

think that's a great idea I can do

11:01

that. Oh Please

11:05

don't hug me. That'll oh that'll really

11:07

get me crying, but I appreciate

11:11

the gesture well, uh

11:15

We'll see you here in a bit Becky I Nobody

11:23

around here knows how to close a goddamn door Good

11:27

girl Did

11:29

you mama really die on that road? Yeah, it

11:32

was cancer about five years ago. You're

11:34

a damn good actress Thank you.

11:37

Don't ruin it by talking. Let's

11:39

start with the shop. I already take care

11:41

of it Red brick dust at the

11:43

doors and windows and I buried the railroad spikes

11:45

at the four corners of the property about time

11:47

You took some initiatives Let's go

11:50

on and head over to old nosy ass Bob's house. So

11:52

I don't have to see his ugly mug No

11:54

more you got to work together for

11:56

the banishing. Yes, ma'am goof

11:58

or dust white mustard and

12:00

his nail clippings all in a jar. I

12:03

should have gotten hazard pay for that. Hey

12:26

August, one more shot of Jim

12:28

over here. You

12:30

can't even hold your glass steady. What

12:33

do you mean? You know I got

12:35

these tremors even when I'm sober? Besides,

12:39

I don't got anywhere else to be. Sorry

12:41

to hear that, Kelly. Anything I can do?

12:44

You can get me another drink. Hey

12:47

Rhonda! Hey August! Where's Ethan?

12:51

Oh, he's over at Gilly's. We ordered some

12:53

burgers to go. You've got a long

12:56

night of running lines for the school play tomorrow. Can't

12:58

believe he's already in sixth grade. No.

13:02

Time's your life. I remember when

13:05

you came to the hospital to meet him. You

13:07

were there before my dad. I was, wasn't

13:09

I? I forgot all about that. You

13:12

want a couple ginger ale to go? You

13:14

know it. And how about a frizzled

13:16

hen while I wait for Ethan? This

13:18

old D&D crew is over there and he basically

13:21

threw me out. Sounds

13:24

like our Ethan. August!

13:27

Where's that drink? Excuse me Rhonda. Some

13:30

people don't have any manners.

13:32

Fuck you August. Language,

13:34

Kelly. You know we keep it PG-13

13:36

in here. Hey,

13:39

take it easy on him August. I

13:41

heard he got fired last week. And

13:43

you know he's been living on the street since Jesus was

13:45

born. And that's pretty good. He's

13:48

a good guy with a good heart. Even if

13:50

he is a little strange. Fine,

13:52

fine. I can

13:54

see why Jackson loved you so much. And

13:56

Ethan. Oh, thank God for

13:59

him. It's almost like we never lost

14:01

him. Ahem. Yeah.

14:05

He basically copy pasted his daddy's

14:07

whole personality in books. You

14:10

never guess he's mine. Sometimes

14:13

I... I

14:16

wonder if it

14:18

should have been me. No. And

14:20

you know Jackson would agree with me, especially after he

14:22

saw what his sister went through. There's

14:25

something about Mama. Now

14:28

enjoy your fritter's hint, my lady. And

14:32

here's another, Kelly. Last one. Much

14:35

obliged. Ugh.

14:46

Do we have to bury it under the

14:48

porch? There's probably like rats and snakes under

14:51

there just waiting. You ain't gotta do shit.

14:54

If you're just gonna complain, you can stay right

14:56

here. If you wanna learn something, act

14:58

like you gotta spy and then come up under here

15:00

with me. Okay.

15:08

This ought to do it. Let's dig

15:10

here. You'll definitely have to walk

15:12

over this part of the porch to get in his front door.

15:15

You remember why he has to walk over it? Yes,

15:17

ma'am. For the route to work, you've gotta come

15:19

in contact with it as often as possible. The

15:21

more he's close to it, the more powerful it'll be. Good

15:24

girl. You

15:27

might be able to learn this craft after all. Gotta

15:31

say, I didn't think you'd make

15:33

a good apprentice. But when it comes down

15:35

to it, you get the job done.

15:38

After I nag you a bit. We

15:43

don't need it too deep. Just enough to

15:45

put this in and cover it up. Wait, hang on. So

15:47

we're not gonna put the whole jar in there like we

15:49

did with the protection one for Joanne? Nah.

15:52

We could. It

15:54

would still work just fine. But I like

15:57

pouring banishing work in the dirt and mixing it in. Hard

15:59

as a guy. get rid of that way. Bob

16:02

knows about these ways and if he found the

16:04

jar, he destroyed it. And we'll be

16:06

right back at square one. Okay,

16:10

that's good. Hand

16:12

it here. Damn,

16:19

Arthritus. You do it. You

16:22

think the Lord would see fit for me to be

16:24

able to use my damn hand given with its stake

16:26

in this town. Now

16:28

dump it all in the hole. What

16:36

in the hell? Mama

16:39

Cherry, it's okay. It's just an earthquake. I

16:41

went through plenty of these when I was in

16:43

California. We just need to get out

16:45

from under the porch. You stupid child. What

16:49

did you do? We gotta

16:51

go. We need to get out from under this

16:53

porch. Why are you so big? Give me some,

16:56

Quake. It ain't a fault line

16:58

for hundreds of miles. Where?

17:01

Where the hell did you get that dirt from? This

17:04

grave. Hey,

17:07

me and what gold are these? You lazy brat.

17:10

Where'd you get the dirt? Ain't no way

17:12

you got the sophomores plot. I

17:14

don't know. Tell me. You're

17:17

hurting me. My

17:20

aunt. Your aunt? Who's

17:22

your aunt? This is

17:25

what happens when you play with stuff you don't

17:27

know nothing about. Who is

17:29

your aunt? Agatha. Agatha

17:32

Williams. It doesn't matter. I

17:34

still left

17:36

the pigments. You

17:40

got to be fucking kidding me. You

17:43

are somehow even super different than I

17:45

thought. Doesn't matter. My aunt.

17:48

You're coming with me to fix this now.

18:00

Everybody okay? Ethan?

18:04

Ethan! Oh my god, Ethan! No,

18:06

no, god no! Ethan!

18:19

Ethan! General Snow,

18:21

give me the phone. Ethan,

18:25

where are you? Oh

18:28

god. Oh no, not again.

18:33

Ethan! Come on, let's get this cleaned out! You start there!

18:43

If anyone call 911! I'll

18:50

call. You'll keep adding! Goddammit.

19:03

Shit, pick up, please. In

19:10

a way, emergency? How may I- I don't

19:12

know if y'all felt it, but there was an earthquake downtown that took

19:14

out most of the buildings. A lot of

19:16

people hurt, a lot more, probably dead. We

19:18

need you down here with everything and everyone you've got.

19:21

Oh my gosh. Are you okay?

19:24

Is Mom? I'm fine, but

19:26

we can't find your mom or Ethan. Wait,

19:28

Ethan is down there? Yeah. He was over

19:31

at Gilly's. Okay.

19:35

I'll see what we can do. What

19:38

about Aunt Rhonda? She okay? She's

19:40

with me, but I'm pretty torn up. I'm gonna get some

19:43

folks down there. And I'm on my way. If

19:48

I dump Pop, we

19:50

can't lose them. Not after Uncle

19:52

Jackson. I

19:56

will, Jim. Thanks

19:59

for watching! I

20:03

can't believe this. You

20:07

need to get

20:10

to my car. Now.

20:17

Shit. Get behind the street.

20:19

I'm afraid you're going to get

20:21

a hell of

20:24

a deal. I

20:27

want to be afraid you're going to get a hell of

20:29

a deal. You're

20:33

going to be afraid of an earthquake. Girl, when have you ever seen an earthquake

20:35

spawn a tornado? I...so what's

20:38

it? Becky, do you

20:40

have any other hobbies besides asking

20:42

stupid questions? Come

20:47

on. We've got to fix your fuck up. Wait, do you

20:50

think this is my fault? Like the

20:52

earthquake and tornado? The weather? It's

20:54

just my fault? Do you think this is my fault? Yes, it's your

20:56

damn fault. I told you

20:58

time and time again that graveyard dirt is

21:00

very powerful and if you ain't careful it

21:02

can unleash some pretty dark shit. The onion?

21:04

Shit. What

21:12

the hell are you doing on my property, Jerry? Why

21:14

are you here? A real sheriff

21:17

would be in town right now, checking on

21:19

his citizens after a disaster. But you're lazy

21:21

and prefer to leave it all to Andre,

21:23

don't you? Guess it makes sense

21:25

though. You leaving everyone

21:27

high and dry. Sheriff, please let

21:29

us explain. Jesus

21:39

Christ, Andre. It's good to see you. We're

21:42

all hands on deck here. You okay,

21:44

August? Your hands are bleeding. Yeah, I

21:46

mean, as fine as I can be.

21:48

Oh, Lord Almighty, what a mess. Gemma

21:50

just called. Ambulance and fire

21:52

are on their way, but we can't get anyone to

21:54

the county hospital. Hell, we can't even

21:56

reach the county hospital. The fucking bridges

21:58

are gone altogether. I

22:00

can't get a call through it anywhere outside of town.

22:09

I know your daughter works here. We'll

22:11

find her. It's

22:15

alright. I'm more worried about Ethan right

22:17

now. Ethan was in there? Ahem. Audrey!

22:25

Audrey! Ethan's in there! I'm

22:28

there! Okay.

22:30

We'll find him. Do you know if he was in the front or the

22:32

back? I

22:35

don't know. Oh my God. This

22:51

isn't on you, Rhonda, okay? Gemma

22:54

and some other folks will be here soon. We'll find him

22:56

and take care of him. Excuse

22:59

me for just a minute. I'm gonna

23:01

go grab a first aid kit. Come

23:14

on, Jerry. Pick up. Pick up. Dammit.

23:16

Pick up. It's happening again. Oh,

23:28

I can't wait to hear why you're standing in my

23:30

front yard. Do tell, Becky. Becky,

23:32

get the green tote bag out of my

23:34

trunk. Oh, no you don't, Becky.

23:36

Stay right where you are. Trust

23:39

me, Bob. You want her to get that bag. And

23:42

what makes you think I want something like that? What's

23:45

in here? I've never seen this stuff

23:48

before. Inside. There's a Ziploc bag. Get

23:50

it out. Because we're gonna need it. What

23:54

are you- Well, well. What do we have

23:56

here? Or

26:00

even immoral. All we want to

26:02

do is stop the thing that's causing this tornado

26:04

in the crate. Look,

26:07

as soon as we take care of this, why

26:09

don't you and me go out for a drink

26:11

to celebrate? I'd love that,

26:13

darlin', but- Stop! Damn,

26:17

girl. Didn't know you had it in ya.

26:19

Knocked him out cold. Haha.

26:23

Let's get out to these woods and stop this. Why don't

26:25

you hand me that gun? It's

26:27

cool. I got it. Oh

26:32

my God. Truth, Ethan, truth.

26:35

Move, move! God,

26:41

I need some help over here. I found

26:44

Ethan! Put him down, put him down. He might

26:46

have a neck injury. Ethan!

26:49

Ethan! It

26:54

hurts, mama. I

26:56

need your baby. I

27:00

see Dad. Hi, Daddy.

27:03

What? I

27:06

think he's hallucinating. Maybe he had his

27:08

head or- Oh

27:10

my God, maybe it's inter-deleted. Daddy,

27:13

what are you doing here?

27:17

Do I have to? Um,

27:24

that says I have to go.

27:27

No! No, no, no,

27:29

no. Stay with me, baby. Stay

27:31

with mommy. We're gonna-

27:33

Oh, man. You

27:44

don't know the rules! I've got

27:46

CPR. One, two, three, four, five,

27:49

six, seven, six, seven, eight, ten,

27:51

ten, eleven, twelve, twelve, twenty- Ah!

30:01

Jim, I know this sounds crazy, but

30:04

I have something that I think might help you. Y'all

30:06

can carry on with your work, I won't be in your way at all.

30:09

Do what you gotta do, Pops. Clear!

30:15

Another run, I'll let be in. Come on,

30:17

easy. Talk again. Clear!

30:23

We gotta pulse! Holy shit! Rhythm's

30:26

still bad. Let's talk him again. Clear!

30:37

Let's get him loaded up and over to Dr. Torres. Thank

30:39

God. He's the best he's got about the hospital. Thank you,

30:41

thank you, God. Aunt

30:45

Rhonda, you can ride in the back if you want. Ross,

30:47

keep giving him this. Trust me. Do not stop

30:50

until it's all done. I'll drink some

30:52

more as soon as I can. You

31:01

gonna tell me why you thought giving him a

31:03

eleven-year-old a cocktail would help? Maybe later. Right now

31:05

I need to find Mondo. What

31:10

the fuck just happened? It's

31:21

too late. We need to go. Now! Run! The

31:30

ground! Earth

31:34

is going off! It's

31:39

opening! It's

31:44

opening. What

31:47

did you say? Watch out! The

31:49

goddamn Earth is opening! What

31:54

are you doing here? Becky!

31:58

Becky! Jesus. This

32:01

girl fell down and knocked herself out just

32:03

like in a damn horror movie. Now

32:06

I've got to pick her ass up and

32:09

carry her out of here like I ain't got nothing better

32:11

to do and pose her around. How the

32:14

hell does she even fall anyway? Ain't

32:16

nothing. Oh shit. Oh

32:18

hell no. Fuck

32:22

this and fuck you. I ain't

32:24

dying out here with some girl who ain't got

32:26

no damn sense calling up a goddamn demon. Lord

32:29

have mercy. Your

32:32

eyes. Mercy. Lord have

32:34

mercy. I still have a walk.

32:36

First, Gabriel,

32:44

I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

32:46

and will fear no evil. Holy

32:49

shit. Get

32:57

to Dr. Torres's office

33:05

now. He

33:13

can't hurt back. He's not going to

33:15

make it without your help. Thanks

33:24

so much for joining us. Make sure to listen

33:26

to the very end to hear a preview of

33:28

the next episode and a little behind

33:31

the scenes treat. This episode

33:33

stars. M. Shydash as

33:35

Momotary. Amanda Hufford as

33:38

Becky Harrison. Christian Young as

33:40

August Caldwell. Cameron Nacatta

33:42

as Sheriff Bob Dorley. Kim

33:44

Gasile as Rhonda Caldwell. Marion

33:47

Toro as Gemma Caldwell. Calvin

33:49

Joyl as Deputy Andre Pierce. Jen

33:52

Zink as Janice. Tanya

33:55

Ransom as Agatha Williams. Cass

33:58

Minter as Kelly. Ivy

34:00

Lee as Dana Griggs Raiden

34:02

T as Ethan Coldwell Afflicted

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is a production of Ransom Media Productions

34:08

and is distributed by Rusty Quill. Afflicted

34:10

was written and created by Tanya Ransom

34:12

and is directed and executive produced by

34:14

Tanya Ransom and Jen Zink. Sound design

34:16

is by Jen Zink. Theme music and

34:19

original score by Lillian Boyd. This

34:21

week's episode is co-executive produced by Mike

34:23

Flanagan. Our associate producer is Crystal H.

34:25

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1 of Afflicted takes place in East Texas, which is the

35:45

land of the Caddo people. Neither

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the Coahuilcan nor Caddo tribes are

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federally recognized due to cumbersome and

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intentionally prohibitive federal bureaucracy. And

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now for a preview of our next episode. I

36:00

have a strong earthquake here. It's smarter

36:02

this time. How do I

36:04

know you aren't working for the devil? Cause

36:06

the voices told me. Told you they don't

36:08

have to be real to be right. If

36:11

Hoodoo was so goddamn effective, why

36:13

is half the fucking town dead?

36:16

You better hope you didn't just kill my

36:18

son because if you did, I

36:21

swear on everything holy

36:24

that I will kill you. Slowly.

36:30

Aww, this is where you die.

36:34

And now a treat for listening until the very

36:36

end. Mama Cherry is named after

36:38

my late aunt, but the character itself is

36:40

a mixture of my great aunt Ethel and my

36:42

aunt Cherry. Aunt Cherry was full

36:45

of sass and took no shit. Aunt Ethel

36:47

also took no shit, but she always managed

36:49

to stay calm. She was among the

36:51

first black women to graduate nursing school at

36:53

Stanford. After serving as a

36:55

nurse for 20 years, she opened up her own

36:57

floral shop, which she ran until her health began

36:59

to decline in her later years. Join

37:01

us in two weeks for the next

37:03

episode. The

37:11

Fable and Falling Network, where

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fiction producers flourish. My

37:18

friend Shana was like, just so you know everyone

37:20

in the villainous league is coming to kill you.

37:22

And I was like, oh boy. Imagine NPR

37:24

in the MCU, the Daily Planet

37:26

style desk, car talk for jetpack.

37:28

It's these American supers. 100% invisible.

37:32

The speech bubble. It's sequential. The utility

37:34

belt. Superhuman Public Radio is a fiction

37:36

podcast telling the hilarious and heartbreaking stories

37:38

of people in a super-powered world. I

37:40

thought I was going to die. An

37:42

invisible car in Chicago? A wee super

37:44

villain? These are the stories that fall

37:46

between the panels of how much? I

37:49

think they knew that I didn't mean to do that to Arizona.

37:53

He should kill himself. Kid, I feel like you're not

37:55

giving this problem your all. No, no. But

37:58

yes, I guess most people would call me a villain. Call them

38:00

a death card. Superhuman

38:02

public radio. Superhuman

38:05

stories. The only limits are your imagination.

38:08

And I have a

38:10

wild imagination. New episodes

38:12

every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcasts.

38:15

This is SPR. Name

38:17

the supervillain and we've done the

38:19

gig. But these Wall Street types

38:22

that larky answers to, yikes.