Let's introduce our hero, Jen/

Who shall be sorely tested - when/

They stumble 'pon a thing abhorred/

Prowling the children's cardiac ward...

Content warnings:

Clowns, Illness, mentions of fatal illness, Supernatural threat, Dismemberment, Puppets

SFX: Busy public spaces (outdoor, hospital), screaming, cracking, bird noises, ominous strings

For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-1/

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Beneath the streets of London town/

We find a portrait of a clown/

Within these halls of mystery/

Hear now of Pantaloon history...

CW: Clowns, Death/dying, Violence, Blood, Racism, Homelessness, Alcohol

References to: War, abuse of power.

SFX: Fairground sounds, buzzing, street sounds, woodwind music

For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-2/

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Who likes to be beside the sea?/

Be warned before you come with me/

That even in the friendliest places/

One might discover dreadful faces...

CW: Violence, Death/dying, Possession, The occult, Thalassophobia, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Animal distress and as ever, clowns.

References to: Child abuse, poverty, abuse of power

SFX: Vocal effects, traffic noise, loud circus music, seaside sounds, seagulls/birds

For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-3/

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An opera murder - there's a thing.../

But can they make the culprit sing?/

Qual piuma al vento/

Muta d'accento.../

Content warnings:

Clowns (technically present), Violence, Misogyny, Death/dying, Murder

References to: Sexual assault, ghosts

SFX: Opera singing, outdoor sounds, screaming,

For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-4/

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An old friend calls our hero Joe.../

So off to Yorkshire he shall go/

To save young love from fate so cruel/

He'll need some help from a Holy Fool.../

Content warnings:

Misogyny

Abuse

Violence

Mental Illness

References to: Death of a loved one, violence, animal neglect, clowns/puppets, unsurprisingly.

SFX: Desert winds, angelic vocal effects, cars, sounds of monastery singing/prayer, farmyard sounds.

For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-5/

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Though laughter might be therapeutic../

It needs much more to cure the heartsick/

And all the magic of the fae/

Cannot wish mortal tears away...

Content warnings:

Clowns, as ever.

Supernatural threat

Mental illness

Bullying

SFX: Wind, church bells, mill working, crowd sounds, laughter, flickering lights, animal sounds

For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-6/

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In stately hall the mummers throng -/

The play's awakened something wrong./

To be from summoned shadows freed/

A change of scene they're going to need..../

Content warnings:

Supernatural Threat

Violence

Needles

Unreality

Discussions of: Imperialism, slavery, oppression, murder, homelessness.

References to: Spiking/drugs.

SFX: Music, bells, buzzing, horse galloping, dogs barking, roaring.

For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-7/

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Our heroes to a fraud assigned/

But turns out he's quite hard to find/

To Windsor Forest they must head/

And there the hunter meets the hunted....

Content warnings:

Supernatural threat

Detailed descriptions of food

Violence

Discussions of: Murder, clowns, crime.

SFX: Music, animal sounds, horse’s hooves/snorting, dogs barking, thunder, wind, birdsong.

For transcripts and show notes see: https://cytochromehear.wordpress.com/home/pantaloon/episode-8/

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