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Summary
A narrator recounts a surreal, multi-day drive across the country with four dead colleagues and a dog named Django. As the journey progresses, the bodies decay and the dog begins to react strangely to the corpses, culminating in a violent confrontation with one of the dead men. The story ends at a beachside bereavement retreat, where the narrator releases the dog into the ocean to preserve its happiness.
Topics discussed
Introduction to Nocturnal Transmissions Podcast
Horror story excerpts: Aliens and Gargoyles
The mystery of the film 'Student Confidential'
Promo for The Vanity Project and Severn Films
Promo for Caribbean Mystics podcast
Promo for Thirteen podcast ghost stories
Story begins: Poisoning coworkers at work
Driving away with the bodies and dog
The long drive west and stopping for gas
Camping and the Miller Lite beer can landmark
Frost on faces and the dog's strange behavior
Passing through Christmas City near Kansas City
Skidding on ice near Denver
Hanging shoes on a tree in Utah
Teddy speaks and the dog attacks in California
Arriving at the ocean and the bereavement retreat
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