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* MissingMom: Coralee Strand, Richard Strand's wife and Charlie Strand's mother, who mysteriously disappeared when Richard Strand briefly left her alone in their vehicle.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Invoked in universe on the Charlesworth ghost from episode 104. Most people assume that the ghost is Catherine Williams because the original founder of the Festival of the Upside Down Face said so, and because it makes sense logically; Catherine wants everyone to know of the tragedy she suffered. In universe, the alternate interpretation is [[spoiler:that the ghost is actually the killer Sarah Benning, who tore off Catherine's faced and stitched it onto hers upside down. She goes around terrorizing the descendants of the original group of Catherine's friends. Only the native Charlesworth citizens agree with this interpretation.]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Invoked in universe on the Charlesworth ghost from episode 104. Most people assume that the ghost is Catherine Williams because the original founder of the Festival of the Upside Down Face said so, and because it makes sense logically; Catherine wants everyone to know of the tragedy she suffered. In universe, the alternate interpretation is [[spoiler:that the ghost is actually the killer Sarah Benning, who tore cut off Catherine's faced face and stitched it onto hers her own, but upside down. She goes around terrorizing the descendants of the original group of Catherine's friends. Only the native Charlesworth citizens agree with this interpretation.]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Invoked in universe on the Charlesworth ghost from episode 104. Most people assume that the ghost is Catherine Williams because the original founder of the Festival of the Upside Down Face said so, and because it makes sense logically; Catherine wants everyone to know of the tragedy she suffered. In universe, the alternate interpretation is [[spoiler:that the ghost is actually the killer Sarah Benning, who tore off Catherine's faced and stitched it onto hers upside down. She goes around terrorizing the descendants of the original group of Catherine's friends. Only the native Charlesworth citizens agree with this interpretation.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Invoked in universe on the Charlesworth ghost from episode 104. Most people assume that the ghost is Catherine Williams because the original founder of the Festival of the Upside Down Face said so, and because it makes sense logically; Catherine wants everyone to know of the tragedy she suffered. In universe, the alternate interpretation is [[spoiler:that the ghost is actually the killer Sarah Benning, who tore off Catherine's faced and stitched it onto hers upside down. She goes around terrorizing the descendants of the original group of Catherine's friends. Only the native Charlesworth citizens agree with this interpretation.]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Invoked in universe on the Charlesworth ghost from episode 104. Most people assume that the ghost is Catherine Williams because the original founder of the Festival of the Upside Down Face said so, and because it makes sense logically; Catherine wants everyone to know of the tragedy she suffered. In universe, the alternate interpretation is [[spoiler:that the ghost is actually the killer Sarah Benning, who tore off Catherine's faced and stitched it onto hers upside down. She goes around terrorizing the descendants of the original group of Catherine's friends. Only the native Charlesworth citizens agree with this interpretation.
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* TheUnsolvedMystery: The Black Tapes themselves, at least when they're first introduced.
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** Made blatant in Episode 105. The Black Tape Strand shows Alex in this episode depicted an exorcism of a 12-year old girl who makes the four men (all quite strong) attempting to hold her down and her bed levitate off the ground while she herself screams demonic, inhuman sounds. Strand directly witnessed this event in person, having been the man recording the event, but is convinced that actors and stage tricks were used to fool him.
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** Made blatant in Episode 105. The Black Tape Strand shows Alex in this episode depicted an exorcism of a 12-year old girl who makes the four men (all quite strong) attempting to hold her down and her bed levitate off the ground while she herself screams demonic, inhuman sounds. Alex reasons that simple film tricks would easily debunk this case, until Strand informs her he directly witnessed this event in person, having been the man recording the event, but event. Still, he is convinced that actors and stage tricks were used to fool him.
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* {{Agent Mulder}}: The podcast host, Alex Reagan, is like this, as a counter-part to Richard Strand's {{Agent Scully}} role. At the beginning of the project, when she takes part in a late-night ghost communication session with alleged ghost hunters, she's shown to take all of their words at face value and is easily convinced of the existence of spirits, which Richard Strand quickly and abruptly tears apart with little effort in their first meeting. While she slips into instances of {{Agent Scully}} at times, thanks to Strand's explanations, she's definitely more open to the idea of the supernatural.
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** Made blatant in Episode 105. The Black Tape Strand shows Alex in this episode depicted an exorcism of a 12-year old girl who makes the four men (all quite strong) attempting to hold her down and her bed levitate off the ground while she herself screams demonic, inhuman sounds. Strand directly witnessed this event in person, having been the man recording the event, but is convinced that actors and stage tricks were used to fool him.
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: How the format of most episodes are structured. Strand introduces Alex to one of the Black Tapes, Alex (and sometimes Strand) interviews people related to the incident and has them describe their experiences, Alex gets surprised and relays her knowledge to Strand, and Strand hand-waves the black tapes with a logical, real-world explanation, ultimately creating more questions than answers.
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: How the format of most episodes are structured. Strand introduces Alex to one of the Black Tapes, Alex (and sometimes Strand) interviews people related to the incident and has them describe their experiences, Alex gets surprised and relays her knowledge to Strand, and Strand hand-waves the black tapes with a logical, real-world explanation, explanation but leaving the tape unsolved, ultimately creating more questions than answers.
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* ArcSymbol: A pentagram consisting of a star within two concentric circles becomes a common theme [[spoiler: that appears to make the Black Tapes appear to be related, and not unrelated cases]].
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* ChekhovsGun: The Archdemon mentioned in episode three and "sacred geometry" (essentially Satanic numerology), ''and'' the shadow man from the first two episodes all come back in episode seven. [[spoiler: They're all somehow connected to the disappearance of Sebastian Tores, who went missing for a time but was found during the second half of the episode.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The Archdemon mentioned in episode three and "sacred geometry" (essentially Satanic numerology), numerology) from episode six, ''and'' the shadow man from the first two episodes all come back in episode seven. [[spoiler: They're all somehow connected to the disappearance of Sebastian Tores, who went missing for a time but was found during the second half of the episode.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The Archdemon mentioned in episode three and "sacred geometry" (essentially Satanic numerology), ''and'' the shadow man from the first two episodes all come back in episode seven. [[spoiler: They're all somehow connected to the disappearance of Sebastian Tores, who went missing for a time but was found during the second half of the episode.]]
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* PyschicPowers: Episode seven is about Tannis Brawn, a successful psychic detective.
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* PyschicPowers: PsychicPowers: Episode seven is about Tannis Brawn, a successful psychic detective.
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* CorruptChurch: Strand feels this way about the Catholic Church. He believes that they stage and record elaborate exorcisms in the hopes that the vides will "leak" and convince people to start following them.
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* CorruptChurch: Strand feels this way about the Catholic Church. He believes that they stage and record elaborate exorcisms in the hopes that the vides videos will "leak" and convince people to start following them.
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* BethovenWasAnAlienSpy: A psychic in episode seven claims that Lenin had the same power as him, bilocation, which was responsible for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilocation#Modern the reports of Lenin working at his desk when he was supposed to be on his deathbed.]]
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* BethovenWasAnAlienSpy: BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: A psychic in episode seven claims that Lenin had the same power as him, bilocation, which was responsible for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilocation#Modern the reports of Lenin working at his desk when he was supposed to be on his deathbed.]]
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* BethovenWasAnAlienSpy: A psychic in episode seven claims that Lenin had the same power as him, bilocation, which was responsible for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilocation#Modern the reports of Lenin working at his desk when he was supposed to be on his deathbed.]]
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* FriendOnTheForce: Tannis Brawn, a self-proclaimed psychic detective and primary subject of episode seven, has his claims of being able to use his powers to find missing people officially backed up by quite a few different police departments around the country.
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: In episode seven, when Tannis visits the cabin [[spoiler: the once-missing Sebastian Torez was found in]], he examines the writing found on the walls. He then says something is with them and promptly leaves the building. Strand then says that [[spoiler: the thing Tannis was afraid of was a demon.]]
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* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Episode six is about a boy named Simon, who was suspected of his parents' murder, but for a time could not recall what happened exactly, but was able to admit that he saw the murder happen. Medical experts assumed that this was the case.
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* EnfantTerrible: Episode six involves a boy who confessed to stabbing his parents to death in their sleep when he was eleven.
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* CorruptChurch: Strand feels this way about the Catholic Church. He believes that they stage and record elaborate exorcisms in the hopes that the vides will "leak" and convince people to start following them.
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* BrownNote: Episode three, the episode about the eponymous Unsound. It's said to be the sound of an Archdemon beckoning the listener to invite it into their world. Anyone who listens to it is supposed to die within a year.
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Geoff Went, the leader of a band called Pastor Rising openly admits to using FauxSymbolism and satanic imagery in order to get attention during an interview in episode three.
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Geoff Went, the leader of a band called Pastor Hastur Rising openly admits to using FauxSymbolism and satanic imagery in order to get attention during an interview in episode three.
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-->'''Went: They'll see what they want to see. We're just trying to put on a show. It's entertainment for f--[[BleepDammit BLEEP.]]
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Geoff Went, the leader of a band called Pastor Rising openly admits to using FauxSymbolism and satanic imagery in order to get attention during an interview in episode three.
-->'''Went: They'll see what they want to see. We're just trying to put on a show. It's entertainment for f--[[BleepDammit BLEEP.]]
-->'''Interviewer:''' So that was a real cat you killed on stage?
-->'''Went:''' Killing cats is illegal and subject to prosecution in the state of Washington.
-->'''Interviewer:''' So is that a no?
-->'''Went:''' What do you think?
-->'''Interviewer:''' I don't know, that's why I'm asking. You don't think that using satanic images and symbols on your album covers might be encouraging people to view your band through that lens?
-->'''Went:''' I'm just glad that people are ''looking'' at the album covers.
* TemptingFate: Episode three focuses on Geoff Went, the lead singer in a band that likes to use satanic imagery on album covers and stage fake animal sacrifices at their concerts. Went admits that he's just trying to be an entertainer--in an interview recorded not too long before his violent suicide.
-->'''Went: They'll see what they want to see. We're just trying to put on a show. It's entertainment for f--[[BleepDammit BLEEP.]]
-->'''Interviewer:''' So that was a real cat you killed on stage?
-->'''Went:''' Killing cats is illegal and subject to prosecution in the state of Washington.
-->'''Interviewer:''' So is that a no?
-->'''Went:''' What do you think?
-->'''Interviewer:''' I don't know, that's why I'm asking. You don't think that using satanic images and symbols on your album covers might be encouraging people to view your band through that lens?
-->'''Went:''' I'm just glad that people are ''looking'' at the album covers.
* TemptingFate: Episode three focuses on Geoff Went, the lead singer in a band that likes to use satanic imagery on album covers and stage fake animal sacrifices at their concerts. Went admits that he's just trying to be an entertainer--in an interview recorded not too long before his violent suicide.
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* AdultFear: The first case Alex looks into the case of Robert Torez, who has video evidence suggesting a shadowy apparition followed him throughout his life. After interviewing him, Alex and Strand find out that it's seemingly been passed onto his son.
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* FreudianExcuse: It's implied that Strand's behavior and skepticism may stem from the mysterious disappearance of his wife.
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* AdultFear: The first case Alex looks into involves a shadowy figure that seemingly followed a man throughout his childhood and into his adult life. It then seemingly gets passed on to his son.
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* {{Agent Scully}}: Doctor Richard Strand. The show all but confirms that the contents of at least some of the black tapes are genuinely supernatural, but Doctor Strand always has a "logical" explanation.
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* {{Agent Scully}}: Doctor Richard Strand. The show all but confirms that the contents of at least some of the black tapes are genuinely supernatural, but Doctor Strand always has a "logical" explanation. Alex calls him out on it in episode two.
-->''You know, you're actually bordering on condescension at this point.''
-->''You know, you're actually bordering on condescension at this point.''
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''The Black Tapes'' is a scripted podcast, following the exploits of journalist Alex Regan as she talks with and researches the exploits of Doctor Richard Strand, an avid paranormal researcher and skeptic, on the handful of cases he has yet to debunk. The information on these cases are held in a series of black VHS cases, hence the podcast title, ''The Black Tapes.''
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''The Black Tapes'' is a scripted podcast, following the exploits of journalist Alex Regan Reagan as she talks with and researches the exploits of Doctor Richard Strand, an avid paranormal researcher and skeptic, on the handful of cases he has yet to debunk. The information on these cases are held in a series of black VHS cases, hence the podcast title, ''The Black Tapes.''
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* AgentSkully: Doctor Richard Strand. The show all but confirms that the contents of at least some of the black tapes are genuinely supernatural, but Doctor Strand always has a "logical" explanation.
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* AgentSkully: Doctor Richard Strand. The show all but confirms that the contents of at least some of the black tapes are genuinely supernatural, but Doctor Strand always has a "logical" explanation.
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''The Black Tapes'' is a scripted podcast, following the exploits of journalist Alex Regan as she talks with and researches the exploits of Doctor Richard Strand, an avid paranormal researcher and skeptic, on the handful of cases he has yet to debunk. The information on these cases are held in a series of black VHS cases, hence the podcast title, ''The Black Tapes.''
Despite the series' ominous title, the show is not a traditional horror fiction podcast. While it does have its eerier moments, the show is more about the lives of investigators and their subjects, and how the strange events surrounding them--whether you believe them to be paranormal or not--affect those involved.
!!This work contains examples of:
* AdultFear: The first case Alex looks into involves a shadowy figure that seemingly followed a man throughout his childhood and into his adult life. It then seemingly gets passed on to his son.
* TruthInTelevision: One thing that is regularly brought up is that if someone can prove events of the supernatural to Doctor Strand, then he owes them a million dollars. The reason he hasn't paid up yet is because the burden of proof is on the people making the claims, and even though he has yet to disprove the contents of the Black Tapes, there is also no concrete proof that they are supernatural. This is actually based off of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge real prize]] offered by James Randi Educational Foundation.
* WholePlotReference: The format of the show is rather blatantly modeled after Podcast/{{Serial}}, right down to having similar transitional music.
Despite the series' ominous title, the show is not a traditional horror fiction podcast. While it does have its eerier moments, the show is more about the lives of investigators and their subjects, and how the strange events surrounding them--whether you believe them to be paranormal or not--affect those involved.
!!This work contains examples of:
* AdultFear: The first case Alex looks into involves a shadowy figure that seemingly followed a man throughout his childhood and into his adult life. It then seemingly gets passed on to his son.
* TruthInTelevision: One thing that is regularly brought up is that if someone can prove events of the supernatural to Doctor Strand, then he owes them a million dollars. The reason he hasn't paid up yet is because the burden of proof is on the people making the claims, and even though he has yet to disprove the contents of the Black Tapes, there is also no concrete proof that they are supernatural. This is actually based off of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge real prize]] offered by James Randi Educational Foundation.
* WholePlotReference: The format of the show is rather blatantly modeled after Podcast/{{Serial}}, right down to having similar transitional music.
