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    1. Service Call 
Morning Wood hears from a curious new caller. The Dean has some announcements to make.

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    2. House Painting On Halloween 
It's Halloween on campus and Morning Wood has a brush with the Iron Law of Alexandria.

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A couple paint their house while greeting Halloweeners and discuss having a child. But the wholesome display belies something dark and horrible.

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    3. The Tunnels 
Morning Wood brings you the latest on this year's WendigoFest from a special guest, but not before the resident vampire calls in with an update.

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    4. Echoes of Laughter 
AU recovers from the aftermath of Wendigo Fest and the Dean isn't happy.

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    5. Househunting 
AU prepares for the holidays, and Gore gets a car. Sort of.

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Finding a house to live in takes on a whole new dimension when the buyer can see the ghosts of people who died there.

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  • I See Dead People: The husband of the househunting couple sees the ghosts of people who have died in the houses they look at, making it impossible for them to live there.

    6. Christmas with Kurz 
Conspiracy theories abound and AU celebrates the holidays.

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Christmas Eve, 1973: A shut-in old man journals his evening as a group of youths next door hold a loud party with a deadly outcome. An homage to the H. P. Lovecraft short story "The Cats of Ulthar".

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    7. Initiation Night 
Morning Wood offers up some questionable advice and representatives from the Honors College explain how they're better than everyone else.

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An Alexandria University frat applicant undergoes his initiation and has to wait in a field all night. But he's not alone out there...

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    8. Labyrinth 
Is the Paquiwoc Theater haunted? A call from AUPS gives us the answer.

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    9. The Hedge Maze 
Something sinister prowls the campus, Gore returns, and Morning Wood goes for a ride with Lt. Wooley.

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    9.5. The Skies Have Eyes with Your Host, The Revelator 
You're listening to The Skies Have Eyes, with your host: The Revelator!

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Gore's misadventures with the BOBs, as recorded on a phone found in a cowpie.

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    10. Shine 
It’s quiz night at the Ironclad, with your hosts Morning Wood and The Revelator!

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A moonshine distiller during the Prohibition uses water from the Alexandria swamp for his product, with horrifying results.

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    11. The Mandela Effect 
Morning Wood gets a call from a mysterious little girl, Kilt has an invitation, and a voice recorder found in the hedge maze has a secret to reveal.

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A voice recording made by Cassidy Nightingale, a travel guide writer who stumbled into Alexandria.

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  • Call-Back: Some of Cassidy's recording is from the quiz night in "Shine".
  • Creepy Good: Victoria, apparently a precocious ghost child, saves Alexandria University from an amateur warlock trying to destroy it.
  • Wham Episode: We find out that Alexandria seems to exist not in the real world, but in some alternate dimension.

    12. Spooks 
Gore’s a man on the run, and the unholy alliance between AU’s Temple of the Golden Dawn and the Christian Fellowship have big plans for the student body.

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A typical working night of Ray, a Spook who rids a family of the ghost of its late mother.

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    13. Ophelia Explains It All 
A student struggles with his floor mates and another has a dark confession to make.

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In an effort to keep an old house from being torn down, a woman takes the city council hostage and makes them listen to the story of her bizarre upbringing in the house, the man who raised her and his mysterious friends.

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    14. AURA 
It’s Creation Fest, and the students of AU are ready to show off their work!

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An evening in the life of Rosa, an Alexandria University Resident Advisor, as she juggles doing her homework, helping students and spending time with her ghostly girlfriend.

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    15. Outcall 
It's Girl Scout cookie season in Alexandria, and MW gets a surprise visitor at the studio.

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  • Affably Evil: Jone, at least in this instance. Once it's made clear to her that MW has no interest in Gore, they get along quite well and have coffee together.

    16. Gordian Worm 
A new school year is almost upon us. MW has a surprise guest with some special announcements. Remember, when moving into your respective dorms, lift with your legs—not your back.

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He came in to have a cyst examined. But the doctor knew exactly what was really growing inside, and has more to go around.

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    17. Roy 
WHAU’s morning radio show, “Morning Munch” has a special guest host.

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A woman tells of how a strange dream had her shouting in her sleep.

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    18. Knock at the Window 
It's Halloween, but your girl Morning Wood is having some trouble sleeping...

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A teenage girl shares her story of her relationship with her abusive boyfriend.

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  • All Just a Dream: The opening has MW start the show, only to be woken out of a nightmare. If the lack of a closing theme is any indication, the whole episode might have been one long nightmare.
  • Domestic Abuse: The main character's boyfriend is physically abusive to her, and it's described in detail.

    19. Damsel 
Join your fellow AU students at the annual book fair on campus.

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It was supposed to be a quick and easy break-in. But what they find in the basement turns the whole night on its head.

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  • Stupid Crooks: It's hard to describe the main characters any other way.
  • Unwitting Instigator of Doom: In their attempt to free a woman kept locked up in a basement, the main characters accidentally release a werewolf about to change.

    20. Paranormal Appraisal 151 
Alexandria is in the grips of Hurricane Nebuchadnezzar and your girl Morning Wood is your voice in the storm.

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A paranormal investigator about to retire shares a recording he made during an investigation years ago.

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    21. Automatic Flowers 
The new year is here and that means it’s time for the annual Scouring at the Kings Library to clear any unpleasantness from the stacks.

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A strange breed of flower from outer space almost literally falls into the lap of an unsuccessful farmer, who discovers that they have some interesting applications.

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    22. A Sense of Danger 
The Alexandria Archives has two very special and wildly unqualified guests.

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A young woman tells about her failed attempts to run away from her overbearing parents.

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  • Fish out of Water: The Revelator and Buzz, the latter even more so, as they attempt to fill in for MW on her show. The Revelator is at least aware that he doesn't know enough about the supernatural to be of help to the callers, but Buzz is somehow completely unaware of just how weird Alexandria gets at night.

    23. There's Nothing in the Swamp 
A curious caller strikes a nerve in a long held rivalry.

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    24. Chester the Nightfly 
Gore is burned out on school and MW is joined by Valerie from Student Counseling.

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A former AU late night radio host shares the story of a friend and colleague and how he let his life fall apart around him.

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  • Goth: At the height of his personal downfall, Chester starts dressing in black and leather and wear dark makeup.

    25. Missed Call 
Something strange is afoot on the radio waves, and someone out there has a message for Morning Wood and the listeners of WHAU.

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    26. The Long Night Out 
A Strange, delicious smell is emanating from the Paquioc River and it’s making the residence of Alexandria a little rowdy.

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    27. These Damn Trees 
Kilt has some answers to who might be behind the mysterious recording heard during the radio station trolling, but will answers only lead to more questions?

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A group of petty criminals/hippie wannabes try to lay low in the Alexandria swamp, but one by one, they start disappearing into it...

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  • Domestic Abuse: Claire is frequently mentioned to be beaten by her boyfriend, Kay.
  • Dwindling Party: The main character, Claire, is part of a four-person group at the start of the story. Then the swamp lights start claiming them.

    28. Yankee at the Sitting-Up 
It's summer in Alexandria, and your girl Morning Wood has the DL on how to make the most of it.

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    29. I Felt the Baby Kick 
MW dabbles in couples counseling...

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A woman's miscarriage should have meant the end of her pregnancy. But there's still a second heartbeat coming from inside her...

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    30. The Clearing Ahead 
It's a new school year and something in the air has people more twitchy than usual.

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    31. By Its Cover 
Some familiar voices call in and MW has had just about enough of everyone's guff.

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A man tells the story of how his cousin went insane after coming into contact with a strange book.

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  • Deadly Book: The narrator's cousin turns violent and even homicidal after getting his hands on the book of the story... except not really; the book was completely harmless and he just went nuts on his own.

    32. The Finley Letter 
It's Halloween again and Morning Wood has some advice for some would-be revel-makers.

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    33. Q&A with a Vampire Killer 
MW reaches out to her audience to help solve a mystery left on her voicemail.

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    34. Out of Time 
A freak snowstorm has Morning Wood feeling a little lonely and one of Western Beacon Fire has gone out.

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A young woman reflects on her relationship with her twin brother, having spent her entire life knowing the exact day he will die.

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  • Noodle Incident: Apparently, MW missed out on freshman orientation when she and her parents got stuck in Malaysia somehow.
  • Twin Telepathy: The narrator and her brother are said to have had this to an extreme degree, even being able to sense the other's physical injuries.

    35. The BOBs Save Christmas 
An old friend of Kilt's needs the BOBs' help to save Christmas!

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    36. Follow 
A pool party in the dead of winter? For sure! Just don't expect MW to jump in.

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  • Wham Episode: Whatever monstrosity that has been resting at the bottom of the pool rises from the deep, destroying MW's radio booth in the process.

    Jone and the Ragnarok 
What sleeps below the surface of Alexandria comes calling...

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    The Long Game Part I 
All stories have an end, and this is the beginning of the end.

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  • Continuity Nod: Cassidy Nightingale, from "The Mandela Effect", is heard once again, having spent the time since then trying to find Alexandria.

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