The Snake's Paw

A compilation of the three episodes of season 1 of Noir City Blues. Episode 1 - The Stare Case Written by Jack Townsend. Featuring the voices of Jack Townsend, Eli Durr, Erica Durr, Helen Jaksch, James Lanius, and Matthew Morris. Episode 2 - Murdered by Birds Written by Jack Townsend with creative contribution by Matthew Morris, Erica Durr, and James Lanius. Featuring the voices of Jack Townsend, Helen Jaksch, Killian Guilbeaux, Andrew Farrier, Erica Durr, James Lanius, Matthew Morris, Jeff Quach, and High Priest Robi. Episode 3 - The Case of the Identical Tentacles Written by Andrew Farrier. Featuring the voices of Jack Townsend, Erica Durr, Helen Jaksch, Andrew Farrier, James Lanius, Jeff Quach, High Priest Robi, and Matthew Morris, plus appearances by Helene Schmehl and Killian Guilbeaux. Noir City Blues is a serial mystery podcast from the creator of the creepypasta "Tales from the Gas Station." It is produced by The Snake's Paw podcast. Support us by donation or subscription at http://www.ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw

The concluding episode of the three part Clone of my Own! series. Will the customer service issues be resolved? Tune in to find out! Support us by donation or subscription at http://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written by Matthew Morris Featuring the voices of Helen Jaksch, Andrew Farrier, and Jack Townsend Episode art by Murk Dreher

The idea for today's story comes from a listener - and so do plenty of ideas (and puns) along the way. This brainstorm was recorded live on June 6th, 2022. Support us by donation or subscription at http://www.ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Basic Pitches is a series of original, unscripted brainstorming sessions from the strange minds of Jack Townsend, Matthew Morris, and Andrew Farrier. Basic Pitches cover art design by Chris Marroy: chrismarroy.com/art

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When Dick Tective gets called to the scene of a bride dying at the altar, it seems like just another day on the job. But soon he's putting in unpaid overtime as the clues lead beyond his beat and beyond Noir City, into the lives of the mysterious twins he's been crushing on - and the shady past of the local mega-boss. Noir City Blues: Episode Three - Dick Tective and the Case of the Identical Tentacles Written by Andrew Farrier Featuring the voices of: Jack Townsend, Erica Durr, Helen Jaksch, Andrew Farrier, James Lanius, Jeff Quach, High Priest Robi, and Matthew Morris, plus Helene Schmehl and Killian Guilbeaux. Noir City Blues is a serial mystery podcast from the creator of the creepypasta "Tales from the Gas Station." It is produced by The Snake's Paw podcast. Support us by donation or subscription at www.ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw

Matthew pitches a supernatural detective drama, and within minutes the team somehow takes it into the high-stakes world of competitive library science. Support us by donation or subscription at http://www.ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Basic Pitches is a series of original, unscripted brainstorming sessions from the strange minds of Jack Townsend, Matthew Morris, and Andrew Farrier. Basic Pitches cover art design by Chris Marroy: chrismarroy.com/art

An irate customer calls the Clone of my Own! support hotline again to complain about his ongoing clone problems. Support us by donation or subscription at http://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written by Matthew Morris Featuring the voices of Helen Jaksch, Andrew Farrier, Jack Townsend, and Erica Durr Episode art by Murk Dreher

Fresh off the Stare Case, Noir City's top (and possibly only) homicide detective - Richard Tective - learns that a group of crows can be... deadly. Noir City Blues: Episode Two - Murdered by Birds Written by Jack Townsend With creative contribution by Matthew Morris, Erica Durr, Andrew Farrier, and James Lanius. Featuring the voices of: Jack Townsend, Helen Jaksch, Andrew Farrier, Erica Durr, James Lanius, Matthew Morris, Jeff Quach, High Priest Robi, and Killian Guilbeaux Noir City Blues is a serial mystery podcast from the creator of the creepypasta "Tales from the Gas Station." It is produced by The Snake's Paw podcast. Support us by donation or subscription at http://www.ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw

Tyler returns to help us transform our pandemic experience into a musical variety show. Support us by donation or subscription at http://www.ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Basic Pitches is a series of original, unscripted brainstorming sessions from the strange minds of Jack Townsend, Matthew Morris, and Andrew Farrier. Today we have the guest talents of Tyler D'aquilla (and Matthew, unfortunately, could not attend this session). Basic Pitches cover art design by Chris Marroy: chrismarroy.com/art

A fun night out in New Orleans' French Quarter goes exactly the way it's supposed to. Support us by donation or subscription at ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written and narrated by Andrew Farrier

The Snake's Paw will be hosting its first AMA live on Saturday, March 19 at 2 PM central time! Jack, Matthew, and Adam will be answering your questions via the Snake's Paw channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCowuU1RYshagub3gp3HaahQ Feel free to drop in on YouTube or any of our other platforms to share questions in advance.

An irritated man calls a customer support hotline several times to complain about his recently purchased clone, only to have the issue get progressively worse. Support us by donation or subscription at http://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written by Matthew Morris Featuring the voices of Helen Jaksch, Andrew Farrier, and Jack Townsend Episode art by Murk Dreher

While the Mudskipper crew finally checks out the distress beacon they received two episodes ago, Barry casually (and not at all desperately) tries to find a date to the Love Day dance. Support us by donation at ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written by Jack Townsend Featuring the voices of Andrew Farrier, Jack Townsend, Jeff Quach, Helen Jaksch, Erica Durr, Matthew Morris, and Helene Schmehl Mudskipper Theme by Helen Jaksch

With the help of our pal Tyler, we transform the Epiphany story into a disco star-showcase multimedia extravaganza. Support us by donation or subscription at ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Basic Pitches is a series of original, unscripted brainstorming sessions from the strange minds of Jack Townsend, Matthew Morris, and Andrew Farrier. Today we have the guest talents of Tyler D'aquilla. Basic Pitches cover art design by Chris Marroy: chrismarroy.com/art And for that incident that only Jack knew about: https://hermitknut.tumblr.com/post/170202817159/the-1969-easter-mass-incident

Today's radio play on display: a mystery with sword play, word play... and foul play. Support us by donation or subscription at http://www.ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written by Jack Townsend. Featuring the voices of Jack Townsend, Eli Durr, Erica Durr, Helen Jaksch, James Lanius, and Matthew Morris.

In the 1920s, Harry Houdini was on a mission to debunk mediums who claimed to communicate with the dead. This eventually led him to an extraordinary woman named Mina Crandon. Based on true events, Margery & Houdini relates how the most mystifying medium of her day and the most famous escape artist of all time came to meet each other - and how each struggled to prove the other wrong. In Part Four, the committee tests Margery's powers by locking her in constraints, leading to a confrontation with Walter and the conclusion of the contest. Support us by donation or subscription at https://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written by Matthew Morris and Andrew Farrier with help from Jack Townsend With the voices of Helen Jaksch, John Angelo Cassaro, Andrew Farrier, Harmon Gunston, Jeff Quach, Jack Townsend, Lincoln Belleville, Matt Standley, Lady Delaney, and Anne Mammoth Recording help from James Lanius Mixing, mastering, and sound design by Zak Lanius Episode art by Murk Dreher Archival image acquired via Library of Congress

In the 1920s, Harry Houdini was on a mission to debunk mediums who claimed to communicate with the dead. This eventually led him to an extraordinary woman named Mina Crandon. Based on true events, Margery & Houdini relates how the most mystifying medium of her day and the most famous escape artist of all time came to meet each other - and how each struggled to prove the other wrong. In Part Three, Houdini and his colleagues converge on the Crandon household, witnessing for the first time the phenomena they're supposed to declare real or false. Support us by donation or subscription at https://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written by Matthew Morris and Andrew Farrier with help from Jack Townsend With the voices of John Angelo Cassaro, Harmon Gunston, Jeff Quach, Helen Jaksch, Andrew Farrier, Jack Townsend, and Helene Schmehl Recording help from James Lanius Mixing, mastering, and sound design by Zak Lanius Episode art by Murk Dreher Archival image acquired via Library of Congress

Muppets + zombies = postmodern meta-fictional fugue? Support us by donation or subscription at http://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Basic Pitches is a series of original, unscripted brainstorming sessions from the strange minds of Jack Townsend, Matthew Morris, and Andrew Farrier. Basic Pitches cover art design by Chris Marroy: https://chrismarroy.com/art

A short narrated story about a bizarre cinematic experiment. Written by Matthew Morris, narrated by Andrew Farrier. Support us by donation or subscription at http://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw And find all things Snake's Paw at http://thesnakespaw.com

He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he's got a thirst for human blood every Christmas he must slake. Support us by donation or subscription at http://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Basic Pitches is a series of original, unscripted brainstorming sessions from the strange minds of Jack Townsend, Matthew Morris, and Andrew Farrier. For this episode, we had the guest talents of Erica Durr. Basic Pitches cover art design by Chris Marroy: https://chrismarroy.com/art Today's story pays various levels of respect to the films Twilight (2008), Underworld (2003), 30 days of night (2007), Priest (2011), The Omega Man (1971), Blade (1998), Blade II (2002), Daybreakers (2009), Santa’s Slay (2005), Rare Exports (2010), and The Strain (2014). #christmasmovie #vampire #santaclaus #pitchmeeting

In the 1920s, Harry Houdini was on a mission to debunk mediums who claimed to communicate with the dead. This eventually led him to an extraordinary woman named Mina Crandon. Based on true events, Margery & Houdini relates how the most mystifying medium of her day and the most famous escape artist of all time came to meet each other - and how each struggled to prove the other wrong. In Part Two, Houdini announces his crusade against the fraudulent mediums of the world and gets pushback from an old friend, who thinks a spiritual reunion with Houdini’s mother might be just the thing to change his mind. Support us by donation or subscription at https://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written by Matthew Morris and Andrew Farrier with help from Jack Townsend With the voices of Tyler d’Aquilla, Harmon Gunston, Jeff Quach, Matt Standley, Erica Durr, Lady Delaney, and Helen Jaksch Recording help from James Lanius Mixing, mastering, and sound design by Zak Lanius Episode art by Murk Dreher Archival image acquired via Library of Congress

We've all learned that villains are really just misunderstood heroes if you squint hard enough. Andrew pitches a story where we squint really hard. Support us by donation or subscription at http://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Basic Pitches is a series of original, unscripted brainstorming sessions from the strange minds of Jack Townsend, Matthew Morris, and Andrew Farrier. For this episode, we had the guest talents of Helen Jaksch. Basic Pitches cover art design by Chris Marroy: https://chrismarroy.com/art

In the 1920s, Harry Houdini was on a mission to debunk mediums who claimed to communicate with the dead. This eventually led him to an extraordinary woman named Mina Crandon. Based on true events, Margery & Houdini relates how the most mystifying medium of her day and the most famous escape artist of all time came to meet each other - and how each struggled to prove the other wrong. In Part One, several people - including one inquisitive stranger - meet at the Crandon household to commune with a long lost relative. Written by Matthew Morris and Andrew Farrier with help from Jack Townsend With the voices of John Angelo Cassaro, Andrew Farrier, High Priest Robi, Matthew Morris, Ann Mammoth, Helen Jaksch, and Tyler D'aquilla Recording help from James Lanius Mixing, mastering, and sound design by Zak Lanius Episode art by Murk Dreher Archival image acquired via Library of Congress.

Matthew pitches an unconventional werewolf movie, and with the help of Andrew, Jack, and our sound engineer James, turns it into about 8 different werewolf movies. Support us by donation or subscription at https://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Basic Pitches is a series of original, unscripted brainstorming sessions from the strange minds of Jack Townsend, Matthew Morris, and Andrew Farrier. For this episode, we had the guest talents of James Lanius. Basic Pitches cover art design by Chris Marroy: chrismarroy.com/art

Love is in the air, and it might get everyone killed... or worse. Support us by donation at https://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written by Jack Townsend Featuring the voices of Andrew Farrier, Helen Jaksch, Jeff Quach, Matthew Morris, Erica Durr, and Jack Townsend Mudskipper Theme by Helen Jaksch

Jack pitches a story idea that stands little chance of ever being made, and together we brainstorm until it stands no chance at all. Support us by donation at https://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw

A fish-out-of-water story set in space somewhere in the cold, cruel, distant future. In episode one, meet the starship's motley crew and see just how much can go wrong in a single day. Support us by donation at https://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written by Jack Townsend Featuring the voices of Andrew Farrier, Helen Jaksch, Matt Standley, Jeff Quach, Matthew Morris, Erica Durr, and Jack Townsend Mudskipper Theme by Helen Jaksch

A popular true crime podcast releases its most gripping episode yet. Support us by donation at https://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw Written by Matthew Morris Featuring the voices of Andrew Farrier, Helen Jaksch, and Matthew Morris Theme by Helen Jaksch

What this is and where it's going. Support us by donation at https://ko-fi.com/thesnakespaw