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What else is there to do on a lonely Friday night then to taste test homade experimental vodka with Mirana Vale. What could go wrong?

In a town that complains about fog, Marina Vale has appointed herself its greatest defender. Timothy meets Bandit’s Nook’s self-proclaimed Fog Steward to discuss fog harvesting, atmospheric liquor, seventeen varieties of mist, and the mysterious phenomenon known only as The Emperor.

Del listened to my Reagan episode and decided I got exactly one thing wrong: the conclusion. According to Del, Ronald Reagan was absolutely a warlock, Richard Nixon taught him sorcery at Bohemian Grove, Watergate was failed political thaumaturgy, and a photograph of Nixon jumping proves he could levitate.

Watching over the information desk while everyone is at lunch. Timothy Zero decides to ruin an old republican's day, by telling him that Ronald Reagan was into the occult.

A local fighting legend comes back home to Bandit's Nook. With all the stories about him, no one knows what to believe. So Timothy Zero sits down with the man behind the legend and carefully tries to interview him, without making him angry.

On the very day Ray Bradbury imagined in There Will Come Soft Rains, Timothy Zero reflects on how the future quietly became the present. But in Bandit's Nook, even the calendar may be trying to tell us something.

During renovations of the Library basement in Bandit's Nook. Some strange items were found, and of course...cataloged

Finally, I get Del in the studio and ask him questions from you all.

Are they coherent? Not really. But that's Del for you. Enjoy!

You know you've been waiting for it.... Yes! It's another mail bag episode from the great listeners to the podcast! Let's see what weird things you want to talk about this time!

Sometimes a song stops being a song and becomes a home. This week on Boot & Sink, Timothy Zero tells the story behind Run With Us and the secret club that made it their motto.

Every house in Bandit's Nook has one.

An empty drawer.

Not for batteries. Not for junk. Not for anything.

Just... empty.

No one agrees on why the tradition started, but everyone agrees you shouldn't ignore it. Because when people fill every drawer in the house, strange little things begin to disappear. And when they finally make room again...

...the missing things have a way of coming home.

A young library patron asks for books about Freddy Krueger. Twenty minutes later, we're discussing witness testimony, criminal investigations, and the dangers of falling asleep during horror movies.

Some conversations don't go where you expect.

This week's episode, I talk to Walter Grady. A man who created his own broadcasting cable company and his own time capsule from 1987. His basement.

I went to a wedding.

Or at least I thought I did.

The vows became increasingly strange. The guests seemed to know things they shouldn't. A deer inspected the wedding cake. People spoke to empty chairs. By midnight, reality itself appeared to have been part of the guest list.

Then I discovered the truth.

"The Wedding" is an episode about experimental theater, ritual, performance, and the unsettling moment when you realize everyone knows what's happening except you.

A personal episode about identity, loneliness, belonging, and the small lights that help us find our way home.

In this episode, I finally got to interview Dr. Theodora Blackthorn on her new book, The Monastic Hound: Forbidden Canines of the Medieval World. We discuss some dogs maybe have never existed and some I pray never come into style again.

Alone on a Saturday night. I try a random voice chat website. People are cruel so I get weird on them, and then of course something weird happens.

Del's crustacean infested nightmares come to a head and he desperately needs to get rid of the astral house guests. So they go to the only one who can help. Agnes Wicklow.

Del won't leave his place because of a monster storm coming, so I recorded this riffing excercise that I do at work when I have nothing to do.

In this episode, I talk about how sometimes people let you down. How in a town as weird as Bandit's Nook. People don't want to talk. And I get a new sposnor, as well as an update on Del.

Finally after missed phone calls, and getting time in Harlan's busy schedule, I get to set down in his restaurant and talk to the man, the cook, the fighter.

Episode 4 of Season 2. I had a odd run in with a kid looking for something at the library. And it was something I was looking for too at his age. Ectoplasm, and why wasn't it in the dictionary.

Season 2, episode 3. Del returns home! And he has many stories to tell, hallucinatory fish, trapped in the bowels of the denver airport and interdimensional crustaceans.

Here's a quick episode about Manic pixie dream girls and why I thought they would save me from myself. And also, I get a new local sponsor!

Season 2 episode 1.

In this episode of Boot & Sink, Timothy Zero recounts something he’s never fully been able to explain… or forget. When he was young, a voice came through the speakers of his family’s church. Not a sermon. Not interference. Something else. Special thanks to Kristen O'Neal and Kaitlin Bruder. @thinplacesradio

Episode 30: Showdown at Mega Ultra

The signal is back.

The air feels heavier.

And something… something is watching from above.

Del Rigsby is off the grid. The Man in the Yellow Hat is closer than ever. And the truth behind Mega Ultra isn’t just strange… it’s waiting.

This is where it all comes to a head.

Secrets unravel. Signals collide. And not everyone makes it out unchanged.

The mayor wanted a website. I said yes.

Now there’s hosting plans, domain names, mysterious plugins… and a laptop that has completely lost the will to live.

If you’ve ever tried to build a website and immediately regretted it, this episode is for you.

Growing up with intrusive thoughts and catastrophic fears, I spent decades thinking something was wrong with me, untill I finally learned it had a name: OCD.

An episode within an episode. We delve into the history of the Hall of mirrors sculptor, Ione Calder as well as listen to the last ever interview with her, done by Danielle Kessler.

Something dropped into my lap today. Something that I couldn't ignore. Something crazy, something niche... something that inspired me to write some fan fiction. Don't Judge me!

An archive box reveals the original plans for the Looking Glass Mall, along with a warning from its architect: mirrors are not passive.

Some building don't just hold people.

They remember them.

This episode is a deep dive into the local hub of commerce for Bandit's Nook. The Looking Glass Mall and the mysterious carousel, and the Hall of reflections.

More mail goodness from all you out there! Let's dive in and see what's going on. And also something that happened at work.

More letters from listeners and from the townsfolk. With special guests by my cats, Detective and Yang Yang.

A quiet reflection childhood, nostalgia and the kid we never stop carrying with us. A late night Boot and Sink broadcast for anyone still chasing wonder.

This short episode is exactly what the title says. Just a random thought I had.

Four different writers all swear that they've run into this deviant that they've helped create. And what they did next might surprise you!

We've all heard of Krampus, Knecht Ruprecht, Pere Fouettard, and Belsnickel. But have you ever heard of Bad Eye's Shroud?

Del Rigsby isn't broadcasting live anymore...The signal is.

This episode goes sideways fast. It usually does when Mega Ultra's Del Rigsby at the wheel. Just listen and prepare to be baffled.

“The Echo That Answered Me.”

This one is about Thanksgiving loneliness, childhood ghosting, wanting to belong, and the moment a mysterious flyer led me to the First Ghosts.

It’s about the echo you carry for years… and what happens when something finally answers back.

The Crispitorium has some new bread and people are saying it's the best thing they've ever eaten. It's called Moon Bloom. And some people don't think it's of this world. So, I am invited back to talk to Agnes again, or whoever she really is.

Here's a short episode about something I witnessed while closing up the Library. A stranger, a large amount of leaves and a change of mind.

A man asked if I wanted to interview him for my podcast. He told me he was a collector things. When I asked what he collected, he just smiled and said, himself.

This episode I cover how the writer Bill Mantlo helped me through some troubling times.

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https://www.facebook.com/BillMantloProject/

Here's another bonus episode. Halloween in Bandit's Nook is a little different than anywhere else. Listen and find out why.

The loneliness of being an adult.

I interview local laundromat owner and unlicensed radio host, Del Rigsby about this town, his origins and why you can't listen to the music that accompanies the fog.

Not really episode 8. This episode sets in between. This episode, I answer questions and talk about the weird town I live in and its origins!

The Rick Flair bird. He won't come down. He won't stop wooing. A town has the same fever dream....and a morning dove carries a legacy.