Strange Highways

S5, Ep. 35 - The Fear

This week Terry and Paul went looking for a pickle barrel wheeler dealer and ended up meeting Ms. Charlotte Scott and Trooper Robert Franklin. He is there to check our her reports of lights in the sky and she is there to hide from the world. Soon they will encounter something neither one of them could have ever imagined... 

S5, Ep. 34 - Come Wander with Me

This week Terry and Paul are just trying to find their way to Norfolk when they meet Mr. Floyd Burney, a rockabilly singer in search of a new hit song. He soon hears a haunting melody and follows it into the woods to find its source...

S5, Ep. 33 - The Brain Center at Whipple's

This week Terry and Paul somehow get fired by Mr. Wallace V. Whipple even though they don't work for him.  Wallace believes that key to efficiency and profit is through computers and automation. He doesn't see a downside to replacing everyone around him with machines... 

S5, Ep. 32 - Mr. Garrity and the Graves

This week Terry and Paul wander into Happiness, Arizona, a quiet town with a very violent past, and meet Mr. Jared Garrity, a traveling salesmen of sorts. Garrity tells the townsfolk that he can resurrect the dead and will do so at midnight tonight...

S5, Ep. 31 - The Encounter

This week Terry and Paul get stuck in a hot and sweaty attic with Fenton, a WWII veteran that blames the world for his problems, and Arthur, a Japanese American that has his own history with the war as well. Tensions escalate, secrets come to light, and a samurai sword keeps turning up... 

S5, Ep. 30 - Stopover in a Quiet Town

This week Terry and Paul wake up with hangovers and fully clothed in bed together and meet Mr. and Mrs. Frazier, a couple that had too much to drink the night before and find themselves in a small town that is not their own. A town with no people and most everything, including the squirrels, appear to be fake...

S5, Ep. 29 - The Jeopardy Room

This week Terry and Paul don't drink the obviously suspicious wine as they meet Major Ivan Kuchenko, an escaped political prisoner trying to get overseas to freedom. What stands in his way though is his former torturer, 3 hours, and bomb planted somewhere in his hotel room...

S5, Ep. 28 - Caesar and Me

This week Terry and Paul are looking for Jake's Special Cheese when they meet Mr. Jonathan West, a down on his luck ventriloquist, and his dummy, Caesar. Jonathan is looking for his big break while Caesar has plans of his own... 

S5, Ep. 27 - Sounds and Silences

This week Terry and Paul are forced to meet Mr. Roswell G. Flemington, a brash, rude man that insists on living in a world full of sound and fury. He wants it all loud, and he will get it...

The Amusement Park

This week Terry and Paul take a detour and discuss the recent release of George Romero's 'lost' film, 1973's The Amusement Park. They talk about Romero as a director and influence and how this work for hire PSA about elder abuse/neglect still is steeped in social commentary and his visual style. It's a dark ride, but we all enter the Amusement Park eventually...