The Daily Murder Time-Loop: An Occult Horror Podcast "Everyday"

0:12 Speaker 1: With this key, you unlock the world to your dreams. What lies beyond could be the doorway to nightmare. Come in. Welcome. I'm your host, through the doorway to nightmare. Have you ever felt trapped in the life that you are in now? The routine, mundane existence of trivialities that seem endless. Some would say that this is what life is, simply a day-to-day stream of conscious thought. Others would call it a waking nightmare.

1:22 Speaker 2: Alani, I'm sorry, but I'm leaving you.

1:27 Speaker 3: No, you're not. I mean, Gerald, I love you. And I will always, always continue to love you.

1:38 Speaker 2: I just can't keep going on and on.

1:42 Speaker 3: I should have been more careful. I should have taken things slow. But, well, you know me. Always wanting things in a hurry.

1:51 Speaker 2: Alani, I love you. I'm just no longer in love with you. But you will be. I promise.

2:01 Speaker 1: No.

2:02 Speaker 2: No, I don't think so.

2:03 Speaker 3: With the right spell you will be. Even after I'm dead.

2:13 Speaker 1: Our mystery drama, Every Day, was adapted from the short story and written especially for Doorwood to Nightmare by Winslow Swan and edited by Crimson McKenzie. Our stars include Ezra J.D. Emmons, Crimson McKenzie, and Winslow Swan. I'll be back shortly with Act One. Our story tonight is neither new or old. It is about, on the extreme side, living each day the same way. We have all gotten into that rut in life where we seem to wake up and do the same things over and over again.

3:20 Speaker 2: Six in the morning. Well, another day, another... Oh, what is it now? 27 cents? Well, shave, shower, and then downstairs to breakfast. And there she is. My beautiful wife, Alani. Standing at the stove, the bacon frying in the pan.

3:58 Speaker 2: Look at her. She's wearing that C3 nightgown I bought her for her birthday. Or was it for me? I wonder. I just wonder what her flesh would sound like in that hot grease. Morning, babe.

4:19 Speaker 3: Gerald, what are you doing? No, no, no!

4:36 Speaker 2: Well, six in the morning already. Feels like I just went to bed.

4:43 Speaker 1: Oh, well.

4:46 Speaker 2: Shower, shave, and bound to breakfast. And there is my beautiful wife, Alani. Oh, look at the sweet curves of her body. I can smell the perfume of the bacon.

5:10 Speaker 2: I wonder what her blood would look like on top of the stove.

5:14 Speaker 3: Good morning, Daryl.

5:16 Speaker 1: What are you doing with that knife?

5:19 Speaker 2: What are you doing with that.

5:28 Speaker 1: Knife?

5:29 Speaker 2: I'm telling you, Peyton, it's really starting to get to me.

5:33 Speaker 4: But they're just nightmares, Gerald. You said it yourself.

5:36 Speaker 2: The same one. Two nights running. Each one more graphic than the last.

5:42 Speaker 4: So how are things with you and Alani?

5:44 Speaker 2: Oh, never better.

5:45 Speaker 4: That was a quick answer. No arguments?

5:49 Speaker 2: That's just it. She never argues. She never disagrees with me. It's like having some sort of a slave or A yes person.

6:01 Speaker 4: And this is a bad thing.

6:03 Speaker 2: I almost wish there really was an argument clinic.

6:08 Speaker 4: You mean like on Monty Python?

6:10 Speaker 2: Yes, I could just go and pay someone to have an argument with because I really think that Alani doesn't know how.

6:18 Speaker 4: Well, you're just stupid.

6:20 Speaker 2: What?

6:21 Speaker 4: You heard me. You're just stupid and ignorant.

6:24 Speaker 2: Peyton, what are you trying to do?

6:26 Speaker 4: I thought you wanted to have an argument.

6:27 Speaker 2: No, no, that was abuse, not argument. No, it wasn't. Yes, it was.

6:31 Speaker 1: No, it wasn't.

6:32 Speaker 2: Yes, it... Oh, I see. No, no, not going to do the Monty Python routine with you.

6:41 Speaker 4: Well, I tried.

6:43 Speaker 2: Not helping. So, what am I going to do?

6:49 Speaker 4: About what?

6:50 Speaker 2: Well, the nightmares.

6:51 Speaker 4: Oh, those nightmares. Well, maybe you shouldn't eat before going to bed. I've read somewhere that certain food can cause nightmares.

6:58 Speaker 2: What, and give up my foot-long subs?

7:00 Speaker 1: No way.

7:02 Speaker 2: Think of something else.

7:03 Speaker 4: Warm milk?

7:04 Speaker 2: Ugh, how vomitable.

7:06 Speaker 4: Okay, well, and how about a stiff drink?

7:10 Speaker 2: I'm already doing that.

7:11 Speaker 4: Then stop doing that. Look, I don't know. So you had two nightmares in two nights. Big deal.

7:17 Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess you're right.

7:19 Speaker 4: Now, if I'm in your nightmare, please, just keep it to yourself.

7:28 Speaker 2: Oh, six in the morning again. Time to get up, take a shower, shave, and go down for breakfast. Wow, she is really beautiful. I could make love to her right now, right on the kitchen floor. Morning, Gerald. Maybe I'll just drown her in the sink. What are you... Stop it! Die! Die!

8:12 Speaker 1: Die! Most people wind up in life doing the same things over and over again. The occasional break in the monotony of a career or a home life makes living much more interesting. However, I've never met anyone who does the same thing in a nightmare. I'll return shortly with Act 2. I believe that we have all found ourselves in a situation that seems both hopeless and endless. While most of us are able to find an exit, Gerald is only beginning the journey. Gerald.

9:17 Speaker 4: Jesus, you look like a wreck.

9:19 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's called not getting any sleep.

9:21 Speaker 4: You mean for the past two weeks, you were still having the same nightmare?

9:26 Speaker 2: Every night.

9:27 Speaker 4: And you kill your wife in all of them?

9:29 Speaker 2: No, no, not just kill her, Peyton. I slaughter her.

9:34 Speaker 4: When did they first start?

9:36 Speaker 2: Oh, I remember when this nightmare began. It was on the night that I told my wife, Alani, that I was leaving her.

9:47 Speaker 3: Gerald, babe, you can't be serious.

9:52 Speaker 2: Alani, I'm sorry. I just cannot continue living this way.

9:57 Speaker 3: What is wrong with the way we are living?

10:00 Speaker 2: How did we meet what i asked you how did we meet.

10:04 Speaker 3: Oh gerald you know as well as i do do i.

10:08 Speaker 2: I barely remember even dating you so i ask you again seriously how did we meet.

10:21 Speaker 3: We met while you were at a conference in Boston. You bought me a drink when I couldn't find my wallet.

10:27 Speaker 2: Well, then why can't I remember that?

10:29 Speaker 3: Oh, honey, it's okay. There are a lot of little things that you probably don't remember, and really, it's okay. The fact that you are my husband, and I love you so very, very much, is all that matters.

10:43 Speaker 2: I do remember one very important fact. Yes? I only knew you for less than a week. Then we were married. How do you explain that?

10:59 Speaker 3: You swept me off my feet, silly. You went screaming into the ballroom of the hotel and yelled, Someone, anyone, marry this lovely creature to me or I shall go mad! Don't you remember that?

11:14 Speaker 2: All that I can remember is that I woke up in this house. With you beside me.

11:21 Speaker 3: Perhaps you should go and see a doctor.

11:25 Speaker 2: Perhaps I should leave.

11:27 Speaker 3: Now stop being like that. You don't want to leave me.

11:32 Speaker 2: No, Alani, I don't want to, but I believe that I have to.

11:40 Speaker 3: All right, Gerald, I admit it. I probably moved too fast, but then that was always my problem. I suppose the spell I used on you was just too strong.

11:51 Speaker 1: A spell?

11:54 Speaker 2: What are you talking about?

11:55 Speaker 3: Please, Gerald, just listen to me. I've always gone after whatever I wanted. I saw you in Boston and decided that I wanted you. So I used a spell on you and I got you. Only I think the spell worked almost too well.

12:13 Speaker 2: So what you are saying is that you are a witch? No!

12:18 Speaker 3: Not the Halloween kind. I am a follower of the old ways. I was born with sort of a gift. And I have used it throughout my life. Oh, Gerald, don't you understand? I can give you anything you want.

12:35 Speaker 2: No, no, no, not that way. I don't want any part of it. I made arrangements to move out. She begged me to stay at least one more night so that we could talk more about things in the following morning. I agreed, but I slept on the sofa. She woke me up around three in the morning. Gerald! I have the solution! What's going on?

13:09 Speaker 3: I understand now why you are leaving me.

13:14 Speaker 2: Again with this? I thought we were going to wait for the morning.

13:18 Speaker 3: It is the morning. I'm too extravagant. I know that I tend to overspend, and you probably think that you don't make enough to support me.

13:26 Speaker 2: Alani, that is not why I'm leaving you.

13:31 Speaker 3: It's all right, my love. I have it all figured out. I just have to let the spell take its course. You have nothing to worry about.

13:41 Speaker 2: So we're back on that again.

13:42 Speaker 3: It It is a rather complicated spell and does require a sacrifice, but I'm sure that you'll be able to complete the task.

13:52 Speaker 2: I told you, I don't want any part of.

13:57 Speaker 3: You have no choice now, Gerald. The spell has already began. And don't worry, Gerald. We will be together again very soon. I'm sure that you will find the right way. To murder me.

14:24 Speaker 1: Did I just understand Alani correctly? She did use the word murder. And what exactly is the right way to murder someone? Or is there a right way at all? perhaps we shall all find out when I return with Act 3. A month has passed by. And Gerald is still having the same nightmare of waking up, going down to breakfast, and murdering his wife, Alani. He is currently in his office, talking with his friend, Peyton, about the murderous dream.

15:29 Speaker 4: So, the nightmares began after you told Alani that you were leaving her.

15:33 Speaker 2: Exactly, Peyton. And they're still going on. I don't know how to stop them.

15:39 Speaker 4: Sort of a weird Groundhog Day scenario.

15:42 Speaker 2: Yeah, but in that movie, the character made everything right and basically changed his life. I mean, how do you stop a nightmare?

15:49 Speaker 4: Have you left a lot?

15:53 Speaker 2: I'm not even sure about that. I don't even know if all of this is real.

15:58 Speaker 4: Of course all of this is real. I'm here, and I'm very much real.

16:02 Speaker 2: Are you so sure?

16:03 Speaker 4: What do you mean?

16:06 Speaker 2: Exactly what do we do here?

16:08 Speaker 4: Oh, come on, man. What kind of a question is that?

16:10 Speaker 2: Just answer the question. What exactly is my job here?

16:15 Speaker 4: Well, we work in an office. What more do you want?

16:18 Speaker 2: Okay, yes, sure. But what kind of office? I mean, is it a law firm? Some technical computer office? Or is all of this.

16:30 Speaker 4: Is all of this what?

16:33 Speaker 2: Just answer me. What exactly do you and I do For a living.

16:40 Speaker 4: I really don't know.

16:42 Speaker 2: Six in the morning. Again. I'll shower.

17:03 Speaker 1: Shave.

17:05 Speaker 2: Go downstairs. See Alani by the stove. then I will kill her yet again I wonder how to do it this.

17:16 Speaker 4: Time how'd you do her in this time I.

17:24 Speaker 2: Found myself in the kitchen holding an axe and walked up behind her and buried the thing straight into her head.

17:32 Speaker 4: What happened after that you know that's the.

17:35 Speaker 2: Funny part I simply find myself here So.

17:40 Speaker 4: Basically, you kill your wife, then you lose time. Look, why don't you just stay in bed? Don't get up and take a shower. Maybe run down the stairs and out the door. Break the cycle.

17:53 Speaker 2: I wonder if it will be that easy. Six again. No.

18:00 Speaker 1: No.

18:08 Speaker 2: This time I will stay in bed. I won't get up at all. I shall lie here and go back to sleep.

18:15 Speaker 3: Gerald!

18:16 Speaker 2: Oh, Gerald!

18:18 Speaker 3: Are you forgetting something?

18:24 Speaker 2: What am I doing in the kitchen?

18:26 Speaker 3: Well, good morning, my love. I made your favorites.

18:32 Speaker 2: Of course you did. Every morning. Every day. What are you doing, Carl? Stop it!

18:39 Speaker 1: No!

18:40 Speaker 2: Please! This way! This way!

18:53 Speaker 4: Gerald, buddy, you're looking worse and worse.

18:56 Speaker 2: It didn't work, Peyton. I tried to stay in bed. It didn't work. Nothing works. I'm trapped!

19:15 Speaker 1: Six in the morning.

19:20 Speaker 2: Shower and shave. And then go and kill Alani. Just another day. I walk down the stairs slowly. I look into the kitchen. I hear the bacon on the stove. I can smell the aroma of coffee mixed in with her perfume and the bacon.

19:50 Speaker 1: I'm holding a gun.

19:55 Speaker 2: And there she lays on the kitchen floor, the hole in the back of her head spurting blood. It pools around her long, beautiful hair.

20:12 Speaker 1: Really, Gerald?

20:14 Speaker 2: Really?

20:15 Speaker 3: I told you. The spell has certain specifics and you were just not doing it right.

20:25 Speaker 2: You're dead! Again, Gerald.

20:30 Speaker 3: We will just have to try again and again and again until you get it right!

20:40 Speaker 2: It's been ten years now. Every day, the same thing.

20:48 Speaker 2: Wake up at six. Shower.

20:52 Speaker 1: Shave.

20:54 Speaker 2: Go down to breakfast. And murder my wife. Every day. For ten years.

21:07 Speaker 1: For God's sake.

21:10 Speaker 2: Help me!

21:11 Speaker 1: Help me! Oscar Wilde once wrote, They have promised that dreams come true, but forgot to mention that nightmares... our dreams too. For Gerald, the nightmare simply goes on and on until he makes it right. I shall go on a bit more when I return shortly. I was asked once if my dreams had come true. I replied that most of them had. But then, so did some of my nightmares. Our cast included Winslow Swan, Crimson McKenzie, and Ezra J.D. Emmons. The story was edited by Crimson McKenzie, and the entire production was under the direction of Winslow Swan.

22:38 Speaker 1: And now, a preview of our next tale.

22:43 Speaker 2: Ginny, are you crazy? No, Brad.

22:46 Speaker 3: I've made up my mind.

22:48 Speaker 2: He's just an old carnival magician, and not very good at that.

22:53 Speaker 3: I thought he was wonderful.

22:54 Speaker 2: You're just jealous.

22:56 Speaker 1: Jealous?

22:57 Speaker 2: Me? Of a 200-year-old-looking has-been magician?

23:03 Speaker 1: You really are crazy.

23:04 Speaker 3: I'm going to be his assistant, and that is final.

23:08 Speaker 1: Doorway to Nightmare is brought to you in part by Swanage Press. This is your host, inviting you to return with us through the doorway to nightmare for another adventure into the world of your terrifying imagination. Until next time, slumber peacefully. Epilogue The butler did it.