Welcome to Purgatory, Missouri.

What is sleep? What is the Afterlife? Do they collide? The Carnies hold a Mandatory Carnie meeting, giving us our first glance at the inner workings of the Carnival. Blanca gets troubling news from the Void. Roger ballys his first Boogieman.

The songs included in this episode are:

"We Are The Falling Rain" and "The Devil Whammy" from American Gothic

"It's Loney Inside Your Mind", "When The Truth Runs Out", and "Now We Kiss" outtakes from American Gothic

All songs from the "Dark Americana" series by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry.

Purgatory, Missouri is brought to you by Stage for a New Age Productions, a SAG actor signatory.

Produced by Maureen Davis and Allyson Sereboff in cooperation with We Make Movies and Rock'n'Roll Radio Theater

Directed by Richard Malmos

This episode features (in order of appearance):

Richard Malmos as One

Dave Foley as Roger

Mindy Sterling as Five

Gina Elaine as Carnie

Annette Homewod as Three

Tonoccus McClain as Twenty Seven

Brent Cho as Thirty Two

Alina Foley as Twelve

Julia Albert as Seven

Crissy Guerrero as Blanca

Nathan Smythe as Void and Pinbot

Carnie and Pinbot voices by Gary Lamb, Samuel Johnson and the cast.

Purgatory, Missouri was written by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry

Script editing and supervision by Maureen Davis.

Recorded at Studiopolis in Studio City, Ca. and engineered by Bryan Showalter

All mixing, foley and post-production by Stuart Pearson

For more info, visit www.stuartpearsonmusic.com

Dave Foley has a podcast with Tom Wheeler called "Really?!." where they discuss UFOs and the paranormal: https://www.youtube.com/@ReallywithTomandDave

Crissy Guerrero has a podcast with Claudia Dolph where they discuss... well,... everything: https://www.youtube.com/@studiocandc

Our brilliant director Richard Malmos wrote and narrates the prologues for each episode. Here he lifts the veil slightly to give you the briefest view of Episode 5: Carnies.

What is a "first-world problem" in the Afterlife? What if you're on the outside looking in?

Episode 5 premieres May 13th, 2025. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts.

For more information, please visit our website:

https://www.stuartpearsonmusic.com/purgatory-missouri

Hunter Lowry interviews Tonoccus McClain, who plays "Tunnel of Love", the huge, hyperactive carnie who becomes Highstriker's muscle in "Purgatory, Missouri." Tonoccus has had a wildly varied career, working as a vocalist in movies such as "Avatar", "A Wrinkle in Time" and "Watchmen", touring in companies for "The Lion King", and working as a correspondent on "Channel One News," where he interviewed figures such as Bill Clinton, Al Gore, drug czar Barry McCaffrey, and legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager. In this interview, he reveals his thoughts on "Tunnel of Love" as well as some harrowing paranormal experiences he has endured.

To hear the episodes of "Purgatory, Missouri", please visit our website:

https://www.stuartpearsonmusic.com/purgatory-missouri-episodes