Today's episode, written by Matt Dymerski, is a tale of two people exploring the true depth of friendship.

"Humans are the reproductive organs of technology."

- Kevin Kelly

You've heard the stories about alien-like beasts roaming around on the outskirts of Cleveland Ohio. Legend has it they used to be orphaned children experimented on by an evil doctor, then turned loose and left to go feral in the woods.

Well, that's all nonsense. Today we bring you the true story of the Cleveland Melonheads, as told by the man behind the legend.

In this tale by prolific Nosleep author Travis Brown, two men attending an AA meeting help each other with their addictions.

"Growing up with violence, with inescapable expertly choreographed brutality in every home builds not only a kind of desensitization for it, but it also creates a market for violent entertainment by people for whom even what they see on television is not enough, is not graphic enough, is not explicit enough, and some movie productions, some big productions really cash in on that market. What is peculiar about this is that as time goes on, a greater dosage is necessary to satisfy this need."

- George Gerbner

There are a lot of authors who come and go on Nosleep, but u/Dopabeane has been posting on and off for nearly a decade. She's currently working on the Fuck HIPAA series, and if she's an author you haven't checked out yet, go give that a read! She was kind enough to let us use one of her biggest stories of all time for this episode, and we couldn't be more excited for you to hear it.

You know what they say, love is letting someone else wear your skin.

"Fairies have to be one thing or the other because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time."

- J.M. Barrie