# Bill Shaner

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EP. 01: Hex Line Origins // Belcourt of Newport

[ I ] A phone rings on a dead circuit carrying a 65-year echo suspended in the ether; June 18th is no coincidence. [ II ] Belcourt of Newport may not be the largest of the Newport, RI mansions, but it is the most haunted. It's legacy is held by screaming armor, spectral chairs, and the displaced sp…

EP. 03: Psychological Collapse is Bad for Customer Service // The Electronic Alchemist of Gloucester

Each episode begins with a serialized mystery narrative best enjoyed in chronological order. [ Act I ] A phone call has changed everything. Sam exits the office with a proposition for Cait: the work they were hired to do doesn't exist, but a new invitation is already on the table. [ Act II ] John …

EP. 04. Room B // The Smuttynose Island Axe Murders

Episodes are serialized & best enjoyed in chronological order starting with EP. 01. [ Act I ] Sam discovers Room B in the Hex Line office, a room hidden in plain sight and housing an antique dictation machine with an ominous reputation.  [ Act II ] On a small, remote island in New Hampshire’s Isle…

EP. 05. The Gravity of One // The Lizzie Borden House Staff See Things, Too: A Firsthand Account

[[ Episodes are serialized and best enjoyed in chronological order starting with EP. 01 ]] [ Act I ] The static just went cold. Something is wrong. [ Act II ] Everyone knows the Lizzie Borden story, but bizarre discoveries and horrific tragedies plagued the family long before the axe murders that m…

Episode 70: "Depolicing" b/w FO Village Project #1

Special episode today: Chris is sharing the first of what will hopefully be a series of field interviews he recorded at what sounds like a very special bluegrass festival he attends every years. While it’s not Worcester related per se I think listeners will find that the interview hits on many of t…

Dead Loop: Suicide Pond — The Strange Death of Hannah Chase (EP. 06. Pt. 1)

Introducing Dead Loop — Hex Line's standalone investigative series exploring the real stories behind the legends we inherit. Dead Loop episodes exist outside the ongoing Hex Line narrative and can be enjoyed on their own. The main Hex Line story continues in chronological order. The story of Suicid…

Episode 71: A Dog's Leavings

Tackling the important questions, such as “why hasn’t Worcester seen a data center proposal yet?” “what’s this guy’s deal?” and “why do people on the Worcester subreddit have such bad taste in sandwiches?” Far as news goes, it’s a light week. We spend considerable time working through a rough edito…

EP. 07. Hand in Glove // The Rhode Island Ripper

[ Hex Line is serialized and best enjoyed in order starting with EP. 01 ] [ Act I ] A breach in protocol destabilizes the line and tears a hole in the timeline. Attempting to ground the circuit, a hail mary in the form of an alert to a dormant pager leads Jenny to an office she hoped she left in h…

Episode 72: The Big Rock Townie Mountain

Listen there’s a lot of good information readily available and no concerted effort to manufacture consent around a narrative that’s out of step in significant ways with what information we do have about the reality on the ground. Everyone is on the same page and wants to be! That’s why we thought i…

Episode 75: Defense Wins Championships (Ft. Nathan Wong)

Nine questions, folks. On Election Day you will be asked nine freakin’ questions, ranging from byzantine to slightly less so, and Question 2 is perhaps the most ‘in the weeds,’ as they say, but also nearest to our hearts. It asks whether the state’s public defenders have the right to form a union. …