Under the Library, an actual play Call of Cthulhu podcast, where cosmic horror is steeped in mystery and slathered with self-deprecating humor. Our main storyline, a sandbox created by our Keeper (Michael), is currently set in (a fictions) 1942 New Mexico and following the misadventures of Colette (Emily), Eddy (Scott), Sam (Rick), Sister B (Wayne), and Buddy (Arthur). We focus on roleplaying, narrative, improv, and character building. We may stick our heads in front of a train because that’ ...
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UtLS4E32: There's a Dynamite Range
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: In the tunnel, Colette and Amanda find themselves at a 3-way intersection and head west to the center of town. At the next intersection they turn south towards the mysterious building where two guards had turned Johnny away. As they arrive beneath the building, they hear voices from a…
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Colette checks in with Amanda and together they explore one of Lancelot’s “significant places in town.” They manage to break the concrete and rebar lid with some creative levering, and then descend into the tunnel. In Sam’s room, Buddy talks to the book about Sam’s horrifying sketches…
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UtLS4E30: I Don't Even Get the Cool Point
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: In the Garden of Arts, Lancelot seems to have regained his identity. He leads Randy to the pond in the back of the garden and tries to force Randy to reveal the location of his passcard. Randy attempts to reset Lancelot again, but the trigger phrase fails and Randy loses control of th…
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UtLS4E29: Do You Remember Freddy's Name?
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Buddy rushes to help Sam, who had collapsed after discovering Cheryl’s absence from the camping group. JD assures Buddy no other groups are currently camping. He suggests Cheryl left Sam on purpose and says they could check the nearby town Deadwood, or perhaps back in Bloodstone. In t…
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: West of town, Buddy, Johnny, and Sam return a goat to Edwin the shepherd. Edwin does not think much of his neighbors in New Bloodstone, but he’s at least willing to direct the three toward a regular caravan route that seems to be in the same direction as the vultures Buddy saw previou…
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: As Buddy explores one of the significant locations Lancelot mentioned, Johnny checks on Jimmy and then rejoins the group to share that Colette decided to stay in town. Sam speaks to Earl the bartender, who warns them again about the Beast of Bloodstone. The three gather supplies and g…
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UtLS4E26: Superficially Satisfactory
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Doc finishes stitching up Sam’s shoulder wound and gives Colette a bottle of pills for Sam to take 3x daily for one week. They leave the surgery room and join Buddy, Johnny, and the sleeping Amos. Sam questions Lancelot about his town and then asks Lancelot what he yearns for, prompti…
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UtLS4E25: Way to Make it Awkwarderer
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: On the far side of the square Johnny speaks to a vomiting, obviously hung over Jimmy Pistapontamore, learning that he’s undercover in New Bloodstone but doesn’t trust his agency or the government, and sometimes feels like he’s losing his identity. Johnny then heads to the clinic where…
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Colette drags Lancelot across the square to join Sam and Buddy. Sam shares both old and new maps of the town, looking for a reaction from Lancelot. Lloyd breaks into the conversation to share stories of “the beast of Bloodstone” and gruesome experiments in the hills. Colette points ou…
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: At sunset a wagon rolls into the center square of New Bloodstone, sparklers flashing on top of a 6’ tall cake, accompanied by guns shooting into the air. It’s a celebration in honor of New Bloodstone’s 100 week anniversary! Hearing the guns and jubilant shouts, Colette convinces Lance…
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: In the Garden of Arts, Lancelot leads Colette to a wild grove in the back of the garden. Colette discovers that Lancelot has never left New Bloodstone, and this admission drives him into a strange fit. Sam takes Amos to dinner in Bawdy Bills and sees Pete the Poet heading upstairs. Sa…
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UtLS4E21: Too Much Eye Contact Is Awkward
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: In Potter’s Place, Buddy claims he dropped the loose pages but Rose sees through his lie and accuses him. Leaving the store, Buddy runs into Johnny who shares information about the body that was dragged from the square. In return Buddy shows him the papers, which contained detailed do…
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Buddy heads to Doc’s clinic to have his arm burns treated. He then seeks out Potter’s Place, a local shop for books and oddities, in search of information about the history of New Bloodstone. The proprietor, Rose, points Buddy in the right direction, and as he picks up a book, some ha…
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UtLS4E19: Staring at Plastic Baby Feet
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Sam and Amos head to the clothing store where the clerk Jenny decks them out in “western” clothing including some very unique hats. Johnny also procures himself a big white hat and questions Jenny about the military presence at Old Bloodstone. Upstairs with the book, Buddy asks it how…
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: The passenger train arrives in New Bloodstone and stagecoaches are on site to transport everyone into town. The staff of the local hotel, Bawdy Bill’s, welcome their new guests, and then everyone splits off in different directions. Sam, Amos, and Johnny go in search of period clothing…
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UtLS4E17: A Bit of a Swoon and a Feel
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Buddy rushes back to his compartment to question the book about the illness that Sam suspects is spreading, and it answered with a series of inscrutable pictures and patterns. Days pass, and as the train draws closer to Bloodstone, Johnny and Colette talk about Eddy, his notes, and hi…
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UtLS4E16: That's Why They're Jiggling
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Johnny, Colette, and Amanda exchange introductions, although Colette is distrustful and at first gives her alias. As they talk, Buddy passes by the open door and Colette rushes after him, followed by Eddy and Amanda. The four arrive in the dining car and Buddy examines the strange hol…
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UtLS4E15: I Don't Put My Porn on Youtube
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Sam is between two train cars, examining the coupling mechanism, when he sees men carrying a wrapped body. He follows them into the prep car to find Johnny securing the body and giving orders to carefully clean the blood at the crime scene. Sister B is still clinging to the top of ano…
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UtLS4E14: Compartments Are Still Hard
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Johnny Daunte exits the dining car, heading towards the locomotive and hoping to notify an authority of the incident. He eventually reaches the conductor, who gives Johnny full authority to direct the clean up and investigation. Johnny instructs the staff to wrap the remains and store…
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UtLS4E13: A Sound That Might Not Be a Sound
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Colette’s dream merges with reality as she awakens to the sound of screams in the train. She heads toward the front to investigate, stopping to help Amanda usher the bloody woman to her compartment. In the meantime, Sam has left Amanda behind, moving into the dining car to find Buddy …
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UtLS4E12: I Feel Dirty and I’m Alone
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: In the front of the train, Buddy has just heard a disturbing wet pop, followed by frantic screams. He moves slowly towards the dining car and is approached by a stranger wielding an FBI badge. The man is Johnny Dante, although Buddy is in shock and can't acknowledge him. Johnny leaves…
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UtL S4E11: There’s Always Room for a Piggyback Ride
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On this episode of Under the Library, a Call of Cthulhu Podcast: Everyone arrives at the train station, Sam in a truck with his family and Eddy, Buddy, and Collette in another car. Luckily their train was delayed by an incident on the track, so they've arrived just in time. They reserve two sleeper cars and board the train. On board, Collette begin…
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UtLS4E10: What Kind of Finger Was It?
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On this episode of Under the Library: Sam leaves his family to pack for their New Bloodstone vacation and returns to the hotel to check on Elroy. Henry chases him off with a shotgun, and Sam rounds the building to find Eddy, Buddy, and Collette loading the car for their own trip to Bloodstone. Cheryl pulls up with Amos in the farm truck, and after …
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UtLS4E9: Put the Carrot in the Right Place
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On this episode of Under the Library: At the train station, Sister B rigs a switch to briefly halt a passing train. She and Ethan climb on top, but the train lurches as she opens a hatch. Ethan is knocked off as she falls in. In her room at the hotel, Collette packs her belongings and meticulously erases any sign of her presence from the room. Stan…
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UtLS4E8: If It’s True, It’s Horrific
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On this episode of Under the Library: In the clinic, Collette decides to trust Dr. Gardener and shares her real story. Buddy, in the waiting room, overhears pieces of the conversation while fidgeting with an unopened letter in his pocket. Collette faints as the doctor draws blood, and Ellen helps her back to the lobby to await results. Collette isn…
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UtLS4E7: She Says the Naughty Words About You
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On this episode of Under the Library: This week on Under the Library, Sam leaves Elroy's room to talk with Buddy and Collette, and they discuss the possibility of going to Bloodstone. Later in the conversation Henry overhears Sam talking about exploding heads and confronts him, chasing him off at gunpoint. Buddy and Collette leave to visit Dr. Gard…
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UtLS4E6: Give Your Ding-a-Ling A Ratta-Tap-Tap
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On this episode of Under the Library: This week on Under the Library, Sister B rushes Ethan out of the pharmacy to take refuge with the nuns in the convent. Suspecting that she might find answers to her questions in New Bloodstone, Sister B decides to leave Los Alamos, taking Ethan with her for his own safety. Colette shares with Eddie and Buddy th…
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UtLS4E5: My Favorite Cocaine Character Was…
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On this episode of Under the Library: Leaving the pharmacy, Sam opens the journal that Belinda gave him and recognizes Jo's hand. He heads to the hotel to find Elroy, and arrives to see Colette bursting out of the restaurant next door. Sam recognizes Colette from their brief encounter at Richard's house. She denies it, claiming her name is Lulu, an…
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On this episode of Under the Library: At the pharmacy, Sister B discovers that the men who questioned Ethan also hurt him. This makes her decision easy as she deceives the men by pretending to exit through the back door. As they approach she shoots one, killing him, and wounds the other, intentionally leaving Ethan an opportunity for revenge. At th…
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UtL S4E3: They Were Coming for You
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On this episode of Under the Library: Eddy wakes, ravenously hungry, to see Buddy examining the mysterious book. As they discuss who will hold onto it, Colette knocks on the door. She shares her sketches of the murder house and the abduction, and Buddy examines them closely as Eddy crunches on crackers in the background, and Colette herself sits ac…
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UtLS4E2: It’s Either Sweet or Creepy
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On this episode of Under the Library: In the house in the Straits, Eddy hears the book from the bloody bag call to him. When he opens the book his stomach gurgles for the first time in weeks. As he and Buddy leave the house, they rejoin Colette who shares a story of a family who disappeared from the Straits. At Richard's house, Sister B opens the f…
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UtL S4E1: Bare Feet vs. Bear Feet
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On this episode of Under the Library: As we begin Season 4, Sister B heads to the pharmacy to follow up on the tests she ordered a few weeks earlier. Both samples are supposedly contaminated with a strange mold that the lab couldn't identify. Home with his family, Sam has a disturbingly vivid dream from his time in the army. He relives the death of…
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This recap will bring listeners up to date on seasons 1, 2, and 3 of Under the Library. Under the Library, an actual-play Call of Cthulhu podcast, where cosmic horror is steeped in mystery and slathered with self-deprecating humor. Our main storyline, a sandbox created by our Keeper (Michael), is set in (a fictitious) 1942 New Mexico and follows th…
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On this episode of Under the Library: As Tommy, Amelia, Dev, and Rufus sit down to dinner in the strange mansion, they are served plates of lightly seared tuna. Their hosts, however, are served plates of raw tuna swimming in blood. Although Tommy feels comfortable enough to reveal a taste for raw animal flesh, Rufus feels uncomfortable and flees th…
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On this episode of Under the Library: The Captain notices a piece of paper floating in the Pimms bottle. It's written in his uncle's handwriting and seems to be a message to Captain Ghettof. Back at the mansion, Rufus experiences a disturbing vision during his bath. He then encounters a beautiful yet frightening woman in the hall and passes out. La…
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On this Episode of Under the Library: Dev, Captain Ghettoff, Ameila, and Tommy stand outside the strange building on the island. The door opens and they're ushered in by a man named Sturgill (who seems to be the butler). Dev returns to shore to meet Rufus who, after awaking alone on the ship, alone, decides to swim to the island. Sturgil leaves to …
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TMDG2: Fruit-Based Horror Stories
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On this Episode of Under the Library: We continue our between-seasons adventure in the Bahamas. The ship reaches Amelia's coordinates and finds, not open sea as expected, but an island that isn't on Dev's maps. Amelia sees a woman in a white dress waving from shore, but when they disembark they see no signs of her. The party splits into pairs to ex…
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On this Episode of Under the Library: Having finished Season 3, this week's session of Under the Library takes us outside of Bloodstone for a short 1970's ocean adventure. Amelia Palmer, a historian, hires "The Capt'n" to take her to a mysterious set of coordinates east of The Bahamas. The Capt'n and his first mate Dev pilot the ship Horace the Eld…
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UtL S3E16: Santa Files His Teeth?
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On this Episode of Under the Library: Buddy, Eddy, and Sam find a woman in the closet, and when she sees Buddy, she has a strong negative reaction to his Military Police uniform. Eddy calms her and she's finally able to share her name (Colette) and story - they discover she has a very complicated history with the Facility. Pappy arrives at the hous…
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UtL S3E15: She Helped Herself to the Ice Cream
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On this Episode of Under the Library: Sam, Buddy, and Eddy drive to Richard's house to investigate. They find the first floor in disarray and the second floor more tidy, although one closet looks like someone was sleeping there. In Richard's study, Buddy discovers the US Atlas and Richard's notes on the SD page. At the clinic Dr. Gardener is suspic…
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On this Episode of Under the Library: Pappy finds Sister B and they return to the ice cream shop. Sister B finds a door within the illusory wall and they enter to find Jo, alone, sitting unnaturally still with one arm on the table encircling Hans' journal. Cold seeps from Jo and except for a slow pulse she seems dead. They bring her to a local clin…
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UtL S3E13: A Mouthful of Circus Peanuts
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On this Episode of Under the Library: This week on Under the Library, Pappy leaves Sister B at the pharmacy and heads straight to the ice cream shop. Although he can see Jo and Betty Lou inside, he is inexplicably unable to enter the building. Eddy shakes off his vision and brings Buddy out of the collapsed basement. Sam, however, falls deeper into…
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UtL S3E12: Maybe She Has Poison
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On this Episode of Under the Library: In this week's episode, Eddy recruits Sam to help him dig Buddy out from under the garage. All three of them are beset with visions from their pasts. Pappy spends some time deciphering the code in the book he found, and realizes Richard wrote it. The book details Richard's research and describes some strange ex…
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On this Episode of Under the Library: Eddy gets a tongue lashing from his superior as Buddy slips off to investigate. He's conscripted by an agent to move tanks out from under the gas station, and as he tries to hide one in a back room, makes an unexpected discovery. Sam arrives home and is struck by a vision as he tries to remove the deer from his…
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UtL S3E10: The Whiskey Has Taken Effect
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On this Episode of Under the Library: After Jo took refuge in the basement, Pappy and Sister B are preparing to spend the night at Richard's house. Sam comes inside and questions both of them, eventually bonding with Pappy over shared war stories. Sam leaves, and driving home sees Betty Lou in the road. He doesn't slow, and with a massive thump his…
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UtL S3E9: If the Dirty Shoe Fits
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On this Episode of Under the Library: Stuck in the tunnel, purple mist begins to fill the space around Buddy and Eddy. Inexplicably, Eddy hears the voice of his old partner. Buddy is able to push the door open partially, and shoots out the door. Glass shatters, and a voice cries out in pain. The two push the door fully open and enter the gas statio…
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UtL S3E8: Who Knew Apricots Were So Triggering?
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On this Episode of Under the Library: Sirens are blaring in Los Alamos as a voice announces "the dogs are loose - remain inside." Jo wants to go into Richard's house, and she goes to retrieve a key that Cully used to use, hidden under a stone by the driveway. As she bends down to locate the key, a feminine voice with a southern accent speaks to her…
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On this Episode of Under the Library: Buddy and Eddy descend beneath the mechanics' bay of the gas station into a cave-like space with wire mesh holding the dirt walls in place. They discover copper tubing running along the ceiling just like what Buddy found under the stage of the theater. At the end of a hallway, the sound of men screaming and Lan…
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On this Episode of Under the Library: Jo and Sam are in Jo's childhood home. As Sam returns from the basement, Jo struggles to find the strength to enter her old room. When she does, she finds a small wooden box under the dresser full of old keepsakes. It had been overlooked when the house was cleaned after the incident. They prepare to leave the h…
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On this Episode of Under the Library: 1920's Wyoming, June. We meet John, a petite, thin paleontologist participating in a dig led by Edward Cope, Jr. After unearthing many small bones near the surface, they uncover a hole, 2 feet in circumference, leading down into the earth. Struggling with his claustrophobia, John agrees to explore the hole. Har…
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