A look back at the real stories behind the fictions as well as a look forward at our potential future from a vision by Ernie LaPointe.

A look back at the real stories behind the fictions as well as a look forward at our potential future from a vision by Ernie LaPointe.

Ian Punnett's Vaudeville for the Frightened explores the darker forces that motivate us: superstition, fear, and jealousy. It’s a podcasting original.

About Ian Punnett:  After three decades in multi-platform, commercial content creation for national brands such as iHeartMedia, Hubbard Broadcasting, and Random House, Ian Punnett completed his Ph.D. in Journalism and Mass Communication from Arizona State University by turning his doctoral dissertation into two books: Toward A Theory of True Crime (2018) from Routledge and the trade book, A Black Night for the Bluegrass Belle (2017). After joining the faculty of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University as a professor of practice and chief operator of KSDB-FM, Punnett co-edited and wrote Moving Sounds: A Cultural History of Car Radio (2019) from Peter Lang Publishing and two chapters for Praeger’s Religion and Technology Series: How Religions are Embracing Virtual Media, Social Networks, and Mobile Devices (Vol. II) (2019). In addition, Punnett has co-produced television productions seen on PBS’ Great Performances, and continues to write and perform in national podcasts and the 600-station syndicated Coast to Coast AM.

Ian Punnett's Vaudeville for the Frightened explores the darker forces that motivate us: superstition, fear, and jealousy. It’s a podcasting original.
About Ian Punnett:  After three decades in multi-platform, commercial content creation for national brands such as iHeartMedia, Hubbard Broadcasting, and Random House, Ian Punnett completed his Ph.D. in Journalism and Mass Communication from Arizona State University by turning his doctoral dissertation into two books: Toward A Theory of True Crime (2018) from Routledge and the trade book, A Black Night for the Bluegrass Belle (2017). After joining the faculty of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University as a professor of practice and chief operator of KSDB-FM, Punnett co-edited and wrote Moving Sounds: A Cultural History of Car Radio (2019) from Peter Lang Publishing and two chapters for Praeger’s Religion and Technology Series: How Religions are Embracing Virtual Media, Social Networks, and Mobile Devices (Vol. II) (2019). In addition, Punnett has co-produced television productions seen on PBS’ Great Performances, and continues to write and perform in national podcasts and the 600-station syndicated Coast to Coast AM.

Vaudeville For The Frightened

Episode 8: "The Big Recap"

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"The Big Replay" presents all of the vignettes back-to-back as one long audio movie.

"The Big Replay" presents all of the vignettes back-to-back as one long audio movie.

Episodes 9 and 10: "The Big Replay"

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So, what was on "bottom of the box?" Do we know? Could it have been two things? A Wildcat Community Theater of the Air double feature: Two cold-case detectives several hundred miles away make an eerie discovery.

Dr. Dan Friedman, Jack the Ripper researcher, puts the finishing touches on what we thought we knew.

But then, just as we thought the story is resolved, the true, horrible meaning of “The Bottom of the Box.” Check your answer sheet, did you see this surprise ending coming?

So, what was on "bottom of the box?" Do we know? Could it have been two things? A Wildcat Community Theater of the Air double feature: Two cold-case detectives several hundred miles away make an eerie discovery.
Dr. Dan Friedman, Jack the Ripper researcher, puts the finishing touches on what we thought we knew.
But then, just as we thought the story is resolved, the true, horrible meaning of “The Bottom of the Box.” Check your answer sheet, did you see this surprise ending coming?

Episode 7: “The Big Surprise”

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/53ee23b7-4be3-407a-b224-b04a014f71e4/transcript

The investigators the opportunity to prove they aren't as clueless as they might have appeared. The killer of Mary Kay Campbell is...

Researcher/writer Kevin David explores the criminal brain itself; Katherine Ramsland

Did you get it right? Was it a "big surprise?"

The investigators the opportunity to prove they aren't as clueless as they might have appeared. The killer of Mary Kay Campbell is...
Researcher/writer Kevin David explores the criminal brain itself; Katherine Ramsland
Did you get it right? Was it a "big surprise?"

Episode 6: “The Big Reveal”

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/b5ebc294-2c40-4eba-8c88-b04a0121cbb2/transcript

Episode 8: "The Big Recap"

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