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GALLOWTREE


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Creator: Max Black & Adam Aardvark


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Welcome to Gallowtree - the town where anything can happen. Welcome to a small UK city with many, many secrets - just pray that you can get away... from Gallowtree... Again and again and again...


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Episodes:

122 - The Haunted Swamp

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:00:00 -0400

The webbed fingers have been flexed and the five string is tuned - Prepare for the Haunted Swamp: A musical interlude...

In Gallowtree, again and again and again...


121 - 7 AM News (Again) / Silent Night

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:00:00 -0400

Nothing changes...

(Acknowledgements to S&G - 1966)


120 - Hartman's Odyssey

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:00:00 -0400

An episode written by AI and recorded and produced by monkeys.

What does AI make of Gallowtree?

Can it replicate the idiotic scripts?

Does AI make sense in Gallowtree?

Is AI a threat?

Will understanding Gallowtree aid or abet AI's future?

Join us for 'Hartman's Odyssey',  AI's take on Gallowtree: it's characters and it's makers.  Listen with fear and trepidation as the story unfolds.   

Has AI replaced Max and The Aardvark for good?  

In Gallowtree, again and again and again...


119 - Satan's Beaver Rides Again

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 13:00:00 -0400

Kevin, the vampire of Gallowtree, tears himself away from chasing chubby chicks with dogs, sliding up to Sanjay and stalking the poor boy from the electrical department long enough to reform Satan's Beaver and record a death metal ambient hardcore album called 'Mysterium'. 

The mystery is why?

Expect an altogether unlistenable album.  Next to no story or subtle overtones.  Listen to  incomprhensible lyrics that probably make little sense (don't worry about this - you can't understand a word Kevin says at the best of times in real life!) 

To be on the safe side the explicit button has been pressed - but this is only a guess!!!

Bask in the glory of 'Mysterium' - the album nobody should have ever thought of making, let alone actually recording it.

Thunderstorms, monkeys, pulsing guitar, choirs, and Kevin's lacklustre vocals - Satan's Beavers ride again.... 

In Gallowtree, again and again and again...



118 - GALLOWTREE - The Omnibus Edition 5b

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 17:00:00 -0400

That's all Folks!

(For now)

(OK, so new episodes are on the way, but we didn't want to brag)

(Brag, brag, brag, brag)

(OK. so we did....)

(Don't tell your friends, enemies or relations....)

(Pssst)

(GALLOWTREE is back with a whole new season)

(Starting soon...)

(In Gallowtree, again and again and again)

Why are you not surprised?

Night Vale drags on and on - so why not us?

Answers on a postcard...

To  GALLOWTREE.  

(And beyond!)


117 - GALLOWTREE - The Omnibus Edition 5a

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:00:00 -0500

Here's the latest extended installment of GALLOWTREE - The Rise Of Vlado Part 1.

The final omnibus edition (5b - The Rise of Vlado Part 2) will be available early April.

As usual, feel free to edit 5a and 5b together for a seamless mega-episode of an entire story arc...

GALLOWTREE heaven!!!


116 - GALLOWTREE - The Omnibus Edition 4b

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:00:00 -0500

Welcome to the second (and concluding) part of GALLOWTREE Omnibus Edition 4.  Feel free to edit 4a and 4b together for a complete 3 and a half hour episode.   This will either entertain you for a good while, or, numb your brains into submission like - to quote Douglas - being smacked around the head by a golden brick wrapped in a slice of lemon!

Enjoy...

But don't say you weren't warned...

In GALLOWTREE, again and again and again...


115 - GALLOWTREE - The Omnibus Edition 4a

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 02:00:00 -0500

This one was just way too long for only one omnibus edition!

Welcome to episode 4a...  

Episode 4b will drop at the start of next month, so, your wait won't be too long - of course, if you are listening later, they will both be out there, kicking their little baby feet, wanting you to lift them up and snuggle them as twins you love and planned; not the unexpected accident and burden that some twins present!!!

Feel free to edit them together for a four hour plus episode of GALLOWTREE bouncing joy!  (or, the prolonged purgatory of the teenage years, if you prefer...)

Welcome to the GALLOWTREE Omnibus edition 4a...

4b will be hot on his brothers heels, wrapped in shoebox with a ribbon of red...


114 - GALLOWTREE - The Omnibus Edition 3

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 08:00:00 -0500

Welcome to the year in round-up with the Neighbourhood Watch...

In Gallowtree, again and again and again...

An Omnibus Special release.


113 - GALLOWTREE - The Omnibus Edition 2

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 15:00:00 -0500

Here we go again....

And again and again...

In Gallowtree...

Omnibus 2!


112 - GALLOWTREE - The Omnibus Edition 1

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:00:00 -0500

Another chance to sample in long form, a version of Gallowtree as it was meant to be...   

Enjoy this extra long edit of a complete storyline...  

Gallowtree as it should be heard...

Again and again and again... all at once!


111 - Disco a-go-go

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0500

The last of the disco beats...


110 - Ident

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0500

Just so you know...


109 - Interlude

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0500

Interlude


108 - Season 3 Trailers

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0500

Coming soon - in Omnibus Edition....

In Gallowtree, again and again and again....


107 - Interlude

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0500

Just a great track and a break before the mayhem starts...

In Gallowtree...

Again...!


106 - The Untitled One

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:00:00 -0400

This is the one that got away!

A slightly re-edited episode to saitsfy you-know-who ...  

Hopefully, they will be happy and not sue our pants off....

This time!!!!!

Fingers crossed.


105 - The Lockdown Creeper

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 17:00:00 -0500

Thank-you Eustace!
  
We're back...  

... in lockdown, again! 

The Rondo Hatton element cannot be ignored!

The Creeper is back on the streets and suburbs of Gallowtree... !

If Mayor X has her way, then dealing with the pandemic and other illnesses will be easy... !  

Needless to say, the people of Gallowtree are the last thing on her mind... !

But what observations can Max make in his rundown radio station?  

Will they mean anything?  

And, what of the mysterious shadow-men?

Find out what happened in Gallowtree during the lockdown and what might happen in the future if Mayor X has her way!

In Gallowtree, again and again and again....


104 - The Ghosts of Christmas Past (An Audio Puzzle)

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 13:00:00 -0500

An audio puzzle for the Christmas holiday!  

Santa's elves have been devilishly fiendish with this one - it might seem obvious...

In which case...

You are probably wrong!

Solve the conundrum by cracking the audio clues and be sure to listen all the way to the end for Eustace!  

Answers on a postcard to the usual address...

Have a great Christmas where ever you are and what ever you believe...


103 - To Whom It May Concern....

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:00:00 -0400

A mysterious letter will soon arrive on your doorstep...

It is not odd...

Not strange...

Just another human being reaching out...

In these isolated times...

Written by Jodie.

Transcript


102 - Lockdown, Baby!

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 16:00:00 -0400

Recorded in Gallowtree, UK during the lock-down...  

All recording and editing was done remotely (without a clue or any friends)... 

Please Note:  Some quality may be lost...

If there was any quality there to begin with...

What happens when a mysterious virus causes Max Black and the rest of Gallowtree to lock-down and social distance?  

Would Max have any opinion to share?

Find out in this long awaited episode... that only took an international pandemic to motivate Max & Adam to finally pull their fingers out...


101 - Who Killed Jimmy Dove? (Again and Again and Again...)

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 08:00:00 -0400

Ok - if you have already downloaded episode #0 then you already have this one, but this is it's rightful place in the running order - so just to make all the completists happy out there in Gallowtree land...  Who Killed Jimmy Dove?  (Again and Again and Again...)


100 - The Golden Ninja Warrior

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 18:00:00 -0400

The end is nigh!
 
 Prepare for the Golden Ninja Warrior!
 
 What secrets does it hold?
 
 Why has everyone been searching for it?
 
 What will we do with it when our lacklustre characters stumble unwittingly on it's existence?
 
 What plot devise will it serve, if any?
 
 "Find me the fucking Golden Ninja Warrior!  NOW!"
 
OK... Here we go again... and again... and again,  maybe for the last time... again, in Gallowtree. 


99 - What Garfield Wants, Garfield Gets!

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:00:00 -0400

A container washes up on the shores of land locked Gallowtree...

A container full of disused Garfield telephones...

One of which will ring...

And ring...

And ring...

Who will dare answer and discover what Garfield wants...


98 - The Lost Hour

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:00:00 -0400

What happens when time goes by?

Deja vous?

Day dreaming?

The Lost Hour...

In Gallowtree...


97 - Mr Bridger's Obsession

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:00:00 -0400

Welcome to the dark obsessions of Mr Brdger...

Be careful what you wish for...

And don't turn the lights off...

In Gallowtree...


96 - The Return of Satan's Beaver

Sun, 05 Apr 2020 13:00:00 -0400

Satan's Beaver!

Rock Gods!

Gods of Rock!

The Return!

Of Satan's Beaver!


95 - Tin Tin and the B Team

Sat, 04 Apr 2020 14:00:00 -0400

No longer available due to legal reasons beyond our control.  

Sorry guys! 

UA made us do it.

I guess we took on the A Team and lost! 

Maybe that is why we are the B Team?

In Gallowtree...

... so...

Here is some pleasing interlude music instead!

Normal service will be resumed in episode 96.

PS>  We have attached the full script in the transcript section - Feel free to make your own version of the lost episode!

Transcript


94 - Gallowtree Disco-A-Go-Go

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0400

The final part of the Gallowtree musical conundrum...

Answers on a postcard...

To...

The Cock Inn,
Gallowtree.
UK


93 - The Erebus And The Terror

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 12:00:00 -0400

Ships that pass in the night...

Jolly Jack Tars...

A Yo-Ho-Ho...

A jar of rum...

Welcome aboard...

The Erebus...

And The Terror...


92 - That Old Max Black Magic

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:00:00 -0400

Relax...

Soak yourself...

In...

That Old Max Black Magic...

In Gallowtree...


91 - The Typhoon and the Dark Tower

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0400

Stranded in the middle of the typhoon of the century....

What mysteries are contained in the Dark Tower...

And will our hero survive the night?

Find out...

In Gallowtree...


90 - The Pheonix Witching

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0400

From the ashes something stirs...

Hubble bubble...

Toil and trouble...



89 - The Bumberstone Devil

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0400

What is the Bumberstone?

Why would the Devil be interested?

Find out...

In Gallowtree...


88 - Snakes and Ladders

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 10:00:00 -0400

The ups and downs of life in Gallowtree...

Shake the dice...

One, two, three...

Slide down the snake and miss a go...

Four, five, six...

Up the ladder...

And then repeat...

In Gallowtree...

Again and again and again...


87 - Vinyl Night at the OK Corral

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:00:00 -0400

Max is off to the Cock Inn...

Every first Tuesday of the month is Vinyl Night...

A musical conundrum hidden within a code...

Wrapped in a slice of lemon...

Can you solve...

Vinyl Night at the OK Corral?


86 - The Beast Speaks!

Thu, 26 Mar 2020 08:00:00 -0400

Beware the message of the Beast...

In Gallowtree...


85 - Starboy

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:00:00 -0400

Another musical mystery puzzle...

Can you solve the problem of...

The Starboy?


84 - The Return To Gallowtree

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:00:00 -0400

When you realise that you you left something behind... 

Oh shit!
 
Something that if anyone else found it... 

Well, the world is fucked!
 
Kind of important that you go back and find it...
 
If only you can remember where you left it in the first place...
 
This might be... 
... important...! 
 
More important than anything you have ever done, or will do, or did.... 
 
Better go back to Gallowtree... again.. 


83 - The Blue Badge Man (or, Take A Walk On The Wildside!)

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:00:00 -0400

Come with the Gallowtree Blue Badge Man...

Come for a tour of the city...

Discover the myths and the legends that make Gallowtree...

Just pray that the tour has a happy ending...

In Gallowtree...


82 - Tears of a Clown

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0400

The crying is about to begin...

In Gallowtree...


81 - The Bird in the Sky

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0400

What are those pesky Scouts planning?

Why do they need a bird in the sky?

Why do they need a rainbow?

What is going to happen?

In Gallowtree...


80 - Gallowtree Adventure Scouts

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0400

The Scouts are a great organisation...(!)

They take young minds and bodies and shape them into strong and brave adults...(!)

Unless you live in Gallowtree...(!)


79 - Safebook

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0400

Can we live without Safebook?

Does Safebook serve the people?

Or do the people serve Safebook?

Social media will never be the same...

And no-one will notice...

Until it's too late...

In Gallowtree...


78 - At Least The Dark Don't Hide It...

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0400

A musical trubute to a great artist...

In Gallowtree...

Again and again and again...


77 - Interview With A Vampyre

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0400

Vampyres exist...

Vampyres take many different forms...

Some are good...

Some are bad...

Some are mad...

Some hide in the dark...

But some vampyres hide in daylight, in crowds, in the very community you live in...


76 - Epitaph

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0400

Has an end be reached?

Or is it only a new beginning?

Epitaph


75 - The Crosswalk Cuckoo

Sun, 15 Mar 2020 16:00:00 -0400

A suicide... 

A traffic accident...

A mother... 

A waitress... 

A son...

A cab driver... 

A big river... 

A visitor...
 
A Samaritan... 

A journey... 

A discovery... 

A revelation... 

A confrontation and...

A realisation.


 
All these things are true...


 
A true story...
 
A ghost story...


 
In Gallowtree...
 
Again and again and again. 


74 - The Jap's Eye Confession

Sat, 14 Mar 2020 13:00:00 -0400

The Master takes a tumble...
 
Monkchin takes the moment...
 
The diary switches ownership...
 
The story unfolds...
 
The confession will be heard...
 
In Gallowtree... 

Again and again and again... 


73 - The Wizard of Uz

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:00:00 -0400

With Monkchin a wreck on the Quercu and Stretch trying desperately to reactivate the Acorn so that they might return to their own timeline, what else could possibly go wrong?
 
 Point 1: The Master.
 
 Point 2: The Abyss.
 
 Point 3: The Trap.
 
 Point 4: Twister on the Tree of Life.
 
 It will get worse before it even gets slightly better... if indeed it ever does.
 
The Gallowtree Convention might be the only thing that may save our heroes from a virtual (and a very real) death... at the hands of the Vengeful Master (who might just have mistaken Monkchin for The Doctor, and Stretch as his glamorous assistant.) 
 
 Who can tell... 

In Gallowtree, again and again and again... 


72 - Stretched To The Limit

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0400

The Master aligns his chakras to Monkchin's...

As Stretch endures his own personal odyessy...

Each challenge visited upon Mr. Stretch is reflected by the Tarot card reading made by his insidious enemy without his knowledge...

Or so he thinks...
 
The Master is manipulating both Stretch and Monkchin... 

Handling them like play things... 

Both physically and mentally.... 

They are gripped in his... grip...
 
Will our erstwhile Victorian adventures survive this double jeopardy? 

Or...

Will they succumb to the Master's will and desires? 

Can they outwit the unseen enemy? 

Are they even aware of what is actually happening as The Acorn becomes an oak and they are a few conkers short of a game?
 


71 - The Banjo and the Doldrums

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0400

Floating on the edge of time and reality, our heroes find themselves trapped in the Acorn and challenged by the Master... 

But who or what is this so called 'Master'...

And how are the mystical wounds that Monkchin is experiencing linked with the future...

The future that both he and Stretch are about to share? 

The future is here... 

The future is Gallowtree... 

God help us! 


70 - Time Waits for Some Men

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0400

What is a Victorian situationist to do?
 
The future looks very bleak for Mr Stretch and Mr Monkchin... 

Ennui is setting in as they linger in the time stream... 

But with anywhere and anytime to visit, Monkchin makes a decision. It is all about the tune...
 
Step into Gallowtree as the Acorn is re-directed so that Monkchin can take in a night of musical levity and distraction... 

When time is pressing, sometimes in can be made to wait... 

Time Waits For Some Men...
 
 In Gallowtree... 

Again and again and again... 


69 - Of Vice and Men

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0400

Adrift in the echo-sphere of time...

Stretch & Monkchin are desperate to find some semblance of meaning to their voyage...

And the suggested quest of which they may be on...

If logic makes any sense at all...
 
But, Roman philosophers? 

Sheesh! 

It's gonna get stranger and stranger... 

In Gallowtree...
 
Again! 


68 - Mastering The Acorn

Sun, 08 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0400

When a machine lands in your lap, shaped like an acorn, what are you to do?
 
Stroke and nurture it to see what it can do and how it may pleasure you?
 
Stretch and Monkchin have discovered something... 

Something they can't as yet comprehend... 

Mr. Mortis is probing the very depths of the contraption...

In order to discover what makes it tick... 

Stretch assists his efforts as Monkchin reclines and plucks his Banjo...
 
It could all become too much; until the revelations of a small boy are brought to the forefront of these troubling circumstances...

Welcome to Gallowtree... 

Welcome to 'Mastering the Acorn'... 


67 - The Return of Stretch & Monkchin

Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0500

1901 - The end of the Victorian period...

Our faithful situationists - Strech & Monkchin - are older, wiser and more dogged in their pursuit of the odd, the peculiar, the wierd and the outright stranger than strange...

"But, what have they found?" I hear you say...

Welcome to Gallowtree, circa 1901... 


66 - It's A Dog's Life (Razzle's Story)

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0500

Razzle is a dog. A dog with a mission. A dog with a heart.
 
Listen to the end of the 73 storyline as Razzle removes himself from the Masters of Disguise Detective Agency and strikes out on his own... or, reverts back to nature...
 
Razzle's story is often overlooked... 

Follow him now as he becomes the Littlest Hobo...
 
Welcome to Razzle's story... 

What there is of it... 


65 - Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0500

The Masters of Disguise Detective Agency have found Monica's brother in the bowels of a secret Nazi HQ buried underground in Gallowtree...
 
Together they search for evidence to discredit BOTE corps and seek revenge for Monica's death all those years ago...
 
 But what is the role of Laura X? 
 
 What is the strange Nazi Bell?
 
 Will they survive the death trap that is Funland?
 
 Find out in Episode 65 - Between Scylla and Charybdis... 


64 - Welcome To Funland!

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0500

Funland! Hidden in the depths of Gallowtree...
 
Funland! A secret Nazi theme park hidden in the ninth level of BOTE Corp...
 
Funland! Home to the Tarot Master...
 
Funland! The place where fun ends... In Gallowtree...

Prepare for the Beginning Of The End where someone will die in Funland...
 
Welcome to Funland! 


63 - The Wasp and the Dragonfly (Phipp's Story)

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0500

 Irish? Check.
 
Pragmatic? Check.
 
Teenager? Check.
  
Master of Disguise Detective Agency member? Check. 
 
Knower of all things hidden? Check. 
 
Key holder to BOTE Corp? Check. 
 
All around pain in the arse and know it all? Check, check, check!
 
And, possibly, the key to the mystery that surrounds them...

Welcome to Phipp's story... 

In Gallowtree... 

1973... 


62 - Paper Tigers & The Dark Knight (Bongo's Story)

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0500

What should a boy do? 
 
Father has other interests...
Mother is no longer with us...

Does he...
 
...Turn to solitary vices? 
...Seek a chemical solution? 
...Or, find out what the heck is going on?
 
Bongo will take the latter choice - via the other two options - as he attempts to discover what his Dad is actually up to under the cover of night and what link does the mysterious BOTE Corps have? 

This is going to be one hell of a learning curve... 

In Gallowtree... 
Again and again and again... 


61 - The Nashville Electrical Service (Ken's Story)

Sun, 01 Mar 2020 10:00:00 -0500

When communication is hard you sometimes feel isolated and alone. This was Ken's story - shunned by society, pitied by his worried Father and doted on by a Mother who buries her head in the sand... 

Then Ken joins the Masters of Disguise Agency and discovers that he is no longer alone...

Join us for the story of Ken's development and his love and need for a drum-kit... 

In Gallowtree, again and again and again... 


60 - The Masters of Disguise Detective Agency (Anderson's Story)

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 10:00:00 -0500

It is 1973 and Anderson and friends are teenagers in Gallowtree. Strange goings on get the boys to start a gang with the hope of discovering what the mysterious BOTE Corp are up to. With Razzle the dog as their mascot, Anderson, Bongo and Phipps set out to unmask the villain... but Scooby-Doo this certainly isn't... 

Discover just what made Anderson become the copper he eventually became... 

It's 1973 and we're going through puberty, again and again and again...

In Gallowtree... 


59 - Stranger Beings on Brown Mountain

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:00:00 -0500

Strange things are happening in Gallowtree... 
Stranger Beings are arriving and the clock is ticking backwards... 
At this rate it will soon be 1973 and our heroes will be regressed to the age of teens... 
Strange teens with secrets to hide... 
More than most teens... 
Secrets that make them: Stranger Beings... 
Again and again and again... 


58 - A Book At Bedtime With Mr Bridger

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:00:00 -0500

Bedtime... 

A quiet and peaceful time... 

Sacrosanct... 

A pleasing and relaxing moment of taking stock of the day and your place in the world...

Unless Mr. Bridger tucks you in and begins to whisper a bedtime story to you... 

A bedtime story that turns out to be his story... 

A story that led him to you and you to him... 

You might not survive this bedtime story... 

In Gallowtree, again and again and again... 

Sleep tight! 


57 - In Pictopia

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 03:00:00 -0500

There is a place, a place in Gallowtree reserved for the odd and ostracized. A place of dreams, colour, black and white... A place where only fiction could grow. 

Come with us to a time before Watchmen and The League. To the place where it all started.

Find out what the Gallowtree players can do with an Alan Moore script. 

In Pictopia.

By Alan Moore. 

By the Gallowtree players. 

Gallowtree as you have never heard it before... 

In Gallowtree, again and again and again... 


56 - Anchovy In The UK!

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 10:00:00 -0500

This fishy tale reaches a climax.. 
Vlado is dead, but Vlado had more to declare... 
He is practically the second coming... 
Or, to be more precise; the second beginning. 

As Gallowtree unravels and God's plan becomes clearer can Jack and Page save the day? Indeed, should they even try?

Or should nature be allowed to run its course? 
 
Find out in Gallowtree 56: The final episode of The Rise and Fall of Vlado... 


55 - Jonah and the Big Fish

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:00:00 -0500

Things get swallowed...
They get spat out...
Spewed through the system...
Prophets and the innocents accused are all the same... 
Jonah and Vlado had better watch out... their fate may be sealed...
 
The penultimate episode in our Fishy Tale...
Vlado has been arrested but can the authorities bring him to book? 
Or will more nefarious ways of dealing with the issue be needed? 
There are crimes out there that need a culprit - does Vlado fit the bill?
 
And what of Page and Jack? 
Are they any closer to discovering the unerring truth? 
Will Jack slip Page into the Cock Inn?
 
All will be revealed in Gallowtree... 


54 - Catch of the Day

Sun, 23 Feb 2020 09:00:00 -0500

How to catch a sprat...
 
...Rod and line? 
...Intricate series of cages and trawls?
...Sprat tickling? 
...Dynamite? 
 
Hunting and catching is afoot as Jack and Page realise who they might actually be hunting... 

They have maybe a hunch and some circumstantial evidence that point in the most surprising of directions... 
 
The net is drawing in, but are they following the right quarry?
 
And, how can the spiritual plane be of use?
 
All is (sort of) revealed when Jack and Page make The Catch of the Day...

In Gallowtree... 


53 - The Spawn of the Dead

Sat, 22 Feb 2020 09:00:00 -0500

The dead are about to spawn - to spawn rumors of their demise at the hands of? 
Jack and Page are making no headway in their investigation and the elusive Vlado remains, well, elusive. 
Can our intrepid heroes solve the case before another telephone cable murder takes place and will Vlado ever win a Pullitzer? 
Stay tuned for another episode of Gallowtree. 
The countdown has now started... 
Three bodies...
And more to come... 


52 - The Celeocanth & The Sphinx

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 08:00:00 -0500

 When Telly went a strolling, a strolling down the street, 
 
 The sage old Celeocanth and the sphinx he did meet.
 
 Said the Celeocanth unto Telly "What do you seek?"
 
 Telly to the Celeocanth uttered "The future to peek." 
 
 The Sphinx he did smile and smirk a little bit, 
 
 Until he revealed that the future was shit... 
 
 Welcome to Gallowtree... 

Again and again and again... 


51 - The Hake's Progress

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:00:00 -0500

Welcome to another fishy tale from Gallowtree... . 

But who is Vlado and what does he know? 

What will happen to the good folk of Gallowtree when the telephone murders start?  

Are we in for the long haul or just dipping our toes in 'lovey lake'? 

The gloves are off and no one is safe... 

In Gallowtree... 

Beware the fish! 


50 - The Wake and the Donkey

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:00:00 -0500

The end is nigh! 

But the new birth has been prepared for... 

It may not be what you want it to be... 

But welcome to Gallowtree... 

Enjoy your stay... 

Your somewhat...

Permanent stay... 


49 - The Green Room

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:00:00 -0500

Stephen, the physicist, Carter, Eigengrau and Skippy await their call for the recording of a new episode of Gallowtree... 

To make the time pass they amuse themselves playing the latest card sensation - Crimes Against Gallowtree - in the Green Room... 

All is not what it seems behind the scenes of Gallowtree... 


48 - Doctor Dave

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 01:00:00 -0500

The Doctor is back - and it's about time. He has been gone too long. A re-boot of a re-boot and this time we've got it right. A gay Welsh man living in LA told me.

Featuring a real Doctor Who star... David... something or other... 

This is the most heart wrenching story of an audition going horribly wrong and losing the role of a life time to someone who has already had a bite of the apple. 

Welcome to Gallowtree. 

Welcome to The Doctor you never had. 

Time is passing - stop reading this and listen to the damn episode... 


47 - Merengue or Die!

Sun, 16 Feb 2020 15:00:00 -0500

The Prof. and Indy have reached the end... 

They are racing against time to rescue the Necronomicon from the clutches of the WI... 

Or was it the Nazis? 

And what about Jack and Page? 

This could all get a little messy...

Especially when it comes down to the merengue... 

Of which, Doctor Okter is a Grand Master... 

Will it be... 

Merengue or Die? 

Lets hope that our heroes can cut a rug on the dance floor! 


46 - Camp Siegfried

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:00:00 -0500

Welcome to the campest Camp in Nazi Germany - Bergeroff and Merengue...

It is the way forward...

Unless your name is Indy or Polyphemus... 

Then you are going to be trapped and praying for any way out... 

But that is not going to happen - not yet anyway... 

Welcome to Gallowtree, 1939... 


45 - The Biscuits of Truth

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:00:00 -0500

The truth will out - sometimes in the most painful of ways...

A Rich Tea, a Hob Nob and not forgetting the dunked Ginger Nut... 

What revelations will be found as the Doctor and Independent Jones are subjected to the feminine largesse of the WI? 

Stay tuned for another crumb of Gallowtree... 


44 - The Pope and the Alchemist

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:00:00 -0500

The hunt for the Necronomicon continues as the iron like grip of the WI tightens on the members of the hunters for truth... 

The occult powers of Count Cagliostro are offered to the Pope and no-one is quite sure what might happen next... 

In Gallowtree, again and again and again... 


43 - The Ghouls of Gallowtree

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:00:00 -0500

Polyphemus and Dr. Jones are at the mercy of the WI as their search for the dreaded Necronomicon widens...

They need to find the book before the Nazi Ockter sympathizers claim it as their own... 

But will the sinister Aunty pip them all at the post? 

And why does she want Polyphemus' goolies for his participation in the art of ghouling? 

Find out in this episode of Gallowtree: The Ghouls of Gallowtree... 

Rated PG (ish)... 


42 - Operation "Dead Names"

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:00:00 -0500

The war in heaven is raining a blitz on Gallowtree and Churchill is in a quagmire of information, misinformation and uncertainty... 

Not to mention the odd black dog moment...

Enter, stage left - Commander Ian Fleming - Yes, that Mr Fleming. He has gained insight into the machinations of the Nazi war machine and their hunt for the mystical Necronomicon... 

Can Independent Jones save the day? 

And what of the missing men of Gallowtree? 

And what of the Women's institute led by the buxom and formidable Aunty...

Welcome to World War 2... 

Welcome to Operation "Dead Names"... 


41 - What We Saw

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:00:00 -0500

Jack the Ripper is dead in a water tank after Monkchin's involvement, but what did people actually see? 

The timeline returns to normal as a myth begins to take shape on the back of unreliable witness testimony. 


40 - Fish Supper

Sun, 09 Feb 2020 18:00:00 -0500

The end is nigh...

Monkchin has a hunch that Jack will kill again and fall into the trap that has been set to catch the killer... 

The spirit world will provide the portal and one poor immortal will never be the same again... 

In Gallowtree... 

Again and again and again... 

Welcome to Fish Supper - the final meal! 


39 - The Cock Inn Irregulars

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 17:00:00 -0500

Jack the Ripper is abreast and all you need right now is a Cock Inn...

An irregular one... 

A huge gang of vigilante Cock Inn Irregulars...

But Stretch and Monkchin don't really appreciate other groups putting their Cock Inn...

It is not their style.  They prefer it more solitary and late at night.... but still, Jack abounds... or is it the mysterious White Eye? 

Stay tuned for more Gallowtree Victorian mayhem... 

You might just solve the mystery.... 


38 - Leather Apron

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:00:00 -0500

Jack's been a busy boy...

Plenty of fun can be had in Victorian England... 

The police are baffled and have only one suspect: The mysterious Leather Apron... 

Stretch & Monkchin are still on the case, but without the chance to spirit-walk, Monkchin is trying to solve this crime in a more conventional manner and this takes time and luck... 

Neither are commodities that Stretch & Monkchin have in abundance...

Will they uncover any hitherto unknown evidence or will Jack continue with his saucy ways? 

All bets are off as yet another 'orrible murder is revealed... 


37 - The Jolly Bonnet

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:00:00 -0500

"Look what a jolly bonnet I have on. I will soon have me doss money, so save the gaff for me..." 

Or there may be another murder for Stretch & Monkchin to investigate without the aid of the spirit world... 

All is looking bleak for our intrepid investigating situationists in Victorian Gallowtree... 


36 - The Whitechapel Mystery

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:00:00 -0500

Welcome to Victorian Gallowtree... 

Stretch & Monkchin have been enticed to trace a killer - the mysterious slayer of a single woman on the streets of Whitechapel, London...

The killer hasn't got a name and Stretch & Monkchin haven't got a clue...

Will the dynamic duo of gentlemen situationists solve the mystery before another murder occurs?


35 - Snapshots

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 05:00:00 -0500

The fotplastikon is in reverse and Gallowtree and Hoboken become blurred... 

Only Quaid and Skippy are there to observe...
 
Lives are out of balance and out of time - unraveling and knitting at the same time... 

Snapshots of lives are shown in all the sordid detail of everyday existence... 

The people are returning to Gallowtree and Gallowtree will never be the same... 

Quaid and Skippy don't realise what they have unleashed... 

The future is bright, the future of Gallowtree... 


34 - The Interview (An Interlude)

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 02:00:00 -0500

Who created this shit? 

Aaron Aardvark has some insight into this matter... 

Whether it is the truth or not does not matter. Only Aaron, Adam and Max know the real truth and only one of them is talking... 

On the cheapest radio show in Gallowtree... 

And that isn't Gallowtree Radio... 

Welcome to Gallowtree and Aaron's world... its life Jim, but not as we know it.... 


33 - Ghost Town

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 01:00:00 -0500

Ghost Town has arrived... 

Literally... 

Everybody has vanished... 

Moved... 

Vacated...

Gone... 

Nobody notices other than Quaid Slater, who sets out to find the last resident of Gallowtree with his intrepid sidekick Skippy...

Eustace had better be on the alert... 

Interlopers are about to arrive in the town of Gallowtree... 


32 - A Christmas Presence

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

The winter nights draw in. Curtains are drawn. Seeing eye cats are lost.... but Sophie finds one and returns it to it's owner... and then the stories begin...

A good old fashioned ghost story for the festive season... but don't presume to guess that this 'Scrooge' gets his comeuppence.... or is he Scrooge at all? 

Welcome to Gallowtree.... 


31 - The Fotoplastikon

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 07:00:00 -0500

"What is a Fotoplastikon?" 

A question that Prentis asked himself before his fateful death... 

As the wheels of his plan start to turn faster and faster, the news from Hoboken gets grimmer and grimmer... 

Finally all the plot elements begin to make some sort of sense... we think... 


30 - American Soccer Moms

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 05:00:00 -0500

When your team wins - it is an amazing high... 

When the other team wins - time to kick ass...
 
Welcome to American Soccer Moms... 

They attend classes for football etiquette and boy, are they enjoying the class... 

Now, the fight for Hoboken just got worse... 

In Gallowtree... 


29 - Stop Arking About!

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 04:00:00 -0500

When Independent Jones sets out to discover the lost pendant of Pindi Pindi he doesn't expect to lock horns with his arch enemy... but lock horns he does.

And then the battle of wits and wills commences... 

Indy must retain the pendant and escape the clutches of the Carry On crew if he is to find anything to hide in Hackensack, the giraffe... 

Are the people of Gallowtree in for the long game and what is the role of Mr. Prentis? 

All will become clear... 

Or clearer... 

Or unsure... 

In Gallowtree... 


28 - Down and Out in Hoboken

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:00:00 -0500

Another 'normal' day in Gallowtree... 

Apart from the random attacks of dogging perpetrated by the Cribbage Clansmen...

They are out there; waiting and watching... 

Watching you! 

... Not good when you are a vagrant living in a disused warehouse with only a bottle of dandelion and burdock to protect you... 


27 - Dial S and M for Murder

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 01:00:00 -0500

Friday Street has been discovered in Gallowtree and a mysterious link with Hoboken, NJ rapidly becomes apparent... 

Prentis had a plan, a plan that no-one knows about... 

But he has taken it to his grave...

Has his plan already been put into motion? 

What does this mean for the good folk of Gallowtree?
 
And what about the befuddled denizens of Hoboken? 

Find out when you Dial S and M for Murder...



26 - The Kiss of the Garbage Woman

Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500

The horror of the Garbage Woman is upon us... 

We will remake her in the image of our dream... 

She will be perfect... 

Or, reasonably close... 

The House of Hammer comes to Gallowtree... 

Beware the Kiss of the Garbage Woman... 

Cue spooky music... In Gallowtree, again and again and again...


25 - Gallowtree Hospital Radio

Sat, 25 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

DJ Aardvark has been relegated to hospital radio with some dire consequences... 

Can the weak and infirm survive the barrage of smooth radio and shinnanigans that go hand in hand when an Aardvark rocks the mic? 

The dead may even walk again... 

In Gallowtree, again and again and again... 


24 - Rotten Fruit Detector

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

Max has received a letter... 

Donna is not concerned because she has gone off the radar...

But Max is going to have to prove his worth, to himself and to Mr. Bridger and a mysterious visitor/inquisitor to Gallowtree... 

Things may never be the same at Gallowtree Radio and Max might just be looking at life in the workhouse... 

If the shark doesn't get him first...
 
Welcome to Gallowtree... 


23 - The Ljubljana Anagram

Thu, 23 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

Gallowtree Gumbo Ingedients: 

David Soul, The Confederate Flag, Elvis, Levis, James Mason, Mr. Monkchin, Blockade Runners, Davy Jones, Jaws and Captain Pugwash...

Cut into tiny pieces, 

Throw into the cooking pot, 

Add seasoning and heat - feeds a family of five (or thereabouts). 

Welcome to Gallowtree, again and again...


22 - Gallowtree Switchboard, How May I Help You?

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

Welcome to the nerve centre of Gallowtree...

Everything is safe and encrypted...

Except for the switchboard operator...

Who is privy to all the machinations that make the town of Gallowtree tick and come alive... 

Again and again... 

And again...



21 - The Hunt For Black Annis

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

There is a witch in Gallowtree...

She hunts children and skins them... 

She wears their skins and cackles in delight...

And now the monster hunters descend on Gallowtree to protect the children from the Black Annis dare... 


20 - Flood Of A Decade

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

An attempted suicide. 

A shaggy dog tale.

A Barry Manillow infected downpour.

The 70's descend on Gallowtree and only Max and Donna can save the day...

From the flood of a decade... 


19 - Black Orchid

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

The Buddha and the Shaolin Monkey wage war on the florists of Gallowtree. 

Will the sinister threat of the Black Orchid be averted or will the florists bed in? 


18 - Monkchin's Dream

Sat, 18 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

Monkchin has much on his mind, as is usual... 

But after an eventful day tracking down the secrets of Oscar's portrait and the Captain's Unction he feels weary and retires to his bed for rest and relaxation. 

Even in his fitful sleep Monkchin must solve a crime so convoluted that only dream logic will do the trick. 

With Stretch at his side, Monkchin embarks on a journey that mixes fact with fiction and causes time to seep in all directions... 

In Gallowtree, again and again and again...


17 - The Canker Street Affair

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

Mr Stretch and Mr Monkchin, gentlemen investigators into the un-natural and the profane, are reunited with Mr Oscar Wilde who is concerned. Very concerned: 

His portrait appears to be haunted. Very haunted. 

He needs help and only Stretch & Monkchin can discover what and whom is making the portrait more popular than Mr Wilde himself - and then deal with the consequences. 

Monkchin may need to go for a little walk after this affair... 

And Wilde may need a lie down. 

Needless to say that Mr Stretch will probably hit something or someone... 

Welcome to Gallowtree... 

Victorian Gallowtree: From the case books of Stretch & Monkchin... 


16 - Our Credentials, Sir!

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

Introducing Mr. Stretch & Mr. Monkchin - Victorian gentlemen of adventure and the un-natural arts. 

Beware the Situationists - they have arrived in Gallowtree. 


15 - The Lazarus Hotel

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

Book a room at the Lazarus Hotel and enjoy all the benefits of being reborn as a famous dead hotel barfly.. . S & M optional.... 

In Gallowtree...


14 - Techno-Wolf

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

The wolves of Gallowtree are on the prowl and no-one is safe from the techno wolf... 


13 - Crow Dream

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

Crows cannot talk - however they do dream...

Welcome to Eustace T. Crow's Crow Dream. 


12 - The Beast Of Croglin Grange

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

All is not well at Gallowtree Radio... 

A mysterious caller gives Max some bad news and only Donna P can save the day... 

Unless the mighty BAT-MAX can be summoned...

Same Gallowtree channel, same Gallowtree time... again and again and again... 

Welcome to Gallowtree... 


11 - Babylon Rise

Sat, 11 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

The citizens of Gallowtree welcome the Ziggaraut with open arms and open hearts... 

Because Mayor Lorna X said so... 

Long live the King... 

And Ms Lorna X...


10 - The Dust Cloud

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

Mayor Ms Lorna X has orchestrated the destruction of the council offices and has declared herself a Goddess!

Another ordinary day in Gallowtree... 


9 - The Church Of The Real Goose

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

The Church of the Real Goose and the Reverend Breadbin seek to use their de-tuned power E chord to alter the souls and spirits of the denizens of Gallowtree...

Will  they be able convert the unbelievers...?

In Gallowtree...


8 - They Don't Make Them Anymore

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

There is something wrong in the world of confectionery... 

The sweetness of those addictions of our youth come back to haunt us... 


7 - Missing Persons

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

The trees are on the move...

A person is sought and another person is missing... 

Jenny Jennings becomes the hero and Prentis takes charge of the situation... 


6 - The Sacrifice

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

The Sacrifice.

The people of Gallowtree are forced to make a decision about one of their own... 

Mayor Lorna X has her own opinions on what the outcome should be...

And, what of the killer clown?


5 - The Submarine

Sun, 05 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

 Gallowtree: The Submarine.

 A submarine washes up on the streets of land locked Gallowtree. 

What secrets lie inside?

Why is the sub lurking outside Boots the Chemist?

All will be revealed... perhaps...


4 - The Murder Child

Sat, 04 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

The Murder Child.
 
There is a murderer in Gallowtree - an ancient presence that all have been aware of for all their lives; but have chosen not to acknowledge it - until they can no longer ignore the white elephant in the living room... 


3 - Community Day

Fri, 03 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0500

Community Day.
 
A new holiday is announced in Gallowtree and the population are told that they must be enthused... 

Lorna X will not accept anything less from her devoted constituency... 

Community Day is here to stay... 

In GALLOWTREE... Again and again and again...


2 - The Menhir

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 01:00:00 -0500

The Menhir.
 
Is this a remake of the movie 2001 in Gallowtree or are the people dreaming of the big black Menhir that has appeared in century park?  Dreams that just won't go away...

Judging by the sounds eminating from the park... something is about to happen... 

Something very big and aomwthing very disasterous...

Very very disasterous... 

Welcome to Gallowtree...  Again and again and again!


1 - Who Is Jimmy Dove?

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Who Is Jimmy Dove?
 
Jimmy Dove...? 

We all want to be Jimmy Dove... 

We want to be just like him... 

Exactly like him... 

We are Jimmy Dove... 

We are ALL Jimmy Dove...

And there is a rogue elephant in here as well!

Welcome to Gallowtree... again and again and again! 


0 - Who Killed Jimmy Dove... Again?

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 19:00:00 -0500

This was the original episode of GALLOWTREE - re made just for you as Episode #0.  

Who Killed Jimmy Dove... Again?  

An introduction to the crazy world of Gallowtree... again!

Who is Jimmy Dove?  Why must he be killed?  Which Gods rule Gallowtree?  Where does the giant elephant fit in?  And, who is the mysterious Max Black?

Some of the questions that may get answered in Who Killed Jimmy Dove... Again?  But then agian, don't take our word on it.... in GALLOWTREE.