{"id":3103,"date":"2020-02-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2020-03-14T09:43:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T20:43:10","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-thirty-seven-telepathic-murder-ghosts-coming-out-of-the-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2020\/02\/episode-one-hundred-and-thirty-seven-telepathic-murder-ghosts-coming-out-of-the-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode One Hundred And Thirty Seven &#8211; Telepathic Murder Ghosts Coming Out Of The Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1219\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3103-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=3103-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.jpg 614w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/137-TelepathicMurderGhosts-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/137-TelepathicMurderGhosts-588x330.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trees Hate Us; They&#8217;ve found ways to influence people &amp; get into their thoughts, and now, not even paper is safe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forests are desperately trying to redress an imbalance, but from a human point of view that looks a whole lot like people  up and vanishing into the woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big Paulie&#8217;s crew ended up owning the forest as part of a failed development scam, and when Carmine took over, he used it as a tax dodge and carbon credit scam, with a sideline as a Christmas Tree farm.<br> Turns out that Big Paulie monetised corpse disposal for half the state, and those justifiably pissed-off ghosts have started escaping from their unmarked graves by hitching rides on the Christmas Trees planted over their bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more links lurk below-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warhammer_40,000\">Warhammer 40k<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Auckland\">The University of Auckland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom\">Presidential Medal of Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/zero-vs-null.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/zero-vs-null.png 720w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/zero-vs-null-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/zero-vs-null-588x546.png 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wales\">Wales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/blades-in-the-dark\/\">Blades In The Dark<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh\">Edinburgh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shortbread\">Shortbread<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shadowrun\">Shadowrun<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyberpunk_2020\">Cyberpunk<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SLA_Industries\">SLA Industries<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tribe_8_(role-playing_game)\">Tribe 8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vaster_than_Empires_and_More_Slow\">Vaster than Empires and More Slow<\/a>, by Ursula K. Le Guin<br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_War_Against_the_Chtorr\">War Against The Chtorr<\/a>, by David Gerrold<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_Flesh_Must_Be_Eaten\">All Flesh Must Be Eaten<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaia_hypothesis\">Gaia Hypothesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taniwha\">Taniwha<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cavalrygames.com\/ten-candles\">Ten Candles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Damnation_Alley\">Damnation Alley<\/a>, by Roger Zelazny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dogs_in_the_Vineyard\">Dogs In The Vinyard<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darkwood\">Darkwood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renegadegamestudios.com\/kids-on-bikes\">Kids On Bikes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meddling_Kids\">Meddling Kids<\/a>, by Edgar Cantero<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meddling_Kids\">Money Laundering<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon_credit\">Carbon Credit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Mafia\">The Mob<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freddy_Krueger\">Freddy Kruger<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cop_Land\">Copland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/One_Corpse_Too_Many\">One Corpse Too Many<\/a>, by Ellis Peters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1221\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3103-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=3103-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Trees Hate Us; They&#8217;ve found ways to influence people &amp; get into their thoughts, and now, not even paper is safe The forests are desperately trying to redress an imbalance, but from a human point of view that looks a whole lot like people up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Episode 137 - Telepathic Murder Ghosts Coming Out Of The Trees","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episode"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/137-TelepathicMurderGhosts.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3103"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3110,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3103\/revisions\/3110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}