Welcome to Purgatory, Missouri.

What is sleep? What is the Afterlife? Do they collide? The Carnies hold a Mandatory Carnie meeting, giving us our first glance at the inner workings of the Carnival. Blanca gets troubling news from the Void. Roger ballys his first Boogieman.

The songs included in this episode are:

"We Are The Falling Rain" and "The Devil Whammy" from American Gothic

"It's Loney Inside Your Mind", "When The Truth Runs Out", and "Now We Kiss" outtakes from American Gothic

All songs from the "Dark Americana" series by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry.

Purgatory, Missouri is brought to you by Stage for a New Age Productions, a SAG actor signatory.

Produced by Maureen Davis and Allyson Sereboff in cooperation with We Make Movies and Rock'n'Roll Radio Theater

Directed by Richard Malmos

This episode features (in order of appearance):

Richard Malmos as One

Dave Foley as Roger

Mindy Sterling as Five

Gina Elaine as Carnie

Annette Homewod as Three

Tonoccus McClain as Twenty Seven

Brent Cho as Thirty Two

Alina Foley as Twelve

Julia Albert as Seven

Crissy Guerrero as Blanca

Nathan Smythe as Void and Pinbot

Carnie and Pinbot voices by Gary Lamb, Samuel Johnson and the cast.

Purgatory, Missouri was written by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry

Script editing and supervision by Maureen Davis.

Recorded at Studiopolis in Studio City, Ca. and engineered by Bryan Showalter

All mixing, foley and post-production by Stuart Pearson

For more info, visit www.stuartpearsonmusic.com

Dave Foley has a podcast with Tom Wheeler called "Really?!." where they discuss UFOs and the paranormal: https://www.youtube.com/@ReallywithTomandDave

Crissy Guerrero has a podcast with Claudia Dolph where they discuss... well,... everything: https://www.youtube.com/@studiocandc

Our brilliant director Richard Malmos wrote and narrates the prologues for each episode. Here he lifts the veil slightly to give you the briefest view of Episode 5: Carnies.

What is a "first-world problem" in the Afterlife? What if you're on the outside looking in?

Episode 5 premieres May 13th, 2025. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts.

For more information, please visit our website:

https://www.stuartpearsonmusic.com/purgatory-missouri

Hunter Lowry interviews Tonoccus McClain, who plays "Tunnel of Love", the huge, hyperactive carnie who becomes Highstriker's muscle in "Purgatory, Missouri." Tonoccus has had a wildly varied career, working as a vocalist in movies such as "Avatar", "A Wrinkle in Time" and "Watchmen", touring in companies for "The Lion King", and working as a correspondent on "Channel One News," where he interviewed figures such as Bill Clinton, Al Gore, drug czar Barry McCaffrey, and legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager. In this interview, he reveals his thoughts on "Tunnel of Love" as well as some harrowing paranormal experiences he has endured.

To hear the episodes of "Purgatory, Missouri", please visit our website:

https://www.stuartpearsonmusic.com/purgatory-missouri-episodes

Welcome to Purgatory, Missouri.

What is sleep? What is the Afterlife? Do they collide? Highstriker recounts her first encounter with Five as Roger and Blanca visit a Perimeter hole and meet a Void.

The songs included in this episode are:

"We Are The Falling Rain" and "Ticking Away" from American Gothic

"I'm Taking You Down" an outtake from American Gothic

All songs from the "Dark Americana" series by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry.

Purgatory, Missouri is brought to you by Stage for a New Age Productions, a SAG actor signatory.

Produced by Maureen Davis and Allyson Sereboff in cooperation with We Make Movies and Rock'n'Roll Radio Theater

Directed by Richard Malmos

This episode features (in order of appearance):

Dave Foley as Roger

Crissy Guerrero as Blanca

Alina Foley as Highstriker

Tonoccus McClain as Tunnel Of Love

Mindy Sterling as Five

Hunter Lowry as the Phone Booth

Nathan Smythe as Void

Gary Lamb as Bumper Car

Samuel Matury as Kissing Booth

Richard Malmos as One

As well as Carnie and Pinbot voices by Julia Albert, Gina Elaine and the cast.

Purgatory, Missouri was written by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry

Script editing and supervision by Maureen Davis.

Recorded at Studiopolis in Studio City, Ca. and engineered by Bryan Showalter

All mixing, foley and post-production by Stuart Pearson

For more info, visit www.stuartpearsonmusic.com

Dave Foley has a podcast with Tom Wheeler called "Really?!." where they discuss UFOs and the paranormal: https://www.youtube.com/@ReallywithTomandDave

Crissy Guerrero has a podcast with Claudia Dolph where they discuss... well,... everything: https://www.youtube.com/@studiocandc

Our brilliant director Richard Malmos wrote and narrates the prologues for each episode. Here he lifts the veil slightly to give you the briefest view of Episode 4: Perimeter.

What if Purgatory has its own Purgatory?

Episode 4 premieres April 29th, 2025. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts.

For more information, please visit our website:

https://www.stuartpearsonmusic.com/purgatory-missouri

Hunter Lowry interviews our director, Richard Malmos, who along with directing "Purgatory, Missouri", also wrote and narrates the prologue for each episode and plays "One", the mysterious leader of the Carnival. Richard is a legend in the voiceover world. For ten years he was THE VOICE of "The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson" on NBC. Beyond that, Richard has voiced an enormous amount of national commercials and you have heard his voice in what seems like every introduction to every nightly news program in the U.S.

To hear the episodes of "Purgatory, Missouri", please visit our website:

https://www.stuartpearsonmusic.com/purgatory-missouri-episodes

Welcome to Purgatory, Missouri.

What is sleep? What is the Afterlife? Do they collide? Roger finds himself in the Carnival, convinced it is the next level of the Simulation. Blanca shows him around.

The songs included in this episode are:

"We Are The Falling Rain" from American Gothic

"Dance Skeletons Dance" from Mojave

"Come Fields of Green" an outtake from American Gothic

All songs from the "Dark Americana" series by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry.

Purgatory, Missouri is brought to you by Stage for a New Age Productions, a SAG actor signatory.

Produced by Maureen Davis and Allyson Sereboff in cooperation with We Make Movies and Rock'n'Roll Radio Theater

Directed by Richard Malmos

This episode features (in order of appearance):

Dave Foley as Roger

Annette Homewoood as Pinbot

Julia Albert as Twenty Nine

Crissy Guerrero as Blanca

Hunter Lowry as the Phone Booth

Mindy Sterling as Five

Tonoccus McClain as Tunnel Of Love

Alna Foley as Highstriker

As well as Carnie and Pinbot voices by Gina Elaine, Nathan Smythe, Samuel Matury and cast .

Purgatory, Missouri was written by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry

Script editing and supervision by Maureen Davis.

Recorded at Studiopolis in Studio City, Ca. and engineered by Bryan Showalter

All mixing, foley and post-production by Stuart Pearson

For more info, visit www.stuartpearsonmusic.com

Dave Foley has a podcast with Tom Wheeler called "Really?!." where they discuss UFOs and the paranormal: https://www.youtube.com/@ReallywithTomandDave

Crissy Guerrero has a podcast with Claudia Dolph where they discuss... well,... everything: https://www.youtube.com/@studiocandc

Our brilliant director Richard Malmos wrote and narrates the prologues for each episode. Here he lifts the veil slightly to give you the briefest view of Episode 3: Roger.

Simulation? What Simulation?

Episode 3 premieres April 15th, 2025. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts.

For more information, please visit our website:

https://www.stuartpearsonmusic.com/purgatory-missouri