Curses and Crossroads
By Curses and Crossroads
SEASON 2: Deep in the Rocky Mountains you’ll find the town of Obsidian Lake. Another small town with secrets and mysteries waiting to be uncovered.
Curses and CrossroadsJan 19, 2021
8. OBSIDIAN: Episode 8: Down Below Pt 8
The long-awaited ending of our first arch "Down Below" is finally live! Our hunters learn the fate of Sydney, the truth about KP, and Bill and Henry realize they both have more power than they realized, and all of it comes down to one deal. Will they accept it? Find out this week.
Content Warnings: yelling (humorous), discussion of mining disaster, discussion of being unconsciousness, minor bodily injury
Cast: Karona Panda "KP" Mick - Jet, Henry Smith - Joven, William "Bill" Diggins - Garret, Keeper - Jaci
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7. OBSIDIAN EP 7: Down Below Pt 7
Our cast of characters are deep within the old mines of Obsidian Lake looking for answers. Henry has been taken to the heart of the Tommyknocker territory, KP and Sydney are separated, and Bill has run into some trouble of his own. Will our hunters get out of the mines? Will they find the answers they are looking for? Will their own secrets remain hidden? Find out in this episode!
Content Warnings: poor audio quality, yelling (humorous), discussion of mining disaster, discussion of being bitten, minor bodily injury
Cast: Karona Panda "KP" Mick - Jet, Henry Smith - Joven, William "Bill" Diggins - Garret, Keeper - Jaci
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6. OBSIDIAN: EP 6: Down Below Pt 6
Henry has found his way into the company of the tommy knockers, KP and Sydney are being led into the mines, and Bill is lighting fires deep inside the mountain with just a little bit of magic.
Content Warnings: yelling (humorous), discussion of enclosed spaces, discussion of being bitten, minor bodily injury
Cast: Sydney Stiles: Keli Karona Panda "KP" Mick - Jet Henry Smith - Joven William "Bill" Diggins - Garret Keeper - Jaci
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5. OBSIDIAN - Ep 5: Down Below pt 5
Content Warnings: yelling (humorous), discussion of enclosed spaces, discussion of being bitten, minor bodily injury
Cast:
Sydney Stiles: Keli
Karona Panda "KP" Mick - Jet
Henry Smith - Joven
William "Bill" Diggins - Garret
Keeper - Jaci
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4. OBSIDIAN - Ep 4: Down Below pt 4
3. OBSIDIAN - Ep 3: Down Below pt 3
Following the explosion and mine collapse, everyone is on edge and looking for answers. Henry is consulting with KT Bridgeburn about how he can help. Bill is trying to figure out what exactly is causing the mines to be so dangerous. Sydney is working on a jail-break from being grounded, and KP is looking to go back to the mines as soon as they can. All the while, the Santa Mingas boys are getting wrapped in with everybody's plans.
Content Warnings: yelling (humorous), discussion of enclosed spaces, discussion of death
Cast:
Sydney Stiles: Keli
Karona Panda "KP" Mick - Jet
Henry Smith - Joven
William "Bill" Diggins - Garret
Keeper - Jaci
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2. OBSIDIAN: EP 2: Down Below pt 2
There has been an accident at the Bridgeburn Mine and Smelting company, and the only hope is that they can save the miners, and that above all else, that this does not mark the 13th death.
CW: Collapsing mine, enclosed spaces, brief discussion of suicide, implication of death, loud rumbling/falling rocks/boom noises (58:00)
Cast:
Sydney Stiles: Keli
Karona Panda "KP" Mick - Jet
Henry Smith - Joven
William "Bill" Diggins - Garret
Keeper - Jaci
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1. Season 2: OBSIDIAN - Ep 1: Down Below Pt 1
Welcome back to Curses and Crossroads and welcome to our second season! We are so excited to be back and sharing a whole new story with you! As always keep an eye on the content warnings of our show notes to stay informed, as well as check us out on our twitter! We are very excited to share our stories with you once again!
Obsidian Lake, Colorado. An Unsuspecting little town high in the Rocky Mountains, long forgotten by the majority of travelers and the ambitious dreams of miners from long ago. But don't be deceived by this living ghost town, like all small towns, there is more here than meets the eye.
Sound/Content/Trigger Warnings: Loud voices, radio static, fire truck sirens, discussion of mining disasters, foul language.
Cast:
Sydney Stiles: Keli
Karona Panda "KP" Mick - Jet
Henry Smith - Joven
William "Bill" Diggins - Garret
Keeper - Jaci
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Coffee Detective: 1 - A Murder in Forks, Washington
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Content Warning: Discussion of murder, discussion of car accident, discussion of drug use, gun use, hospitals, coma, conspiracy, gendered insults.
Cast:
Detective Margarite Esquire the 3rd - Joven
Ace - Garret
Johnny Reputation - Keli
Jake Westminster - Jaci
Taylor Tayler - Jaylee
30. FOUND - EP. 30 SEASON ONE ROADHOUSE DISCUSSION.
After two years of playing, and one year of hosting this podcast, our "Found" storyline has finally come to an end. Join us as we talk about our experiences with the characters and world we have come to love, and find out where Season 2 of Curses and Crossroads will go next!
29. FOUND - EP. 29: Final Tide Pt 6 (Season 1 Finale)
The Last Day. The Last action. The Last Good-bye.
Cast: Keeper - Garret, Eden Hightower - Keli, Rachel Hightower - Jaci, Flemyth Jet - Joven, Caroline Jet - Jaylee
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28. FOUND - EP. 28 Final Tide Pt 5
Darkness is ever closer and the tomorrow marks the end of the world. Our hunters find them in a place between time and space, and a last deal is offered. Will they take it? Will they refuse?
CW: Unreality, Manipulation, Deal making
Cast: Keeper - Garret, Eden Hightower - Keli, Rachel Hightower - Jaci, Flemyth Jet - Joven, Caroline Jet - Jaylee
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27. FOUND - EP. 27: Final Tide Pt 4
Rifts are opening in the town of Foghorn. Creatures beyond our comprehension are slipping through the cracks of reality. Flemyth is changing. Time is running out. There are only 2 days left, and our hunters may not be ready for what is to come their way.
Audio Warning: earth rumbling/earthquake, and Metal Screeching
Content Warning: Body Horror, Fungi, Descriptions of war/fighting, Discussion of Death.
Cast: Keeper - Garret, Eden Hightower - Keli, Rachel Hightower - Jaci, Flemyth Jet - Joven, Caroline Jet - Jaylee
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26. FOUND - EP. 26: Final Tide Pt. 3
CW: Sound - Crunching, destruction, rumbling.
CW: Content- Description of explosion, altered reality, fantasy violence, injury in combat, Description of fungus, minor body horror,
Cast: Keeper - Garret, Eden Hightower - Keli, Rachel Hightower - Jaci, Flemyth Jet - Joven, Caroline Jet - Jaylee
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25. FOUND - EP. 25 - Final Tide Pt 2
CW: Sound - Crunching, destruction, rumbling, repetitive music notes at end of episode.
CW: Content- Description of explosion, altered reality, fantasy violence, injury in combat, Description of fungus, minor body horror,
24. FOUND - EP. 24 - Final Tide Pt 1
CW: War scenes / planning, Discussion of violence, Discussion of potential loss and death.
Sound Warning: Ticking sound in final music piece starting at 17:00 minutes
Cast: Keeper - Garret, Eden Hightower - Keli, Rachel Hightower - Jaci, Flemyth Jet - Joven, Caroline Jet - Jaylee
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23. FOUND - EP. 23- On The Roam Interlude 4
Aravolt calls in his hold over Flemyth. We were bound to participate in a heist of cosmic proportion. However, things do not exactly go according to plan. Something bigger is coming, and our hunters can only hope that they are strong enough to make it through. For the sake of the world, they must be.
Cast: Keeper - Garret, Eden Hightower - Keli, Rachel Hightower - Jaci, Flemyth Jet - Joven, Caroline Jet - Jaylee
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22. FOUND - EP. 22: The Matriarch Pt 3
The battle rages on and Eden loses more than she bargained for.
CW: Gore, Memory Loss
Cast: Keeper - Garret, Eden Hightower - Keli, Rachel Hightower - Jaci, Flemyth Jet - Joven, Caroline Jet - Jaylee
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21. FOUND - EP. 21: The Matriarch Pt. 3
The pressure is increasing as Eden learns why she has been drawn to California. The battle seems hopeless, and Eden loses more than she can bargained for.
CW: Gore, Insect related gore, description of battle, violence, description of blood, trance state.
Cast: Keeper - Garret, Eden Hightower - Keli, Rachel Hightower - Jaci, Flemyth Jet - Joven, Caroline Jet - Jaylee
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20. FOUND - EP. 20: The Matriarch Pt. 2
Eden, despite her better judgment, agrees to infiltrate the vampiric court in Rifton. The rest of the hunters, work to ensure that she can stay as safe as possible. And like the saying goes "Just about the time you think you know what you're doing, you mess up."
CW: discussion of vampirism and corpses, discussion of abandonment
Cast: Keeper - Garret, Eden Hightower - Keli, Rachel Hightower - Jaci, Flemyth Jet - Joven, Caroline Jet - Jaylee
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19. FOUND - EP. 19: The Matriarch Pt 1
18. FOUND - EP. 18: On the Road Interlude 3
Have you ever wondered what our hunters would be like if they were Dungeons and Dragons characters? Well...this is something like that.
CW: Unreality, virtual reality, fantasy violence
Keeper: Garret Flemyth Jet: Joven Caroline Jet: Jaylee Eden Hightower: Keli Rachel Hightower and Sound design: Jaci
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17. FOUND - EP. 17: Broken Parts Pt 15
Content Warning: hospital, discussed kidnapping, mention of torture, tentacles, transformation,
Keeper: Garret Flemyth Jet: Joven Caroline Jet: Jaylee Eden Hightower: Keli Rachel Hightower and Sound design: Jaci Check us out on Twitter: twitter.com/CursesXroadsPod
16. FOUND - EP. 16: Broken Parts Pt 14
Content Warning: blood, body horror, self-harm, attempted suicide (27:00-28:00), stabbing, darkness, gunshot, hospital
Keeper: Garret
Flemyth Jet: Joven
Caroline Jet: Jaylee
Eden Hightower: Keli
Rachel Hightower and Sound design: Jaci
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15. FOUND - EP. 15: Broken Parts Pt 13
Content Warning: body horror, shadows, blood, needles, warped reality, parasitism, discussed animal death.
Keeper: Garret
Eden Hightower: Keli
Rachel Hightower: Jaci
Caroline Jet: Jaylee
Flemyth Jet: Joven
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14. FOUND - EP. 14: Broken Parts Pt 12
Eden and the Jets head out into the wilderness to try and find the final idol piece while Rachel remains at the base as darkness inches ever closer to the base and our hunters. While the shadows hold dangerous secrets, they may yet hold even more dangerous truths.
CW: Enclosed spaces, Guns, Caves, Animal Death, Animal Body Horror
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Cast: Garret - Keeper Jaci - Rachel Hightower Keli - Eden Hightower Jaylee - Caroline Jet Joven - Flemyth Jet
13. FOUND - EP. 13: Broken Parts Pt 11
CW: Enclosed spaces, Knives
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Cast:
Garret - Keeper
Jaci - Rachel Hightower
Keli - Eden Hightower
Jaylee - Caroline Jet
Joven - Flemyth Jet
12. FOUND - EP. 12: On The Roam Interlude 2
Content Warning: escape rooms, surveillance
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Cast:
Garret - Keeper
Jaci - Rachel Hightower
Keli - Eden Hightower
Jaylee - Caroline Jet
Joven - Flemyth Jet
11. FOUND - EP. 11: Broken Parts Pt 10
Content Warning: Minor Body Horror, Large Insects, Animal/Creature Death, Implied Loss, Underground.
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Cast:
Garret - Keeper
Jaci - Rachel Hightower
Keli - Eden Hightower
Jaylee - Caroline Jet
Joven - Flemyth Jet
10. FOUND - EP. 10: Broken Parts Pt. 9
The source of the mysterious fog has been uncovered, and the hands of fate and the Goddess Primis seem to be puppeteering our hunters closer and closer to truths long forgotten and truths yet to be known.
Content Warning: Animal Death, Body Horror, Large Insects, Panic, PTSD, Yelling, Crying, Begging, Retrospectively Implied Death, Implied Loss, Underground.
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Cast: Garret - Keeper Jaci - Rachel Hightower Keli - Eden Hightower Jaylee - Caroline Jet Joven - Flemyth Jet
9. FOUND - EP. 9: Broken Parts Pt 8
CW: Discussed Parasitism, minor body horror.
8. FOUND - EP. 8: Broken Parts Pt. 7
CW: Discussion of Parasitism, Implied Parasitism, Implied Animal Death, Minor Body Horror
Keeper: Garret
Rachel Hightower: Jaci
Eden Hightower: Keli
Flemyth Jet: Joven
Caroline Jet: Jaylee
7. FOUND - EP. 7: Broken Parts Pt. 6
CW: Discussion of Parasitism, Animal Death
Keeper: Garret
Rachel Hightower: Jaci
Eden Hightower: Keli
Flemyth Jet: Joven
Caroline Jet: Jaylee
6. FOUND - EP. 6: On The Roam Interlude I
CW: Discussion of Death and Violence
Keeper: Garret
Rachel Hightower: Jaci
Eden Hightower: Keli
Flemyth Jet: Joven
Caroline Jet: Jaylee
5. FOUND - EP. 5: Broken Parts Pt. 5
CW: Body horror, Violence, Gore, Manipulation, Repressed memories, Trauma
Cast:
Keeper: Garret, Rachel Hightower: Jaci, Eden Hightower: Keli, Flemyth Jet: Joven, Caroline Jet: Jaylee
4. FOUND - EP. 4: Broken Parts Pt. 4
Keeper: Garret, Rachel Hightower: Jaci, Eden Hightower: Keli, Flemyth Jet: Joven, Caroline Jet: Jaylee
3. FOUND - EP. 3: Broken Parts Pt 3
AUDIO NOTES: There is pretty rough background noise in Episodes 1-3, please feel free to jump to Episode 4 if harsh background noise is a triggering, or intensely uncomfortable experience. We are currently working to make these episodes more enjoyable and easier to listen to. Thank you for your patience.
Government made monsters? Hidden Military bases? The Jets and Hightowers are pulled further into the mysteries of La Vibora, as lines between what is and what should be, continue to be crossed.
CONTENT WARNING: Implied Animal Death
Keeper: Garret Rachel Hightower: Jaci Eden Hightower: Keli Flemyth Jet: Joven Caroline Jet: Jaylee
2. FOUND - EP. 2: Broken Parts Pt. 2
AUDIO NOTES: There is pretty rough background noise in Episodes 1-3, please feel free to jump to Episode 4 if harsh background noise is a triggering, or intensely uncomfortable experience. We are currently working to make these episodes more enjoyable and easier to listen to. Thank you for your patience.
On the trail of what has only been described as an "unusual" chupacabra, Our hunters continue to explore La Vibora, NM, but little do they know, things may not be as they seem.
Keeper: Garret Rachel Hightower: Jaci Eden Hightower: Keli Flemyth Jet: Joven Caroline Jet: Jaylee
1. FOUND - EP 1: Broke Parts Pt 1
AUDIO NOTES: There is pretty rough background noise in Episodes 1-3, please feel free to jump to Episode 4 if harsh background noise is a triggering, or intensely uncomfortable experience. We are currently working to make these episodes more enjoyable and easier to listen to. Thank you for your patience.
Welcome to Curses and Crossroads, a Monster of The Week actual play podcast! This Week on Curses and Crossroads: Something isn't quite right in Southwestern New Mexico. Mysterious cattle deaths draws our hunters from their hunt for lost relics to try and find out what is terrorizing this small town.
CONTENT WARNINGS: Animal death, language, Minor body horror, discussion of murder
Keeper: Garret Rachel Hightower: Jaci Eden Hightower: Keli Flemyth Jet: Joven Caroline Jet: Jaylee
0. FOUND - EP 0: Found- Backstory
CW: Blood, Death, Body horror, Manipulation, Abandonment
The Keeper is Garret Rachel Hightower is played by Jac'lyn Eden Hightower is played by Keli Flemyth Jet is played by Joven Caroline Jet is played by Jaylee