Trailer Season Four

The Activity Continues is a podcast where soul sisters, Amy and Megan chat about the TV show, The Dead Files. Our other soul sister Amy (AP) keeps us in check with facts, figures, and other fun things. Each week we dissect an episode but we also talk about pets, true crime, ghost stories, haunts, dreams, and other creepy paranormal shit.

So, grab your beverage of choice, hop in the Cadillac, don’t worry, Steve’s driving, and join us when… The Activity Continues.

This trailer was recorded on May 30, 2023 and released on May 31, 2023.

Video Versions:

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Disclaimer

This podcast is in no way affiliated with the Travel Channel, Painless TV, or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just a couple of fans that love the show and want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing the episodes and similar content.

Content Warning

This is a general content warning, many of the episodes of the TV show talk about murders, some even involving children. So that may come up in our conversation as well. So please proceed with that in mind. But if you already watch The Dead Files you’ll be prepared.

Also, while Amy and Steve's swears are bleeped on TV, ours are not.

Credits

Hosted by: Amy Lotsberg and Megan Simmons

Fact-Checker: Amy Piersak

Production, Artwork, and Editing: Amy Lotsberg at Collected Sounds Media, LLC.

Theme song. “Ghost Story” and segment music by Cannelle https://melissaoliveri.com/  

Socials

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theactivitycontinues 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theactivitycontinues/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheActivityCont   

Other

Website: https://bit.ly/TACOfficial

YouTube: https://bit.ly/TAC_videos 

Newsletter sign-up: http://eepurl.com/hWnBLL

Say hello at

Email: theactivitycontinues@gmail.com

Leave your paranormal story here: 612-424-1684 and maybe it will be played on the show!

Send us cool stuff at

Collected Sounds Media, LLC

8014 Olson Memorial Hwy 55 Suite 240

Golden Valley, MN 55427-4712

 Thank you for listening, take care of yourselves. We’ll see you next week!

Introducing: The Activity Continues: The Villisca Ax Murder House.

This week I’m bringing to you, an episode of my other podcast, The Activity Continues.

The Activity Continues is a podcast where a couple of dorks (Amy & Megan) chat about the TV show, The Dead Files and other creepy shit. Each week we each choose an episode to dissect and chat about.

This is our 13^th episode, but not to worry, they are not linear and you don’t have to listen to any others before this one to get what the show is about. This episode was recorded on April 10, 2022 and aired on The Activity Continues feed on April 15, 2022.

Please give it a listen and I hope you enjoy it. If you’re interested in more, such as hearing part two, follow us on any podcast app https://pod.link/1605227442 or on the podcast’s website: https://www.podpage.com/the-activity-continues/

**content warning this episode is full of discussions of some really yucky stuff: Child murder, sexual acts, and brutal murder. Proceed at your own discretion**.

Wow, this episode was a doozy.

You will hear us reference a listener story in the intro, but we ended up cutting the episode into two parts. So that part will be in Part 2. The next one will be out next week.

So grab your hankies, hop in the Cadillac, and meet us in the Murder House where… The Activity Continues.

Stuff we talked about in this episode:

·        Our promo partner podcasts this month are

o  “Haunted UK”: https://www.instagram.com/hauntedukpodcast/

o  “Shittin’ Bricks”: https://shittin-bricks.captivate.fm/

·        Movie: “There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane” https://amzn.to/3jCyKH5

·        Book: “The Man from the Train” https://amzn.to/3uEbPkZ

·        The Villisca Ax Murder House website: http://www.villiscaiowa.com/index.php

·        Amy’s sources: https://www.podpage.com/the-activity-continues/blog/sources-for-episode-13-the-villisca-ax-murder-house-part-1

See our socials (links below) or our blog for extras. 

If you’d prefer to watch the video version please subscribe to our YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVV6T7fLheh4BqGIP_FF5wg

Disclaimer:

This podcast is in no way affiliated with the Travel Channel or the TV show The Dead Files or any of its cast or crew. We’re just a couple of fans that love the show and want to build a community of like-minded people who would enjoy hanging out and discussing the episodes.

Content Warning:

This is a general content warning, many of the episodes of the TV show talk about murders, some even involving children. So that may come up in our conversation as well. So please proceed with that in mind. But if you already watch The Dead Files you’ll be prepared.

Also, while Amy and Steve's swears are bleeped on TV, ours are not.

Credits:

Hosted by Amy and Megan

Produced by Amy at Collected Sounds Media, LLC.

Theme song “Ghost Story” and segment music by Cannelle http://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

Socials:

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theactivitycontinues

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theactivitycontinues/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheActivityCont  

Other:

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theactivitycontinues

Website: https://www.podpage.com/the-activity-continues/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVV6T7fLheh4BqGIP_FF5wg

Newsletter sign up: http://eepurl.com/hWnBLL

Say hello at theactivitycontinues@gmail.com

Send us cool stuff at:

Collected Sounds Media, LLC

8014 Olson Memorial Hwy 55 #240

Golden Valley, MN 55427-4712

Today’s story is called The Eyes Have It, and the author is Phillip K. Dick. It was written in 1953. While he’s known for science fiction stories, this one has tinges of that but is really just poking fun at the English language. I particularly identified with this one as I tend to respond to language in this way sometimes too. It’s not enough to know what the writer was trying to say, for me. If they write something that I can perceive a different way, I will find it, point it out, and usually be told, “Oh you’re being too literal, you know what they meant.” Whatever... that’s how my brain works. Please enjoy and let me know if your brain works this way too, we need to stick together.

Credits:

Host: Amy Elle

“Collected Sounds Theme Song” is by Cannelle https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

Background music is “Magic in the Garden” by Rafael Krux

Important Links:

Collected Sounds: https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/ feel free to suggest public domain stories for me to read.

Volsteadland: http://www.volsteadland.com – new episodes coming soon!

Tales from the Shift: Become a guest! https://www.podpage.com/tales-from-the-shift/guests/intake/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/collectedsounds

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedsounds/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedsounds/

 This podcast is produced by me, Amy, and is part of the Collected Sounds Indie Podcast Network.

If you’d like some help producing your own podcast, please contact me.

Podcast Production by Amy:

Call me at 612-484-1684 (leave a message)

Email me at: podcastproduction@amylotsberg.com

Visit my site: http://amylotsberg.com/podcast-production/

 My intake form: https://bit.ly/CSProdForm

This episode is an update on what’s happening in the Collected Sounds Podcast Universe.

·        Volsteadland is on break until season two (probably in February, but may be sooner)

·        Tales from the Shift is looking for guests! It could be you! (see link below)

·        Amy’s podcast recommendations, all spooky ones this time.

·        Amy is available to be your Podcast Producer!

Credits:

Host: Amy Elle

“Collected Sounds Theme Song” is by Cannelle https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

“The Velvets” song is by Cannelle https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

“Breaking News” sound from Sound Effects Factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtn_hy6BHhk

Be like Gary! Become a Patreon for Volsteadland: https://www.patreon.com/join/volsteadland

Important Links:

Collected Sounds: https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/ feel free to suggest public domain stories for me to read.

Volsteadland: http://www.volsteadland.com – new episodes coming soon!

Tales from the Shift: Become a guest! https://www.podpage.com/tales-from-the-shift/guests/intake/

Podcast Production by Amy:

Call me at 612-484-1684 (leave a message)

Email me at: podcastproduction@amylotsberg.com

Visit my site: http://amylotsberg.com/podcast-production/

 My intake form:

https://forms.gle/NtPSD3J4ssj4WpPQ9 -

https://bit.ly/CSProdForm

Afterward by Edith Wharton Chapter 4 (final)

For this series I am reading to you the short story “Afterward” by Edith Wharton. This story was written in 1910.  It was first published in the 1910 edition of The Century Magazine. It is an ironic ghost story about greed and retribution.  This is my favorite so far of the ones I’ve done.

Happy Spooky Season!

Credits

Host: Amy Elle

This independent podcast is produced by: Amy at Collected Sounds Productions

Story: “Afterward” by Edith Wharton (public domain).

Theme music by Cannelle, written especially for Collected Sounds. https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

Story background music is Beethoven’s Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1 - I. Andante. The artist is Daniel Veesey and I got it from the Free Music Archive.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/collectedsounds

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedsounds/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedsounds/

If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at collectedounds@gmail.com or at 612-424-1684 (leave voice or text message). Or you can visit our website and leave a voice or text message there. https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/

Afterward by Edith Wharton Chapter 3

For this series, I am reading to you the short story “Afterward” by Edith Wharton. This story was written in 1910.  It was first published in the 1910 edition of The Century Magazine. It is an ironic ghost story about greed and retribution.  This is my favorite so far of the ones I’ve done.

Happy Spooky Season!

Credits

Host: Amy Elle

This independent podcast is produced by: Amy at Collected Sounds Productions

Story: “Afterward” by Edith Wharton (public domain).

Theme music by Cannelle, written especially for Collected Sounds. https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

Story background music is Beethoven’s Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1 - I. Andante. The artist is Daniel Veesey and I got it from the Free Music Archive.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/collectedsounds

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedsounds/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedsounds/

If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at collectedounds@gmail.com or at 612-424-1684 (leave voice or text message). Or you can visit our website and leave a voice or text message there. https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/

For this series, I am reading to you the short story “Afterward” by Edith Wharton. This story was written in 1910.  It was first published in the 1910 edition of The Century Magazine. It is an ironic ghost story about greed and retribution.  This is my favorite so far of the ones I’ve done.

This is Chapter 2.

Happy Spooky Season!

Credits

Host: Amy Elle

This independent podcast is produced by:  Amy at Collected Sounds Productions

Story: “Afterward” by Edith Wharton (public domain)

Theme music by Cannelle, written especially for Collected Sounds https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

Story background music is Beethoven’s Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1 - I. Andante. The artist is Daniel Veesey and I got it from the Free Music Archive

Twitter: https://twitter.com/collectedsounds

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedsounds/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedsounds/

If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at collectedounds@gmail.com or at 612-424-1684 (leave voice or text message). Or you can visit our website and leave a voice or text message there. https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/

Thank you for listening!

For this series I am reading to you the short story “Afterward” by Edith Wharton. This story was written in 1910.  It was first published in the 1910 edition of The Century Magazine. It is an ironic ghost story about greed and retribution.  This is my favorite so far of the ones I’ve done.

This is Chapter 1

Happy Spooky Season!

Credits

Host: Amy Elle

This independent podcast is produced by:  Amy at Collected Sounds Productions

Story: “Afterward” by Edith Wharton (public domain).

Theme music by Cannelle, written especially for Collected Sounds. https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

Story background music is Beethoven’s Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1 - I. Andante. The artist is Daniel Veesey and I got it from the Free Music Archive.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/collectedsounds

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedsounds/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedsounds/

If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at collectedounds@gmail.com or at 612-424-1684 (leave voice or text message). Or you can visit our website and leave a voice or text message there. https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/

Thank you for listening.

This is a call for stories!

The next podcast in the Collected Sounds network is called Tales from the Shift, and it is all about our fellow humans and what they do every day. We’ll be talking to nurses, a sex worker, an office manager, a jail guard, and probably a lot I haven’t even thought of. 

This is where YOU come in. Do you have interesting, funny, sad, hopeful, scary…stories about work? 

If so please hit me up at 612-424-1684 It’s just a message line, don’t worry I don’t answer it. OR email me at tales@collectedsounds.com

Or leave me a message or voicemail at https://www.podpage.com/tales-from-the-shift/

I really hope to hear from you soon!

Host: Amy Elle

A production of Collected Sounds Productions.

This is the trailer for my new podcast series, Volsteadland. 

Volsteadland is a new podcast about the seedy underworld of the 1920s and 30s in Minneapolis, focusing on notorious mobster Kid Cann. Launching June 2021.

Please subscribe! If you don't find it, use the RSS feed: https://feeds.redcircle.com/c3c784fc-1d5d-4d9e-9488-314dea1dd91a

Website: http://volsteadland.collectedsounds.com/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/volsteadland

Theme music by Paolo Forli https://soundcloud.com/paolo-for-lee

For this series, I am reading to you the short story The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford. This story was written in 1911. With a ghastly banshee, a cadaver that's won’t stay put, and an infectious and sinister smile, this eerie novel is a masterpiece of the macabre. This is chapter four, the final chapter.

Host: Amy Elle

Produced by: Amy for Collected Sounds

Story: The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford (public domain).

Theme music by Cannelle Elanian, written especially for Collected Sounds. http://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

Story background music is Bach’s Book1: Prelude and Fugue No 8 in E Flat Minor. By Carlos Gardels

 http://www.carlosgardels.com/

Scent of the Day: Jaime (a nod to you Game 0f Thrones fans) by https://sucreabeille.com/

Information on F. Marion Crawford

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion_Crawford

Other books by this author at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1316

If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at collectedounds@gmail.com or leave voice or text message at https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedsounds/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedsounds/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/collectedsounds

For this series I am reading to you the short story The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford. This story was written in 1911. With a ghastly banshee, a cadaver that's won’t stay put, and an infectious and sinister smile, this eerie novel is a masterpiece of the macabre. This is chapter three.

Host: Amy Elle

Produced by: Whimsical Productions and Collected Sounds

Story: The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford (public domain).

Theme music by Cannelle Elanian, written especially for Collected Sounds. http://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

Story background music is Bach’s Book1: Prelude and Fugue No 8 in E Flat Minor. By Carlos Gardels

 http://www.carlosgardels.com/

Scent of the Day: No Power in the Verse by https://sucreabeille.com/

Other books by this author at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1316

If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at collectedounds@gmail.com or leave voice or text message at https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/

For this series, I am reading to you the short story The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford. This story was written in 1911. With a ghastly banshee, a cadaver that's won’t stay put, and an infectious and sinister smile, this eerie novel is a masterpiece of the macabre. This is chapter two.

Host: Amy Elle

Produced by: Whimsical Productions and Collected Sounds

Story: The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford (public domain).

Theme music by Cannelle Elanian, written especially for Collected Sounds. http://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

Story background music is Bach’s Book1: Prelude and Fugue No 8 in E Flat Minor. Performed by Carlos Gardels

 http://www.carlosgardels.com/

Scent of the Day: You Caught me Monologuing by https://sucreabeille.com/

Information on F. Marion Crawford

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion_Crawford

Other books by this author at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1316

If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at collectedounds@gmail.com or leave voice or text message at https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/

For this series I am reading to you the short story The Dead Smile by f. Marion Crawford. This story was written in 1911. With a ghastly banshee, a cadaver that's won’t stay put, and an infectious and sinister smile, this eerie novel is a masterpiece of the macabre. This is chapter one.

Credits

Host: Amy Elle

Produced by: Amy for Collected Sounds

Story: The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford (public domain).

Theme music by Cannelle Elanian, written especially for Collected Sounds. https://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

Story background music is Bach’s Book1: Prelude and Fugue No 8 in E Flat Minor. By Carlos Gardels http://www.carlosgardels.com/

Scent of the Day: Smoke and Decay by https://sucreabeille.com/

Information on F. Marion Crawford

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion_Crawford

Other books by this author at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1316

If you have any other suggestions for stories for me to read to you, please let me know. You can reach me at collectedounds@gmail.com or you can leave a message or a voice mail at https://www.podpage.com/collected-sounds/

Host: Amy Elle

Produced by: Whimsical Productions and Collected Sounds

Story: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf (public domain).

Music:

Theme music by Cannelle Elanian, written especially for Collected Sounds. http://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

Story background music is “Il vecchio castello Andante” which was composed by Modést Petróvich Mussorgsky and performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra and from the album Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Learn more about the orchestra here: http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/music/aholland/orch.html

Collected Sounds Hotline: 612-281-4463 and leave your story after the beep, you might hear it on a future episode of Collected Sounds.

Collected Sounds email (contact or send your story): collectedsounds@gmail.com

In both cases, by leaving a message on that hotline or in email, you are giving Collected Sounds permission to use it on the podcast.

This is the trailer for the Podcast, Collected Sounds.

Music written especially for Collected Sounds by the lovely Cannelle Elanian. http://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri