Episode 8: Futility

The warm, glowing hearth of the autumnal equinox has given way to the gripping horrors of Halloween, and Gary and Shannon have one final extended interview to share: Todd, the tire salesman. In a gripping and soul-testing interview, Todd describes a life of heartbreak and rivalry. Tune in to hear his most closely-held personal information aired to the entire world! Hosts: Gary Pascal and Shannon Noll Sound Design: Chris Yearwood Artwork: Loren Egeland Guests: Toby McMullen. You can follow Toby on Instagram @toby.mcmullen.

Gary and Shannon are back with another gut-punching, sorrow-suckling interview this week. Today, we have the raw, uncut footage from our conversation with Gary Slyzizizniak, a cartoonist in Chatapicnic. Could this phantom of the funny pages be the key to Chatapicnic murders? Yes, because we solved the murder he committed (see episode 10). Tune in to find out! Hosts: Gary Pascal and Shannon Noll Sound Design: Chris Yearwood Artwork: Loren Egeland Guests: Tom Fell. You can follow Tom on Twitter @tomfellisheokay.

A heartbreaking, gut-wrenching interview this week, just in time for you to decompress on your commute home. Today, we have the extended footage from our conversation with Gary Portugal, the disgraced personal banker in Chatapicnic. Could this misunderstood artist be the key to Chatapicnic murders? Tune in to find out! Hosts: Gary Pascal and Shannon Noll Sound Design: Chris Yearwood Artwork: Loren Egeland Guests: Jonathan Euseppi. You can catch Jonathan at iO with his Harold team, Big Tobacco, and in his November solo show, Grief is Horny.

It's another eye-opening interview this week, this time the extended footage of our discussion with Roger, the ice machine salesman in Chatapicnic. Roger's wounded, doleful eyes gaze out upon a town full of murder with childlike wonder. Could this profound simpleton be the key to the mysteries surrounding Chatapicnic? Tune in to find out! Hosts: Gary Pascal and Shannon Noll Sound Design: Chris Yearwood Artwork: Loren Egeland Guests: Charles Pettitt. You can follow Charles on Twitter @CharlesPettitt, and check out his group on YouTube at youtube.com/cigarettesandwich.

We've got another explosive interview this week, this time the raw, unedited footage of our discussion with Dr. Quimm, Medicine Woman. Plus another tip line caller! Dr. Quimm is the local proprietor of Quimm Cuts, a mortuary and beauty salon in Chatapicnic. But does this run-of-the-mill occupation also hold some secrets? You'll have to listen to find out. Hosts: Gary Pascal and Shannon Noll Sound Design: Chris Yearwood Artwork: Loren Egeland Guests: Libby Schreiner. You can follow Libby on Twitter @libbyschreiner.

Although this season of Murdertown has concluded with the triumphant solving of the/a murder, we'd hate to wrap things up without padding our statistics a bit for our pitch to potential advertisers. So we've got an exciting new extended interview this week! Today, the full, unfiltered interview with Fletcher Fetch, a full-blown necrophiliac who runs a paintball studio in Chatapicnic. Will we overdo it on the whole "having sex with dead bodies" thing? You'll have to listen to find out. Hosts: Gary Pascal and Shannon Noll Sound Design: Chris Yearwood Artwork: Loren Egeland Guests: Alex Haney. You can follow Alex on Instagram @alex_hanejob

After two-and-a-half exhausting rural Wisconsin months with, at best, 3G coverage, Gary and Shannon have reached the finale of Season 1. Will they find the right combination of poignant anecdote and mournful violin music to cover for the fact that they didn't solve anything? This week, your hosts conclude their investigation by speaking with Gary, a troubled cartoonist for the local Chatapicnic Quick Pick and Picayune. Hosts: Gary Pascal and Shannon Noll Sound Design: Chris Yearwood Artwork: Loren Egeland Guest: Tom Fell. You can follow Tom on Twitter @tomfellisheokay.

It's two months into the investigation, and the rich tapestry of insights that Gary and Shannon once expected is instead looking ragged, threadbare, and neglectfully skidmarked. But will a chance encounter finally connect some stray dots? This week, your hosts pay visit to the proprietor of a local morgue/beauty salon, a woman who may just hold the clues that have frolicked tantalizingly just out of reach. Hosts: Gary Pascal and Shannon Noll Sound Design: Chris Yearwood Artwork: Loren Egeland Guest: Libby Schreiner. You can follow Libby on Twitter @libbyschreiner.

It's a very special episode of Murdertown today, as we bring you the raw, uncut footage from our live show at Bentwood Festival in Chicago. But will this light-hearted three-quarters of an hour of conversation be enough to solve McGillivray's murder? We catch up with Chatapicnic mayor Debbie Ruth Larson, and meet a few new faces from Chatapicnic that slipped through the cracks during our investigation. Hosts: Gary Pascal and Shannon Noll Sound Design: Chris Yearwood Artwork: Loren Egeland Guests: Abby McEnany, Atra Asdou, and Jonathan Euseppi

As Gary and Shannon close in on McGillivray's killer, they are thrown a curveball that threatens to detail the entire investigation. Cab they re-focus on a suspect with a near-homonym first name? This week, your hosts pay visit to an agent of the capitalist machine, a personal banker named Gary Portugal. He may provide a valuable silver lining for an investigation nearing it's conclusion. Hosts: Gary Pascal and Shannon Noll Sound Design: Chris Yearwood Artwork: Loren Egeland Guest: Jonathan Euseppi. You can catch Jonathan performing at iO Theater with his group Big Tobacco.