Brandon Stearns

Welcome to the darkest night of the Zulu Alpha, where every loyalty is tested, every moral calculus impossible, and every price paid too costly to be borne. The world's last nuclear supercarrier strike group and its exhausted Marine Raider guardians must now range from the coast of fallen America to an unavoidable date with destiny at the farthest northern point of Australia, to the enclosed and exploding death zone of the world's largest offshore oil field – knowing that everywhere, at all times, absolutely everything will be on the line.

Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum, a small slimy creature. I don’t know where he came from, nor who or what he was. He was Gollum—as dark as darkness, except for two big round pale eyes in his thin face. He had a little boat, and he rowed about quite quietly on the lake; for lake it was, wide and deep and deadly cold.

Here's the story of Albert Johnson, part one of two. It's mad. Researched by Benj Button. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sorry for the long gap between posts, episodes will be released in the usual fashion from now on :) Also new microphone for Keith coming soon too :D YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thatchapter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/that_chapter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/that_chapter For business enquires please email thatchapter@night.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello sunshine Researched by Benj Button YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thatchapter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/that_chapter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/that_chapter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prince Roland was on the verge of winning the war. Assigned to New Doncaster to train the planet’s armies and lead them into battle, Roland brokered a political compromise that allowed the government to win hearts and minds once the rebels were defeated in the field. He then built a formidable military machine that could–and did–push the rebels to the brink of defeat. But Roland’s success bred hatred, and his enemies, seeing him and his loyal troops out on a limb, launched a coup and left Roland stranded deep in enemy territory.

It has been six years since plague, famine, and war ravaged the planet. World powers have collapsed. The human population has been reduced by 90 percent, and those who survived must always contend with a novel apex predator: human beings whose very DNA has been radically altered by the plague.

Gary Heidnik was one of the worst of the worst. At his height, in Philadelphia, he would kidnap women and keep them chained in his basement, subject to horrific abuse for months. Or worst of all, "the Hole". Researched by Benj Button YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thatchapter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/that_chapter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/that_chapter Business email: thatchapter@night.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

National Park serial killers is always a spooky one. In National Parks across the USA, there's a lot more to be afraid of than wildlife. In this episode, we'll look at two stories of serial killers, Gary Hilton and Mike Bullinger, who used National Parks as their very own hunting ground. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thatchapter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/that_chapter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/that_chapter Business email: thatchapter@night.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ship Batavia was sailing to Indonesia, filled with the worst kind of sailors, horrid conditions, but loaded with treasure. However, one member on board had dreams of stealing the treasure and creating his own pirate kingdom. He began a mutiny, which led to a shipwreck. What followed was the bloodiest stranded on a desert island story in history. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thatchapter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/that_chapter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/that_chapter Business email: thatchapter@night.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices