Misfits Audio Presents: Mike Murphy’s STRANGE STORIES Episode 20, “Die Laughing”

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A young lady goes on a dangerous search for her grandfather’s unusual last wish.

STEVE ANDERSON as the Narrator,
TANJA MILOJEVIC as Emma,
JON SPECHT as the Doctor,
JOE STOFKO as Grandpa,
BILLY FLYNN as Jim O’Flaherty,
RONDA MITCHELL as Officer #2 and the Librarian,
GLENN HASCALL as the Man and the Farmer,
TONI COLLINS as Clerk #1,
PAUL KASINSKI as Clerk #2,
TED WENSKUS as Lawrence,
RUSSELL GOLD as Tomlinson,
JULIE BRUNO as the Phone Voice,
DAVE MORGAN as Boone,
PETE LUTZ as Kramer,
JAN ANDERSON as Bradley,
GLENN HIGBEE as Voice #1,
MAUREEN BOUTILIER as Voice #2,
JOHN CARL TOTH as Voice #3,
NANCY GERMAN as Voice #4, and
ELEIECE KRAWIEC as the Newscaster and Officer #2.

The script was written and produced by Mike Murphy.

Executive Producer and Webmaster: Capt. John Tadrzak.

Music for the series was composed and performed by William Chrapcynski. Please visit his website at www.pureshift.com.

Mixer: Jake Lewsey.

Special thanks to Pete Lutz and Joe Stofko.

Script Editor: Arlene Osborne.

Art Director: Alexa Chipman.

All the characters portrayed in this series are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. © 2019 by Misfits Audio Productions.

© 2019 by Misfits Audio. All rights reserved.

2 Comments to “Misfits Audio Presents: Mike Murphy’s STRANGE STORIES Episode 20, “Die Laughing””

  • Wow. This was so hard to listen to. It lacked any subtlety or nuance. I kept waiting for the twist that would balance this out, but nope.

    I would rate this 1 out of 10. It’s trying for social commentary but completely lacks nuance. Stereotyping is totally okay, according to this. You even used the phrase “politically correct,” which immediately gave away your motivations. Everyone has their “correct” language. There’s no peroneal responsibility in this. In your world, people should just say whatever they think, call it a joke, and suddenly consequences disappear.

    This could have started out the same but ended with a much more balanced approach from there on. Freedom of Speech has to come with personal responsibility.

    Britain has a version of the “Sensitivity Act,” and, while occasionally there are overzealous police mistakes (as there are with most laws), it doesn’t significantly reduce their freedom.

    Food for thought: Are jokes at others’ expense really so important, or is it a smokescreen for wanting to be hurtful.

    What’s so bad about laughter? Nothing, but laughter at the expense of others is bad for society, not the supposed heaven on earth you have made it out to be.

    Please find jokes that don’t insult people for who they are if you want to tell them. PLEASE! There are plenty of good comedians who do. People don’t die by being nice.

    I’m going to be very wary of any Misfits Audio production from now on. “They’re not so bad are they?” Well only to the people they don’t hurt.

  • Thank you actonmj74@gmail.com, for your feed back. I personally went back to our archives and listen to the audio in question.
    I wonder if you heard the lines in the beginning where it says that theses types of stories are “only as real as your mind makes it” and they could be from the future. We are not here to pass judgment on our writers, or how they title their stories. All the folks here are volunteers and no one receives any financial assistance. All cost are taken out from of my retirement money. Have you contributed to any of our hundreds of shows, It does take money to produces these, even if it was just to post them. So , if you can find some, that are of your interest, and would help contribute to those. I would pass it on to all those actors, post production people, overhead cost,etc. Maybe from your offer, I can pass out a penny to each one. If your a writer and want to spend hours writing, I would be glad to look over your writing.Course your work would be offered free for others to judge you. Be careful who you hurt.

    I hope you have a good day.
    Capt. John CEO Misfitsaudio

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