+272 // Cosmic Family

When Mikayla Paulus and Adam Simjee stopped to help a mysterious stranded motorist on the side of the road in Alabama’s Talladega National Forest, they assumed they could jump her car battery and be on their way within minutes. But when that failed, the woman pulled a gun on them and forced them into the woods, where she had apparently been living for months. What first appeared to be a simple robbery would soon lead investigators and journalists into a complicated web of similar incidents, all seemingly connected to an eccentric online spiritual guru…

Written by Sam Foster, Edited and Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway.

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Music & Sound Effect Sources

• Opening Track: “Unveiled” by Michael Rothery

• Closing Tracks: “Peaceful Conversation” by Franz Gordon, “Death Whistle OUTRO” by Michael Ojibway

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