38.4 LOST AT SEA: "Cakes and Flowers"
Fireside Mystery Theatre
Fireside Mystery Theatre
4.5 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2018
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
"Cakes and Flowers" was recorded live at The Slipper Room in NYC on January 28th, 2018\. It's the final part of our series of nautical nightmares, **Lost at Sea**.
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Cast:
Kacie Laforest as Luke Topham
Mary Murphy as Marigold Molly
Alain Laforest as Edward Topham
Ali Silva as Peri Fentwick
David Linton as Mr. Larder
Eirik Davey-Gislason as Pembroke
James Rieser as Leonard Druskett
Michael Pate as Nathan Proud
Song:
“I Cover The Waterfront” by Johnny Green and Edward Heyman
Performed by Susan O’Dea accompanied by Jason Yeager
Poem:
"Ocean Home"
Written and performed by David Linton
Radio play by Silbin Sandovar
Directed by Holly Payne-Strange
Musical score improvised by Steve Blanco
Sound Effects Designer and Engineer: Greg Russ
Technical Director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Theme music by Jason Graves
Post-production audio & podcast production by Ali Silva
Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva for Fireside Mystery Productions
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| 0:00.0 | A lonely fishing village of long ago, lazy and lost in time, lulling and soothing, its memory ebbing with each turning of the tide. |
| 0:14.9 | Small rooftops bleached and worn by the sun, the gentle pounding of the surf, and a lonesome lighthouse not far in the distance. |
| 0:24.5 | Listen, look, it's a melancholy paradise. |
| 0:29.8 | It's all so beautiful a sight to take in that it begs the question. |
| 0:34.5 | How is it that we are worthy of such wonders? |
| 0:40.2 | Perhaps in truth, as we learn in the following tale, we are not really worthy at all. Cakes and Flowers was recorded live in New York |
| 0:47.1 | City on January 28, 2018. It was part of our collection of nautical nightmares lost at sea. |
| 1:00.6 | It seems that every year certain odd items make the rounds of the ongoing news cycle. |
| 1:09.0 | Stories about bizarre, unidentifiable carcasses of giant sea creatures pop up periodically. |
| 1:17.6 | Most recently, we found a story that the Washington Post broke in May of 2017. |
| 1:24.2 | A 50-foot creature, an animal so strange, it's difficult to describe for you verbally, |
| 1:32.3 | was found washed ashore on a beach in Indonesia. |
| 1:36.0 | Many people photographed the mysterious beast with their smartphones, |
| 1:39.9 | and these pictures were shared around the world hoping to finally give credence to the existence of sea monsters, |
| 1:46.6 | or at the very least, more of a hint at what lies in the vast universe unknown to us at the ocean's floor. |
| 1:55.6 | Alas, it is often the case with these stories. |
| 1:59.6 | Scientists are quick to debunk or demystify these discoveries. |
| 2:05.1 | George Leonard, chief scientist at the Ocean Conservancy, |
| 2:08.5 | was quoted as saying that the corpse probably was a very badly decomposed baleen whale |
| 2:15.8 | based on its skeleton and the presence of Baleen, a filter feeder mouth |
| 2:21.1 | system. Well, take Mr. Leonard's word for it, but for now, take our word regarding the following |
| 2:29.8 | story. It will tease your imagination and make you look twice next time you step barefoot out into the bay. |
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