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This is Chris Cuylla, creator of Dirt and audio drama. Just a quick note before the show

gets going to say thank you for listening.

Dirt is a scripted and full cast mystery with cliffhangers, suspense, diverse settings,

family nostalgia, strange phenomena, and modern day themes.

The story begins in one place, but by the time chapter three begins, it's in quite another. I sincerely hope you'll get

into the story and stay with it. Season 4 is just beginning, so there's plenty to binge and enjoy.

You can check out our show trailer to get a feel for what's ahead, or visit dirtadroma.com

for behind-the-scenes information, a chance for a free dirt sticker,

and much more. Thank you for taking the ride with us.

Dirt, an audio drama, is a production of Studio 5705.

Chapter 1

Sometime around the year 2010, a man in his 80s named Forrest Fenn

hit a chest full of treasure somewhere in America's Rocky Mountain Range, and lots of

people went looking for it, all over the West. It's not hard to understand why.

The contents of the chest were reported to be worth between one and five million dollars.

And according to Fen, an antiques collector and art dealer who was based in Santa Fe, New Mexico,

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