In the early morning hours of October 9th, 1995, Amtrak's Sunset Limited - which regularly traveled between coasts - slipped off of the tracks in rural Arizona.

As investigators began looking into the cause of this wreck, they discovered that this was no accident. A group (or an individual masquerading as a group) had conspired to make this derailment happen, leaving four copies of a rambling & poetic "manifesto" at the crime scene.

All four letters were signed with the same moniker: "Sons of the Gestapo" (or, abbreviated, "S.O.G."). Despite an investigation that has spanned more than two decades, looked into extremist groups across North America, and offered up a $310,000 reward, the train's saboteurs have never been identified.



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Music Credits

OKAM vs ps - "Exploring the Convoluted Singularity"

Squire Tuck - "What Will Be Will Be (Organ Remix)"

The Gateless Gate - "Approaching Snow Squall"

Graham Bole - "Nae Shaam"

How the Night Came - "I - HNO3"

ROZKOL - "The Fruit Will Rot"

Chris Zabriskie - "I Used to Need the Violence"

Alan Spiljak - "Forgotten"

Forlon - "Roembden Crater"

Other original music created and composed by Ailsa Traves