The Curia Chronicles Anthology

Steph Nelson and Jeff Durkin
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The Curia Chronicles Anthology is set in a world like ours, but with a sinister difference – a covert war between demons and the Curia, a secret organization of human demon hunters, has raged for centuries. Season One takes listeners through the turbulent decade of the 1960s. From the Cold War front lines of Vietnam and Berlin to the racial fault lines of the Deep South, demons and hunters fight for human souls. This anthology series has stories from both sides of the war and expands the lore of the novel The Curia Chronicles. Please follow us on BlueSky at stephandjeffwrites.bsky.social.

Episodes

  1. 01/27/2025

    Senora de la Noche (1960) 

    A demon hunter embarks on a covert mission to Mexico City. She partners with a fellow Curia hunter to kill an 1000 year-old demon, who leads a dark goddess cult with roots tracing back to the ancient Aztec civilization.

    39 min

  2. 01/27/2025

    Dixieland Requiem (1961)

    Freedom Riders come to the town of Gadsden, Alabama to spread the message of civil rights and racial equality. Waiting for them is a demon who has stirred up the local Ku Klux Klan to defend segregation and oppression.

    30 min

  3. 01/27/2025

    Norma and Marilyn (1962)

    Marilyn Monroe, an undercover agent of the Curia, helps hunters detect demons among the elite. After being intimate with JFK on his birthday, a powerful demon with ties to the Kennedy family targets her, sending an ex-CIA spy to hunt her down.

    33 min

  4. 01/27/2025

    Pontifex Demonicus (1963)

    Pope John XXIII has died. The hierarchy of the Catholic Church is gathering at the Vatican to choose his successor. But there is a snake in the garden - a demon trying to corrupt the process. Ruth, the angelic head of the Curia, asks a retired hunter to join her to kill the demon and save the Church. Will they succeed? Or will the next Pope answer to a Lower Power?

    34 min

  5. 01/27/2025

    All My Loving (1964)

    Beatlemania is in full swing and demons are taking advantage of the sex, drugs, and rock and roll culture. A demon targets a studious British student at Oxford, luring her to join him on the Beatles World Tour.

    39 min

  6. 01/27/2025

    Kalter Krieg (1965)

    Berlin. A divided city in a divided world. KGB agents host a secret meeting with the demonic overlord of opium production in Southeast Asia. The goal: flooding Europe with heroin. But there is a fly in the ointment – a group of Curia hunters ready to turn this slice of the Cold War hot.

    34 min

  7. 01/27/2025

    Elves in the Machine (1966)

    Turn on, tune in, and drop out. During the height of the hippie movement, a teenage runaway hitchhikes to San Francisco to find her father. She is targeted by a demon building a commune deep in the forests of northern California.

    41 min

  8. 01/27/2025

    Disappeared (1967)

    A hunter is sent to Buenos Aires. The mission: kill a demon who is part of the ruling junta. But this hunt is personal. The demon killed someone close to the hunter – and he wants revenge. This episode is the sequel to Senora de la Noche.

    32 min

  9. 01/27/2025

    One Night in Hue (1968)

    In war-weary Vietnam, a French hunter searches for a demon that he once loved. Torn between love and regret, he embarks on a journey to Hue to confront and kill her, battling the Viet Cong, American soldiers and his own inner demons.

    32 min

  10. 01/27/2025

    Age of Aquarius (1969)

    Woodstock. A gathering of the Tribes. The end of an era. Three days of music, sex, and drugs. The perfect place for a demon, looking to gain new converts. This episode is the sequel to Elves in the Machine.

    33 min
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The Curia Chronicles Anthology is set in a world like ours, but with a sinister difference – a covert war between demons and the Curia, a secret organization of human demon hunters, has raged for centuries. Season One takes listeners through the turbulent decade of the 1960s. From the Cold War front lines of Vietnam and Berlin to the racial fault lines of the Deep South, demons and hunters fight for human souls. This anthology series has stories from both sides of the war and expands the lore of the novel The Curia Chronicles. Please follow us on BlueSky at stephandjeffwrites.bsky.social.

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