What you'll learn

• 1 (00:00) **Introduction to Lore Alive** - Aaron Mankey announces a new immersive audio drama series for October, applying sound design and voice actors to true historical tales.
• 2 (02:01) **James Hatcher's Happy Marriage** - James narrates his humble beginnings, his love for his vibrant wife Octavia, and their early blissful years together.
• 3 (06:45) **Tragedy Strikes: The Loss of Jacob** - Their son Jacob is born in January 1891 but dies mere days later, plunging Octavia into devastating grief.
• 4 (10:44) **Octavia's Mysterious Illness** - While James is at work, Octavia's condition worsens; she develops a fever and slips into a coma-like sleep from which she cannot be woken.
• 5 (14:22) **The Sleeping Sickness Revealed** - James encounters Dr. McLean, who reveals that others in the area have fallen ill with the same symptoms: fever, fatigue, and an unbreakable sleep.
• 6 (16:53) **The Waking and the Horror** - People who had fallen into the sleeping sickness begin to wake up, leading James to a horrifying realization about Octavia's fate.
• 7 (19:36) **The Final Revelation** - James discovers that Octavia was not dead when buried; she woke in her coffin and fought desperately to escape, dying a terrifying second death.

+ Full timestamped outline available in the app