What you'll learn

• 1 (00:36) **Introduction: The Horror of Non-Human Threats** - Host David Cummings sets up the theme of the episode: stories where the horror comes from non-human life forms, not from people.
• 2 (04:31) **Story 1: "The Widow's Spiders" Begins** - John, a young man who hates spiders, is at risk of being chosen by the Widow, a woman whose spiders are vital to the village's survival.
• 3 (09:43) **John is Taken and Confronts the Widow** - The Widow's spiders choose John, cocoon him, and bring him to her cottage, where he defiantly says he will never be hers.
• 4 (17:16) **John's Seduction and the Husband's Revelation** - John agrees to sleep in the Widow's bed, hoping to escape, but is shocked to find her husband, Richard, is still alive and has been orchestrating the scheme.
• 5 (21:54) **John is Cocooned and Learns the Truth** - John is cocooned in a barn with the skeletal remains of the previous "fathers," and the Widow, Adele, explains the horrific cycle of her life.
• 6 (35:23) **The Climax and a Bittersweet Ending** - John's newborn spiderlings, who hate spiders, devour the Widow and Richard, while Ma is revealed to be alive, though paralyzed.
• 7 (42:10) **Story 2: "The Cathedral of Blood and Bone" Begins** - The story introduces Kisa, an oblate who lives in the corpse of a giant star beast, which has been repurposed as a cathedral and a source of vital biological resources.

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