Pest Control

The employees of Scionwood track their quarry deep into the earth, but they had better watch their step…

Doug listens to his better-half. Isadora struggles with her snake-half. Kiwi finds herself in charge of both halves.

(Content warnings: Imprisonment, body horror, fire, burns, darkness, body horror/gore. For time-stamped SFX warnings, please see the end of the episode description)

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Keeper - Sam Richardson (He/him)
Doug Vespa, The Mundane - Jonas Newhouse (They/them) 

Kai Li, The Pararomantic - William White (They/she)

Isadora Tripoli, The Monstrous - Sam Darr (She/They)

NPCs
Bitter (he/they) -  A mysterious figure encountered by the employees in Solekspil.  Native American.  Dimpled smile. Focused, green eyes. Wears a suit and keeps his hair in a short ponytail. Recently revealed to be a dragon working for an organization called MAIN.

GROUPS
Scionwood - A former subsidiary of VaccuCon that was lost in a mysterious Forest between 2019 and 2026.
Custodial - Scionwood's general cleanup division.
GRAND - Genetic Research and Applied Needs Division. Scionwood's premiere scientific division.
MMPRR - Monsters, Myriads, and Phenomenon Recovery and Replacement Division. Secretive division responsible for mind-wiping and human-centred cleanup.
TRPPR - Tactical Response and Protection for Paranormal Research. Scionwood's muscle, responsible for security and the capture of paranormal creatures or phenomena deemed worthy of investigation.

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CREDITS
Audio editing by Sam Richardson
Audio mixing by William White
Original music by William White & Jonas Newhouse
Cover art by Alejandro Guarin
Logo by Meghan Murphy

Sound Effect Specific Content Warnings:
3:24 - Mechanical Shifting & Bubbling
3:53 to 6:07 - Rain
4:31 - Gravel/Rocks
4:46 - Gravel/Rocks
7:47 to 8:17 - Rain
10:16 to 10:37 - Rain
10:30 - Scraping, Digging through Dirt and Leaves
12:05 to 33:31 - Rain
12:07 - Scraping, Digging through Dirt and Leaves
13:59 to 14:39 - High Pitched Pulsing, Low Drone
14:09 - Knife Foley with Gore and Fire
14:29 - Reverse Metallic Fragment with Rising Dark Note
14:40 - Hollow, High Pitched Drone
16:37 - Layered Voice with Reverb
17:06 - Low, Breathy Drone
18:56 - Flask Opening
25:21 - Metal Hit w/Stone Rubbing
26:03 - Flask Opening
27:54 - Gun Cock
28:50 - Gun Cock
29:18 to 33:32 - Echoey Water Drips
34:32 to 35:07 - Echoey Water Drips
34:55 - Flowing Water
35:04 - Earth Shaking and Scratching
39:21 - Cavernous Reverbed Voice
39:44 - Music Cue Jumpscare
39:50 - Gravel/Rocks
39:54 to 43:17 - Flowing Water
41:10 to 42:51 - Cavernous Reverbed Voices
42:40 - Mechanical Shifting & Bubbling
46:11 to 49:49 - Flowing Water
46:13 - Cavernous Reverbed Voice
49:25 - High Pitched Horror Music Cue
50:55 - Gravel/Rocks
51:44 - Slam Impact with Heavy Howling Music Cue
51:59 to 52:17 - Cavernous Reverbed Voices
55:14 - Mechanical Shifting & Bubbling
55:34 - Cavernous Reverbed Voice
56:02 - Flowing Water
56:15 - Panning Left to Right Icing Over, Freezing Breath
56:22 - Prickly Freezing Sounds
56:30 - Icing Over, Freezing Breath
59:22 - Deep Pulsing Music Cue
1:00:02 - Fire
1:00:33 - Fire
1:03:12 - Cavernous Reverbed Voice
1:03:15 - Fire/Burning
1:03:35 to 1:05:35 - Cavernous Reverbed Voices
1:06:49 - Reverbed Click
1:08:18 to 1:08:30 - High Pitched Pulsing, Low Drone with Electricity/Sparks
1:09:25 - Cavernous Reverbed Voice
1:09:52 - Mechanical Shifting
1:10:13 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking
1:10:26 to 1:12:05 - Cavernous Reverbed Voices
1:10:39 - Reverbed Click
1:11:01 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking
1:11:15 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking with Radio Filtered Voice with Reverb
1:15:06 - Layered Voice with Reverb
1:16:48 - Mechanical Shifting with Fleshy Gore
1:18:04 to 1:25:45 - Cavernous Reverbed Voices
1:18:50 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking with Radio Filtered Voice with Reverb
1:20:46 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking
1:20:55 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking
1:21:56 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking with Radio Filtered Voice with Reverb
1:22:13 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking with Radio Filtered Voice with Reverb
1:22:41 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking
1:22:49 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking
1:22:54 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking with Radio Filtered Voice with Reverb
1:24:09 - Paper/Page Flipping with Reverb
1:24:27 - Quick Flashing Riser
1:24:32 - Reverse Whoosh
1:24:58 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking
1:25:01 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking with Reverse Whoosh
1:25:32 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking
1:25:45 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking
1:25:47 - Radio Static and Signal Clicking with Radio Filtered Voice with Reverb
1:25:58 - Mechanical Shifting with Fleshy Gore

Pest Control is an actual-play tabletop horror RPG podcast produced in association with AltHaven. Our third season uses the "Monster of the Week" system as well as other indie tabletop games in order to tell the story of Scionwood, a sinister organization responsible for imprisoning, researching, and developing products from the abilities of paranormal creatures.