Urban Legends

As science progresses, as does our understanding of medicine. With that comes an ever-growing list of life saving operations for those in need - but with this, comes an ever growing list of people who require it. The waiting times for certain operations are unanimously too long around the world, with many requiring transplants to replace the certain organs they have that may be steamrolling its vessel into an early grave.As the internet progresses and expands the amount of information we receive on a daily basis, our understanding of the importance of such procedures and the dangers of the waiting times reach us all. It seems inevitable, with our often-cynical views of the world around us, that stories of a darker side of this incredible feat of science and medicine would arise, teasing our insecurities and fears. With many citizens of our capitalistic societies seeing tax for universal healthcare as theft, we can only imagine how horrifying it would be to find that thing that was stolen was a part of yourself. www.lrmordue.com/podcast

Almost every parent has left their children with a babysitter at some point in their adolescence, whether it be a relative, a family friend, or simply somebody found locally advertised.It doesn't matter how well you know them, how comfortable we feel in their competence and ability, there is always that niggling feeling of doubt… that fear the whisper so silently into your ear when you're trying to focus your energy elsewhere. The reminder that you are not aware of what is in the mind of the person you have placed in the care of your kin.A babysitter is not uncommon, going back for thousands of years across our ancestors - even crossing species into the animal kingdom as the wiser, more maternal of the group is entrusted to take care of the youths.As the parents of our children, we are entrusted to keep them safe, and in the short moments of our lives, we can trust these individuals to take over that mantle, if not only for an evening. Almost every single time, these fearful thoughts remain just that - thoughts - never to manifest into anything more than a silly worry in the back of a mother's head… but then there is always the question, what is it isn't the babysitter that we need to fear?www.lrmordue.com/podcast

We’ve all seen the scene in the American horror movies of young lovers parking up by the woods to awkwardly fumble around in private without the worry of parents or passers-by but they are almost always disturbed; occasionally this disturbance is simply natures calling, as the male counterpart of the two heads off to relieve himself, leaving the woman alone to impatiently wait in the darkness of the car. Other times they are disturbed by a curious noise outside, luring the male away in search for answers.This narrative feels so real to us as so many of us attempted to seek refuge from our parent’s gaze in our younger years, finding a place to park up and smoke, hang out, have sex, or simply play music into the night. Our first cars give us that feeling of ownership, that space is yours and yours alone, it is your home away from home. A teenager with a sudden feeling of independence will push it to its limits as they attempt to stretch their legs in this newfound world of adulthood. There is an element of safety that comes from sitting inside of a car; people will shout and scream from behind the steering wheel with a confidence that would never manifest itself without the steel box they were inside but in truth, we all know deep down that we are not safe from the outside world and our confidence is built on a naïve landscape. What if, as we hid from the world to create our own temporary teenage utopia, we also hid ourselves from safety? What if, as we seek out the darkness, the darkness found us?www.lrmordue.com/podcast