Creepy America Episode 2: The Things We Leave Behind

By Noah Hoffmann

"There's an America you never knew existed..."

A series of horror short-stories, "Creepy America" recounts the webshow of the same name. Filmed, edited, and published by friends Zoey and Liam, the two traveled from state to state trying to find the truth behind the strange happenings, local hauntings, and urban legends all across the continental United State. Told years later from the perspective of Liam, these tales describe the events that transpired on the show, from the evolving friendship of the two co-hosts to the vast conspiracy uncovered piece by piece as more and more secrets are uncovered.

In the second installment, Liam relates the problems the show came across in its early days, from planning the show to the friction that results in cohabitation, as well as the subject matter of the second episode. Have you ever thought about what happens to the trash you throw away? You may not want to know the answer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Noah Hoffmann
• Release date: Sep 29, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463122303

Noah Hoffmann

A mild-mannered truck driver by day, I spend my nights writing mostly at an attempt to convince the last few shreds of sanity I have not to jump ship with the rest. When I'm not doing that, you can usually find me playing tabletop rpgs, raiding the "50 cents" section of bookstores, and generally committing similar acts to solidify my reputation as a "huge nerd." Otherwise, my time is spent caring for my loving and intelligent-deficit dog Slade and yelling at you for cutting me off in traffic.

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Creepy America: Episode 2

The Things We Leave Behind

By Noah Hoffmann

Published by Noah Hoffmann and distributed by Smashwords.

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Episode 2

Creepy America

Episode 2

The Things We Leave Behind

Three Rivers, Michigan

When Creepy America was enjoying one of its peaks in popularity, we were interviewed by a magazine reporter. After talking about our daily routine of drive, research, edit, plan, film, edit again, publish, update our platforms, sleep, and repeat, he gave a long whistle. Wow, that must be stressful, huh?

I don’t know about that, Zoey had said. Creepy America’s never really been stressful. Exhausting? Yes. Dangerous? Often. Scary? All the time. But the whole thing’s such a wonderful adventure that it's never really taken a toll on us.

I like the way she said it, and I’m repeating it now, because without that context, you won’t understand why we put up with the living hell that was our lives until we finished our second episode.

Two days after I told Zoey I was coming with, I came over to her house to go over her itinerary.

There wasn’t one.

Zoey, in typical Zoey fashion, had spent more time wish-listing  cameras and buying forks than she did planning where she was going to go and what she was going to do. I think part of her thought she was just going to get on the road and pull over at whatever stop looked interesting. That was guaranteed to end in disaster, so I put it on myself to schedule stops, plan rests, and list possible episode topics. Considering that our goal was to hit every single state in the continental U.S ., it  was a daunting task.

Then, of course, there was the issue of money. We managed to get the now infamous 1989 Winnebago Chieftain at quite a deal; part of it was because Zoey’s uncle sold it to us, and part of it was because it was a 1989 Winnebago Chieftain. Reliable, but not exactly sexy.

We learned pretty quick ly that you can’t just buy an R.V. and drive it to lands unknown. There’s a million and one things you need to get just to make the thing functional: propane tanks to heat water and the interior kitchen, surge protectors to make sure the