A podcast about Nerd Culture (theater, music, games, Pop Culture, and all things people nerd out about) and MURDER!!!
Do you have an obsession or something you do that just drives people crazy? Do you find True Crime to be morbidly fascinating? Then join us every week as Zig discusses everything people obsess or nerd out about while Geoffrey gets dark on True Crime stories. New episodes drop every Sunday.
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Goodpods ranked this show:
#2 in the Top 100 Nerd Culture Podcast All Time Chart
#9 in the Top 100 Indie Theater All Time Chart
#22 in the Top 100 Theater All Time Chart
#41 in the Top 100 Indie Pop Culture All Time Chart
#86 in the Top 100 Pop Culture All Time Chart
Nerdery and Murdery: The Soundtrack Vol. 1
Nerdery and Murdery: The Soundtrack Vol. 1 is a collection of the music created for the closing segments of the Nerdery and Murdery podcast. Over time, the show experimented with different musical styles to match the many moods of curiosity, storytelling, and mystery that define each episode.
The result is a genre-spanning album featuring everything from alternative rock, heavy metal, and power ballads to electronic, gothic, country, Tejano, progressive rock, and even the eerie sounds of the show’s Halloween theme. Each track represents a different musical take on the spirit of the podcast and the energy that brings every episode to a close.
Whether driving, working, or following your own trail of curiosity, The Soundtrack Vol. 1 captures the eclectic personality of Nerdery and Murdery in musical form.
Available wherever you stream your music.
Signals and Shadows
Signals and Shadows continues the musical journey inspired by the world of Nerdery and Murdery. Built as a progressive rock concept album, it explores the tension between curiosity and mystery, the signals we follow when chasing knowledge, and the shadows that appear when answers remain just out of reach.
Driven by soaring synths, layered guitars, and cinematic instrumentals, the album moves through moments of discovery, chaos, investigation, and revelation. Each piece represents a different stage of the search for truth, echoing the investigative spirit that defines the podcast itself.
In the end, every mystery leaves a signal behind… and every signal casts a shadow.
Available wherever you stream your music.
Nerdery and Murdery: The Soundtrack Vol. 2
Nerdery and Murdery: The Soundtrack Vol. 2 continues the journey through the music that closes each episode of the Nerdery and Murdery podcast. Expanding on the eclectic foundation of the first volume, this collection brings together an even wider range of styles and moods that reflect the curiosity, storytelling, and atmosphere that define the show.
From campus rock and 80s-inspired anthems to heavy metal, cinematic pieces, Doctor Who-style soundscapes, and seasonal favorites, each track captures a different side of the podcast’s personality. The album also features selections from the progressive rock concept project Signals and Shadows, along with a special anniversary track released here for the first time ahead of the show’s milestone episode.
Included is the progressive rock piece “Starlight Engine Ascending,” designed to reflect a ship shifting in and out of hyperspace. Its abrupt transitions and structural breaks are intentional, capturing the instability and motion of that journey rather than following a traditional musical flow.
Whether you’re revisiting familiar themes or discovering new sounds, The Soundtrack Vol. 2 offers a deeper look into the evolving musical identity of Nerdery and Murdery.
Available wherever you stream your music.
The Pact of Ashes — Peace in Bati’Ma
In the smoldering aftermath of the Great War, as the earth still trembled with the memory of the Darkwave and the air carried the scent of charred stone and grief, the surviving leaders of the Elves, Dwarves, and Orks met in the blackened ruins of Bati’Ma, once the proud capital of the Bati.
Bati’Ma—shattered and hollow—was chosen deliberately. There, beneath collapsed spires and fractured obsidian arches, surrounded by the very consequences of unchecked ambition, the races signed what would become known as the Pact of Ashes.
It was not trust that brought them together, but the collective horror of what they had narrowly survived. In the shadow of devastation, they vowed: never again.
The Car Ah, believed extinct, were mourned as tragic victims of the Bati’s madness. The lost Orkish tribe was commemorated in a single stone pillar raised amid the ash, inscribed in a dozen languages, their name already fading from memory.
The alliance forged there, brittle at first, endured. It evolved over centuries into councils, treaties, shared cities, and—eventually—peace. Eight thousand years passed.
Firesign: An Elvish War Chronicle by Zig Curtis is available now.
What if your RPG characters suddenly became real?
And the fate of entire worlds depended on you?
In Prime Numbers, six lifelong friends who spent decades playing tabletop RPGs suddenly find themselves living the impossible. After a magical spell goes catastrophically wrong, they awaken in another world transformed into their in-game characters: Primus, Darkwind, Whisper, Athena, Khan, and Simon.
Now trapped in the sprawling city of Ominus, where magic and cybernetics collide, they must recover powerful artifacts before an ancient force destroys entire dimensions.
But this time it is not a game.
And their story is only just beginning.
Prime Numbers by Geoffrey H. Wright is available now.
The Darkwind Paradox (Coming Soon)
Some battles do not end when the fighting stops. The price always comes due.
Continuing the saga that began in Prime Numbers, Geoffrey H. Wright, returns to the world of Ominus with the highly anticipated sequel, The Darkwind Paradox.
The heroes who once saved the worlds must return to Ominus, where the consequences of their victory have begun to unfold. What awaits them is not another war, but something far more dangerous.
A place where reality bends, fear takes form, and the rules of both magic and technology begin to unravel. In Ominus, the line between chaos and order has always been fragile. Now that balance is beginning to fracture, and the heroes who once fought to save the worlds may be the only ones who can face what lies ahead.
Start the adventure with Prime Numbers, available now on Amazon.
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