Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
After an explosive murder case gone wrong, Detective Juno Steel is in the market for some slower work. His next client promises something quiet: a routine find-the-cheating-husband job. Well… it should be routine. But if your missing man heads one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies on Mars, his biggest secret always runs much deeper than an affair. Before he knows it Juno Steel is in a race against the clock and a mysterious stranger to find that secret first – or this runaway husband might not return home in one piece.
Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.
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Music:
"Solito" by Coffee Europe: dig.ccmixter.org/files/coffeeeurope/26019
“La Tripleta” by virtualdjmax feat. DrFox: dig.ccmixter.org/files/virtualdjmax/16150
Sound Effects:
“Lock.wav” by House of Junk: freesound.org/people/yadronoff/sounds/320408
“Fist Punch 3” by CGEfffex: freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/89769
“Paper Money 01.wav” by LG: freesound.org/people/LG/sounds/30231
“ClothFoleyGrab.aif” by bennychico11: freesound.org/people/bennychico11/sounds/44408
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After an explosive murder case gone wrong, Detective Juno Steel is in the market for some slower work. His next client promises something quiet: a routine find-the-cheating-husband job. Well… it should be routine. But if your missing man heads one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies on Mars, his biggest secret always runs much deeper than an affair. Before he knows it Juno Steel is in a race against the clock and a mysterious stranger to find that secret first – or this runaway husband might not return home in one piece.
Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.
Attribution:
Music:
"Solito" by Coffee Europe: dig.ccmixter.org/files/coffeeeurope/26019
“La Tripleta” by virtualdjmax feat. DrFox: dig.ccmixter.org/files/virtualdjmax/16150
Sound Effects:
“Lock.wav” by House of Junk: freesound.org/people/yadronoff/sounds/320408
“Fist Punch 3” by CGEfffex: freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/89769
“Paper Money 01.wav” by LG: freesound.org/people/LG/sounds/30231
“ClothFoleyGrab.aif” by bennychico11: freesound.org/people/bennychico11/sounds/44408
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

![2.04: Juno Steel and the Lesson Learned (Part 1)
Working for a man as connected as Ramses O’Flaherty means access to places nobody else gets to go… or wants to, as it turns out. Because on this case Ramses is sending Juno into the Fortezza, Hyperion City’s prison for criminal genius, to stop a murder before it can be committed.
Who’s the victim, you ask? Well… Ramses, of course.
Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your journey.
(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)
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Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
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Kind of Girl by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: http://ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657
“quiet autumn downtown street 03.wav” by klankbeeld http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/352124/ “MinoltaV300Zoom4.flac” by kwahmah_02 http://www.freesound.org/people/kwahmah_02/sounds/264104/ “elevator, the elevator closing, the opening of the elevator floor signal” by mario1298 http://www.freesound.org/people/mario1298/sounds/155643/ “18 Footsteps on wood; present; near; second floor.wav” by juanlopz08 http://www.freesound.org/people/juanlopz08/sounds/389502/ “Analog alarm clock” by bone666138 http://www.freesound.org/people/bone666138/sounds/198841/ “Large Crash.wav” by CGEffex http://www.freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/99960/ “Rattly metal elevator [binaural recording]” by Tomlija http://www.freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/198787/ “Retro elevator” by qubodup http://www.freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/216744/ “Train stop” by MrAuralization http://www.freesound.org/people/MrAuralization/sounds/265492/ “Spinning Cable 192kHz.wav” by JarredGibb http://www.freesound.org/people/JarredGibb/sounds/219031/ “ding.wav” by Corsica_S http://www.freesound.org/people/Corsica_S/sounds/91926/ “Rope pull.wav” by Huggy13ear http://www.freesound.org/people/Huggy13ear/sounds/138958/Probably Shouldnt by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/55527 Ft: Mr_Yesterday “Footsteps, Concrete, A.wav” by InspectorJ http://www.freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/336598/ “NYPD Police Scanner.mp3” by FlyinEye http://www.freesound.org/people/FlyinEye/sounds/160220/ “Door Squeak 3” by Sandermotions http://www.freesound.org/people/Sandermotions/sounds/369000/ “Insectobot Scanning” by RICHERlandTV http://www.freesound.org/people/RICHERlandTV/sounds/362830/
Trigger warnings:
- Sudden loud noises
- Depictions and descriptions of violence and death
- Self-harm
- Close, claustrophobic spaces
- Depictions of illness
- Kidnapping/forced incarceration
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