When hikers report fog that moves against the wind and signs of something impossibly large roaming Wilder Ranch, Detective Billy Armi is drawn into a mystery rooted in ancestry, memory, and land that remembers too much. What begins as whispers of a woolly mammoth becomes a chilling confrontation with history repeating itself—proving that some places don't want answers… they want witnesses.

This episode of 1080 After Dark breaks from tradition in the strangest way possible. Instead of a full murder-mystery, Episode 75 dives into a series of ultra-short scripts—tiny stories, abrupt turns, and ideas that probably shouldn't have been explored after midnight… but were anyway. Some are dark, some are absurd, and some end before they even feel finished. No answers, no explanations—just micro-mysteries and, frankly, other bad ideas.

Episode 45 – Santa Clause in Cold Blood: The Death of The Harbor Master

Christmas at the Santa Cruz Harbor turns deadly when the Harbor Master is found strangled with a string of Christmas lights. Detective Billy Armi — coffee cup fused to his hand and patience wearing thin — is called in to untangle a case that threatens to ruin the season. With The Final Stanza leaving mocking poems at the scene and trying to frame Santa Claus for murder, Armi follows a trail of clues through fog, fake snow, and holiday madness. The showdown at the breakwater delivers one of the strangest confrontations yet, ending with a poem only Armi could recite. Christmas is saved… but just barely.

Episode 44: The Bumville Talent Show Tragedy- The Death of Alec Hale

When Sheriff Alec Hale turns up dead along the San Lorenzo River—face down, dusted with glitter, and clutching a rubber chicken—Detective Billy Armi is dragged into Bumville's strangest mystery yet. A vengeful poet known only as The Final Stanza appears to be back in town, leaving murderous verse etched into anything that doesn't move.

As Billy sorts through clues, Zach suddenly resurfaces after vanishing during the Walton Lighthouse Incident, claiming he's just returned from an underwater alien cornhole tournament. His bizarre intel only deepens the mystery.

EPISODE 43: Bigfoot in the Witness Protection Program

Deep in the woods, with only the sound of crickets for company, Detective Billy Armi meets his strangest witness yet—Bigfoot. The legendary creature has finally come forward with explosive testimony about the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa… and now the feds want to hide him in plain sight.

Under the watchful eye of Detective Armi, Bigfoot is being rebranded as Mr. Fonzerelli, complete with a fake ID, a comb, and a crash course in blending into suburbia. But it's hard to stay low-profile when you're eight feet tall, smell like pine tar, and can't resist howling at the moon during neighborhood barbecues.

Part hard-boiled noir, part absurd comedy, this forest-floor interrogation goes off the rails fast—as Detective Armi tries to protect the witness, keep his coffee warm, and figure out how to file paperwork on a guy who technically doesn't exist.

Episode 42: The Water Cooler Paradox

When Detective Billy Armi tries to rinse his coffee mug at the KSCO break room's new "hydration station," he accidentally triggers a particle accelerator and fuses himself to his cup.

EPISODE 41- The Concrete Ghost of Seacliff

When Detective Billy Armi accidentally rewarms his coffee in a microwave that's just come back from the tire shop, he finds himself aboard the SS Palo Alto during its roaring 1930s casino days—on the very night Harry Swanton is murdered.
As Armi chases a suspect through fog and jazz, the past and present collide, until a single ding from the microwave snaps him back to modern-day Santa Cruz—where the ship now lies broken in the surf, its ghosts still whispering through the waves.

Episode 40: B-Dead at Bingo

When a former KSCO caller—known for his loud opinions and ever-changing name—drops dead during bingo night at a retirement home, Detective Billy Armi is called in to investigate.

The scene? A Victorian hilltop mansion that inspired Psycho.
The cause of death? A rogue bingo ball.
The motive? Armi's still not sure anyone liked the guy enough to kill him on purpose.

With cold coffee in hand and cigarettes smoldering just outside the no-smoking zone, Armi untangles the final moments of a man who choked on his own ego… and a G-47.