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Items and artifacts

81 pages, grouped by the case they belong to.

Across several cases

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Andrew's pendant Andrew's pendant is the protective religious necklace worn by Andrew Howard, a small metal piece that absorbs harm and repels attackers, and which he never takes off.
Andrew's satchel Andrew's satchel is the beat-up leather bag carried by Andrew Howard, which holds all of his possessions and, as the campaign goes on, visibly more than it should.
Church mace The church mace is a canister issued to Andrew Howard by his church, which looks like a can of pepper spray but sprays a "nothing" that passes through matter, erasing or severing whatever is in its path and leaving...
Flashlight weapon The flashlight weapon is a flashlight-shaped beam device of unknown origin that fires a blinding blue-purple flash, sets targets alight and burns even water; the team first meets it in the hands of Agent Murphy and...

Radford, Virginia

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1961 Lincoln Continental The 1961 Lincoln Continental is the black, ticket-covered Continental hardtop that the FBI lent to the task force as its road-trip car on the way to Radford.
Abe's radio Abe's radio is a small receive-only AM/FM Circuit City radio on the windowsill of Abelforth Whateley's preserved bedroom, tuned to the same late-night station as the Pay n' Stay clerk's Art Bell show.
Amanda's diary Amanda's diary is the diary of Amanda Lucky, found in her bedroom with every page removed, a fact her parents did not know.
Amanda's prescriptions Amanda's prescriptions are the hidden stash of Xanax and opioid pills found in a hollow bedpost in Amanda Lucky's bedroom, labeled with Dr.
Atolean Paranatural Index The Atolean Paranatural Index is a ranking of places by UFO and cryptid sightings and disappearances per capita, which turned up in the background reading for the Paranatural Incident Task Force and marks Radford,...
The bug in Dr. Lori's vent The bug in Dr.
Bug-out briefcase The bug-out briefcase is an escape kit hidden in a heat vent under Dick "The Biz" Baxter's bed, holding cash, Swiss francs, a cheap revolver, a change of clothes and a Swiss passport in the name of "Noah Mueller."
Dean Lawson's heroin and cash Dean Lawson's heroin and cash is the buried $40,000 and the briefcase of four heroin parcels that the task force dug up at the Lawson cabin outside Radford, then kept and spent.
Diner security tape The diner security tape is a VHS recording from the Lonely Mountain Diner's camera that shows a gray van crew raiding the Douglas Pinball Emporium, and that Kurt copied and hid in a hollow tree.
Dr. Lori's patient files Dr.
Kurt's spear gun Kurt's spear gun is a single-shot, cabled harpoon gun that Kurt carries as "sporting goods equipment." It killed the rabid mouse, alarmed airport security and became a talking point in the lawsuit that followed the...
Missing agents' map The missing agents' map is a map of the woods around Radford, found in the missing FBI team's abandoned camp, marked with irregular polygons and one illegible scribble.
Murphy's briefcase and documents Murphy's briefcase and documents are the briefcase, fragmentary papers, wireless telegraph and NSA identification belonging to the man who called himself Agent Murphy.
OJ the stuffed alien OJ the stuffed alien is a 25-pound plush alien, sent to Huell as a prank by his former narcotics colleagues, which became the task force's mascot.
Pearlescent goo Pearlescent goo is a bitter, compost-scented slime that the team found on a tree in the Safe Environment Fund's fenced site and again above the window of the Douglas Pinball Emporium's office.
Pink butterfly hair tie The pink butterfly hair tie is a small hair tie with a pink butterfly, found in the couch of the Augustine barn, that matches one found in Amanda Lucky's blood-matted hair.
Shadow poncho The shadow poncho is a nearly weightless, dark, see-through garment of surprising strength that the team took from a stranger they captured in the woods after the Radford church fire.
Spaceman suit The spaceman suit is the homemade, Mercury-and-Apollo-style spacesuit worn in the Radford Radio Shack robbery and later seen on a figure running into the woods; the team found it discarded in the Whateley cellar.
Triangular craft The triangular craft is a crashed triangular aircraft embedded in the site of a destroyed farmhouse in Oryol Oblast, Russia, which Boris Yeltsin asked the Biz to examine.
White powder White powder is the faint chalky residue, accompanied by a "terrarium" smell, that Andrew Howard collected at the clearing where the blood trail of the Radford creature ended.
Wilbur's journal Wilbur's journal is the notebook of Wilbur Whateley recording how he found and raised a monstrous moth larva, handed to the task force by the sheriff at the end of the Radford case.

The Summer Service

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Anti-worm agent canister The anti-worm agent canister is a half-empty metal spray canister of liquid poison that the radio contact left on the freeway outside Marblehead, which the team handed to the National Guard as a "worm cure".
The Biz's Buick Regal The Biz's Buick Regal is the 1986 Buick that Dick "The Biz" Baxter drives in The Summer Service, first as the carrier of a severed arm and later as a roof-cut mount for the Davy Crockett.
Communion wine The communion wine is the fishy "local variety" of sacramental wine served by the Sons of Adam church in Marblehead, which turns out to be swimming with the worm parasite.
Crystal marbles The crystal marbles are perfectly spherical, clear, warm and extremely hard spheres hoarded by several members of the Marblehead church, one of which the Biz pockets and insists is a diamond.
EPA field journal The EPA field journal is an EPA-branded notebook of cryptic shorthand, left behind by the missing survey scientists and found under a shelf in the lighthouse basement.
Ivermectin Ivermectin is the veterinary dewormer that McManley recommends against the Marblehead worm infection, which Henry fetches from Salem and which strips Huell of his worm-given strength.
M28 Davy Crockett The M28 Davy Crockett is a decommissioned man-portable tactical nuclear recoilless rifle with a W54 warhead, supplied to Kurt by his arms-dealer contact Carter and fired by Huell at the glowing creature in The Summer...
Police walkie-talkie The police walkie-talkie is a police-style radio with its transmit button taped down, left on a table just inside the lighthouse door, which the team treats as a bug or trap.
The severed arm The severed arm is a bloated human forearm in a black turtleneck sleeve and glove, found among dead fish on the Marblehead beach at the start of The Summer Service.
Sons of Adam Bible The Sons of Adam Bible is the thick, self-published Bible of the Marblehead church, with added Lemuria and Eden material, which the team is offered by the innkeeper at the end of The Radford Horror.
Survey team's field notes The survey team's field notes are the journal and contact list that the missing EPA/USGS survey team left behind at their lodgings in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and which the task force uses to start its...
Two sets of financial books The two sets of financial books are a pair of nearly identical sets of town accounts that Huell finds in Arnold Weathers's upstairs bedroom, beside a shoebox of clear marbles.

The Things in Appalachia

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Bag of Peaches The Bag of Peaches is the sack of peaches found in the middle of the woods near Auraria, the only physical evidence of Willow Greengrass's disappearance, which Sheriff Burke kept in his station's evidence locker.
The Biz's Night-vision Goggles The Biz's Night-vision Goggles are Dick Baxter's night-vision monocular, a PVS-7.
Chewbacca Costume The Chewbacca Costume is the expensive Chewbacca-style costume, stolen from Apollo's dry cleaners, in which an ex-military hoaxer was found executed on Frotter Comstock's land.
Child's Tennis Shoe The Child's Tennis Shoe is the German-looking child's shoe found at the bottom of the hidden elevator shaft beneath the Consolidated Gold Mine, the only trace of missing boy Frederick.
Claymore Mine The Claymore mine is a directional anti-personnel mine carried by Kurt Larson.
Covenant Peach Preserves The Covenant Peach Preserves are the fermented peach jam and the hallucinogenic, fungus-laced peach drink produced by the Covenant, the religious community living in the ghost town of Auraria, Georgia.
Cryptogram Secret Menu The Cryptogram Secret Menu is a handwritten sheet of cipher symbols that the counter worker at the original Spud Hut keeps in a briefcase locked with two keys and hands to the team as "the menu".
Dead Man's Briefcase The Dead Man's Briefcase is a false-lined case holding about $10,000 in banded cash and a slot for a high-caliber handgun.
Folded Face The Folded Face is the peeled-off face of a dead man, found stuck to the wall of a blood-splattered cave outside Dahlonega.
Gene's Shoe Gene's Shoe is the red, white-soled child's shoe of the missing boy Gene Cartwright, found hanging high in a tree with a tuft of pale hair caught in its laces.
Gold Bars The Gold Bars are the hundreds of pounds of cast gold stacked on a kitchen table in a room beneath Dahlonega.
HF Lighter The HF Lighter is a bloody stainless-steel lighter, marked "HF" in Sharpie, that Andrew Howard finds clutched in his own hand after waking in the woods outside Dahlonega.
Ketamine Ketamine is the sedative that the handlers in Jan's Conspiracy use to keep the ape-men of the Dahlonega gold mines docile and focused, and that Kurt Larson turns against them to get the party past a mining shift.
SHA Tracking Device The SHA Tracking Device is a blinking red electronic tag on a ragged leather band, etched "Inventory Control, SHA Tracking, SS994-0851".
Spud Hut Menu The Spud Hut Menu is the roughly 100 numbered stuffed-potato "specials" served at the original Spud Hut in Dahlonega, covering nearly every cuisine and recited from memory by the counter worker.
Spud Hut Truck The Spud Hut Truck is a Georgia Regional Distribution Center delivery truck that crashes off the freeway after its driver is attacked in the cold open of Appalachia 07.
Spy Camera and Microphone The Spy Camera and Microphone are a covert recording microphone and a compact hidden film camera that Dick "The Biz" Baxter collected from a KGB dead drop and planted in room 111 of the Smith Hotel in Dahlonega, Georgia.
White Rabbit Pelt The White Rabbit Pelt is the gutted skin of a white rabbit that Huell Kendrick retrieved from a treetop near the spot where the Circle Chasers filmed a rabbit being snatched.

The Walkers in Skin

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Alberta's box Alberta's box is the carton of documents and tapes that Alberta Wilmarth leaves with Andrew Howard when she asks him to force an exhumation of her dead mother, and which sets The Walkers in Skin in motion.
Anonymous note The anonymous note, also called the "angels" note, is an unsigned message left in Andrew Howard's bed in Ballard that lures him alone to the high school gym at 1 a.m.
Betsy Betsy is the elderly, putt-putting squad car that Roosevelt's police department lends the task force after their rental van is destroyed, and which becomes the team's vehicle for the rest of the Ballard case.
Bigelow's recordings Bigelow's recordings are the tape reels, VHS tapes and hard drives on which Robert Bigelow's staff log instrument data and camera footage from the Sherman Ranch, including the footage of the car lifting and the white...
Flame light The flame light is the fiery flashlight weapon that Kurt Larson uses in the final battle at the Roosevelt community center and in the cavern; it sears whatever it is aimed at and finally melts itself from overuse.
Ground-penetrating radar The ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a push-mower-sized radar unit that the task force rents from the equipment dealer Drebin and uses to scan the ground under the Sherman Ranch and the grave of Shelly Wilmarth.
Killdozer The killdozer is Ned Simpson's home-welded armored bulldozer, fitted with machine guns, pipe bombs and a flamethrower, which joins the National Guard convoy and leads the charge on the Roosevelt community center.
Kurt's P90 Kurt's P90 is the FN P90 submachine gun, nicknamed "Bessie," that Kurt Larson acquires before the Utah trip and carries throughout the Ballard case, where it is coveted, repeatedly dropped, lent out and finally...
Pilot organ in Tupperware The pilot organ in Tupperware is the iridescent, brain-like organ that Donald McManley cuts from the skull of a dead skinwalker host at the Roosevelt police station, and which the duplicate Andrew Howard takes charge...
Plymouth Voyager The Plymouth Voyager is the wood-panelled 1990 rental minivan that the task force collects in Salt Lake City, which stalls at dusk at the Sherman Ranch, is lifted away overnight, and turns up wrecked and magnetized...
What I Need When I Need It bag The What I Need When I Need It bag is the satchel or fanny pack through which Andrew Howard uses his Divine playbook ability of the same name, pulling out any small object he could plausibly own.

The Roulet Estate

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The Agents' Car The Agents' Car is the vehicle in which Diane drove the task force to Rhode Island; it loses its battery, is stolen by the Roulet Intruder, and is eventually recovered at a pharmacy parking lot.
Attic Polaroids The Attic Polaroids are a collection of instant photographs of sleeping people pinned to the walls of the hidden attic lair in the Roulet House.
Beta Blockers Beta Blockers are a prescription medication that links the Roulet Intruder's attic lair to the Brooks pharmacy siege.
Foam-Latex Alien Mask The Foam-Latex Alien Mask is the grey-alien prosthetic head, with huge black eyes and an oversized skull, worn by the Brooks pharmacy gunman, whose unmasking shows the "alien" to be a human in costume.
Foil-Wrapped Letter The Foil-Wrapped Letter is an anonymous letter and pencil sketch of trees, sent in a foil-lined envelope by a Keely Network contact, that sends the task force to Exeter, Rhode Island.
Green Slurry Green Slurry is a homemade, highly concentrated peyote preparation, kept in a jar with an eyedropper in the hidden attic lair of the Roulet House.
Mosin-Nagant The Mosin-Nagant is the heavy wooden rifle that the masked Brooks pharmacy gunman uses to kill a police officer and wound the Biz and Huell.
Visitation Tapes The Visitation Tapes are the Roulets' labelled VHS tapes, kept in a huge rack in the living room of the Roulet House, some of which are labelled as records of alien visitations.
VSS Rifle The VSS Rifle is a Soviet-era suppressed rifle that the Roulet Intruder uses to shoot Huell and Andrew and then drops by the river, where Andrew picks it up.
Wedding Photos The Wedding Photos are a sheet of old wedding photographs, the only thing left in the bedroom safe of the Roulet House, which let the agents identify Margaret Roulet's body by her ring.

Philosopher's Fist (non-canon)

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Derk's Flag Derk's Flag is the cape-sized butcher-paper flag that Derk draws on the floor of the Public Library for the Flag Contest.
Detector Wand The Detector Wand is the guards' handheld superhuman and metal detector at the Presidential Event Hall.
Mirabeth's Parasol Mirabeth's Parasol is the clear collapsible umbrella that Mirabeth carries as part of her gear.
The Oil Pyramid The Oil Pyramid is the essential-oil multi-level-marketing scheme that Mirabeth invents on the spot at the pre-event social.
Philosopher's Stone The Philosopher's Stone is the grand prize of the World Martial Arts Tournament and the reason Derk enters.

Minor entries

Smaller subjects are collected on list pages, one per case.