Minor items and artifacts: Radford (The Radford Horror and The Radford Horrors)¶
This page lists the minor objects, evidence and gear of the two Radford arcs.
Alien-abduction illustration book¶
Andrew finds a book of amateur drawings, many of naked women, hidden under Abe's bed at the Whateley house. (Radford Horror 02) See Abelforth Whateley and Whateley house.
Andrew's blood supply¶
Andrew carries a maroon powder of dried pig blood, which he passes off as a "protein mix"; airport security swabs it in Radford Horrors 02. In Radford Horrors 04 the cover story is a Gatorade-and-blood slurry. (Radford Horrors 02, Radford Horrors 04) See Andrew's Condition and Airport security agents.
Annabelle¶
Annabelle is Freak's plane, a baby-blue, house-painted Cessna with a disco ball and black lights. Its fuel line is dirty, and the fix is a kick to a panel. (Radford Horror 07) See Freak.
Autopsy blood samples¶
Amanda's autopsy blood contains about 5 percent unidentified foreign matter, and the samples are sent for an analysis that takes weeks. (Radford Horror 06) See Amanda Lucky and Dr. Harvey Mauden.
Barn notepad¶
A notepad in Derek Augustine's converted barn holds plot notes and dates labeled with acronyms. Kurt copies the notes and takes discarded manuscript pages. (Radford Horror 03) See Augustine house and barn.
Black Super Soaker¶
Kurt's spray-painted Super Soaker is filled with glow-stick fluid and is used to mark the craft. (Radford Horror 06) See The Radford Moth.
Brown station wagon¶
A witness says the fishing-hat man, Red Dutchford, arrived in a station wagon, and the players recall that Dr. Lori drove one too. (Radford Horror 04) See Red Dutchford and Dr. Lawrence Lori.
Convoy weapons¶
During the Moscow convoy ambush the Biz takes weapons from the trunk, including a grenade launcher and an AK. (Radford Horrors 03) See Convoy ambushers.
DMT pipe¶
The DMT pipe is a Jack Daniel's bottle fashioned into a pipe, obtained from Rutherford, who sells the contents as "Dimitri"; he says it is heated with a lighter and inhaled. (Radford Horror 04) See Rutherford.
Dog map¶
Huell's tourist map from the Pay n' Stay is marked in Sharpie with every missing-dog house bordering the woods. (Radford Horror 02) See Radford's missing dogs.
Dog skull¶
A week-old, poodle-like skull, cracked and gouged, is found with its spine in the woods. Kurt keeps the skull. (Radford Horror 05) See Kurt's cooler.
Elderly couple's diesel car¶
The team commandeers the elderly couple's old diesel sedan, an "old lady Benz" that tops out at 70 miles per hour. It ends the chase with a dented hood, a cracked windshield and a torn-off rearview mirror. (Radford Horror 03) See Howard and his wife.
Ephedrine and Mandrax jars¶
Half-gallon jars of ephedrine and Mandrax with white duct-tape labels, one half full and one quarter full, are found in a hidden cabinet in the barbershop. They are "stakeout candy" and are left behind. (Radford Horror 01) See D.C. barbershop.
Everclear¶
Huell brings Everclear, which becomes the Molotov that burns the creature at the church. (Radford Horror 07) See Old-town church.
Field medical kit¶
The ER doctor gives Kurt a cooler of loaded syringes, iodine swabs and gloves to treat Andrew. (Radford Horrors 03) See Rabies treatment protocol.
Flash Gordon pinball machine¶
The Flash Gordon machine is popular but fragile, and Elizabeth George was repairing it when she was taken. (Radford Horrors 03, Radford Horrors 04) See Douglas Pinball Emporium and Elizabeth George.
Hollowed-out Where the Sidewalk Ends¶
A hollowed-out copy of Where the Sidewalk Ends in Abe's room holds $120 to $130. Ezra (as the Biz) declines to touch it, notes which book it is and leaves the cash in place. (Radford Horror 02) See Radio Shack spacesuit robbery.
Irene's Prozac and lithium¶
Expired Prozac and lithium prescriptions written by Dr. Lori, with leftover pills, are found in the Whateley house. (Radford Horror 02) See Irene Whateley.
Kurt's cooler¶
Kurt keeps an ice cooler holding the NSA man's remains, the dog skull and a couple of beers. In Radford Horror 08 it still holds the NSA man's skull; his badge looks genuine, but no one in the records has that name. (Radford Horror 04, Radford Horror 05, Radford Horror 08) See Agent Murphy.
Kurt's grenade¶
Kurt pulls a grenade as a dead man's switch during the IRS raid and re-pins it, bending the pin. He then uses it as a "fidget". (Radford Horrors 02) See IRS Criminal Investigations.
Kurt's hollow teeth¶
Kurt has hollow molars that hold drugs. One holds LSD, which he bites and spits at Murphy; another holds a stimulant, giving +1 forward and a temporary -1 harm, with two molars left. (Radford Horror 03, Radford Horror 07) See Kurt Larson.
Letter on Elizabeth's door¶
A letter left in place by Douglas on Elizabeth George's door states that she is in inpatient psychiatric treatment in Los Angeles. (Radford Horrors 03) See LA treatment cover story.
Live radio bug¶
The Biz's transmitter is hidden behind the flag patch of the handmade spacesuit and tuned in by radio. It is silent overnight. (Radford Horror 06) See Spaceman suit.
Marcus Heat novels¶
Marcus Heat is the pen name of Derek Augustine, and his romance novels are something Howard wants to find. (Radford Horror 05) See Derek Augustine.
Missing posters and lawyers' number¶
Molly gives the team six missing-person posters with a lawyers' phone number written on the file. (Radford Horrors 02) See The scary lawyers.
Missing-dog folder¶
The sheriff's folder of large-dog complaints, annotated "Perverts???", goes back a couple of years and spikes over the previous six to eight months. (Radford Horror 02) See Radford's missing dogs.
Night-vision and bugging gear¶
The Biz's stakeout kit includes a monocular night-vision scope and a small spy camera in his overnight bag; Huell carries the scope and returns it greasy. The scope is later shared around the ground team. (Radford Horror 02, Radford Horror 03, Radford Horror 06) See Dick Baxter.
Partial fingerprint¶
A partial fingerprint is lifted from Dutchford's wiped room, to be compared with prints from Lori's office. (Radford Horror 04) See Red Dutchford.
Pay n' Stay tourist map¶
The Pay n' Stay's tourist map is marked with the Lawson cabin and the bearings of the craft's flight lines. In Radford Horror 07 the intersecting lines are used to find the church and give coordinates. (Radford Horror 06, Radford Horror 07) See Pay n' Stay.
Pesticide¶
Kurt's pesticide is juvenile hormone plus nicotine, in gallons, and he sprays it in both motel rooms during the rodent crisis. Mammals are unaffected. (Radford Horrors 02) See Pay n' Stay.
Polaroid of Phoebe's night dress¶
A Polaroid of Phoebe's night dress is given to Kurt for the APB. (Radford Horror 05) See Phoebe Augustine.
Prescription pad¶
The Biz steals a prescription pad from Dr. Lori's office to fake a junkie break-in. (Radford Horror 04, Radford Horror 05) See Dr. Lori's office.
President's medical cooler¶
The Russian president's medical cooler in the convoy trunk holds dry ice, blood bags, biologics and anti-nerve-agent drugs with Russian labels. It is used to carry the ibuprofen. (Radford Horrors 03) See Boris Yeltsin.
Radford case files¶
The first case folder, with the spaceman sketch, is delivered to Andrew by a courier. By 1993 the FBI and local versions of the case disagree. (Radford Horror 01, Radford Horrors 02) See FBI courier.
Radio Shack case file¶
The paper file on Abe's break-in describes a cinder-block break-in, the spacesuit, fingerprints from heavy gear, stolen modems and a cell phone, and a bus ticket to Richmond. (Radford Horror 02) See Radio Shack spacesuit robbery.
Rooftop man's device¶
The rooftop watcher carries a briefcase with a flashlight and a small electronic device, which he keys in the cold open before a white van appears. (Radford Horror 02) See Rooftop watcher.
Russian-style suit¶
The Biz receives an expensive, fitted suit with a longer coat, which fits perfectly, for the opera. (Radford Horrors 01) See Russian officer.
Swapped security tape¶
The Pinball Emporium's porch camera tape is replaced by the kidnappers, so the original footage is gone. (Radford Horrors 03) See Douglas Pinball Emporium and Diner security tape.
Taser tine¶
Kurt finds a broken Taser prong with blood in the carpet at the emporium, evidence along with missing towels and a first-aid kit. (Radford Horrors 03, Radford Horrors 04) See Gray van crew.
The Biz's gold, cash and cocaine¶
The Biz leaves behind a full gold share, about two-thirds of the original find, about $8,000 to $9,000 in Ziplocs and cocaine, all hidden under a floorboard of his apartment. The Roulet Estate 03 epilogue had instead had the other agents bury his share in a park near his home. (Roulet Estate 03, Radford Horrors 01) See The Biz's apartment.
Tinfoil welding mask¶
Kurt's tinfoil-lined welding mask is his improvised mind shield, logged with balaclavas, night vision, a dog whistle and bolt cutters before the climax. (Radford Horror 07) See Old-town church.
U-Haul-branded van¶
A U-Haul-branded van, smaller than the earlier white van, is the vehicle Derek Augustine uses to abduct Dr. Lori. (Radford Horror 06) See Derek Augustine.
Unopened FBI mail¶
Unopened FBI mail in the Biz's apartment includes leave-of-absence paperwork for a family emergency, apparently a cover. (Radford Horrors 01) See Apartment office staff.
Webster's recording gear¶
Webster records everything, with a tape recorder, camera and camcorder that he leaves running overnight. (Radford Horrors 02) See Daniel Webster.
Window AC units¶
Two window air conditioners are bought for the office with drug money, and they flicker the lights. (Radford Horror 08) See Dean Lawson's heroin and cash.
Wolf piss¶
Wolf urine is Huell's prized cargo, and the reason is never stated. (Radford Horror 08) See Huell Kendrick.
Woods blood sample and dress scrap¶
Blood from the woods is given to Dr. Mauden for a toxicology match and a species test, along with a dress scrap from a branch. (Radford Horror 05) See Dr. Harvey Mauden.
WTC and Oklahoma City postcards¶
Huell's ironic decor includes postcards of the World Trade Center and the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. (Radford Horror 01) See Huell Kendrick.