Marley's Ghosts

Fairy Tale Edition

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 17:03:15 GMT

This story isn't believable, not because of the magic and happily every after but because I can't believe anyone would EVER want a salad that badly.

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Fairy Tale Edition

Sat, 08 Apr 2023 16:53:46 GMT

The Frog-King is a disturbing tale of magic and selfishness, it's also more violent than you might think. No sweet simple kiss and everyone lives happily ever after. The Grimm Brothers bring us another unhappily ever after story.

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Fairy Tale Edition

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 15:56:57 GMT

Marley's Ghosts is diving into the dark and twisted origins of Fairytales. We are starting with Cinderella. If you think you know this story you might be surprised at how brutal and bloody the original story is.

This story is from the Grimm Brothers who collected these disturbing tales from all over europe.

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A Recently Expired Corpse

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:20:16 GMT

A corpse in a mummy museum what so strange about that? Oh a fresh corpse...

A Recently Expired Corpse by E.G, Thompson is one of our mysteries. I discovered it in a compilation of scary stories but can find nothing about the author or story.

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The Three Sisters

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 08:00:00 GMT

As the middle sister I would like to assure my sisters I do not relate to the middle sister in this story!

The Three Sisters first published in 1902

W.W. Jacobs - most famous now for his short story The Monkey Paw, but in his day his maritime stories are what brought him fame.

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The Buried Alive

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 21:00:00 GMT

Time for a dirt nap?

The Buried Alive first published in Blackwood's, October 1821 by Anonymous,

John Galt - Scottish Author (no I didn't realize he was scottish when I chose the story just a happy coincidence.) He was the first novelist to deal with issues of the Industrial Revolution and he has been called the first political novelist in the English language.

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The Eyes of the Panther

Sat, 21 May 2022 08:00:00 GMT

I've been described as obsessed with cats but possessed?

The Eyes of the Panther - was first published in The San Francisco Examiner on 17 October, 1897

Our Author Ambrose Bierce -According to witnesses, Bierce died over and over again, all over Mexico. There is even a cenotaph for him in the sleepy mining town of Sierra Mojada, in the Chihuahua Desert. Curiously, although his body doesn't lie under it, it is the most distinguished marker for any of Bierce's immediate family

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By Word of Mouth

Sat, 07 May 2022 08:00:00 GMT

Till death do you part - and sometimes not even then

By Word of Mouth was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on June 10th 1887

Author Rudyark Kipling -Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.

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The Haunted Burglar

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 08:00:00 GMT

Wayward appendages, mill saws and a fragile mind make a delightfully gruesome story.

The Haunted Burglar - Was first published in the magazine Lippincotts in 1897.

Our Author - we are again graced with the talents of W.C. Morrow who we last heard from in Over an Absinthe Bottle.

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Deepest Darkest

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 08:00:00 GMT

Obsession and the Amazon enough said!

Deepest Darkest By Christian Macklam

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Lost in a Pyramid

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:00:00 GMT

True love, archeology, and horticulture collide in this terrifying and tragic tale.

Lost in a Pyramid or The Mummy's Curse - first published in 1869

Author- Louisa May Alcott famous for writing "Little Women" but in-between volumes she kicked off the Mummy Curse craze that still infects imaginations today.

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The Christmas Carol

Sat, 25 Dec 2021 09:00:00 GMT

Well in celebration of the Holiday I thought it was time to share my name sake with the world in this bonus episode!

The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Happy Christmas and A Merry New Year!

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Episode #51 Gihilihili: The Snake Man

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 08:00:00 GMT

The scariest part is how long his mom was pregnant for!

Gihilihili: The Snake Man is a myth from the Tusti people of Rwanda

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Episode #50 The Tell Tale Heart

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 08:00:00 GMT

50 episodes!!! What? So of course I celebrate that milestone with a little madness and Poe.

The Tell Tale Heart - first published in 1843

Edgar Allan Poe - Brilliant, Fragile and Complicated

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The Gray Man

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Would you invite Death to your wedding?

The Gray Man - First published in The White Heron and Other Stories in 1886

Sarah Orne Jewett - an American author born in Maine and became well known for her subtle short stories about country life.

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Episode #49 The Beast of Averoigne

Sat, 04 Sep 2021 08:00:00 GMT

A nice mix of old spooky horror and science-fiction!

The Beast Of Averoigne - First published in 1933 and is a tale of an Eldritch Monster

Clark Ashton Smith - an american author, poet and sculptor. He is best known for his work the Cthulu Mythos and Eldritch Horrors.

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Episode # 47 A Ghost That Will Not Down

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 08:00:00 GMT

A "friendly" neighborhood ghost?

A Ghost That Will Not Down - 1919. First published under a collection of stories called Some Real American Ghosts by an anonymous author.

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Episode #46 The Dead Wife

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:00:00 GMT

The instructions were so simple!

The Dead Wife - is an Iroquois legend. I found it in a little book called the Yellow Fairy Book so it doesn't have an official publish date or even an official author.

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Episode #45

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 08:00:00 GMT

This one is juicy, whahaha! I crack myself up!

Aurelia; or, The Tale of a Ghoulwas first published in 1820 by the name "Vampirismus". I'm glad the named changed because our monster isn't a vampire and is indeed a ghoul. Yes I'm that kind of monster nut!

E.T.A Hoffmann - a real renaissance man! Author, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.

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Episode #44 Garden of the Gods

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 15:00:00 GMT

Pro tip: if you see bones surrounding a place you are trying to get to- you don't want to get to that place!

Garden of the Gods - a recent publication in a collection of stories called "Strange Lands"

Ed Burkley - a PhD in social psychology and has published other horror stories in Weirdbook, Year's Best Body Horror Anthology and Spooky Isles Book of Horror VI

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Episode #43 The Clock

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Tick Tock!

The Clock first Published in 1928

William Fryer Harvey - an English author (I know big surprise) who is most famous for writing the Beast with Five Fingers considered by many to be a minor masterpiece.

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Episode #42 Vogon Poetry

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 08:00:00 GMT

You are either going to love it or hate! Mwah!

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: was originally a radio program for the BBC in 1978
It has also been a TV show, movie, comic book, and video game.

Douglas Adams: English author and pardon me while I gush but I think one of the wittiest, most enjoyable authors of all time!

Vogon Poetry is terrifying so I thought this little excerpt would be a wonderful way to celebrate episode 42. I hope it scares you and makes you laugh.

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Episode #41 The Vampyre

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 09:00:00 GMT

There are 460 calories in a pint of blood, that's a pretty extreme diet program

The Vampyre published in 1819 and was part of the contest that also produced Frankenstein.

John William Polidori - and English writer and Physician who is considered to be the father of the modern Vampire Story. I know Stoker gets all the glory but Polidori did it first!

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Episode #40 The Murder Hole

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 08:00:00 GMT

A naturally occuring oubliette, hmmm how convenient, I mean terrible, yes terrible!

The Murder Hole was first published in February of 1829 in Blackwoods Edinburgh magazine.

Catherine Sinclair - was most famous for being an evangelical philanthropist and author of childrens tales, guide books and advice columns, she did manage to throw in this little tale of scottish terror!

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Episode #39 The Last Man's Club

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 08:00:00 GMT

A toast to old friends gone by and a promise kept!

The Last Man's Club - first published in The Black Cat periodical in 1905

Robert M. Clutch is a bit of a mystery and seems to have only published 2 stories. Perhaps his ghost will make a visit and tell us more about himself.

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Episode #38 Mujina

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 08:00:00 GMT

I love all Japanese ghost stories! They are so much scarier than western european stories!

Mujina first published in 1907

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn - was born in Greece, raised in Dublin and moved to Japan and became a Japanese citizen changing his name to Koizumi Yakumo. He became fluent in the language and this story comes from his book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things.

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A Ghost From The Sea

Sat, 19 Jun 2021 08:00:00 GMT

We are back out to sea! And revenege is a dish best served on cold (iceburgs will do!)

This weeks episode is dedicated to one of my favorite podcasters who passed away unexpectedly last week. Dan from Real Life Ghost Stories Podcast. Listening to him and his wife Emma has been what inspired me and so many others to get into podcasting. I never had the chance to meet him in person but his sweet, funny charm brightened my day each episode. It is a huge loss to the podcast community. Go give their podcast a listen and you'll hear why Dan and Emma inspire so much love.

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Episode #36 Napoleon and the Spectre

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Napoleon a dictator, a complex and a tasty dessert. Quite the hat-trick!

Napoleon and the Spectre was first published in 1833 and strongly embrasses the classic gothic genre.

Charlotte Bronte - It's nice to have another female author. Especially one as delightful and feisty as this one. She is also the author of one of my favorite books Jane Eyre.

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Episode #35 He!

Sat, 29 May 2021 08:00:00 GMT

This takes being afraid of the dark to a whole new level

He! first published in 1883

Our Author - Guy de Maupassant (or Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant - he was crowned the heir apparant to Edgar Allan Poe! His life is fascinating and tragic and his struggle with a creeping madness is apparent in his work! He wrote his own epitaph "I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing".

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Episode #34 The Astrologer

Sat, 22 May 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Would you fear the family curse?

The Astrologer was first published in 1899 in a collection of stories called The Tales of Terror!

Our Author- Dick Donovan making his second appearance. this is the nom de plume for J.E. Preston Muddock and is actually the name of one the authors most popular characters. Think of it this way if Sir Author Conan Doyle started publishing stories and the author was listed as Sherlock Holmes.

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Episode #33 The Warning

Sat, 15 May 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Good Dog!!!

The Warning first published in Armada Ghosts 1978.

Joyce Marsh - She is a mystery! Lots of spooky stories credited to her but not a single trace of anyone actually being her. Oh maybe she's a ghost, they say write what you know.

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Episode #32 The Moonlit Road

Sat, 08 May 2021 08:00:00 GMT

The Ghost has something to say!

The Moonlit Road - first published in 1907 in Cosmopolitan Magazine - not exactly the regular what color lipstick makes a man love me kind of fair that we see now. I wish they'd go back to publishing ghost stories.

Ambrose Bierce - a civil war soldier turned author. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration.

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Episode #31 Little Black Pies

Sat, 01 May 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Talk about stress baking!!!

Little Black Pies -first published in 1984

John Gordon - our most modern author yet and primarily wrote childrens stories of the fantasy and horror genres. He lived to 92!

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Episode #30 The Mezzotint

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Who doesn't love a good haunted object!

The Mezzotint - First published 1904 in a collection titled Ghost Stories of Antiquary

M.R.James - an absolute king amoung the horror, spooky, ghost story world. It is his first visit to our podcast but definitely not his last!!

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Episode #29 The Child Who Loved A Grave

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 08:00:00 GMT

I too love the grey headstones and quiet of the grave yard.

The child who loved a grave was first published in 1861 in Harper's Bizarre Magazine.

Fitz-James O'Brien - a talented Irish author nicknamed the Celtic Poe. He led a troubled life and was shot dead at the young age of 33yrs old.

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Episode #28 White Zombie

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Is today's story about Voodoo or an excellent cocktail? I'll let you guess.

White Zombie was published in the Devil's Drums in 1933

Our Author - Vivian Meik a british citizen born in Calcutta. Trained as an engineer but took to writing later in life. He named this story White Zombie because a movie of the same name had come out a year before and he apparently was a big fan.

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Episode #27 The Footsteps in the Dust

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 08:00:00 GMT

cards and drink strike again

The Footsteps in the Dust first published in 1906 in a volume of The Mistresses of the Macabre

Alice Perrin and british novelist who was born in India and liked to place her stories in the land of her birth

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Episode #26 The Ghost Ship (different the episode 4)

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Turnips that taste like rum? Sign me up!

The Ghosts Ship was first publish in 1912 with a collection of other stories.

Richard Middleton - a talented bohemian author who lived a tragic life that would have the makings of his own ghost story.

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Episode #25 The Raven

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Ravens are my favorite bird and Poe provides a great spiral into madness. Also a lot of people don't know Ravens actually can learn to speak and sound more human than parrots.

First Published - 1845

Our Author - Edgar Allan Poe - Brilliant, tragic and filled with mystery. Definitely someone who took "write what you know" to heart!

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Episode #24 The Vampire Maid

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 09:00:00 GMT

This puts a whole new twist on the Vacationship!

The Vampire Maid - was first published in in September 1900.

Hume Nisbet - Yes you guessed another Scot! what can I say I have a Scottish Bias. He lived in Australia for a few years and was involved in the theatre and became a painter. He became a prolific illustrator and published is first story 1888.

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Episode #23 From The Dead

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 09:00:00 GMT

Heartbreak can be deadly!

From The Dead - Was first published in a collection of stories called Grim Tales in 1893.

Our Author - E. Nesbit or Edith Nesbit was a author and poet who primarily wrote children's stories but everyone once in awhile would venture into the adult horror genre.

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Episode #22 The Man From Honolulu

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:00:00 GMT

How about a little swim?

The Man From Honolulu - was first published in The Black Cat a magazine that published shorts stories in 1915.

Lawrence William Pedrose - another mystery author. He seems to have written a lot of short stories for outdoors magazine. Perhaps it is a nom de plume?

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Episode #21 The Spider

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 09:00:00 GMT

A madman screaming in the night "The Spider" are you brave enough to investigate? I'm not!

The Spider - First published in 1906 in a collection of short stories called The Weird O' it!

Our Author: Clive Pemberton started his professional life as a stock broker but quickly abandoned that trade to become a journalist.

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Episode #20 The Black Cat

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:00:00 GMT

I might be a crazy cat lady but I say well played to the cats in the story, this guy is the worst!
I wanted to bring something special since this is Episode Twenty!! To me Poe is always special he's like the super creepy brother I always wish I had!

The Black Cat was first published August 19, 1843 in the Saturday evening post!

Our Author: Edgar Allan Poe - If you know anything about Poe you will know he struggled with his own issues with Alcohol and it shows up as a down fall in many of his protagonists.

Please feel free to reach out with your thoughts about this or any episode, about Poe or stories you'd be interested in hearing.

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Episode #19 The White Witch of The River

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:00:00 GMT

A rugged Scottish fisherman, a beautiful white witch and the evil eye, what could possibly go wrong...everything?

The White Witch was first published in 1889 in a collection of stories called the weird and wonderful.

J.E. Muddoch is making his second appearance on the podcast but this time under his own name instead of his nom de plume Dick Donovan.

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Episode #18 The Vampire

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:00:00 GMT

A short misleadingly pleasant story about a group of tourists that goes deadly quickly.

The Vampire was first published in Czech in 1871 and then translated and published in English in 1920

Jan Neruda - was a Czech journalist and art critic and part of the "May School" of literature.

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Episode #17 A Night of Horror

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:00:00 GMT

A Welsh Castle, charming hosts and MURDER.

A Night of Horror - first published in a collection of stories in 1899

Dick Donovan - is the pseudonym of James Edward Preston Muddock or Joyce Emerson Preston Muddock. A journalist and adventurer who wrote a detective series featuring a detective named Dick Donovan that was so successful that started publishing stories under the detectives name. He traveled all over the world, married three times and had ten children.

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Episode #16 Over An Absinthe Bottle

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 09:00:00 GMT

The first time I had absinthe I couldn't feel my feet for over an hour, and it's still my favorite adult beverage, followed closely by scotch (ya know if anyone wants to send gifts!) I think I fared better than these two.

Also still working out the kinks with the new software. Bear with me while I learn it! Thank you!

Our Author: W.C. Morrow - an American (and a Californian!) author best known for his horror and suspense stories.

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Episode #15 The Music of Erich Zann

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 09:00:00 GMT

I think Cthulhu tried to stop this episode from happening. But with some determination I have been able to get an episode recorded and uploaded and I hope you enjoy the tale of music and mystery.

The Music of Erich Zann was first published in 1922

H.P. Lovecraft a titan of the horror genre and a controversial person in life. He's making his first appearance on the podcast but no doubt he and Cthulhu will be heard again.

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Episode #14 The Listener

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 09:00:00 GMT

This is why I don't keep a diary, haha, just kidding. Is it to much time alone, the effects of a dreary house or is something trying to take over the authors body?

The Listener what first published in 1907

The Author: Algernon Blackwood - is considered to be one of the most prolific ghost story writers in the genre. This is his first appearance in the podcast but it won't be the last.

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Episode #13 The Ghost of Christmas Eve

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 09:00:00 GMT

LUCKY THIRTEEN
The Ghost of Christmas Eve was first published in a collection of short stories called My Lady Nicotine in 1890 and is part of the the tradition of telling ghost stories to friends on Christmas Eve.

The Author J.M Barrie - Scottish Dramatist famous for bringing us Peter Pan, but like most of the wonderful famous authors I share on this podcast most have a great treasure trove of lesser known stories most being ghost, horror, or supernatural tales.

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Episode #12 Smee

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 09:00:00 GMT

Merry Christmas!
As a holiday ghost myself I hope you enjoy my fellow Christmas Ghost!

SMEE - first published in 1931 and is part of a long tradition of frightening children

A.M. Burrage - a british author known for his TUFTY books while alive but became famous for his ghost stories after his death.

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Episode #11 The Thing in the Forest

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:00:00 GMT

Sometimes we try to do something nice and it goes wrong!

The Thing in the Forest was first published in 1915 in a collection of short stories.

Bernard Cape - was a prolific author with over forty volumes published.

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Episode #10 The Squaw

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:00:00 GMT

I am rooting for the cat through this entire story!

The Squaw was first publish on December 2nd 1893 in the magazine the Holly Leave the Christmas Number. (This is my kind of Christmas story!)

Bram Stoker of course is famous for bringing us all our knowledge on Dracula and vampires but this Irish author also had a lot of other fun horror up his sleeve.

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Episode #9 Back From That Bourne

Sat, 28 Nov 2020 09:00:00 GMT

Would you vote for a ghost? Should they have rights? Is this Jason Bourne's great grandfather?

1874 - is when this story first seems to have been published. Now I have found two versions in my research one published by Edward Page Mitchell and another by Dorothy Scarborough.

Both Authors wrote collections of horror and ghost stories, so we'll give them both credit.

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Episode #8 The Werewolf of Rannock

Sat, 21 Nov 2020 09:00:00 GMT

This is a proper scary story! Also warning there is harm that comes to a child/baby and I apologize if you're upset by that. As a mom it was difficult so I wanted to give a warning.

This is another mystery author and publishing date. I found it in one of the collections of horror tales I have and loved it!

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Episode #7 How It Happened

Sat, 14 Nov 2020 09:00:00 GMT

A new car and winding road - will everyone survive?

How It Happened - first published in 1913 and I think it's funny that it's subject is "Masculine Pride". That's going to get a guy every time.

This story was written by none other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, one of my very favorite authors of all time. It's just a super quick nail biting adventure that sneaks the spooky in.

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Episode #6: Case II

Sat, 07 Nov 2020 09:00:00 GMT

Will a young nurse maid survive a Haunted Scottish Mansion?

This story was first publish in 1911 in a collection of stories about Scottish Ghosts. The author Elliot O'Donnell was an Irish author best known for his ghost stories. He even claimed to have seen a ghost at the age of 5 and to be strangled by a phantom while in Dublin.

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Episode #5: The Masque of the Red Death

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 08:00:00 GMT

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This episode is about a deadly plague rampaging across the world...hmmm...seemed a perfect and timely story.

This story was first published in 1842 and is written by the OG goth king of spooky stories Edgar Allan Poe. I didn't want to start my podcast with Poe because frankly I think that would be too cliche but I knew this story in particular and this author had to be my halloween episode.

I hope you enjoy it!

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Episode #4: The Ghost Ship

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 08:00:00 GMT

What lurks upon the vast ocean? Can a man survive this ships extra passengers?

I don't have any details about the book or the author, they themselves are a mystery.

But I always love a ghost ship having grown up on a boat and thinking of the ocean as my home.

I hope you enjoy this spooky tale

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Episode #3: The Adventures of the German Student

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 08:00:00 GMT

A melancholy German student in Paris during the French Revolution what could go wrong?

The Adventures of the German Student was first published in 1824 in Washington Irvings collection "Tales of a Traveler". It apparently has a french inspiration story that has been lost to time.

If you love spooky tales you will be familiar with the American author Washington Irving as the author of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Hmmm anyone else starting to think he had a fascination for beheading things

Also some fun accents in this one. I love accents but I must admit to do a serious German accent I have to pretend I am Werner Herzog or I end up sounding like Heimlich from A Bugs Life.

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Episode #2: Catepillars

Sat, 10 Oct 2020 08:00:00 GMT

A relaxing vacation takes a terrifying turn when creepy crawlers wreck havoc on the guest of an Italian Villa.

Caterpillars was first published in 1912. It is part of the crypto-fiction genre. So if you love cryptids, bugs or just dream of a vacation in Italy you'll enjoy this story.

E.F. Benson was a prolific English author who brought his talents to a variety of genres including novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies.

I chose this story because it just creeped me out. I don't like bugs and then terrifying paranormal bugs is a big ol' nope. So of course I had to share my discomfort with all of you.

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Episode #1: Shadows on the Wall

Sat, 03 Oct 2020 02:00:00 GMT

A mysterious Shadow appears on the wall and unsettles a grieving family. But is this shadow more than an unusual trick of light? Could it be an clue to murder?

The Shadows on the Wall - first publish in Everybody Magazine March 1903.

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - American Author October 31, 1852 -March 13, 1930 (she was born on Halloween! how could she not write spooky stories)

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