Caledonian Gothic
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThere are rituals about to unravel...
True stories of Scottish magic unfold after eight children are found in a mysterious lodge. Will you unlock their secrets before it is too late?
Sounds & Text: Ali Maloney
Theme tune: David Devereux (Tin Can Audio)
Logo: Calum MacAskill
www.caledoniangothic.com
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Episodes
Knifepoint Horror's "staircase"
May 15, 2020 15:16 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBContinuing this small series of lockdown readings, gathering some of our favourite horror/weird tales, is this wee beastie from Knifepoint Horror, written by Soren Narnia. There will probably be one more story before returning to the writing dungeon, where Season 2 is slowly bubbling in cauldrons and plague pits. If you have any particular requests, please tag us with them on social media (or whisper them to a dead wasp). Stay weird, stay home. Ax
Franz Kafka's In The Penal Colony
April 12, 2020 14:58 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBStay at home, stay weird. Continuing this small isolation run of some of our favourite horror/weird tales, we are pleased to present In The Penal Colony, from the Cockroach King himself, Franz Kafka, originally written in 1919. Content Warning: detailed descriptions of torture. Uses the public domain translation by Ian Johnston: http://web.archive.org/web/20041204170925/http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/kafka/inthepenalcolony.htm
HP Lovecraft's The Music of Erich Zann
March 30, 2020 20:44 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBThe first of a few Isolation Tales to keep you entertained while shackled in your dank dungeons. First, one I have been been meaning to do for ages, and my favourite slice of cosmic horror, The Music of Erich Zann by HP Lovecraft.
EPILOGUE: Bells (KNIFEPOINT HORROR cover)
February 10, 2019 11:00 - 30 minutes - 35.1 MBA story of bells ringing in the snow, written by Soren Narnia.
Into the Mouth as Meat
February 03, 2019 10:00 - 9 minutes - 13.8 MBIn which a pantry is raided, a photocopier is fixed, and a tape is recorded.
To Sail Spiral Seas
January 20, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes - 19.9 MBIt's a beautiful day, so we go to the beach and try to get you out of that rut...
Through a Gristle Door
January 06, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 27.2 MBIn which a dream is had, a door is found, and a hiding place discovered.
INTERLUDE: AUTHOR'S NOTE (live at The Stage Hotel)
December 23, 2018 10:00 - 18 minutes - 21.6 MBIn which a holiday is taken, answers are found, and a gift is given; an origin story. Recorded live on location at The Stage Hotel, Nottingham
A Brine for War
December 09, 2018 10:00 - 19 minutes - 22.6 MBIn which a festival is celebrated, a thirst is quenched, and a road trip goes on too long.
Reap a Harvest Black
November 25, 2018 10:00 - 18 minutes - 22.3 MBIn which tea is made, a splinter is suffered, and ice cream is purchased. -- Contains samples of "Circus Freak" and "Rusty Wheel" by Tim Kahn released under Creative Commons Attribution License from freesound.org
Of Shadow & Spin
November 11, 2018 11:11 - 20 minutes - 29.3 MBThere are secret places that you pass every day. It is time for one of them to open...
TO BRING FORTH DECEPTIONS OF THE EARS; or, A RITUAL FOR SUMMONING A PODCAST SERIES
October 28, 2018 10:00 - 6 minutes - 9.01 MBTO BRING FORTH DECEPTIONS OF THE EARS; or, A RITUAL FOR SUMMONING A PODCAST SERIES Sounds & Text: Ali Maloney Theme tune: David Devereux (Tin Can Audio) Logo: Calum MacAskill Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International ---- Contains a sample of 'Endless Fummes from the Wormhole" by DID licensed under an Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike License.
Coming soon....
October 13, 2018 14:06 - 35 seconds - 813 KBThere are rituals about to unravel... True stories of Scottish magic unfold after eight children are found in a mysterious lodge. Will you unlock their secrets before it is too late? --- After a long, convoluted history that will perhaps be told one day, CALEDONIAN GOTHIC begins on 28 October 2018. It is a very different beast to how it started life — but that is what happens to organic beings, they grow and mutate. This is a beast we have nurtured and fed and we are very excited f...