STORIES TELLING STORIES
102 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSTORIES TELLING STORIES is a podcast dedicated to exploring pop culture's unfinished stories
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"ZOMBIES" by Chuck Palahniuk | STS Media
February 23, 2024 11:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB"Zombies" (Nov 2013 of Playboy) - High schoolers begin electrocuting themselves by applying a cardiac defibrillator's electrodes to their temples and turning it on, which results in permanent brain damage. Dubbing it "The Great Leap Backwards" more and more people begin electrocuting themselves in order to willfully return to a state of childlike ignorance. At the airport, the narrator, Trevor, applies the electrodes to his head and is about to turn it on, but his Uncle stops him. NARRATIO...
"All That You Love Will Be Carried Away" by Stephen King | STS Media
February 08, 2024 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBAlfie Zimmer, a traveling salesman peddling gourmet frozen foods, pulls into a Motel 6 in Nebraska for the night and contemplates ending it all... "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away" is a short story by Stephen King. It was originally published in the January 29, 2001 issue of The New Yorker magazine. In 2002, it was included in King's collection Everything's Eventual. Narration by Eric R. Hill SOCIALS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesTellingStories/ Instagram:...
"Ambition: A Story by The Duke of Vandals" by Chuck Palahniuk | STS Presents
January 17, 2024 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBHAUNTED is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They're told by people who have answered an ad for a writer's retreat and unwittingly joined a "Survivor" -like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and o...
"Luckey Quarter" by Stephen King | Happy New Year 2024 by STS Media
January 02, 2024 11:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBA "Luckey Quarter" for 2024. Our best wishes for a wonderful and prosperous New Year, kicked off by a short story by Stephen King that we hope shares a little luck with our listeners STORY: "Luckey Quarter" AUTHOR: Stephen King READER: Eric R. Hill
"What Christmas Is As We Grow Older" by Charles Dickens | A BLAND HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS 2023
December 25, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBDJ BLAND returns to wish us all well this holiday season and bring us an olde timey story from the OG king of the christmas story... Charles Dickens. "What Christmas Is as We Grow Older" was first published way back in 1851. SOCIALS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesTellingStories/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiestellingstories/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StoriesTellingStories
STS-603: "A Journey Through A Memoir Blue"
November 18, 2023 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBJourney and A Memoir Blue are candidates for video games as an art form for their unique approach to the silent narrative. Much like our earlier installment highlighting GRIS, a visual story can be just as compelling as one reliant on narration and text. A Memoir Blue shows us an interactive poem, written without words, that taps into the wonder of childhood and the challenges of being a parent. And Journey is the same parable of the hero's journey we’ve been retelling since the dawn of t...
SPOOKTOBER 2023 "Everything's Eventual: Part 2" by Stephen King
October 31, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBThis is the second half of “Everything’s Eventual” and the season finale of our “Hell to the King” series for STS SPOOKTOBER 2023. Narration by Eric R. Hill STS SPOOKTOBER 2023 was produced in collaboration with Stories Telling Stories and STS Media Group… writing you a personal letter at Mitlhouse Studios in Milton, Vermont… Casting around the globe to your frontal lobe wherever podcasts are found… SPOOKTOBER is also streaming on YouTube @ StoriesTellingStories. Make sure to give us a...
SPOOKTOBER 2023 "Everything's Eventual: Part 1" by Stephen King
October 31, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBThis is the first half of “Everything’s Eventual” episode 4 of our 5 part “Hell to the King” series for STS SPOOKTOBER 2023. Be sure to tune in episode 5 to hear the second half of the story! STS SPOOKTOBER is produced in collaboration with Stories Telling Stories and STS Media Group… writing you a personal letter at Mitlhouse Studios in Milton, Vermont… Casting around the globe to your frontal lobe wherever podcasts are found… SPOOKTOBER is also streaming on YouTube @ StoriesTellingStori...
SPOOKTOBER 2023 "The Boogeyman" by Stephen King
October 20, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBSPOOKTOBER 2023 “Hell to the King” is our tribute to one of the most prolific, iconic, and important contemporary authors of horror, and a true living legend… Stephen King. We will be highlighting 5 lesser-known short stories this year so make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss the next one. Performed by Eric R. Hill *** SOCIALS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesTellingStories/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiestellingstories/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/St...
SPOOKTOBER 2023 "Graveyard Shift" by Stephen King
October 13, 2023 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBEpisode 2 of SPOOKTOBER 2023 is "Graveyard Shift" “Hell to the King” is our SPOOKTOBER tribute to one of the most prolific, iconic, and important contemporary authors of horror, and a true living legend… Stephen King. We will be highlighting 5 lesser-known short stories this month, so make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss the next one. STS SPOOKTOBER was produced in collaboration with Stories Telling Stories and STS Media Group… eating you alive at Mitlhouse Studios in Milton, Vermon...
SPOOKTOBER 2023 "The Man Who Loved Flowers" by Stephen King
October 02, 2023 10:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBWelcome to SPOOKTOBER 2023… “Hell to the King” - our tribute to one of the most prolific, iconic, and important contemporary authors of horror in America today, and a true living legend… Stephen King. Episode 1 is "The Man Who Loved Flowers." Narration by Eric R. Hill
STS-602 "Letters to Katie" from GONE HOME
August 25, 2023 11:00 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBThe New York Times called “Gone Home” the greatest video game love story ever told. It’s beautiful in its desolation… It's haunting in its endless hallways, and the seemingly simple story doesn’t exaggerate and it doesn’t pander. It wholly represents itself in a time and place that as time goes on fewer and fewer of us will be able or willing to remember. The awkward teenage years. When love hurts and life is a bitch and the whole world has abandoned you. The verisimilitude of solitude....
STS-601: "GRIS: A Story Without Words"
June 12, 2023 11:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBSEASON SIX PREMIERE "GRIS: A Story Without Words." "GRIS" stands as a remarkable piece of interactive art that showcases the power of visual storytelling through emotional depth and crossing multiple artistic and philosophical ideals to create a one of a kind experience for those curious enough to explore a world without words. The first in our season-long series arguing the merits of video games as an independent art form. Written and Read by Eric R. Hill
"A Strange Tale" by Allen Morse | LIAV ep.31
December 27, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 20.3 MBEven the tallest of tales are rooted in some sort of truth... Originally told by Allen Morse from the small town of Calais, Vermont, "A Strange Tale" speaks of a first-hand account of a handful of residents freezing their elderly and infirm in order to save resources enough to survive the brutal winters - only to turn around in the spring and return their frozen kin to perfect health in time to plant the spring corn. My family and the Morses have history going back to the founding of the ...
SPOOKTOBER 2022 ep5: "The Vampyre" by John William Polidori
October 31, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MB... There was no colour upon her cheek, not even upon her lip; yet there was a stillness about her face that seemed almost as attaching as the life that once dwelt there:—upon her neck and breast was blood, and upon her throat were the marks of teeth having opened the vein:—to this the men pointed, crying, simultaneously struck with horror, "A Vampyre! a Vampyre!" "The Vampyre" by John William Polidori First published in 1819 Recited by Eric R. Hill
SPOOKTOBER 2022 ep4: "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
October 24, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBEpisode 4, Young Goodman Brown, comes to us from 1835 and continues our trek backwards in time to find some of the earliest forms of short story horror in the modern age. Nathaniel Hawthorn weaves a tale rich in religious imagery, doublethink, and madness set within the time of the Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts. It is a fantastic example of the Puritanical mindset and how even amongst likeminded folk they were often riled in philosophical struggles against good and evil. Hawthorne hyp...
SPOOKTOBER 2022 ep3: "A Story of a Weir-Wolf" by Catharine Crowe
October 17, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MB"A Story of a Weir-Wolf" which was first published in 1845 is arguably the first published werewolf story written by a woman; author Catharine Crowe. But this is by no means your typical werewolf story... as the suspense and fear come not from the visceral and supernatural power of a creature that exists between animal and man, but from the callousness, cruelty, and jealousy of our own emotions and the power that this negativity can have to galvanize the masses and turn a level-headed commu...
SPOOKTOBER 2022 ep2: "The Yellow Wall-Paper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
October 08, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MB"The Yellow Wall-Paper" is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature for its illustration of the attitudes towards mental and physical health of women in the 19th century. Read by Eric R. Hill
SPOOKTOBER 2022 ep1: "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
October 01, 2022 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBIT'S SPOOKTOBER SEASON AGAIN! This year we examine five masters of horror from the very early days... For episode 1, we examine a story that has been spoofed, retold, and explored across every conceivable medium and still remains as chilling today as it was upon its release over one hundred years ago... this is... THE MONKEY'S PAW by W.W. Jacobs As read by Eric R. Hill
A WRITER WRITES ep2: "Eulogy for an American Father"
June 30, 2022 11:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBWritten and read by Eric R. Hill All photo and video footage from my personal or family collection
"In the Spring" by Guy de Maupassant | LIAV ep.30
May 17, 2022 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBLOCKED IN A VACANCY ep.30: "In the Spring" by Guy de Maupassant Another surprisingly fresh and relevant story from the godfather of the short story, Guy de Maupassant. The sign of a true work is how relatable it remains after its auther is gone. And considering it's been over a century, I think it's safe to say that Guy's work may outlive us all. Voice Acting by Eric R. Hill LOCKED IN A VACANCY is produced in collaboration with Stories Telling Stories and STS Media Group… Socially Is...
SAX in the 90's Part One: "SAX Education"
April 01, 2022 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MBWelcome to the 90’s. No one is having Sax anymore… Grunge rock is the radio darling, and the horn sections that dominated popular music for decades is no more… Or is it…? Join us for a new series narrated by the legendary Sir Charles Brattleboro as we examine what caused the decline of the saxophone in popular music... from the definition of "sex" to the butt of the horn section.
STS-502: "No Irish Need Apply" | Paddy's Day 2022
March 17, 2022 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBWritten and Read by Eric R Hill SOCIALS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesTellingStories/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiestellingstories/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StoriesTellingStories
LIAV ep29 "The War of the Mind" from "The War That Will End War" by H.G. Wells
March 05, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBThe final chapter of H.G. Wells 1914 novel "The War That Will End Wars" entitled "The War of the Mind." We at STS stand with the people in Ukraine and condemn the invasion by Russian President Putin, and would like to use this episode to remind people of the stark comparisons that can already be made between this conflict and WWI - "the war to end all wars." Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it... Read by Eric R Hill
Stories Telling VALENTINES Stories 2022
February 14, 2022 11:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBFEATURING Eric R Hill & Rickshaw Tom SOCIALS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesTellingStories/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiestellingstories/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StoriesTellingStories
STS-501: "40 Yards of Naugahyde, a Girl, and a Dream" (Throw Mama from the Train)
February 08, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBEPISODE STS-501 “Forty Yards of Naugahyde, a Girl, and a Dream” By Phil Perlman From Throw Momma from the Train Written and Performed by Eric R. Hill This has been the premiere episode of Season 5 of STORIES TELLING STORIES, we’re glad you’re here. The STS network delivers high quality pop culture content from around the globe to your frontal lobe - directly into your brain-head. The STS network of shows is available on the STORIES TELLING STORIES YouTube channel and in tradi...
STS-404: "Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!" (The Simpsons)
January 01, 2022 01:00 - 10 minutes - 9.49 MBI’m Troy McClure. You might remember me from such Musical Comedies as “The Giving Tree Strikes Back” and “Tru-Man Group - Capote Explodey!” I’m coming to you from “beyond the grave” to ask you, the fine members of the academy, to consider me for “Best Actor in a Musical” for my career-defining role as “The Human” in “Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!” Please enjoy the following highlight reel, and I hope I pass the audition! SOCIALS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Storie...
STS-403: "A Letter from Santa Claus" by Samuel Clemens
December 24, 2021 12:00 - 4 minutes - 4.06 MBRead by Eric R Hill
STS-402: "Rosalina's Storybook" from Super Mario Galaxy
November 26, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBWithin the bright and colorful universe of SUPER MARIO GALAXY exists quite possibly the saddest story Nintendo has ever told... the story of a young Rosalina and Luma and their adventure across the cosmos trying to find Luma's Mama. But what they discover along the way is even more heartbreaking than you can possibly imagine... PLEASE CLICK THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON TO SUPPORT THE SERIES AND HELP KEEP STORIES TELLING STORIES ALIVE!! Consider supporting us on Patreon for $1 a month or mo...
SPOOKTOBER 2021 ep5: "The October Game" by Ray Bradbury
November 01, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBHere we stand at the precipice of another SPOOKTOBER season… Samhain is upon us and All Saints Day looms large with the first of November. But Samhain… the basis for American Halloween… where did it come from? A long time ago, before there were computers, TV’s, cars, or electricity . . . a time when people went from one place to another by walking, or by riding a horse. A time when families gathered near the fire to stay warm as the weather turned cold. A time when children would listen ...
SPOOKTOBER 2021 ep4: "The Quiet Sky" by Ryan Brennaman
October 23, 2021 02:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBPeople look to the stars and wonder if we are indeed alone in this universe… And the bold dare to dream as they stare out over that endless starry sea... What's beyond that sea I wonder? Children leave their homes in search of this quest. As they search, they are always asking questions. What's out there? What's waiting for me? Leaving their innocence behind, they set out on this journey and experience many life changing adventures. Countless difficulties lie in wait. Moments of despair....
SPOOKTOBER 2021 ep3: "The Man in the Black Suit" by Stephen King
October 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBOne of the most recognized tales in American folklore has Mississippi roots. The story has many names, including “The Delta Legend,” “The Deal with the Devil,” and “The Deal at the Crossroads,” among others. Yet each tells a similar story that centers on a midnight meeting between a frustrated guitarist and Satan himself Scholars disagree over the origins of the Crossroads myth. Some maintain that the story originated in Africa, with Satan representing an African trickster deity such as the...
THE TRANQUILITY NETWORK presents "Spooktober 2021 episode 2"
October 08, 2021 10:00 - 9 minutes - 10.1 MBHello friends… this is THE TRANQUILITY NETWORK… a product of Confectionary Industries Association… I am your neurological spirit guide on this trip through your DIGESTIVE SYSTEM... you didn’t think this was a FOOD RELATED HUMOR did you? That’s funny… STS SPOOKTOBER is brought to you by THE TRANQUILITY NETWORK, which is produced in collaboration with Stories Telling Stories and STS Media Group… Killing you softly at Mitlhouse Studios in Milton, Vermont… Casting around the globe to your fron...
SPOOKTOBER 2021 ep1: "Prey" by Richard Matheson
October 01, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBThere’s something about the sublimely simple and otherwise benign that can become especially terrifying when things go “bump” in the night… evil personified inside an ordinary object… like the haunted doll… a tawdry trope of tales that no longer thrill? Or perhaps a fear we would rather not address as those dull eyes watch us from across the room… unblinking… unchanging… waiting for the right moment to come alive and start the hunt… This is “PREY” by Richard Matheson… on STS SPOOKTOBER. N...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep 28 | Dear Esther Lv III "The Caves" & Lv IV "The Beacon"
September 17, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBThe epic conclusion of our 3-part series covering the narrative of the groundbreaking walking simulator game DEAR ESTHER, which ties together the surprisingly short third level "THE CAVES" with the heart-wrenching ending of the fourth and final level, "THE BEACON." Voice Acting by Eric R. Hill
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep 27 | Dear Esther ch 2: "The Buoy"
June 26, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBI will carry a torch for you... Level 2 of the 3-part series covering the story of pioneering "walking simulator" DEAR ESTHER by The Chinese Room... diving deep into the depths of human sadness, loss, grief, and mourning on our path towards transcendence... Support the series on Patreon (below) and help make more episodes like this possible SOCIALS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesTellingStories/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiestellingstories/ Patreon: https:...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep 26 | Dear Esther ch 1: "The Lighthouse"
May 29, 2021 10:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBThe first chapter of the groundbreaking walking simulator by THE CHINESE ROOM, "Dear Esther" tells a haunting tale of solitude, isolation, and a descent into madness on a lonely Scottish island...
The Tranquility Network ep2 "Where Did You Learn to Fly?"
April 30, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes - 7.45 MBWe at CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION are against our listeners asking questions. Questions are not necessary, because there is nothing you need to know that we won't tell you. You are safe. You are happy. But we have to ask... where did you learn to fly? THE TRANQUILITY NETWORK and STORIES TELLING STORIES are wholly-owned subsidiaries of C.I.A - - Consolidated Industries Association… to better bring our vision of a better world, the only world, our world, directly to our listeners…...
The Tranquility Network ep1 "Don't Forget to Breathe..."
April 01, 2021 22:15 - 9 minutes - 9.05 MBWe at Consolidated Industries would just like to remind you that this is all you are… everything contained within this one reality… We are not to speak of what may lie beyond, because there is nothing… no worries… no troubles… just a singular dimension, keeping us safe… you are safe here… we love you… Don’t forget to breathe…
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep25: "One Year of Lockdown" an unscripted look back
March 25, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.92 MBSTS as a whole is a scripted, narrative podcast. I rarely stray off the rails for any given piece of content, preferring instead to draft a script and make it sound as natural as I can. This segment here, for context, is scripted. I am reading it to you now. But only as a formality. Between here and the ending spiel, this is going to be totally unscripted. I’m going to shoot from the hip. Speak from the heart. Let the consciousness stream. And it’s probably going to suck… for me… wh...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep24: "Billy Duffy & The Devil" Paddy's Day 2021
March 17, 2021 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBIt's Paddy's Day 2021 so on the day where everyone is a little bit Irish, we share a more modern take on the classic Irish folktale, to celebrate the launch of Season 2 of LOCKED IN A VACANCY. This is "Billy Duffy & The Devil" by P.H. EMERSON. I'd like to give a MASSIVE shoutout to the following people for supporting STORIES TELLING STORIES on Patreon... JIM ROSS HOLLY TAMARA TOM MADDY WALTER and HEATHER LOCKED IN A VACANCY is produced in collaboration with Stories Telling Stories ...
A WRITER WRITES | ep1: C. Lee Baker - An Introduction & Memoriam
February 23, 2021 20:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBThis is not how this new series was supposed to begin. But I couldn’t think of any other way to present it. A WRITER WRITES is the result of conversations I had with my biggest fan and most ardent supporter around the time of her 58th birthday. She was my proofreader and my sounding board, helping me to process and streamline thoughts that often came out as an avalanche of ideas. She was a writer in her own right, penning poems, novels, short stories, songs, and scripts that made it to t...
STS-401: "Hot Fire" by Professor Donner (Throw Momma from the Train)
January 18, 2021 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.88 MBAs is tradition, STS kicks off its latest season (Season 4) with an episode pulled from Danny DeVito's black comedy "Throw Momma From The Train." This is "Hot Fire" by Professor Larry Donner. Coming up in Season 4 we’re going to continue our LOCKED IN A VACANCY series, telling stories of solitude and isolation as the pandemic continues to lock down the planet. We’ve also got a new series starting up called “A Writer Writes” that’s… supposedly… hosted by Professor Donner, where we sit down...
STS-307: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote | Holiday in Hospice 2020
December 22, 2020 13:32 - 37 minutes - 34 MBMy mother has been moved to hospice care to spend her remaining days. I've been spending as much time with her as I can. I decided to read her stories and share it over livestream. This is "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote. It's been a difficult few weeks but we're doing the best we can as a family right now. After discovering that the hospice house has really good internet speeds I decided to try livestreaming last week. For my test, I did a reading of "A Christmas Memory" by Trum...
STS 25K SPECIAL with Diane Jennings
November 26, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB“This week on LOCKED IN A VACANCY we’re celebrating a milestone… having hit 25k downloads for the STORIES TELLING STORIES podcast! It may seem like an unusual metric to celebrate, as most social media looks for nice, round numbers to mark as milestones… but 25 is my lucky number and we’re going to make it count. In celebration of the occasion, I’ve got a special guest joining us this episode… She’s an actor, television presenter, content creator, dog mom, and Professional YouTuber with ove...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep23: "A Nice EGG in these trying times"
November 12, 2020 21:15 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBAs of release, today is Thursday, November 12, 2020. It is notable for being the birthday of a relative and patron of the podcast so I am wishing you a wonderful one, Holly, and I hope that despite 2020 being how 2020 is, that you are able to enjoy it wholeheartedly as you enter your third decade on this Earth. You deserve it! Looking around at the very real prospect of a “third wave” taking hold across America and across the world, we sit here still, locked in a vacancy, wondering if and...
STS-306: Stories Telling SCARY Stories SPOOKTOBER 2020
October 30, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBIt’s that time of year again to get SPOOKY! I am DJ Bland and welcome to this very special episode of Stories Telling SCARY Stories! ooOOOOooo! Today we’re bringing you three super short tales of terror and fear, drug up from the depths of the unnamed internet, sure to send a shiver down your spine, just like the Simpsons apparently still do, but let’s be real, who even cares what happened beyond season 10? I’d like to give a massive shout-out to the following people for supporting STORIE...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep22: "SOFT" SPOOKTOBER 2020
October 22, 2020 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBHorror as a media genre relies on the subterfuge of normality to achieve its goals… drawing from basic fears derived over millions of years of human evolution and experience. The collective “we” learned to fear things that can, have, and indeed do cause harm to our person and our fellow humans… things that creep in the darkness, large teeth, claws, falling from great heights, living things deceased seemingly returning to this mortal coil, things that suck our blood, eat our flesh, and stalk...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep21: "Masque of the Red Death" Spooktober 2020
October 07, 2020 10:30 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBIn 1842, transcendent author of romanticism and godfather of american horror Edgar Allen Poe released “The Masque of the Red Death,” a short story that follows prominent fictional character Prince Prospero and his lengthy attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball in seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure dis...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep20: "An Abenaki Legend"
September 29, 2020 20:30 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBWhat started as a silly idea of mine a little over three years ago has morphed into something I could never have anticipated. In episode 1 I finished the silly submarine story that Mrs Hazeltine shared in the film that inspired this podcast. I wanted to tell stories. I wanted to write. I wanted to flex my artistic muscles during my theatrical off-season. And now as the STS podcast is on its 50th episode, I’m taking a moment to reflect on just how far this series has come. The biggest c...