This week we tackle Lost Hearts by M.R. James, a spine-chilling tale featuring ghostly orphans! Talking rats! Diabolical alchemy! Gore! A shower scene! (sort of).
Also in this episode:
- Mike tweaks his hurgy gurdy around the house
- Will says ‘Dun Dun Duuunnn!’ more than is strictly necessary
- We both says ‘evocative’ more than is strictly necessary and then get really, really depressed
A big THANKS goes out to Kirsty Woodfield who brought a much-needed touch of class to the proceedings by doing an excellent job with the readings.
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In Episode 1 your hosts Will Ross and Mike Taylor discuss M.R. James’s first published ghost story, Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook, in which crocodiles are purloined, religious pimping staffs brandished, sinister tomes examined and unholy terrors unleashed on an unsuspecting scholar in the darkest depths of rural France.
Also in this episode: Mike grumbles bitterly about carnival folk while Will insults Bury St. Edmonds before whipping out his Testament of Soloman and scrawling a cock and balls in the margin.
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Close the curtains, turn the lamps down low and pull your deep leather armchair up to the roaring fire and prepare yourself for A Podcast to the Curious, a new podcast dedicated to the weird fiction of M.R. James!
Over the next few dozen episodes your hosts Will Ross and Mike Taylor will be taking you on a guided tour of terror through the works of the master of the English ghost story M.R. James, whose terrifying tales of haunted crypts, cursed artifacts and demonic guardians have been delighting readers since 1904!
The first episode which looks at Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook will be online shortly.
This week we tackle Lost Hearts by M.R. James, a spine-chilling tale featuring ghostly orphans! Talking rats! Diabolical alchemy! Gore! A shower scene! (sort of).
