Showing posts with label October Scary Story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label October Scary Story. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Journey #135 -The Book of Hell by Mavor Moore (Nightfall)

A mysterious manuscript purporting to be a first-person account of what it's like in Hell has the editors of a publishing house in an uproar.





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Nightfall is the title of a radio drama series produced and aired by CBC Radio (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural/horror series, Nightfall featured some episodes in other genres, such as science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and human drama. One episode was even adapted from a folk song by Stan Rogers. Some of Nightfall's episodes were so terrifying that the CBC registered numerous complaints and some affiliate stations dropped it. Despite this, the series went on to become one of the most popular shows in CBC Radio history, running 100 episodes that featured a mix of original tales and adaptations of both classic and obscure short stories.

Related Links:
The Nightfall Project



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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Side Trip #7 - What Are You Afraid Of? - A Conversation

An October drive with my daughter.







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Music used in this production:
"Brittle Rille" by Kevin MacLeod



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Friday, October 24, 2014

Journey #109 - Double Feature: Ringing the Changes by Robert Aikman & Welcome to Homerville (Nightfall)

Two terrifying tales featuring dangerous destinations.





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Nightfall is the title of a radio drama series produced and aired by CBC Radio (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural/horror series, Nightfall featured some episodes in other genres, such as science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and human drama. One episode was even adapted from a folk song by Stan Rogers. Some of Nightfall's episodes were so terrifying that the CBC registered numerous complaints and some affiliate stations dropped it. Despite this, the series went on to become one of the most popular shows in CBC Radio history, running 100 episodes that featured a mix of original tales and adaptations of both classic and obscure short stories.

Related Links:
The Nightfall Project



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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Journey #81 - The Goblins and the Gravedigger by Charles Dickens

Gabriel Grub, in the church graveyard, is seized upon by goblins, creatures seemingly more unpleasant than himself.



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This story was originally titled "The Goblins who stole a Sexton" and was extracted from Dickens' debut novel, The Pickwick Papers.

Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular. They include Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, and A Christmas Carol.

B.J. Harrison is the host, and principle narrator, for the multiple award-winning Classic Tales Podcast.  The Classic Tales Podcast was awarded as one of iTunes’ Top Podcasts of 2007, and maintains a 5-star rating after over 600 reviews at iTunes.  Harrison has performed hundreds of character voices, including accents from Hungary, Russia, Ecuador, Italy, France, Arkansas, New York and many others. B.J. Harrison’s classic audiobooks are sold at Audible.com, and the iTunes Music Store. They are also available at his acclaimed website: www.thebestaudiobooks.com.

Realated Links:
Check out B.J. Harrison's latest story collection: Classic Scary Tales: Volume 1



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Friday, October 18, 2013

Journey #80 - Emily 501 by Tamara Hladik (Seeing Ear Theatre)

Sitaine Nuluhaya is an exo-archeologist and a linguist, sent on a mission in the Cygnus system to explore the ruins of an extinct culture. As a scholar of languages, she is delighted to discover an unknown, alien language, but this ancient tongue might not be as dead as she thinks…



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Seeing Ear Theater was an extension of the SCI-Fi Channel, and produced audio dramas between 1997 and 2001. Dozens of Science Fiction and Fantasy stories were produced by a dedicated and talented crew of multimedia artists, writers, actors and musicians and delivered “radio” drama via streaming audio. It managed to capture some of the top living SF writers of today, like Harlan Ellision, J. Michael Straczynski, Connie Willis, Neil Gaiman, and Kim Stanley Robinson. It also produced some classic stories, from the likes of Fredric Brown, Poul Anderson, and William Tenn.
Cast:
Anne Bobby as Sitaine Nuluhaya
Alissa Hunnicutt as Computer
Rebecca Nice as Poetry Reader

Crew:
Produced and Directed by George Zarr
Musical echoes performed by Bobby, Hunnicutt, and Nice
Sound Design by John Colucci

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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Journey #79 - Double Feature: Sorry Wrong Number and The Diary of Saphronia Winters by Lucille Fletcher (Suspense)

The stories of two women isolated from the world and in danger.





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Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1942 through 1962.  One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 are still in existance.

Lucille Fletcher (March 28, 1912 – August 31, 2000) was an American screenwriter of film, radio and television. Her credits include The Hitch-Hiker, an original radio play written for Orson Welles and adapted for a notable episode of The Twilight Zone television series. Lucille Fletcher also wrote Sorry, Wrong Number, one of the most celebrated suspense plays in the history of American radio, which she adapted and expanded for the 1948 film noir classic of the same name.

Agnes  Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress whose career of more than three decades included work in radio, stage, film and television. During the 1940s and 1950s, Moorehead was one of the most in demand actresses for radio dramas, especially on the CBS show Suspense. During the 946 episodes run of Suspense, Moorehead was cast in more episodes than any other actor or actress. Moorehead's most successful appearance on Suspense was in the legendary play Sorry, Wrong Number, written by Lucille Fletcher, broadcast on May 18, 1943.  She recreated the performance six times for Suspense and several times on other radio shows, always using her original, dog-eared script. She is now chiefly known for her role as Endora on the television series Bewitched.


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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Journey #50 - Ichabod Crane, Master of the Occult by D.K. Thompson

Ichabod Crane returns to Sleepy Hollow, but this time he's out for revenge.





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D.K. Thompson (Dave) hosts and co-edits PodCastle, the awesomest fantasy fiction podcast this side of Narnia. Additionally, he sometimes writes short fiction, including the Cyberpunk stories and God-Shaped Box, that have been featured at Journey Into..., and more of his work has been podcasted at Drabblecast, Escape Pod, Pseudopod, and Variant Frequencies.

Cast of characters:
Josh Roseman as the Narrator (Diedrich Knickerbocker)
Rish Outfield (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Ichabod Crane
Mat Weller as Brom Bones (Abraham van Brunt)
Anna Schwind (of Podcastleas Katrina van Brunt
Big Anklevich (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Hans van Ripper
Renee Chambliss (author of Dreaming of Deliverance) as The Woman in White
Megan Latham as Catherine van Brunt
Parker Latham as Baltus van Brunt
Robbie Latham as Jacob van Brunt
Marshal Latham as the innkeeper, and the new schoolmaster

Realated Links:
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" audio

Music used in this production:
Spatial Harvest by Kevin MacLeod


Several sound effects were found at freesound.org.


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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Journey #49 - The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury (presented by Mind Webs)

The beacon of light and the sound of the fog horn call out to more than just helpless ships.


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Mind Webs was a 1970's series out of WHA Radio in Wisconsin that featured weekly semi-dramatized readings of science fiction short stories performed by Michael Hansen.  It aired stroies by some of the genre's best writers like Norman Spinrad, Arthur C. Clarke, Gordon R. Dickson, and Ray Bradbury. Many of the readings were enhanced by music, periodic sound cues, and the occasional character voice, however they are not completely dramatized.

Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. He was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers of speculative fiction. He also inspired generations of writer and readers. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films. He died, earlier this month, on June 5, 2012.


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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Journey #48 - Double Feature: Pennywhistle by Greg van Eekhout & The Scottish Scene by Rish Outfield

A mom seeks to save her child from a piper, and a teenages seeks to save herfriends from the curse of Macbeth.





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Greg van Eekhout has written many short stories, as well as three novels. Norse Code is an adult urban fantasy about Ragnarok in modern-day LA. His two middle-grade novels, Kid vs. Squid and The Boy at the End of the World, have been thoroughly enjoyed by young and old alike. Greg is currently working on a new trilogy of books based on his short story, "The Osteomancer's Son", the first of which will be released in the fall of 2013.  You can follow Greg on his blog.

Rish Outfield is a writer, podcaster, and voice actor.  He is also the co-host of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine.  You can also follow Rish on his blog.

Renee Chambliss is a writer and professional audiobook narrator who lives in northern Californina. You can find out more about her at REChambliss.com.

Cast of characters for "Pennywhistle":
Renee Chambliss (author of Dreaming of Deliverance) as the mother
Sgzhanke S. Carlo as Nathan

Cast of characters for "The Scottish Play":
Rish Outfield (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Narator, Mr. Palmer, Uncle Rod, and the witches
Renee Chambliss (author of Dreaming of Deliverance) as Sammy, Li, and Tosh



Suggested Podcast Episode: "We Clever Jacks" by Greg van Eekhout on PodCastle.


Several sound effects were found at freesound.org.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Journey #47 - The Repossession by Arthur Samuels (Nightfall)

Robert's brother Douglas died when they were separated as conjoined twins. Or did he?





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Nightfall is the title of a radio drama series produced and aired by CBC Radio (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural/horror series, Nightfall featured some episodes in other genres, such as science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and human drama. One episode was even adapted from a folk song by Stan Rogers. Some of Nightfall's episodes were so terrifying that the CBC registered numerous complaints and some affiliate stations dropped it. Despite this, the series went on to become one of the most popular shows in CBC Radio history, running 100 episodes that featured a mix of original tales and adaptations of both classic and obscure short stories.

Related Links:
Facts about conjoined twins
The Nightfall Project
Eng and Chang Bunker
Abby and Brittney Hensel






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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Journey #17 - Hop Frog by Edgar Allan Poe
























Hop Frog is often the butt of the King's jokes and cruelty, along with the Royal Council, but Hop Frog still agrees to help them with a masterful ruse at the masquerade.


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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 and became an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as the genre of science fiction.  He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.  Poe died in 1849,  in Baltimore, under mysterious circumstances, but he left us with a legacy of tales of wonder and woe, the marvelous and the macarbe. 

Cast of characters:
John "Widgett" Robinson (of Need Coffee Dot Com) as Narrator
Big Anklevich (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Hop Frog
Marshal Latham as the King, and his ministers

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Friday, October 21, 2011

Journey #16 - Three Skeleton Key by George Toudouze (Escape)

Rats, Vincent Price, and a lonely lighthouse...


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This March 17, 1950 production of "Three Skeleton Key" is based on a 1937 Esquire magazine short story by the French writer George Toudouze; and was adapted for Escape in 1949 by James Poe.  It features Vincent Price in the lead role.


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Friday, October 14, 2011

Journey #15 - The Box by Christopher Munroe

There is a box in the corner of his room; and he will not open it.


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The author, Christopher Munroe, lives in Calgary, Alberta, where he works, lives, and maintains his flash fiction blog.  His fiction has been featured on Drabblecast, Dribblecast, and the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine.

Graeme Dunlop, the reader of this story is the host and editor of the YA speculative fiction podcast, Cast of Wonders.  He is also the audio editor for Pseudopod, and the submissions editor for CastMacabre.

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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Journey #14 - Double Feature: Chicken Heart & Revolt of the Worms (Lights Out)


A double dose of science experiments going bad with disastrous results.


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Lights Out was one of the first radio series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 1934 to the summer of 1947 and the series eventually made the transition to television.  It featured two of the most creative writers at the time, Wyllis Cooper, and Arch Oboler.

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