Nightmare Fuel Podcast--Episode Thirteen: The DARK SIDE of English Lit

Elizabeth Siddal as Ophelia

Good Evening...

Tonight's tales are taken from the torrid trappings of the story tellers, poets, painters, and movers and shakers of 19th century Britain.

I present to you...

The DARK SIDE of English Lit!

How dark is it? Well, you can tell it's really dark because I put the phrase DARK SIDE in all caps! That's how DARK it is!

The stories in this episode are the thing of literary legend. Oddly enough, they are all true. I've heard these stories time and time again over the course of my life. Now, I share them with you.

Tonights tales include...

1. Jane Austen's Lost Brother

2. Rossetti Digs Liz

3. Percy's on Fire for Mary

I also weigh in on the season premiere of The Walking Dead. Who knew that zombies have a taste for woodchucks? Daryl and Sheriff Rick both know. No worries here, no spoilers in this episode.

I also read out some feedback from the talented and bright Miss Justine, of Justine's Halloween Blog.
Which you can read here: Justine's Halloween
You can also find Justine's Halloween in the LINKS OF DOOM to the left of this post.

As always, you can listen to the DARK LIT goodness here. Or, download from Archive.org

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Feedback can be addressed to: nightmarefuelpodcast@gmail.com
Or, use the comments box below this episode's show notes.

The Players in Tonight's Drama

Jane Austen (The Queen of Romantic Comedies)

Elizabeth Siddal (The Tragic Muse/Supermodel)

Mary Shelley (Mother of Monsters)

Percy Shelley (Poetic Rebel With a Teenage Lust, er, Lust for Teenage Girls)

D.G. Rossetti (Poet, Painter, Playboy, and Man With a Shovel)

Videos of the Week

Some speculate that Jane Austen haunts her old house in Chawton. I suggest she's just a free spirited woman.

Victorians were dead sexy. They had a taste of the morbid, and drank heavily of it. This video is about the seance craze and Elizabeth Siddal's passing.

Courtesy of Justine's Halloween, an audio book reading of one of Schwartz's most gruesome retellings of an urban legend.

Music of the Week
Song: Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ - BWV 639
Performer: Anthony La Mort
LP: Hauptwerk Organ Pieces One
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NEXT TIME: The Halloween Reading for 2011!

May your better angels prevail...And may the saints preserve you.

Elizabeth Siddal as The Virgin Mary

Episode 32--The Phantom Rickshaw

This week, I take you to the dark side of India with Rudyard Kipling's tale of love and revenge, The Phantom Rickshaw


Originally published in 1888, in the anthology The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales, the titular story has become one of the best known, and most reprinted, ghost stories of all time. Kipling's contributions to the horror genre cannot be understated. Though he is best known as the author of The Jungle Book We can also thank him for some intelligent scare fests.

As always, you can listen to the show here, or download it from archive.org
http://www.archive.org/details/TheFlyPaperDungeon--episode32ThePhantomRickshaw


Link of the Week:
The Art of Richard M. Powers
http://members.cox.net/sjrohde/
(The above image was scanned by me, from an old edition of Kipling. It was illustrated by Richard M. Powers. No infringment is intended on the work of this great Sci-Fi and Fantasy artist)

Episode 14--The Wicker Man (1973)

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GIRL?

IF SO, CALL YOUR LOCAL CONSTABULARY!

MISSING SINCE MAY OF 1973

ROWAN MORRISON

LAST SEEN ON SUMMER ISLE

Yes, as long promised, I take a trip to picturesque Summer Isle. I party with the locals, engage in a few orgies, and sample some meade in a graveyard.

This week's episode is dedicated to Robin Hardy's cult classic--THE WICKER MAN! Starring Sir Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward--The Wicker Man has a long and fascinating history. It has practically become a legend over the years, and has garnered a new legions of fans with each decade. 

Also discussed are my feelings on organized religion, and the clash of beliefs present in the film. 

The entire content of this episode is dedicated to THE WICKER MAN, with only a few deviations. There is a spoiler ALERT given out at the twenty-six minute mark to the thirty minute mark. 

I mention briefly I Sell The Dead and Cemetary Man--both of which will be discussed in a future episode. 

The Wicker Man beckons!
LIGHT THE FIRES! 

"Summer is a comin' in..." 

As always, you can listen to the pagan goodness here. Or, you can download/listen at archive.org (just click the link to download).
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NEXT WEEK: Houdini!

Wicker Man Trivia: http://www.wicker-man.com/trivia.php

MungBeing Magazine interview with Robin Hardy: http://www.mungbeing.com/issue_13.html?page=67

Fifteen Classic Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novels that Fought Rejection: http://io9.com/5668053/15-classic-science-fiction-and-fantasy-novels-that-publishers-rejected?skyline=true&s=i