Echoes in the Dark with Rae Wilson
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In the oral tradition of storytelling, Echoes in the Dark, delivers classic works of gothic fiction weekly. Hosted and curated by Ms. Rae (an award-winning educator, actor, and literary analyst) the collection of stories spans popular works by authors like Edgar Allan Poe as well as lesser known works by authors such as Guy de Maupassant. Each story is followed by a literary analysis.
If you’re looking to enjoy more classic literature, struggle to find the time to read, hate reading, or just love listening to stories, then this podcast is for you.
A Note on Content: While these stories are generally appropriate for listeners aged 12 and up, classic Gothic literature frequently explores themes of murder, romantic affairs, and "tortured souls." Stories are performed exactly as written in their original historical context.
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S1E17 The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request"As they opposed no objection, saying that the patient was already in the death agony, I proceeded without hesitation."Edgar Allan Poe, the scribe…
S1E16 The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request"Fear has no brains; it is an idiot."Ambrose Bierce, a rather prolific short story writer, is known for his whit, but scholars have often noted…
S1E15 The Lady's Maid's Bell by Edith Wharton
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request"I could have shaken the man for his stupidity."Edith Wharton may be known world wide as the scribe behind Age of Innocence, but she equally adapt…
S1E14 The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request" I should like to know how any one of us would look, or what the devil we should have to say for ourselves, in any Christian witness-box. "Robert…
S1E13 The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request" A truthful traveller, who should have seen some extraordinarycreature in the likeness of a sea-serpent, would have no fear of mentioningit; but…
S1E12 The Fall of The House of Usher
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request" I looked at him with a feeling of sad surprise. Surely, no man had everbefore changed as Roderick Usher had! Could this be the friend of myearly…
S1E12 The Hall Bedroom by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request" I have experienced the revulsion which comes sooner or later to the adventurous soul who experiences nothing but defeat and so-called ill luck. I…
S1E11 The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request"...people of the frontier—restless souls who no sooner had hewn fairly habitable homes out of the wilderness and attained to that degree of…
S1E10 The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story RequestMusic by:Sound Effects by Alexander Edited by Rae WilsonSound Effects by daveincamas Edited by Rae WilsonAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0…
S1E9 The Grey Woman by Mrs. Gaskell (Part 3)
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request"indeed, I have sometimes fancied since that the flower-garden, to which the only access from the castle was through his rooms, was designed in…
S1E8 The Grey Woman by Mrs. Gaskell (Part 2)
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request"indeed, I have sometimes fancied since that the flower-garden, to which the only access from the castle was through his rooms, was designed in…
S1E7 The Grey Woman by Mrs. Gaskell (Part 1) updated
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request"indeed, I have sometimes fancied since that the flower-garden, to which the only access from the castle was through his rooms, was designed in…
S1E6 The Music of Erich Zann by H.P. Lovecraft
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request"I experienced a sentiment half of horror, half of remorse, for the crime of which I had been guilty; but ... the soul remained untouched."Who…
S1E5 The Apparition by Guy de Maupassant
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request""I was wounded at that remark and told him so somewhat sharply."What do we owe others, especially our friends from long ago? Whether the…
S1E4 The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request"I experienced a sentiment half of horror, half of remorse, for the crime of which I had been guilty; but ... the soul remained untouched."Who…
S1E3 A Vine on a House by Ambrose Bierce
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request"The next evening, at about the same hour... and again the mysterious phenomenon occurred..."Society has so many unspoken rules, but should all the…
S1E2 The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request"Will you say that I am mad?"What is madness? In this beloved story, Poe invites readers to question their own ideas of when exactly we cross the…
S1E1 Luella Miller by Mary Wilkins Freeman
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story Request" You kill everybody that is fool enough to care anythin’ about you... "What is our obligation to love they neighbor? In this short story by Mary…
Echoes in the Dark... Classic Gothic Tales
Send a Question for the Book Club or a Story RequestLooking for a good book? These classic gothic tales have held audience interest for decades (some over a century), but are they useful beyond just…
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