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Mike Brown
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Charleston Gothic: Part 6- Ghostly Alchemy
A wax figurine forgotten in museum storage. A book of poems that prophesied a ghost. A woman on a beach who found something she wasn't looking for. In the final episode of the Charleston Gothic…
Charleston Gothic: Part 5- The Unfortunate Pirate
Episode 51: The Unfortunate Pirate For over a century, "Annabel Lee" has been read as Edgar Allan Poe's final love poem—a haunting elegy to his child bride Virginia, written months before his death.…
Charleston Gothic: Part 4- Tekeli
CHARLESTON GOTHIC Episode 4: Tekeli The Charleston Library Society has survived fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, and war—emerging each time with its treasures intact. Among those treasures: the…
Charleston Gothic: Part 3- Juliet's Tomb
Find the grave of Annabel Lee and you find the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe! In this episode, a hand-drawn map pulls us through a locked iron gate into Charleston's most overgrown churchyard, where…
Charleston Gothic: Part 2- Buried Treasures
In this episode, we follow the Annabel Lee legend backward: from modern ghost tours to nineteenth-century poetry, from pirate treasure maps to academic footnotes, from Sullivan's Island beaches to a…
Charleston Gothic: Part 1- Night Sea Journey
The Descent has led us to Charleston, and to a haunted historic theatre where we uncover a clue that may bring us closer to finding the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe. Sources: The Ghosts of…
The Descent: Part 3- Lost
In this episode we visit the most haunted house of Edgar Allan Poe and then retrace his path to the threshold of a secret world. Sources that were either referenced directly or consulted during the…
The Descent: Part 2- Spiral
In this episode we continue our search for the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe and retrace his path through the final, ill-fated months of his life. Sources that were either referenced directly or…
The Descent: Part 1- Hollow
In this episode we embark on a search for the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe, guided by Henry David Thoreau and the mystery of the Hollow Earth. Our quest begins with a visit to a haunted saloon and an…
The Mermaid Returns: Part 3
The conclusion of the three part series which combines history, ghosts, true crime and fairytales.
The Mermaid Returns: Part 2
The second episode in a three part series about one of Charleston's lost stories. It is a true story that combines history, true crime, ghosts and fairy tales.
The Mermaid Returns: Part 1
This is the first in a three part series about one of Charleston, South Carolina's lost stories. It combines history, ghosts, true crime, amd fairytales.
Here Are Dragons
This episode features the untold story of the origin of King Kong.
Last Breath
This episode tells a story about pirates and a haunted dungeon.
The Mermaid
This episode tells the story of the Charleston mermaid.
Corpsewood
This is a story about a German fairytale and a brutal murder in northwestern Georgia. Suggested reading: The Corpsewood Manor Murders In North Georgia by Amy Petulla
Through A Glass Darkly
This a story about the Titanic, Victorian sex trafficking and a mummy's curse.
Shadows of Savannah Part 2: The Dead Time
Haunted houses, midnight witchcraft and famous murder in historic Savannah, Georgia.
Shadows of Savannah (Part 1): Most Haunted
In this episode I visit some of Savanah's most haunted locations. Suggested Reading: Haunted Savanah: America's Most Spectral City by James Caskey Haunted Savannah by Georgia R. Byrd
True Ghosts
Harry Houdini and the Halloween Séance.
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Pleasing Terrors has published 51 episodes since August 2016, covering topics in Arts, Performing Arts.
Pleasing Terrors is currently declining with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 37m.
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