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In our final episode, Mina Harker's condition deteriorates but her connection to Dracula grows stonger.   With little time left can our heroes intercept Dracula before he reaches his castle?...

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Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Kirsten Flores, Lori Scott, Cho Jinn and Douglas Harley

It's our penultimate episode of Dracula.  All but one of the Count's boxes of soil have been destroyed.  With Mina's life still in danger our hereos must face the Count but first they need to find him...

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Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale

Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Kirsten Flores, Lori Scott, Cho Jinn and Douglas Harley

Time is running out for our heros.  Mina has been bound to Dracula, they must find the remaining crates of soil before it's too late...

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Books - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):

Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale

Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Kirsten Flores, Lori Scott, Cho Jinn and Douglas Harley

We pick up our tale with Dr Seaward who has been urgently called to Renfield whose behaviour continues to cause alarm.  Back at our heros base Mina's symptoms are sounding very familiar...

This episode contains content that may be alarming to some listeners. 

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Books - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):

Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale

Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Kirsten Flores, Lori Scott, Cho Jinn and Douglas Harley

After a disturbing encounter with Renfield our heroes begin their for hunt Dracula...

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Books - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):

Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale

Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Kirsten Flores, Lori Scott and Cho Jinn

Dickens said that Christmas Eve was a time for ghost stories, and who am I to argue?

It is my show though, so I get to pick the ghost story – and I picked Peter Straub’s classic novel of the name. A tale of old men with horror in their youths, seductive evil and a town besieged by winter and… worse things.

It’s a slippery beast though, this novel. So to really help pin it down, I needed help. I called and help came, in the form of Alan Baxter (author of Sallow Bend, The Gulp and many more), Lauren Bolger (Kill Radio) and John Langan, whose novel, The Fisherman, continues what I think is Straub’s American gothic legacy. 

We talk about the book in granular detail – it’s monsters, it’s politics, it’s storytelling and, of course, it’s ghosts. It’s about as jolly a time as you can have talking about ancient evil visiting small towns. But enough about Santa.

Light the fire, pour a drink, enjoy! You’ve earned it.

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Our heroes are now all together and their stories shared.  What is next?  And how does Renfield fit into everything that has happened?...

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Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Kirsten Flores, Lori Scott and Cho Jinn

Listen to us… the podcast of the night… what beautiful nonsense we make!! That’s right, we’re sinking our teeth into the movie that we can honestly say started it all - the 1931 Universal Studios classic, DRACULA!! Along the way, we stake our claim on uneven Bela Lugosi impersonations, connect the dots with the Brides and an infamous Ghostbusters BJ, unpack Bram Stoker’s repressed personal history for juicy clues, and Patrick offloads every weird piece of history he learned as a Universal Studios Backlot tour guide about this film!! All that, plus the Van Helsing and Van Halen crossover you’ve always wanted, we expose the beta duck that is Jonathan Harker and play the immortal game Choose Your Own Deathventure!! We never drink… wine, but you’ll want to guzzle down every drop of this week’s Kill By Kill!!

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Lucy Westenra is now at rest.  The focus now turns to Count Dracula and how to stop him...
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Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Kirsten Flores, Lori Scott and Cho Jinn

Before the holidays fully set in, we need to say farewell for now to our horror movie kick with special guest Lex Stewart! Lex walks us through their takes on famous horror tropes, plots, and iconography. Find out more about the meaning of final girls to zombies to possession flicks and more! And don't forget to reach out to us and let us know what your favorite horror movie is! 

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At the end of the last episode Van Helsing had managed to convince his friends to inspect Lucy's tomb after dark.  What will they discover?...

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Books - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):

Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale

Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Kirsten Flores, Lori Scott and Cho Jinn

Van Helsing has been gathering clues as to why/how Lucy died.  And will anyone believe the connection he has made between Lucy's death and the children disappearing on Hampstead Heath?...

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Books - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):

Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale

Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Kirsten Flores, Lori Scott and Cho Jinn

We rejoin our tale where preparations are underway for Lucy's funeral.  But Van Helsing isn't convinced that this is the end...

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Books - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):

Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale

Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Spockk Kirkk, Kirsten Flores and Lori Scott

Last time our tale took a dramatic and fateful turn.  Lucy's window has been smashed and her mother died from the shock.  Will Van Helsing & Dr Seward be in time to help Lucy?...

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Books - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):

Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale

Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Spockk Kirkk, Kirsten Flores and Lori Scott

Lucy is under near constant supervision as her condition worsens.  What more can Van Helsing & Dr Seward do to help?...

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Books - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):

Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale

Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Spockk Kirkk, Kirsten Flores and Lori Scott

In this episode, the last in our spooky specials ,Jim McClean & Adam Neeson are joined by Joe McElroy as they chatted about John Carpenter's Halloween.

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

We chatted about the various sequels and reboots within the series, including  David Gordon Green's recent trilogy.

As always be warned this recording is filled with spoilers and tangents a-aplenty.

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To celebrate Halloween, Rori and Aaron present their Top 5 Scary Movies and have a spoiler discussion of the Netflix series The Watcher

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In our last episode we were introduced to the legendary Van Helsing.  This week he travels to Whitby to help Dr Seward investigate Lucy's mysterious illness...

Please support The Well Told Tale via our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale

Books - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):

Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale

Buy Dracula - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780241411155
Bram Stoker Horror Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781786647832

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780199552412

I would like to thank my patrons: Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Spockk Kirkk, Kirsten Flores and Lori Scott

Should we have saved Suspiria (1977) for pride month? Rumor on the street is that this is a low-key lesbian film... which actually makes a lot of sense when you consider that, in a way, maybe all witch movies are. But while it doesn't actually include any footage of women kissing, Dario Argento's masterpiece is still a visual delight. Just peep all the incredible architecture and fashion! That's not to say that this flick is all (technicolor) flash, no substance. There's a lot to unpack here, which is why we asked Vannah Taylor — writer, ballerina, and fellow horror podcaster — to join us as we break down everything from the classic fairytale references to the pop culture impact.

Follow Vannah Taylor on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok at @sirendeathcult. Follow The Carnal Extremities Podcast on Twitter. Check out their new episodes weekly on Apple and Spotify.

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https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503550/14-unforgettable-facts-about-%E2%80%98suspiria%E2%80%99