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Extra Credit 034 - After Hours

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We're discussing strange story cinema with Scorsese's Aickman-esque After Hours!

Next up: a classic episode and MONSTER MAY!

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Study 128 - Bind Your Hair

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Settle down or go wild in the country? Join us as we explore the implications of Robert Aickman's maybe-werewolf-maybe-folk-horror masterpiece, Bind Your Hair.

Special thanks to our reader and chief roboticist, Greig Johnson!

Next up: a classic episode and AFTER HOURS

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Study 127 - The Cicerones

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With The Cicerones by Robert Aickman as our guidebook, join us for a tour of religious art in a lonely cathedral. What could go wrong?

Some of the art in this episode:

Christ Among the Doctors

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb

The Virgin Glorified

The Martyrdom of Saint Livinus

Further information:

St. Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent

The Ghent Altarpiece

The World's Most Stolen Painting

Examples of caged choirs by Bauhaus and NIN

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Feedback 034 - Eventually Possessed Anyway

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Are you prepared to listen to the true facts about things that people wrote after listening to shows about vampires last month? ARE YOU?!?!?

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Study 126 - The Swords

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Listen in as we discuss Robert Aickman's strange short story of sexual trauma, The Swords.

Special thanks to our reader Greig Johnson!

Next up: The Cicerones

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Extra Credit 033 - Vampire Movie Fever

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Classic Cast: Dracula

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We've combined our four episodes on Bram Stoker's Dracula into one FREE epic listen, brought to you by please subscribe to our Patreon!

That opening Castlevania riff was rocked by Erik Peabody of Viking Guitar Productions!

Special thanks once again to Ken Hite, John Reppion, Andrew Leman and Rachel Lackey!

Links to the original eps with show notes from ten years ago:

Dracula - Part 1

Dracula - Part 2

Dracula - Part 3

Dracula - Part 4

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Study 125 - The Time of the Worm

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Possessed in mind and body, the characters in The Time of the Worm have a very bad time! Tune in as we discuss this fascinating but brutal story by Bob Leman.

Special thanks to our star reader Andrew Leman!

Next up: we're talking vampire movies including Nosferatu, Byzantium and The Vourdalak! And then it's Aickman in April!

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Feedback 033 - Brandishing Stance

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We're discussing your discussions of last month's discussions!

Check out We Believe in Dinosaurs!

And here's Edward E. French reading Window!

Get Caught in a Gelatinous Cube!

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Study 124 - The Pilgrimage of Clifford M. - Part 2

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Join us as we follow Bob Leman's The Pilgrimage of Clifford M. to an emotional end!

Special thanks to our amazing reader Andrew Leman!

STRANGE ONE is still available!

Next up: Feedback and The Time of the Worm

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Study 123 - The Pilgrimage of Clifford M. - Part 1

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We're kicking off March is for Draculas with a FANGER of a vampire story by Bob Leman: The Pilgrimage of Clifford M.!

Special thanks to our reader Andrew Leman!

March 7th: BUY STRANGE ONE AT BANDCAMP!

Monchhichi

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Extra Credit 032 - Building the Rock

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We're demonstrating a fun way to generate story plots through conversation. Listen in and cook up your own!

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Classic Cast: The Monster of Lake LaMetrie

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It's Creatures from the Black La-June in February!

Mark your calendars to buy Strange One on March 7th and support Marching Draculas!

(here is a link to the original episode)

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Study 122 - The Thing from–"Outside"

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Time? Space? Plot? Nothing makes sense anymore as we're greeted by The Thing from "Outside" by George Allen England!

Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson! Get to his eBay shop NOW!!

The Radium Age series of books from MIT Press.

The 1923 Interview with England.

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Study 121 - Wet Season

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Author Dennis Etchison makes his debut on the show with Wet Season, a rainy, scary tale about sinister changes in the environment.

Special thanks to our reader, Anthony Tedesco! Check out his new project: The Starforged of Eden!

Here's that Blumhouse interview with Etchison about his Halloween 4 script.

And say something nice about Ruth Price!

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Feedback 032 - Good Info for Time Travelers

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We're freezing Janu-Hairy with a can of Aqua Net and discussing your reactions!

Yes, we have I Love Dean shirts, as well as other merch.

New music from the show coming on March 7th!

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Study 120 - Window

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We're looking into Window by Bob Leman, and we're seeing some scary stuff! Join us as we discuss this crazy scifi-horror-fantasy story!

Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman of the HPLHS!

Here's that bio for Bob Leman from Lesser-Known Writers.

Check out this adaptation of Window on Night Visions, starring Bill Pullman!

A Brief History of Things Were Better 50 Years Ago

Outro music is from a new collection coming this March!

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Extra Credit 031 - The Enchanter's Apprentice

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We're trying out a meditative solo roleplaying game - listen in!

The Lactantius reference is from Episode 34 - The Festival.

This adventure of the mind is from the world of THE COLOSSUS!

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Classic Cast: The Man from Time

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Study 119 - A Wig for Miss DeVore

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We try on A Wig for Miss Devore by August Derleth and find out it fits the cursed object genre perfectly! Watch out! You may already be wearing it!

Special thanks to our reader, Heather Klinke!

If you liked this haunted wig tale, check out our episode on Jerry Jarvis's Wig featuring Jamie Brittain!

Other stories mentioned in this episode:

Next up:

An extra credit episode in which we play through a meditative solo TTRPG, and then we're kicking off February with the kick-ass story WINDOW by Bob Leman (and featuring reader Andrew Leman). STAY TUNED!

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