Podcasts about Dunwich

Amiche cultiste, cultisti. A un certo punto, qualcuno si sarebbe anche potuto domandare: “Sì, ma alla fine, bello ridere e scherzare con i Patreon, la Cricca, mangiare, bere, lettera e testamento. Ma di fatto, cosa avete davvero combinato in quasi 30 ore dentro quella serie di edifici distopici, tra saloni giganteschi, scale mobili che non portano da nessuna parte, finestre che danno su altre finestre, alla periferia nord di Bologna?”. In risposta a questa legittima osservazione, possiamo affermare che l'episodio di oggi è appunto una gustosa zuppa, una miscellanea di giochi, aneddoti, retroscena, che è fermentata nell'ombra ed è ora pronta a rilasciare il suo empio aroma all'interno dei vostri fini nonché bramosi palati. Da notare che Ale ha contribuito eroicamente pur trovandosi al confino in altro emisfero, giusto per farvi capire la dedizione.Alla fine possiamo dire che in questo episodio abbiamo messo veramente di tutto e rappresenta il degno, pirotecnico finale della prima fase per la nuova, evoluta esperienza PLAY. Vi raccontiamo tutto. Allacciate le cinture. Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Amiche cultiste, amichi cultisti. Questa settimana episodio specialissimo. Per festeggiare gli 8 anni di attività, abbiamo imbastito il nostro primo episodio completamente live; in altre parole, abbiamo radunato gli iscritti alla classica DBCena del weekend di PLAY e li abbiamo portati nel grande salone delle cerimonie de La Palazzina, un luogo che trasuda oscurità e cola nerdismo dalle pareti. Dopodiché, 80 minuti di episodio davanti a detto pubblico. Questa - l'avrete capito - è la fedele registrazione di quegli 80 minuti in formato podcast. È stata un'esperienza unica, soprattutto grazie alle domande (più o meno assurde) arrivate dalla platea. Un ringraziamento di cuore a Simone Maurizzi e a tutto lo staff per aver ospitato questo evento, che speriamo con tutto il cuore di poter ripetere l'anno prossimo. Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo a Play 2026!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Programa 319 La Hora del Rock Fernando Nadales Zenón Perez y Paco Jimenez Music From The Elder1981 - Music From The Elder (1997 Remaster Mercury-Casablanca Germany Edition)10 - Escape From the Island. Saurom - El Principito (2025)13. El Mordisco De La Serpiente Don Airey - Pushed To The Edge (2025)11. Finnigan's Awake. Dio 2002 - Killing The Dragon (2CD)CD 11 Killing The Dragon (2019 - Remaster) Avantasia - Here Be Dragons (Deluxe Edition) (2025)CD 18. Avalon. Pateticus Mundo Final (2025) Dream Theater (USA)2024 - A Broken Man (Single)1 - A Broken Man. Arch Enemy Blood Dynasty (Deluxe Edition)7 Blood Dynasty. Lex Lüger Reino De Sangre jovenes ocultos (2025) Vhaldemar -Sanctuary .... 01 Devil´s Child (2024) Santonegro Pure Gold6 - Pure Gold W.E.T. (Sweden)2025 - Apex8 Pay Dirt. Gotthard - Stereo Crush (2025)5 - Drive My Car. Brainstorm - Plague Of Rats (Deluxe Edition) (2025)2 - Garuda (Eater Of Snakes). The Big Deal (Serbia) - DiscographyStudio Albums2025 - Electrified1 Survivor Sphinx Nadie Va a Pararte (2025) Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen - Black Light - White Noise (2025)1 - Muddy Water. Thin Lizzy 06. Whiskey In The Jar (Acoustic Version). Captain Black Beard (Sweden)2025 - Chasing Danger1. Dreams. Captain Black Beard (Sweden)2025 - Chasing Danger7. Read Your Mind EVETH - 01 - Un Nuevo Mundo. Cradle of Filth 2025 - The Screaming Of The Valkyries1 To Live Deliciously. Legado de una Tragedia Lovecraft9. El Horror de Dunwich.(2025) Jolly-Joker 2025-6 Demons Dance. Arch Emeny 2025 - Blood Dynasty (Deluxe Edition)9 Vivre Libre. Helloween - March Of Time (The Best Of 40 Years) (Compilation) (2025)CD15 Eagle Fly Free (Remastered). Kiss Albums1981 - Music From The Elder1981 - Music From The Elder (1997 Remaster Mercury-Casablanca Germany Edition)3 - Odyssey Shiraz lane dangerous.

Send us a textOn this episode I talk horror and metal with my friend Nick Shedlok of Dunwich Creations. Nick is a killer artist and I had a great time talking with him. https://linktr.ee/dunwichcreations?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=ad4af8e8-6827-4771-8e17-137e5a0bbeacSynth Outro by Abraxas HornMy email and social links:Brandonlegion666@yahoo.comTwitter: Horrorwolf666Instagram: Brandonlegion666 Facebook: Horrorwolf666Website: www.horrorwolf666.com(Merchandise)https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-horrorwolf666-podcast

Cultisti! Quando starete ascoltando questa drammatica registrazione, noi saremo molto probabilmente in auto, alla volta di Bologna. Carichi come le sveglie, fuori come i balconi, pronti come una tavola, lavati come un pavimento, splendenti come una lampadina. Sì, tutti questi sono detti ampiamente radicati e condivisi nell'immaginario popolare. Sono tutte espressioni atte a descrivere il nostro stato di estrema eccitazione e disordinata euforia per un evento cardine come la nuova PLAY e il nostro primo incredibile episodio dal vivo. SI. PARTE.Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo a Play 2025!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Cultisti! Visto l'enorme successo dell'episodio senza di me, ho deciso di affidare la redazione di questo testo a un'intelligenza artificiale, dato che - appunto - la mia presenza piò tranquillamente essere rimpiazzata con una piantina o un cactus appoggiato sul tavolo della taverna dove registriamo. Cari amici e care amiche ascoltatrici. Questa settimana abbiamo in serbo per voi un episodio interamente dedicato a un titolo di avventura davvero emozionante, ambientato in un mondo fantasy di ispirazione mediorientale, dove i giocatori saranno chiamati a interpretare valorosi eroi provenienti da una terra lontana, minacciata da un misterioso imperatore immortale. Imbracciate le vostre armi, affinate le vostre capacità tattiche, preparate il vostro intuito felino, perché state per iniziare il viaggio nel mondo di Eana!Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Cultisti!Durante l'episodio della scorsa settimana era stata fatta una promessa, mantenuta al 110%:HOSTILE TAKEOVER. Con Jekke forzatamente in panchina e il timone del podcast in mano a un DucaConte totalmente fuori controllo, obnubilato com'era dal potere acquisito, la puntata è deragliata senza appello a partire dal minuto UNO di registrazione.Saltato ogni schema, ogni regola e ogni parvenza di buongusto, si è fatto ciò che si è potuto per portare a casa la serata (e la pelle). Cosa verrà costruito settimana prossima sulle macerie di ciò che è stato?A voi, cari ascoltatori, l'ardua sentenza.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Cultisti! Quanto siete contenti che siamo tornati alla vecchia cara formula “4 interventi per 4 persone”? Cosa dite? Farebbe tecnicamente 16 interventi?  Dipende dai punti vista. Fateci sapere la vostra nei commenti. Per commentare, sarà necessario effettuare un rituale i cui requisiti vi saranno forniti se ci invierete una richiesta firmata scritta su pergamena, alcuni campioni di zolfo e naturalmente, una o più copie di Wingspan dedicate al DucaConte. All'interno di queste scatole, non dimenticate di inserire una prova biologica della vostra esistenza terrena. Tutto chiaro? Semplice e veloce. Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Artist Nick Shedlock joins us this week.  If you dig horror and that stark black and white aesthetic, check out his efforts at Dunwich Creations.  Nick and I talk comics, horror movies and music.   Intro: “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro: “Dunwich” – Electric Wizard

Cultisti! Sfortunatamente, ogni tanto, la produzione settimanale di oscurità e lembi scissi causa distorsioni nello spazio-tempo. Diventiamo improvvisamente suscettibili a germi e virus e, quasi senza avvisaglie, uno di noi si ammala. La settimana scorsa avevate sentito il Doc dietro una mascherina, il volto già segnato dal morbo. Nei giorni successivi, la situa è peggiorata. La mutazione da Doc Bolivia a Doc Holliday si è completata e siamo stati costretti a rinunciare a Bandaland. Zoppi, ma almeno non privi di Duca, ci siamo presentati ai drammatici nastri di partenza anche questa settimana. A voi. Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Programa 51: Orquídeas siniestras. Comentamos dos excelentes antologías de cuentos fantásticos: "Solsticio siniestro" y "Gótico botánico". Nada mejor que empezar el año con la más pura oscuridad. Grabado el 28 de febrero de 2025. 07:35 Acerca de las antologías comentadas SOLSTICIO SINIESTRO: cuentos para las noches más largas 30:30 “El fantasma de la encrucijada”, de Frederick Manley 40:26 “La habitación azul”, de Lettice Galbraith 44:32 “En los hielos boreales”, de Elia Wilkinson Peattie 55:56 “La mujer de Ganthony”, E. Temple Thurston 01:04:16 “La tercera sombra”, de H. Russell Wakefield 01:11:30 “El barrendero”, de Muriel Spark GÓTICO BOTÁNICO: cuentos de un verdor perverso 01:15:12 La orquídea como flor maldita 01:32:46 “Pensamientos verdes”, de John Collier 01:39:50 “La rosaleda”, de M. R. James 01:52:02 “La glicinia gigante”, de Charlotte Perkins Gilman 02:02:06 “El roble”, de Richmal Crompton 02:17:24 “La guerra de la hiedra”, de David H. Keller 02:37:15 “El jardín de Adompha”, de Clark Ashton Smith 02:47:23 “El jardinero”, de Margaret St. Clair

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is Paul Marden.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website SkiptheQueue.fm.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter  or Bluesky for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcast.Competition ends on 13th March 2025. The winner will be contacted via Bluesky. Show references: Website: https://www.crowdconvert.co.uk/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crowd-convert/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crowdconvert.co.ukCrowd Convert has been created to provide attractions with the tools and expertise to create world class digital interactions that extend their incredibly moving physical experiences into the digital world. Very simply Crowd Convert is here to Rehmanise Commerce http://kellymolson.co.uk/Kelly Molson - The Lifestyle Agency AdvisorSupporting overwhelmed solo founders who crave long-term sustainable growth, through monthly advisory. Define your niche. Generate leads. Build your pipeline. Founding Rubber Cheese, a lifestyle web development agency in 2003, she grew the agency profitably for over 20 years transforming our success in 2019 by establishing it as the leading web design agency in the visitor attraction sector. She sold the business in 2024, and now support founders building specialist lifestyle agencies to find their own path – agency growth on their terms.• Gain clarity on direction, mission and positioning to win the right clients• Become confident in increasing prices and saying no to ‘stuff' that sucks time and energy• Feel the excitement of building strategic partnerships that deliver your dream clientsBuild an agency on your terms, choosing profitability over pressure, putting life before work.  Transcription: Kelly Molson: Well, look who is back. They've let me loose with the microphone again. I might never leave. Paul Marden: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in and working with visitor attractions. Kelly Molson: Can I just say that you pretty much called me a queen just before we began recording this, and I think I wear that crown appropriately today. Andy Povey: Podcast royalty. Kelly Molson: She is back where she belongs in her rightful place on her throne with her microphone. Wow. Thank you. You two have been cooking up something interesting, and I am back here to tease it out of you both today. But because I am in charge again, I get to do things my way, which means Icebreakers are back on the cards. Yay. Kelly Molson: I'm so happy to be back here doing this. Right? Paul Marden: I've never done one of these. This is so. In all of the time. I know. Andy Povey: So I've got something over you now, Paul. Kelly Molson: I can't believe this. Even when we did the sessions that were us two, the episodes that were us two. Paul Marden: You didn't ask me icebreakers. I am dodged that bullet for two and a half years. Kelly Molson:  That's outrageous. Okay, well, then we'll start with you. I would like to know who's your favourite podcast host? Why is it me? Paul Marden: Wow. Kelly Molson:  No. Genuine question. Genuine question. Okay, so, I mean, obviously it is me. We could put that aside. Paul Marden: Yeah, yeah. So put a pin in that one. Kelly Molson: Put a pin in that. So listen there, I have seen in the last. Well, since we started Skip the Queue back in 2019. Goodness, July 2019, there's been lots of different sector podcasts that have kind of popped up, and they are brilliant. And I'm all for more and more niche podcasts. They are the best kind of podcast. But I want to know, aside from Skip the Queue, what is your second favourite sector podcast? Paul Marden: Oh, oh. Attraction Pros is the one for me. I do like listening to the guys at AttractionPros. Kelly Molson: They are good. They were around before Skip the Queue. So they're like. For me, they're the ones that we are looking up to in terms of the podcast. Paul Marden: We were. Kelly Molson: Oh, oh, Podcast Beef. Josh is gonna hear this. He's not going to be happy. Andy, same question to you. What other podcasts you listen to sector wise? Andy Povey: So, I mean, that's a really difficult question because. Well, it's not. The answer's none. I don't listen to sector podcasts very much. I become a politics junkie, or I've been a politics junkie for years. Kelly Molson: Okay.Andy Povey: So my podcasts are just full of politics podcast, which in the past two weeks I've stopped listening to. I've turned off completely because the world of politics is just such a mess.Kelly Molson: It's a car crash.Andy Povey: Within two minutes of having been published. Kelly Molson: What would be normally your go to, like, the regular one that you would listen to? Andy Povey: Me being a reluctant remainer. It's all the stuff that hangs over from that. So there's. Oh, God, what now? Quiet riot. The two. Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart. I can't remember what that one's called right now. Paul Marden: The rest is politics. Kelly Molson: Rest is politics. Yeah, cool. Paul Marden: What about the one with Ed Balls and George Osborne? Andy Povey: I tried it and haven't really got into it. Paul Marden: Yeah. So I'm the opposite way around. So that's the one I like. And I don't like Rest is politics. And I turned out that actually George Osborne is a human being and I quite like the guy. I'd go for a drink with him. Who knew? Kelly Molson: This is no news. Paul Marden: Yeah. Kelly Molson: I wonder if he'd like to go for a drink with you. Paul Marden: Probably no.Andy Povey: I'm sure he'll be delighted to hear that when he listens to this. Paul Marden: When these politicians, when they give up their day job and they return to normal life and then you hear them on programmes, they're actually quite relatable and you think, why could you not capture that relatability when you were actually doing the job? Andy Povey: Well, it's actually a key part of the job, isn't it? It's the only thing you need to be good at as a politician. Kelly Molson: You would think, “Oh, could I could make a good politician then?” I'm just generally nice to people. Andy Povey: Absolutely. What would be your policies, Kelly? What would you do? What would you bring in? Kelly Molson: Oh, new policies. Oh, well, that's a very good question. I have one about mobile phones and people walking and looking at them at the same time, which I would ban because I generally just want to kick people. Kelly Molson: You know when you, like on the tube and you've got to get somewhere and you've just got people walking up the stairs in front of you, like, whilst looking at their phone, like, I want to swipe their legs away. So something around that they would be useful. It would make me happy anyway. Andy Povey: Absolutely. Kelly Molson: Make some other people happy, too. Who knows? Good. Okay. Glad that went there. Second question. This is a good one. It's coming up to. Well, I mean, it's already started, isn't it? Conference season has kicked in well and truly. You're at NFAN. That's really the start of it. I am going to be at the Association for Cultural Enterprise Conference in March. So looking forward to seeing everybody. I'm going to be at the awards do as well. I've been judging the awards. Paul Marden: Have you really? Kelly Molson: Yes, there was a lot in my category, I'm not going to lie. That took a lot longer than I was expecting it, but it was really fun. And the short list of finalists is out now if you haven't seen it. And it's an amazing list. So yeah, I'm really looking forward to seeing who the winners are. But I would like to know what is the worst food you've ever been served at a conference? Because let's face it, can be a bit dodge, can't it? Andy Povey: So this sticks in my mind. It was an awful experience. We were at Port Sunlight up in. Actually not that far from Liverpool where the ACE conference is going to be in March. And it was pretty close, pretty soon after lockdown and it was almost like the caterers just looked in the freezer to see what they've got left over and no other conference had been there and then just put it all out at the same time. And it was all beige and it was just such mixture. Kelly Molson: Hang on a minute, hang on a minute. Let's not dis beige food because I'm not gonna let. I am a bit of a fan of beige food. So if you. If there was a conference that basically the lunch was made up of like kids party food, that would be the best conference I'd ever been to. Like sausage rames. Andy Povey: As long as you can have half a grapefruit covered in tin foil with cocktail sticks with cheese and pineapple stuff in it. Kelly Molson: No pineapple, I'm allergic, that would kill me. Paul Marden: But cheese tinned pineapple, it's got to be. Kelly Molson: Oh, tin pineapple is actually okay. Weirdly, that wouldn't kill me. So yeah, I would be down. I know, it's weird, I know. It's just fresh pineapple. Who knew?Kelly Molson: So little classed. Paul Marden:  Still loves the sausage roll and a scotch egg. Andy Povey: That's fine. Sausage rolls and scotch eggs, absolutely no problem. It's when you mix them with onion barges and samosas and Chinese spring rolls and. Paul Marden: Sounds like every Boxing Day lunch I've ever been to. Kelly Molson: I'm not going to lie, it actually sounds like my dream conference. Paul, over to you. Paul Marden: Conferences that serve you food that you cannot eat with one hand. Andy Povey: Yes. Paul Marden: Yeah. So pasta with a sloppy sauce. Why would you do that to me? I mean, I am not the best eater. I need a bib at most times, but if I'm out in public, I don't want garlic bread, I don't want saucy food. I want stuff I can shovel crack quickly and politely. I mean, as politely as you can shuffle food, but, you know.Kelly Molson: I'm with you on this. Like, what is wrong with the sandwich? Yeah, genuinely, I don't feel like we need to push the boundaries of conference food. I'm happy with stuff that you can pick up with one hand and eat comfortably. Kelly Molson: Stuff that, you know, you're confident that you can sit because let's face it, you get quite upright cos. And personal to people at conferences, don't you, when you're trying to, you know, it's not. Let's not be overloading them with garlic or anything. Kelly Molson: Delightful, you know? Yep, exactly. I don't know, I still, I keep going back to the whole party food. I think kids parties have got the right idea. Party rings, sausage rolls, scotch eggs. Paul Marden: And what sits that you can put in your mouth like a walrus. Kelly Molson: Oh, you know my party tricks. Brilliant, guys. Okay, listen, unpopular opinions are back for one time only. So, Andy, what you've got for me? Andy Povey: So mine's food related and it's probably more unpopular in my house than it is anywhere else, but Chinese food is massively overrated. Paul Marden: Behave. Kelly Molson: Yeah, I'm very on the fence about this one. Andy Povey: My kids love it, but the things they love are all the stuff that come with the sugar sauces. So lemon chicken, the sweet and sour chicken balls, all that kind of stuff. We good? So we mean, I don't need dessert and the main meal at the same time. Paul Marden: So we're talking English approximations of Chinese food from the takeaway. Yeah.Andy Povey: Nothing very sophisticated. Kelly Molson: I'm afraid I feel like that is all the stuff that I used to like, but now if you served me up a big plate of all of that stuff, it'd be like, oh, God, I'm gonna, I'm this. I'm gonna really struggle with this and I'm gonna be up in the night, aren't I? Paul Marden: I'm basically just a nine year old. Because it sounds like my idea of heaven. Sweet and sickly, deep fried. What's not to love? Kelly Molson: All right, well, let's see how our listeners feel about the whole Chinese debate. Paul, what about you? What you got? Paul Marden: The best radio station, is in fact Radio 4. Andy Povey: I agree with you 100%. Paul Marden: So that's not a controversial opinion. I thought that was going to be massively controversial. They've been podcasting for about 100 years. They podcasted long before there was really a podcast. It's all just spoken voice. So if I got trapped on a desert island, my luxury would be a Radio 4 on a radio to listen to because there's always a variety of stuff that you can listen to. Kelly Molson: Do you not listen to any of the other? Paul Marden: I do quite like. I quite like Greg James in the morning. Kelly Molson: I love Greg. I am a Radio 1 fan. Paul Marden: So have you listened to Greg on Radio 4? Kelly Molson: No, I know he does do that. Paul Marden: But, yeah, he's got a program on Radio 4 where he delves through the BBC archives. Rewinder, it's called, and it's brilliant. I love it. It's Greg James. Funny, combined with the novelty of listening to new things on Radio 4. Kelly Molson: Okay, all right, well, I'll give that a go. Yeah. I'm not fully sold on the Radio 4. I do like it. Paul Marden: But if I've got three or four hours in the car, up to a meeting and then another three or four hours to drive back afterwards, I'd rather listen to Radio 4 than Radio 1 because I won't get repeats of stuff. Kelly Molson: Yeah, I definitely am with you on that. And I would not. Yeah, I would not listen to Radio 1 for that length of time for that reason. Well, I'm. I did used to like. What was the pop quiz? Was that on Radio four? No, that was radio. Paul Marden: That was Radio 2. Kelly Molson: It was two, wasn't it? Sorry, I'm getting my radios mixed up. Paul Marden: Getting your old person radio mixed up. Kelly Molson: If I'm honest, I quite like a little bit of magic every now and again, but that really does age me. It's quite gentle. It's calming. When you've had a three and a half year old toddler screaming at you in the car for a while, it's quite nice to put something neutral on. Andy Povey: Absolutely. Kelly Molson: Thank you. Thank you for indulging, actually. Paul Marden: That was enjoyable. Kelly Molson: You're welcome. Andy Povey: That's why she likes doing them. Kelly Molson: All right, listen, let's get to the good stuff. I mean, everyone likes that bit. Let's face it, they've missed it, they want me back. But let's get to the actual route of why we're supposed to be here. Andy Povey: So I have another unpopular opinion that sort of leads in as a segue to where we were going. Kelly Molson: Oh, for God's sake, who's in control of this podcast? Me. Go on, then. Andy Povey: So this unpopular opinion is that if you're an attraction operator, you don't want a ticketing system. Kelly Molson: Excellent segue. Andy Povey: We were just talking about conferences. There are sessions in conferences and one of my favourite conferences I go to is the Ticketing Professionals Conference. But there are sections in each of these conferences on how to find a ticketing system, how to choose your ticketing system supplier, how to get a better relationship with your ticketing system. And in my opinion, an attraction operator doesn't want one. They want happy guests who are giving them lots of money to come and have great experiences. They don't care how it happens. Kelly Molson: It's true. Yeah, yeah, I agree with that, definitely. But are you dissing ticketing professionals and saying basically the sessions you're putting on a rubbish no one gives them? Andy Povey: No, no, no. There's a certain section of society that really enjoys it. So I describe this as. When I go to B and Q to look for a drill, I'm one of the geeks that actually wants to understand how the drill works and how fast it is and all that kind of stuff. But the majority of people going to buy a drill don't want a drill. They want a hole. Kelly Molson: Want a hole. Andy Povey: Yeah. So he's an attraction operator. You don't want a ticketing system. You want happy customers who are giving you lots of money and having great experiences. Kelly Molson: Okay, right. So that was a great segue into where I was going. Look, you two, you two have been thick as thieves for a good few months, if not longer, and there's been something cooking up between the two of you. Kelly Molson: I have had a little bit of privy to understand what's been going on, but this is the first time that you've actually got to the point of talking about it openly and publicly, isn't it? And that why you've got me back on, basically, is to grill you on what you're doing. So spill up, fess up. What have you been doing in the background, the two of you? Paul Marden: Well, this all came about after a lunch that Andy and I had in August of last year, where were putting the world to rights and figuring out what do attractions need to do with their ticketing, what do they need to do with their websites, and what could we do to try to improve things? And Andy had thought lots about this stuff and he prepared me. It's quite the lunch. He prepared me a PowerPoint presentation for lunch. Kelly Molson: Wow. Like when you want your mum and dad to get you a dog. Andy Povey: Absolutely. Can we make this happen? Paul Marden: Yeah, it was. It was his wish list. Clearly, this PowerPoint has been worked on for many years because there was lots of wishes, lots of ideas, and being the developer at heart that I am, I'm like, how hard can that be? It's only a website. Surely we can do this. Surely we can do it. We've done bits of it before and we started to think about where we could go with stuff that had long predates me. Yeah. There are elements of Rubber Cheese that you and Wag were working on for years, probably prior to the merger with Carbon Six. But it's been a really challenging market. Paul Marden: And getting out there and meeting people and talking about some of these elements of E commerce and ticketing, sales and personalisation and things like that we're going to talk about in a minute are quite hard to sell into people when it's a challenging market. And it seemed like, well, that was our first date and we thought that it could be a marriage made in heaven for the two of us, because Andy's got a lot of understanding of the sector and the needs and the challenges and who would benefit from this sort of technology. And I'm in the lucky position after having merged Carbon Six and Rubber Cheese, of having some of this technology that we could then develop. So it was a seed that grew from there, really, wasn't it, Andy? Andy Povey: Yeah. And he's carried on growing. I mean, the intent behind it all was that everything is just so disjointed at the moment. So if you're a big theme park with accommodation and a decent retail and decent catering, food and beverage offering, you're looking at seven or eight different systems that you need to run your business and someone needs to plug all of those together to get a good guest experience. And unless you're the size of Merlin or Disney or Universal, with lots and lots of resource to apply to plugging these systems together, it just doesn't happen. Which is why we're still not delivering the Best in class Omni Channel experience to people who are coming out for a day out. Kelly Molson: I think this is a really exciting conversation. And if I think back to some of the conversations that we were having prior to me leaving Rubber Cheese, Paul,it's exactly the challenge that they were having. You know, thinking back to a particular pitch where there's a historic house, there was a plague playground, there was a golf course, there was a spa, there was a hotel, there was something else. And all of these things had so many different systems that were running them and there wasn't really a way to facilitate bringing them all together. And that's the challenge because that's exactly what they need. But they weren't of the scale to be able to invest in the infrastructure to be able to do that. But it is exactly what they needed. Kelly Molson: So is this thing that you've built, or in the process of building and developing, going to solve that problem for people? Andy Povey: That's the objective. Paul Marden: That was a very guarded statement, wasn't it? That was a politician's answer. I think the answer that were just groping for then was yes. Kelly Molson: Yes, it is.Andy Povey: Yes. Kelly Molson: It's exactly the answer that I wanted. Andy Povey: We're forming a company that we're calling Crowd Convert and we'll put a link to the URL and website and all that kind of stuff in the show notes. And the objective behind CrowdConvert is that we will make this all work together. It's a journey. We don't have it today. It doesn't exist. I worked for Merlin Entertainment for the two source group for 18 years now. We had lots of resource in comparison to smaller attractions, but we still didn't make it happen. So it doesn't exist out there at the moment and we're going to build it. Kelly Molson: Okay, so we've got Andy, we've got an industry veteran. Hope you don't mind me. Andy Povey: Not at all. Kelly Molson: Kind of makes you feel, it makes you feel ancient, but you're not. But, you know, you've got all of this historic understanding and experience within the sector. Paul, yours is building, obviously we've built that over the years with Rubber Cheese. But you're, you know, you're the digital specialist that can come in and support facilitating building these and you've both come together under the Crowd Convert name. So this is the new company that the two of you have formed. I love the name. Andy Povey: Thank you. Kelly Molson: So I want to understand, like how then there's a story there. What I want to get a little bit of a deeper understanding is what is the offer? So, you know, what is the thing that you are actually building and does that thing have a name at the moment? What does it look like? So firstly, where did the name come from? Crowd Convert. Paul Marden: Weeks and weeks of effort. I hate choosing names for things, so hard. You come up with a brilliant idea and then you say it to your wife, “Oh my God, you can't call it that”. Or you come up with a name and then somebody's bought the domain name and by the end of It I was just like, please, somebody just put me out of my misery. I don't care what we choose. Andy Povey: It was actually the most torturous thing about getting this all together. There were a few others that came in very close second. But choosing the name and getting that together was really quite painful. Paul Marden: But it was the right process because we were so happy with the result at the end of it. Andy Povey: Absolutely. But it seems or it felt to me like the choosing the name, when we actually got to that part of the process took two or three minutes. And if we'd have thought of that name right at the start, then would we have rejected it or would we have carried on? Could we have saved two minutes? Kelly Molson: So you worked through the process, which means the name has more meaning. Paul Marden: Yeah. Kelly Molson: So what is the meaning behind it? What's the ethos behind between Crowd Convert? Like what? Andy Povey: So we've reverse engineered this one a little bit. And if you're in the world of attractions, you have a crowd. You hopefully you have a crowd. And as a visitor to an attraction, you want to be part of a crowd. You don't want to be the last person in the pub or the only person in theatre, because that just feels weird. But as an attraction operator, I want to have a relationship with you. I want to know who you are, I want to know what you want. I want to give you a great experience. I want to give you a membership. If I'm a charitable organisation, I want to convert you to a donor. If I'm not, then I want to turn you into an advocate at a superfan. Andy Povey: So Crowd Convert is giving you the tools to convert those crowds into individuals that you can create that know, like and trust relationship with. Kelly Molson: That's nice. So you talk a lot on the website about kind of humanising that process. And I think it is. It's taking it back to that kind of one on one that talking to people as individuals rather than talking to them as a mass. Andy Povey: Absolutely. That goes back to the. You don't want a ticketing system. Don't show me what goes in the sausage. Give me a great experience. Paul Marden: Mixing your metaphors there. Andy Povey: I know. Kelly Molson: You lost me at sausage. So, sorry. So I want to go back a little bit, Paul, to what you. Something that you said earlier about that this predates you and your part that you play in Rubber Cheese and your ownership of Rubber Cheese. So I'm going to make an assumption here that something that you're using is something that we already kind of started, but quite a long time ago. So we had almost like a product at Rubber Cheese that was in the ticketing space. And if I'm honest, as a small agency, you only have so much resource to work on things that are for you and ultimately the things that were for us and for you, like the podcast and the survey and the report, always took priority. Kelly Molson: And that was an awful lot of work for an agency that was, you know, before we merged, there were six or seven of us. You know, we weren't huge. We didn't have a whole lot of capacity and resources to give up to these things. But we did start to develop a product that kind of. We knew that it could be good, but it almost. We just, we had to shelve it and we just said, you know, one day we might get investment or one day we might be big enough that we could actually kind of focus on that. It feels like that's the product that you are now. Paul Marden: That is definitely the great grandparent of the idea that we've got now. Kelly Molson: I like that. Paul Marden: So there's, I guess there's two parts to some of the stuff that you had developed previously. Some of it was in the ticketing space. So for very small attractions, you developed a system that had an inventory of tickets that you could buy online and it would issue the ticket, create a barcode, send it to them. But there was also a piece that you did that integrated with existing ticketing systems. And that's the area where I think my mind was going is around building a best in class e commerce experience. Because people sat on the sofa on a Thursday night trying to decide what they're going to do at the weekend, want to be able to find an attraction, get their tickets, and then carry on watching the telly. They want quick and easy experience. We can build that experience. Paul Marden: We know from the survey that it's nine steps on average to be able to complete an attractions checkout, plus or minus a couple of steps. So there's ones that are even worse. And that checkout experience is torturous in many cases. They want to know when you're coming, what time you're coming, what type of ticket you want to buy. They want to know who's coming, the names, possibly the email addresses of all of your guests that you're bringing with you. They'll want to know what your home address is, what your billing address is. They'll then want to sell you a guidebook. They might upsell or cross sell some other products along the way. And that's how you end up with 12 steps in a process that just feels torturous. Paul Marden: I had one last year where they even made me enter a password for a site I was never going to return to and told me off twice for getting the password wrong. I mean, the process that many attractions go through to make you buy, it's a wonder anybody ever perseveres. What's stopping us from achieving an Amazon like one or two click experience? How can we go from that really extreme version down to something really simple and quick? And we've proven that it is possible to do that. It's possible to get down to a couple of clicks and we do that. I know you look surprised. Kelly Molson: Yeah, well, yes, I, well, I am surprised, but also quite excited by that because that is one of the issues that has come up year after year in the visitor attraction, you know, website report is the amount of steps and the aggravation it causes people, but also the cost that it could save attractions. Paul Marden: Yep. Kelly Molson: I mean you said nine steps. I thought were, I thought were aboutbbetween seven and nine steps is about the average. Kelly Molson: Right. So we know that can cost attractions a huge amount in lost revenue. You know, I'm just going back to the 2022 report, but it was something like 250k for one of our best performing attractions. But it's also tied to, you know, that excessive amounts of CO2 emissions, which I know you focused on really heavily for the current report. So you're saying that the product that you're building could essentially take those average steps down to two. Andy Povey: It's not good. It does. Kelly Molson: WowPaul Marden: It does. Yeah. So the way that we do that is a number of different core principles. Yeah. So we are not going to ask you for anything we do not need in order to affect the transaction. We are only going to ask you to share the data we absolutely need to complete the transaction. We are going to start to make some assumptions about you through personalisation technology. We will know roughly where you are and how far you are away from the transaction. If you're within an hour's distance of the place, chances are if you're looking on Thursday night, probably looking for this weekend. If you're on a different continent, you might be planning for a long term holiday. Paul Marden: If we know that you're quite local, let's assume the date that you want to travel based on our understanding of average behaviour of people at that particular attraction and then let people change it if it's not right. Yeah. Another thing Andy talks about a lot is not overselling. So a lot of ticketing systems are trying to upsell, cross sell and increase the average order value, but by cannibalising the conversion rate. And you talk, Andy, don't you, about the maitre d at the restaurant? Andy Povey: Yeah. So it's. It's like comparing a McDonald's experience to go to a fine dining place. So if I'm in the McDonald's world, I have to choose what drink I want, what dessert I'm going to have, what main course I'm going to have, all at the same point. And it's a really artificial transaction. It's almost like if you were walking into a fine dining restaurant with the maitre d at the front going, “Welcome, Andy, come in. Lovely to see you. Can you tell me what you'd like for your starter for your main course? For dessert? Will you like coffee after dessert? Would you like a liqueur after the coffee?” We still haven't got to the table and that's where we are with attractions, upsells. Andy Povey: Because we believe mistakenly, in my opinion, that's the only opportunity that we've got to sell guidebook or the teddy bear or whatever to the guest who's coming. We should stop all of that because it's stopping the transaction, it's interrupting the transaction, adding extra steps and causing people to leave. Kelly Molson: It's a really good point. I mean, I actually have in the past have advocated for adding in upsells in that journey. And because I have often been like, well, yeah, actually it's a really good opportunity for people to sell a little bit more, you know, whether it's a guidebook, whether it's an experience, whatever that might be. So what would you say to people who they still want to do that? Is that, are we then talking about, you know, there's options for you to do that or actually that becomes part of the pre visit, pre boarding. So it funnels down into like emails, comms and stuff. Andy Povey: It's both options, really. For an upsell to work really well, it needs to be at the time where it's most appropriate. So back to the restaurant analogy, offering me a coffee at the point I walk in the door is completely inappropriate. Andy Povey: Offering me a coffee after I've had a great meal and I'm feeling quite full and quite happy with myself is entirely the appropriate time to offer me the coffee. So let's make the offers on the upsells appropriate to the time and to the guest. So if you're an attraction that charges for car parking, for example, it might be that 9:00 in the morning on the day of visit when the family are just getting in the car to travel to the venue is the most appropriate time to offer the car parking upsell. Not at the point where I'm buying the ticket. It might be if you've got a VIP upgrade experience. So if you're a water park there's a cabana you can have. If you're a theme park it's a fast track experience. Andy Povey: If you're a museum then there's a guided Tour that upsell VIP type experience you offer 48 hours before the day of visit. Kelly Molson: Sure. Andy Povey: Memberships are another great thing. So there's still the majority of first time membership purchases are made as the consumer is leaving the attraction. Had a great day out. Get today's entry feedback against your membership and that's still go and join this queue with kids who are overtired and a little bit disappointed because they're leaving and I'm stressed because I've got a. I'm tired as well and I've got a long drive home and then I've got to work out what we're going to do for dinner when we get in. There's all these negatives. Don't try and sell me a membership then. Sell me the membership for the next seven days and hit me up with lots of different messages through appropriate channels. Andy Povey: So it might be that a WhatsApp message on the way home offering me a really simple way of upgrading to a membership is the most appropriate that time. But it might be that 9 o'clock on Monday morning when we can assume that a lot of people are going to be sitting behind a desk. Then it's the most appropriate to send me an email and then hit me up again Thursday when I'm thinking about what I'm going to be doing next this weekend coming remind me of the great experience I had and give me an opportunity then. So just be, make it much more human. Kelly Molson: It makes sense. And there's something that you. I've been able to have a sneak peek of the Crowd Convert website. So we'll talk a little bit later about where people can find out a little bit more about you. But I've been able to have a little look at that and there's something that you talk about which is about rehumanising commerce and there's a really lovely story on there that you talk about, which is the Shopkeeper's Wisdom. And I read that, I was like, this is really nice because I've always. The local shop is or did sit at the epicentre of the community at one point. And I have got really vivid memories. So we lived on a little estate near my school in Essex and across the road from us was the corner shop. Kelly Molson: And it was where everything happened, you know, like it was the post office, it was where you got your papers, where you got your sweets. At one point is where you got your videos, not your DVDs because they did not exist. You know, you got your VHS cassettes and you could go and rent, you know, everything kind of happened there. And they knew you, they knew your family, they knew your mum and dad, they knew your names, you know, and it was a really, it was just quite a wholesome experience. And you talk about that, the Shopkeeper's Wisdom. So you say, you know, the local shopkeeper knew everything that it was to know about their customers. And that is kind of taking it back to that level. That's, that's what this feels like. Andy Povey: And that's completely where we're trying to get to. We don't want to get to the level of creepiness where people are getting all upset about what were. Andy Povey: And we don't want to be intrusive. But we have a great opportunity in the attraction space. Our customers want to engage with us. They're going because they enjoy what we do. They're going to see us because they want to experience the thing that we're doing. It's not like we're selling insurance or car tires that you just got to have and it's really tedious. People want to engage, so let's make it easy for them to do that. Kelly Molson: Okay. So we're doing that by making it quicker for them and less friction to buy a ticket in the first place. Communicating with them at the appropriate times and in the ways that they want to be communicated to and offering them. Because we don't want to stop offering people extra things. We're doing it in the way and at the time that's appropriate for that audience. Paul Marden: We're absolutely convinced that moving some of these upsells and cross sell opportunities to later in your relationship will increase the likelihood of you closing the deal. Don't cannibalise the conversion rate at the initial conversation. You haven't built a trust relationship with someone, so don't keep throwing options at them. It's just too much. I'm a simple boy. If I go to a restaurant, I want a really simple menu, three or four things, and I'll make a choice. Yeah. If you give me too many options, I'll just sit there and I won't be able to decide. And I think that's what we do when we present people with nine steps and we want to know the email address of everybody, we want to know the postcode of where they live because we want to be able to market to them and that's important. Paul Marden: But there are other better ways of being able to identify where somebody is other than using their postcode and making them type something in. They don't need that hassle. Andy Povey: So this is all about the e commerce journey. Stepping back a little bit closer to what Rubber Cheese do. And the DNA behind Rubber Cheese is making attractions websites work really well. And it's back to the point about things being disconnected and attraction operators having to plug them together. How many websites are there or how many attraction e commerce journeys are there where you click on the button to buy a ticket and you're taken to a different page and that different page can have a completely different look and feel? Kelly Molson: Oh, yeah. I mean, that's a massive bug. It's been a bugbear of mine for years. Andy Povey: But how many websites do you have where I can be sitting there looking at the tulip experiences coming up? We heard lots of that kind of stuff at the end fan conference. I'm on the tulips page. But then you take me to a page where I've got to pick the date that I want to visit. I've already told you, I'm on the tulip page. I want to come and see tulips. I'm not interested in Father Christmas. Kelly Molson: I'm just all about the tulips. Andy Povey: So don't make me choose twice. Make it work together. Kelly Molson: Okay, So I want to play devil's advocate here because I'm sitting here listening to this going, this sounds great. I'm going back to what Andy said about, you know, attractions, they don't really want a ticketing system. They just. They don't really care about the system. They just want it to work. Right, I get that. But there's going to be a lot of people that are listening to this podcast going, “bloody ticketing system”. There's a lot, right? Let's face it. Paul Marden: It's a busy space. Kelly Molson: You are. It is a busy space. And if you are an attraction sitting here going,”Oh my God, another one.” We know that another one. You know that we know what we've got isn't working for us. We've, we've got workarounds, we're doing what we can with what we already have. But you know, ultimately we can't grow with what we have and we know we need to change it. This is a big task, right? You know, your ticketing system is often embedded so deeply into your organisation that the process of selecting a new one and then implementing that change is so vast and overwhelming that one people declare we just won't bother. That's why I've got these workarounds in place or two, you know, overwhelmed with choice. And yes, I know there's specialists out there. Kelly Molson: You know, we work with a couple that will help you go through that process and select the right partners for you. But if someone like me is sitting here going, “Okay, why do I come to Crowd Convert?” Like, why is this, what is it the thing that your product is going to be stand out for that is going to sit above or is going to solve the problems I've got above all of the other options that I've got out there? Andy Povey: So this is back to the comment earlier about this being a concept, an ethos of philosophy. Our business will grow through either building solutions, acquiring other solutions that have already been built, or selecting partners to integrate with. And we will do the whole integration. So it doesn't matter what ticketing system you're using that you have today, if you want the better digital experience for your guests, we will integrate to your current ticketing system. Kelly Molson: Okay, so you're taking the pain of having to change something that's deeply embedded in your organisation and almost putting something, a layer on top of that will actually facilitate this better customer interaction, purchasing process without the need for all of the stressful change. Paul Marden: Do away with the whole monolithic solution that solves the operation of the entire business and start to turn it into LEGO bricks. I want a LEGO brick from a website. I want a LEGO brick for my ticketing. I want my LEGO brick for my e commerce experience. I want my LEGO brick for my online shop. We'll either build or acquire those LEGO bricks or partner with the best of breed LEGO bricks that exist. Other building blocks are available and we will help to plug those together and make them work effectively. But you can imagine, you know, I always talk about, we talked a lot about ticketing today, but I, whenever I talk to somebody about ticketing, changing your ticketing system is like open heart surgery on the business. Paul Marden: Yeah, it's something you don't necessarily do casually, although I have met people who have changed it casually. But it's often so difficult because it's so deeply ingrained across the entire operation. But if you start to. It's a horrible, boring technical term. If you start to build this composable set of systems that can plug together, then it becomes easier. If you plug in an e commerce online ticketing solution and it plugs into your current ticketing system, well then later on when you change that ticketing system, you won't necessarily have to change the online experience in order to be able to do that. Yeah, we'll be able to plug into the new one that you choose. It makes it easier for you to chop and change things and become less dependent on one single monolithic provider. Kelly Molson: Yeah, because that's the thing. Right. You know, I think the past dream has been one system that does everything and suddenly that one system goes down and you're absolutely screwed. Andy Povey: That's not the way the world works anymore. And the human world. I use analogy of a TV. I got a new TV a few weeks ago out of the box and turned it on and I was presented on screen with an option to get the remote control for my new TV to operate other devices in my house. And my kids could have set it up. Kelly Molson: Danger.Andy Povey: Absolutely. Why is integration so difficult? And that's the way the world is going. If you look at credit card processing two, three years ago, to be able to accept a payment by credit card, you had to sign into a five year agreement with a credit card process provider. I was in my local WIX yesterday and I could have bought credit card terminal off the shelf. Andy Povey: They were sitting on the shelf next to the suites at the checkout. For 50 quid I could have taken it home, unboxed it and I would be processing credit card transactions there and then. I'm not signing into a three year agreement. If I don't like it, I can take it back and get one in pink because I prefer pink to white. It's got to be much easier. The world is becoming much easier. The technology world is becoming much easier to make these things work together. So you won't need clever people like Paul to make it all work together. Crowd convert. Paul Marden: I'll be on the golf course, won't I? Kelly Molson: Do you play golf? Paul Marden: No. Never played golf in my life. Crazy golf. Kelly Molson: I like the analogy. I like the Lego brick analogy. I like this whole kind of the concept that it's, you know, like plug and play but you know, you haven't got. You're using the base of what you already have, but you can pop these things as part of it. That feels really understandable for people to get their head around the concept of what you're doing. Paul Marden: But still totally integrated. What we don't want is the solution that is that somebody, an attraction that we've been to recently, where to get in, you have to go through different turnstiles depending on whether you've got a day ticket or a membership ticket because the two different sets of systems can't talk to the same turnstile at the same time. And so then you need more double the staff to be able to man the turnstiles. Kelly Molson: And confusion, and it ruins that whole first impact of arrival because you don't know yet. Andy Povey: But we're exposing our dirty laundry to the consumer. Why? They don't care. Kelly Molson: Yeah, yeah. Andy Povey: It doesn't matter to them what ticketing system you've got. Paul Marden: That is the vision. And the vision is becoming reality as well. Kelly Molson: Okay, well, let's talk about that. So there is a website that I've had privy to and the product is in its, should we say it's in its infancy at the moment and it's being developed. Paul Marden: Yes. Kelly Molson: So this is the time to that you'll be having, I guess you'll be having conversations with people about what that product, you're almost building it for the people. Right. You're having conversations with them about this is what we see happening. This is how we see what we do. What are your needs? Paul Marden: Yeah. Kelly Molson: Okay, cool. So can people get involved with that process? Paul Marden: Exciting. Andy Povey: Absolutely. Paul Marden: Anyone can talk to Andy. He'll talk to anybody. Kelly Molson: It's true, he will. Paul Marden: I just get locked in a cupboard and told to design things. Andy Povey: Make it work, plug it together. Kelly Molson: Okay, so I've got a few questions about what does this mean for Rubber Cheese? What does this mean for Rubber Cheese? What does this mean for Skip the Queue. What does this mean for the report initiatives that we do? I guess that's all still happening. Paul Marden: Yeah, yeah. Absolutely no changes to Rubber Cheese at all. This is part of a wider, bigger family that Rubber Cheese is part of. And looking at different parts of the attraction operating experience. Paul Marden: Yeah. So Rubber Cheese is going to carry on almost single minded focus on websites that enable people to get to the buy button. Kelly Molson: I like that. Paul Marden: Getting them from being interested in the attraction to hitting that buy now button or get your ticket button. Yeah. That's our specialty and that will remain our specialty. The job of Crowd Convert then is to convert them. Kelly Molson: Pick up from that point. Andy Povey: Absolutely. Kelly Molson: That's lovely, isn't it? Andy Povey: And that's where the build, acquire and partner comes in. So there will be other organisations, other tools that we partner with and plug together. And that's the bit that Crowd Convert does. It's almost the umbrella, the glue that glues all of these things together. Kelly Molson: Okay, so what more do our listeners need to understand about Crowd Convert and how can they get involved? How can they be part of this conversation to define what this product actually looks like and does for them? Andy Povey: So we're launching the website. You can find Paul and me on LinkedIn. We've got a bunch of events and exhibition shows that we're going to be at over the next few months where we're actively going to be asking people to get involved. If you are interested, then pick up the phone and drop us an email. We'll have a chat. Paul Marden: Contact@crowdconvert.co.uk.Kelly Molson: I was going to say we need the domain name in there. Crowdconvert.co.uk is the place to go. Go and have a look, find out, have a little bit of a read through about the site. It's designed in a really nice way. I think that what I really liked as I was reading it through was kind of this real focus on building something for the greater good. It's not just another ticketing platform. It's not just about. It really is about working with the attractions to build something that is just, it just works. And it works for them in the way they need it to and it works for the visitors in the way they need it to. Andy Povey: And that's it completely. It's about putting the guest at the centre of everything we're doing. And looking at this from the consumer's perspective, does it make sense or am I going to have to work out where I bought my tickets? So I know whether I go through the right hand turnstiles or the left hand turnstiles, that's just rubbish. Kelly Molson: Yeah, okay, great. So website is launching.Paul Marden:  It is launched. It's up and running. Kelly Molson: Oh, it's out. It's out there all right. It's out there in the world already. So that's where you go, listeners, if you want to find out more about what's happening. And I would really recommend booking a call with Andy, booking a call with Paul, talking through, you know, if anything that we've talked about today has made you feel quite excited about what the prospect of this product could potentially be. Book a call with them. I mean, listen, if you're seeing Andy at a conference, you just need to up. And you'll find him. Or maybe it's just me.Paul Marden: Me, not so much. Kelly Molson: Oh, it's just me. Okay, listen, I always finish off my podcasts with a book recommendation for our listeners, so I'd like to ask you both if you've prepared a book today. Andy, what do you have for us? Andy Povey: So I pondered this for quite a while because I was expecting it and I think it's the third or fourth you've asked me for. So I'm actually not going to recommend a book at all. I told you that I've given up on podcasts earlier on and I found Audible. So at the moment the thing that's occupying all of my attention is that, The Day of the Triffids on Audible which is fantastic. Fantastic escapism from everything that's going off in the world at the moment. Paul Marden: Interesting. Kelly Molson: That's nice actually. That's really good. But audiobooks are really good for long drives that were talking about earlier. They're quite good. I got into. Sorry, Paul, just. I'll come to you in a minute. Paul Marden: It's all about you. Kelly Molson: It's all about me today. I really got into. Kelly Molson: Just before the pandemic and during it there was a BBC podcast called the Lovecraft. Oh gosh, what is it called? The Lovecraft's Tales. I'm gonna have to have to check this on my.Paul Marden: Sorry, listeners. Well, she's out of practice on this. Kelly Molson: So I am out of practice. Apologies, but you know me. The Lovecraft investigations. Don't know if anyone would listen to it. It's brilliant. It's based on the love. It's loosely based on on Lovecraft books but it was quite like it's about supernatural. But what I really enjoyed about it was linked to like local places that I kind of knew like Retend and Forest and there was a lot of like, kind of like Norfolk, Suffolk and Dunwich and stuff. And that was. They're really good for like long drives as well because you can really get into something on like a two or three hour journey. So I totally with you on the triffids thing. So I did bring it back to Andy in the end. Andy Povey: Thank you, Kelly. Kelly Molson: Paul, what have you prepared? Paul Marden: I am an absolute Fan of classic British crime novels. Love an Agatha Christie. Love, a  mystery of some sort. But I'm not going to recommend an Agatha Christie one. I'm going to recommend one that I've got on Audible as well, that I found originally from Audible. Paul Marden: And it is one of the British Library classic British crime series, where they're republishing stuff from, like, you know, the 20s and 30s, and it's called the Wintringham Mystery Anthony Barclay. It's a classic whodunit in a kind of locker room mystery in a massive stately home. It's just like a Poirot novel, but it's not Poirot. It's a different one. But I love it. It's a brilliant book. Kelly Molson: When you find stuff like that, it's really comforting, isn't it? It's like a little a warm hug and a cup of tea. Andy Povey: Absolutely. Kelly Molson: Lovely. Well, do our listeners still get to win copies of those books even though they're audiobooks? Paul Marden: Yeah, but they don't do it on X anymore because, you know, who wants to be posting on X? So if listeners. If you'd like a copy of Andy's. Well, no, you can't have Andy Lovecraft books but it was quite like it's about supernatural. On Audible or mine. On Audible or on Paperback, then head over to Bluesky and repost the shownotes where Wenalyn has announced the podcast and the first person that does that will get a copy of the book. Kelly Molson: Lovely. Well, it has been an absolute treat to be back on the podcast today. Thank you. Paul Marden: You're not coming back over again? It's still mine. It's mine there. Kelly Molson: Please let me come back. Please. Anything that we've talked about today will, as ever, be in the show notes. So you'll find links to the Crowd Convert website, you'll find links to Paul and Andy's LinkedIn profiles and email addresses, whatever. However, best to get in touch with them. But I highly recommend having a chat with them. Can I just say, because it is all about me. I've been very sad to not be part of the podcast moving forward. But I am also been really thrilled that you have taken completely up to the ownership of it. So I just. While I'm on here, and it is about me, I just wanted to congratulate you for taking over and making it your own, because you really needed to do that. And it's brilliant to see. Kelly Molson: And I've loved listening to the episodes. I think the bravery in doing some of the live ones. Paul Marden: Stupidity. Kelly Molson: Well, maybe a tad. Paul Marden: We won't talk about what happened at NFAN last week. Please let's not talk about that. Andy Povey: What happens in Blackpool stays in Blackpool. Kelly Molson: Next time I come on the podcast, I'm going to make you spill that as a guilty confession. Paul Marden: But you know what? I absolutely loved it. I came back afterwards and I listened to that episode and it's the first one where I've been. I really thoroughly enjoyed listening to the conversation. I'm finding my feelings only taken me a couple of years. Kelly Molson: Well, it only took me a couple of years as well. But you're there now and it's brilliant. So, like one, well done. I genuinely think that you're doing an excellent job and I'm very glad that I got to hand the baton over to you and you're doing it differently. Paul Marden: You can just come back as a guest star. Andy Povey: It was more of a temporary end, wasn't it, than a handover. Paul Marden: It's mine. It's mine. Kelly Molson: I think it was a, "Here you go, dumped on your lap." Paul Marden: Thank you for coming back and talking to us. It's been marvellous. Kelly Molson: Thank you for having me back. I've loved every minute. Paul Marden: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others to find us. Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them to increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcripts from this episode and more over on our website, skipthequeue fm.  The 2024 Visitor Attraction Website Survey is now LIVE! 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Cultisti! Che ne dite di un bella infornata di titoli in arrivo? Che ne dite di un bell'episodio fatto tutti insieme di quelli che fanno gola come un giovane capretto farebbe gola a un segugio di Tindalos? Che ne dite di un episodio fresco e frizzante come? Come cosa? Cosa come? Fate voi, tanto indipendentemente da quello che dite, noi l'episodio l'abbiamo fatto. Siamo qui, in effetti, con una Top 3 a testa. I titoli che attendiamo con più foga e brama e che sono in arrivo se non nei prossimi mesi, addirittura nelle prossime settimane. In effetti ci si poteva arrivare anche leggende il titolo, ma tutto sommato è bene riempire le descrizioni con parole chiave utili ai motori di ricerca. Giochi. Belli. Sacrifizi. Arti. Oscurità. Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Cultisti! Anche questa settimana abbiamo preparato per voi un ricco menu, con giochi e avventure, battute salaci e interventi freschi e frizzanti. No. Dai. Chi vogliamo prendere in giro. Guardiamoci dritti dritti nelle palle degli occhi. Non c'era il Duca. Eravamo senza DucaConte. Avete capito bene. Siamo stati a tanto così dall'intitolare questo episodio: Vedove del Duca. L'abbiamo messo come codice di sconto però. Vale lo stesso? Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Cultisti! Questa settimana non c'è bisogno di metafore ardite o immagini paradossali per descrivere l'episodio, perché solamente leggere il titolo dovrebbe darvi un'idea del grottesco costrutto nel quale vi state per addentrare. App incredibili, quadrupli VS, gioco che non è gioco senza la sua espansione che doveva essere il gioco ma che non c'è, o forse c'è. Il DucaConte. Benvenuti in quello che è un episodio dei meno ortodossi che abbiamo mai registrato. Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Cultisti! Che puntata vezzosa. Quanti titoli strambotti, cose pazze, giochi di carte, librogame. Se volevamo fare le cose normali, aprivamo un podcast e lo chiamavamo: “podcast ludico amici del gioco da tavolo sempre con voi e con il sorriso”. Potremmo fare, in effetti, uno spinoff ripulito, senza parolacce, insulti allo sponsor, gente che urla, CHE SI SENTE BENE. Che. Si. Sente. Bene. Questo sì, potremmo farlo. Fateci sapere cosa ne pensate del nuovo audio. Oppure no. Tanto abbiamo fatto i test e sappiamo come si sente. Era solo per creare del falso engagement. Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Cultisti! Welcome cultists! This is English with Dunwich Buyers Club. Let's practice, repeat after us: DARKNESS, SACRIFICE, IMPIETY, MISSING LIMBS' EXPERIMENTS. Bene, adesso che avete un vocabolario sufficiente per comprendere il 90% dei nostri contenuti anche in inglese, passiamo passare a quella che è la pasturano vera e propria. Report, report, report. Perché ci piace raccontare agli ascoltatori ciò che facciamo, ciò che viviamo, le nostre esperienze e le nostre piccole grandi avventure. Tra IdeaG Parma 2025 e Essen A Cappella, è stata una due-giorni molto intensa con tante cose da raccontare. Per questi motivi, ci siamo sentiti di imbastire un super reportage, tutto dal vivo, commentato come si deve. Anche per far tacere una buona volta le vedove del “nei primi 50 episodi i treni erano sempre in orario”, “eh, ma a quei tempi hanno fatto anche cose buone” e “si stava meglio quando registravano tutto live”.E voi, tra le tre affermazioni precedenti, a quale vi sentite di aderire maggiormente? Fatecelo sapere nei commenti, che tanto non leggeremo, perché saremo troppo impegnati a scartare i pacchi regalo dei nostri numerosi sponsor. MUAHAHAHAH.  Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Cultisti! Avete presente quando alle elementari avete affrontato per la prima volta il tema degli Egizi e di conseguenza il Nilo, il quale, una volta ritiratosi dopo le piene, lasciava al suo passaggio una fertile fanghiglia? Detta fanghiglia, appunto, chiamata limo, rendeva il terreno particolarmente adatto alle coltivazioni e alla pastorizia, trasformando sezioni di arido deserto in vere e proprie culle di civiltà. I più furbi di voi avranno già capito tutto: il DBC è il fiume portatore di melme informi, mentre le vostre giovani e aridi menti sono le distese di deserto, pronte per far germogliare ogni sorta di oscuro presagio e sacrifizi di varia natura. Questa settimana,  abbiamo quindi tanta minerale non gasata e cibi genuini nella Top 50, ampi spazi di DucaConte, gioco di carte super smart e pura improvvisazione da parte di Ale. Solito, insomma. Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Buenas noches investigadores!!! Otra vez por aquí sin parar de hablar durante más de tres horas y la mayoría del tiempo sin decir nada con sentido, pero aquí estamos. Espero que no se noten los múltiples cortes que he hecho para toser, que estoy con la garganta bajo mínimos. Pero eso no ha impedido que hablemos de mil cosas (literalmente), con muchos comentarios interesantes y un último arreón de spoilers antes de la salida de La ciudad sumergida. Y retomando esta sección que empezamos hace unos meses, venimos a darle un repaso a los mazos de inicio de los investigadores. Ya que los que subió FFG en su día son un auténtico suplicio, os ofrecemos estos que aprovechan al máximo el potencial de los investigadores con el pool de cartas que tienen disponible. Esperamos que os guste. Abrasacos. Arkham Advertiser: 01:34:15 Universidad Miskatonic: 02:27:29 Zoey 0xp: https://es.arkhamdb.com/deck/view/4577511 Zoey 19xp: https://es.arkhamdb.com/deck/view/4577516 Rex: 0xp: https://es.arkhamdb.com/deck/view/4592247 Rex 19xp: https://es.arkhamdb.com/deck/view/4592221 Jenny 0xp: https://es.arkhamdb.com/deck/view/4592006 Jenny 19xp: https://es.arkhamdb.com/deck/view/4593073 Pete 0xp: https://es.arkhamdb.com/deck/view/4577502 Pete 19 xp:https://es.arkhamdb.com/deck/view/4577661

Cultisti! Apriamo l'anno nuovo con un episodio davvero speciale, dove siete voi Patreon del DBC i veri eroi. Dove siete voi i veri creator, dove siete voi le menti geniali dietro i prossimi 90 minuti di podcast. Detto questo: siete voi esentati dal pagamento mensile, visto che fate tutto? Assolutamente no! Il Duca deve mantenere i suoi vizi (e non sono pochi), per cui se volete (e lo volete) che quando gli diamo spazio Egli sia performante, bisogna contribuire tutti quanti.Tornando a noi: abbiamo chiesto alla nostra cerchia interna di inviarci sofferte e deliranti Email con le loro top 3 del 2024. Invece di accorpare tutto in bizzose classifiche, come fanno maggioranze silenziose dotate di scarsa creatività, abbiamo deciso di leggere TUTTO (o quasi). Preparatevi quindi per 90 minuti lanciato a velocità folle contro il muro del buon senso, perché non abbiamo mai fatto così tanti giochi in un colpo solo.Questo è, semplicemente, il meglio del 2024 visto e vissuto dai nostri ascoltatori.Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Cultisti! Eccoci qua! La drammatica testimonianza audio di quanto accaduto LIVE la sera del 18 dicembre, serata in cui si è svolta, per l'ottava volta, la celebrazione di tutti i migliori giochi dell'anno. Ci siamo divertiti, abbiamo rantato, abbiamo dato spazio al DucaConte, abbiamo bevuto anche se eravamo sotto antibiotici, abbiamo commentato i vostri commenti in diretta, ci siamo agitati, abbiamo ricordato momenti epici, ma soprattutto abbiamo dato uno sguardo a 12 mesi di gaming intensi, bellissimi, vissuti con passione e devozione verso l'oscurità. Partenza a razzo con le menzioni d'onore, tre per ciascuno, poi la Wild Card (il gioco più bello dell'anno per ognuno di noi che NON è entrato nella Top 10 finale), per passare poi al “Non fa per me” e infine iniziare la scalata verso la vetta di una Top 10 stellare. Se volete essere testimoni oculari di buffi cappelli e comportamenti erratici, è possibile recuperare il video sul nostro derelitto canale YouTube, qui: https://youtube.com/live/NCpFALD7qTo?feature=shareUn saluto, un augurio di buone feste e come sempre… Ci vediamo nel 2025!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Nuevo y navideño programa en el que Fernando, Rafa, Juanjo, David y Jotaele os contamos nuestras últimas lecturas e inauguramos sección: Unboxing sorpresa. No se lo pierdan. - Corto Maltés. La línea de la vida - Norma - El París de los dragones - Nuevo Nueve - En los confines del mundo - Yermo - El horror de Dunwich, volumen 1 - Planeta - Lobezno, la venganza #1 - Panini 🎼 - Frank Sinatra - Let it snow 🎼 - Bruce Springsteen - Surprise, surprise 🎼 - Sonata Arctica - Kingdom for a heart Puedes encontrarnos en: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tdtpodcast Twitter: @PodcastTDT tertuliadetebeos@gmail.com tertuliadetebeos.blogspot.com Instagram: @tdtpodcast_ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tdtpodcast TikTok: @podcasttdt Bluesky: tdtpodcast

Cultisti! Manca ormai pochissimo alla live che eleggerà il Gioco dell'Anno 2024 in casa DBC, l'atmosfera è rovente e i Vostri sono carichi come molle.Per prepararvi come si deve all'evento, questa settimana sfoderiamo un poker in grado di accontentare praticamente tutti i palati: trick taking a tema Signore degli Anelli, sadici bluff alla corte della Regina, campagne crowdfunding ENORMI e giochi di edilizia privata medievale senza pietà. What else?Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Programa 50: Ocho años no euclidianos. Grabado el día 7 de diciembre de 2024. 03:52 "El buque de la noche", de Robert R. McCammon 01:16:37 "La estatua de mármol", de Joseph von Eichendorff 01:54:57 "La Venus de Ille", de Prosper Mérimée 02:40:41 "A través del abismo. H. P. Lovecraft y el horror ontológico", de David Soto Carrasco y Giorgia Bertozzi (eds.)

Cultisti! Come colmare il gap che ci separa dalla conquista di altri pianeti, di altre galassie, di altre civiltà avanzate? Ma è chiaro! La chiave sta nel sacrifizio e nell'oscurità. Non necessariamente in quest'ordine. E se parliamo di queste attività (ma, scusi, l'oscurità non è un attività. Sì, è) quale modo migliore di iniziare entrambe se non ascoltare un altro ottimo episodio del Dunwich Buyers Club? Volate nel cosmo con noi. Degli arti vi preoccuperete più avanti. Forse mai. Altay. Vampire Village, Avalon, MORPHO. Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

“Hey, ciao! Ho sentito parlare di questo podcast, il DBC, come faccio a saperne di più?”. “Ciao amico! È facile, basta consacrare un arto, o parte di esso, all'oscurità! Vedi, a me mancano 3 dita e parte del gomito!”. “Wow, ma allora non devo nemmeno aprire una fastidiosa app sul telefono, scaricare software potenzialmente pericolosi o visitare siti pieni di malware. Basta imbastire una cerimonia - anche improvvisata - e privarmi di parti del corpo scarsamente utilizzate”. “Esatto, il DBC è un podcast di giochi e avventure, entra con me e tutti i miei amici nel mondo strambo e divertente del Cap, del Doc e del DucaConte! Grazie al Black Friday DBC, da oggi puoi sacrificare finalmente gli occhi per ricevere la maledizione oscura, e con la copertina di Richard I è ancora più facile privarsi della vista”Buon ascolto e come sempre… Ci vediamo dall'altra parte!Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dunwich-buyers-club--2814177/support.

Welcome to another edition of the 2024 special Halloween season, Old Time Radio Horror. For today's listening, it's this season's first appearance from the series "suspense." The episode title is "The Dunwich Horror." This script is based on the H.P. Lovecraft Novella, adapted for radio by William Spier. This episode first aired on November 1, 1945. As far as the story - this one is hard to explain - Dunwich is a fictional town plagued by a mysterious creature. The creature's history is just as mysterious, and it all makes much more sense hearing it play out. Otherwise, I'd have to recite the entire story to explain everything, which would defeat this series's purpose.

Programa 49: La soledad del bosque. Grabado el día 28 de septiembre de 2024. 02:30 "El rubio Eckbert", de Ludwig Tieck 01:10:20 "El Runenberg / El monte de las runas", de Ludwig Tieck 01:24:50 "Los elfos", de Ludwig Tieck 01:30:18 "Lo superfluo / La abundancia de vida", de Ludwig Tieck 01:41:42 "El bosque animado", de Wenceslao Fernández Flórez 02:26:28 "Los 13 relojes", de James Thurber 02:51:47 "Hermana muerte", de William Gay

El horror del arco medio (The Horror from the Middle Span) es un relato de terror de los escritores norteamericanos August Derleth (1909-1971) y H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), publicado originalmente por Arkham House en la antología de 1967: Viajeros de noche (Travellers by Night), y luego reeditado en la colección de 1971: La habitación cerrada y otros cuentos de terror (The Shuttered Room and Other Tales of Terror). El horror del arco medio, tal vez uno de los cuentos de August Derleth menos conocidos, relata la historia de Ambrose Bishop, un inglés que se muda a la casa en ruinas de sus ancestros, situada cerca de Dunwich y Arkham, donde han estado ocurriendo extrañas desapariciones. ¡¡¡¡SPOILERS!!!! El horror del arco medio es una de las muchas colaboraciones póstumas de August Derleth y H.P. Lovecraft, y probablemente la menos justificada de todas. De hecho, la única colaboración del flaco de Providence aquí es una breve nota con una idea para un posible relato, a partir de la cual August Derleth construyó todo el argumento: Antiguo puente de piedra (¿romano? ¿prehistórico?) Arrastrado por una (¿repentina y curiosa?) tormenta. Algo es liberado, algo que había sido sellado en la mampostería del arco medio del puente años atrás. Ambrose Bishop hereda una propiedad en Dunwich, anteriormente la residencia de su tío abuelo, Septimus Bishop, que desapareció 19 años antes. El lugar, aunque en mal estado, es habitable, incluso hay libros y papeles tirados sobre las mesas, como si su anterior ocupante se hubiese ido repentinamente. La gente de Dunwich es un poco hosca, como de costumbre, incluido el omnipresente Tobias Whateley. De hecho, Ambrose encuentra la misma reacción hostil que el joven Whateley en La habitación cerrada (The Shuttered Room), pero de todas formas obtiene algo de información: Septimus fue asesinado por sus vecinos, pero no hay más que rumores al respecto. Ambrose comienza a investigar. Todo lo que encuentra es que Septimus desapareció y, al mismo tiempo, que alguien reforzó el arco medio de un puente en desuso sobre el río Miskatonic. De vuelta en la casa, encuentra algunos textos astrológicos, un telescopio, algunos símbolos extraños y, en el sótano, un tramo de escaleras que conducen a una serie de túneles, una cámara circular con un altar, y una trampilla oculta en el bosque, cerca del puente. También hay una tercera puerta en los túneles que Ambrose opta por no abrir, por el momento. Ambrose encuentra algunos papeles y cartas que hacen referencia al culto de la Sabiduría de las Estrellas (Starry Wisom) [devotos de Nyarlathotep], y una carta del propio Wilbur Whateley, refiriendo algunos fragmentos de El horror de Dunwich (The Horror of Dunwich), sobre todo historias de niños desaparecidos en la zona. Una tormenta colapsa el puente, incluido el arco medio [cuyas reparaciones incluyeron una estrella de cinco puntas a modo de sello]. Ambrose revisa el área y recoge algunos huesos humanos esparcidos en el agua. Inexplicablemente se los lleva a casa, donde desaparecen. Esa noche, Ambrose sueña con los huesos reuniéndose en su tío, y con una criatura que cambia de forma: de gato negro a monstruo octopoide, de cerda gigante a una encantadora mujer desnuda. Al despertar, ve a Septimus y a su misteriosa compañera... y vuelve a desmayarse. Por la mañana, Ambrose encuentra huellas frescas que conducen a la sala del altar, y sangre fresca sobre él. El tío Septimus y su familiar aparecen en la casa. Unos días después, los niños de la zona comienzan a desaparecer nuevamente. Ambrose encuentra evidencia de su desaparición en la sala del altar. Finalmente, los lugareños asaltan la casa y la incendian. Ambrose se esconde con Septimus en los túneles, dejando un manuscrito que relata esta historia. Los pobladores de Dunwich reconstruyen el arco medio derrumbado y lo reinscriben con símbolos de protección. El relato en sí mismo es pobre, y el estilo de August Derleth no colabora demasiado para una lectura fluida; sin embargo, aporta algunos elementos interesantes a los Mitos de Cthulhu. En este contexto —y solo en este— El horror del arco medio es un cuento valioso tanto por lo que sugiere como por lo que dice claramente. Sin embargo, en términos generales es una historia vaga, sin mucha inspiración y, por momentos, sin demasiado sentido, pero rica en detalles secundarios; lo cual resulta perfectamente lógico si tomamos en cuenta que el narrador no tiene ninguna experiencia en asuntos de magia negra. Está experimentando una curva de aprendizaje muy pronunciada de la que será muy afortunado de sobrevivir [quizás no lo hizo] A simple vista, El horror del arco medio es una versión casi idéntica de La sombra en el ático (The Shadow in the Attic). No es la primera vez, ni la última, que August Derleth relata la historia de alguien que hereda una vieja casa maldita; tal es así que uno sospecha la existencia de una próspera industria de abogados manejando estas sucesiones en el área de Arkham. El horror del arco medio solo tendrá algo de interés para los buscadores de tesoros en los Mitos de Cthulhu, es decir, gente que disfruta de los detalles suculentos sin esperar gran cosa de la historia en general. Aquí, August Derleth parece haber pasado de ser poco imaginativo a ser completamente holgazán. Gran parte del cuento es una repetición deslucida no solo de la obra de Lovecraft, sino de la del propio Derleth, tal es así que su lectura [esforzada, por cierto] produce una mezcla de deja vu y hastío. Uno casi puede imaginar el esquema general antes de que el cuento fuera escrito: casa antigua, ancestro malvado, túneles misteriosos, aproximadamente cerca de Dunwich, Tobias Whateley... todo se ha hecho antes, y mejor. Al menos, Ambrose Bishop no es más estúpido que la mayoría de los protagonistas de August Derleth (ver: August Derleth: el creador de los Mitos de Cthulhu) Dicho esto, El horror del arco medio posee algunas de esos pequeños tesoros casuales, la mayoría de los cuales tienen que ver con la forma en la que August Derleth amplía y describe la geografía de Dunwich y el área circundante, donde los crímenes más espantosos ocurren con con regularidad. ******************************* La vida que no he vivido Mi lucha contra la esclerosis múltiple de José Luis Gutiérrez Muñoz A cualquiera se le puede transformar la vida en un único segundo, o en un diagnóstico. Eso le sucedió al autor el 17 de junio de 1998, cuando le asaltó la esclerosis múltiple. La vida que no he vivido es una impresionante reflexión sobre la capacidad de sobreponerse a las circunstancias más difíciles. Gutiérrez Muñoz, junto con Aurora, su mujer, no ha podido desarrollar el plan vital previsto. Sin embargo, no solo fue capaz de superar el golpe psicológico que supone saberse portador de una enfermedad incurable, sino que ha impulsado numerosos proyectos solidarios en India, Nepal y Ecuador. Una vida compuesta de varias vidas. Varias vidas impulsadas por el deseo de vivir. Se puede comprar en: Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/03orLt0n La casa del libro online: https://www.casadellibro.com/libro-la-vida-que-no-he-vivido/9788418345852/16047241 FNAC online: https://www.fnac.es/a11000514/Jose-Luis-Gutierrez-Munoz-La-vida-que-no-he-vivido El Corte Inglés online: https://www.elcorteingles.es/libros/A51723598-la-vida-que-no-he-vivido-mi-lucha-contra-la-esclerosis-multiple-tapa-blanda-con-solapas/?color=default Web Kailas Editorial; https://www.kailas.es/libros/periodismo/la-vida-que-no-he-vivido/ y en cualquier librería física del país. ******************************** Análisis de: El Espejo Gótico http://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/2020/07/el-secreto-en-la-cripta-j-wesley.html Texto del relato extraído de: http://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/2020/07/el-secreto-en-la-cripta-j-wesley.html Musicas: - 01. Beast by Beast - Edward Karl Hanson (Epidemic) Nota: Este audio no se realiza con fines comerciales ni lucrativos. 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Dunwich Building - is a location in the video game Fallout 3, known for its creepy atmosphere and Lovecraftian horror elements. It's an abandoned office building with a dark history, containing clues about occult activities and featuring supernatural phenomena that players can explore as part of the game's side content. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion!  https://www.facebook.com/carman.carrion.9/ https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/?hl=en https://twitter.com/CarmanCarrion Subscribe to Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY Please Review Us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Music and sound effects used in the Destination Terror Podcast have or may have been provided/created by:  CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/ Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/ Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast Soundstripe: http Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode we're headed back to Shropshire in North West England, and Eleanor is telling a Devil tale with a twist...We start off chatting about St Killian, about whom Martin is decidedly unimpressed, after which we sidle on into Shropshire!In addition to talking about the Wrekin, A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad, and the morbid nature of some of Shropshire's folk magic, we get the pastry out once again for this week's County Dish, Fidget Pie!After some folkloric chat about topics including Fulk Fitzwarin, Mitchell's Fold stone circle, and the witch Nanny Morgan, plus some excerpts from this week's devilishly good Local Legends interview with Shropshire native Haunted magazine's Amy Boucher, author of the outstanding Nearly Knowledgeable blog, it's on to the main event: Eleanor's story "A Game of Cards."Speak to you again on Thursday for our last Something Wicked bonus episode for the series, all about H.H. Holmes and, if you're a Patreon supporter, our Patreon Exclusive for July about England's Atlantis, the lost city of Dunwich!The Three Ravens is an English Myth and Folklore podcast hosted by award-winning writers Martin Vaux and Eleanor Conlon.Released on Mondays, each weekly episode focuses on one of England's 39 historic counties, exploring the history, folklore and traditions of the area, from ghosts and mermaids to mythical monsters, half-forgotten heroes, bloody legends, and much, much more. Then, and most importantly, the pair take turns to tell a new version of an ancient story from that county - all before discussing what that tale might mean, where it might have come from, and the truths it reveals about England's hidden past...Bonus Episodes are released on Thursdays (Magic and Medicines about folk remedies and arcane spells, Three Ravens Bestiary about cryptids and mythical creatures, Dying Arts about endangered heritage crafts, and Something Wicked about folkloric true crime from across history) plus Local Legends episodes on Saturdays - interviews with acclaimed authors, folklorists, podcasters and historians with unique perspectives on that week's county.With a range of exclusive content on Patreon, too, including audio ghost tours, the Three Ravens Newsletter, and monthly Three Ravens Film Club episodes about folk horror films from across the decades, why not join us around the campfire and listen in?Learn more at www.threeravenspodcast.com, join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/threeravenspodcast, and find links to our social media channels here: https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire and Berkshire podcast, Dave meets Remorae, a collective of folk and electronic musicians who bonded over a love of ‘genre-bending' folk music. Hear about how they got together, their fishy name, the fate of Dunwich... and their new EP 'Flourishing Green'.Plus, our Connections series continues - with bands recommending bands, as Hannah gets to know Reading's lightning fast punk rock band 'Tape It Shut', Alex has an atmospheric mix of ethereal delights, and there's all the best under-the-radar local musical talent in Oxfordshire and Berkshire.Here's this week's tracklist: • Matt Stockl - A Looser Fit Henjila - Softly HooF - Blue Eyes Hadley Burn - Closure PLAIINS - Half Zombie 1111 - Joy Remember Monday - what the girls bathroom is for DEC-0 - still_life The Stretch - Painted Red (Wash Me Away) Conor McLain - Healing Shiny Brain Crayons - Freedom Ameliah Jayne - Mother Earth Remorae - Greyfriars GIGSY - CHAPTER III: SPEAK IN TONGUES Allan Low - Jeep Tape It Shut - Trigger Sad Zahra - Oh To Be A Girl Kiracko - Voodoo Jonathan Harrington - Clouds Lewis Bolland - Waltz 28 Oscar Scannell - Our Shadows Fall Siobhan O'Flaherty - Valley of the Kings Traces 9 - Remembered & Forgotten Zack Robertson - Right One, Wrong Time Meredith Baker - Calling In You The Mighty Redox - Carry The Light The Dianas - Another French Mountain • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader

Programa 48: Bizancio futuro. Grabado el día 15 de junio de 2024. 04:40 "Rumbo a Bizancio - Camino a Bizancio", de Robert Silverberg 36:56 "Cuentos para Algernon. Año XI", comentando los relatos de K. J. Parker, Tanith Lee, Kenneth Schneyer, Tim Pratt y Brian Evenson 01:38:25 "Perlas psicotrónicas de la ciencia ficción japonesa", con relatos de Kyusaku Yumeno, Sampei Yoshida, Juza Unno, Ikujiro Ran y Udaru Oshita 02:10:14 "The Bird's Nest", de Shirley Jackson 02:35:42 "Isabel de Egipto, o El primer amor de Carlos V - Isabela de Egipto. Un amor de juventud de Carlos V", de Ludwig Achim von Arnim

Mimic (Mimic) es un relato de terror del escritor norteamericano Donald A. Wollheim (1914-1990), publicado originalmente en la edición de diciembre de 1942 de la revista Astonishing Stories, y desde entonces reeditado en numerosas antologías. El cuento fue adaptado al cine por Guillermo del Toro en 1997. Mimic, uno de los mejores cuentos de Donald A. Wollheim, relata la historia del sujeto extraño en el barrio, alguien silencioso, reservado, que nunca tiene problemas con nadie pero que nadie llega a conocer realmente, alguien que, en realidad, es algo. SPOILERS. Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim consigue vislumbrar todo un mundo escondido con una narración notablemente sucinta y eficaz. La premisa de la historia es simple: algunos insectos han evolucionado para sobrevivir a través del camuflaje, como aquellas mariposas que imitan a las hojas y los escarabajos que imitan a las hormigas, llegando a pasar completamente desapercibidos. Pero, ¿qué tal si los insectos desarrollaran una forma de imitar a la criatura en la cima de la cadena alimentaria de nuestro planeta: los seres humanos? [«Pero en medio de las hormigas guerreras también viajan muchas otras criaturas, criaturas que no son hormigas en absoluto, y que las hormigas guerreras matarían si las descubrieran. Pero no saben de ellas porque estas otras criaturas están disfrazadas. Algunas son escarabajos que parecen hormigas. Tienen marcas falsas como tórax de hormigas y corren imitando la velocidad de las hormigas. ¡Incluso hay uno que es tan largo que parece tres hormigas en una sola fila! Se mueve tan rápido que las hormigas reales nunca le dan una segunda mirada.»] En Mimic, Donald A. Wollheim utiliza un número reducido de elementos. Al principio, el narrador describe brevemente a un hombre que vive en su misma calle, y que conoce desde su infancia. Es un tipo reservado, que viste una amplia capa negra, y que parece tener una particular aversión por las mujeres. De hecho, nadie lo ha visto hablar con una. El narrador crece y lo olvida. Cursa sus estudios y consigue trabajo como asistente del curador de un museo en el área de entomología. Allí aprende todo sobre cómo ciertos insectos utilizan el camuflaje para esconderse, mimetizarse, y pasar desapercibidos en un contexto que sería sumamente hostil si fuesen descubiertos [ver: Relatos de terror de insectos] El narrador tiene muchas ganas de hablar sobre las hormigas guerreras, esos feroces depredadores que viajan «en enormes columnas de cientos de miles». Son temibles e implacables, nos dice el narrador, pero también hay otras cosas viajando en esas columnas, disfrazadas, apoyándose en el mimetismo para aprovechar la protección que supone la fuerza superior de las hormigas. En este punto, es imposible para el lector no advertir que hay una conexión entre el interés del narrador por los insectos y su descripción del hombre de negro, «siempre vestido con una capa larga y negra que le llegaba hasta los tobillos, […] y un sombrero de ala ancha que le cubría la cara». Como un escarabajo, se podría pensar. También puede ser, como sugiere el narrador, que sea pura casualidad que el hombre de negro haya estado en la calle cuando la historia comienza a desarrollarse, mientras el conserje de la pensión sale corriendo pidiendo ayuda [ver: La biología de los Monstruos] El caso es que aún queda mucho por descubrir para la ciencia, y dado que el camuflaje y la imitación parecen ser recursos eficaces para estos insectos, es lícito preguntarse si el ser humano, el máximo depredador sobre la faz de la tierra, acaso no tiene sus propios imitadores viviendo junto a él. Desde luego, una vez que el narrador expresa esta pregunta filosófica, vuelve a encontrarse casualmente con el hombre de la capa negra. En cierto momento, lo sigue hasta su habitación en la pensión, donde el hombre siempre se ha comportado como un inquilino intachable, irrumpe en ella y lo encuentra tirado en el suelo, muerto. [«Durante varios instantes no vimos nada malo y luego, gradualmente, horriblemente, nos dimos cuenta de algunas cosas que estaban mal.»] Cuando el narrador inspecciona el rostro y la ropa del hombre de negro descubre no es humano: [«Lo que pensábamos que era un abrigo era una enorme funda de ala negra, como la que tiene un escarabajo. Tenía un tórax como un insecto, solo que la vaina del ala lo cubría y no podías notarlo cuando usaba la capa. El cuerpo sobresalía por debajo, reduciéndose a las dos patas traseras largas y delgadas. Sus brazos salían por debajo de la parte superior del abrigo. Tenía un pequeño par de brazos secundarios, cruzados con fuerza sobre su pecho. Había un agujero redondo y afilado recién perforado en su pecho, justo encima de estos brazos, todavía rezumando un líquido acuoso.»] Este hombre-escarabajo de Donald A. Wollheim es una mezcla particularmente inquietante de Gregor Samsa, el hombre-cucaracha de Kafka, y Wilbur Whateley, aquel personaje de El horror de Dunwich (The Dunwich Horror) de Lovecraft, con órganos y apéndices alienígenas bajo una fachada semihumana [ver: La Biblia de Yog-Sothoth: análisis de «El horror de Dunwich»]. Sin embargo, a diferencia de Samsa, el hombre de negro no se ha transformado en un ser grotesco a partir de un ser humano normal: es un insecto, un escarabajo que imita a los seres humanos para sobrevivir el tiempo suficiente para poner sus huevos. Al parecer, en este punto de la historia el hombre de la capa negra ha llegado al fin de su ciclo de vida. Mimic nos reserva algunos horrores más. Cuando el narrador abre una curiosa caja de metal que también estaba en la habitación, un enjambre de diminutos escarabajos escapa volando por la ventana: [«Debe haber habido docenas de ellos. Tenían unas dos o tres pulgadas de largo y volaban sobre anchas alas diáfanas de escarabajo. Parecían hombrecitos, extrañamente aterradores mientras volaban, vestidos con sus trajes negros, con sus rostros inexpresivos y sus ojos azules llorosos. Volaron con alas transparentes que salían de debajo de sus negros abrigos de escarabajo.»] «Es un hecho curioso de la naturaleza que aquello que está a simple vista suele ser lo que mejor está escondido», reflexiona el narrador de Mimic. C. Auguste Dupin estaría de acuerdo, como lo demuestra La carta robada (The Purloined Letter) de Edgar Allan Poe, donde el ladrón esconde la carta robada en el lugar más obvio, el portacartas, en cierto modo, camuflándola como una simple carta más. Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim parte de una premisa similar. Porque el hombre de negro es, en efecto, un insecto enorme que ha aprendido a coexistir con los humanos imitando su apariencia y, hasta cierto punto, su comportamiento. Pero, incluso después de descubrir la verdad, el hombre de negro no es lo que parece. De hecho, es una hembra. En este punto, Donald A. Wollheim trata de explicar que la aversión del hombre de negro por las mujeres era simplemente un recurso evolutivo. El narrador especula que la criatura tenía miedo de las mujeres porque ellas observan más cuidadosamente que los hombres, sobre todo a los hombres, y que por esa razón era más probable que su camuflaje sea detectado por una hembra. En cualquier caso, no es un elemento particularmente feliz. Mimic podría haber sido un relato mediocre si todo hubiese terminado aquí, pero hay más. En el cadáver del hombre de negro hay un «agujero redondo y afilado, recién perforado en su pecho, justo por encima de los brazos, que todavía rezumaba un líquido acuoso.» El narrador no explica qué ha ocurrido, y nos invita a buscar en los eventos al final de la historia una pista sobre la identidad del asesino [ver: Vermifobia: gusanos y otros anélidos freudianos en la ficción] Cuando la horrorosa cría del hombre de negro sale volando, ya liberada de su confinamiento en la caja de metal, el narrador mira por la ventana para seguir su vuelo y ve algo más acechando en un techo cercano, camuflado. Su observación transforma la escena urbana en un paisaje digno del horror cósmico de H.P. Lovecraft. De un plumazo, la ciudad, la antítesis de la naturaleza, se convierte en un lugar salvaje: [«Chimeneas, paredes y tendederos vacíos formaban el escenario sobre el que pasaba la diminuta masa de horror. Y luego vi una chimenea, a menos de diez metros de distancia en el siguiente techo. Era achaparrada, de ladrillo rojo, y tenía dos extremos de tubos negros al ras de la parte superior. La vi vibrar de repente, de forma extraña. Su superficie de ladrillo rojo parecía despegarse, y las aberturas de las tuberías negras se volvieron repentinamente blancas. Vi dos grandes ojos mirando al cielo. Una gran cosa con alas planas se desprendió silenciosamente de la superficie de la chimenea real y salió disparada tras la nube de cosas voladoras. Observé hasta que todas se perdieron en el cielo.»] Al contrario de lo que sucede con Lovecraft, no me atrevería a ser definitivo con el racismo subyacente en Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim, pero tampoco podemos eludir esa interpretación. Después de todo, el relato está ambientado en Nueva York, la puerta de entrada a los Estados Unidos donde los inmigrantes llegaban con la esperanza de pasar la inspección en Ellis Island y establecerse para empezar una nueva vida. En este contexto, el comentario del narrador: «la evolución creará un ser para cualquier nicho que se pueda encontrar, por improbable que sea», nos obliga a preguntarnos qué es lo que realmente está pasando aquí, porque el punto es que el hombre-escarabajo nunca ha encajado, nunca se ha mimetizado exitosamente. Podemos recordar que, cuando el narrador era niño, se burlaba de él por su miedo a las mujeres. De hecho, más que un imitador exitoso, perfectamente diseñado por la evolución, parece un extranjero que sencillamente trata de adaptarse, alguien que no pertenece del todo, alguien que despierta cierta inquietud pero que es lo suficientemente inteligente como para soportar las burlas de los demás y no despertar demasiada incomodidad [ver: Atrapado en el cuerpo equivocado] Es tentador especular sobre lo que está pasando en Mimic en términos de racismo no muy bien solapado, porque, vamos, el hombre de negro parece un ser humano, pero cuando miras más de cerca... Al flaco de Providence le hubiese gustado [ver: «La Sombra sobre Innsmouth»: del odio racial a la empatía] Análisis de: El Espejo Gótico https://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/2022/04/mimic-donald-wollheim-relato-y-analisis.html Texto del relato extraído de: https://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/2022/04/mimic-donald-wollheim-relato-y-analisis.html Musicas: - 01. Mind Tricks - Experia (Epidemic) Nota: Este audio no se realiza con fines comerciales ni lucrativos. Es de difusión enteramente gratuita e intenta dar a conocer tanto a los escritores de los relatos y cuentos como a los autores de las músicas. Nota: Este audio no se realiza con fines comerciales ni lucrativos. Es de difusión enteramente gratuita e intenta dar a conocer tanto a los escritores de los relatos y cuentos como a los autores de las músicas. ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast? Hazlo con advoices.com/podcast/ivoox/352537 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Mimic (Mimic) es un relato de terror del escritor norteamericano Donald A. Wollheim (1914-1990), publicado originalmente en la edición de diciembre de 1942 de la revista Astonishing Stories, y desde entonces reeditado en numerosas antologías. El cuento fue adaptado al cine por Guillermo del Toro en 1997. Mimic, uno de los mejores cuentos de Donald A. Wollheim, relata la historia del sujeto extraño en el barrio, alguien silencioso, reservado, que nunca tiene problemas con nadie pero que nadie llega a conocer realmente, alguien que, en realidad, es algo. SPOILERS. Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim consigue vislumbrar todo un mundo escondido con una narración notablemente sucinta y eficaz. La premisa de la historia es simple: algunos insectos han evolucionado para sobrevivir a través del camuflaje, como aquellas mariposas que imitan a las hojas y los escarabajos que imitan a las hormigas, llegando a pasar completamente desapercibidos. Pero, ¿qué tal si los insectos desarrollaran una forma de imitar a la criatura en la cima de la cadena alimentaria de nuestro planeta: los seres humanos? [«Pero en medio de las hormigas guerreras también viajan muchas otras criaturas, criaturas que no son hormigas en absoluto, y que las hormigas guerreras matarían si las descubrieran. Pero no saben de ellas porque estas otras criaturas están disfrazadas. Algunas son escarabajos que parecen hormigas. Tienen marcas falsas como tórax de hormigas y corren imitando la velocidad de las hormigas. ¡Incluso hay uno que es tan largo que parece tres hormigas en una sola fila! Se mueve tan rápido que las hormigas reales nunca le dan una segunda mirada.»] En Mimic, Donald A. Wollheim utiliza un número reducido de elementos. Al principio, el narrador describe brevemente a un hombre que vive en su misma calle, y que conoce desde su infancia. Es un tipo reservado, que viste una amplia capa negra, y que parece tener una particular aversión por las mujeres. De hecho, nadie lo ha visto hablar con una. El narrador crece y lo olvida. Cursa sus estudios y consigue trabajo como asistente del curador de un museo en el área de entomología. Allí aprende todo sobre cómo ciertos insectos utilizan el camuflaje para esconderse, mimetizarse, y pasar desapercibidos en un contexto que sería sumamente hostil si fuesen descubiertos [ver: Relatos de terror de insectos] El narrador tiene muchas ganas de hablar sobre las hormigas guerreras, esos feroces depredadores que viajan «en enormes columnas de cientos de miles». Son temibles e implacables, nos dice el narrador, pero también hay otras cosas viajando en esas columnas, disfrazadas, apoyándose en el mimetismo para aprovechar la protección que supone la fuerza superior de las hormigas. En este punto, es imposible para el lector no advertir que hay una conexión entre el interés del narrador por los insectos y su descripción del hombre de negro, «siempre vestido con una capa larga y negra que le llegaba hasta los tobillos, […] y un sombrero de ala ancha que le cubría la cara». Como un escarabajo, se podría pensar. También puede ser, como sugiere el narrador, que sea pura casualidad que el hombre de negro haya estado en la calle cuando la historia comienza a desarrollarse, mientras el conserje de la pensión sale corriendo pidiendo ayuda [ver: La biología de los Monstruos] El caso es que aún queda mucho por descubrir para la ciencia, y dado que el camuflaje y la imitación parecen ser recursos eficaces para estos insectos, es lícito preguntarse si el ser humano, el máximo depredador sobre la faz de la tierra, acaso no tiene sus propios imitadores viviendo junto a él. Desde luego, una vez que el narrador expresa esta pregunta filosófica, vuelve a encontrarse casualmente con el hombre de la capa negra. En cierto momento, lo sigue hasta su habitación en la pensión, donde el hombre siempre se ha comportado como un inquilino intachable, irrumpe en ella y lo encuentra tirado en el suelo, muerto. [«Durante varios instantes no vimos nada malo y luego, gradualmente, horriblemente, nos dimos cuenta de algunas cosas que estaban mal.»] Cuando el narrador inspecciona el rostro y la ropa del hombre de negro descubre no es humano: [«Lo que pensábamos que era un abrigo era una enorme funda de ala negra, como la que tiene un escarabajo. Tenía un tórax como un insecto, solo que la vaina del ala lo cubría y no podías notarlo cuando usaba la capa. El cuerpo sobresalía por debajo, reduciéndose a las dos patas traseras largas y delgadas. Sus brazos salían por debajo de la parte superior del abrigo. Tenía un pequeño par de brazos secundarios, cruzados con fuerza sobre su pecho. Había un agujero redondo y afilado recién perforado en su pecho, justo encima de estos brazos, todavía rezumando un líquido acuoso.»] Este hombre-escarabajo de Donald A. Wollheim es una mezcla particularmente inquietante de Gregor Samsa, el hombre-cucaracha de Kafka, y Wilbur Whateley, aquel personaje de El horror de Dunwich (The Dunwich Horror) de Lovecraft, con órganos y apéndices alienígenas bajo una fachada semihumana [ver: La Biblia de Yog-Sothoth: análisis de «El horror de Dunwich»]. Sin embargo, a diferencia de Samsa, el hombre de negro no se ha transformado en un ser grotesco a partir de un ser humano normal: es un insecto, un escarabajo que imita a los seres humanos para sobrevivir el tiempo suficiente para poner sus huevos. Al parecer, en este punto de la historia el hombre de la capa negra ha llegado al fin de su ciclo de vida. Mimic nos reserva algunos horrores más. Cuando el narrador abre una curiosa caja de metal que también estaba en la habitación, un enjambre de diminutos escarabajos escapa volando por la ventana: [«Debe haber habido docenas de ellos. Tenían unas dos o tres pulgadas de largo y volaban sobre anchas alas diáfanas de escarabajo. Parecían hombrecitos, extrañamente aterradores mientras volaban, vestidos con sus trajes negros, con sus rostros inexpresivos y sus ojos azules llorosos. Volaron con alas transparentes que salían de debajo de sus negros abrigos de escarabajo.»] «Es un hecho curioso de la naturaleza que aquello que está a simple vista suele ser lo que mejor está escondido», reflexiona el narrador de Mimic. C. Auguste Dupin estaría de acuerdo, como lo demuestra La carta robada (The Purloined Letter) de Edgar Allan Poe, donde el ladrón esconde la carta robada en el lugar más obvio, el portacartas, en cierto modo, camuflándola como una simple carta más. Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim parte de una premisa similar. Porque el hombre de negro es, en efecto, un insecto enorme que ha aprendido a coexistir con los humanos imitando su apariencia y, hasta cierto punto, su comportamiento. Pero, incluso después de descubrir la verdad, el hombre de negro no es lo que parece. De hecho, es una hembra. En este punto, Donald A. Wollheim trata de explicar que la aversión del hombre de negro por las mujeres era simplemente un recurso evolutivo. El narrador especula que la criatura tenía miedo de las mujeres porque ellas observan más cuidadosamente que los hombres, sobre todo a los hombres, y que por esa razón era más probable que su camuflaje sea detectado por una hembra. En cualquier caso, no es un elemento particularmente feliz. Mimic podría haber sido un relato mediocre si todo hubiese terminado aquí, pero hay más. En el cadáver del hombre de negro hay un «agujero redondo y afilado, recién perforado en su pecho, justo por encima de los brazos, que todavía rezumaba un líquido acuoso.» El narrador no explica qué ha ocurrido, y nos invita a buscar en los eventos al final de la historia una pista sobre la identidad del asesino [ver: Vermifobia: gusanos y otros anélidos freudianos en la ficción] Cuando la horrorosa cría del hombre de negro sale volando, ya liberada de su confinamiento en la caja de metal, el narrador mira por la ventana para seguir su vuelo y ve algo más acechando en un techo cercano, camuflado. Su observación transforma la escena urbana en un paisaje digno del horror cósmico de H.P. Lovecraft. De un plumazo, la ciudad, la antítesis de la naturaleza, se convierte en un lugar salvaje: [«Chimeneas, paredes y tendederos vacíos formaban el escenario sobre el que pasaba la diminuta masa de horror. Y luego vi una chimenea, a menos de diez metros de distancia en el siguiente techo. Era achaparrada, de ladrillo rojo, y tenía dos extremos de tubos negros al ras de la parte superior. La vi vibrar de repente, de forma extraña. Su superficie de ladrillo rojo parecía despegarse, y las aberturas de las tuberías negras se volvieron repentinamente blancas. Vi dos grandes ojos mirando al cielo. Una gran cosa con alas planas se desprendió silenciosamente de la superficie de la chimenea real y salió disparada tras la nube de cosas voladoras. Observé hasta que todas se perdieron en el cielo.»] Al contrario de lo que sucede con Lovecraft, no me atrevería a ser definitivo con el racismo subyacente en Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim, pero tampoco podemos eludir esa interpretación. Después de todo, el relato está ambientado en Nueva York, la puerta de entrada a los Estados Unidos donde los inmigrantes llegaban con la esperanza de pasar la inspección en Ellis Island y establecerse para empezar una nueva vida. En este contexto, el comentario del narrador: «la evolución creará un ser para cualquier nicho que se pueda encontrar, por improbable que sea», nos obliga a preguntarnos qué es lo que realmente está pasando aquí, porque el punto es que el hombre-escarabajo nunca ha encajado, nunca se ha mimetizado exitosamente. Podemos recordar que, cuando el narrador era niño, se burlaba de él por su miedo a las mujeres. De hecho, más que un imitador exitoso, perfectamente diseñado por la evolución, parece un extranjero que sencillamente trata de adaptarse, alguien que no pertenece del todo, alguien que despierta cierta inquietud pero que es lo suficientemente inteligente como para soportar las burlas de los demás y no despertar demasiada incomodidad [ver: Atrapado en el cuerpo equivocado] Es tentador especular sobre lo que está pasando en Mimic en términos de racismo no muy bien solapado, porque, vamos, el hombre de negro parece un ser humano, pero cuando miras más de cerca... Al flaco de Providence le hubiese gustado [ver: «La Sombra sobre Innsmouth»: del odio racial a la empatía] Análisis de: El Espejo Gótico https://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/2022/04/mimic-donald-wollheim-relato-y-analisis.html Texto del relato extraído de: https://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/2022/04/mimic-donald-wollheim-relato-y-analisis.html Musicas: - 01. Mind Tricks - Experia (Epidemic) Nota: Este audio no se realiza con fines comerciales ni lucrativos. Es de difusión enteramente gratuita e intenta dar a conocer tanto a los escritores de los relatos y cuentos como a los autores de las músicas. Nota: Este audio no se realiza con fines comerciales ni lucrativos. Es de difusión enteramente gratuita e intenta dar a conocer tanto a los escritores de los relatos y cuentos como a los autores de las músicas. ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast? Hazlo con advoices.com/podcast/ivoox/352537

This week, Desmond and Duane take in the parade of character actors that is 1970's The Dunwich Horror. Then Desmond goes solo and finally checks out the related-in-title-only Beyond the Dunwich Horror from 2008. Songs included: "Goin' Down to Dunwich" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "Devil's Witchcraft" by Les Baxter, "Escape from Dunwich Valley" by Witchery, and "Gardens in the Dark" by inter Arma. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, www.kccinephile.com, and www.dejasdomicileofdread.blogspot.com.

This week, Desmond and Duane take in the parade of character actors that is 1970's The Dunwich Horror. Then Desmond goes solo and finally checks out the related-in-title-only Beyond the Dunwich Horror from 2008. Songs included: "Goin' Down to Dunwich" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "Devil's Witchcraft" by Les Baxter, "Escape from Dunwich Valley" by Witchery, and "Gardens in the Dark" by inter Arma. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, www.kccinephile.com, and www.dejasdomicileofdread.blogspot.com.

Pt. 2 of HP Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror" tells the story of the night the Dunwich Horror was unleashed upon the sleepy town of Dunwich and the desperate struggle of 3 scientists to end a bigger holocaust. STORIES BY H.P.LOVECRAFT H.P. LOVECRAFT PODCAST The Pepsodent Show hosted by Bob Hope was staged at US Military support centers and bases and featured a mix a comedy and music along with celebrity guest hosts. Bob Hope gave much of his life to supporting our nation's military. APPLE USERS New! 1001 True Stories with Brian Tremblay https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-true-stories-with-brian-tremblay/id1726451725 Catch 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/id1613213865 Catch 1001's Best of Jack London- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-best-of-jack-london/id1656939169 Catch 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers/id1657397371 Catch 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2  Catch 1001 Classic Short Stories at Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at Apple Podcast now:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love + Life Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes!  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Enjoy 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories and The Best of Arthur Conan Doyle https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-sherlock-holmes-stories-best-sir-arthur-conan/id1534427618 1001 History's Best Storytellers at Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 1001 Ghost , Chiller & Lovecraft https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-chiller-lovecraft-stories/id1516332327 8043 ANDROID USERS- 1001 True Stories with Brian Tremblay https://open.spotify.com/episode/1EOZTL42pg0szYdYV7mwMC?si=SCPAOiSgQiyo0ZSO_OFDyw&nd=1&dlsi=012b3f28347743d5 1001 Stories For the Road at Spotify= https://open.spotify.com/show/6FhlsxYFTGNPiSMYxM9O9K 1001's Best of Jack London at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HzkpdKeWJgUU9rbx3NqgF 1001 Stories From The Old West at Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0c2fc0cGwJBcPfyC8NWNTw 1001 Radio Crime Solvers at Spotify-(Sun & Wed) https://open.spotify.com/show/0UAUS12lnS2063PWK9CZ37 1001 Radio Days (Now Sun & Wed) at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5jyc4nVoe00xoOxrhyAa8H 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6rzDb5uFdOhfw5X6P5lkWn 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6rO7HELtRcGfV48UeP8aFQ 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4dIgYvBwZVTN5ewF0JPaTK 1001 History's Best Storytellers https://open.spotify.com/show/3QyZ1u4f9OLb9O32KX6Ghr 1001 Ghost , Chiller & Lovecraft https://open.spotify.com/show/5P4hV28LgpG89dRNMfSDKJ 1991 Greatest Love & Life Stories https://open.spotify.com/show/5sUUFDVTatnGt7FiNQvSHe Get all of our shows at one website: https://.1001storiespodcast.com My email works as well for comments: 1001storiespodcast@gmail.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! https://.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to this Friday's "Friday Night Noir" on Vintage Classic Radio, where we dive deep into the shadows of classic suspense and mystery. Our journey through the darkened corridors of the past begins with the "Suspense" radio show and the chilling episode "The Dunwich Horror," originally aired on November 1, 1945. This adaptation brings to life H.P. Lovecraft's tale of unnameable horror in the secluded town of Dunwich, Massachusetts. The story unfolds around Wilbur Whateley, a sinister character born into a family with a mysterious past, and his quest to acquire an ancient and powerful tome, The Necronomicon. As strange events plague the town, the locals grow increasingly terrified of the Whateley family and the indescribable entity lurking on their property. The episode's cast featured Ronald Colman as the Narrator, adding a layer of gravitas and suspense to the story. His performance, alongside a talented ensemble cast, brought the eerie tale to life, making it a memorable entry in the "Suspense" catalog. Following "The Dunwich Horror," our noir night continues with a journey into the world of the "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" and the episode titled "Trilby," which first enthralled listeners on September 30, 1977. "Trilby" is based on the novel by George du Maurier, where a young and impressionable artist's model, Trilby O'Ferrall, falls under the spell of the enigmatic Svengali, a man with the mysterious power to control minds. Set against the backdrop of Bohemian Paris, this tale of manipulation, obsession, and the power of the human will captivates with its exploration of artistic life and the dark influences that can drive it. The episode featured a stellar cast, including Mercedes McCambridge as Trilby and Ian Martin as Svengali, whose performances breathed life into these complex characters and their haunting narrative. Both episodes are exemplary instances of their respective series' ability to capture the imagination and hold listeners in rapt attention with stories of intrigue, mystery, and the supernatural. Join us this Friday on Vintage Classic Radio for "Friday Night Noir" to experience these masterpieces of the airwaves once again.

The Dunwich Horror, one of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft's most enjoyed stories, is the story of a strange rural Massachusetts family that has some unusual connections with the evil world below- connections that will erupt upon an innocent town when they are unleashed. Part one introduces us to the people and town of Dunwich- where the suspense builds almost immediately. If you enjoy this episode- please send us a review at apple/iTunes podcast-thank you. Part two next week. STORIES BY H.P.LOVECRAFT H.P. LOVECRAFT PODCAST Credits: Labyrinth of Lost Dreams by Darren Curtis Creative Commons www.facebook.com/soul-candle TalesFrom the Asylum Composer Lionel Schmitt Creative Commons https://soundcloud.com/lionel-schmitt The Pepsodent Show hosted by Bob Hope was staged at US Military support centers and bases and featured a mix a comedy and music along with celebrity guest hosts. Bob Hope gave much of his life to supporting our nation's military. APPLE USERS New! 1001 True Stories with Brian Tremblay https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-true-stories-with-brian-tremblay/id1726451725 Catch 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/id1613213865 Catch 1001's Best of Jack London- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-best-of-jack-london/id1656939169 Catch 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers/id1657397371 Catch 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2  Catch 1001 Classic Short Stories at Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at Apple Podcast now:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love + Life Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes!  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Enjoy 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories and The Best of Arthur Conan Doyle https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-sherlock-holmes-stories-best-sir-arthur-conan/id1534427618 1001 History's Best Storytellers at Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 1001 Ghost , Chiller & Lovecraft https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-chiller-lovecraft-stories/id1516332327 8043 ANDROID USERS- 1001 True Stories with Brian Tremblay https://open.spotify.com/episode/1EOZTL42pg0szYdYV7mwMC?si=SCPAOiSgQiyo0ZSO_OFDyw&nd=1&dlsi=012b3f28347743d5 1001 Stories For the Road at Spotify= https://open.spotify.com/show/6FhlsxYFTGNPiSMYxM9O9K 1001's Best of Jack London at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HzkpdKeWJgUU9rbx3NqgF 1001 Stories From The Old West at Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0c2fc0cGwJBcPfyC8NWNTw 1001 Radio Crime Solvers at Spotify-(Sun & Wed) https://open.spotify.com/show/0UAUS12lnS2063PWK9CZ37 1001 Radio Days (Now Sun & Wed) at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5jyc4nVoe00xoOxrhyAa8H 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6rzDb5uFdOhfw5X6P5lkWn 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6rO7HELtRcGfV48UeP8aFQ 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4dIgYvBwZVTN5ewF0JPaTK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Saint Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, Enlightener East Anglia ( March 8 )Reference materials for this episode: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2021/03/saint-felix-of-burgundy-bishop-of.html - life of St Felixhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/38326/38326-h/38326-h.html - St Bede mentions Bishop Felix (Book II-Chap XV, Book III-Chap XVIII&XX)The Silver Chair  - by CS Lewis - HarperCollins; Reprint edition (March 5, 2002) - ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0064471098 - ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0064471091Scripture citations for this episode:Genesis 1:28-30 - the primary vocation to humanityGenesis 3:4-5 - The brazen serpent's half truthThe Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sounds & Paradosis Pavilion with oversight from Fr Symeon KeesParadosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://twitter.com/podcast_saintshttps://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcastIconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these imagesPrints of all of Nick's work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.comAll music in these episodes is a production of Generative Soundshttps://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.comDistribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative SoundsCopyright 2021 - 2023

Behind Door 7 are tales of spectres in the ancient village of Dunwich

A man afraid of having his underwear cut becomes obsessed with a Zombie Grrl, who he later discovers is linked to a local curse in her apartment complex. On Episode 591 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by Rachel from The Zombie Grrlz to discuss the Lovecraftian horror flick Suitable Flesh from director Joe Lynch! We also talk about the far-reaching influence H.P. Lovecraft had on horror, how to weigh your body parts, and the psychological impact of transference. So grab a ticket to see Sexy Sax and the Creepy Bits, stare into the Bradberries, and strap on with aplomb for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Ash Williams, Evil Dead, The Deadites, Scream 7, Jenny Ortega, Wednesday, Action Comics #1, Howard Stern's Private Parts, Heroin Diaries, Fangoria, Ray Bradberries, Zeptember, Special Agent Smolder, Psycho Goreman, Hunky Boys, Day of the Dead TV Series, Taika Waititi, Next Goal Wins, babybjorn, Chucky TV Show, legendary boobs and balls, The Zombie Grrlz, Patreon Extended Episodes, Five Nights at Freddy's, Birth/Rebirth, Laura Moss, Gigi Saul Guerrero, the tuck dance, fruit basket, the deep lore of Trick or Treat Radio, big ups to premiere optical, vision shaming, The Movie Crypt, Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Dennis Paoli, H.P. Lovecraft, Heather Graham, Barbara Crampton, Swingers, License to Drive, Jonah Hex, Johnathon Schaech, The Babysitter, Judah Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Primal Fear, Brian Yuzna, Stuart Gordon, Richard Stanley, transference, female sexuality and gender, Freaky Friday, Fallen, The Ultra Humanite, supple wieners, young supple wiener lad, Herbert West, Wizard Shit, Miskatonic U, Dunwich, Innsmouth, “who wouldn't enjoy being in Heather Graham's body?”, directing with aplomb, brother it up, It Follows, Brightburn, James Gunn, Davide Fincher, The Killer, Mindhunter, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, John Cena, Troma, Margot Robbie, Super, Lady Terminator, Lion-Girl, Kurando Mitsutake, When Evil Lurks, Where the Devil Roams, The Adams Family, consent is your friend, H.P. Lovecraft Macaroni and Cheese, Bewbs Balls and Burials, Sexy Sax and The Creepy Bits, don't cut my undies bro, Intellisleaze, The Unsolicited Rub, The Cramptonaissance, and A Sad Man Crying Into a Can of Beans.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

Slide helps Kennedy and Ness crack the code. The women lead the way to Suffolk, and a house near Dunwich. The investigation is gathering pace. Three years on from The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and Heawood's disappearance at Pleasant Green, the Lovecraft Investigations are back and podcaster Kennedy Fisher is following new clues in Julian Simpson's H P Lovecraft-inspired universe. Cast: Kennedy Fisher - Jana Carpenter Marcus Byron - Ben Crowe Victoria Ness - Catherine Kanter Slide - Ferdinand Kingsley Eleanor Peck - Nicolas Walker Written and directed by Julian Simpson Music composed by Tim Elsenburg Sound design: David Thomas Production Assistant: Ethan Elsenburg Producer: Sarah Tombling Executive Producer: Karen Rose A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

Kennedy and Ness are already in deep as Byron reaches the woods near Dunwich. How long have they all got before the Ashton-Heath siblings find them? The Lovecraft Investigations conclude. But will they end well for the team? Three years on from The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and Heawood's disappearance at Pleasant Green, the Lovecraft Investigations are back and podcaster Kennedy Fisher is following new clues in Julian Simpson's H P Lovecraft-inspired universe. Cast: Kennedy Fisher - Jana Carpenter Marcus Byron - Ben Crowe Eleanor Peck - Nicola Walker Victoria Ness - Catherine Kanter Caroline Morse - Kate Isitt Wilberforce Ashton-Heath - Rufus Wright Written and directed by Julian Simpson Music composed by Tim Elsenburg Sound design: David Thomas Production Assistant: Ethan Elsenburg Producer: Sarah Tombling Executive Producer: Karen Rose A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds