Echoes in the Dark with Rae Wilson
In the oral tradition of storytelling, Echoes in the Dark, delivers classic works of gothic fiction weekly. Hosted and curated by Ms. Rae (an award-winning educator, actor, and literary analyst) the collection of stories spans popular works by authors like Edgar Allan Poe as well as lesser known works by authors such as Guy de Maupassant. Each story is followed by a literary analysis.
If you’re looking to enjoy more classic literature, struggle to find the time to read, hate reading, or just love listening to stories, then this podcast is for you.
A Note on Content: While these stories are generally appropriate for listeners aged 12 and up, classic Gothic literature frequently explores themes of murder, romantic affairs, and "tortured souls." Stories are performed exactly as written in their original historical context.
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Latest Episodes
The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce
"Fear has no brains; it is an idiot."Ambrose Bierce, a rather prolific short story writer, is known for his whit, but scholars have often noted that The Moonlit Road is a piece that is not talked about enough. This traditional g...
The Lady's Maid's Bell by Edith Wharton
"I could have shaken the man for his stupidity."Edith Wharton may be known world wide as the scribe behind Age of Innocence, but she equally adapt at making her star-crossed lovers, pine away in much darker circumstances. Her go...
The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
" I should like to know how any one of us would look, or what the devil we should have to say for ourselves, in any Christian witness-box. "Robert Louis Stevens may be known world wide for Treasure Island and Strang...
The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens
" A truthful traveller, who should have seen some extraordinarycreature in the likeness of a sea-serpent, would have no fear of mentioningit; but the same traveller, having had some singular presentiment, impulse,vagary of thoug...
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