Campfire Classics Podcast

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Week one of the Movember moustache tribute from Campfire Classics kicks off with a Poirot Mystery from the great Agatha Christie called "The Adventure of the Cheap Flat". Ken will be raising money for Movember, and you can check out his moustache progress or donate some money at movember.com/m/kensandberg.

This week, our co-hosts make unfounded accusations against left handed people, discuss the origins of the Mario Brothers, and start training to become international spies.

Also, did you vote yet?

"The Adventure of the Cheap Flat" was published in the magazine The Sketch in 1923 and can be found in the short story collection Poirot Investigates.

So sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

Back in August, we read this story thinking it might be a good 10th episode.  Instead, it was upsetting.  So now you get to hear it for Halloween!

So, today we're taking a swing at Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Black Cat. Along the way, we cast Hollywood's most believable psychopath, make WILD predictions about the ending based on nothing, and get a surprise visit from Hercule Poirot.

So sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

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Our final regular release in October 2020 is another spooky story.  This one comes to you from American Author Robert William Chambers.  The story "In the Court of the Dragon" leaves our hosts a little confused.  Okay, a lot confused, but it is incredibly engaging and comes from a collection called The King in Yellow.  During their attempt to understand this tale of terror our hosts discuss the quirks of cathedral architecture, learn that "voluntary" doesn't always mean what you think it does, and question just what type of music the devil would play.

And it all kicks off with an impromptu song.

If you already heard this week's True Crimes and a Lie, you can catch the story by jumping to 16:50.

"In the Court of the Dragon" was published in the collection The King in Yellow in 1895.

So sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Here's a little sneak peek of the action coming up in the next Campfire Classics!  That's right, it's another True Crimes and a Lie! a gameshow within a podcast, where Heather tries to determine fact from fiction and Ken tries to come up with a snappy tagline.

Can you tell which story is fiction?  And can you guess the super subtle theme that holds these stories together?

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This week we're promoting #comelywench.

The great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is most well known for authoring the most enduring detective of modern literature, Sherlock Holmes.  But Heather and Ken are shocked to learn in this episode that he wrote other characters, too!  We learn a little about Heather's first impression of Ken, look up a bunch of new words, and put out a call for your favorite haunted objects!

So sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

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And a belated Happy Birthday to Ken, who turned 36 (if we're counting quarantine birthdays) yesterday!

This week, Heather reads an unsettling seafaring story by British author, Victorian hunk, and erstwhile bodybuilder William Hope Hodgson. "The Voice in the Night" is an eerie journey, and our hosts compensate by finally learning what the poop deck is, coming up with euphemisms for "drunk, and trademarking a new burlesque entertainment style.

If you've already enjoyed this week's "True Crimes and a Lie", you can get to the story by jumping to the 13:27 mark.

"The Voice in the Night" has been adapted and reprinted many times, but was first published in the November 1907 edition of Blue Book Magazine.

So sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Check out the newest installment of True Crimes and a Lie, A Gameshow within a Podcast all about telling true crime from fake crime.

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For most of you, welcome back!

Algernon Blackwood was a wildly influential writer whose admirers include SciFi and Fantasy greats J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft! This week's Campfire Classic is his story "The Wood of the Dead".  The writing is incredible and our hosts are enthralled, but do get a little off topic.  Surprise surprise.  They discuss book burning, forget how old they are, and try to decide how much tramping is too much tramping.

#countrified

"The Wood of the Dead" is part of Blackwood's 1906 collection The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories.

So sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

A quick audio promo for a taste of what we do over here at Campfire Classics Podcast. Check us out for some great stories and a lot of laughter! 

Thanks from the team at Campfire Classics,

Ken and Heather

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I think they've gone off the deep end this week!  What is up with this demon dino!?

"Man-Size in Marble" can be read in Nesbit's 1893 anthology Grim Tales.

So sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.