A Podcast to the Curious - The M.R. James Podcast

Episode 5 – Number 13

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In this episode Mike and Will pack their portmanteaus for a holiday in HELL (well, Denmark actually) as they tackle ‘Number 13’ by M.R. James! Thanks to our reader this week Kirsty Woodfield.

Also in this episode Will and Mike:

  • Coin ‘The Jamesian Wallop’
  • Tackle the schleswig-holstein question
  • Discuss hellish subjects such as alchemy, German sunlounger etiquette, and Toploader
  • Inexplicably find something funny about the phrase ‘the Danish area’

    • Show notes & links:

    • Viborg on Wikipedia and Googlemaps.
    • ‘The Shadow of the Occupant of Number 13’ by Helen Grant (at Ghosts and Scholars)
    • The Significance of Number 13 (at Squidoo)
    • ‘Warnings to the Curious’ by S.T. Joshi & Rosemary Pardoe (ed) (at Amazon)

      • Don’t forget to join us for our next episode when we will be looking at ‘Count Magnus’!

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