Reading Gothic

By Tracey Carvill

A small goth girl reading her favourite horror classics, from Lovecraft to Poe to Stoker and more, and some original stories as well! Episodes released on Fridays at 6pm UK time.

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April 23, 2021 Sorry! No episode this week.
Due to a bout of poor mental health I've been unable to get this week's episode ready in time. Huge apologies but I have to take care of myself :( I'm doing better now and am still working on the next episode which should be out next week. In the meantime take care of each other and remember to reach out if you need help. It's ok to not be ok. Much love!
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
Want to help fund the project? Here's my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/traceymary7
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2min
April 16, 2021 16: Dracula by Bram Stoker: Part 2
Jonathan continues his stay at Castle Dracula, meets some more of the locals, and discovers that his situation is much more dire than he could ever have imagined ....
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
_lefthandwinnie: horsewagon-horse-walking-slowly-ext
16gpanskasibinska-n: burning-candle-in-the-wind
180007: key
Adriann: door-slam-no-reverb
Altfuture: door-knocking
Arithni: heavy-thud
Arnaud-coutancier: church-door-bolt-2
Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2
Bevibeldesign: succubus-laughter-raw
Cameronmusic: digging1
Cgeffex: whip-crack-01
Foxboyprower: feeding1
Inspectorj: rooster-calling-close-a
Jpnien: wind-strong-jpn
Khenshom: keys-in-wooden-door-trying-to-open-door-with-keys-2
Mariiao2: baby-cry
Markadirector: monastery-footsteps
Mc-minnaar: pusing-old-wooden-crate
Paresh: wolves
Pnthr: growling-beast
Rutgermuller: wooden-door-squeaking-opened-slowly-2
Speedenza: spooky-bells-ambiance
Szegvari: big-temlpe-cave-soundscape-fantasy-201117-0067
Tweedledee3: woman-keening-and-sobbing-in-grief
User-7146007: construction-sounds-hammer-hammering-sound-effect-free-high-quality-sound-fx
Vero-marengere: canadian-horse-carriage
Yap-audio-production: doorlocked
Ylearkisto: sudet-ulvovat-wolves-howling-small-pack-frost-snapping
Zat-dude: ominous-background
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
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1h 11min
April 09, 2021 15: Dracula by Bram Stoker: Part 1
Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified solicitor, travels to a remote castle in Transylvania to finalise the sale of an English abbey to a reclusive and mysterious Count. But things are not what they appear to be ... or rather, they are exactly what they appear to be ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Hungarian Dance no. 3 - Allegretto in F major by Brahms
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2, S. 244-2 by Franz Liszt
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Arnaud-coutancier: church-door-bolt-2
Arnaud-coutancier: nervous-horses
Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2
Betchkal: 080809-dogs
Cgeffex: whip-crack-01
Czarcazas: shattering-glass-small
Dblover: howling-wind-ambience
Giovannitp: horse-and-chariot-30-sec
Inchadney: distant-thunderstorm
Inspectorj: rooster-calling-close-a
Khenshom: keys-in-wooden-door-trying-to-open-door-with-keys-2
Mags-007: opening-door-003
Markadirector: monastery-footsteps
Paresh: wolves
Seachangeau: teatime-serving-tea-carolyn
Taira-komori: howl
Vero-marengere: canadian-horse-carriage
Ylearkisto: sudet-ulvovat-wolves-howling-small-pack-frost-snapping
Zat-dude: ominous-background
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
Want to help fund the project? Here's my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/traceymary7
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1h 9min
April 02, 2021 14: Four Gothic Poems!
A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe; She Walks in Beauty by George Gordon, Lord Byron; La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats; and The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 no. 1 by Chopin
Sergio DuBois - Piano sonata 13, 2nd by Mozart
Sicilienne in E-flat major by Maria Theresia von Paradis
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
13fpanska-cerny-jan: crack-glass
Baumstumpf: forest-meadow-on-a-summer-morning
Cueckermann: by-a-pond-ambience
Mrfossy: outdoors-day-lightrain-01
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
Want to help fund the project? Here's my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/traceymary7

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22min
March 26, 2021 13: The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson
After suffering from recurring nightmares for years, a man visits a house in the country and suddenly finds his nightmares coming true ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto by Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 16 'Facile', K. 545 - II. Andante by Mozart
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Aquillx: scared-breathing
Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2
Blouhond: sfx-person-falling-on-wooden-floor
Cognito-perceptu: thunder-sharp-crack-approaching
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Khenshom: fabric-rustle-and-shuffle-foley-various-sounds
Nikorn69: dog-growl
Peridactyloptrix: 1950-ford-mercury-interior-ignition-and-slow-cruise
Rambler52: rain-storm
Sagetyrtle: 1103octobernight
Stevious42: cat-purring-3
Taira-komori: howl
Zabuhailo: cathisses
Zat-dude: ominous-background
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
Want to help fund the project? Here's my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/traceymary7
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36min
March 19, 2021 12: The Signalman by Charles Dickens
A lonely signalman stationed in an eerie location along the train tracks tells of an unsettling series of ghostly encounters ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
7z7__steam-train-molli-passes-through-without-whistle
Cchondon: bell
Jarredgibb: church-clock-strikes-11
Kyles: wind-light-calm-soft-breeze-deep-big-gusty
Markdmurray: wind-howling-and-whistling-and-banging-louder
Theboatman: fire
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
Want to help fund the project? Here's my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/traceymary7
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34min
March 12, 2021 11: The Summer by the Sea by Scott Hamilton & From The Deeps & Fishermen by Fen Winters
Three original creepy short stories from unpublished writers, check out their work at the following links!
Scott Hamilton: https://www.wattpad.com/user/Noverogi
Fen Winters: https://ko-fi.com/fenwinterstales
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Bruno-auzet: dive
Inchadney: catterline-harbour
Rebekahday: lowwhalesong
Scratchikken: wendywater2minheel
Trezz77: soft-waves
Yap-audio-production: britishpubambience
Zat-dude: ominous-background
Be-steele: ocean-surf-along-the-coast-of-maine
Cognito-perceptu: thunder-sharp-crack-approaching
Geoneo0: four-voices-whispering-4-wecho
Rambler52: rain-storm
Gkillhour: war-noises-distance-explosions
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
Want to help fund the project? Here's my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/traceymary7
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24min
March 05, 2021 10: Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad by M.R. James
A learned man and self-declared sceptic goes to the seaside for a golfing holiday, and finds a strange artifact that brings him cause to reconsider his stance on the paranormal ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Sergio DuBois - Piano sonata 13, 2nd (solemn) Mozart
Beethoven, Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3--2nd Movement--Adagio
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
16gpanskasibinska-n: burning-candle-in-the-wind
Beeproductive: underneath-the-floorboards
Benboncan: pub-ambience
Eelke: seagulls
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Jpnien: wind-strong-jpn
Katzeo: beach-denmark-2014
Miekyj: lighting-a-match-owi
Mikaf: banging-window-wooden-frame
Nbild: whistle
Soundsexciting: clatter
Soundsforhim: slam-door
Theshaggyfreak: metal-bottle
Turchinoa: restaurant-ambience
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
Want to help fund the project? Here's my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/traceymary7
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49min
February 26, 2021 9: The Lighthouse Keeper & Suffer The Children by Tracey M Carvill
Two short stories written by yours truly! A spooky tale about a lighthouse, and a sad story about a married couple who experience tragic loss.
Content warning: please be advised that the second story deals with strong themes of bereavement and the death of children.
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used Sicilienne in E-flat major by Maria Theresia von Paradis.
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Be-steele: ocean-surf-along-the-coast-of-maine
Eelke: seagulls
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Hdfreema: night-crickets-back-porch
Littlerobotsoundfactory: gate-open-00
Otakua: girlsigh01
Tetrisrocker: clock
Theboatman: fire
Ambientsoundapp: wind-morning
Cognito-perceptu: thunder-sharp-crack-approaching
Craigsmith: r29-04-crashing-collapse-of-wood-building
Inspectorj: splash-jumping-f
Rambler52: rain-storm
Robinhood76: 05460-little-baby-bad-cough
Scratchikken: wendywater2minheel
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
Want to help fund the project? Here's my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/traceymary7
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46min
February 19, 2021 8: Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came by Robert Browning & The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Two classic poems: a tale of an epic journey through a bleak wilderness, and a tale of grief and growing madness in the solitude of a storm ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Adharca: war-horn
Copper13: creek
Iwanplays: croworraven1
Kickhat:war-horm-horror
Proxima4: desert-monolith
Dblover: howling-wind-ambience
Elfman-rox: bird-flapping-wings
Giddster: fireplace-burning
Pikachu09: finger-tap
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
Want to help fund the project? Here's my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/traceymary7
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27min

FAQs about Reading Gothic:

How many episodes does Reading Gothic have?

The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.