The FrankenPod - A Gothic Literature and Cinema Podcast

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What's The FrankenPod - A Gothic Literature and Cinema Podcast about?

A podcast stitched together from the corpses of mystery, noir and gothic literature and cinema

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The FrankenPod - A Gothic Literature and Cinema Podcast episodes:

08.25.2019
Penny for your thoughts? Penny Dreadful Episode 1ish, 2 & 3 with Courtney of the Cult of Domesticity
Swears, Spoilers and the ever growing list of Dorian Gray's fetishes. Whoops! I cut off a bit of episode 1. So here is the rest of episode 1 and then Episodes 2 & 3. Courtney from Cult of Domesticity and...
07.19.2019
Lost Highway (1997) but this time it's time travel
Swears, Spoilers and Patricia Arquette's massive platform heels. Brent and Morgan watched the same David Lynch movie... With very different results. Our website: thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Theme song is by the Underscore Orkestra by attribution 4.0 creative commons license.
07.08.2019
Penny for your thoughts? Penny Dreadful Episode 1 with Courtney of Cult of Domesticity
Swears, Spoilers and Ethan Chandler who is definitely NOT a werewolf... Vampires, Demons and Corpses oh my! Courtney from Cult of Domesticity and Morgan wander through the very gothic alleyways and opium dens of Penny Dreadful (the tv show). Our...
04.29.2019
Harry Potter and Alan Rickman's Tiny Tootsies - Harry Potter Part 2
Part Two Swears, Spoilers and things that might upset the fandom Kat joins us to chat about Harry Potter. We think it might be gothic... Our blog thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Music: Swing Gitane by The Underscore Orkestra is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share...
03.14.2019
Dumbledore and the continued endangerment of children - Harry Potter as Gothic
Swears, Spoilers and things that might upset the fandom Kat joins us to chat about Harry Potter. We think it might be gothic... Our blog thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Music: Swing Gitane by The Underscore Orkestra is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0...
02.20.2019
Who is Ann Radcliffe?
Swears, Spoilers and Assassin Monks... Morgan tells Brent about Ann Radcliffe, the hermetic aunt of the gothic novel. Our blog thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Music: Swing Gitane by The Underscore Orkestra is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
02.05.2019
Jekyll - You're Not My Husband!
Swears, Spoilers and Kat in correction corner! Morgan read the 1886 novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Brent watched the 2007 BBC series Jekyll Our blog thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Music: Swing Gitane by The...
01.22.2019
Flipping Patriarchy - Horace Walpole & The Castle of Otranto
Spoilers, Swears and One Very Grumpy Statue Morgan tells Brent about the original gothic hipster (he did it before it was cool) Horace Walpole, his novel The Castle of Otranto and his ridiculous mansion Strawberry Hill. Music: Swing Gitane by The Underscore...
01.08.2019
The Bride (of Frankenstein / Sting)
Swears, Spoilers and Saline Solution It's a tale as old as time Man creates male creature, man creates female creature, female creature hates man, man is Sting. The Bride of Frankenstein 1935 vs. The Bride 1985 Promo is The Novel...
12.26.2018
The Post Christmas Disappointment - A Muppet Christmas Carol vs. Dickens feat. The preteen Harry Potter book club
Swears, Spoilers and Scrooge/Snape comparisons Who wants a Christmas special after Christmas? That's right! No one. We missed the window... or we are super early for Christmas 2019. Promo is The Electric Monks podcast Music: Swing Gitane by The Underscore...
12.12.2018
The Woman in Black vs. Spider the Wonderdog
Warning Swears, Spoilers and Child Death Brent watched the 2012 Hammer Horror film 'The Woman in Black' Morgan read Susan Hill's 1982 book 'The Woman in Black' Promo is The Fataliteas podcast Promo Music: Swing Gitane by The Underscore Orkestra...
11.28.2018
Not My Mothman - The Mothman Prophecies feat. Wives Tales
Swears, Spoilers and Weird Scorch Marks We examine the movie The Mothman Prophecies (2002) with a little contextual help from the source material (The Mothman Prophecies by John Keel 1975) and the urban legend background that only Wives Tales could...
11.13.2018
The Curse of Charlie Decker - Stephen King’s Rage with Melissa of The Brook Reading Podcast
Swears, Spoilers and Kids with Guns Melissa and Morgan both read Rage. Then we both had a bit of a rage. What is it about this terrifyingly suburban gothic and thoroughly unrealistic novel that inspires real teenagers to do some...
10.30.2018
No one likes Dick - In Cold Blood & Capote
Swears, Spoilers and Morgan's Deep Seeded Infatuation with Harper Lee. We're so happy to be back! This time we are examining Truman Capote, In Cold Blood (1965-6), the movie In Cold Blood (1967) and Capote (2005) Promo Music:...
10.27.2018
Season 2 Starts on the 31st of October
The Frankenpod season two starts in just four days on the 31st of October! Halloween Spppooooookyyy. Not really intentional, it just seemed as good a time as any. Promo Music: Swing Gitane by The Underscore Orkestra is licensed under a...
08.31.2018
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Upset Fandom with Megan of Oh No! Lit Class!
Swears, Spoilers and Naked Stephen Fry Megan talks to us about the many many versions of her favourite detective boy. Megan is one half of the hilarious Oh no! Lit Class! podcast Our Blog thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Twitter @thefrankenpod Kelli's Number by...
08.21.2018
What we do in the Shadows w/ Meg from Indoorswomen
Swears, Spoilers and Bisghetti Meg and Morgan not just spoil but absolutely RUIN What we do in the Shadows. Meg is from the Indoorswomen podcast! She is also on redbubble at Meh productions Our Blog thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Twitter @thefrankenpod Kelli's Number...
07.31.2018
The Devil's Dictionary
This week we are dabbling in The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce Thanks to the U.S. Army Jazz by for making the song Kelli's no. available in the public domain. Promo from Not another X Files Podcast Our blog is...
07.21.2018
The Keepsake
Mary Shelley submitted many short stories to a 'young lady's' literary annual called The Keepsake. This is just one of those Our Blog thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Twitter @thefrankenpod Thanks as always to the U.S. Army Jazz Band for making Kelli's no. available...
07.14.2018
Unpleasant Odours - Richard Marsh's The Beetle with Olivia of What'shername podcast
Damp stains, the sound of scuttling insect feet and a creeping sense of Imperialist dread This week Morgan talks to Olivia of What'shername Podcast about the often overlooked gothic tale The Beetle by Richard Marsh Picture from The British Library Thanks...
07.13.2018
*Insert Bad Haircut Joke Here* The String of Pearls (1846) and Sweeney Todd (2007)
This week we're on Fleet Street The razors are sharp The pies are gushing We're all feeling a bit nauseous Let's Go Promo from @letstlkabtsects Thanks to the U.S. Army Jazz band for making Kelli's no. available on the free...
07.06.2018
Drood!
Morgan tells Brent a story. Brent gets upset Our Blog thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Promo this week from 6 Degrees of Wiki Podcast Thanks to the U.S. Army Jazz Band for making Kelli's No. available on the free music archive.
07.01.2018
Everything is Gothic (Unless it's not, then it's something else)
Swears, Spoilers and Everyone's new favourite game show If you don't like giggly gothic discourse best move thyself elsewhere Thanks to the U.S. Army Jazz band for making Kelli's No. available on the free music archive Twitter @thefrankenpod Blog thefrankenpod.wordpress.com
06.30.2018
Girl Interrupted with Kate from Ignorance was Bliss
Spoilers, swears and mental illness Kate joins me to talk about the 1999 movie Girl Interrupted. ANOTHER Winona Ryder movie, we are so close to becoming a Winona Ryder fan cast Thanks to the U.S. Army Jazz Band for making...
06.22.2018
From Mousers to Pluto - Black Cats
We talk about black cats, cat myths, literary cats, podcast cats, cats in government, cats in walls, cats in Soviet Russia and cats on your dead wife's face. Podcast Promos are Fanatic Fics and Brook Reading Club. Our Blog is...
06.09.2018
Playing Mrs De Winter... Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier with Linzi
Mystery! Scandal! Ellipses! Linzi from 33% Pulp joins me to break down the elusive and almost entirely unromantic romance that is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. Spoilers, Swears and Unreliable Narrators Thanks to the U.S. Army Jazz Band for making...
06.02.2018
Sorry!
Sorry guys we are running late! Hopefully there will be an episode in the next couple of days but if not we will see you next Saturday.
05.27.2018
Flights of Winzy - The Mortal Immortal
It's time for another Mary Shelley Story! One that did not get such favourable reviews and has nowhere near the following that Frankenstein does... Also, we end up talking about the death of Natalie Wood for some reason Our Blog: Thefrankenpod.wordpress.com...
05.18.2018
The Missing and Silent Women of Frankenstein
Morgan ACTUALLY lost her voice at the end of this one. Here on The FrankenPod we take symbolism seriously. Our Blog: Thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Twitter @thefrankenpod Thank you as always to the U.S. Army Jazz Band for making Kelli's number available on...
05.13.2018
Desperately Seeking Watson - A Study in Scarlet (1887) and A Study in Pink (2010)
We explore the Sherlock/Watson origin story with A Study in Scarlet vs A Study in Pink and react like 13-year-olds in a health class to Arthur Conan Doyle's use of 'ejaculated'. Our Blog: thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Rache pronounced by The Turk Automaton...
05.12.2018
John Polidori and the Infinite Sadness (With Alix Roberts)
Warning: SPOILERS AND SWEARS Poor Polidori! We talk literary scandal, vampires, pubic hair love tokens and Mary Shelley's revisionist history of her great literary creation. Our Blog: Thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Alix's primary source: Dracula's Guest: a connoisseur's collection of Victorian vampire stories, edited by...
05.04.2018
The First Detective Novel?
Morgan explores the genesis of the detective novel. Our Blog: TheFrankenPod.wordpress.com Thanks as always to the U.S. Army Jazz Band for making Kelli's number available on the Free Music Archive Thumbnail image By Harper & Brothers Co. - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/File:The_Moonstone.djvu, Public Domain,...
04.27.2018
The Cold Unfeeling City - The City as a Gothic Setting
Morgan explains the gothic city as setting to Brent. Brent makes his case for Dark Angel as a gothic text worth studying Morgan acquiesces Thanks so much to the U.S. Army Jazz Band for making Kelli's number available on the...
04.20.2018
The Ballad of Ern Malley
In this episode, we talk about the Frankenstein-esque tale Peter Carey's 'My Life as a Fake' To explain the book in any real way you need to know about Ern Malley... And to tell the tale of Ern Malley you...
04.12.2018
Black, White and Boobs - Sin City 1993 vs 2004
Spoilers, Swears and one homophobic slur in particular. Brent gets to explore the urban gothic tale of Sin City that he has a deep and abiding love for. Morgan is unimpressed. Thanks to the U.S. Army Jazz Band for making...
04.06.2018
Frilled Neck Lucy - A Closer Look at Dracula (1992)
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS AND SWEARS Erin @Ravie13 walks Morgan through some of the underappreciated elements of Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 Dracula. There's so much going on that went right over our heads! Thanks so much to the U.S. Army Jazz...
03.30.2018
An Interview About Vampires
WARNING: Swears, spoilers, literary racism and misogyny Alix tells me all about 19th-century Vampiric Women, about what made them scary and more than one reason why some of the books she's studied are more than a little problematic. And the...
03.16.2018
My Favourite Vampire - Dracula with Sarah from Good Nightmare
Sarah from Good Nightmare shares her personal love of Dracula. Morgan is NOT scared of armadillos. And Brent makes a claim. thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Thanks to the U.S. Army Jazz band for making Kelli's number available in the public domain ...
03.13.2018
Dracula 1992 vs. 1897
Dracula Blah blah Blah Brent tackles the 1992 special effects nightmare that is Bram Stoker's Dracula and does his best Winona Ryder impersonation. Morgan tackles the ACTUAL 1897 story Dracula by Bram Stoker and gets really angry. Our Blog is...
03.09.2018
The Brontes - 50 Shades of Heathcliff - A Goosebumps podcast
Swears and Spoilers Morgan and Megan from Oh no! Lit Class, try to talk Brontes and kind of succeed... Megan's friend who wrote the story about the haunting of the second wife is called Monique, you can find her portfolio...
03.03.2018
Creating a Monster - It's a mash up minisode
In which Morgan demonstrates her poor knowledge of Jungian philosophy and mispronounces abhorred. Enjoy A massive Thank you as always to the U.S. Army Blues band for making their song Kellie's Number available for free on the Free Music Archive....
02.23.2018
The LEAGUE OF INCENSE! - The Villa Diodati
It's all romantic intrigue, stalker behaviour and gothic nightmares on Lake Geneva this week. Let's fling our undergarments out the window and talk telescopes and origin stories! Podcast promo: Relic Our website: thefrankenpod.wordpress.com Thanks to the U.S. Army Jazz Band...
02.17.2018
A Story Without A Moral - It's a Constance and Oscar Wilde Minisode!
This episode is about the Wildes and their sad and all too brief lives. It's a bit of a sad one but the promo in the middle isn't! Podcast promo: 33% pulp A massive Thank you as always to the...
02.12.2018
Decorative Sex
SWEARS AND SPOILERS! Morgan read the 1891 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and revelled in the wordplay, for at least the first two reads. Brent watched the 2009 movie Dorian Gray and rolled his eyes at a stylized, unrealistic view...
02.10.2018
The Body Snatchers - It's a Cult of Domesticity guest minisode
SPOILERS AND SWEARS as usual This is a not so minisode while we wait patiently for the main episode on the 13th. Courtney from Cult of Domesticity Joins Morgan to talk about cadavers, creeps and coffins. Oh and serial killers......
02.04.2018
Story Time! Ambrose Bierce's "A Vine on A House"
Just something a little spooky from me to you... No fully fledged bonus episode this week! We'll be back next week with something a little more elaborate! Visit our blog to get to all the usual bits and bobs. Thanks...
02.02.2018
Mini Episode A Quick Word With Mr Wilde
SPOILERS AND SWEARS as usual I'll leave much of this episode to the superior eloquence of Oscar Wilde and his defence of his art, and aestheticism as a whole. Visit our blog to get to all the usual bits and...
01.31.2018
Is this how you Promo? HALP!
Oh no! Morgan and Brent rerecord their promo with the new microphones and they try to be clever. Does it work? Probably not. But I am experiencing cognitive dissonance and hitting publish and letting you guys deal with it. Good...
01.27.2018
Our Lady Of Science Fiction, It's a Mary Shelley Minisode!
Morgan goes over the life and times of Mary Shelley in under 10 minutes. Blink and you might miss how awful Percy is. thefrankenpod.wordpress.com
01.19.2018
Mini Episode - Pottery and Sculpture With Prometheus
In this mini episode, I am going to introduce the myth of Prometheus as it is so critical to Frankenstein or the modern day Prometheus by Mary Shelley. I was going to retell the story of Prometheus the same way...

What's The FrankenPod - A Gothic Literature and Cinema Podcast about?

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The FrankenPod - A Gothic Literature and Cinema Podcast episodes:

Penny for your thoughts? Penny Dreadful Episode 1ish, 2 & 3 with Courtney of the Cult of Domesticity

Lost Highway (1997) but this time it's time travel

Penny for your thoughts? Penny Dreadful Episode 1 with Courtney of Cult of Domesticity

Harry Potter and Alan Rickman's Tiny Tootsies - Harry Potter Part 2

Dumbledore and the continued endangerment of children - Harry Potter as Gothic

Who is Ann Radcliffe?

Jekyll - You're Not My Husband!

Flipping Patriarchy - Horace Walpole & The Castle of Otranto

The Bride (of Frankenstein / Sting)

The Post Christmas Disappointment - A Muppet Christmas Carol vs. Dickens feat. The preteen Harry Potter book club

The Woman in Black vs. Spider the Wonderdog

Not My Mothman - The Mothman Prophecies feat. Wives Tales

The Curse of Charlie Decker - Stephen King’s Rage with Melissa of The Brook Reading Podcast

No one likes Dick - In Cold Blood & Capote

Season 2 Starts on the 31st of October

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Upset Fandom with Megan of Oh No! Lit Class!

What we do in the Shadows w/ Meg from Indoorswomen

The Devil's Dictionary

The Keepsake

Unpleasant Odours - Richard Marsh's The Beetle with Olivia of What'shername podcast

*Insert Bad Haircut Joke Here* The String of Pearls (1846) and Sweeney Todd (2007)

Drood!

Everything is Gothic (Unless it's not, then it's something else)

Girl Interrupted with Kate from Ignorance was Bliss

From Mousers to Pluto - Black Cats

Playing Mrs De Winter... Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier with Linzi

Sorry!

Flights of Winzy - The Mortal Immortal

The Missing and Silent Women of Frankenstein

Desperately Seeking Watson - A Study in Scarlet (1887) and A Study in Pink (2010)

John Polidori and the Infinite Sadness (With Alix Roberts)

The First Detective Novel?

The Cold Unfeeling City - The City as a Gothic Setting

The Ballad of Ern Malley

Black, White and Boobs - Sin City 1993 vs 2004

Frilled Neck Lucy - A Closer Look at Dracula (1992)

An Interview About Vampires

My Favourite Vampire - Dracula with Sarah from Good Nightmare

Dracula 1992 vs. 1897

The Brontes - 50 Shades of Heathcliff - A Goosebumps podcast

Creating a Monster - It's a mash up minisode

The LEAGUE OF INCENSE! - The Villa Diodati

A Story Without A Moral - It's a Constance and Oscar Wilde Minisode!

Decorative Sex

The Body Snatchers - It's a Cult of Domesticity guest minisode

Story Time! Ambrose Bierce's "A Vine on A House"

Mini Episode A Quick Word With Mr Wilde

Is this how you Promo? HALP!

Our Lady Of Science Fiction, It's a Mary Shelley Minisode!

Mini Episode - Pottery and Sculpture With Prometheus

Insert Bad Haircut Joke Here The String of Pearls (1846) and Sweeney Todd (2007)