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In Episode 76 of The Storytelling Podcast, we open three extraordinary historical books connected with magic, witchcraft, spirits, astrology and forbidden knowledge.

What makes these books so compelling today is that they are not fictional cursed volumes from a horror film. They are historical objects, preserved in manuscripts and early printed editions, connected to real people and real intellectual traditions.

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Some recordings become frightening only after you know how they end.

Elliot Mercer is spending a stormy night alone at Blackwood Forest Station, covering an overnight shift after another worker calls in sick. 

The Last Broadcast from Blackwood Forest is an original supernatural mystery from The Storytelling Podcast, exploring memory, identity, mysterious recordings and the unsettling possibility that some warnings are actually invitations.

Listen carefully.

Because by the end of the recording, the story may no longer be speaking only to Elliot.

It may be speaking to you.

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There is a beautiful old mansion in New Orleans’ French Quarter with a name that sounds like it belongs to another world: the Sultan’s Palace.

At 716 Dauphine Street, the Gardette-LePrete House became associated with one of the strangest legends in New Orleans history. According to the story, a mysterious foreign prince arrived with an enormous household, beautiful women, servants, guards and a fortune that seemed almost limitless. He supposedly lived in secrecy, hosted lavish parties and attracted the attention of the neighbourhood.

Then one night, the party ended in murder.

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There are few historic buildings in America quite like Waverly Hills Sanatorium.

Standing above Louisville, Kentucky, the enormous Gothic-style building was once a tuberculosis hospital where patients came hoping to survive one of the most feared diseases of the early twentieth century. Before antibiotics transformed tuberculosis treatment, Waverly Hills represented both medical hope and heartbreaking uncertainty.

Today, the building has a very different reputation.

Waverly Hills is widely known as one of America's most famous haunted locations, attracting historical visitors, paranormal investigators, ghost hunters and television crews. Stories surrounding the Body Chute, Room 502, shadow figures and a mysterious child known as Tim have become part of the location's modern folklore.

But where does history end and legend begin?

In this episode of The Storytelling Podcast, we explore the real history of Waverly Hills Sanatorium, from its opening in 1910 and the construction of the enormous 1926 hospital to the decline of tuberculosis and the building's eventual closure as a sanatorium.

We also examine some of the most famous stories associated with the building and compare them with what can actually be established through historical records.

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Napoleon Bonaparte defeated powerful armies, brought kingdoms to their knees and changed the political landscape of Europe. But according to one of the strangest stories associated with the French Emperor, there was one determined army he could not overcome.

An army of rabbits.

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Was Henri Charrière really the man history remembers as Papillon?

In this episode of The Storytelling Podcast, we explore one of the most extraordinary prison escape stories ever told.

Henri Charrière claimed he was wrongfully convicted of murder before being sent to the brutal French penal colonies of French Guiana, where disease, forced labour, and the infamous Devil's Island made survival itself seem impossible.

Yet according to his memoir, he never stopped planning his escape.

From the streets of Paris to the jungles of South America, we follow Papillon's incredible journey while also examining one of history's biggest unanswered questions: how much of his famous memoir is true?

Join us as we separate historical fact from legend and discover why Papillon continues to inspire readers more than fifty years after its publication.

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• France during the early twentieth century

• Henri Charrière's early life

• The murder trial that changed everything

• The French penal colonies

• Devil's Island

• Louis Dega

• Papillon's legendary escape

• Fact vs fiction

• The worldwide success of Papillon

• Henri Charrière's legacy

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Today we are continuing a story that began in Birmingham on a cold November evening in 1974, when two bombs exploded in crowded city-centre pubs and changed dozens of lives forever.

Make sure you have listened to part 1!

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The Birmingham Pub Bombings remain one of the most significant terrorist attacks ever carried out on the British mainland during the period known as The Troubles. For those who lived through it, the memory never truly faded. For younger generations, it remains an important chapter in British history.

Today, we are going to explore the events leading up to that night, the atmosphere in Britain during the 1970s, the attacks themselves, the rescue efforts that followed, and the impact the bombings had on Birmingham and the nation as a whole.

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Hi guys, this next episode will be in Portuguese, so if you’re listening on any podcast platform and you don’t understand, please switch to YouTube, and there you can choose your language.

Bem-vindos de volta ao The Storytelling Podcast, o vosso cantinho acolhedor para histórias que nos fazem pensar, arrepiar e, por vezes, questionar aquilo que julgávamos impossível.

Eu sou a vossa anfitriã, Alejandra, e hoje vamos ler relatos enviados por ouvintes portugueses. Histórias sobre casas antigas, acontecimentos inexplicáveis e memórias que continuam a acompanhar quem as viveu muitos anos depois.

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What if fear is the real threat?

Today's episode takes us to Halifax, a market town in West Yorkshire, England, where during a few remarkable weeks in late 1938, ordinary people became caught up in a wave of panic so powerful that it transformed everyday life. But what if it was all fabricated? 

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