When Edgar Allan Poe is missing after a violent altercation with Henry W. Longfellow, a mysterious puzzlebox leads the Midnight Pals to the ninth circle of Hell, where they confront a gang of sadomasochistic demons. Brian Jacques humorously outwits a cat. 

Content notes: violence, gory noises, blood, swearing and raised voices. 

CAST: 

• Clive Barker — DAVID AULT 
• Edgar Allan Poe — RODRIGO BORGES 
• Mary Shelley — REBECCA D'SOUZA 
• HP Lovecraft/Brian Jacques — ROBIN JOHNSON 
• Dean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERY 
• Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON 

with 

• Pinhead — DAVID COURT 
• Thomas the Blue Demon — THADDEUS STRANGE 
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — JOEL A.S. BUTLER 
• Rufus Wilmot Griswold — DEXTER HOWARD 

and special guest cat 

• NINJA KITTY GO as Catterina 

Script by Robin Johnson, edited by Bitter Karella. Music and audio production by Robin Johnson. 

A transcript of this episode is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s02e01-the-tale-of-the-hellraiser/transcript 

Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals is a work of social and literary satire. All characters are fictitious, especially the real ones; any elements of work not in the public domain are used for the purpose of parody and comment, and no challenge is intended to the validity of any intellectual property. The Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella © 

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