Unpleasant Dreams

This week on Unpleasant Dreams we dive into an eerie tale that tests the boundaries of darkness and the sway it holds over the mind. Our story is Edith Nesbit's "The Power of Darkness."

Our narrator is Cassandra Harold.

Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33028

Tune in for this classic Victorian ghost story written in 1852 by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Your narrator is Cassandra Harold.

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Cassandra shares the troubling tale of "The Vale of Corbies" written by Arthur J. Burks.

You can find the original at The Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV06N05192511/page/n31/mode/1up

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A hard boiled journalist encounters something that shakes him to his core. That is the premise of H.F. Arnold's classic short story, The Night Wire.

You can find it here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Night_Wire 

Cassandra Harold is our narrator.

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Happy Valentine's Day! Here's the perfect story for a day dedicated to our hearts.

It's The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. Enjoy!

Join Cassandra on a journey to the mysterious Goblin Market on this edition of Unpleasant Dreams!

This classic was written by Christina Rossetti and released in 1862.

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The Yellow Wallpaper is a horror tale from 1892 which details a woman's decent into madness. Yet, it is much more and is considered a classic of feminist literature.

The author is Charlotte Perkins Gilman and you can find the full text at Project Gutenberg.

Your narrator is Cassandra Harold.

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A Christmas Carol is perhaps the most loved classic holiday story of all time. Cassandra shares her narration of the full version of Ebenezer Scrooge's tale by Charles Dickens.

This episode includes the complete story.

Enjoy this super sized Christmas edition of Unpleasant Dreams.

Merry Christmas and God Bless Us Every One!

Cassandra shares the conclusion of the terrifying tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!

You can find the classic original, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, at this link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43/43-h/43-h.htm#chap02

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Stay tuned for the full version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in our next episode to be released in the week before Christmas!

For this special Halloween edition, Cassandra shares the terrifying tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!

This is part one. 

You can find the classic original, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, at this link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43/43-h/43-h.htm#chap02

Thank you for listening and please tell your friends who love classic horror!

Happy Halloween!