Pleasing Terrors

Mike Brown

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Join acclaimed ghost storyteller Mike Brown for a bi-weekly tour through the shadows of history. The Pleasing Terrors Podcast features stories about haunted places, creepy history, and forgotten folklore.

18/01/2024

Charleston Gothic (Part 1)

In this episode, we take a look at Edgar Allan Poe's "The Gold Bug," a story about an encrypted map that leads to a buried pirate treasure. We will visit a haunted theater and discuss a play a play about the death of Poe that was first performed there in 1994. The story, the ghosts, and the play are all clues that lead to a hidden treasure that Poe was attempting to find in Charleston in 1828. This is the first installment of a two-part story. Works Cited: Buxton, Julian T., The Ghosts of Charleston , Beaufort Books, 2001 Caskey, James, Charleston’s Ghosts: Hauntings in the Holy City, Manta Ray Books LLC., 2014 Dawidziak, Mark, A Mystery of Mysteries, St. Martin's Press, 2023 Downey, Christopher Byrd, Edgar Allan Poe’s Charleston, History Press, 2020 Downey, Christopher Byrd, A History Lover’s Guide To Charleston, The History Press, 2023 Hecker, William F., Private Perry and Mister Poe: The West Point Poems, 1831 Louisiana State University Press, 2005 Jacobi, Jolande, Complex/Archtype/sSymbol in the Psychology of C.G. Jung, Bollingen Foundation Inc., 1959 Main, Roderick Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal, Princeton University Press, 1997 Pitser, Sarah. Haunted Charleston, Morris Book Publishing, LLC., 2013 Poe, Edgar Allan, Complete Tales and Poems, Maplewood Books, 2013 Wiles, Julian, Nevermore, The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1998 Jacobi, Jolande, Complex/Archtype/sSymbol in the Psychology of C.G. Jung, Bollingen Foundation Inc., 1959 Main, Roderick Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal, Princeton University Press, 1997

1 hr
21/12/2022

The Mermaid Returns: Part 3

The conclusion of the three part series which combines history, ghosts, true crime and fairytales.

47 min
11/12/2022

The Mermaid Returns: Part 2

The second episode in a three part series about one of Charleston's lost stories. It is a true story that combines history, true crime, ghosts and fairy tales.

52 min
01/12/2022

The Mermaid Returns: Part 1

This is the first in a three part series about one of Charleston, South Carolina's lost stories. It combines history, ghosts, true crime, amd fairytales.

53 min
29/03/2021

Here Are Dragons

This episode features the untold story of the origin of King Kong.

48 min
30/10/2020

Last Breath

This episode tells a story about pirates and a haunted dungeon.

1h 1m
24/07/2020

The Mermaid

This episode tells the story of the Charleston mermaid.

47 min
23/10/2019

Corpsewood

This is a story about a German fairytale and a brutal murder in northwestern Georgia. Suggested reading: The Corpsewood Manor Murders In North Georgia by Amy Petulla

47 min

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Join acclaimed ghost storyteller Mike Brown for a bi-weekly tour through the shadows of history. The Pleasing Terrors Podcast features stories about haunted places, creepy history, and forgotten folklore.