16 episodes
The Seventh Daughter iHeartPodcasts
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- Fiction
In the early 20th century, a mysterious woman tutors a young girl in the arts of mind reading and clairvoyance. From the creator of The Control Group comes a story that is both a bittersweet coming-of-age story and a diabolical revenge thriller, bound together by cinematic sound design and an intoxicating tapestry of original and traditional music, providing a kaleidoscopic tour from street-corner medicine shows to vaudeville amusement halls of the era.
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Sanctuary
A mysterious woman retrieves a shy young girl from a bucolic convent school, and takes her on a tumultuous journey into the ominous Steel City.
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Lotus Blood
Rose instructs Pearl in the basics of mentalism, and together they perform their act as a street-corner medicine show.
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Revival
Rose introduces Pearl to the persuasive power of charismatic religion, when they attend the tent revival of Sister Evangeline.
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Asleep in the Deep
Pearl finds success on the vaudeville stage, until a disruptive audience member attempts to derail her performance.
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Paradise
A chorus-girl is recruited to participate in Corbeau’s ritual; Rose deepens Pearl’s education through the help of a fortune-teller.
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The Dragon's Breath
Rose uses sorcery to divine the identity of Albert’s secret benefactor, and to extract secrets from a vulnerable servant girl.