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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.

Pleasing Terrors Mike Brown

    • Society & Culture
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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.

    Charleston Gothic (Part 1)

    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
    The Mermaid Returns: Part 3

    The Mermaid Returns: Part 3

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

    • 47 min
    The Mermaid Returns: Part 2

    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
    The Mermaid Returns: Part 1

    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.

    • 52 min
    Here Are Dragons

    Here Are Dragons

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

    • 47 min
    Last Breath

    Last Breath

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

    • 1 hr

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