Urban Legend Babysitter Storytime

Barry Linn

Weird tales read aloud, with loud. Every author guaranteed dead. Host: Barry Linn (they/them) Producer: Patrick Ripoll (he/him)

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    05 The Human Chair

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Barry gets in da couch with a weird fiction classic: "The Human Chair" (1925) by Edogawa Ranpo. Content note: obsolete ethnic terms. Also this podcast has nothing to do with anime. Intro/outro music: "Back in the Saddle Again," Red River Dave and the Texas Rangers

  2. Oct 20

    04 When It Changed

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Barry returns to the podcast concept after a week of abstaining, but still manages to get through "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ (1972). Intro/Outro Music: "The Times They Are A-Changing," the Folkswomen

  3. Oct 4

    03 Coin of the Realm

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! This episode is your EZPass to nightmares, as Barry reads you "Coin of the Realm" (1981) by Charles L. Grant, with a little help (and then a lot) from special guest Night Owl Haze. Intro/Outro music: "Hellbound Train" by The Lumberjack

  4. Sep 20

    02 The Beautiful Stranger

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Listener, you have won the lottery, because Barry Linn is going to read you a short story from the iconic Shirley Jackson: "The Beautiful Stranger," (1968) with help from returning special guest Jack Herrer. Intro/outro music: "Lover's Hell" by Merle Kilgore

  5. Sep 4

    01 "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! If you can fit it into your busy schedule, your host Barry reads you "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" (1965) by Harlan Ellison, with some help from special guest Jack Herrer. Intro/outro music: "The GIrl on Death Row" by Lee Hazlewood

  6. Aug 27

    00 The Difficulty of Crossing a Field

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Your host Barry Linn talks a bit about who they are and what this project is, before reading "The Difficulty of Crossing a Field" by Ambrose Bierce. With special guest Rainbow Pez. Intro/Outtro Music: "A Doggone Feeling" by Honey Welch

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Weird tales read aloud, with loud. Every author guaranteed dead. Host: Barry Linn (they/them) Producer: Patrick Ripoll (he/him)

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