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.

JAN 18

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
12/21/2022

The Mermaid Returns: Part 3

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

47 min
12/11/2022

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
12/01/2022

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
03/29/2021

Here Are Dragons

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

48 min
10/30/2020

Last Breath

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

1h 1m
07/24/2020

The Mermaid

This episode tells the story of the Charleston mermaid.

47 min
10/23/2019

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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Exceptional!

Jul 12

drod1020

My family and I had the fortunate pleasure of taking a walking tour through the city of Charleston with Mike Brown, and I’m so glad we did because I discovered this podcast through that tour! Mike’s research and storytelling are spot on! His style and genre appealed both to history buffs and followers of the macabre. If you like either, you’re in for a treat!
Best Podcast Ever

Jan 29

Sugarsnap8180

I’m so glad you’re back!!! The way you tell these stories is incredible. Love your content and you you blend everything together. I was worried you weren’t making episodes anymore…
Always such a rich tapestry

Jan 23

listener954

Whenever I listen to one of Mike Brown s stories I fell like I ve been on an incredible journey through the past— through alley ways and along the shore, down a cobble stone street in the moonlight — all the while filling my senses with both the humanity of the time and those from the other side. A great weaver of historical tales.
Magnificent

Jan 19

Tigerkiller1974

This is one of the best podcasts out there of its genre give it a listen!

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.