Pleasing Terrors Mike Brown
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- 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.
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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 -
The Mermaid Returns: Part 3
The conclusion of the three part series which combines history, ghosts, true crime and fairytales.
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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.
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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.
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Here Are Dragons
This episode features the untold story of the origin of King Kong.
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Customer Reviews
Best Podcast Ever
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
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
This is one of the best podcasts out there of its genre give it a listen!