
Pleasing Terrors
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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
1y ago
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 C ..read more
Pleasing Terrors
2y ago
The conclusion of the three part series which combines history, ghosts, true crime and fairytales ..read more
Pleasing Terrors
2y ago
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.  ..read more
Pleasing Terrors
2y ago
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 ..read more
Pleasing Terrors
4y ago
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 ..read more
Pleasing Terrors
4y ago
This a story about the Titanic, Victorian sex trafficking and a mummy's curse.
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Pleasing Terrors
4y ago
Haunted houses, midnight witchcraft and famous murder in historic Savannah, Georgia ..read more