Courting Casualties

Before being a doctor or surgeon was a respected trade, the need for cadavers for study created The Resurrection Men.

Christmas is a time of joy, of light, laughter, and terrible monsters bent on ripping you apart and devouring you if you've been naughty. Welcome to Courting Casualties. I'm Meghan Harker.

Del Toro's newest film, Crimson Peak, is a Gothic treasure, and Lady Lucille Sharpe is the deadliest creature in the film.

As children, we were all afraid of something.

In which I read a story of art and madness. Intro/Outro music is Ghost Story by Kevin McLeod, used under the Creative Commons License. Counting Casualties is also available through iTunes! If you enjoy the show, please consider subscribing. Have a suggestion for a future episode? Tweet me @ExquisitelyOdd. Thanks for listening.

In which I head to Savannah, GA for a much needed vacation, hang out in a cemetery, and tell ghost stories. But not IN the cemetery. That's illegal. Intro/Outro music is Ghost Story by Kevin McLeod, used under the Creative Commons License. Counting Casualties is also available through iTunes! If you enjoy the show, please consider subscribing. Have a suggestion for a future episode? Tweet me @ExquisitelyOdd. Thanks for listening and, as always,

In which we explore the origins of serialized storytelling and I read you some Victorian vampire fiction. Tonight's reading is Varney the Vampire, written by James Malcolm Rymer. Intro/Outro music is Ghost Story by Kevin McLeod, used under the Creative Commons License. Counting Casualties is also available through iTunes! If you enjoy the show, please consider subscribing.

Episode Two of Counting Casualties is running late, so in the meantime I read you a tale of love and arsenic. "A Rose for Emily" was written by William Faulkner. Music: "Ghost Story" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In which we briefly explore the history of Gothic Fiction. Again, I’d like to thank Amy Lukavics, Andrea Judy, Kira Butler, and Katie Locke for being my test audience. I adore you gals. I also need to add Brian LeTendre to the list of people I am indebted to. Thank you so much for your help. Brian ALSO makes podcasts and writes Lovecraftian things. Check out his work over here: http://www.seebrianwrite.com/   Intro/Outro music: “Ghost Story” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/