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Hello, my friends. Today we have for you one of our most downloaded and beloved

episodes of all time inspired by a trip that I took to Howarth out there on the Moors for a friend's birthday celebration.

And inspired, also inspired by the three sisters who made the world think a little darker and a little wilder.

Byronic thoughts because of their love for the storms, the madness, the passion, and the damn good storytelling that make up a life, even if that life is only briefly lived.

By listener request, we replay our September 9th 2019 episodes simply called The Brantes. Hello.

Their lives were shadowed by darkness and death, and yet their love for stories and ideas led them to the brightest realms of creative genius.

They were the Brontes, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, who lived with their brother Branwell in an

unassuming Yorkshire town called Howarth. Their house, a parsonage, sat almost on top of a hill

with the enticing but sometimes dangerous mores above and a cemetery, their

father's church and the industrializing town below.

It was a dark little home, a roof to keep out the rain, a fire to keep things warm at night,

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