Ep 264 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe
Overdue
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4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2017
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This week we take a double-dip into Edgar Allan Poe's spooky catalogue—Craig reads about the Murders in the Rue Morgue, and Andrew sips from the Cask of Amontillado. Both are sort of spooky in their way, but they're also deeply strange horror stories that raise questions like "what animal would be the most likely to kill you" and "what would someone have to do to you for you to wall them up in a cellar."
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| 0:00.0 | This is a head gum podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told |
| 0:10.3 | tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary. |
| 0:16.5 | Plus these are books you should have read by now. |
| 0:30.0 | Well, I'm taking a nap. |
| 0:44.0 | Hey everybody, it's overdue. |
| 0:46.0 | It's a podcast, but the books you've been meeting to read. |
| 0:48.0 | My name is Craig. |
| 0:49.0 | My name is Andrew. |
| 0:50.0 | And while Andrew takes a quick nap, we're going to talk about two agrarian post stories this |
| 0:56.0 | week. |
| 0:57.0 | He asked that I just remind everyone that we have a free live show coming up in Fairfax, |
| 1:04.0 | Virginia on October 14th, the Saturday at 3.30 in the afternoon. |
| 1:10.0 | So if you're listening to this podcast in the week of its release, you still have time |
| 1:14.0 | to make plans to get there. |
| 1:16.0 | Andrew is going to talk about Beauty and the Beast. |
| 1:18.0 | It's part of the awesome fall for the book festival held in partnership with George Mason University. |
| 1:23.0 | I think that's all the details. |
| 1:25.0 | Andrew, have you woke it up yet? |
| 1:27.0 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:28.0 | Okay, I'm up. |
| 1:29.0 | Welcome. |
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