Mean Mr Mullins by Cathu Sahu

The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast

Tony Walker

Science Fiction, Fiction, Drama

4.9 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Mean Mr Mullins by Cathu Sahu is an original story by a living author: Cathy Sahu. A tale of a nasty man set in small-town America (at least I think it's small town, maybe suburban). For the post-story discussion, I read out notes sent in by Cathu and ramble a bit on the general themes.Cathy Sahu's book Ghosts & Other Unpleasantries can be found https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghosts-Other-Unpleasantries-C-S-Sahu/dp/0997578505/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?crid=1AVFQU3Z2PLKC&keywords=cathy+sahu+ghosts&qid=1653129438&sprefix=cathy+sahu+ghosts%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-2-fkmr0 (here)This is Amazon UK link, but you should be able to hop to Amazon USA and all the other Amazons from it.If You Appreciate The Work I’ve Put In HereYou could buy me a coffee https://ko-fi.com/tonywalker (https://ko-fi.com/tonywalker)Become a Patronhttps://www.patreon.com/barcud (https://www.patreon.com/barcud)And you can join my mailing list and get a free audiobook: https://bit.ly/dalstonvampire (https://bit.ly/dalstonvampire)Music By The Heartwood Institutehttps://bit.ly/somecomeback*** (https://bit.ly/somecomeback***)Support the showVisit us here: www.ghostpod.orgBuy me a coffee if you're glad I do this: https://ko-fi.com/tonywalkerIf you really want to help me, become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/barcudMusic by The Heartwood Institute: https://bit.ly/somecomeback Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Everybody dies, don't think?
0:10.5	Everybody come back, isn't that so?
0:14.4	You tried to get into the locked drawer today, didn't you?
0:17.1	How do the dead come back, mother?
0:19.9	What's the secret?
0:21.2	Mean Mr. Mullins, by Kathy Sahoo.
0:25.8	The old man can't last much longer at the rate he's going, Dr. Chisholm said on his way out.
0:31.6	By those latest blood gas results, he should be dead already.
0:35.4	Though he's fooled me before, he's been at the brink of death more than once, only to rally at the last hour.
0:41.3	Melanie stood at the wide oak doorway of the old mansion, trying to look calm and not
0:46.3	show how scared she was to see the doctor going, leaving her alone again with that awful old man,
0:53.3	a patient. The doctor had always been friendly enough
0:56.6	to her, but he was a busy man and had no time to give advice. And after all, it wasn't
1:02.0	his fault if she had taken on more than she could handle. Melanie wasn't a certified nurse
1:07.2	yet. She was merely a cheaper substitute. But this fall, she hoped to start classes
1:12.5	for her RN, and complaining about a weak old man's behaviour, however inappropriate that behaviour
1:18.0	was, would not be a propitious way to start out her new career. So, she was resolved to say
1:24.8	nothing. Not that you should let it bother you, the doctor added over his shoulder as he hurried down
1:30.0	the stairs to his Mercedes.
1:32.0	If what I hear about the old buzzard is true, he hasn't given you or anyone else reason
1:36.8	to mourn his passing.
1:39.1	She watched the doctor's car disappear down the roadway back to town, and then she turned
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