NOCTRANS Ep 186 - Minutes to Midnight

NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS : dark tales, both old and new, performed by voice artist Kristin Holland

Kristin Holland

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Some timely British Regency Ballroom Horror courtesy of the dark mind of Jessica Peter.

Nocturnal Transmissions is proud to present:

MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

Thanks to Walter Campbell for allowing us to use his tracks 'It Follows You, 'Moments Before it Catches You' and 'A Drone in the Dark' in the atmosphere of this episode.

You'll find more of his work here:

https://waltercampbell.bandcamp.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, gentle listener, and welcome to nocturnal transmissions, the fortnightly podcast that brings you dark tales both old and new,
0:25.9	performed by your humble narrator, Kristen Holland.
0:30.3	The author of this episode's ticking tale of tremulous trepidation tells us that this piece falls into the category of
0:41.3	British Regency ballroom horror.
0:45.3	Oh no, not that again.
0:49.3	We can't wait.
0:52.3	Nocturnal transmissions is proud to present
0:59.0	Jessica Peters, minutes to midnight. London 1818.
1:23.8	Tick, talk, tick, talk.
1:28.5	The arm of the ornate grandfather clock on the balcony, dripping guilt, shifted to 11.
1:38.6	Only 11, and already the crush in the ballroom was near unbearable, musky heat radiating off the bodies of the Hortons, animal creatures, despite their constant striving otherwise.
1:54.8	Only eleven, and already it seemed that this night would go on forever. One more dance and one more song and one more ball and one more season,
2:05.4	and on and on and on, and on.
2:11.4	Rule Britannia.
2:14.6	Lady Alice Lyndon was the only one who knew that was a poor assumption.
2:20.3	This night was going to end.
2:24.3	It was going to be the end.
2:28.3	It was almost midnight, after all.
2:38.0	Tick-tock.
2:44.0	The edges of her mouth tilted upward in a wicked grin, with her eyes downcast and her head tilted downwards just so,
2:48.0	an onlooker might find her demure, might speculate at how perfectly ladylike
2:54.7	she was, and how unlikely for her to still be on the shelf at the ripe age of seven and twenty,
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