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Sudapod Episode 872 for June 30, 2023. The strange island of Dr. Nork by Robert Bloch,

narrated by John Bell, hosted by Cat Day, with audio by Chelsea Davis.

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing okay. I'm Cat Assistant Editor at Sudapod,

your host for this week, and this week we have The Strange Island of Dr. Nork by Robert Bloch.

This story was first published in Weird Tales in March 1949.

Now, one thing before we go further, a content warning. Like many stories of the time period,

unfortunately, this piece contains some language and phrasing that isn't acceptable today,

particularly with regard to race. Okay. Robert Bloch was an American fiction writer,

primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for

radio cinema and television. Best known as the writer of Psycho, 1959, the basis for the film of

the same name by Alfred Hitchcock, which really blew the doors off playing field Wisconsin.

Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories, and over 30 novels. He won the Hugo Award,

the Brahms Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award. He served a term as president of the

Mystery Writers of America, and was a member of that organisation and of the science fiction writers

of America, the writer's guild of America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,

and the Count Dracula Society. So yeah, he knew a couple of things about stories.

And our narrator this week is the amazing John Bell, a former radio guy who has extensive experience

in writing, voicing, producing commercials, audiobooks, video game characters, and so on.

Currently, he writes, voices, produces, the comedy podcast, bells in the back free,

available on iTunes, various other sources, and at thebatfri.com.

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