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Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series

S1 Ep23: S1E23 – “Wicker Rising” – Scary Stories Told in the Dark

Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series

Chilling Entertainment

Fiction, Arts, Science Fiction, Performing Arts, Drama

4.63.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2018

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In this twenty-third episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from Michael "ShadowSwimmer77" Landry, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, both of them entries in Landry's series, The Wicker Saga, series of standalone yet interconnected stories that together serve to tell a larger narrative, beginning when a man investigates the decades-old mystery and superstitions surrounding a supposedly haunted house in the town of Arthur's Wake. See full episode details, including the text of the featured stories, here: http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/s1e23

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0:00.0

The following program is a production of chilling a detainment and the creative team

0:04.8

at chilling tales for Dark Knights and a proud member of the Simply Scary Podcast Network.

0:11.2

Visit SimplySkaryPodcast.com to learn more about this and our other weekly storytelling programs

0:18.0

and become a patron today to show your support and get instant access to our extensive archive

0:23.8

of downloadable ad-free tales of terror. Thank you for listening and enjoy

0:30.0

the show.

0:46.5

Good evening. I'm storyteller, oldest Jyre.

0:52.4

And I eat your grandfather. From where I'm from, you know, do bedtime stories.

1:01.4

And if that's what you were expecting, you're in the wrong place.

1:08.0

If its terrifying tells you're after, well then, I've got just the thing.

1:15.1

It's comfortable, so we have to turn off the lights, Mr. Dare.

1:22.7

Your night is about to get a whole lot darker.

1:31.2

Who needs sleep anyway?

1:33.3

Hey!

1:41.3

Tonight we featured two entries in author Michael Landry's collection of standalone,

1:46.3

yet interconnected tales entitled The Wicker Saga. We begin this episode with the tale that

1:52.5

started it all. I present to you The Wicker House by Michael Landry.

2:03.9

Of course, everyone claiming residents in Arthur's way knows tales associated with The Wicker

2:13.2

House. It seems that every small province plays host to some structure of your repute,

2:19.5

which, as if by supernatural magnetism, draws rumour of ghosts and boogies,

2:25.4

wrapping the timber and stone of its foundation in a shroud of darkness and horror.

2:31.2

In Arthur's way, The Wicker House fills this odious task.

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