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Tales to Terrify

Tales to Terrify 315 Simon Avery

Tales to Terrify

Drew Sebesteny

Horror Fiction, Flash Fiction, Suspense, Creepy, Drama, Dark Tales, Horror Stories, Arts, Fiction, Horror, Creepy Pasta, Books, Scary Stories, Short Fiction, Short Stories, Creepy Stories, Terror

4.5703 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Coming Up

Good Evening: 00:00:41

Simon Avery’s The Unresolved (Tales To Terrify original) as read by Jason Stubbs: 00:04:48

Pleasant Dreams: 00:59:27


Pertinent Links

The District of Wonders Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/districtofwonders

Radiolab: The Voice in Your Head - A Tribute to Joe Frank: http://www.radiolab.org/story/voice-your-head-tribute-joe-frank/

JoeFrank.com Listen: https://www.joefrank.com/listen/

Film Club’s Lost Weekend: https://drafthouse.com/winchester/show/film-clubs-the-lost-weekend

Simon Avery: https://simonaveryblog.wordpress.com/

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0:00.0

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0:01.7

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0:05.4

It's up to you how much you give, and there's no regular commitment.

0:09.1

Just click the link in the show description to support now. Welcome to Tales to Tales, To Terrify, part of the Network, Featuring Starship, Sofer, and Far-Fetched

0:41.1

Fables, everyone has a story in the District of Wonders. Come and find yours.

0:50.2

Good evening, children of the night.

0:57.2

A recent episode from our friends at Radio Lab, I simply must draw your attention to.

1:02.5

The episode, which I've linked to in the show notes, commemorates the life of a man named Joe Frank.

1:08.3

He was a known name in radio, a legend, but if you weren't in the industry,

1:13.5

there is a solid chance you've never heard of him. I hadn't. As I listened to the podcast episodes

1:20.2

included clips from Joe Frank, I realized that I was listening to a madman. Children of the

1:26.4

night, you know very well that there are a few classes of people

1:29.6

who tails to terrify truly treasure.

1:32.8

And one of those categories are madmen.

1:36.2

His monologues sound as if, at any moment, they would culminate in a murder, likely in an elevator.

1:43.3

If you were asked to categorize the genre of work, you'd probably land on experimental,

1:48.5

and probably not horror, but it is strange and unsettling.

1:53.8

I've also linked to the man's website.

1:56.6

JoeFrank.com's Aboutpage reads,

1:59.4

Joe Frank is an American radio icon known best for his engaging,

2:03.7

often philosophical monologues and radio dramas.

2:07.3

Joe's radio programs are at times dark and frequently funny.

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