The Descent: Part 1- Hollow
Pleasing Terrors
Mike Brown
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we embark on a search for the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe, guided by Henry David Thoreau and the mystery of the Hollow Earth. Our quest begins with a visit to a haunted saloon and an apartment building that is hiding a dark past.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Pleasing Terrors. I'd like to take a moment to discuss the |
| 0:06.6 | upcoming episodes. In January of 2024, I released Charleston Gothic Part 1, which was the first in a |
| 0:15.0 | three-part series. But I was not satisfied with the result. The story was just too big to fit into three episodes. |
| 0:23.6 | Since then, I've gone back to the drawing board and conducted extensive additional research |
| 0:29.3 | to tell the story in its entirety. This episode marks the beginning of a new three-part series, |
| 0:36.4 | titled The Descent, which serves as a prequel |
| 0:40.1 | to the larger six-part series Charleston Gothic. These nine episodes will be released |
| 0:46.9 | approximately every two weeks over the next four months. I've invested a lot of work into this series, |
| 0:53.5 | and I hope that you will enjoy it. |
| 0:55.6 | Thank you for your patience and for continuing to listen to pleasing terrors. |
| 1:09.3 | Some stories were never supposed to be told. |
| 1:13.4 | Stories that exist in the twilight, between science and the supernatural, between history |
| 1:20.8 | and horror. |
| 1:22.8 | Stories that speak of terrifying things. |
| 1:27.1 | Stories that you want to hear. Stories that you want to hear. |
| 1:29.9 | Stories that you need to hear. |
| 1:32.9 | Stories that will sink their teeth in |
| 1:35.2 | and never let you go. |
| 1:38.7 | My name is Mike Brown. |
| 1:41.3 | And this is Pleasing Terror's. |
| 1:50.4 | Pleasing Terror's Podcast, Episode 44, The Descent, Part 1. |
| 2:06.5 | The Dessent, Part 1. Established in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, |
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