“THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH” by Edgar Allan Poe #WeirdDarkness
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🗓️ 29 December 2022
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| 1:27.0 | Coming up in this episode, it's Thriller Thursday, and it's been a while since I've brought something to you from the Bard of Horror, Edgar Allan Poe. |
| 1:36.4 | The Mask of the Red Death was first published in 1842. |
| 1:40.2 | The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by hiding in his Abbey. |
| 1:48.0 | He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball in his Abbey, and during the party a mysterious figure disguised as a victim of the red death enters. |
| 2:00.0 | And I'll leave it there as to not spoil the fun. Many different interpretations have been presented, |
| 2:05.7 | as well as attempts to identify the true nature of the eponymous disease. The disease |
| 2:11.0 | called the red death is fictitious. |
| 2:14.0 | Poe describes it as causing sharp pains and sudden dizziness, |
| 2:18.0 | and then profuse bleeding at the pores, |
| 2:21.0 | leading to death within half an hour. |
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