Victorian Periodical Parade

Content Warning: Child birth, murder, and death of a newborn of natural causes. In this episode, we visit The West Room written by Cathrine Lord in the Victorian Era, and edited by Johnny Mains, narrated by Owen Curtiss. Have you ever rented a house that was larger than you needed? Have architects ever added more than you thought was necessary over the years? Architects often get the bad rap, even...

Merry Christmas All, Today we throw back to last year when Owen read 'Twas the night before Christmas for us. It was written by Clement Clarke Moore and is read by many. We will be taking the month of January as a break. Then there will be more content coming after that. We hope that everyone's break will will be great, and joyous. We look forward to 2022! Reach out if you would like at  vict...

Content Warning! Talk of murder, suicide, violence, and death Happy Holidays! Here is the conclusion of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Do you enjoy murder mysteries? Crime stories? This one comes to an end here, but has left behind a legacy. The final chapter, Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case, is a typical mastermind’s plan reveal, except in this case it divulges his plan, h...

Happy Cyber Monday!  299 total listens to the podcast so far! Thank you all for that support. It encourages me to keep working on them and improving.  I hope that your Thanksgiving week was amazing!   Do you enjoy murder mysteries? Crime stories? Good, because we have something in that same vein again for you today. The chapter, Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon, is a typical Victor...

Happy Thanksgiving!   I am thankful that you are listening to these episodes. It encourages me to keep working on them and improving. I hope that your week is amazing! And if you are having time off this week, that you relish it. If you are working as usual, I hope that it goes smoothly for you. Do you enjoy murder mysteries? Crime stories? Good, because we have something in that same vein fo...

Hello Again!  Do you enjoy Sherlock Holmes investigations? Good, because we have something in that same vein for you today. The Carew Murder Case is a Victorian Era chapter that draws from the popular best selling novels of the time, here we have an inspector from Scotland Yard, who is investigating the residence of a murderer. Finding clues in ashes from a fire. We as readers and listeners o...

Hello Lovely Listeners, Here is the short, third Chapter of the original version of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written by Robert Lewis Stevenson. It is quite different from the movies and renditions I have seen and heard of. I look forward to reading the part that gives rise to the current version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.  Do you like the slower pace of the action? Do you...

We move on to Chapter 2 of our horror story.   Isn't is strange that in the first sentence of Chapter 1 Mr. Utterson the lawyer is described as "a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable,"  an yet he is not so much embarrassed in the discourses we h...

In this episode we start digging deep into the more horrific side of Victorian Ghost stories. Did you know that this is how this story started? It seems to me like the film industry has changed this character and story a lot from its inception to now. This main character doesn't seem to match the one I have had in my mind's eye over the last few years. Glad to read the original. Did you know that...

Graphic content warning - Talk of a character from Thomas Hardys novel, Jude the Obscure,  finding an 8 year old hanging them self along with their two younger siblings in a closet as the example of th excessive pessimism of the time, around the 16 minute mark - skip for 30 secunds, or until after you hear the phrase "sort of harmless stories. This skip will also jump past, talk of a mother killin...

Content warning - description of death by drowning and the look of the ghost of a drowned person In this episode we get to know a twin brother and sister. As the Blue Peter flies for the elder twin sister she describes her husband, and her twin brother in their youth to her grandchildren. She tries to give guidance to all the young girls listening, but the eldest especially. Do you like reading a...

Content warning: In this story there is infanticide, and reference to the murder of an infant, we do not condone this, we are merely reacting to the story as it was written 160 years ago. Either prepare you ears or hit skip three times after we say, "The Curious Case of Susan Styleds." In today's episode Dr. Kari Nixon breaks down The Curious Case of Susan Styles written by Cathrine Lord, under th...

Warning - this episode contains reference to infanticide. One character pleads guilty to it, and then its corpse is referenced. It touches the topic but does not go into great detail. Listen with care. Hello Wonderful Listeners, Welcome to Season 3 Episode 2 Part 1. We have mixed up production yet again, and we are putting the story out by itself to shorten up the episodes. We hope that you will e...

Season 3 Episode 1 In this episode we talk about, read, react to, and break down the short story, "That Terrible Christmas Eve," written by Cathrine Lord in the 1890s. It is now a part of the collection, "Our Lady of Hate," which has been researched and edited by Johnny Mains, @ohsinnerman on Twitter.  We find ourselves with three young girls asking their elderly Nurse to tell them of how she...

Good Day Listeners! We are focusing our knowledge and expertise into the audio only venue. Seasons 1 and 2 are currently available on; YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8V3Nwr0QJn8obpVpFU9u9A or on Facebook Victorian Periodical Parade So head over over there to get to know more about what we have done so far. The long of it is that half of our duo is a published Victorian Literature Prof...

Hello Listeners! We are focusing our knowledge and expertise into the audio only venue. Seasons 1 and 2 are currently available on  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8V3Nwr0QJn8obpVpFU9u9A or on Facebook Victorian Periodical Parade so head over over there to get to know more about what we have done so far. The long of it is that half of our duo is a published Victorian Literature Pr...