Reading Gothic: Recent Episodes
Tracey Carvill
A small goth girl reading her favourite horror classics, from Lovecraft to Poe to Stoker and more, and some original stories as well! Episodes released on Fridays at 6pm UK time.
Comments, requests and story submissions are welcome - find me at @ReadingGothic on Facebook.
Writing on Wattpad as https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
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Renfield and Mina have terrifying tales to tell, and events take a turn for the worse in one awful night ...
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto by Beethoven
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Aderumoro: horror-shrieks-woman
Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2
Ckvoiceover: man-gasp-of-breath
Harleto: asthmatic-breathing
Rebekahday: womansadmoan
Soundsforhim: slam-door
Trebblofang: horror-atmosphere-background
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Our team of intrepid vampire hunters make their first move against the Count, Mina isn't feeling quite herself, and Renfield has a bad night ...
Huge apologies for the much longer than expected gap between episodes!!!
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano.=classical . We used:
Gymnopédie no. 1 by Satie
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto by Beethoven
Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 2 'Presentiment of death' by Chopin
Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 in C Major Waldstein - II. Introduzione - Adagio Molto (solemn) by Beethoven
The sick doll by Tchaikovsky
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
13gpanska-kubinova-karolina: crowd-on-riverside-near-rudolfinum
170134: typewriter
Adamamazing: mice-sqeak
Archeos: man-screaming
Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2
Cgeffex: horror-soundscape
Craigsmith: r21-45-high-pitched-whistle
Hdfreema: night-crickets-back-porch
Khenshom: keys-in-wooden-door-trying-to-open-door-with-keys-2
Lonelmail: spring-loaded-metal-door-creak-open-close-02
Lewisinheaven: dog-max-whine-howl-bark-2
Mags-007: opening-door-003
Reitanna: ratty-squeaks
Robinhood76: 06071-ratter-dogs-barking-looping
Rutgermuller: wooden-door-squeaking-opened-slowly-2
Shyguy014: mouse-squeaks
Speedenza: spooky-bells-ambiance
Svegvari: big-temlpe-cave-soundscape-fantasy-201117-0067
Taira-komori: howl
Tetrisrocker: clock
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The gang's all here at last, and battle plans are drawn. But something is not quite right ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Aqvareller - I. Idyll by Tor Aulin
Gymnopédie no. 1 by Satie
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto by Beethoven
Reverie by Debussy
The Sick Doll by Tchaikovsky
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
7z7__steam-train-molli-passes-through-without-whistle
Allh: steam-train-interior
Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2
Cgeffex: horror-soundscape
Michorvath: 22-magnum-pistol-shot
Niwki: steam-train-from-1912-locomotive
P-jezisek: windowglass
Vero-marengere: canadian-horse-carriage
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
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On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
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Dr Seward goes with Professor Van Helsing to put his wild theories to the test, and Arthur is reunited with Lucy ...
CW: Some bloody descriptions and sound effects.
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano.=classical . We used:
Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 - 2nd Movement - Adagio by Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 14, K. 457 - II. Adagio by Mozart
Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 13 'Loss' by Chopin
The sick doll by Tchaikovsky
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
16gpanskasibinska-n: burning-candle-in-the-wind
Angelkunev:: z-fem-01-roar
Astounded: hospital-corridor-ambiance-footsteps-voices-children
Baumstumpf: forest-meadow-on-a-summer-morning
Boilingsand: toddler-cry-1-0803xx
Capslok: metal-saw-hand
Cognito-perceptu: hammering-2
Dsoadigital: leaves
Duckduckpony: impacts-splatter-watermelon-002
Inspectorj: stab-metal-knife-in-lettuce-d
Jarredgibb: church-clock-strikes-11
Klankbeeld: horror-scream-woman-long
Leonelmail: spring-loaded-metal-door-creak-open-close-02
Lewisinheaven: dog-max-whine-howl-bark-2
Lunchmoney: leaves-rustling-in-wind-zoom-h6
Mattruthsound: steel-drawers-06
Mc-minnaar: pusing-old-wooden-crate
Miekyj: lighting-a-match-owi
Mrfossy: outdoors-day-lightrain-01
Neospica: body-falling
Odditonic: hammer-falls-to-wood-floor
Reitanna: blowing-out-candle
Sagetyrtle: 1103octobernight
Soundsexciting: clatter
Speedenza: spooky-bells-ambiance
Szegvari: big-temlpe-cave-soundscape-fantasy-201117-0067
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
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With the passing of Lucy, the men who loved her gather for her funeral. Meanwhile, Mina finally becomes aware of what has happened to her best friend, and Dr Seward's credulity is put to the test.
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano.=classical . We used:
Beethoven, Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3--2nd Movement--Adagio
Gymnopédie no. 1 by Satie
Piano Sonata no. 14, K. 457 - II. Adagio by Mozart
Piano Sonata no. 16 'Facile', K. 545 - II. Andante by Mozart
Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 4 'Suffocation' and Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 13 'Loss' by Chopin
Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor 'Funeral march' - III. Marche Funebre, Lento by Chopin
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
7z7: steam-train-molli-passes-through-without-whistle
13gpanska-kubinova-karolina: crowd-on-riverside-near-rudolfinum
170134: typewriter
Allh: steam-train-interior
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Niwki_: steam-train-from-1912-locomotive
Sirkoto51: hysterical-laughter
Timbre: wav-version-of-115663-timbre-remix-2b-of-ticker-tape-machine-ff652
Vero-marengere: canadian-horse-carriage
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
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Lucy is left dangerously weak from a final attack by her 'unknown' foe, and the men do everything they can think of to save her ... but they are fighting a losing battle. Meanwhile, Mina is settling into married life in Exeter with no idea of what is happening to her best friend.
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto by Beethoven
Sergio DuBois - Piano sonata 13, 2nd by Mozart
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Altfuture: door-knocking
Capslok: metal-saw-hand
Cchondon: bell
Cgeffex: horror-soundscape
Craterzounds: caball-galop-passa-i-frena
Gammelsmurfen778: bat-wings
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Tcrocker68: girl-heavy-breathing
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
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Dr Seward and Professor Van Helsing race to save Lucy from an unknown - to some of them, at least - foe, but little do they know that the odds are being continuously stacked against them ...
CONTENT WARNING: Some (very brief) licking and sucking sounds.
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano.=classical . We used:
The sick doll by Tchaikovsky
Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3--2nd Movement--Adagio by Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto by Mozart
Piano Sonata no. 16 'Facile', K. 545 - II. Andante by Mozart
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Abyssmal: slashkut
Agc66: mourezebellshpf1
Allh: steam-train-interior
Apinasaundi: found-matress-hit
Betchkal: 080809-dogs
Cgeffex: horror-soundscape
Dblover: howling-wind-ambience
Egomassive: moanf
Gammelsmurfen778: bat-wings
Giddster: fireplace-burning
Goodsjemes: female-wilhelm-scream
Humansolarian: scream-girl
Jayewilde: licking-and-sucking
Neospica: body-falling
P-jezisek: windowglass
Smand: nightingale-song
Speedenza: spooky-bells-ambiance
Timbre: wav-version-of-115663-timbre-remix-2b-of-ticker-tape-machine-ff652
Ultraaxvii: heartbeat-fast-but-inconsistent
Ylearkisto: sudet-ulvovat-wolves-howling-small-pack-frost-snapping
Yudena: ah-woman-bymondfisch89
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
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Mina leaves for Transylvania to be reunited with a broken and amnesia-stricken Jonathan, leaving the ailing Lucy in the care of Arthur, Jack and an enigmatic Professor called in from abroad ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
The sick doll by Tchaikovsky
Beethoven, Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3--2nd Movement--Adagio
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto
Piano Sonata no. 14, K. 457 - II. Adagio by Mozart
Piano Sonata no. 16 'Facile', K. 545 - II. Andante by Mozart
Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 4 'Suffocation' by Chopin
Selig sind die Toten by Heinrich Schutz
Sergio DuBois - Piano sonata 13, 2nd (solemn) Mozart
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Adrilahan: clock-chime
Cgeffex: horror-soundscape
German1990: drops-water
Inchadney: catterline-harbour
Sagetyrtle: 1103octobernight
Timbre: wav-version-of-115663-timbre-remix-2b-of-ticker-tape-machine-ff652
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
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After a mysterious foreign vessel drifts into Whitby harbour in the midst of a terrible midnight storm, strange occurrences start to plague Mina and Lucy ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano.=classical . We used:
Berceuse, Op. 16 by Gabriel Faure
Piano Sonata no. 14, K. 457 - II. Adagio by Mozart
Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 4 'Suffocation' by Chopin
Selig sind die Toten by Heinrich Schutz
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
170134__typewriter
audio-dread__very-creepy-horror-music-2
bluedelta__heavy-thunder-strike-no-rain-quadro
cgeffex__horror-soundscape
cgeffex__pirate-ship-at-bay
cognito-perceptu__thunder-sharp-crack-approaching
dblover__howling-wind-ambience
gammelsmurfen778__bat-wings
girlwithsoundrecorder__rough-baltic-sea
inchadney__catterline-harbour
inchadney__distant-thunderstorm
jarredgibb__church-clock-strikes-11
joedeshon__classroom-ambiance
jpnien__wind-strong-jpn
juskiddink__dry-thunder1
lewisinheaven__dog-max-whine-howl-bark-2
onteca__building-collapse02-close
rambler52__rain-storm
tcrocker68__girl-heavy-breathing
tetrisrocker__clock
zat-dude__ominous-background
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
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On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
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Meanwhile in England, Mina pines for her fiance, Lucy has more than she can handle, and Dr Seward has an interesting patient ...
Apologies for the week's gap - fitting I should have a mental health blip as we get to the bit with the asylum!!! But I'm recovered now. If you're struggling with your mental health, here are some sites that might help:
Samaritans: www.samaritans.org
Sane: www.sane.org.uk
Depression UK: www.depressionuk.org
Bipolar UK: www.bipolaruk.org
Men's Health Forum: www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Rethink: www.rethink.org
Mind: www.mind.org.uk
Selfharm UK: www.selfharm.co.uk
CALM(working in particular to prevent male suicide): www.thecalmzone.net
Grassroots: www.prevent-suicide.org.uk
And for US listeners, I can't speak for them as I'm in the UK but here's an article that might help: https://www.verywellmind.com/leading-mental-health-charities-and-organizations-4147842
If you're from elsewhere, these organisations are still great for information, but please feel free to post any of your local organisations in a message or comment and I'll share them on my social media.
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano.=classical . We used:
Piano Sonata no. 16 'Facile', K. 545 - II. Andante by Mozart
Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 in C Major Waldstein - II. Introduzione - Adagio Molto by Beethoven
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
agc66__mourezebellshpf1
inchadney__catterline-harbour
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
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Jonathan continues his stay at Castle Dracula, meets some more of the locals, and discovers that his situation is much more dire than he could ever have imagined ....
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
_lefthandwinnie: horsewagon-horse-walking-slowly-ext
16gpanskasibinska-n: burning-candle-in-the-wind
180007: key
Adriann: door-slam-no-reverb
Altfuture: door-knocking
Arithni: heavy-thud
Arnaud-coutancier: church-door-bolt-2
Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2
Bevibeldesign: succubus-laughter-raw
Cameronmusic: digging1
Cgeffex: whip-crack-01
Foxboyprower: feeding1
Inspectorj: rooster-calling-close-a
Jpnien: wind-strong-jpn
Khenshom: keys-in-wooden-door-trying-to-open-door-with-keys-2
Mariiao2: baby-cry
Markadirector: monastery-footsteps
Mc-minnaar: pusing-old-wooden-crate
Paresh: wolves
Pnthr: growling-beast
Rutgermuller: wooden-door-squeaking-opened-slowly-2
Speedenza: spooky-bells-ambiance
Szegvari: big-temlpe-cave-soundscape-fantasy-201117-0067
Tweedledee3: woman-keening-and-sobbing-in-grief
User-7146007: construction-sounds-hammer-hammering-sound-effect-free-high-quality-sound-fx
Vero-marengere: canadian-horse-carriage
Yap-audio-production: doorlocked
Ylearkisto: sudet-ulvovat-wolves-howling-small-pack-frost-snapping
Zat-dude: ominous-background
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
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Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified solicitor, travels to a remote castle in Transylvania to finalise the sale of an English abbey to a reclusive and mysterious Count. But things are not what they appear to be ... or rather, they are exactly what they appear to be ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano.=classical . We used:
Hungarian Dance no. 3 - Allegretto in F major by Brahms
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2, S. 244-2 by Franz Liszt
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Arnaud-coutancier: church-door-bolt-2
Arnaud-coutancier: nervous-horses
Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2
Betchkal: 080809-dogs
Cgeffex: whip-crack-01
Czarcazas: shattering-glass-small
Dblover: howling-wind-ambience
Giovannitp: horse-and-chariot-30-sec
Inchadney: distant-thunderstorm
Inspectorj: rooster-calling-close-a
Khenshom: keys-in-wooden-door-trying-to-open-door-with-keys-2
Mags-007: opening-door-003
Markadirector: monastery-footsteps
Paresh: wolves
Seachangeau: teatime-serving-tea-carolyn
Taira-komori: howl
Vero-marengere: canadian-horse-carriage
Ylearkisto: sudet-ulvovat-wolves-howling-small-pack-frost-snapping
Zat-dude: ominous-background
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
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A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe; She Walks in Beauty by George Gordon, Lord Byron; La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats; and The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 no. 1 by Chopin
Sergio DuBois - Piano sonata 13, 2nd by Mozart
Sicilienne in E-flat major by Maria Theresia von Paradis
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
13fpanska-cerny-jan: crack-glass
Baumstumpf: forest-meadow-on-a-summer-morning
Cueckermann: by-a-pond-ambience
Mrfossy: outdoors-day-lightrain-01
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
On Twitter: @smiley_goth7
On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
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After suffering from recurring nightmares for years, a man visits a house in the country and suddenly finds his nightmares coming true ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto by Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 16 'Facile', K. 545 - II. Andante by Mozart
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Aquillx: scared-breathing
Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2
Blouhond: sfx-person-falling-on-wooden-floor
Cognito-perceptu: thunder-sharp-crack-approaching
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Khenshom: fabric-rustle-and-shuffle-foley-various-sounds
Nikorn69: dog-growl
Peridactyloptrix: 1950-ford-mercury-interior-ignition-and-slow-cruise
Rambler52: rain-storm
Sagetyrtle: 1103octobernight
Stevious42: cat-purring-3
Taira-komori: howl
Zabuhailo: cathisses
Zat-dude: ominous-background
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
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A lonely signalman stationed in an eerie location along the train tracks tells of an unsettling series of ghostly encounters ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
7z7__steam-train-molli-passes-through-without-whistle
Cchondon: bell
Jarredgibb: church-clock-strikes-11
Kyles: wind-light-calm-soft-breeze-deep-big-gusty
Markdmurray: wind-howling-and-whistling-and-banging-louder
Theboatman: fire
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
On Facebook: @ReadingGothic
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On Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/TraceyMary7
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Three original creepy short stories from unpublished writers, check out their work at the following links!
Scott Hamilton: https://www.wattpad.com/user/Noverogi
Fen Winters: https://ko-fi.com/fenwinterstales
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Bruno-auzet: dive
Inchadney: catterline-harbour
Rebekahday: lowwhalesong
Scratchikken: wendywater2minheel
Trezz77: soft-waves
Yap-audio-production: britishpubambience
Zat-dude: ominous-background
Be-steele: ocean-surf-along-the-coast-of-maine
Cognito-perceptu: thunder-sharp-crack-approaching
Geoneo0: four-voices-whispering-4-wecho
Rambler52: rain-storm
Gkillhour: war-noises-distance-explosions
Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Get in touch:
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A learned man and self-declared sceptic goes to the seaside for a golfing holiday, and finds a strange artifact that brings him cause to reconsider his stance on the paranormal ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Sergio DuBois - Piano sonata 13, 2nd (solemn) Mozart
Beethoven, Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3--2nd Movement--Adagio
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
16gpanskasibinska-n: burning-candle-in-the-wind
Beeproductive: underneath-the-floorboards
Benboncan: pub-ambience
Eelke: seagulls
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Jpnien: wind-strong-jpn
Katzeo: beach-denmark-2014
Miekyj: lighting-a-match-owi
Mikaf: banging-window-wooden-frame
Nbild: whistle
Soundsexciting: clatter
Soundsforhim: slam-door
Theshaggyfreak: metal-bottle
Turchinoa: restaurant-ambience
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Two short stories written by yours truly! A spooky tale about a lighthouse, and a sad story about a married couple who experience tragic loss.
Content warning: please be advised that the second story deals with strong themes of bereavement and the death of children.
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used Sicilienne in E-flat major by Maria Theresia von Paradis.
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Be-steele: ocean-surf-along-the-coast-of-maine
Eelke: seagulls
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Hdfreema: night-crickets-back-porch
Littlerobotsoundfactory: gate-open-00
Otakua: girlsigh01
Tetrisrocker: clock
Theboatman: fire
Ambientsoundapp: wind-morning
Cognito-perceptu: thunder-sharp-crack-approaching
Craigsmith: r29-04-crashing-collapse-of-wood-building
Inspectorj: splash-jumping-f
Rambler52: rain-storm
Robinhood76: 05460-little-baby-bad-cough
Scratchikken: wendywater2minheel
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Two classic poems: a tale of an epic journey through a bleak wilderness, and a tale of grief and growing madness in the solitude of a storm ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Adharca: war-horn
Copper13: creek
Iwanplays: croworraven1
Kickhat:war-horm-horror
Proxima4: desert-monolith
Dblover: howling-wind-ambience
Elfman-rox: bird-flapping-wings
Giddster: fireplace-burning
Pikachu09: finger-tap
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The Whateleys are now all gone ... or are they? Something has been left inside the abandoned Whateley farmhouse, and it's going to get hungry ...
Content warning: this story does include elements of racism and classism.
Apologies for the intermittent background hissing in the intro this week! Don't know what that was, will investigate.
I'm not brave enough to attempt an American accent, but I did try to read the accents as Lovecraft wrote them (phonetically) - please don't judge me too harshly!!!!
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano.=classical . We used:
Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 - 2nd Movement - Adagio by Beethoven
Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 4 'Suffocation'
Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 2 'Presentiment of Death'
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2
Cmdrobot: angry-dog
Cognito-perceptu: thunder-sharp-crack-approaching
Craigsmith: g18-10-1920s-1940s-traffic-in-tunnel
Craigsmith: r29-04-crashing-collapse-of-wood-building
Cyoung510: waves-lapping
Elfman-rox: bird-flapping-wings
Gibarroule: cow-scream
Hdfreema: night-crickets-back-porch
Imonacan: whippoorwill3
Inspectorj: snapping-wooden-fence-g
Klankbeeld: dutch-farmland-october-calm-141025-0450
Mrfossy: outdoors-day-lightrain-01
Mrthenoronha: dogs-barking
Paresh: wolves
Rambler52: rain-storm
Smidoid: quake
Szegvari: big-temlpe-cave-soundscape-fantasy-201117-0067
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A small town in rural Massachussets of the early 1900s is experiencing something inexplicable ... something that seems to be centred around the Whateley family and the old standing stones on the hills above their farmhouse ...
Content warning: this story does include elements of racism and classism.
I'm not brave enough to attempt an American accent, but I did try to read the accents as Lovecraft wrote them (phonetically) - please don't judge me too harshly!!!!
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 - 2nd Movement - Adagio by Beethoven
Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 4 'Suffocation'
Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 2 'Presentiment of Death'
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2
Cmdrobot: angry-dog
Craigsmith: g18-10-1920s-1940s-traffic-in-tunnel
Cyoung510: waves-lapping
Hdfreema: night-crickets-back-porch
Imonacan: whippoorwill3
Mzui: bookshop-shop-quiet-atnosphere-some-voices
Smidoid: quake
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The General's tale comes to a sad conclusion, and so too does Carmilla's, as the secrets of the old abandoned churchyard by the ruins of the Karnstein mansion are at last revealed.
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto by Beethoven
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Lefthandwinnie: horsewagon-horse-walking-slowly-ext
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Kyles: wind-light-calm-soft-breeze-deep-big-gusty
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The search is on after Carmilla goes missing - but where exactly did she go? Our heroine is soon to find out when an old friend comes calling with an extraordinary story ...
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 in C Major Waldstein - II. Introduzione - Adagio Molto by Beethoven
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Giddster: fireplace-burning
Tetrisrocker: clock
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Kyles: wind-light-calm-soft-breeze-deep-big-gusty
Lefthandwinnie: horsewagon-horse-walking-slowly-ext
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A charming new visitor has been received into the castle; but who is she, and why is she so shrouded in mystery? And what strange sickness is causing the nearby villagers to grow weak and die?
Read and edited by Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:
Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI50 - II. Adagio by Haydn
Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 in C Major Waldstein - II. Introduzione - Adagio Molto by Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto by Beethoven
Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Giddster: fireplace-burning
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Kyles: wind-light-calm-soft-breeze-deep-big-gusty
Sagetyrtle: 1103octobernight
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A young girl living in an isolated location with only her father and governesses for company leaps at the chance to receive a visitor - a girl of her own age - in their country home. However, the circumstances of the girl's arrival - and the girl's behaviour - are shrouded in mystery ...
We had some issues with the recording this time, but we've powered through as best we can. Hopefully we'll have it cleared up for part 2!
Read by Tracey Carvill
Edited by Kris Brown and Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Background classical music found on https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used Mozart's Piano Sonata no.16 'Facile' K.545 - II Andante.
Other sounds and backgrounds from https://freesound.org/ :
Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience
Kyles: light-wind-calm-soft-breeze-deep-big-gusty
Giovannitp: horse-and-chariot-30-sec
Arnaud-coutancier: nervous-horses
Goodsjemes: female-wilhelm-scream
Kodack: wooden-ship-break
Giddster: fireplace-burning
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When our narrator is invited to stay with an old childhood friend, he is shocked to discover how much his old friend Roderick Usher has changed over the years. Little does he realise just how much ...
Written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1839.
Read by Tracey Carvill
Edited by Kris Brown and Tracey Carvill
Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/
Backgrounds and sound effects all from the excellent https://freesound.org/ :
Ambientsound: wind-morning
Davincamas: onechime2
Svegvari: big-temple-cave-soundscape-fantasy
Dblover: howling-wind-ambience
Inspectorj: snapping-wooden-fence
Cognito-Perceptu: creaky-metal-swing
Tembre: cartoony-clangs-hit-with-spade-2
Onteca: building-collapse02
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Hello, my name is Tracey and this is Reading Gothic, a little podcast where I read some of my favourite gothic and spooky stories for you to enjoy, and then geek out about them afterwards!
I’m an aspiring writer, so from time to time I’ll add my own work in here for you to listen to. Everything else I read will be public domain work, so if you like it and want to read it yourself, you should be able to find it for free out there on the internet!
Feedback and suggestions will always be welcome, so if you want to let me know what you think, or if you have a favourite story of your own you want to suggest I read on the show, you can get in touch via my Ko-Fi page at www.ko-fi.com/traceymary7
That about covers everything, so sit back and enjoy the stories!
PS: Big thanks to Anchor.fm for their great site which makes podcasting easy!
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com