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Welcome to The Westside Fairytales Podcast Demons, desperate souls, and eldritch horrors… We at the Westside Fairytales have written a story for you. Not you in that broad sense where you just means anybody, but you, Dear Listener. We know all about you. What makes you nervous, what sickens you, what keeps you from leaving your house sometimes for the maddening worry of it. And we’ve put it in a story. A story we’ll read for you. These strange and varied original tales will linger long after ...
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Short stories written and presented by Jeff Price. Tales from all around the world but many of them set in Northern England and South West France. Some are true (nearly) and most are the product of an over active imagination, sometimes funny, sometimes dark but always entertaining, Also check out my blog at https://threescoreandtenblogblog.wordpress.com/ My poetry website at https://jeffpriceinfinitethreads.wordpress.com/
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An irreverent podcast digging up fresh horror news, movie reviews, interviews, and more. We’re a little dead inside…
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Send me a Text Message In a little French village in the Tarn et Garonne, renowned sculptor François Vermont creates his masterpiece – a towering nude statue of his late wife. But when the village mayor sees this tribute threatening his precious "Most Beautiful Village" award… His response will transform an artwork into a legend. "The Untimely Deat…
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Send me a Text Message "The Earworm," follows Tony Corrigan, a lovably awkward economics teacher whose morning starts with an unexpected musical visitor in his mind. Join us as we explore this charming tale of unrequited love, classical music, and the power of daydreams. When a mysterious violin melody takes hold of Tony's thoughts, it becomes inte…
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Send me a Text Message Welcome to Baker Street, where we bring you stories of London's most celebrated consulting detective. Tonight's tale takes us back to a foggy morning in Victorian London, where a most peculiar delivery to Scotland Yard sets in motion a macabre investigation. In "The Case of the Broken Heart," Inspector Lestrade arrives at 221…
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Send me a Text Message In a Dungannon workhouse in Northern Ireland, a young girl is giving birth to a baby. This is a story of determination and hope. A hope for a better life and a determination that the Nuns will not sell Mary McGlade's child. Support the show If you enjoyed Season Two of the Telling Tales Podcasts, please support my podcast by …
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Send me a Text Message Music has often been an inspiration for my poetry and writing. I have seen the band Little Feet many times at the City Hall in Newcastle and they are a great favourite of mine. In this episode, I have used their track "Dixie Chicken" to inspire a short story. I love narrative-type songs and there is a strong storyline in this…
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Send me a Text Message Morning Sun is a story set in Gibralter forty thousand years ago but it is a story that speaks to us today. It is the tale of someone who is not us but in a strange way is part of many of us. This is the story of of a Neanderthal man’s struggle to survive. Support the show If you enjoyed Season Two of the Telling Tales Podcas…
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John Paul Dochety and the Mucky Mag. Omnibus Edition
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Send me a Text Message What happens if you don't want to listen to three separate episodes? Worry not dear listeners. Here it is, all three episodes combined into one listen. At forty-seven minutes long, it's ideal for a long gym session or a car trip. Download from your favourite podcast software like Itunes or Spotify or directly from my Buzzspro…
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John Paul Docherty and the Mucky Mag Episode Three
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Send me a Text Message In the final episode, John Paul and his pals face more problems as their unthought-out plans unravel. Support the show If you enjoyed Season Two of the Telling Tales Podcasts, please support my podcast by buying me a coffee. It's £3.00 a cup. Click the heart logo in the top corner of the website page to donate. or if you are …
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John Paul Docherty and the Mucky Mag Part Two
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Send me a Text Message John Paul's plan seems to be working, but disaster is always just around the corner. Support the show If you enjoyed Season Two of the Telling Tales Podcasts, please support my podcast by buying me a coffee. It's £3.00 a cup. Click the heart logo in the top corner of the website page to donate. or if you are on another podcas…
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John Paul Docherty and the Mucky Mag Part One
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Send me a Text Message Welcome to Season Two of Telling Tales. We begin with another story featuring John Paul Docherty, the school bully from Newcastle. After his run-in with a first-year boy in Season One, John Paul has to look for a new way to make money. A chance find presents him with an opportunity. This is a three-part story released over th…
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Send me a Text Message Telling Tales Season Two First a big thank you to everyone who tuned in to Telling Tales Season one. Over the summer I have been writing Season two which will be broadcast in the Autumn. We’ll be meeting some characters you already know like Dochery the school bully and Mustapha Khan and Bilhal the chefs to find out what happ…
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Send me a Text Message Jack has problems, lots of them and life conspires against him and he finds himself in trouble with the police, shop security people and the legal system. A chance encounter behind Greggs the Bakers leads to an unusual friendship and a new adventure. In the last story of season one, we meet Jack an ex-soldier trying to cope w…
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Send me a Text Message Sister Bernadette is left on her own in a crumbling convent with only ghosts for company. Her sanity is saved by the kids from a local church youth club and the softly-spoken Irish youth leader who breathes life back into the cloisters. Support the show If you enjoyed Season Two of the Telling Tales Podcasts, please support m…
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Send me a Text Message In this captivating tale, a narrator known as "Adam" embarks on an idyllic journey in the Eden Project, a lush sanctuary governed by a mysterious "Master." Entranced by the abundance of nature, Adam tends to the garden, indulges in simple pleasures, and befriends a lone cockerel. Soon his life is transformed when Eve arrives …
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Send me a Text Message in this episode, we embark on a journey into the heartwarming tale of "Bigos Stew and Dumpligs" Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, this poignant narrative follows the lives of two unlikely friends, as they navigate the trials and triumphs of growing up in a changing world. From their humble beginnings as schoolboys bondin…
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Send me a Text Message In the heart of a timeless landscape, where the whispers of ancient winds dance among the steadfast oaks and murmuring streams, there stood a solitary sentinel: a rugged, weathered rock. A silent witness to aeons of change, this venerable stone had seen the world shift and evolve around it, from the primaeval forests teeming …
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Send me a Text Message The Alpha Pill Welcome to the latest episode of Telling Tales, where we dive into intriguing stories that challenge our perceptions and stir our imaginations and we explore a tale of ambition, innovation, and the power of marketing in the pharmaceutical industry. In a boardroom filled with accolades, Mark James, the CEO of a …
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Send me a Text Message "Jean Luc's Secret" delves into the captivating story of Jean Luc, a contented farmer living in the picturesque French countryside. With his cows grazing peacefully and sunflowers thriving, Jean Luc seems to embody the idyllic rural life. However, beneath the surface lies a profound secret that threatens to unravel his world.…
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Send me a Text Message Today we take you on a journey to Karachi In "Khan’s Lahori Restaurant". Mustapha Khan runs a modest but successful eatery in Karachi, serving his famous Lahori Chicken Curry. When thugs demand protection money, Mustapha refuses, leading to chaos when the thugs return the next night. Later, they return, escalating the conflic…
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Send me a Text Message Welcome to the latest episode of Telling Tales, where we'll embark on a journey through history, courage, and the enduring bonds of friendship in "The Last Train to Castres." Join us as we uncover the untold story of bravery and sacrifice set against the backdrop of World War II. Meet Benoît and his grandfather, whose seeming…
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Send me a Text Message Welcome to "Docherty" a podcast that delves into the untold stories of our past, revealing the complex tapestry of human experiences that shape our lives. I'm your host, Jeff Price, and today, we embark on a journey back to 1961, to the hallowed grounds of St Cuthbert's Grammar School. In this riveting tale, we encounter John…
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In chapter 15 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Sin Carriers, a boy reminisces about the life that led him to become a beast. Vasily fights to his last breath against an unimaginable foe. One of our travelers is almost fatally injured. A voice helps Moira rise from the darkness. A letter is accidentally delivered, a…
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Episode 226 – Thanksgiving/The Last Thanksgiving
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The table is set, the turkey is in the oven, it’s time to chow down on a brand new, Thanksgiving themed episode of The Grave Plot Podcast! We first bring out a healthy helping of horror d’ouvres in Horror Business, including a Real World Horror story about a podcast host’s chilling encounter with a creepy ventriloquist dummy. We then discuss the ne…
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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club, host Tyler Bell takes a look at the new Metroidvania game "Blasphemous 2," a sequel to one of Tyler’s all-time favorite indie games. The Horror and Lit Club episodes are discussions and reviews that are separate from the regular fiction episodes. Thank…
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Episode 225 – Dear David/Suitable Flesh
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Gooooood morning, Vietnam! We’ve got the cure to your Halloween hangover, a brand new episode of The Grave Plot Podcast! We kick off the post-Halloween season with some Real World Horror about a Filipino school that suffered from a mass possession of multiple students, one of whom has a third eye, by a shadow figure of some kind or another. I don’t…
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Octoberama 2023, Vol. 4 – Dark Harvest/The Barn Part II/Kim Douthit
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Happy Halloween all you foxes and cockses! When you trick or treat at our place, you always get the good stuff. Look, I know the sign says “just take one” but we’ve got TWO brand new Halloween themed films for your little bucket. We discuss Dark Harvest, the story of a sleepy little town with a chilling curse and a horrible monster. Speaking of mon…
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Octoberama 2023, Vol. 3 – The Blob (1988)/Feast II: Sloppy Seconds
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Webster’s Dictionary defines “creature” as… nah, we’re not doing that. What we are doing is the first ever Week of the Creature (Feature), an Octoberama theme selected by our Patreon patrons! We picked two movies featuring some iconic creatures, namely Feast II: Sloppy Seconds, featuring a fast monster with giant sharp teeth, and the opposite of th…
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In chapter 14 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Sin Carriers, Su suffers through fever dreams as she recovers from the concussion Wickless gave her. Tolliver finally stands up for himself. Vasily fights for his life in the fetid waters beneath the town. Mildover is terrified by something familiar in town, and Vicky …
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Octoberama 2023, Vol. 2 – Night of the Creeps/Little Monsters/Langley West
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A dark and stormy night. A cold and empty graveyard. One tombstone peeks above the rest, the stone cracked and worn. Suddenly, a hand bursts through the sod. The flesh peels away and the bone underneath shines in the moonlight. Lightning cracks across the sky. It must be Week of the Zombie on The Grave Plot Podcast! We call this a “Fun Size” episod…
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Octoberama 2023, Vol. 1 – Blood Relatives/Subspecies V: Bloodrise
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Velcome to Octoberama 2023! No, that’s not a typo, it’s a bad Transylvanian accent because this… is Week of the Vampire! In today’s Real World Horror story, we take a look at a women stuck in a well who may not actually exist. Is it a prank? Or something more supernatural? Oooh, spooky. In Horror Business, we examine a new slasher film from the mak…
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HLC - I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club, host Tyler Bell talks about the book "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy. McCurdy's memoir about her mom dying is a short, riveting expose on childhood stardom. Definitely a solid addition to anybody's TBR stack. The Horror and Lit Club episodes…
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