The Failing Writers Podcast
S3 Ep27: Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas (pt2)
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Happy New Year Folks! We continue our seasonal ghost stories with a handful of listener-written tales. So gather around the hearth with us again as we bring you a selection of eerie yarns, to make your timbers shiver.
Massive thanks to our fantastic contributors:
AB Finlayson: https://abfinlayson.com Threads: a.b.finlayson
Craig Margolis: X: @damnblankpage
Steve Salisbury: X: @SalisburyWriter Threads: salisbury.writer
Christian Fieldhouse
Steven Stilbech: X: @stilbech
Simon Curtis: X: @simonmcurtis
Geoffrey G. N. Harrison: https://www.deaf-duck.uk Threads: gharrisonauthor
(In this weeks episode, we also completely forgot to mention that Simon Curtis sent us a brilliant M.R. James Christmas picture quiz! Check the blog to see how many M.R. James stories you can recognise from his natty little sketch!)
Geoffrey G. N. Harrison: https://www.deaf-duck.uk Threads: gharrisonauthor
(In this weeks episode, we also completely forgot to mention that Simon Curtis sent us a brilliant M.R. James Christmas picture quiz! Check the blog to see how many M.R. James stories you can recognise from his natty little sketch!)
A history of ventriloquist dummies coming to life:
It appears Gerald Kersh was one of the first to publish such a story in 1939 called “The Extraordinarily Horrible Dummy," this was adapted by screenwriter John Baines for the Dead of Night movie.
It appears Gerald Kersh was one of the first to publish such a story in 1939 called “The Extraordinarily Horrible Dummy," this was adapted by screenwriter John Baines for the Dead of Night movie.
Dead of Night Movie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_of_Night
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_of_Night