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The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane

By: Jon Fredette
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  • Readings of weird fiction and science fiction short stories combined with immersive sound design and music.
    Jon Fredette
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  • Episode 45: The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs

    Episode 45: The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
    Mar 7 2023

    First published in 1902 by Harper's Monthly and reprinted in his third collection of short stories The Lady of the Barge (also, 1902). The Monkey's Paw is one of the most well-known, adapted, and influential horror short stories ever written. 


    An old war acquaintance brings a furry talisman in the shape of a monkey's paw, which promises to grant three wishes to whomever wishes upon it. 


    Sergeant-Major Morris: Nik Marvin (shamanagans@globular.org)

    Mrs. White: Miranda Friel 

    Herbert White: Jim Tobe 

    Mr. White, Stranger, Narration, Music and Sound Design: Jon Fredette
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    29 mins
  • Episode 44: Midsummer by Arthur Machen

    Episode 44: Midsummer by Arthur Machen
    Apr 5 2022

    Arthur Machen, the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He has garnered a reputation as one most influential classic horror story authors to have ever written. 


    Summary: Leonard, a farm hand, after a day in the city retires to his small house for the evening and, restless, decides to take his wandering thoughts out into the surrounding woods. What he comes across during his walk is perhaps the best kept secret in the village. 


    Narration, Sound, and Music by Jon Fredette 
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    8 mins
  • Episode 43: Terra Incognita by Vladimir Nabokov

    Episode 43: Terra Incognita by Vladimir Nabokov
    Jan 10 2022
    First published in the émigré journal Posledniya Novosti in Paris in 1931. Translated by the author and his son, the story was published in English in The New Yorker in May, 1963, and later added to A Russian Beauty and Other Stories.Three men traverse an area of unknown country, the tropical hell of Badonia, in hopes of reaching the Gurano Hills and escaping Zonraki. Gregson, Cook by Nik Marvin Valiere, Narration, Sound Design, and Music by Jon Fredette
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    21 mins
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I'm so glad Fredette is on this platform

the narration is fantastic, the ambience is sometimes used unnecessarily. this was the podcast that sparked my interest in lovecraftian horror

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