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Episode 592 - Thurnley Abbey (Patreon)

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2022-04-22 16:22:54
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2026-06
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We're investing illegal ghost fighting in creepy attic books - it's Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon!

Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman!

Here's a snap from the Teddy Roosevelt lookalike contest!

Next up: Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched by May Sinclair

Comments

Steve

Beauchamp is pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove, i.e. Bee-chm. And Wagon-Lit is Vagon-Lee.

Sanjay Mathew

Next week's is going to be depressing!

The Spider Incident

I appreciate the vote of confidence, Chad, but I could absolutely *not* take a ghost in a fight Also, I've been listening to the podcast for a while now, and I've been through all the back catalog. I can year you saying "I love Dean!" whenever I see the name "Dean." (And I work at a college, so I see the word "dean" with some regularity.) But I cannot for the life of me figure out or remember what you're referencing, or where that came from, or why you love Dean so much! Is it actually "from" something or another? Did it just spring fully-formed from your forehead? Could anyone explain it to me?

Peter Larsen

The moral of this story is: punch a ghost, and you're f*cked. The moral of all the other ghost stories is: don't punch a ghost and you're f*cked. My takeaway: stay the f*ck away from ghosts. Also, a ghost story is a pretty good excuse for cuddling up with a cute guy on a long journey.

Sweatin' to the Great Oldies

There is, I think, a whole world of branding to be done with Ghost Punch. Ghost Punch Films Ghost Punch Ninja Academy Ghost Punch Animation Ghost Punch Cologne Ghost Punch Punch...

Ben A

Of all the stories from the cursed attic anthology of forgotten horror you’ve covered this month, I remember this one. I read it when I was maybe 11. It was in a (less cursed?) collection I checked out from the library, and I distinctly remember it spurring on many nights of nightmares of the sound of a dismembered corpse coming down the dark hallway to my bedroom. Thankfully it never appeared, but I think the anticipation of something unseen but known coming through the darkness was what made the terror indelible all these decades later. Having just revisited this story, it’s still effective, tropes and all. I recall it was around this time I also got into John Bellairs (who might be interesting to discuss at some point as an entree into weird fiction for kids) and Poe, and it was these two who, along with Stephen King a few years later, led me to Lovecraft. I wonder how many other people discovered weird fiction this way?

Andrew Brown

It was funny when the guys made fun of the character for mentioning that he was buying a hat for the visit to the house. But I was reminded that much of our memory of trauma isn’t the sight itself but things around it. I was thinking of veterans describing how the man next the them was vaporized by a shell and they’ll mention that they had just lighted a cigarette and could remember the brand. The mind does funny things

Jim Cannon

In addition to all the other things this story does right, it never once tells you what the ghost is. Nor whether its a nun or a monk, though the veil does imply a nun, even if nuns aren't known for wearing veils, it seems more likely than a monk. And of course the house has been a residence for aristocrats for some time. Perhaps a bridal veil? Anyway, it does well to be mysterious.

Karlandos

The emotional outburst was the thing that stood out to me obviously. Typically it always leans into the irrational, paralyzing fear where you forget how to do basic things but here we have a dude lose it and thrash the ghost only to find it going around picking up its pieces. I think it would have been really interesting to see if the ghost had reacted or how it would have reacted. The fact that we learn nothing about it aside from being the ghost of a nun could really be heighted if say the ghost had a certain expression as it went to go collect itself which would only heighten the mystery of it but I suppose that is best left to the realm of the imagination.

Levi Krain

I couldn’t help but wonder if “Nat Paynter’s vampire story” isn’t supposed to bring to mind Bram Stoker. There’s a similarity with the same syllables and some of the sounds when you compare the names. But why not just say Bram Stoker?

KateSherrod

The detail of the tall hat reminded me... did you guys ever work out that the "tall beavers" that made you giggle so much in, I think it was "The Street" was just a reference to this same kind of hat , a top hat made out of beaver fur?

Background Noise Comic

I immediately looked up the video of the kid kicking the scary doll. Hilarious, thanks for that! I’d love to believe in that moment I’d be Kick Boy, but in reality most of us would be Scaredy Kid.

Ben Gilbert

The Dean story is originally from the episode covering “The Man From Time” by Frank Belknap Long. Episode 266 I believe.

Matthew Alderman

As a heraldry enthusiast and professional heraldic illustrator (no, really!), I’m delighted by the heraldry shoutout.

Alex Liggett

"Dillberry's book on How to Win at Heaven" had me laughing out loud.

Falconhoof

When Andrew read the passage: "...I looked at it, and it looked at me, and my brains turned dry and hot in my head" I couldn't help thinking, 'The guy should have worn a wig'

Stewart

I'd forgotten the title of this story and so didn't remember that I'd read it until I heard Andrew read the opening lines and suddenly it flashed back to me. "This is the ghost punching story!" I'm so glad you guys covered it - I found it in some random anthology I picked up (albeit not an attic one) and was very taken with it. And yes, I did think of Chad when I got to the ghost-punching part.

Grackles

The thing is, who's the a**hole here? I mean, clearly, the owner of the place is the a**hole, but I'd argue so is the protagonist. I mean, this ghost has lived here almost forever, right? She's been here since medieval times and probably because she died in some horrible catastrophic way for no reason at all except not fitting in somehow. So, here she is, still tied to this place completely unfairly, just wandering around with not much to do and this guy suddenly shows up so she goes to have a look and BAM, he beats the absolute **** out of her, and then runs off with part of her head! She has to shlep ALL the way over to the new wing to get it back. Is that fair? What did she do to deserve that? Nothing! Even after having a can of bootywhip opened up on her, she does nothing malevolent, she just quietly picks up her jaw bone (or whatever it was) and goes back to wandering around. I say all the corporeal characters in this are complete a**holes.

Frederic

Why no episode are loading after this one on page but, I can find them in my feed?