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Study 045 - The Bloody Chamber - Part 1 (Patreon)

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2023-06-08 19:16:28
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2026-06
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Welcome to Angela Carter's take on the Bluebeard legend: The Bloody Chamber!

Special thanks to our reader, Michelle Sawyer!

Here's that intro video with Carter's biographer Edmund Gordon, as well as the New Yorker article referenced.

And here's Rebecca!

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Great story so far. Angela Carter was clearly a fascinating writer and person. I commend you on your commitment to covering more mature subject matter while resisting the urge to nervously giggle about it. Chad’s inappropriate joke are of course always welcome. By the way, I totally thought the Bluebeard legend was about a pirate. One complaint— I love the outro music you used on this one, and I’m never in a hurry for one of your episodes to end— please don’t cut the music short!

Esther Shirk

Love it! I can't wait to listen!

Anna-Elizabeth

Gilles De Rais was a knight and a companion-in-arms to Joan of Arc, he was with Joan when the Siege of Orleans was lifted. Noble, Knight, Hero, and serial killer of children.

Darren Hennessey

Great show. I was reminded of the Bluebeard's Bride RPG by Strix Beltrán, Sarah Richardson and Marissa Kelly. It was easily one of the scariest games I've ever played in. Players take on the roles of different parts of the personality of the Bride as she explores the house. https://magpiegames.com/pages/bluebeards-bride

Ben Gilbert

There are several similar folktales from around Europe like The Robber Bridegroom, The White Dove and Fitcher’s Bird, most of which feature the keys and the forbidden chamber.

Ryan Thomas

Michelle Sawyer read wonderfully. To make a Rebecca reference, I hope our protagonist stays clear of her husband's porcelain figurines.

Jim Cannon

Tying this all back to werewolves, as one should, I first encountered Gilles de Rais in Brad Steiger's Werewolf Encyclopedia. The account of his misdeeds gave me nightmares - even before I was a dad. Grim stuff. But possibly made up? There's some controversy that he was falsely accused and convicted because the Church wanted his land, or because he was so close to Joan of Arc or whatever. Maybe that conspiracy theory was whipped up by someone who could not believe the extent of his crimes. Knowing how serial killers operated in the 20th and 21st century, its less difficult to believe de Rais did all that awful stuff. But given how awful it truly was, I kind of want to believe it didn't happen.

Jim Cannon

I had to look up Bluebeard ages ago because of the Vertigo comic series _Fables_, where he was early on a main character. That book sent me to the source material, Los Bros Grimm, Christian Anderson, Perrault, etc. Yo early folktales are some dark and terrifying stuff.

Steve

All those artists are symbolists and/or decadents.

Wulf Mungus

I've heard legend that Angela Carter's grave is haunted by a Ghost of a Werewolf Jesus..

Jeremy Impson

I'm familiar with the Bluebeard story, and I insist that nothing about it is inconsistent with him being a pirate. In fact, in the time he was away, he was probably Privateering against England.

Ian Scanlon

Company of wolves for extra credit this month? Or as I like to think of it “Werewolf! She wrote”

S Jayne Bradley

After listening to the free episodes, demanding more and signing up for the first level patreon, and listening to it all over again and finally catching up, i fear i may have to increase my patreon, until then on to Voluminous!

Beanz

Your mention of the big bad wolf and the woodsman completely changed the way I understand an important scene in Sharknado 1. So, thank you for that.

Jason of the K

Wow, this was great. Full of awesome detail and suspense. But when he said " One may call inside the castle just as much as one pleases; but, outside--never", was that because he cut the outside line or that her "phone call" to her savage mom was psychic, not real? And yeah, this is TOTALLY an 'unreliable narrator' tale about a girl used as bait to catfish widowed rich men who then get smoked by that hellion mom :P

Pam Winkler

At least one version of the Bluebeard story I’ve heard has two sisters marry him in succession, with the second coming to avenge her sister.