S21 Ep49: Darkness Radio Presents: Pawtographs Update/These Walls Still Talk w/Tim & Lauren Maile and Brian Paone

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with authors Tim and Lauren Maile and Brian Paone about writing paranormal fiction in haunted locations.

Darkness Radio Presents: Pawtographs Update/These Walls Still Talk with Tim & Lauren Maile and Author, Brian Paone! What happens when an author decides to write his next novel inside one of the most haunted prisons in America? Brian Paone did exactly that. Over the course of eight weeks, he wrote These Walls Still Talk —on-site at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary. Working at night and fully immersed in the prison’s eerie, abandoned atmosphere, Brian brought to life the story of Hannah, a woman who returns to MSP to confront the dark spirit that’s haunted her for years—only to find the prison has other plans. Blending real haunted locations with immersive paranormal fiction, Brian reveals what it’s like to write a ghost story in a place already full of them. Get ready to step behind the cell doors and experience the creative process where fact and phantoms converge. On Today's Darkness Radio, we first review the new movie, "Michael", then check in with Tim and Lauren Maile from Pawtographs for Pooches about this weekend's birthday party for Murray in Michigan, the status of Pawtographs for Palmer, and a NEW FALL EVENT! Then, we welcome in Brian Paone in to talk about…

People in this episode

Host: Darkness Radio

Guests: Tim Maile, Lauren Maile, Brian Paone

Topics covered

• paranormal fiction
• haunted locations
• creative writing
• ghost stories
• true crime
• paranormal investigation

Keywords

• paranormal
• haunted prison
• Missouri State Penitentiary
• Brian Paone
• These Walls Still Talk
• ghost story
• creative process
• Pawtographs for Pooches

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pawtographs for Pooches

Books & works: These Walls Still Talk, Michael

Places: Missouri State Penitentiary, Michigan

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