About this episode

This episode features two tales exploring themes of madness and the nature of life and death.

Welcome to episode 753. We have two tales for you this week. First, an unexpected delivery brings madness to a frontier town. Then, a father struggles to decide if his newborn son is miracle or monster. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Paul Edmonds’  Prosper  as read by Douglas Gwilym: 00:02:14 [Trigger] Samuel Marzioli’s  Hollow Skulls  as read by Colin Duncan: 00:25:21 TRIGGER WARNINGS Prosper  contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation and Animal Death. Hollow Skulls  contains scenes of Child Death. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Submit Your Story! Original Score by  Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Drew Sebesteny

Guests: Paul Edmonds, Samuel Marzioli

Topics covered

• madness
• frontier town
• fatherhood
• miracle
• monster
• suicide
• child death

Keywords

• madness
• frontier
• father
• newborn
• suicide
• child death
• tales
• horror

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nebulus Entertainment

Books & works: Prosper, Hollow Skulls

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