The Public Domain Podcast

In light of the holiday, I thought I'd highlight my favorite spooky story of my previously done podcasts .

Gateway of the Monster by William H. Hodgson
A spooky supernatural tale featuring Carnacki, a Ghost Detective of sorts.
Gateway of the Monster Part 1
Gateway of the Monster Part 2

You can find more of my spooky tales by Edgar Allen Poe, and Lafcadio Hearn here .

Happy Halloween everyone!

~ e

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The narrative is taken over by Mr. Gilmore. We finally meet Sir Percival Glyde and find out his explanation of the letter.

File size is 5 MB and the podcast is approximately 21 minutes long.

Manual download link here .

I plan on getting another episode out this week. I can't make up for all the lost time, but I'll try to at least gain ground.

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We hear more from Mr. Gilmore but Mr. Hartright realizes he must take his leave of Limmeridge house and its occupants.

File size is 6.25 MB and the podcast is 27 minutes and 20 seconds long. I've added my apologies at the end for such a long delay since my last podcast.

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Mr. Hartright discovers who has been at the gravesite.

Feedback request, how are you getting the Public Domain Podcast? Are you subcribing to the feed or manually downloading certain shows?

File size is 11.7 MB and the podcast is 32 minutes and 24 seconds long.

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Mr. Hartright's first breakfast at Limmeridge house and, he hopes, a chance to meet the remaining member of the household and maybe find out news of The Woman in White.

File size is 5.3 MB and the podcast is 14 minutes and 43 seconds long.

Manual download link here .

On an administrative note, I have been under the weather after an out of town trip so this episode is a bit short. I'll try to get the next podcast out so you can get a more satisfying chunk of the story.

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Part 1 of the novel, "The Woman in White" a serialized mystery/suspense novel by Wilkie Collins, a contemporary of Charles Dickens, who also wrote "The Fatal Cradle" heard as an earlier short story podcast.

The novel is one of the first to be set up in an original way for the time period, in that it has different narrators to tell different parts of the story. In the introduction it is explained that we shall hear the tale as if we were a Judge listening to eye witnesses.

This has been touted as the first mystery novel by some and was turned into a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber which had sporadic runs with different Companies in 2004, 2005 and 2006. I; however, shall not be singing in the podcast so if you can stomach that disappointment, come along for a fun ride into mystery and suspense.

File size is 11 MB and the podcast is 30 minutes and 27 seconds in length.

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The conclusion of "The House Among the Laurels". In the first part we left our ghost hunter just sitting down from his preparations in the haunted house with his friend and with several police constables. This part tells of the final moments of the preparations and what happens afterwards...

File size is 7.5 MB and the length is 20 minutes and 46 seconds.

Manual download link here .

On an administrative note, I will be returning to my once a week release schedule, thank you for hanging in there with me. When I started my podcast I was one of the few podcasts out there for audiobooks, I've got increased competition now which has gotten more media attention than my own humble podcast so I appreciate you spending the time to stick with me. If you'd like to help spread the word please see my Link to me page , add me to your delicious or other social bookmarking places or just tell all your friends.

Thanks for listening!

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Happy 2006!

As promised, I'm returning to William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki series by request. This tale finds our intrepid ghost hunter visiting Ireland. In the book collection of these stories, this tale comes after "The Gateway of the Monster " but it can stand alone as its own work. "The House Among the Laurels" will be a two parter.

Podcast length is 21 minutes, 50 seconds and the file size is 7.9 MB.

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Well I can hardly believe it, I've made it to the 20th podcast of The Public Domain Podcast! We've been through 20 weeks, 9 authors, 1 poem, 1 novel, 18 short stories, and one slight microphone upgrade.

Thank you very much for hanging in with me and I hope you will continue to stay subscribed. I value your time as my listener and everyones' suggestions and feedback on the shows have been a real treat for me.

One of my gifts to you this season is this story which I have always admired, about Christmas gift giving with that O. Henry touch.

This 20th show is 14 minutes, 12 seconds long and 5.1 MB in size.

Manual Download available here .

I have another podcast (and perhaps even a surprise) before Christmas but in case I miss you, Happy Holidays!

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This week I'm late in releasing the show, my apologies for any who might have been waiting on it. I have only the holiday busy season to account for it, having gone out of town for Thanksgiving for a week and come back to much work to catch up on for my online stores. I shall still be releasing next week's podcast on Monday so you will get a one two punch of podcasts in quick succession.

This week's tale was suggested by listener, John. It's a thought provoking piece on what makes a coward set in the context of a man about to fight a duel. I quite liked it. EDIT: Caution, this is not regular Christmas fare and may be depressing to some.

It runs 18 minutes and 11 seconds long and is 6.5 MB in file size.

Manual download here .

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The conclusion of the ghost story, "Gateway of the Monster".

Last we heard Carnacki intended to spend the night in the haunted room, this episode picks up from there.

The short story is from the novel, "Carnacki the Ghost-Finder"

Length is 26 minutes 52 seconds and file size is 9.7 Mb. Manual download here .

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This was a requested short story for Halloween by listener, Sid. I was going to do it in one podcast but it was getting long so it will be in two parts.

The short story is from the novel, "Carnacki the Ghost-Finder"

Length is 19 minutes 46 seconds and file size is 7.1 Mb. Manual download here .

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My apologies for the delayed show this week. A friend passed away last week and yesterday was his services. His life was cut short by complications from leukemia even after a bone marrow transplant months before had looked promising enough that he had even returned to work. His rapid decline in health was a bit of a shock, and also in some ways I don't think you are ever prepared for the news of a death of a friend.

He was a fantastic artist and a wonderful man and was supportive of my art as he was of every artist with whom he came into contact. So, I will be releasing a show this week as I know he would've wanted me to keep creating.

Plus, he would have appreciated a good tale of creepy adventure.

~ e

The last installment of The Master of the World by Jules Verne!

It's about 9 Mb in file size and 26 minutes and 24 seconds long.

Chapter Titles are as follows:
17 In the Name of the Law
18 The Old Housekeeper's Last Comment

I hope you've enjoyed my first attempt at recording a full length novel. I did a bit of experimenting with recording techniques and upgraded my microphone so I hope they have been getting better and better.

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Here we go with Chapters 15 and 16! The podcast is 30 minutes long and is about 8 Mb in file size.

This week Inspector Strock finds himself in a surprising place and we find out who The Master of the World really is.

15 The Eagle's Nest
16 Robur, the Conqueror

We're getting close to the end so be sure you're all caught up with the parts of the novel!

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