Pour a drink and tune in for what truly separates life from death, how easy it is to mix up Raiders and Last Crusade, and what may be the grossest Poe story ever. Welcome to Whiskey and the Weird, a podcast exploring the British Library Tales of the Weird series! This season, we're dissecting our third book in the series ‘Promethean Horrors: Classic Tales of Mad Science.’ In this episode, our featured story is: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe.
Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching After Yang (2022, dir. Kogonada); drinking Hudson's Bright Lights, Big Bourbon.
Damien is re-reading White Noise by Don DeLillo; drinking a Corpse Reviver 2 (equal parts gin, lemon juice, Cocchi Americano and orange liqueur).
Ryan is playing Wildermyth (2019, Windows); drinking Blair Athol 12 matured in Flam Wine Barrels.
If you liked this week’s story, check out Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King, The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016; dir. André Øvredal), and/or Stir of Echoes (1999; dir. David Koepp). Hit us up on IG @whiskeyandtheweird with which is the best IfTTT!
Up next: our bonus Halloween episode featuring All Souls' by Edith Wharton.
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