Pleasing Terrors
Pleasing Terrors
Mike Brown
Join acclaimed ghost storyteller Mike Brown for a bi-weekly tour through the shadows of history. The Pleasing Terrors Podcast features stories about haunted places, creepy history, and forgotten folklore.
Charleston Gothic (Part 1)
In this episode, we take a look at Edgar Allan Poe's "The Gold Bug," a story about an encrypted map that leads to a buried pirate treasure. We will visit a haunted theater and discuss a play a play about the death of Poe that was first performed there in 1994. The story, the ghosts, and the play are all clues that lead to a hidden treasure that Poe was attempting to find in Charleston in 1828.  This is the first installment of a two-part story.   Works Cited: Buxton, Julian T., The Ghosts of Charleston , Beaufort Books, 2001 Caskey, James, Charleston’s Ghosts: Hauntings in the Holy City, Manta Ray Books LLC., 2014 Dawidziak, Mark, A Mystery of Mysteries,  St. Martin's Press, 2023 Downey, Christopher Byrd, Edgar Allan Poe’s Charleston, History Press, 2020 Downey, Christopher Byrd, A History Lover’s Guide To Charleston, The History Press, 2023   Hecker, William F., Private Perry and Mister Poe: The West Point Poems, 1831 Louisiana State University Press, 2005 Jacobi, Jolande, Complex/Archtype/sSymbol in the Psychology of C.G. Jung, Bollingen Foundation Inc., 1959 Main, Roderick Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal, Princeton University Press, 1997 Pitser, Sarah.  Haunted Charleston, Morris Book Publishing, LLC., 2013 Poe, Edgar Allan,  Complete Tales and Poems, Maplewood Books, 2013 Wiles, Julian, Nevermore, The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1998 Jacobi, Jolande, Complex/Archtype/sSymbol in the Psychology of C.G. Jung, Bollingen Foundation Inc., 1959 Main, Roderick Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal, Princeton University Press, 1997
Jan 17
1 hr
The Mermaid Returns: Part 3
The conclusion of the three part series which combines history, ghosts, true crime and fairytales.
Dec 21, 2022
47 min
The Mermaid Returns: Part 2
The second episode in a three part series about one of Charleston's lost stories. It is a true story that combines history, true crime, ghosts and fairy tales. 
Dec 10, 2022
52 min
The Mermaid Returns: Part 1
This is the first in a three part series about one of Charleston, South Carolina's lost stories. It combines history, ghosts, true crime,  amd fairytales.
Nov 30, 2022
52 min
Here Are Dragons
This episode features the untold story of the origin of King Kong.
Mar 29, 2021
47 min
Last Breath
This episode tells a story about pirates and a haunted dungeon.
Oct 30, 2020
1 hr
The Mermaid
This episode tells the story of the Charleston mermaid.
Jul 23, 2020
47 min
Corpsewood
This is a story about a German fairytale and a brutal murder in northwestern Georgia.    Suggested reading: The Corpsewood Manor Murders In North Georgia by Amy Petulla
Oct 23, 2019
46 min
Through A Glass Darkly
This a story about the Titanic, Victorian sex trafficking and a mummy's curse.        
Sep 17, 2019
34 min
Shadows of Savannah Part 2: The Dead Time
Haunted houses, midnight witchcraft and famous murder in historic Savannah, Georgia.
Aug 15, 2019
38 min
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