Mystery writer, dark history and old-timey radio shows. Creator of Plant Murder & Selene: https://xitter.cf/t.co/SkxBATxsfN @therustyquill
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Joined April 2007
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New Show! 10/13๐ฑPlant Murder๐ช unearths the deadly intersection of plants and true crime. Did a Roman Emperor really die from a mushroom? Why did the Victorians invent a deadly pear?ย Who in the Borgias brandished Belladonna?
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Nothing is more humbling than spending 4 hours researching the specific architectural layout of a 14th century tavern just to write the sentence: "They went inside."
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If I bought this and it didn't come with a ghost, I would ask for my money back.
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That night Toad looked out of his window. 'Drat!' said Toad. 'My seeds have not started to grow. They must be afraid of the dark.'
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It's suddenly September again, and with spooky season just around the corner, the intrepid Joe Ford and I are donning our pith helmets and excavating DOCTOR WHO: PYRAMIDS OF MARS on Hamster With a Blunt Penknife. #MummyTits ๐น
The delightful @MrRobValentine joins me in celebrating this much vaunted classic by way of homework - we watched the Hammer film The Mummy and we're talking about inspiration!
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I had the great pleasure of exploring the dark corners of audio drama and immersive audio with Keith Smith on his Fuel Podcast. I got to talk about Selene, Plant Murder and all the great digital weirdness that surrounds us. Listen here:
thefuelpodcast.com/aaron-j-rโฆ
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If you're a horror creator and not fighting censorship, you're basically hand weaving the noose they'll hang you with. Horror stories have always been in the same penny dreadfuls and blue books as pornography and crime stories. No amount of handwringing will change that.
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He may be the worst concertina player in the world, but don't let that put you off! Peter Capaldi stars in #DavidCopperfield. In cinemas Jan 24. ๐ฉ
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I don't think "Hang Onto Your Lids, Kids" from the movie BLUES IN THE NIGHT (1941) was ever commercially recorded, but Carl Stalling used it occasionally in the background score of the Looney Tunes cartoons. Great energy and lyrics!
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First pages of a beautiful art nouveau edition of an essay on gardens by the Renaissance philosopher Francis Bacon, who was born #onthisday in 1561. Read the whole thing here: buff.ly/30KLqBx #otd
Lord Carnarvon vs. The Nile Papyrus ๐พ๐ก๏ธ A shattered tomb. A wealthy lord. And whispers of a Pharaohโs curse that still chills to this day. Did ancient plants seal Carnarvonโs fate? ๐ฟ๐
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Poe vs. The Ugni Blanc Grape ๐๐๏ธ โIt was night in the lonesome October of my most immemorial yearโฆโ ๐ Edgar Allan Poeโs final days remain a chilling enigma. shows.acast.com/plant-murder๐ One mystery. Five lost days. A haunting legacy. ๐ป
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