Skeleton Songs
A games and literature podcast all about stories, from London-based indie developers Weather Factory. Forgotten myths, fantastic sources, gothic tropes and ghoulish tales. All with a list of the games / texts we talk about at the bottom of the episode summary, so you can go away and play/read to your black heart's content.
Skeleton Songs
Vampires, As You Don't Know Them
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Lottie Bevan & Alexis Kennedy
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Season 1
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Episode 1
Vampires, vampires and more vampires! From the Malay 'polong' and 'pelesit' to the soucouyants and empousai of Cultist Simulator, Alexis talks the history of the vampire myth before Lottie jumps in with a rendition of Carmilla. Then she embarrasses herself by wishing everyone a spooky day.
Games / books mentioned in this episode, for your gaming / reading pleasure:
- Cultist Simulator, by us
- Interview with the Vampire, by Anne Rice
- Carmilla, by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu
- The Vampyre; a Tale, by John Polidori
- Varney the Vampire, by James Malcom Rymer
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