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Celebrate Poe

George Bartley

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This podcast is a deep dive into the life, times. works. and influences of Edgar Allan Poe - "America's Shakespeare." Mr. Poe comes to life in this weekly podcast!
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Beyond The Oblong Box

Levi Leland & Virginia Poe

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Beyond The Oblong Box is a podcast born of a need to eliminate misinformation about Edgar Allan Poe. Join your hosts Levi Leland and Virginia Poe as they discuss the loves, life, works, and the world in which Poe once resided.
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Masterpiece Theatre meets Mystery Science Theater 3000 in a podcast of highbrow readings and lowbrow commentary. Comedians Kelly Nugent and Lindsay Katai come together to read aloud classic and not-so-classic literature from the public domain and provide real-time commentary with the help of special guests. Subscribe now to experience the best and worst from the likes of Edgar Allen Poe, Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sherwood Anderson, Jack London, and many more... no one escapes ...
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Virginia History Podcast

Robert Van Ness

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The Virginia History Podcast covers the rich history that has made the Commonwealth what it is today. Events covered during this podcast will include - Colonial Era American War for Independence Pre-Civil War Civil War Reconstruction Early Modern Virginia During the World's Wars Cold War Virginia Contemporary Virginia Along the way, I will blog, mostly small notes, resources, and pictures to supplement the history at www.vahistorypodcast.com
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NPR's Mountain Stage

West Virginia Public Broadcasting

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The Mountain Stage Podcast is the complete recording of the entire live show. It features songs that were cut from the radio broadcast, and it is the only place you can hear the full finale song. New episodes become available about 10 days after the premiere broadcast date. We have Spring and Fall seasons of new broadcasts, so if you heard a recent show but don’t see it at the top of the feed, just scroll back a few weeks or use the search function to find a specific artist.
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Send us a text Welcome to celebrate Poe this is episode 382 - Poe’s Pit and Pendulum. Ghost sound Glad you're there Mr. Poe. You know in the previous episode we discussed the Raven. I would like to take a similar look at what I personally feel is one of your Best stories - the pit and the pendulum - although the black cat, the mask of the red death…
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Send us a text Welcome to celebrate Poe - episode 381 - Edgar Poe Explains the Raven. Sorry if I gave you the wrong idea in the previous episode, but in this episode I want to delve more into Poe’s most famous work. GHOST SOUND Hello Mr. Poe Greetings Mr. Bartley Very welcome to see you today Mr. Poe. I was just saying that I wanted to deal into yo…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - This is episode 380 (getting on up there) called More Supernatural Elements. Mr. Bartley: I have the Ghost of Mr. Poe here, and would like to dive right into Mr. Poe’ s basic belief about his character’s struggles. Mr. Poe: Ah, Mr. Bartley - permit to emphasize that it was important to frequently examine th…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - This is episode 379 - Supernatural Elements Well How are you, Mr. Poe - and waiting to begin our conversation Very tolerable, Mr. Bartley -and most eager to share our thoughts. Mr Poe - It seems that you often employ eerie and decaying settings to create an atmosphere of dread and suspense. For example, in …
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe. Episode 378 - Chilled Into Stone Well, in the previous episode Mr.Poe and I were engaged in a vigorous - don’t know if that is the right word for it - a vigorous discussion about what many consider to the his best story - The Fall of the House of Usher - although to be honest, I prefer The Tell Tale Heart or…
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This episode was recorded on May 4th, 2025 at Canady Creative Arts Center in Morgantown, WV. The lineup includes Eric Bibb, Moira Smiley & The Rhizome Quartet, Twisted Pine, The McCrary Sisters, and Yasmin Williams. https://bit.ly/3Fsk1NqBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 377 - The House is a Vampire! My name is George Bartley, and for the rest of this series, I want to really look into a house that might not make it into Better Homes and Gardens - but is often classified as Edgar Allan Poe’s greatest work. The story is definitely Gothic in tone, complicated from a p…
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Send us a text Mr. Bartley - plain font Mr. Poe - italics font Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 376 - A Crawling Shape In this episode, I would like to slightly change the subject to early Gothic novels such as The Castle of Otrano - literature that most scholars believed influenced Edgar Poe’s works. Ah, Mr. Bartley - I know that some scholars h…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 375 - Tormented I have the ghost of Mr. Poe here - and I would like to ask Mr. Poe a very basic question that many readers of your work have - Mr. Poe - why did you use so much gruesome imagery in your works - imagery that would be difficult for many readers in the mid19th century to handle. Ah, Mr.…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate. Poe. Episode 374 - PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES where the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe and myself continue our discussion of how the writer surpassed the boundaries of Gothic literature We begin this episode by continuing our discussion on how the theater might've affected your writings. Mr. Poe: Ah, Mr. Bartley, Now the …
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - What Is Gothic - Episode 373 - the first of a extended series of podcasts - at least 10 podcasts under the general subject title of Poe and Gothic literature. This podcast episode begins with a few bars of “Come Rest in this Bosom.” Very calm, peaceful, and relaxing - and a medley that one of Edgar Poe’s be…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 372 - Dracula and Doubles Before we go any further, I want to give you a basic definition of a double in literature or movies - first using some fairly recent examples. Now a "double" refers to a character or figure that acts as a duplicate or counterpart to another, often embodying opposing traits …
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Send us a text Welcome to Episode 371 - The Black Vampyre In this episode I would like to delve into a literary work published by C. Wiley and Company on June 23, 1819 - The Black Vampyre. Unfortunately, the story has a lot of archaic words that we just don’t use any more - so I think a better way to look at The Black Vampyre is tell its overall st…
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This episode was recorded on April 6th, 2025 at Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, VA. The lineup includes Al Stewart, Livingston Taylor, Sweet Honey In The Rock, The Nighthawks, and Cristina Vane. https://bit.ly/4lWtFIyBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - This is 370 - The Judge’s House, Part Two If you have not heard the previous episode, I recommend that you listen to Episode 369. That episode has an interesting introduction to the tale, as well as the beginning of the slow-burn drama and eventual of Bram Stoker’ The Judge’s House. Tonight the rats disturb…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 369 The Judge’s House, Part One But before we go any further, I want to announce that Celebrate Poe has now had downloads in 100 countries and territories. Now I have another surprise for you from Bram Stoker’s 1914 Dracula’s Guest - a short story called The Judge’s House. I admit that I first thoug…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe. This is Episode 368 - Varney VS Dracula This podcast has had episodes about Varney the Vampire, as well as Bram Stoker’s Dracula - but you might well be wondering - what are the realdifferences between the two vampires? Weren’t all vampires of the 19th century alike. Well, in this episode, I am going to try …
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 367 The blood is the life! Today I would like to start out by comparing Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s castle to Edgar Allan Poe’s decaying House of Usher. Both Castle Dracula and the House of Usher are iconic Gothic settings that share several key characteristics, emphasizing decay, isolation, and a sense…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 366 - Would You Like Some Sugar with Your Flies - In this episode, I would like to zero in for a look at my favorite character in Dracula - Renfield. Now while Dracula operates in the shadows, Renfield's behavior acts as an overt "index" of the vampire's presence, making him a more visible and errat…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 365 - Vampire Brides Let’s jump into Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic novel - Dracula. Now the character of Count Dracula draws from draws from historical figures, folklore, and literary innovation, and is widely believed to be inspired by Vlad III Dracula (Vlad the Impaler), a 15th-century Wallachian prin…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 365 - Dracula’s Guest, Part Two And welcome to the second part and conclusion of Bram Stoker’s Dracula Guest. As I looked there came a cold shiver in the air, and the snow began to fall. I thought of the miles and miles of bleak country I had passed, and then hurried on to seek the shelter of the wo…
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This episode was recorded on March 9, 2025 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV. The lineup includes The MC Taylor Goldsmith Show (featuring Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger), Kat Edmonson, Ken Pomeroy, Jonny Fritz, and Scott Mulvahill. https://bit.ly/4iftS6O…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 363 - Dracula’s Guest, Part One Finally - this podcast is beginning a series of episodes about Bram Stoker’s Dracula. First, I am going to delve into - at some detail - what is often felt to be the first chapter of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and was first published as "Dracula's Guest” in the short story…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 362 - Poetry and Dreams I was looking through articles about Poe to find information for a future article regarding why do so many people read Edgar Allan Poe. And I found some great stuff and certainly will be writing an episode or two about that subject. But I found an article that said that more …
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Send us a text Welcome 361 Vampires and Religion Now I was planning to do some Easter theme episodes on Celebrate Poe - yes there is a connection - and looked at the calendar - assuming that Easter took place in March or early April - but I was really surprised to find out that this year Easter takes place on April 20 - one of the latest possible d…
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This episode was recorded on February 16th, 2025 at the Canady Creative Arts Centerat West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. The lineup includes Larkin Poe, Victoria Canal, Raye Zaragoza, Ron Pope, and Christian Lopez. https://bit.ly/3RWmKBeBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 360 - Dracula at Church Welcome back to Dracula at Church - and if you have not listened to the previous episode, it might really help you to understand some fascinating ideas about the unintended role of vampires in religion. Now the Church's depiction of vampires as demonic entities provided solac…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 359 - Vampires and the Last Supper When I started this podcast, I assumed the topics of the Last Supper and Easter would have nothing to do with anything related to Poe - oh sure, we do have evidence that the Allans attended the Anglican - or Episcopal Church in Richmond - but basically we don’t rea…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - my name is George Bartley, and this is episode 358 - Pre Dracula 2 or Calling Me By Your Name. The title of this episode - Calling Me By Your Name - is a variation on a phrase - Call Me By Your Name - taken from the text of a letter written to Walt Whitman by one of Whitman’s admirers - none other than Bram…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 357 - Pre Dracula I promise you that after this and the following episode, I will begin a series of episodes about the big one - at least the big one in the field of vampirism - Bram Stoker’s Dracula. You see, before there was the blood-drinking figure in a black cape, there were reanimated corpses …
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This episode was recorded on February 2nd, 2025 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV. The lineup includes The Headhunters, Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters, David Berkeley, Buffalo Rose, and Crys Matthews. https://bit.ly/42AWjHvBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 355 - Poe and Vampires While Edgar Allan Poe didn't write about traditional vampires, his exploration of vampiric themes places his work within a broader context of vampiric literature, showcasing the versatility of the concept beyond just blood-drinking monsters. And hopefully within the next few m…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 355 - Why All the Fuss About Dracula Episode 354 should be a relatively short episode - the subject is Stoker’s Dracula - and I want to briefly explore some reasons WHY Dracula is considered a great book. But before I start, I am going to be talking about all kinds of aspects of Dracula - and I know…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 354, Encountering Poe’s Ghost Revisited I looked at the time I have left for podcasts this month, and realized that I had just enough for one more episode - and this will not be a long episode at all. So I would like to revisit the first episode, and update it a little bit. By the way, this first ep…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - and this is episode 353 - Loathsome Mass of Detestable Putridity Hello, my name is George Bartley, and the Ghost of Mr. Poe is here right beside me. I hope you have listened to the previous episode for sections from 5 of Poe’s six hoax stories. But there is one more - a story that is very much a hoax, - not…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 352 - Poe’s Hoaxes, Part One Being April Fool’s day, today I want to look at Poe’s six hoax stories - in fact, Edgar Allan Poe approvingly called his time the “epoch of the hoax.” Even though Poe’s motives in writing hoaxes may sometimes seem odd or obscure, his hoaxes live on as a quirky and fascin…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 351 - From Feast of Blood - This is the final episode of Celebrate Poe - at least for now - devoted to Varney the Vampire. Now, as mentioned in a previous episode, the entire work spans 876 double-columned pages and 232 chapters, totaling nearly 66,000 words. And the author does a rather good job of…
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This episode was recorded on December 8, 2024 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV. The lineup includes SKip Moore, Joy Clark, Brad Tursi, Andrew Marlin Stringband, and Matt Mullins & The Bringdowns with guest host David Mayfield. bit.ly/4iwypCoBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Be Content to Suffer - This is episode 350 of Celebrate Poe - a bit of a milestone for this podcast. And I must admit that when I started Celebrate Poe, I had no idea I would make it this far - and there is still so much of Poe’s life, his works, and the many influences on his writing to delve into - and I …
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - episode 349 - Varner (I mean, Varney) the Vampire Hope you have listened to episode 348 about Varney the Vampire but you might be asking yourself, How does Varney's sympathetic portrayal differ from other vampire stories of the time? Well, Varney the Vampire stands out as a pioneering sympathetic portrayal …
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 348 Feast of Blood Varney the Vampire is an extremely influential work in the vampire genre, first appearing as a serialized gothic horror story between 1845 and 1847. The was well before Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Varney was published as a series of weekly cheap pamphlets known as "penny dreadfuls," ta…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 347 - The Origins of Vampires - Today I would like to delve into what is believed to be the beginnings of the vampire myth. So this specific episode will NOT be dealing with Dracula or Nosferatu, or any of the relatively recent names that we associate with vampires, and not specifically with Edgar A…
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This episode was recorded on December 1st, 2024 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV. The lineup includes Stephen Kellogg, Jill Sobule, Mindy Smith, Caleb Caudle & The Sweet Critters, and The David Mayfield Parade, with guest host Conor Knighton. http://bit.ly/3FLIixDBy West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 345 - Challenging Male Authority Well, I had planned for the previous episode to be the last one where I dealt with Carmilla - but I soon found out that the work was easy to get into, but hard to get out of. So what follows is another - and hopefully the last - episode regarding Carmilla. You see, ”…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - This is episode 345 - Stirring Sexual Desire I was looking at the podcast episodes I have done, and realized that I had written three or more episodes for each subject. But I only did two for Carmilla, and have come to realize that the narrative does deserve more attention. You see, there is no question tha…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - This is episode 344 - Leaving Me Trembling Hope you are doing well, and I will just jump right into it - One of the most explicit passages in Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla that hints at lesbian desire, within the constraints of Victorian Gothic literature, is as follows: "Sometimes after an hour of apathy, my…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate 343 - The First Lesbian Vampire After looking at some of the alleged crimes of Elizabeth - and by this time, I am ready to call her actions a part of folklore - I’d like to delve in a definitely fictional female character who helped shaped the Gothic tradition in literature. The novella by Sheridan Le Fan was cal…
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Send us a text Welcome to Celebrate Poe - This is episode 342 - Confined to a Castle This episode is the fourth episode of Celebrate Poe dealing with Elizabeth Bathory, the Hungarian countess accused of serial murder. Now it was next to impossible for a person of her statue to be imprisoned, so it was said that she was confined to a Castle in Slova…
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