Fantasy & Folktales

Pastafarian Halloween Experience!

Prepare yourself for a frightening experience as you walk through the graveyard that is not so quiet. Ghosts and bats flying around, and strange noises and whispering voices will cause your hair to stand on end.  Warnings are given this place is not for the faint of heart; beware, traveler, for the frights you may experience here may last you for the rest of your "maybe short" life.

This episode shares the Pastafarian Halloween Experience, probably one of the more scary Halloween builds I've visited yet! Then it goes on with another reading of one of Edgar Allan Poe's tales.

Episode 4

Part one:
A small tour of Pastafarian Halloween Experience 2008, on the Linda sim. This is one of the scariest builds I've seen in Second Life, and certainly the most fun...if you like the sight of your own blood!
Just don't lose your head over it!!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Linda/124/195/299

Part two:
Edgar Allan Poe's Tale of "The Masque of the Red Death" read by me, in a story-telling manner. 

Music used in this podcast:

1. Intro & Outro - Excerpts from Brandon Sollins "Sweet"
2. Second Life segment & Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" segment - Excerpts from After Touch's "Sinphony"
   

This episode is approximately 23 minutes long.

Octoberville & Poe!!

Haunted mazes, ghosts jumping out to scare anyone passing by, pumpkin patches, and all sorts of ghouls and costumed characters are what can be found milling about the best Halloween attraction in Second Life you might ever experience.

This episode shares Octoberville, one of my favorite sites to go to and really get into the Halloween spirit. Then it goes on with another reading of one of Edgar Allan Poe's tales.

Episode 3

Part one:
A small tour of Octoberville 2008, on the PixelTrix sim, to whet your curiosity, or nudge you to go brave the scary sights they have created this year, at one of SL's premier Halloween builds.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/PixelTrix/138/86/23

Part two:
Edgar Allan Poe's Tale of "The Pit & The Pendulum" read by me, in a story-telling manner. 

Music used in this podcast:

1. Intro & Outro - Excerpts from Brandon Sollins "Sweet"
2. Second Life segment - 2012's "Don't Forget Yourself"
   
3. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit & The Pendulum" Segment - Blazej Lindner's "Crossroads"

This episode is approximately 45 minutes long.

Halloween!!  It's coming!!

This is my favorite time of year, with all the scary decorated places, haunted graveyards, and dark, dank mansions that only ghosts and ghouls would dare inhabit.  This is the time of year that most everyone in Second Life demonstrates a wicked twist of dementia, and we all hurry to the many incredible builds to see what sort of gruesome tortures we can subject our poor avatars to.

This episode shares two Halloween related places and then goes on with a reading of one of Edgar Allan Poe's tales of gruesome deeds.

Episode 2

Part one:
Check out one of my favorite stores for some fabulous Halloween costumes, and decorations you can add to your home in Second Life.  "A Touch of Ireland" on the Cork Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cork/143/168/29

"Bentham Manor" is one of SL's popular haunted mansions, and scary Halloween build that you can spend hours on fighting off demons and zombies, and more.  You can find Bentham Manor open all year round on the Sevenfold sim.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sevenfold/197/132/169

Part two:
Edgar Allan Poe's Tale of "The Tell-Tale Heart" read by me, in a story-telling manner. 

Music used in this podcast:

1. Intro & Outro - Excerpts from Brandon Sollins "Sweet"
2. Second Life segment - Emissary's "2012"
   
3. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" Segment - James Clarke's rendition of Bach's "Toccata & Fugue in D minor"

This episode is 23 minutes long.

Fantasy & Folktales

With this podcast, my hope is to re-awaken the wonder, the magic and the imagination that we once had when we were children.  Even if it only re-ignites that smoldering ember of creativity, perhaps this podcast will give you, the listener, a glimpse of our rich "story-telling past", as told by the Brothers Grimm. 
 
This podcast is also about the fantasy one can find, and create, in Second Life, but primarily the purpose of this show is to keep a bit of our folkloric history "alive".

The Grimms' Tales I will be reading in "Fantasy & Folktales" are unabridged, and true to the German translation as I could find.

Episode 1

Part one:
Intro as to what this podcast is about, and why I am producing it as my Second Life character.

Part two:
A short segment about the role-playing area called Avilion, located in the virtual world known as Second Life.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avilion/4/130/45
This is one of the biggest and most popular Fantasy role-playing areas in Second Life, and where I make my SL home. 

Part three:
The Grimms' Tale of "Snow White" is read by me, in a story-telling manner. 

Music used in this podcast:

1. Intro & Outro - Excerpts from Brandon Sollins "Sweet"
2. Mid-Intro Segment - Brunswick Duo's rendition of "Handel's Sonata in B Flat"
3. Avilion Segment - Julia Ecklar's "Overture" from her "Divine Intervention" CD
4. The Brothers' Grimm's Snow White Segment - Jim Richmond's "Awakening"

This podcast is about 23 minutes long.