EPISODE · Nov 9, 2025 · 1H 2M
S8E5: The Sexton's Adventure by Sheridan Le Fanu
from Whiskey and the Weird · host Damien Smith, Ryan Whitley, Jessica Berg
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Where Furnaces Burn by Joel Lane; drinking a canned Spiritless Old Fashioned.Damien is reading Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking a Redbreast 15 Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey.Ryan is reading Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian; drinking the Lagavuhlin 16 yr old.If you liked this week’s story, watch The Forest (2016; dir. Jason Zada)Up next: "A Story Told In Church" by Ada BuissonSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
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Ten penny words are drunken misdirection, sideburns correlate to writing prowess, whiskey that burns in a whole new way, and a GHORSE! Find out what all this jargon means, and why we almost recommended Nic Cage's magnum opus, Ghost Rider, in this hppy-go-lucky episode! Welcome to Whiskey and the Weird, a podcast exploring the British Library Tales of the Weird series! This season, we're bowing in reverence to our eighth book in the collection, ‘Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny’ edited by Fiona Snailham. In this episode, our featured story is: The Sexton's Adventure by Sheridan Le Fanu.
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