EPISODE · May 24, 2026 · 1H 3M
S9E4: The Curfew Tolls by Stephen Vincent Benet
from Whiskey and the Weird · host Damien Smith, Jessica Berg, Ryan Whitley
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching The Household (2025; dir. Luke Shaw); drinking Meier's Creek Backwoods Trail.Damien is watching Super Dark Times (2017; dir. Kevin Phillips) & Soft & Quiet (2022; dir. Beth de Araujo); drinking Hai Seas San Oaks Whiskey.Ryan is watching Civil War (2024, dir. Alex Garland); drinking Tullibardine 15. If you liked this week’s story, read Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess. Up next: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Special 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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Found-footage skate punks chasing cult documentaries, the financial death of novelty beer, luck vs fate, and why “big hat + short dude” apparently counts as historical expertise. Plus, a shocking amount of elevator-cam horror! Welcome to Whiskey and the Weird, a podcast exploring the British Library Tales of the Weird series! This season, we're pondering what could have been with our ninth book in the vast collection, Roads of Destiny: And Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms, edited by Alasdair Richmond. In this episode, our featured story is: The Curfew Tolls by Stephen Vincent Benet
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