For this episode we return to The Weird Circle for a tale entitled “The Red Hand,” in which a young French woman discovers her husband hides a terrible secret that could lead to her death! Will she and her maid successfully disguise themselves and escape the peril they face? Doesn’t The Weird Circle usually do adaptations of literary works? What is dark secret behind Tim’s decision to bring this particular story to the podcast? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
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Is this the shortest MORLS podcast yet?
Not by design, but I think it is the appropriate result.:)
In this episode we are told that justice will not be done because “the prosecutor plans to let matter drop.” I assumed that Tim would reveal that he had chosen this as a deft commentary on current events. Alas…
On the bright side, I had previously criticized the missed opportunity to use Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades” to play out the discussion of “The Young Man with the Cream Tarts” but you have totally redeemed yourselves by playing Nick Cave.
Nick Cave was courtesy of Eric. He does all our “post-credit” gags.
Like Joshua, I also was gripped by the first line (although in the second line, I misheard “the sound of the trap dropping open” as “the sound of the tramp dropping open,” so that caused me a moment of puzzlement) — and it was downhill from there. After that first line, this was really dull. I agree with Eric on principle that a story doesn’t necessarily need to have a lot of depth, and sometimes just an exciting, thrill-a-minute mindless chase can be exactly what you want — but this story didn’t have any excitement, thrills, or suspense whatsoever. It… Read more »
I like the “comfort food” characterization of this episode. At the end when the narrator says “Oh, if I could have helped you,” I briefly thought the author of this immortal story may have been going for a twist where the innocent wife had secret ambitions of becoming a master criminal.
For me, it was less comfort food and more empty calories.
While there wasn’t anything supernatural, I really like this one. Strong female protagonist who uses her smarts and bravery to get the bad guy. Rare and also awesome.
I totally felt the tension and suspense toward the end, because I could easily see her dying by the hand of her husband.
I believe the foley was supposed to be the guillotine.
I found this podcast the same way that the hosts found this story. I was looking for an audio version of Machen’s The Red Hand. And listened to your podcast. You have earned yourself another subscriber through duplicate mishaps.