Comments on: Episode 129: The Red Hand

By: Carlton

Carlton — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 04:48:06 +0000

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.

By: Smuggins

Smuggins — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 01:30:58 +0000

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.

By: Joshua English Scrimshaw

Joshua English Scrimshaw — Fri, 10 May 2019 00:44:13 +0000

In reply to Marc. Nick Cave was courtesy of Eric. He does all our "post-credit" gags.

By: Joshua English Scrimshaw

Joshua English Scrimshaw — Fri, 10 May 2019 00:41:08 +0000

In reply to Christian Neuhaus. For me, it was less comfort food and more empty calories.

By: Christian Neuhaus

Christian Neuhaus — Sat, 04 May 2019 16:27:07 +0000

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.

By: Dave Potts

Dave Potts — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 19:38:27 +0000

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 was just dull.

And those closing lines where she’s expressing pity for the killer were really bizarre. It almost felt as if the producers had said, “Gentlemen, we’ve just picked up a new sponsor — the Church — so we’ve got to tack on an inspirational moral at the end to balance out all of the murders, no matter how out of place it might seem.”

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 13:22:44 +0000

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.

By: Tim Uren

Tim Uren — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 21:02:05 +0000

In reply to David Feldmann. Not by design, but I think it is the appropriate result.:)

By: David Feldmann

David Feldmann — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:50:46 +0000

Is this the shortest MORLS podcast yet?