Caledonian Gothic

There are rituals about to unravel... True stories of Scottish magic unfold after eight children are found in a mysterious lodge. Will you unlock their secrets before it is too late? --- After a long, convoluted history that will perhaps be told one day, CALEDONIAN GOTHIC begins on 28 October 2018. It is a very different beast to how it started life — but that is what happens to organic beings, they grow and mutate. This is a beast we have nurtured and fed and we are very excited for it to be unleashed. So come back here, or to your podcast provider of choice, on 28 October, and the game can begin... Keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter for further developments. --- Sounds & Text: Ali Maloney Theme tune: David Devereux (Tin Can Audio) Logo: Calum MacAskill www.caledoniangothic.com

The first of a few Isolation Tales to keep you entertained while shackled in your dank dungeons. First, one I have been been meaning to do for ages, and my favourite slice of cosmic horror, The Music of Erich Zann by HP Lovecraft.

Stay at home, stay weird. Continuing this small isolation run of some of our favourite horror/weird tales, we are pleased to present In The Penal Colony, from the Cockroach King himself, Franz Kafka, originally written in 1919. Content Warning: detailed descriptions of torture. Uses the public domain translation by Ian Johnston: http://web.archive.org/web/20041204170925/http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/kafka/inthepenalcolony.htm

Continuing this small series of lockdown readings, gathering some of our favourite horror/weird tales, is this wee beastie from Knifepoint Horror, written by Soren Narnia. There will probably be one more story before returning to the writing dungeon, where Season 2 is slowly bubbling in cauldrons and plague pits. If you have any particular requests, please tag us with them on social media (or whisper them to a dead wasp). Stay weird, stay home. Ax        

Just a quick update about Season 2 and what that means for the epsiodes currently up. Questions, comments, ritual components? caledoniangothic at gee mail dot com

TO BRING FORTH DECEPTIONS OF THE EARS; or, A RITUAL FOR SUMMONING A PODCAST SERIES Sounds & Text: Ali Maloney Theme tune: David Devereux (Tin Can Audio) Logo: Calum MacAskill Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International ---- Contains a sample of 'Endless Fummes from the Wormhole" by DID licensed under an Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike License.

There are secret places that you pass every day. It is time for one of them to open...

In which tea is made, a splinter is suffered, and ice cream is purchased.         -- Contains samples of "Circus Freak" and "Rusty Wheel" by Tim Kahn released under Creative Commons Attribution License from freesound.org

In which a festival is celebrated, a thirst is quenched, and a road trip goes on too long.

In which a holiday is taken, answers are found, and a gift is given; an origin story. Recorded live on location at The Stage Hotel, Nottingham

In which a dream is had, a door is found, and a hiding place discovered.

It's a beautiful day, so we go to the beach and try to get you out of that rut...

In which a pantry is raided, a photocopier is fixed, and a tape is recorded.

A story of bells ringing in the snow, written by Soren Narnia.  

CALEDONIAN GOTHIC presents SIX SONGS FOLK HISTORIANS DON'T WANT YOU TO HEAR! THIS MELODY WILL SHOCK YOU!   Theme tune by Amber Devereux (Tin Can Audio) Sound Design & Audio Mix by Gareth Bury Logo by Calum MacAskill Voices: Ali Maloney, Kim Allison, Gavin Inglis, Rhiannon Grist, Sandra Spighel, Josh Holton, and Bram E Gieben. Broadcast Signal Intrusion by Alistair Rennie. For episode transcripts, high quality downloads — and for the ability to donate if you so wish — go to: https://calgothpod.bandcamp.com/album/six-songs-folk-historians-dont-want-you-to-hear-this-melody-will-shock-you   View the series trailer at: https://youtu.be/9LkxaUpcgOI   Original development funded by Creative Scotland and Playwrights' Studio, Scotland.

CALEDONIAN GOTHIC presents SIX SONGS FOLK HISTORIANS DON'T WANT YOU TO HEAR! THIS MELODY WILL SHOCK YOU! Beginning Fools' Day, 2026 Watch the video trailer: https://youtu.be/9LkxaUpcgOI Theme tune by Amber Devereux (Tin Can Audio) Audio Mix by Gareth Bury Logo by Calum MacAskill Voices: Ali Maloney, Kim Allison, Gavin Inglis, Rhiannon Grist, Sandra Spighel, Josh Holton, and Bram E Gieben. Original development funded by Creative Scotland and Playwrights' Studio, Scotland.

CALEDONIAN GOTHIC presents SIX SONGS FOLK HISTORIANS DON'T WANT YOU TO HEAR! THIS MELODY WILL SHOCK YOU!   Theme tune by Amber Devereux (Tin Can Audio) Sound Design & Audio Mix by Gareth Bury Logo by Calum MacAskill Voices: Ali Maloney, Kim Allison, Gavin Inglis, Rhiannon Grist, Sandra Spighel, Josh Holton, and Bram E Gieben. Broadcast Signal Intrusion by Alistair Rennie. For episode transcripts, high quality downloads — and for the ability to donate if you so wish — go to: https://calgothpod.bandcamp.com/album/six-songs-folk-historians-dont-want-you-to-hear-this-melody-will-shock-you   View the series trailer at: https://youtu.be/9LkxaUpcgOI   Original development funded by Creative Scotland and Playwrights' Studio, Scotland.