Deadly Days-Tales of Dark Fantasy
Dark Fantasy Stories translated and read by Joe Bandel. Newly translated stories by German authors like Hanns Heinz Ewers, Karl Hans Strobl, Leonhard Stein and many others. Each week will feature a different short story. These stories span the time period of German decadence (1890s-1920s). They include horror, Sci-Fi and dark fantasy in general. All stories copyright Joe E. Bandel.
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Episodes
73 episodes since 2020
074 The Amber Witch by Wilhelm Meinhold
074 The Amber Witch by Wilhelm Meinhold. The beautiful girl Maria is unjustly accused of witchcraft and brought to the Question. Will she confess?
September 14, 2024
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36:42
073 The Ring by Leonhard Stein
073 The Ring by Leonhard Stein. Erwin is tired of his girl friend and wants to get rid of her. But she is hopelessly devoted to him. That is until he receives a mysterious ring from Veit von Hugel.
September 07, 2024
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24:04
072 The Demon of Death by Georg von der Gablentz
072 The Demon of Death sends out his mighty vultures. Misery, Hate, Envy and Madness to scourge the earth and rid it of humans.
August 30, 2024
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10:24
071 The Lady in the Scarlet Mask by Paul Busson
071 The Lady in the Scarlet Mask by Paul Busson.What happens when a ghost visits her great-grandson at a fancy ball? Can he help her?
August 23, 2024
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22:37
070 The Sixth Companion by Karl Hans Strobl
070 The Sixth Companion by Karl Hans Strobl. Sometimes gluttony can be a sin and sometimes it can save you unless the devil takes a hand in it.
August 16, 2024
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35:54
069 The Water Corpse by Hanns Heinz Ewers
069 The Water Corpse by Hanns Heinz Ewers. This short story is somewhat autobiographical of Ewers himself and gives some insight into the human condition. Ewers wanted to write poems about the soul of flowers and the only thing his audience wan...
August 10, 2024
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14:40
068 The lie by Leonid Andreyev
068 The Lie by Leonid Andreyev. Sometimes it is better to tell the truth! Isn't it??? But what if you don't know what the truth is?? This little story hits a bit too close to home for comfort. . .
August 02, 2024
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30:37
067 Cox City by Apollinarius Wileem
067 Cox City by Apaullinarius Waleem. A tale of horror and cannibalism in the frozen Canadian artic.
July 26, 2024
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13:17
066 The Electric Piano by Leonhard Stein
066 The Electric Piano by Leonhard Stein. What happens when a classical pianist dies and can't perform his contracted last concert?
July 20, 2024
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20:11
065 Broken People by Georg von der Gablentz
065 Broken People by Georg von der Gablentz. This is a very powerful story of tragedy and love. It broke me!
July 12, 2024
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1:16:34
064 One From The Circus by Paul Busson
064 One From The Circus by Paul Busson. The tears of a clown take a totally new meaning in this tragicomedy that hits to close to home!
July 05, 2024
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25:14
063 The Bloodletting Man by Karl Hans Strobl
063 The Bloodletting Man by Karl Hans Strobl. True terror awaits the sisters of the convent. Saint Simon has replaced their normal phlebotomist and things are about to get lively!
June 29, 2024
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57:05
062 From the Journal of an Orange Tree by Hanns Heinz Ewers
062 From the Journal of an Orange Tree by Hanns Heinz Ewers. Can a person really be transformed into an orange tree?
June 14, 2024
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59:15
061 The Heart Line by Ugo Ojetti
061 The Heart Line by Ugo Ojetti. The tale of the fickleness of a woman's heart.
June 07, 2024
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16:47
060 Dios Vienne by Leo Perutz
060 Dios Vienne by Leo Perutz. An excerpt from the novel "The Marquis of Bolibar".
June 01, 2024
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32:04
059 The White Animal by Georg von der Gablentz
059 The White Animal by Georg von der Gablentz. When Dr. Rudiger is called for a medical emergency he never expected an encounter with the supernatural! Especially an encounter with true terror!
May 24, 2024
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1:03:09
058 Abdon by Paul Busson
058 Abdon by Paul Busson. This story is special to me and rather than trying to give a description I will simply say that it has my highest recommendation! Some stories touch your heart and soul in strange and mysterious ways and that is ...
May 17, 2024
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34:14
057 Take Marinescu by Karl Hans Strobl
067 Take Marinescu by Karl Hans Strobl. Professor Gerngruber and I were going to the most remote parts of Romania. I was going on a hunting trip and Professor Gerngruber was going to study the language and customs of the primitive people that l...
May 15, 2024
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1:20:09
056 How Eleven Chinese Devoured Their Bride
Warning: Some people may be offended by this humorous story of sodomy and besiality written over a hundred years ago. 056 How Eleven Chinese Devoured Their Bride by Hanns Heinz Ewers.
May 05, 2024
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21:38
055 The Inspired Poet by Fritz Bauer
055 The Inspired Poet by Fritz Bauer. Think good thoughts, think good thoughts! How far will that get you? Let's find out what happened to the inspired poet.
April 26, 2024
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13:29
054 The Coffee Pot by Theophile Gautier
054 The Coffee Pot by Theophile Gautier. This is a straightforward well beloved ghost story by the famous French author Theophile Gautier. The guest is invited to sleep in the bedroom of the host's dead sister who had passed away two years prev...
April 20, 2024
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24:18
053 The Case of Lieutenant Infanger by Karl Hans Strobl
053 The Case of Lieutenant Infanger by Karl Hans Strobl. Lieutenat Infanger and a former associate, Baron Latzmann, are mysteriously abducted. Could this be related to a time several years ago when they had participated in the desecration...
April 12, 2024
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38:02
052 The Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Four Holy Three Kings by Hanns Heinz Ewers
052 The Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Four Holy Three Kings. The main character in this story attempts to educate an American woman on her visit to Cologne for the first time. But she is very strong willed and will only go to certain places. ...
April 05, 2024
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32:51
051 The Curve by Hanns Heinz Ewers
051 The Curve by Hanns Heinz Ewers. This humorous story depicts two types of study of curves and reminds me of today's modern world. Which type of curves do you study?
March 29, 2024
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21:14
050 The Wonder of Oberpurzelsheim by George Hirschfeld
050 The Wonder of Oberpurzelsheim by George Hirschfeld. Mr. Leopold Rohricht is the pharmacist of Oberpurzelsheim and a good person. He loves to talk and he is very good at debate. So good that no one likes to be caught in a conversation with h...
March 22, 2024
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25:26