Dracula: The Danse Macabre

Dracula: The Danse Macabre is off this week, but while we work on Episode 2 we wanted to share a show we love with all of you. This week: Shipwrecked Comedy's hilarious noir adventure The Case of the Greater Gatsby! Listen to the whole show on their Spotify feed. Visit Shipwrecked Comedy's Youtube Page. Support their work on their Patreon! A transcript for this first episode can be found here. * * * A transcript for the message at the top of today's episode: Gabriel Urbina: Hi everyone. Series creator Gabriel Urbina here. Dracula: The Danse Macabre releases every two weeks, and this is one of the weeks when we... don't have a new episode out for you all. I'm sorry! But - but - but... I do have something to make it up to you. During these off weeks, I want to share with all of you episodes of other fiction podcasts that I love, and which I think you'll love as well. Think of it as... companion pieces to Dracula. If you've liked what you've heard of our show so far, you'll probably like these shows and should check them out. Gabriel Urbina: The first podcast that I want to highlight here is The Case of the Greater Gatsby, by the fine folks over at Shipwrecked Comedy. It is a hilarious take on the conventions of film noir, as we follow the adventures of taciturn private eye Ford Phillips and his fast-talking partner Fig Wineshine. The two of them have to delve into the muck of 1940's Hollywood as they try to solve the murder of acclaimed novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald.  Gabriel Urbina: Now, just from that description, you can probably already tell why I love this show. It's fast, it's snappy, it's got great dialogue, and it blends the lines between a literary adaptation and historical fiction in all of these really smart, creative ways. But I don't think anything I could say here would properly convey just how charming the characters are, how genuinely gripping the mystery plotline in the show is, and just how many fun, clever things they do with the audio format. So, instead of trying and failing, I want to just play for you the first episode of The Case of the Greater Gatsby. How does that sound? Good? All right, I thought so too. I am going to leave you now in the capable hands of Fig and Ford, as they take you away to 1940's LA.  Gabriel Urbina: Enjoy, and I'll see you back here next week, for Episode 2 of Dracula, A Stranger in a Strange Land.  * * * THE CASE OF THE GREATER GATSBY Written and Created by Sean Persaud and Sinead Persaud Directed by William J. Stribling FEATURING Sean Persaud as Ford Phillips and Jimmy Stewart Sinead Persaud as Fig Wineshine Tim de la Motte as Archibald Maitland Tom DeTrinis as Robert Leonard Matthew Mercer as Mo Beats Mary Kate Wiles as Vivian Nightingale Joey Richter as Danny Saxman Dante Swain as Bixby Crane Sarah Grace Hart as Wilhelmina Vanderjetski And Christopher Higgins as the Emcee Original music by Dylan Glatthorn Additional music by Kevin Luce Audio recording by Ears Up Studio and Noah Hunt Audio Mixing and Sound Design by Lizzie Goldsmith Executive Producers Paul Komoroski & Michael Walsh Produced by Sean Persaud, Sinead Persaud, and Mary Kate Wiles Special thanks to Kickstarter backers Katie Adamczyk, Ally Brown, Zainab Khan, Shao Chih Kuo, Jane Leach, Avalee Long, Lisel Perrine, Halsea Root, The Rude Mechanicals, Heather Tennant, and Justin Waterman.

Warning: This episode contains discussions and depictions of violence, body horror, imprisonment, and death, as well as menacing situations, disturbing content, and jump scares. Viewer discretion is advised. Episode 1 of 4. May 1893. Sent by his superiors to Transylvania to help a member of the local nobility with a real estate purchase, American clerk Jonathan Harker soon finds himself brought to a foreboding castle. There, he meets the mysterious Count Dracula, and learns of his plans to come to America... as well as the darker secrets the count has been keeping for centuries. Can Jonathan find a way to escape Castle Dracula before the Dracula can set his evil plan in motion? And back home in America, is Jonathan's wife Mina ready for the darkness that is headed towards her? Dracula: The Danse Macabre was created by Gabriel Urbina. Tonight’s episode was written and directed by Gabriel Urbina. Based on the novel by Bram Stoker. It stars Evangeline Young as Mina Harker and Peter Coleman as Jonathan Harker. It features original music by Alan Rodi and sound design by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. Tonight’s episode also features Gnossiene No. 1 by Erik Satie. This interpretation of the piece comes to us courtesy of Pixabay. Script editing by Sarah Shachat. It was recorded by Robby Schwartz at Soho Recording. This has been a Long Story Short Production. * * * Show Website Episode Recording Script Episode Transcript Patreon Twitter Tumblr Instagram Bluesky

Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula leaves his home of Transylvania and comes to the new world, intent on reigning death and destruction upon it. Can Mina Harker and her husband Jonathan find a way to stop him before it’s too late? Bram Stoker’s timeless horror classic returns, reimagined as a four-part audio fiction podcast. But not everything is as it once was or as it seems, so you'll have to listen very carefully as the story unfolds as a dialogue between two of the novel’s iconic characters. Website: https://www.draculathedansemacabre.com/ Twitter: https://x.com/DraculaTDM Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/draculathedansemacabre Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/draculathedansemacabre Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/draculatdm.bsky.social * * * Transcript for this Trailer: Woman: The rules that govern the vampire are well known. (Thunder crashes behind her. A storm grows in power beneath the following:) Woman: He does not die, but clings to life forever. (Dark, foreboding music plays beneath her words.) Woman: Having lost his own life, he must steal the life of others by drinking their blood. Woman: If a place is a home, he may only enter after he's been invited in. Woman: He is destroyed by the sun and cowers at the sight of religious symbols. Woman: He can be put to rest by a stake through the heart, or by the removal of his head, or by means of fire. Woman: And when he crosses a mirror... he leaves behind no reflection. Woman: And though the vampire may look like a man, all traces of intelligence vanish upon death, leaving behind nothing but a beast. There are no vampires that can think like a man. Man: None... except for one. (A powerful crash of thunder.) Announcer: Dracula: The Danse Macabre. A four-part fiction podcast event from Gabriel Urbina, the creator of Wolf 359, bringing Bram Stoker's timeless horror classic to audio. Coming November 13th, wherever you get your podcasts.