Mary Shelley brings Shirley Jackson to the campfire to tell her iconic spooky mansion story, The Tale of the Haunting of the Haunted House on Haunted House Hill. This is the second-last of our mini-episodes leading to the launch of our first season on Halloween. Our first full episode, The Tale of the Frankenstein, will also be streamed on Twitch in a special premiere and cast hangout on Sunday 29th! See our social media for details.  

CAST: 

• SHIRLEY JACKSON — Rayna Montgomery 
• MARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'Souza 
• DEAN KOONTZ — Wren Montgomery 
• CLIVE BARKER — Sister Indica 
• STEPHEN KING — Jason Robinson 
• HP LOVECRAFT – Robin Johnson 
• EDGAR ALLAN POE — Rodrigo Borges 

Script by Robin Johnson, adapted from tweets by Bitter Karella. Production and music by Robin Johnson. The Midnight Pals is created by Bitter Karella. All characters are fictitious, especially the real ones. Elements of existing works are used for purposes of parody and comment. 

Shirley Jackson was a prolific author of horror and mystery novels and short stories. Her breakout piece, The Lottery, a short story about the violence lurking behind the facade of small-town American life, resulted in reams of hate mail being sent to Jackson and her publisher from exactly the sort of people it was about. Her novel The Haunting of Hill House substantially defined the modern haunted house subgenre, and has been described by (the real) Stephen King as one of the most important horror novels of the twentieth century. Jackson's work is still in copyright; some can be read or listened to online at https://www.freesfonline.net/authors/Shirley_Jackson.html

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A transcript of this teaser is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-11-shirley-jackson/transcript