Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals

Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals: Season 1 trailer

Episode Summary

Living and dead horror authors tell scary stories round the campfire in "Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals", an audio adaptation of Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated comedy-horror microfiction. Full episodes starting Oct 31, 2023.

Episode Notes

Living and dead horror authors tell scary stories round the campfire in "Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals", an upcoming audio adaptation of Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated comedy-horror microfiction. Full episodes start releasing on October 31, 2023, with an early premier and cast chat streaming on Twitch on Sunday October 29th. For more information, see https://midnightpals.com

CAST, in order of appearance: 

• EDGAR ALLAN POE – Rodrigo  Borges
• ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON – Dexter Howard
• HP LOVECRAFT – Robin Johnson
• BRAM STOKER – Joel A.S. Butler
• JONATHAN HARKER – Thaddeus Strange
• DRACULA – Rodrigo Borges
• PATRICIA HIGHSMITH  – Kate Davoli
• STEPHEN KING – Jason Robison
• MARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'Souza
• VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN – Dominic Rye
• DEAN KOONTZ – Wren Montgomery
• CLIVE BARKER – Sister Indica
• SHE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED – Hailey Piper

Trailer edited by Robin Johnson using material from episodes written by Bitter Karella and Robin Johnson. 

Find the Midnight Pals at midnightpals.com or on twitter at @midnight_pals. Subscribe to the podcast at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com or via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your podcast site/app of choice. 

A transcript of this trailer is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/season-1-trailer/transcript 

Episode Transcription

[SPOOKY MUSIC PLAYS THROUGHOUT TRAILER]

EDGAR ALLAN POE (VOICEOVER): We're called the Midnight Society.

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Society...

HP LOVECRAFT: ...I call this story...

BRAM STOKER: ...The Tale of Dracula!

 JONATHAN HARKER (KEANU REEVES IMPRESSION): I'm, like, Jonathan Harker, from London.

DRACULA: Please enter my foreboding castle.

HARKER: Thanks, dude!

POE (V/O): Each week we gather around this campfire to tell our strange and scary tales.

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: The Tale of the Strangers on a Train.

STEPHEN KING: Look here, Patricia, I want those gosh-darn snails off my gosh-darn train!

MARY SHELLEY: The Tale of the Frankenstein.

[SOUND OF ELECTRICAL SPARKS. GRUNTING]

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN: My Frankenstein is ALIVE!!!

[APPLAUSE]

KING: Frankenstein's Monster, you mean?

SHELLEY: Whose [BLEEP]in' story is this?

DEAN KOONTZ: ...and the skeleton eats people!!

KING: Very good, Dean!

CLIVE BARKER: The Tale of the Nightbreed. Or as it was known on its European release, The Tale of the Gay Monsters who Like to [BLEEP]

POE: Clive

ANNOUNCER (V/O): Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals, coming Halloween 2023 to wherever you find podcasts.

[MYSTERIOUS CHANTING]

CREEPY FEMALE VOICE: Hello, children!