The Aldergate Papers
108 episodes
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***UPDATE*** I am excited, exhausted, and frightened to announce that The Aldergate Papers is going to be an audiobook. Which means that it can't be a podcast anymore. Further details to come. My infinite thanks to those whose kind support has kept me going thus far - I look forward to sending you all the finished thing once there is a finished thing. Also t-shirts. There are going to be t-shirts. Do stay tuned, won't you? --- [AUDIODRAMA] Welcome to Aldergate University, a shadowy world of obsessive geniuses, masked strangers, hidden dangers, public nudity, and conspiracies that stretch across the centuries and around the globe. Aldergate's ancient walls hide many secrets, and Sir Adrian Ward - a fugitive billionaire with a dodgy brain and a troubled past - would like to hide as well. When an old pal's severed legs are found practically on his doorstep, however, it's clear his troubles may just be getting started...
Language: English
Format: Audio Drama
Continuity: Serial
Writing: Scripted
Voices: Solo
Narrator: First Person
Genres: Crime and Mystery
Framing device: Journal or Log
Soundscape: Sound effects
Completion status: Partial
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Episodes:
A Message from the Vice-Chancellor
Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:51:05 +0000
A Message from the Vice-Chancellor by Adrian Ward
D12P12 - A Signal in the Noise
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 04:12:45 +0000
You lost, Ward ... send in the goons ... what wants to be a millionaire ... Talk to V ... all is not revealed ... out into the night ... unexpected exercise ... voices in the fog ... in the river darkly ... to rest one's eyes New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 04:37:12 +0000
Behind closed doors ... a room full of nothing ... boarded, braced, and buttressed ... in Drebbel House ... Windows '95 ... HELLO ... the imitation game ... query and response ... an impressive performance ... you lost, Ward. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D12P10 - The Follower in the Fog
Mon, 14 Dec 2020 04:23:39 +0000
Soup and solace ... the bell awaits ... a failure to communicate ... a noteworthy note ... mysterious no more ... out into the darkness ... fogblind ... no longer alone ... a visit from the Horror ... comedic interlude ... a house where no house ought to be ... up the stairs and down the corridor. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D12P9 - Have You Seen the Paper King?
Mon, 26 Oct 2020 02:00:59 +0000
Masks in the shadows ... an onslaught of leaflets ... skulkery and pussyfootage ... the act of self defense ... safe and warm ... off to Midwinter Hill ... a sound of merriment ... tomfoolery and folderol ... the Mendicants, who do not exist ... anti-Mistry activism ... the road not made ... Voskul Tower ... a hole in the history ... the Seven Scholars ... ring bell for service. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:55:40 +0000
To own everything and have nothing ... the mind of Sir John ... the Vice-Chancellor's speech ... better to know ... rabbit redux ... the story of Edith ... what does or doesn't matter ... a close shave ... Hydra Blood. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D12P7 - The Ballad of Black Jack Holborn
Mon, 07 Sep 2020 02:13:53 +0000
The grim, dark future ... does not compute ... the highest esteem ... a little disembowelment between friends ... a question of ownership ... Sir John the Scholar ... lunch is served ... defending one's own ... the reluctant lecturer ... the machinery of humanity ... a compass straight and true. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:44:48 +0000
So many different worlds ... imaginary menagerie ... a problem of geometry ... Point A to Point C ... Kilbury ahoy ... personal grooming ... the scene of the accident ... re-creational activities ... unsquarable ... conduct unbecoming a Bloodletter ... into the club ... saved by the bellhop ... an uncomfortable relationship ... the highest esteem. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D12P5 - A Little Conspiracy Between Friends
Mon, 03 Aug 2020 04:35:30 +0000
Let there be light ... the trouble with Sir Reggie ... a question of swords ... the secret about secrets ... suspected witnesses ... words and meanings ... the Kilbury conjecture ... an artistic interlude ... a fearful shape of things to come. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 20 Jul 2020 03:17:13 +0000
Two sides of a window ... low blood sugar ... the clock on the ceiling ... escape to the unknown ... a much-imagined history ... conspiracy theory and practice ... the innermost planet ... a question of motive ... Keller and Yu ... explanation and exasperation ... revulsion and revelation ... your illustrious predecessor ... a work in progress? New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 06 Jul 2020 03:40:34 +0000
The traitor pawn ... instinct and dread ... gut sense ... a prisoner in a cel ... Brimstone once more ... right on Wych Street ... Death drives a Rolls-Royce ... slow march to eternity ... the lamp post on the corner ... death of an umbrella ... land speed record ... the nuisance of longevity. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D12P2 - A Dark and Stormy Morning
Mon, 22 Jun 2020 04:36:36 +0000
What the well-dressed corpse is wearing ... the implications of unexpected sanity ... boots, suits, and bumbershoots ... cold November rain ... the following figure ... light and shadows ... moving pictures ... Destination Administration ... non-sequitur ... a turn for the worse. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D12P1 - The Morning of the Execution
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 03:58:53 +0000
If you are reading this, Adrian Ward is dead, and the world will end in three days ... countdown to murder ... the Dial room ... a grotesque witness ... the humanity that could have been ... zero hour ... a thought upon waking ... another point of view ... Black Jack's pickle ... suitable dress for the occasion. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
A Brief History of Aldergate - Part II: Riding the Lion
Mon, 25 May 2020 03:33:10 +0000
Part II: Riding the Lion Our history of Aldergate continues with the possible murder of Henry the Young King being quickly followed by the possible murder of Edmund d'Arquelle, first Vice-Chancellor of Aldergate. Nevertheless, the University grows and thrives ... despite constantly running afoul of everyone's favorite genocidal maniac, "Good" King Richard the Lionheart. To listen to A Brief History of Aldergate from the beginning: https://soundcloud.com/thealdergatepapers/ah1 New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D11P10 - What Waits Beyond the Wall
Sun, 10 May 2020 23:04:35 +0000
A face in the crowd ... an unkindness of mirrors ... a woman out of places ... a complicated relationship ... #possibleclue ... the road to Wetherby Three ... Voskul Tower ... a big tomorrow ... a bed is where you make it. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:33:47 +0000
No fair killing you ... the rules of the game ... safe and warm ... an eventful bathroom ... the mannequin in the mirror ... a sorry state ... snip, snip, snip ... getting to the point ... the extraction ... echoes of a scream ... Enter the Horror ... chased upstairs and down ... occupy the mind ... okay, Google ... prescient poetry ... an unhelpful fandom ... a video from August ... an exceptional performance ... an unexpected guest. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D11P8 - The Agony and the Enemy
Mon, 13 Apr 2020 02:41:36 +0000
A body is a terrible thing to have ... no accounting for taste ... thoughts upon the stairs ... a hasty retreat ... wall of fame ... hidden pictures ... nemesis revealed ... braving the cold ... inescapable pain ... a not-unlikely meeting ... a lunch date at the Bloodletters ... once more unto the bridge ... fear death by frostbite ... home at last ... further investigations ... the bandage must go. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D11P7 - Absinthe Makes the Head Go Wander
Mon, 30 Mar 2020 03:23:36 +0000
A roaring fire … the persistence of pain … not a strong suit … running faster than your demons can fly … out into the cold and dark … the company of the Maupin Club … down Crick's Passage … the Bin Trick … the New Bridge revisited … nearly stampeded … strategic tardiness … fool of hard knocks … proof of absinthe … a new tradition … la belle Peabody, and her drill … a missed conversation … the host and the parasite. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 16 Mar 2020 03:25:21 +0000
Vindication! ... powers of observation ... the Mystery of the Second Pate ... Baz returns ... the ghost of a stain ... cautiously seeking Keller ... a date with Dr. Tran ... a well-earned rebuke ... one of many emails ... one name to rule them all ... the voice of the phoenix ... off to Gambrel. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D11P5 - The Birth of King Midnight
Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:09:00 +0000
Calypso for Conspiracy ... all connects with all ... the matching locks ... strolling for vengeance ... transformation ... echoes of Keller ... King Midnight, I presume ... an unsatisfying negotiation ... exasperation ... showtime ... Sammy was here ... the price of revelation. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D11P4 - The Accidental Hostage
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:29:26 +0000
It is a dreadful thing … a troubling collection … tap, tap, tap … Sorrows approaches … the long climb … interrogation scene … hasty calculation … open-door policy … should you stay or should you go? … on killing a witness … in pursuit of answers. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 03 Feb 2020 04:45:38 +0000
Blunt force drama … dragged into darkness … technical difficulties … the only thing worse than not being talked about … foxing around … the view from behind bars … a question of life and death … exit Spectacular … exit Standish … Sorrows approaches. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 05:09:00 +0000
Into Wonderland … a musical interlude … onwards and upwards … Bells is in the building … a view from the Cloister … an unwelcome welcome … stuck in the middle … a grand exit … the stairway of the phoenix … a voice is heard … a door is opened. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: http://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 06 Jan 2020 01:57:43 +0000
A new chapter begins … Epigraph … Sir Reginald Cardew, RIP ... a hole in the head … blood calls to blood ... the unusual suspects ... off to Brimstone House ... a cold night on Lamp Street ... the madding crowd ... Enter Firebug ... two acts of recognition ... a rendezvous with revelation. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:35:36 +0000
Happy holidays to one and all - and what better way to celebrate this festive season than with a delightfully ghoulish ghost story? "The Kit-Bag" by Algernon Blackwood has all the cozy charm and spooky nastiness one could ask for. "The Aldergate Papers" will return in January. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
A Brief History of Aldergate - Part I: Birth of a University
Mon, 09 Dec 2019 03:27:05 +0000
A Brief History of Aldergate - Part I: Birth of a University The City of Aldergate is ancient far beyond recorded history. The University itself, however, was chartered in 1141 - under circumstances as turbulent and mysterious as those of the present day. In Part I of this historical detour we travel from the mists of prehistory right up until the death of Henry the Young King - possibly the first murder connected to the University, and certainly not the last. A Brief History of Aldergate continues with Part II: Riding the Lion (https://soundcloud.com/thealdergatepapers/ah2) New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D10P13 - Slouching Towards Midnight
Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:15:23 +0000
If it isn't Adrian Ward ... a long-awaited reunion ... the politics of hugging ... the Courtiers of King Midnight ... a waste of space ... odd and odder ... a shrine to confusion ... premature death of a cellphone ... hasty departure ... missed connections ... towards Midnight. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 11 Nov 2019 05:00:53 +0000
Suddenly Kebabylon ... fear death by fire ... the hunger trigger ... the long walkabout ... into the Black Library ... a Gothic maze ... the vices of youth ... an unseeable guide ... death of a cellphone ... for love of the game ... meeting Simon Arkwell. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Halloween Special - Keeping His Promise
Mon, 28 Oct 2019 03:51:42 +0000
Happy Halloween! In keeping with tradition at this time of year, Adrian is horribly ill - enjoy, therefore, a charming ghostly tale: "Keeping His Promise" by Algernon Blackwood. "The Aldergate Papers" will return in November. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D10P11 - These Violet Delights
Tue, 15 Oct 2019 04:14:40 +0000
Phoenix falls ... flight of the Valkyrie ... to see and be seen ... secrets of the White Chamber ... duty of care ... pleasures of the flesh ... rain of fire ... sitting duck / cooked goods ... different strokes ... tide of memories ... tying things together ... into the black. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 30 Sep 2019 03:33:56 +0000
Saved by the gong ... so rudely interrupted ... panopticontology ... brand new ancient ruins ... an interlude in the Orange Chamber ... mobile eavesdropping ... to hear and to mishear ... the murder theory ... the suicide theory ... the double-murder theory ... what the ottoman said ... Simon ex machina. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 02:27:52 +0000
The web of the dying spider ... Return of the Belgian ... the Holborn identity ... Enter Lovstrom ... an insuffrable reunion ... hiding habit ... a man of the cloth ... Bastard state of mind ... a conspiracy theory in two-part disharmony. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D10P8 - Whispers in the White Room
Mon, 02 Sep 2019 20:20:07 +0000
Your attention please ... Simon Says ... catching whispers ... the meaning of Brimstone ... touch and be touched ... suddenly Brayden ... links in the chain ... Sammie or Simon? ... history in the making ... the Green Chamber ... see and be seen ... the Mistress of Ceremonies New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D10P7 - The Man in the Stolen Mask
Mon, 19 Aug 2019 03:44:42 +0000
Out of the closet, into the fire ... too close for comfort ... if you can't see him, he can't see you ... inexplicable, ineluctable, insufferable ... the blue and the white … the Corp du Masque … the passion of control … cultural appropriation … social paralysis … the timely arrival of Monsieur Lagrasse … a little parlour music … an end to captivity … Brimstone House awaits. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D10P6 - Welcome to Brimstone House
Mon, 05 Aug 2019 03:10:41 +0000
Peculiar problems of a purple prison ... a case of identity ... welcome to Brimstone House ... the disappointing absence of lions ... the disappointing presence of Bryces ... into the closet ... among the lotos-eaters ... deeper into hiding ... a Belgian's gratitude ... gazing into the void ... the touch of darkness. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D10P5 - The Kitten and the Tentacle
Mon, 22 Jul 2019 04:00:34 +0000
Self-censorship ... no more surprises ... duck bite victim ... the secret in the attic ... coffeeshop politics ... the Brimstone Identity ... serious cat business ... King Midnight ... tentacle agonistes ... a song of milk and sugar ... the Arkwell Conundrum ... onward to battle. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D10P4 - A Crown Called Discontent
Sun, 07 Jul 2019 23:08:33 +0000
Meditations on a paper crown ... the power of symbols, the symbols of power ... comedy plus time equals tragedy ... experiencing technical difficulties ... these violent pursuits ... a Spectacular interlude ... improper forms of address ... Squiggle Ineluctable ... the fall of Wink ... an unjust memory ... Whose Body? ... see what Simon says. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit http://www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 24 Jun 2019 04:21:51 +0000
A new sort of strange ... a sound of revelry by night ... the New Commedia ... a motley cast of characters ... good clean fun ... the arrival of the Conjoined ... the Search for the Crown ... Punch steps out ... audience participation. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 03:21:29 +0000
A failure of flesh ... Naked Came the Vice-Chancellor ... the smell of Bastardry ... a musical interlude ... a pause for reflection ... mandated mental maintenance ... the matter of Squiggle ... a dramatic entrance ... guilty bystanders ... the Howling ... The Incredible Shrinking Stereotype ... the mystery behind the masks New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 27 May 2019 02:05:14 +0000
Sonnet from a machine ghost ... another day alive ... in defense of the Crucible Womb ... indefensible depravity ... a long night behind, and a long day ahead ... forking paths ... The Black Whisperer ... loins girded, forth sallied. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Intermezzo - Casting The Runes (2/2) by M.R. James
Sun, 12 May 2019 21:18:51 +0000
The thrilling conclusion of Casting the Runes, by M.R. James. So ends this brief respite before the strange tenth day of The Aldergate Papers begins. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Intermezzo - Casting The Runes (1/2) by M.R. James
Sun, 28 Apr 2019 20:36:40 +0000
The ninth day is at an end, and the tenth is yet to come. Let us therefore take this fleeting moment between dark and dawn to celebrate a classic strange story: Casting the Runes, by M.R. James. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 15 Apr 2019 03:19:41 +0000
Things fall apart ... the secret in the silence ... the door not taken ... Keller's Room ... when a mess is not a mess ... ecosystem shock ... the thing under the bed ... a shrine to uncertainty ... Brimstone House ... the long walk home ... lost in the crowd ... in search of sanctuary. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D9P9 - The Riddle of the Pooka
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 20:27:41 +0000
Screams lost in screams ... trust nothing ... the silence that followed ... meet Pooka ... no admission ... missing persons ... the mystery of the faithless constable ... a silly boy ... the crime and the coverup ... the darkness beyond the doorway. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D9P8 - Yesterday, upon the Stair
Mon, 18 Mar 2019 03:35:14 +0000
All in bad fun ... in praise of small agonies ... choose your illusion ... bitter cold ... secrets within secrets ... a dialogue between Self and weakness ... return of the Masked Ones ... odd behaviour ... the coward's way out ... through Prometheus Gate ... hard homecoming ... what the voice said. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:27:12 +0000
The price of knowing ... persons of interest ... Profundior! ... the Old Stairs ... the new Archives ... a Spectacular child ... Keller the enigma ... onward to Eldon House. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers/ Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Mon, 18 Feb 2019 02:23:58 +0000
Dangerous living ... the Diarist Detective ... cavernousness ... when is a table not a table ... the blue butterfly ... a reflection upon selection ... down once more. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Wiki: thealdergatepapers.wikia.com/wiki/Alderpedia_Wiki Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Aldergate-Papers Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw
D9P5 - The Office of Invitation
Mon, 04 Feb 2019 03:04:37 +0000
In cafea conspiratio ... lovely Igor ... the Office of Invitation ... the present foot shortage ... the aesthetics of prosthetics ... the search for Aldergatians ... Dedi's disgraceful digs ... the Lex Aldergatiensis ... the back door. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Wiki: thealdergatepapers.wikia.com/wiki/Alderpedia_Wiki Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Aldergate-Papers Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw
Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:09:48 +0000
Waffles for lunch ... the dweller in the tower ... a geometry problem ... the Adminotaur ... another paper infestation ... the winding ancient stair ... the deepest door ... the lurking fear ... a voice from below. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Wiki: thealdergatepapers.wikia.com/wiki/Alderpedia_Wiki Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Aldergate-Papers Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw
Sun, 06 Jan 2019 21:01:13 +0000
Man against machine ... the Cult of the Bellringers ... a series of inconvenient kidnappings ... a second Sweet Sorrows sighting ... a musical interlude ... suspect everyone ... the power of life and death ... the Choir Invisible breaks its silence ... looking and leaping. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Wiki: thealdergatepapers.wikia.com/wiki/Alderpedia_Wiki Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Aldergate-Papers Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw
D9P2 - The Shadow of the Hidden Hand
Mon, 24 Dec 2018 04:48:23 +0000
Late to bed, early to rise ... cross-category romance ... artistic differences ... between a rock and a hard case ... a question of motive. You can find "On Bastardom" at: soundcloud.com/thealdergatepapers/on-bastardom New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Wiki: thealdergatepapers.wikia.com/wiki/Alderpedia_Wiki Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Aldergate-Papers Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 04:07:54 +0000
***CONTENT WARNING: Contains descriptions of certain facts about human history and the forces that govern it, knowledge of which may result in injury or death.*** On Bastardom: Being a brief explanation of the Heres Mundi and their role in shaping civilization both past and present. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Wiki: thealdergatepapers.wikia.com/wiki/Alderpedia_Wiki Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Aldergate-Papers Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw
D9P1 - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Fugitive
Mon, 26 Nov 2018 03:39:58 +0000
Spitting blood ... a young face in an old portrait ... life or death ... escape to the museum. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Wiki: thealdergatepapers.wikia.com/wiki/Alderpedia_Wiki Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Aldergate-Papers Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw
Halloween Special - The Rats in the Walls, Part II
Sun, 11 Nov 2018 21:28:05 +0000
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - The Rats in the Walls, Part 2/2 Halloween never ends - but this brief seasonal hiatus must. "The Aldergate Papers" returns next episode. Until then, enjoy the thrilling conclusion of H.P. Lovecraft's horrifying classic "The Rats in the Walls." New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Wiki: thealdergatepapers.wikia.com/wiki/Alderpedia_Wiki Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Aldergate-Papers Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw
Halloween Special - The Rats in the Walls, Part I
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:51:20 +0000
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - The Rats in the Walls, Part 1/2 Happy Halloween to all ... except to Adrian Ward, who is ill. It's not all bad news, however - "The Aldergate Papers" is a finalist for the 2018 Parsec Awards! Why not pay the other finalists a visit at the link below? For the moment, enjoy this timeless classic tale of terror from H.P. Lovecraft. "The Aldergate Papers" will return in November. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com 2018 Parsec Awards Finalists: http://www.parsecawards.com/2018-finalists-and-winners/ Wiki: thealdergatepapers.wikia.com/wiki/Alderpedia_Wiki Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Aldergate-Papers Twitter: twitter.com/therealadrianw
The Aldergate Papers - Introduction & Day 1
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 02:00:31 +0000
Introduction & Day One Welcome to Aldergate University, a shadowy world of obsessive geniuses, masked strangers, hidden dangers, public nudity, and conspiracies that stretch across the centuries and around the globe. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers/ Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
A Ransom Note to My Dear Listeners
Mon, 01 Oct 2018 02:51:13 +0000
In this moment of crisis, I extend my hand - dear listeners - to you. --- Site: http://thealdergatepapers.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers/
D8P5 - Scenes From a Hostile Takeover
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 01:57:26 +0000
Day 8, Part 5: Scenes From a Hostile Takeover - Being stabbed in the back is hardly my favorite pastime, but at least I generally know what I've done to deserve the daggers. Not this time, however. What's worse, I myself appear to be an accomplice to my own betrayal. It's bad enough being one's own worst enemy. This forming-alliances-against-myself business really is a step too far... For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D8P4 - If You Can't Keep Your Head
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 18:09:18 +0000
Day 8, Part 4: If You Can't Keep Your Head - The only thing worse than having to wade through the muck of University politics is drowning in the stuff. My increasingly unreliable brain keeps stealing time at awkward moments. It's bad enough that I've got to give thirty College Heads a chance to ritually murder me - now something's gone awry, and I've no memory to explain what it could possibly be. Thirty simultaneous games of no-limits Texas hold 'em, and half my cards are stuck to the table. Jolly good. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D8P3 - Sir Adrian Views the Body
Sun, 19 Aug 2018 20:50:12 +0000
Day 8, Part 3: Sir Adrian Views the Body - A pair of severed legs is all that remains of my old friend and rival Samantha Brayden. All that's been found so far, at any rate. And I, who understood her as well as anyone can claim to, simply cannot figure out what could have happened ... except that there must be some as-yet-unsuspected player in her murder. Not just Sammie, not just her killer, but some other, unseen element that brought them together under the fatal circumstances. I suspect that perhaps only I am in a position to work out what it was. In my copious spare time... For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D8P2 - Among the Lowest of the Dead
Sun, 05 Aug 2018 19:22:27 +0000
Day 8, Part 2: Among the Lowest of the Dead - Six feet under? That's barely even a start. At the Wetherby Medical Centre, the mortal remains of expired patients take the long trip to the deepest official sub-basement of La Gorgone. For murder victims, however - or at least for my old pal Sammie - the Morgue is only the first stop. Even further down, in the teeming sub-sub-basements, Aldergate's brilliant and highly experimental scholars are pursuing their own self-directed studies. One of them has taken charge of Sammie's severed legs ... and he's got something urgent to communicate to my suddenly-suspicious Chief Constable. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D8P1 - The Time is Out of Joint
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 23:19:57 +0000
Day 8, Part 1: The Time is Out of Joint - Call me a greedy pig, but really I only want what's mine. My University - and all of it, not just the bits to which some jumped-up lab rat sees fit to grant me access. My brain - all of it, at all times, and no more of this temporary-nonexistence nonsense. My life - and the full three-score-years-and-ten, if you please, with as little getting-murdered as can be conveniently arranged. Is that too much to ask? Alas, so it would seem... For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D7P6 - Night of the Dawn of an Era
Sun, 08 Jul 2018 21:51:19 +0000
Day 7, Part 6: Night of the Dawn of an Era - Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. Lucky crowned head, I say - it seems mine doesn't get to lie down at all. The hand that wears the Vice-Chancellor's ring is up 'til all hours recording a memorable meal ... and the remarkable guests in attendance. The University Council will be a handful to wrangle and no mistake. Still, I'm sure I'll manage - if they don't kill me first. Which one of them almost certainly will... For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D7P5 - Rendezvous at the Aldergate Museum
Sun, 24 Jun 2018 23:25:25 +0000
Day 7, Part 5: Rendezvous at the Aldergate Museum - The Aldergate Museum contains a unique and infamous trove of arts and artifacts, but the museum itself has a history as long and strange as the collection it contains. It's also neutral territory for the University - which makes it the perfect place to hold my first meeting with the University Council. As luck would have it, the Musical Egg - the friendliest of my little personal collection of hallucinations - has decided to accompany me to this fateful rendezvous. Just a little reminder that, as I sit down to this Byzantine new game at an unfamiliar table, I will not be playing with a full deck. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D7P4 - Heavy Traffic on Memory Lane
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 02:58:59 +0000
Day 7, Part 4: Heavy Traffic on Memory Lane - The shortest distance between two points is never a straight line - not in Aldergate. To get to my first meeting with the University Council I've got to traverse miles of twisty medieval streets and decades - if not centuries - of troublesome history, my own and otherwise. Looking back now, I can see that getting the job of Vice-Chancellor was, perhaps, too easy. Doing the job, however ... that promises to be quite another matter. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D7P3 - Vivat Rex and Curat Lex
Sun, 27 May 2018 18:22:09 +0000
Day 7, Part 3: Vivat Rex and Curat Lex - All hail me! The die is cast, the ceremony is complete, and the internet is loving it. Do I wish that the world cared more about my historic inauguration than about Aldergate's student bodies? Yes, I do wish that. But no matter. Sammie's murder is still a secret, my tracks remain covered, and Sir Adrian Ward is now officially the 51st Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aldergate. Now I'm off to a banquet with the University Council - or I will be, if Baz can locate my missing car. Why does that keep happening? Ah well - I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D7P2 - The Morning Before History
Sun, 13 May 2018 17:05:03 +0000
Day 7, Part 2: The Morning Before History - The day has come at last. I didn't think I'd live to see it - and I may not live long enough to enjoy it - but here we are. It's inauguration day, and in a few short hours I shall officially become the 51st Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aldergate. Will this solve a single one of my problems? It will not. Will it give me yet more to worry about? It will. Do I have to wear a silly robe and get dragged about in the pouring rain by the dead hand of tradition? I do. Wish me luck! For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:57:54 +0000
Day 7, Part 1: The Self Unknown - Mysteries are more fun when they happen to other people. It's not that I enjoyed the prospect of starving to death in my own basement; really, I'm awfully glad to have escaped. I only wish that I had some idea of how I did it. At least this time OtherWard - the self who isn't me - decided to be helpful, rather than nearly killing me. Nevertheless, he remains an uninvited guest. I shall have to learn more about him. Specifically, how to rid myself of him once and for all... For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 17:50:57 +0000
Day 5 or 6, Part 2: Entombed! - Is this the end? Trapped by unknown enemies in my own cellar, battered and starving, stalked by shadows and haunted by echoes ... is this the final chapter in the strange life of Adrian Ward. No, no it isn't, but it's a pretty dashed tense and unpleasant one, and I've really no idea how I'm going to get out of it. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:54:08 +0000
Day 5 or 6, Part 1: De Profundis - Oh dear. And things were going so well. What ought to have been a simple midnight snack has become a matter of life or gruesome death. After hours - perhaps days? - spent trapped in the decaying darkness of the Manse's cellar, I'll be lucky if I ever see daylight again ... or, perhaps, unlucky. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
Sun, 18 Mar 2018 16:33:56 +0000
Day 4, Part 5: A Clue with a View - Near-death experiences have a wonderful way of focusing the mind ... and mine was badly in need of a bit of focus. Having once more cheated the reaper, super-sleuth Adrian Ward returns to Gambrel College in search of Sammie's secrets. But success - however unexpected - may be fleeting. Things are about to take a sticky turn... For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D4P4 - Tea Among the Bloodletters
Sun, 04 Mar 2018 17:42:44 +0000
Day 4, Part 4: Tea Among the Bloodletters - Narrow escape, eh? Hardly, I fear. My disorderly retreat into the Bloodletters Club was not an escape at all; just a stay of execution, and a figurative one at that. The real death sentence still looms. Still, if one must pick a last meal, one could do much worse than what the Bloodletters is serving up. A few more pies and puddings with old Prof K, and I may just cheat the hangman after all... For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
Sun, 18 Feb 2018 23:46:16 +0000
Day 4, Part 3: Up from the Ashes – Onward! Weary and wounded I may be, but I’m also incredibly well dressed. Off to my date with Baz! A date which it seems I’m destined to miss for reasons not yet apparent, but no doubt I’ve got a good excuse. That’s more than can be said for whoever’s taken over the spot where Hobson Mews used to be. I finally revisit the spot for the first time since the fire … and rather wish that I hadn’t. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D4P2 - The Facts in the Case of S. Brayden
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 23:02:54 +0000
Day 4, Part 2: The Facts in the Case of S. Brayden - All clouds have silver linings, even the ones that conspired to ruin a favorite pair of shoes. If that nightmare hadn't turned me into a soaking, bleeding refugee from my own cowardice, I'd not have had the chance to really dig into the mystery surrounding my old pal Sammie ... and I don't just mean her murder. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D4P1 - A Midwinter Night's Mare
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 21:02:03 +0000
Day 4, Part 1: A Midwinter Night's Mare - Can't stand dreams. Awful things, make you feel so utterly helpless. Death by fire ... death by water ... it's bad enough that they follow me about during waking hours, a chap's bed ought to be his refuge. But it's not all bad, I suppose. If it weren't for that nightmare, I'd never have met Parata... For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D3P3 - Setting the Scene of the Crime
Sun, 07 Jan 2018 20:14:13 +0000
Day 3, Part 3: Setting the Scene of the Crime - It's a new year ... and how better to ring in the new than with a visit to the place where Sammie's body was found? Bits of it, at least. I also endured a nasty fall, and rather a questionable run-in with those Masked Ones that continue to clutter up the Pentangle. Ah, well. Nothing a hot bath and a large scotch can't fix, eh? Cheers! For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
Holiday Special 2017 - Told After Supper (Jerome K. Jerome)
Sun, 24 Dec 2017 21:45:04 +0000
HOLIDAY SPECIAL - "Told After Supper" by Jerome K. Jerome - Greetings from behind enemy lines. Since last we spoke, this monstrous old house has been overrun with guests - they've stolen my privacy, and also the extensive collection of blankets and spare furniture with which I'd created my little recording nook and all-purpose snuggery. I am *not* pleased. Goodwill-towards-man is one thing, but there are limits, and this sudden crush of humanity has made it entirely impossible for me to record the next episode in the dubious saga of VC Adrian Ward, KBE, Alds, &c. Still, all is not lost. The Aldergate Papers shall carry on into the new year, just as soon as my hosts evict this festive mob and let me have my things back. In the meantime, it is my pleasure to offer a supercut of my own personal holiday favorite: "Told After Supper," a delightful compilation of Christmas Eve ghostliness by the inimitable Jerome K. Jerome. Happy holidays to one and all. Stay warm, stay safe, and I'll see you bright and early in 2018.
D3P2 - Frighted with False Fires
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 02:22:11 +0000
Day 3, Part 2: Frighted with False Fires - Fire in a crowded theatre - or even a sparsely-populated one for that matter - is hardly the sort of thing one likes to encourage. Especially when the theater in question is the Aldergate Playhouse, which is buried deep underground and has a distressingly mobile museum perched on top of it. At least this time it's not *my* life that's in danger. No, just my dignity. Such as it is. There's rather a lot of mustard on these pages; I'm afraid I had my lunch that day with rather more enthusiasm than technique. I plead mitigating circumstances - I was hungry to start with, and that was before an afternoon featuring ancient monoliths, deadly chandeliers, and Baz's awful yellow Reliant Robin. Still ... onwards and upwards, what? Downwards, rather. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D3P1 - À la recherche du temps volé
Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:57:35 +0000
Day 3, Part 1: À la recherche du temps volé - Bit nervous for my blind date with the Chief Constable. Got to hope he's sharp enough to solve Sammie's murder quickly and quietly, but not *so* sharp that he discovers some of the other corpses I've got lying about the place. Metaphorically speaking. Mostly. Anyhow, too many new mysteries need solving to waste time with ancient history. For example: The Mystery of the Returning Pen, the Mystery of the Thing on King's Common, and - perhaps most important of all - the Mystery of Why My Favourite Pint Doesn't Taste The Way It Used To. A detective's work is never done, eh? Wouldn't mind so much if I could just get a decent night's sleep for once in my life... For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
Sun, 12 Nov 2017 23:26:42 +0000
Day 2, Part 3: Madness and Murder - All is not well at Aldergate University. Wonderful to be back, of course, but the madness of Sir Reggie lives on in the bizarre mess of mangled books with which he's decorated what's now *my* office. Also, the weather has once again turned foul, and some vile fiend is foiling my attempts to finally visit Bonehenge. Then, of course, there's the matter of Sammie's murder. That's distressing enough without considering the yet-more-troubling matter of Sammie's murderer. A fine old mess all 'round, even before strange women start jumping at me out of basements. Hardly the triumphal return one might have hoped for, eh? For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D2P2 - Encounters With the Local Wildlife
Sun, 29 Oct 2017 21:55:29 +0000
Day 2, Part 2: Encounters With the Local Wildlife - Happy Halloween, Aldergatians all. There may be something sinister brewing at Aldergate University, but at least the locals are friendly. Mostly. This episode finds me crowned king of a silent LARP. I like to think that I was a wise and just monarch for the duration of my brief reign. Then I got lost looking for my office, and almost crushed a student to death - I suppose the burden of command affects everyone differently. Anyhow ... for the moment, at least, things seem to be looking up, eh? Smooth sailing from here on out, I'm sure of it. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D2P1 - Present Fears and Horrible Imaginings
Sun, 15 Oct 2017 21:35:34 +0000
Day 2, Part 1: Present Fears and Horrible Imaginings - I hate being frightened. Such an awful, useless feeling. I retract every kind word I ever spoke about things that go bump in the night; I curse them all and wish them plague, individually and as a class. Uff. Welcome back to Aldergate, eh? My first full day starts with unknown intruders and mysterious letters, and apparently ends with me cowering in my own library. Join me, won't you? Meet me in the frying pan, and we can all jump together. For more, visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com
D1P3 - In the Company of Ghosts
Sun, 01 Oct 2017 16:51:41 +0000
Day 1, Part 3: In the Company of Ghosts - Things going bump in the night is the least of my troubles. It's those *other* night-things that worry me - the silent, stealthy things that lurk inside the walls, or in the past, or just behind my eyes. Also murderers, of course. Can't forget them. My beautiful fire is burning low, and I'm running out of candles, and I still can't quite believe I'm back at Aldergate. Still, if I can just make it through tonight ... well, then I can face my *real* problems. Goody-gumdrops. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers/ Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
D1P2 - The Return of the Prodigal
Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:13:05 +0000
Day 1, Part 2: The Return of the Prodigal My first night back at Aldergate started off odd, and isn't getting any less odd as it goes along. The power's still out, and I'm running out of candles - not a happy state for a fellow who's being haunted. Ghosts of the past, ghouls of the present, and that's even before we tackle the issue of freshly-murdered pals. Well, nobody ever said being Vice-Chancellor would be easy. Actually, I seem to recall Baz saying exactly that, but of course Baz doesn't know that I'm on the run from rather a nasty lot of former friends-in-high-places. They won't find me here, surely? I haven't even managed to find the bathroom yet... New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers/ Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Introduction and D1P1 - Aldergate Revisited
Sun, 03 Sep 2017 17:42:44 +0000
Introduction / Day 1, Part 1: Aldergate Revisited Welcome to the Aldergate Papers. We begin where it all began: with one of my old friends murdered, and several of my new friends trying to do the same to me. To avoid them - and for other reasons - I have made my triumphal return to dear, strange old Aldergate University. So it begins. Where it ends may be quite a different story - possibly a horror story, possibly for all of us. For now, at least, I'm home at last. New episodes of "The Aldergate Papers" are released every second Sunday. For more, please visit www.TheAldergatePapers.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealadrianw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thealdergatepapers/ Wiki: https://thealdergatepapers.fandom.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAldergatePapers
Keeping His Promise, by Algernon Blackwood
Sun, 05 Mar 2017 23:02:57 +0000
Keeping His Promise, by Algernon Blackwood - A ghost story. A typical ghost story, one might almost call it, if one didn't mind being wrong. "Keeping His Promise" is so tangled up in the winding sheets and weighed down by the chains of its ghost-storiness that a careless reader might easily write it off as merely a conventional – if masterfully executed – example of that genre. I, however, would disagree with that assessment. You must decide for yourself. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
The Damned Thing, by Ambrose Bierce
Mon, 13 Feb 2017 01:36:31 +0000
The Damned Thing, by Ambrose Bierce - This story finds Bierce at the height of his powers of wit, craftsmanship, and pitch-black humor. His grasp of the physical sciences are, perhaps, a horse of a different color; a fact that should detract not at all from your enjoyment of this classic bit of awful Americana. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 21:33:48 +0000
Caterpillars, by E.F. Benson - A strange sort of ghost story, if indeed that's what it is. It's certainly a classic of English horror literature, though not one that is likely to foster affection for all creatures great and small. I do hope you enjoy it. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
Told After Supper, by Jerome K. Jerome (Part 2 of 2)
Sat, 07 Jan 2017 19:35:15 +0000
Told After Supper, by Jerome K. Jerome - Happy Christmas Eve to all you lovely dead persons. And, for those yet among the noisy minority, here is the conclusion of perhaps the least terrifying collection of ghost stories ever penned. A foolish mind is the consistency of small hobgoblins, so I'm celebrating the season with some lighter fare. Happy Hogswatch, Merry Malkh, and Jolly Saturnalia to one and all. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
Told After Supper, by Jerome K. Jerome (Part 1 of 2)
Sun, 25 Dec 2016 16:27:19 +0000
Told After Supper, by Jerome K. Jerome - Happy Christmas Eve to all you lovely dead persons. And, for those yet among the noisy minority, here is the first half of perhaps the least terrifying collection of ghost stories ever penned. A foolish mind is the consistency of small hobgoblins, so I'm celebrating the season with some lighter fare. Happy Hogswatch, Merry Malkh, and Jolly Saturnalia to one and all. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
The Hog, by William Hope Hodgson (Part 3 of 3)
Tue, 13 Dec 2016 01:51:32 +0000
The Hog, by William Hope Hodgson (Part 3 of 3) - The thrilling conclusion! And by thrilling, I mean of course a sensible and scientific recounting of how Carnacki the Ghost-Finder came nose-to-snout with an elder monstrosity that, for sheer inhuman awfulness, rivals Lovecraft at his most alienated. Incidentally, I shall neither confirm nor deny being trapped in a well while recording the intro and outro for this episode. I will say only that innattention to proper well-safety protocols and/or microphone gain are the stuff nightmares are made of. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
The Hog, by William Hope Hodgson (Part 2 of 3)
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:26:54 +0000
The Hog, by William Hope Hodgson (Part 2 of 3) - Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder returns for more adventures with abominations from beyond human understanding. This episode finds him teetering on the brink of purest cosmic horror; even if he escapes, I doubt he'll ever eat another bacon sandwich. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
The Hog, by William Hope Hodgson (Part 1 of 3)
Sun, 13 Nov 2016 20:48:08 +0000
The Hog, by William Hope Hodgson (Part 1 of 3) - This story is part of Hodgson's "Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder" series, which I heartily recommend and which are narrated by said Carnacki, your typical occult scientist-about-town. One might (and Lovecraft did) criticize the Carnacki stories for their professional attitude towards cosmic terror. In this story, however, Hodgson has confected a masterwork of the uncanny, the unclean, and the abominable. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
Sun, 30 Oct 2016 00:21:48 +0000
Celebrate the haunting season with three of Edgar Allan Poe's best-loved stories: - The Tell-Tale Heart - The Masque of the Red Death - The Cask of Amontillado For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
The Rats in the Walls, by H.P. Lovecraft (Part 2/2) - One Last Story
Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:59:48 +0000
The Rats in the Walls, by H.P. Lovecraft (Part 2/2) --- Welcome back, and welcome to the thrilling conclusion of The Rats in the Walls. We rejoin poor Mr. Delapore - or is it De la Poer? - who has just passed a trying and mostly sleepless night thanks to a stampede of unseen rodents that has disturbed not only him but all nine of his beloved feline companions as well. He now prepares to get to the bottom of this inexplicable infestation … a bottom which may lie somewhat deeper than he presently suspects. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
The Rats in the Walls, by H.P. Lovecraft (Part 1/2) - One Last Story
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 14:44:28 +0000
The Rats in the Walls, by H.P. Lovecraft (Part 1/2) --- Lovecraft, for all his faults, remains the undisputed godfather of cosmic horror - and the only choice for the denary episode of One Last Story. Listen to the strange and troubling story of poor Mr. Delapore as he returns to the land of his ancestors and is not entirely pleased with what he finds there. Be sure to come back next time for part two, and the thrilling conclusion. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
Casting the Runes, by M.R. James - One Last Story
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 23:06:09 +0000
Casting the Runes, by M.R. James ----- M.R. James - a Cambridge man, though of course we don’t hold that against him - is widely regarded as a leading master of the ghost story. His first collection, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, contains many gems of the genre. Its sequel, which includes the story I’d like to share with you, was published in 1911 under the title ‘More Ghost Stories’. Not an especially creative title, nor entirely accurate, for ‘Casting the Runes’ is not what one might conventionally think of as a ghost story. It is, however, an undeniable masterpiece of the occult. Of that which is, or should be, kept well-hidden. I do hope that you enjoy it. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
OLS - Bonus Track - Perversity
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:14:31 +0000
Perversity. Perversity. Perversity, perversity, perversity. Perversity. Words can be difficult sometimes. Especially when you're trying to record them, and you can't get them right, and so you say them again and again until they stop meaning anything. ----- For more One Last Story, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
The Repairer of Reputations, by Robert W. Chambers (Part 2 of 2) - One Last Story
Sat, 03 Sep 2016 15:18:45 +0000
The Repairer of Reputations, by Robert W. Chambers (Part 2 of 2) --- From a collection called The King in Yellow, published by Robert W. Chambers in 1895. Beloved of H.P. Lovecraft and highly influential, the spreading tendrils of this story may be seen squirming their way through almost all of the weird fiction and cosmic horror of the past century. I must warn you - this story is not to be taken at face value. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
The Repairer of Reputations, by Robert W. Chambers (Part 1 of 2) - One Last Story
Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:57:58 +0000
The Repairer of Reputations, by Robert W. Chambers (Part 1 of 2) --- From a collection called The King in Yellow, published by Robert W. Chambers in 1895. Beloved of H.P. Lovecraft and highly influential, the spreading tendrils of this story may be seen squirming their way through almost all of the weird fiction and cosmic horror of the past century. I must warn you - this story is not to be taken at face value. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
The Diary of a Madman, by Guy de Maupassant, & Sredni Vashtar, by Saki - One Last Story
Sat, 06 Aug 2016 18:44:16 +0000
The Diary of a Madman, by Guy de Maupassant & Sredni Vashtar, by Saki ----- The Diary of a Madman - Guy de Maupassant's horrifyingly plausible tale of a respected and beloved man with a secret and disturbing hobby. Sredni Vashtar - Saki's darkly hilarious story of a sickly child who finds comfort in a religion of his own making. For more, visit TheRealAdrianWard.com
The Cold Embrace, by Mary E. Braddon - One Last Story
Sat, 23 Jul 2016 22:40:57 +0000
The Cold Embrace, by Mary E. Braddon --- We're all guilty of something, aren't we? This story, written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon in 1860, just shows how important it is not to permit your little crimes and cruelties to follow you about. Incidentally, I've got a few ghosts of my own to shake off - not to worry, I could do with a bit of exorcise. Anyhow, enjoy the misery and terror, and be sure to let me know your thoughts at: therealadrianward.com
The Torture Of Hope, by Villiers de L'Isle-Adam - One Last Story
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:59:59 +0000
The Torture of Hope, by Villiers de L'Isle-Adam --- What could be more fun than the worst moment of someone else's life? Cruel and unusual - this dreadful little story from 1883 is both. Written by a dispossessed French aristocrat, it is a pitch-black celebration of both barbarism and refinement. Enjoy, if you can. I shall not condone the occasional antisemitism - but a little gratuitous sadism never hurt anyone. Want more? Want less? Let me know at: therealadrianward.com
Extracts From Gosschen's Diary No. 1, by ??? - One Last Story
Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:02:24 +0000
Extracts From Gosschen's Diary No. 1 --- Here's a jolly little story for you - one I think we can all relate to. Everybody does horrible things from time to time - but it's hard enough killing one's wife without wondering afterwards whether it might have been an error, what? Anyhow, I hope you enjoy this gem from 1818. If you do, let me know, won't you? therealadrianward.com/
The Man In The Bell, by William Maginn - One Last Story
Thu, 02 Jun 2016 22:46:03 +0000
The Man in the Bell, by William Maginn --- Back again, with an awful little story from the bad old days of Blackwood's Magazine. This rough-hewn gem that influenced Edgar Allen Poe - and if you're familiar with Poe's work, you'll see just how deep it cut. I hope you enjoy it. I seem to be doing rather better these days, and am cautiously optimistic about carrying on. Let me know, won't you? http://therealadrianward.com/
The Outsider, by H.P. Lovecraft - One Last Story
Wed, 18 May 2016 22:47:28 +0000
The Outsider, by H.P. Lovecraft --- We all deserve a bedtime story. A few last words to carry with us into the darkness. I don't know when I'll take that final step - I've been dying for the past few years, but while I'm sure to get there eventually I haven't quite managed it just yet. In the meantime I find myself a captive of circumstance; I can't leave the house, or even the bedroom most days. This has given me a world of time for reading, and my long flirtation with the Reaper has given me a perverse taste for the peculiar and the macabre. Join me, won't you? I have assembled quite a collection of pretty horrors – and I would like to share them with those who may lack my dubious advantages. I shall start with my personal favorite: “The Outsider,” by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. May it bother you, as it has bothered me.