Lore Alive 3: Under the Rug
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Lore Alive 3: Under the Rug

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 16, 202627 min

Welcome to Lore Alive, a special Halloween bonus series that brings dark tales from history to life with immersive sound design and voice actors. For today's spooky tale, we travel north to Maine, and the tiny community of Dark Harbor. It is here that a promising marriage falls apart, and a horrifying legend grows up in its place. Lore Alive was created by Aaron Mahnke, with writing and direction by Nicolas Tecosky, audio production and sound design by Brandon Grugle. This week's episode starred Sarah Palm and Joanna, Nick Tecosky as Sal, and Amanda Cucher as...

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Every Friday this October, we're bringing one story from history to life with immersive sound design and talented actors to create an atmosphere that fits the tale. It's the style that you know from other shows I've made, like Thirteen Days of Halloween or Havoc Town, applied to true tales from history's darkest corners.

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This is Lore Alive. I've been at this for nearly 12 years now, and that means that I've told you hundreds of stories that sit at the intersection of history and folklore. Sometimes those tales are of a strange beast that roams the nearby woods, or maybe stories

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of a person who went too far, crossed the wrong line, and transitioned from normality to infamy. Most though are legends of the things we leave behind, our pain, our troubles, our suffering.

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