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15th Annual SYSK Halloween Spooktacular!
2024/10/31
Stuff You Should Know
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Chuck
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Josh
著名财务顾问和媒体人物，创立了广受欢迎的“婴儿步骤”财务计划。
Josh和Chuck讨论了选择公共领域内恐怖故事的原因，以及寻找女性视角故事的挑战。他们朗读并评论了Algernon Blackwood的《女人的鬼故事》，该故事以女性视角讲述，并包含一些情色元素。他们对故事的叙述方式、人物性格和故事情节进行了详细的分析和讨论，并对故事中表达的主题进行了深入的探讨。
Chuck朗读了Ambrose Bierce的《右脚中趾》，该故事讲述了四名男子在闹鬼的Manton House发生的故事。他们对故事中的人物关系、故事情节和结局进行了分析和讨论，并对故事中体现的主题进行了深入的探讨。他们还讨论了故事中人物的动机、行为和心理状态，以及故事中体现的社会和文化背景。
Chuck评论了在公共领域寻找女性视角恐怖故事的困难，并解释了他们最终选择的故事。他参与了《女人的鬼故事》的朗读，并对故事中人物的性格、关系和动机进行了分析。他还对故事中体现的主题进行了深入的探讨，并对故事的结局进行了评论。
在朗读《右脚中趾》时，Chuck对故事中的人物关系、故事情节和结局进行了详细的分析和讨论，并对故事中体现的主题进行了深入的探讨。他还对故事中人物的动机、行为和心理状态进行了分析，并对故事中体现的社会和文化背景进行了评论。
Deep Dive
Why do Josh, Chuck, and Jerry choose stories from the public domain for their Halloween episodes?
To avoid legal issues like getting sued.
Why are the Halloween and Christmas episodes of Stuff You Should Know ad-free?
They were written into the work contract to be ad-free.
Why was it challenging for Josh and Chuck to find a horror story written by a woman?
Few women were published in the public domain era, especially in horror.
Why did Josh and Chuck choose a story by Algernon Blackwood for this episode?
He was in the public domain and a good writer of ghost stories.
Why did the ghost in 'The Woman's Ghost Story' by Algernon Blackwood want the protagonist's love?
To escape the haunting and find peace.
Why did the four men visit the haunted Manton House in 'The Middle Toe of the Right Foot' by Ambrose Bierce?
To participate in a duel to the death.
Why did the three young men in Marshall challenge Robert Grossmith to a duel?
Grossmith was eavesdropping on their conversation about a murder.
Why did the ghost of Gertrude Manton appear in 'The Middle Toe of the Right Foot'?
To haunt and possibly kill the man who murdered her and their children.
Josh, Chuck, and Jerry introduce the SYSK Halloween Spooktacular, explaining their tradition of reading spooky stories in the public domain. They discuss their preparation process and the challenges of finding stories written by women.
- The hosts each pick a spooky story in the public domain to read.
- Finding stories written by women is challenging due to historical publishing disparities.
- This year, they found a story written by a man but told from a woman's perspective.
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