Synopsis
From award-winning author, Mike Bennett, comes Hall of Mirrors: Tales of Horror and the Grotesque. Here you will find stories of Hell and damnation, ghosts, madness, murder, vampires, bizarre hair restoration disasters, and ... pigeons, among other things. Hall of Mirrors is a collection of modern gothic tales with a nail of dark humour hammered through its heart; horrible, grotesque and hilarious. So roll up, ladies and gentlemen, and enter the Hall of Mirrors - if you dare.A modern master of horror, dark comedy, and creepy psychological thrillers. I won't compare him to anyone else because quite frankly, in my humble opinion, he's head and shoulders above them all.Daniel Shaurette. Out of the Coffin Podcast.Hall of Mirrors - The Collected Stories, is a combination of the two previously available Podiobooks podcasts, Hall of Mirrors Volumes One and Two.
Episodes
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Night Crossing
24/03/2014 Duration: 30minMeet Underwood and Flinch as they cross the Mediterranean on a foggy night. Are they being followed? And if so, by whom? And who should be more worried, the hunter or the hunted? A vampire short story that whets the reader’s appetite for the novel, Underwood and Flinch (also available at Podiobooks).
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The Haslet Technique
24/03/2014 Duration: 30minLottery winner, Jim Haslet finds himself caught up in a nightmare when he and his wife are kidnapped by people who don’t want his money, but his bizarre winning technique.
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The Exterminators
24/03/2014 Duration: 24minHenry and Maureen find a very unusual cockroach in their apartment. Have they discovered a new species? This could be their passport to fame and fortune … or the beginning of something horrific
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Give Me a Hundred
24/03/2014 Duration: 16minBenny is late for a hold-up: it’s a hot day, he’s stressed-out, and the large replica handgun in his waistband keeps jabbing at his genitals. Unfortunately for him, his discomfort is only just beginning.
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Poacher's Cottage
24/03/2014 Duration: 01h06minKen Chase is a real estate agent who won’t let anything come between him and the maximum possible profit from a house sale – not even ghosts.
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Hair and Skin - Part Two
24/03/2014 Duration: 59minMadness and horror abound as Hair and Skin comes to its conclusion.
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Hair and Skin - Part One
24/03/2014 Duration: 01h08minMillionaire, Charles Mason, has a grotesque idea for a hair transplant that stops one step short of horrific ... but fortunately, his personal surgeon is sick enough to take the extra steps necessary to make Charles’s dream come true.
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A Lovely Pair of Browns
24/03/2014 Duration: 31minVernon ‘Badger’ Brock goes on a pigeon hunt armed with a rubber flashlight, a cat basket, and a loaf of white bread. A game of cat and mouse ... sort of, with direful consequeces for the loser.
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Wet Velvet
24/03/2014 Duration: 23minRichard Meacher has a dark and terrible desire that he’s managed to keep secret … until now.
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The Green Man
24/03/2014 Duration: 36minIf you go down in the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise – Alec Bingham is murdering his wife. He’s got it all worked out. But there are some things in the woods that even the most careful planning can’t anticipate.
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Trolls
24/03/2014 Duration: 56minAn urban horror story. Edith, elderly and alone and living in an inner-city council block, finds herself the victim of a gang of hoodie-wearing children. She believes they are monsters. Something her son, Martin, finds incredible ... until he encounters them for himself.
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Salvation
24/03/2014 Duration: 01h17minGeoffrey Leech burns in the fires of Hell. When he makes a deal with the Devil, Geoffrey sees more than a chance to ease his suffering – he sees a chance to save his soul. But Satan is not to be easily cheated. Will the Devil get his due, or can Geoffrey escape the horrors of Hell to find his own salvation?