A Frightful Fret with Melysette

A Frightful Fret with Melysette

Melysette reads classic and contemporary works of science fiction and horror with a few other surprises. A Hyphen Podcast Group production. https://linktr.ee/melysette

Episodes

December 6, 2022 11 mins
Spoiler free review of Violent Night and, I finally watched the Snyder cut of Justice League - will I ever be the same?
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Quick spoiler free review of Halloween Ends. Give Jaime Lee Curtis an Oscar for her portrayal of Laurie Strode already!
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September 24, 2022 17 mins
Mel gets a little personal discussing the pitfalls of being the person who tries (and fails) to help an addict recover, self imposed isolation, and trying to make friends when everything about you screams red flag.
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September 16, 2022 12 mins
A Frightful Fret as we know it will be ending, and Mel will be transitioning to a new format over the next few episodes. Tonight, she discusses the importance of the horror genre as a social construct.
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August 5, 2021 20 mins
In this stripped down episode, Mel gets personal and discusses major life changes brought on by health, how they've impacted the podcast, and what it means for the future.
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March 20, 2021 36 mins
Welcome to Season II of A Frightful Fret where we bring you a very special episode. Tonight we welcome Cagen Luse of the upcoming event Comics in Color, podcaster/rapper Ro Rockwell and rocker Weston Cage Coppola of the band Archduo and we discuss a broad range of topics from spirituality to food - Check out my article on Archduo at the Hyphen Podcast Group   This week's episode is sponsored by BuddyBroham.com  Opening and closi...
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A quick reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas (aka A Visit from St. Nicholas) as performed online on 12/24/20. This poem is by Clement C. Moore, first published in 1823, read by many, but perhaps immortalized by American singer/pianist/actor Liberace, who released it on vinyl in 1974 on the label Mistletoe Records. 

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It's our 1 year anniversary and we have a few special surprises in store. This week we talk Frankenstein and other monsters with Dr. Bruce Magee, Professor of English Literature at Louisiana Tech University and Dr. Rudolph Pienaar, Assistant Professor in Radiology at Boston Children's Hospital. We also have the Frightful Fret premier of the latest single from The Feels titled, 'She's Probably Not Thinking of Me.' This episode is sp...
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Marcus Robinson of We Should Do This Again Sometime and a frequent guest of the Hyphen Nation Podcast chats with Melysette in an origins story that isn't completely what you expect. Hang out with us as we hang out and talk about things we like, including scary things.
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Welcome to A Night at the Fearter! Somebody spiked Melysette's Diet Coke with that same concoction that transformed Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde creating Bellysette, our host du jour. Taking over the production with producer Igor, they listen to the 1938 radio production War of the Worlds along with a few special guests.  Starring: Bellysette, Igor, Kelen Conley, Handsome Bane, and DL Holmes, and a special thanks to Violet Vixanne.
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We have finished the story of Frankenstein, and what a story! A huge thanks to everyone who has listened and a special thanks to The Hyphen Podcast Group for their continued support!
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October 10, 2020 24 mins
How y'all is? A song from 1977 is topping the charts in 2020. Kat & Marc of WSDTAS have special Halloween episodes @kat_chinetti and @showinmadlove ILAPOW @ila_pow has a series on cancelled convention culture. Melysette reads chapter 23 of Frankenstein. Make sure you keep up with all of the Hyphen Podcast Group shows on Twitter & Instagram: @hyphenpodcastgroup Follow @melysette on the socials as well as Patreon and Ko-fi.
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Melysette, the Hostess with the Ghostest takes a break from Frankenstein so we can end our season on All Hallows Eve! Our Mistress reads the ballad La Belle Dame sans Merci by John Keats. A Frightful Fret is a production of the Hyphen Podcast Group. Follow the HPG on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hyphenpodcastgroup Make sure you keep up with all of the Hyphen Podcast Group shows on Twitter & Instagram: @hyphenpodcastgroup Foll...
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A Frightful Fret welcomes the lovely and talented singer songwriter Dana Benedict, who happens to have a song called Frankenstein on Spotify (spoiler, you can hear it during this episode)! Find Dana Benedict on Spotify and visit danabenedict.com for more wonderful content, you will not be disappointed! Special thanks to Dana for beautiful reading and to our sponsors at The Hyphen Podcast Group. Support the Hyphen Podcast Group on P...
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September 19, 2020 31 mins
Your Hostess with the Ghostest Melysette reads chapter 21 of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Victor in Ireland! A Frightful Fret is a Hyphen Podcast Group Production. Support the Hyphen Podcast Group on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hyphenpodcastgroup Follow our hostess to keep up with episodes and more on the socials @melysette and find Melysette on Patreon and Ko-fi. Make sure you keep up with all Hyphen Podcast Group shows on o...
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September 12, 2020 29 mins
Melysette continues the Frankenstein saga with Episode 20 and doesn't spoil season 2, because she hasn't even gotten through season 1!
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September 5, 2020 14 mins

Melysette takes a break from Frankenstein and reads The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Hyphen Podcast Group on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hyphenpodcastgroup Follow our hostess to keep up with episodes and more on the socials @melysette and find Melysette on Patreon and Ko-fi. Make sure you keep up with all Hyphen Podcast Group shows on our Twitter & Instagram: @hyphenpodcastgroup

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August 29, 2020 28 mins
Melysette reads chapter 19 of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Frankenstein goes to Scotland! RIP Chadwick Boseman, and welcome Obvious Nonsense to the Hyphen Podcast Group Family Support the Hyphen Podcast Group on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hyphenpodcastgroup Follow our hostess to keep up with episodes and more on the socials @melysette and find Melysette on Patreon and Ko-fi. Make sure you keep up with all Hyphen Podcast Grou...
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For our 20th Episode, Melysette reads Chapter 18 of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and it's a tough read. Words were written, words get mispronounced, character is broken, but this is a podcast not a performance at The Met! Literary fanatics, please take it easy on our Mama, literary awareness is hard! Support the Hyphen Podcast Group on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hyphenpodcastgroup Follow our hostess to keep up with episodes a...
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Melysette reads Chapter 17 of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Support the Hyphen Podcast Group on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hyphenpodcastgroup Follow our hostess to keep up with episodes and more on the socials @melysette and find Melysette on Patreon and Ko-fi. Make sure you keep up with all Hyphen Podcast Group shows on our Twitter & Instagram: @hyphenpodcastgroup
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