"The Ghost in Graigue" is an Irish tale, one of five ghost stories printed in The Weekly Irish Times on St. Patrick's Day in 1888. When a servant is visited by her late mistress, she is surprised at her Lady's ghostly request. Will she be able to fulfill her Lady's last order? Or, more importantly, should she?
A special thank you to young Jackson for his help directing this episode.
This episode was directed and audio designed by Becky McLaughlin and features the voice talents of Haley Motsinger as Deirdre, Sarah Thompson as Lady Walsh and Becky McLaughlin as Lord Walsh. Caitlin Stafford is the voice of Grimalkin who is the narrator for this story.
We are also now accepting fan art to put on our YouTube channel, and YOUR original scary stories for us to dramatize! See below for links:
Send your fan mail to grimalkinthegreat@gmail.com
Send your fan art to thewitchinthewoodspod@gmail.com
Send your original scary stories to the witchinthewoodspod@gmail.com and visit our website for guidelines!
Rated PG: light peril and ghostly subjects. More guidance for parents is available on our website. https://www.thewitchinthewoodspodcast.squarespace.com
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Episodes will also be available SOON on our YouTube channel with captions and original fan art!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNFDMW4T279qmYLw3u8936g
The Witch in the Woods Podcast is a Zombie Burrito Production and was written and executive produced by Becky McLaughlin.
Theme music by Ken Ashford with sounds from Zapsplat.com
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