How to Kill a Piano: a "Fantasy Horror" Story Podcast

How to Kill a Piano: a "Fantasy Horror" Story Podcast

How to Kill a Piano is a fantasy/horror tale of family, love, demons, mystery, and music, served in George Tait’s unmatched and intriguing story-telling style along side piano accompaniment that keeps the listeners hooked episode to episode.

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Episode 1 - Chapter 1: Life, Death and a Stork's Story.

February 24, 2020 • 11 mins
How to Kill a Piano is a fictional coming-of-age black comedy-drama story. It incorporates elements of dark humor and existentialist drama. The plot revolves around the exploits of a young young man named George who is adopted into a home by a man he calls Uncle Charlie. Charlie teaches George about living life to its fullest and that life is the most precious gift of all. A demonic piano threatens the very fabric of that life and ...
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Episode 2 - Chapter 2: Uncle Charlie

March 2, 2020 • 12 mins
Uncle Charlie removes part of his nephew George's skull and slowly pours bowling water in after steeping the pages of a book in a tea kettle while George pester's Uncle Charlie about his first love.
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Episode 3 - Chapter 3: The Delivery

March 9, 2020 • 16 mins
Charlie and George encounter two peculiar gentleman at their door who claim that Charlie won the prize of a baby grand piano. They've come to deliver it.
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Episode 4 - Chapter 4: Bedtime Stories

March 16, 2020 • 18 mins
In the fourth chapter of How to Kill a Piano, Uncle Charlie tells George a series of bedtime stories set to music while the demonic piano lurks beneath the floorboards.
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Episode 5 - Chapter 5: The Nightmare

March 23, 2020 • 17 mins
George wakes to a strange sound of music billowing up from below in the basement as the monstrous evil piano begins to come to life and control those around it.
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Episode 6 - Behind the Scenes: Theme song

March 30, 2020 • 25 mins
In this episode you'll get to a peek at the original stage show and hear two original recordings that were used during that same live show from 19 years ago. This includes the original How to Kill a Piano "theme song" followed by controlled noise.
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Episode 7 - Chapter 6: Namesake

April 6, 2020 • 18 mins
Pancakes, koalas, and goldfish. Oh my!
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Episode 8 - Chapter 7: Mr Saprophagous & The Intervals

April 13, 2020 • 21 mins
Charlie and George visit Mr. Saprophagous and discover the town has been littered with pianos.
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Episode 9 - Behind the Scenes: Resurrection

April 20, 2020 • 16 mins
In this weeks episode, find out what happened to George's piano, why it's not mother earth (or even father earth), and how one man's purge fed another's piano obsession.
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Episode 10 - Chapter 8: The Invincible

April 27, 2020 • 26 mins
Rocks, Harry Houdini, and Playing Cards #positivepostmonday
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Episode 11 - Chapter 9: The Shepherd

May 4, 2020 • 13 mins
George comes face to face with a shapeshifter for the very first time.
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Episode 12 - Chapter 10: The Drive Home

May 12, 2020 • 19 mins
While George struggles to remember his encounter with Charon, the power goes out and George and Charlie make up stories they find in their tea leaves. But they're not alone, Chordeva lurks beneath the cloak of the evening darkness pondering her the next step.
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Episode 13 - Chapter 11: The Music Teacher

May 18, 2020 • 21 mins
George's piano lessons take a strange turn, Charlie is non-responsive, and his music teacher and her pets aren't who George thought they were.
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Episode 14 - Behind the Music

May 25, 2020 • 14 mins
This week we take a peek into the process behind some of the music you hear during How to Kill a Piano. You'll hear what happens when a looping pedal, guitar, toy concertina, and a Dualo du Touch S synthesizer are combined.
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Episode 15 - Chapter 12 - The Training Exercise

June 8, 2020 • 20 mins
Charlie is still frozen in the music room, Sara reveals the secret she's been keeping, and George has to decide how he'll save Uncle Charlie.
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Episode 16 - Chapter 13: The Second Attempt

July 6, 2020 • 29 mins
After coming home from his latest piano lesson, George discovers a curious book in his backpack guiding him into some unusual powers. Are they tools he can use to destroy the piano once and for all?
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Episode 17 - Chapter 14: The Maiden

July 20, 2020 • 22 mins
Snakes tongues, Intervals, gardening, and maidens, the dedicated demons Scrootius and Absinth plant the seeds for Charlie's unsettling future (or lack there of).
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Episode 18 - Chapter 15: Memories of a Blue Moon

August 17, 2020 • 26 mins
George uncovers a few dark secrets from Charlie's past and promises to keep the book safe.
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Episode 19 - Sneak Preview

August 24, 2020 • 9 mins
Give away update, chapter preview, and more!
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Episode 20 - Chapter 16: Razorblades and Tuning Forks

September 1, 2020 • 30 mins
Scooritus and Absinth manage to capture George inside their metal box.
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