Season One

Introducing Keeping the Bones

Keeping the Bones is a new podcast that reimagines and remixes classic weird tales and horror fiction into found-footage stories set today. Each episode is presented in the guise of a contemporary, highly produced audio documentary, but the stories are all inspired by classic works of dark fiction. Episodes in this first season are drawn from such sources as the weird tales of H.P. Lovecraft, the ghost stories of M.R. James, and the gothic horror of Robert W. Chambers. Season One premieres Tuesday, February 6th!

The Willows

Two friends on a kayaking trip have an uncanny encounter with inexplicable forces on a tiny island in the middle of the rising Missouri River. This episode was inspired by The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, which you can read here: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11438/pg11438-images.html Original poster art for this episode is by Freya DePrez: https://www.instagram.com/frayed_ruffles/ https://www.twitch.tv/frayed_ruffles/ Art commissions available: frayedfashion.biz@gmail.com Voice performers:

Lost Hearts

A 12 year-old orphan boy is adopted by an uncle he never knew existed. What exactly are the classics-obsessed ex-professor’s motives for bringing young Stephen out to his isolated forest mansion? Original poster art by Dane Ashinhurst https://www.instagram.com/dangdanedoodles This episode was inspired by the short story Lost Hearts by M.R. James, which you can read here: https://americanliterature.com/author/mr-james/short-story/lost-hearts Voice performers:
  • Nate Ferguson
  • George Yé
  • Jesse Keller

Kerfol

An encounter with a pack of dogs at a deserted castle in the French countryside leads to the revelation of tragic story that goes back more than 300 years. The original artwork for this episode is by Shai. This episode was inspired by the short story Kerfol by Edith Wharton, which you can read here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24350/24350-h/24350-h.htm Voice performers:

The Signal-Man

A rail fan YouTuber interviews an overworked railroad signal maintainer, who confesses to having seen strange things at sunset at the mouth of a well-known train tunnel.

This episode was inspired by the short story The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens, which you can read here: https://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Charles_Dickens/The_Signal_Man/The_Signal_Man_p1.html

Voice performers:

The Yellow Sign

A music producer and the singer he’s recording are having unsettling and similar dreams, which seem somehow to be connected to a pale church watchman and the infamous book, The King in Yellow. This episode was inspired by the short story The Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers, which you can read here: https://www.owleyes.org/text/the-king-in-yellow/read/the-yellow-sign-i Original poster art by Gregory Bass. Voice performers:
  • Luis Meraz
  • Luna Camitan
  • Kameron Derkatz
  • Jesse Keller
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The Lost Club

In the early days of Covid lockdowns, two friends roam the abandoned streets of Manhattan, where they stumble on a mysterious private club full of recognizable faces.

This episode was inspired by the short The Lost Club by Arthur Machen, which you can read here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Shining_Pyramid_(collection)/The_Lost_Club

Voice performers:

  • Zephyrus Miller
  • Ayla Schierholt
  • Jesse Keller

A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

In an unearthed recording from his college days, Jesse interviews his roommate Ben Tranh about a disturbing experience Ben has just had, as a hiking trail in Southern California somehow seems to have mysteriously transported him to Vietnam two decades in the past.

This episode was inspired by the short story A Tale of the Ragged Mountains by Edgar Allan Poe, which you can read here: https://poemuseum.org/a-tale-of-the-ragged-mountains/

Voice performers:

  • Alexander Nguyen
  • John Polak
  • Jesse Keller

The Call of Cthulhu, Pt. 1 – The Horror in the Clay

In late 2020, while dreaming of a massive city and an ominous, omnipresent voice, a young artist makes a sculpture in her sleep – a sculpture of a monstrous creature and what appear to be letters. In an effort to decipher them, she consults a professor – who just happens to be Jesse’s uncle, and who died in 2023 under strange circumstances.

This episode was inspired by The Call of Cthulhu, Part 1: The Horror in the Clay, by H.P. Lovecraft, which you can read here: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx

Voice performers:

  • Kamajhia
  • David McGrevy
  • Laura Gracie-Corral
  • Abby Watt
  • Nate Ferguson
  • Dan DePrez

The Call of Cthulhu, Pt. 2 – The Tale of Inspector Legrasse

In 2007, a Florida sheriff’s deputy disrupts a gruesome cult gathering – and recognizes the faces of some of the cultists. When his investigation is stymied, he seeks out Jesse’s uncle, anthropologist George Gammell Angell, to make sense of the cult’s monstrous idol.

This episode was inspired by The Call of Cthulhu, Part 2: The Tale of Inspector Legrasse, by H.P. Lovecraft, which you can read here: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx

Voice performers:

  • Ron Christopher Jones
  • Osama Mezgouri
  • Deborah Branham
  • Carr Cavender

The Call of Cthulhu, Pt. 3 – Madness from the Sea

A 2021 news report from Shanghai prompts Jesse to pick up where his uncle left off in investigating the brutal cult of the Great Old Ones and their high priest Great Cthulhu. What he finds adds up to true cosmic horror, in this final episode of Season One of Keeping the Bones.

This episode was inspired by The Call of Cthulhu, Part 3: Madness from the Sea, by H.P. Lovecraft, which you can read here: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx

Voice performers:

  • Jing Beecher
  • Arthur Beecher
  • Jesse Keller
  • Heidi Dotimas
  • Nicolas Galvante
  • Deborah Branham
  • Kamajhia
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