{"id":37,"date":"2019-10-07T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/?p=37"},"modified":"2020-10-10T17:21:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T00:21:28","slug":"wanna-hear-something-scary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/2019\/10\/07\/wanna-hear-something-scary\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanna Hear Something Scary?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I was younger, I never really liked the horror or suspense genres of literature. Movies like The Planet of the Apes<\/em> and Coraline<\/em> made me have nightmares for days upon watching them. However, as I got older, my fear of the things that went bump in the night began to subside and I began imbracing horror as the genre it is. Recently, I’ve been loving watching scary movies and listening to scary stories; there’s just something about the atmosphere that leaves me on edge and wanting more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what initially sparked my interest in the podcast NoSleep<\/em>. Based on the popular Reddit forum, this podcast narrates two to four fictional or non-fictional horror stories within each episode and captivates the listener by making them wondering which of the stories are fiction or not. But, what makes NoSleep<\/em> so captivating? Well, just sit back and let me take you through some of the key features of these scary tales that might just captivate you too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NoSleep<\/em> has a very particular ambiance that creates an atmosphere that makes the listener feel on edge while listening. For some, this is something that would deter them from listening, but for others, like myself, this is one of the main things that keep us enthralled in the stories. One of the main overarching characteristics that all the episodes have in common is the use of music to set the scene. Every episode starts off with what sounds like a wispy, young female voice echoing in a forest. This gets the listener feeling unsettled even before the narrative starts. Another key aspect that overlaps within all of the episodes is the way that the narrator tells the stories. The way in which he speaks, being slow, whispy and intense, paired with eerie violin and electric-styled music also creates an uneasy atmosphere for the stories to be told over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to the stories themselves, there isn’t a specific outline that each story follows, but each one is creepy in its own way. There are plenty of things that differ from the story’s narrative besides their content, one of the main characteristics being the type of narration within the story. In the story Just \u00a3 3 a Month Can Save a Child’s Life<\/em>, which is about someone who gave up everything to help the poor because of the preachings of someone they looked up to and how they were betrayed by said person, the narrator is speaking from the first-person perspective. This helps the listener to understand why the narrator is so distraught about what they describe as betrayal and why they go on to commit the actions that they did, such as explaining that “I had just given up everything I own to save others based on your political argument. And then I saw the blinding hypocrisy in which you lived”, which shows the anger and betrayal that the narrator feels. Using another perspective of narrative in this situation would make the actions of the narrator less clearly motivated, and would make the story less effective as it is told in this way. In contrast, the story Just Another Night<\/em>, which is about a man talking to his brother while his brother is finding his way home from a bar, is told from the third-person perspective while intertwining bits of dialogue between the brothers as the night goes on. This proves to be effective as well as it gives some hindsight into what the main character is thinking throughout the story, such as that he is happy to be home alone because there are “no constant reminders to start looking for a job in time for graduation” as well as including the brother’s personalized account of his trip back home, which hits the listener harder as well when it is revealed that the brother died in a car crash on the way home and the main character was guiding his brother’s spirit back home. This type of narration works especially well in regards to the plot twist at the end because it makes it so that the story tells you enough for the ending to make sense but not enough for the audience to most likely have guessed what the ending would have been, which makes it hits the listener harder at the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conclusion, each story in NoSleep has its own unique quirks which make each story feel individualized while still containing similarities to other stories within the podcast. I am greatly enjoying this podcast and I am quite excited to keep listening and learning more about the stories!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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