Author: Seth

GENERAL PITCH (sorry for yelling):

This fictionalized horror anthology begins and ends in a sandwich shop, where many mysterious things have begun happening. Guests come in for a bite to eat but instead get drafted by the head chef to tell them a story, lest they get fed to the monster in the basement. As such, it’ll be an episodic series where each episode can stand on its own without the need for a backstory or continuity. The only recurring characters are the narrator, the head chef, and Sethard.

Genre(s): Fiction, Horror, Comedy

Speaking roles per episode: 5

EPISODE 1 PITCH:

(I’m less sorry for yelling this time.)

This first episode shall act as an introduction to the series and main character(s), so as such it shall tell the tale of how the Sethard made it to the sandwich shop. We actually don’t know if he just works there or owns the place, moving on.

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At 15 minutes per episode, I figured I’d have to break up the chunks of time into dramatic sequences, so this is a very rough outline of the format the show shall follow.

00:00 Introductory Music

00:15 Welcome To Sethard’s Spooky Sandwich Shop

00:30 Summary of today’s episode

(“Today’s special is…”)

00:50 Music Fade into Story

01:00 The Setup – Sethard reads from the local news, like                actual, real life, not-made-up New York news

04:00 The inciting incident – Introduction of new
customers  for the day

05:30- 9:00 Story mode building up to, wait for it

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10:00 Climax

12:00 Resolution

14:00 Thank listeners for tuning in, plug my social media, give a VERY BRIEF wrap of the next episode, and throw my deuces up.

 

 

 

Deemed a SuperFund by the EPA, the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York is one of America’s environmental disasters. It’s pretty much a cavity, all smelly and ugly since the Industrial Revolution. Recently there have been efforts by the Gowanus Canal Conservancy, and other groups to beautify the Canal by planting flora that decrease the environmental damage. Not only are they fixing up the physical surface, but also the image of the canal and its surrounding neighborhoods. I’d like to interview the horticultural manager Diana Gruberg on whether or not there has been noticeable progress, and their plans for the future as they are looking to add two new members to the staff.

Black Hands is a podcast revolving around the 1994 Bain family murders in Dunedin. Of the six member family there was only one survivor, David Bain. The subsequent trial deemed David guilty of the murder of his family. To this day he claims innocence, and refers to a pair of mysterious black hands that no pathologist has confirmed the meaning of. Martin van Beynen is the narrator and lead interviewer of the ten part series, which uses a mix of actors restating witness accounts, recordings of David Bain’s trial, and the input of various researchers and scientists. Van Beynen explores the case from start to finish but begins the story before the trial, giving accounts of each of the personalities within the Bain household.

The podcast is captivating from the first episode as it introduces the eccentric (crazy) matriarch and her strained relationship with her husband, who would be the prime suspect if it weren’t for his own murder.

The production value of the podcast is relatively low, yet they have a team of ten people producing it. However, the depth of research done by the ensemble and raise its value.