S15 Ep7: S15E07 - "The Restless Dead" - Horror Hill
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Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast
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Hello listeners, and welcome back to Horror Hill. I'm your host and narrator, Eric Peabody. Tonight, I've got a double feature for you with two stories about one of my favorite conversational icebreakers, the Restless Dead. To start, we have I Play Music to the Dead, Today They Played One Back, by Grant Hinton. Sean, an undertaker, always goes the extra mile when preparing the recently deceased for their final journey. For example... He picks a special song for each person as he's tending to them. He knows that they appreciate this, because their spirits sit in and watch him during the process. But one day, his musical selection suddenly changes, and he's about to realize that he's not the only one controlling his macabre musical movements.
Then, to close out the evening, we'll crack into Shortcut by Micah Edwards. Long drives can be horror stories all on their own, and are all the worse when stuck in endless traffic. So, while on the way to visit family, Simon jumps at the chance to take an alternate route suggested by his GPS. This new road is surprisingly bereft of other vehicles, but what initially seems like a stroke of luck is about to send Simon down a road of nightmares. Also, if you're watching on YouTube or Rumble, do us a favor and drop a like and subscribe. Become part of our dark circle, listeners. And now, from author Grant Hinton, I give you, I Play Music to the Dead, Today They Played One Back. I've always found dead bodies fun to play with.
Ever since I was a kid, I've been fascinated. The way the skin changes color, and the body deflates like it's been emptied out. How the eyes always creep open the teeniest bit when you really want them to stay shut. It's creepy, I know. It was my Uncle Tom who gave me this morbid curiosity when he died. I was only 12 at the time. I remember his open casket well. Mom tried to shoo me away from his bloated body and ashen skin. But I saw. She meant well. But from that point on, it was too late. I was hooked. Uncle Tom wasn't glamorous in death. Years of drinking and smoking aged his body from the inside out. I'm surprised the mortician made him presentable. He was a mess. Not like Linda here. She's elegant, refined, equally as dead, mind you, but much more glamorous.
I put it down to my playlist. As soon as Linda was brought into the morgue, I had visions of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday. She was regally tall, with an angled face and button nose. Frank Sinatra's Love is a Many Splendored Thing entered my mind, and I knew in that instance that it was perfect for her. I played it on repeat when I prepared Linda for her funeral. Since day one, I've found that every person has a song. As I put the small spiked cups under their eyelids to keep them closed or superglue their mouth shut, their melodies create a perfect atmosphere, a resonance to their deaths. The lady next to me smiles and squeezes my hand. I turn and smile back before Linda's hand disappears from mine.
I rise from the chair amidst the grieving faces, the chair next to me now vacant, and
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4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–14:08
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What is the episode format and double-feature premise?
14:08–23:37
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How does Sean’s playlist ritual shape his work as a mortician?
23:37–1:18:15
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What mysterious song interrupts Sean’s preparations and first disappears?
1:18:15–1:19:46
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