Episode 1 – Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook

In Episode 1 your hosts Will Ross and Mike Taylor discuss M.R. James’s first published ghost story, Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook, in which crocodiles are purloined, religious pimping staffs brandished, sinister tomes examined and unholy terrors unleashed on an unsuspecting scholar in the darkest depths of rural France.

Also in this episode: Mike grumbles bitterly about carnival folk while Will insults Bury St. Edmonds before whipping out his Testament of Soloman and scrawling a cock and balls in the margin.

Show notes & links:

• Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook (in .pdf format)
• Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges at Wikipedia
• Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges on GoogleMaps
• A picture of the famous crocodile!
• Study Guide at LitGothic.com
• Ghosts & Scholars Website