Dark Fantasy Stories translated and read by Joe Bandel. Newly translated stories by German authors like Hanns Heinz Ewers, Karl Hans Strobl, Leonhard Stein and many others. Each week will feature a different short story. These stories span the time period of German decadence (1890s-1920s). They include horror, Sci-Fi and dark fantasy in general. All stories copyright Joe E. Bandel. Bandel Books Online
Pod Awful is imagination terrorism that broadcasts LIVE every Sunday and Wednesday at 8pm EST! Host Jesse P-S bullies the internet's weirdest people and darkest corners. Jesse has been arrested LIVE on the show. He was investigated by the secret service. He's taken down notorious pedophiles, prank called celebrities, and went to war with the internet's craziest denizens. This is the only comedy podcast that will actually make you laugh, and you will hate yourself for doing it.
This week I re-air Part II of an interview I did with Fr. Hans Zollner, a German Jesuit, theologian and psychologist, because his work is necessary to understanding an important event that took place in Rome this week. In 2012, Fr. Zollner founded and was president of the Center for Child Protection at Rome’s Jesuit-run Gregorian University. In Apr…
063 The Bloodletting Man by Karl Hans Strobl. True terror awaits the sisters of the convent. Saint Simon has replaced their normal phlebotomist and things are about to get lively! Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
After two years of being too scared to confront PODAWFUL, Alex Stein showed up on the Steel Toe Morning Show to hash things out with Jesse. It was a bloodbath. The audience was divided on who won the fight. All the Henchmen think Podawful won, all the Chat Rats think Alex won, all the Toe-heads asked Aaron why he got cucked on his own show, and eve…
This week and next in the interview segment, I will re-air an interview I did with Fr. Hans Zollner, a German Jesuit, theologian and psychologist as his work is necessary to understanding an important event that took place in Rome this week. In 2012, he founded and was president of the Center for Child Protection at Rome’s Jesuit-run Gregorian Univ…
[3.5+ HOUR LONG SHOW! JOIN THE PIZZA FUND! $12 level. https://podawful.pizza/posts/2450] Happy Daddy's Day! And the Father Of The Year Award goes to... literally anyone other than Nick Rekieta. I would rather my dad was a deadbeat than in my life and as LAWtistic as Nick. Nick is turning into one of the Earth's Jokers, replacing his alcoholism with…
REDBAR has become the new Howard Stern. Not a replacement for Stern, he's just exactly copying modern day Howard. And Ethan Klein. And Mancow (according to my DM's with Mancow). His constant chase for fame has made his show jump the shark, and his need to be seen as cool while looking like a cold grandmother has warped his show into a teenage pop s…
I have a return guest this weekend on Vatican Insider, Fr. Lawrence Carney of the diocese of Wichita, Kansas, known in the U.S. for his devotion to the Holy Face and his recent book, “The Secret of The Holy Face.”As you heard him tell us in Part I last weekend, after serving in the diocese for six years, he accepted the position as chaplain of the …
062 From the Journal of an Orange Tree by Hanns Heinz Ewers. Can a person really be transformed into an orange tree? Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
061 The Heart Line by Ugo Ojetti. The tale of the fickleness of a woman's heart. Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
In the interview segment of Vatican Insider on this first weekend of June 2024, I reprise an earlier conversation with Fr. David Hulshof, director of Apostolic Formation at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. This weekend is Part II. Part I aired last weekendThere are a number of apostolates that are mandatory for all seminarians during …
[3.5+ HOUR LONG SHOW! JOIN THE PIZZA FUND! $12 level. https://podawful.pizza/posts/2447] One little appearance from PODAWFUL on Steel Toe Morning Show set off a chain reaction of events that sent the Mersh Effect into a spiral, unspooled Aaron Imholte's life, exposed Nick Rekieta as a swinger and criminal, breathed a fresh 15 minutes into Alex Stei…
060 Dios Vienne by Leo Perutz. An excerpt from the novel "The Marquis of Bolibar". Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
In the interview segment of Vatican Insider on this final weekend of May 2024, I reprise an earlier conversation with Fr. David Hulshof, director of Apostolic Formation at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.By Vatican Insider
NICK REKIETA, LADY (ugh) RACKETS, AND APRIL IMHOLTE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED!!! Podawful was the first show to EVER cover Nick Rekieta all the way back in 2016 when he was still just a Dick Masterson fanboy. Their shared history has been a rollercoaster ride ever since, involving Jesse leaking Nick's blackface pics, Nick campaigning against Jesse's Patre…
059 The White Animal by Georg von der Gablentz. When Dr. Rudiger is called for a medical emergency he never expected an encounter with the supernatural! Especially an encounter with true terror! Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
This Week, Vatican Insider visits Our Lady Of The Rosary Of Pompeii. May is the month of Mary and the month of the rosary and thus, a special time for such a wonderful story.By Vatican Insider
NO COPYRIGHTS INTENDED: https://imgur.com/a/clint-eastwood-no-copyrights-intended-vv2IFvE LOWRES AND HANS ARE HERE! Clint Eastwood has the strangest Twitter account I've ever seen. Every photo posted is just his haggard old face looking lost, and absolutely obliterated with bizarre watermarks. I thought it would be funny to reupload his pics withou…
058 Abdon by Paul Busson. This story is special to me and rather than trying to give a description I will simply say that it has my highest recommendation! Some stories touch your heart and soul in strange and mysterious ways and that is what this story does. Paul Busson is probably my favorite author and this story is one of my favorites. Enjoy! S…
067 Take Marinescu by Karl Hans Strobl. Professor Gerngruber and I were going to the most remote parts of Romania. I was going on a hunting trip and Professor Gerngruber was going to study the language and customs of the primitive people that lived in the deep forests. Take Marinescu was our guide and we trusted him completely until some strange th…
Welcome to Vatican Insider on what was a busy week in the Vatican with the swearing in of new Swiss Guards on May 6 and, on Thursday, May 9, the reading of the Bull of Indiction of the Jubilee Year 2025 during a ceremony in the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica.After the new highlights stay right here for a Q&A and then Part II of my conversation with…
[5 HOUR LONG SHOW! JOIN THE PIZZA FUND! $12 level. https://podawful.com/posts/2440] THE MERSH EFFECT VS. THE BIRTH DEFECT! STEEL TOE VS. STEAL CATS! THE CRIPPLE VS THE CAT LADY! Mersh is big mad after Jesse appeared on Steel Toe Morning Show, and now the Queen must put Aaron through a loyalty trial. Mersh superchatted Steel Toe making fun of Aaron'…
Warning: Some people may be offended by this humorous story of sodomy and besiality written over a hundred years ago. 056 How Eleven Chinese Devoured Their Bride by Hanns Heinz Ewers. Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel
This week in the interview segment of Vatican Insider, I welcome Jacob Stein, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, who is working on his licentiate in dogmatic theology at the Angelicum in Rome. He has a fascinating story and passion and apostolate which he shares with us. That passion is called CRUX STATIONALIS and I am guessing many of you have seen his …
Nightwave Radio isn't paying the bills anymore for Mersh. The Rumble bots just aren't big enough numbers for him anymore. Maybe the views will go up if he snatches enough cats from the Circle K and forces THEM to watch. Over on The Bad Luck Boys channel, Jesse has managed to Max Headroom his way into Mersh's stream and drop a truth bomb on the 12 c…
Welcome to Vatican Insider on this final weekend of April. I don’t know about you but I find it kind of scary how fast time flies! Tempus fugit, as my Mom used to say, especially at the end of summer vacation!In the interview segment this week, I feature Part II of my conversation with Michael Warsaw, Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer…
055 The Inspired Poet by Fritz Bauer. Think good thoughts, think good thoughts! How far will that get you? Let's find out what happened to the inspired poet. Support the Show. Translation by Joe E. Bandel Copyright Joe E. Bandel Joe Bandel Book StoreBy Joe Bandel