Description:
They sit in a dark corner of The Hell Hole Tavern, escaped residents
of the Mercy Bend Sanitarium, failed experiments of secret government
experiments. The sit in the tavern and dream of lives that have been
lived, lives that are being lived, and lives that will one day occur.
They will tell you these tales if you buy them a beer, but beware, you
may not like what you hear.
Visit Mercy Bend at The Hell Hole Tavern and listen to tales of the
twisted, the strange, and the unreal.
14 Podcasts:
 1. mercybend-114937-06-07-2008.mp3 (played 25 times)
2. mercybend-113620-05-25-2008.mp3 (played 23 times)
3. mercybend-116518-06-23-2008.mp3 (played 14 times)
4. mercybend-118905-07-16-2008.mp3 (played 20 times)
5. mercybend-120800-08-04-2008.mp3 (played 20 times)
6. mercybend-123695-08-24-2008.mp3 (played 20 times)
7. mercybend-125468-09-11-2008.mp3 (played 16 times)
8. mercybend-127466-10-03-2008.mp3 (played 12 times)
9. mercybend-128575-10-12-2008.mp3 (played 9 times)
10. mercybend-129637-10-21-2008.mp3 (played 8 times)
11. mercybend-131536-11-04-2008.mp3 (played 6 times)
12. mercybend-132033-11-08-2008.mp3 (played 2 times)
13. mercybend-133924-11-23-2008.mp3 (played 0 times)
14. mercybend-135071-12-03-2008.mp3 (played 0 times)
Content:
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Episode 14--Revelations Part 2
Revelations, part two. Written by E. J. Vance. To be published by Swimming Kangaroo books as a graphic novel on Easter 2009. Read by Mark Eller for the Mercy Bend Podcast.
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Episode 13--Revelations pt 1
Revelations, a graphic novel written by Minister Skids and read by Mark Eller. Described as a bible for bikers and prostitutes. Published by Swimming Kangaroo Books (http://www.swimmingkangaroo.com) Available for purchase April 2009. A creative commons 3.0 release.
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Episode 12--Goddess Found
Goddess Found, written and performed by Mark Eller. Previously published by Demondminds and Anon. FX from www.soundsnap.com. Last of the Goddess stories.
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Episode 11-Wraith
Wraith, previously published by Demonminds. Written and performed by Mark Eller. Special hellow to Jay Forti who contacted me through hellholetavern@aol.com
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Episode 10--The Burning pt 2
The Burning, Part 2, Episode 10 of Mercy Bend, podcast stories written and performed by Mark Eller, co-producer of God Wars, found at The Hell Hole Tavern. SFX found at www.soundsnap.com.
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Episode 9--The Burning--Part 1
Part one of The Burning, where the residents of Mercy Bend decide it is time to leave. A big hello to Trucker Rich, who did a review of The Hell Hole Tavern on his blog. For that review, and for reviews of many other podcast audiobooks, go to www.truckerrich.com. The Burning is written and read by Mark Eller.
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Episode 8--Scrubbed
Episode 8 of Mercy Bend. We hear the first of three stories that take place about 150 years in the future with the story, Scrubbed, previously an editor's choice at Bewildering stories. Mark explains why he was a bit late with this episode, and he brings up Emerian Rich's Horror Addicts podcast, where Mark's story, Hunt Night is featured. Hunt Night was previously intended for Mercy Bend, but since it did not quite fit any of the several themes, Mark passed it on to Emz.
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Goddess Bound
 Mommy is dead...Daddy is dead...but they have left their daughter behind, and she is finally learning exactly who her parents were.
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Episode 6--Goddess Gone
Time has passed and they are older, and yet the Goddess is still driven by a need for social status, no matter what price she must pay. Her daughter's virtue, her husband's honor. At a time when Mercy Bend Sanitarium has been taken over by a government body called the Directive, run by Dr. Wise, the goddess refuses to say admit that she has lost power and influence as she has aged. Unfortunately for her, her husband is not quite as maleable as she believed, especially when he gets advice from a secret voice that whispers inside his head.
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Episode 5--Goddess
Sometimes beauty is more than a pretty face and sweet body. Sometimes it lies within, lies deep withing a woman's eyes. Sometimes what is seen is not actually what is there.
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Episode 4--Dark Reigns
In an attempt to maintain marital bliss, Harold joins a tour which takes him into the deepest depths of Mercy Bend's caverns. He should have remembered, he is not the only former patient of Mercy Bend Sanitarium.
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Episode 3--How to Bait a Bastard
A womanizing bastard who lives off his prey finally gets caught by...a woman? Hmm, well, we know his father once worked as a janitor at Mercy Bend Sanitarium, I wonder if she spent time there too. Only time will tell.
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Episode 2--The Letter
Within Mercy Bend Sanitarium, there is often not much to do except, sometimes, write a letter to the woman you love...even if you have been committed becausde you love her just a little too much.
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Episode 1--She Smiled
A woman is found, broken, dying, crushed by a mud slide. A dead child is held in her arms. The man who finds her mourns her passing while remembering her cruel ways and the men she has murdered.
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