This story is a mashup of the 1992 slasher "Dr. Giggles" and the first episode of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" which aired in 1993. Enjoy!

Content warning for movie spoilers,horror,violence, and gore.

Next Week: "Freddy Cat" Freddy is a bit of a wandering free spirit until he discovers the town of Bramble and makes three friends who will change everything.

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*Worried Wendell is one episodic season.

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"Classical Happiness" by Dvir Silverstone from Pixabay

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Nothing says 'historical romance' like pickleball. Enjoy this entertaining and educational tour through the history of this amazing sport – with romance!

Next week's story is a combination of 90’s scary movie and beloved historical drama in “Dr. Giggles, Medicine Woman.”

Also, we are still looking for a sponsor. And according to our market research, up to 60% of our audience uses indoor plumbing, so we will be reaching out to Kohler faucets to see if they will sponsor us. More to follow on our next episodes.

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"Skinny Food Fighters Blues 85" by Won Jong Hwa from Pixabay

"Romantic Adventure" by Pavel Bekirov from Pixabay

"Powerful Action Rock Trailer" by John Rush from Pixabay

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*Worried Wendell is a series, but all the others are short stories.

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This week's story is a parody of the 1973 horror movie, “Horror Hospital.” Just to let you know, this episode has a passionate sex scene. Scandalous! Enjoy!

Content warning for movie spoilers, profanity, horror, violence, gore, and sexual themes.

Next week’s story will be "Pickleball! (A Historical Romance)"

If your world feels heavy, and you would love to have someone read you a story that makes you laugh, then tune in each week for Discount Storytime. This podcast is your weekly audio storybook of the ridiculous. Each short story is standalone*, start anywhere, escape reality for a bit, and have fun!

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Music:

"Skinny Food Fighters Blues 85" by Won Jong Hwa from Pixabay

"Ghosties and Ghoulies" by Geoff Harveyfrom Pixabay

"Unchained Melody" backing track by Karaoke Version

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Happy New Year!!!

Welcome to Discount Storytime’s end of the year compilation of Discount Ideas. If you follow this show on Bluesky, you may have seen a few of these posted. But here they are, a big clump of them in all their discount glory.

If you want to hear the first set of Discount Ideas, they are here.

As mentioned last week, we are looking for a sponsor and are courting Kohler. So we’ve included a sample commercial.

Enjoy and Happy New Year!

Content warning for Profanity.

Next week's story is "Hokey Pokey Hospital of Horror" based on the 1973 scary movie "Horror Hospital."

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"Romantic Adventure" by Pavel Bekirov from Pixabay

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To all our listeners I want to wish happy holidays to you and the ones you love.

This week's story is an homage to an 80's horror classic "Killer Klowns from Outer Space." And had inspiration from the Canadian Horror Comedy "Slaxx."

Additionally, we at Discount Storytime have been looking for a sponsor and, after doing some market research, found that up to 60% of our audience uses indoor plumbing. Therefore, it only makes sense that Kohler sponsors us. So we have added a brief sample commercial to show Kohler what Discount Storytime can do for them. We also made a print ad.

Enjoy!

Also, you can also check out these great discussions of "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" and “Slaxx” on my favorite podcast, Werewolf Ambulance.

Content warning for movie spoilers,profanity, horror,violence, gore, and sexual themes. (If you are not in to horror, future stories with less horror and gore are on the way for 2026, we promise.)

Next week's episode is an end of the year compilation of Discount Ideas. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss it!

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"Skinny Food Fighters Blues 85" by Won Jong Hwa from Pixabay

"Brave Circus Clowns" by by Pavel Shilov from Pixabay

"All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey by Karaoke Version

"Romantic Adventure" by Pavel Bekirov from Pixabay

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We're Baaack!!!!

Long story short, Discount Storytime is home. :-)

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"Bluer" is a parody of the 1996 horror move "Thinner." It's so scary you'll Snurf yourself! (You can also catch a great discussion of this movie at the Werewolf Ambulance podcast here.)

Next week's episode is an homage to an 80's horror classic "Killer Klowns from Outer Space." And had inspiration from the Canadian Horror Comedy "Slaxx." Enjoy!

This story was read by voice actor Grande. Check out his substack at https://dalpoco.substack.com/!

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"Mysterious Cinematic Music" by Tunetank from Pixabay

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What happens if you lose your hand bones in a card game?

Content warning for profanity, horror elements, and body horror.

This story was read by voice actor Grande. He can be emailed at grande@dalpoco.net, or check out his substack at https://dalpoco.substack.com/!

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A monster, an angry mob, and a proposal.

Content warning for sexual themes.

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"Skinny Food Fighters Blues 85" by Won Jong Hwa from Pixabay

"Happy Funk" by Alex Guz from Pixabay

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