The Stranger Times

In this episode, Caimh talks about launch week for This Charming Man, explains why he thinks it is important to have a diverse bunch of characters in his stories and how being 'politically correct' actually just means being correct. Then, the wonderful Ben Van Der Velde reads The Keeper of The Dead short story. 

In this ep Caimh discusses swearing and how n This Charming Man Vincent Banecroft invents a whole new way of doing it. The on-line launch of which book btw happens at 8PM GMT on Wednesday Feb 16th - find it on the Caimh McDonnell facebook page or Youtube channel. All welcome - the superb narrator of  The Stranger Times books Brendan McDonald (No relation) as star guest and Mary Stay as MC extraordinaire. 

In this ep Caimh explains for the uninitiated who the late great Ian Cognito was and how he came to name the character Cogs after him as a homage to a legendary figure of the British comedy circuit. 

The wonderful Brendan McDonald (No relation) joins us to read a preview of This Charming Man - out Feb 17th. You'll love it so much, you'll preorder it on the spot, and you've already done that six times already. You can't have too many copies.

The man, the myth, the legend Toby Hadoke returns to read one of Caimh's timey wimey stories about how even when given the entire history of the planet to choose from, most people still go to the same place on holiday.  Bonus disgusting dog in intro. 

This week Light Entertainer Michael Legge joins us to read a story called The Trouble With Me Last Week. He shows incredible range by playing an angry man from Northern Ireland who makes a fool of himself while rewriting the laws of physics. 

This week we've got the absolute treat of national treasure Dame Janice Connolly reading Beauty and the Beast. 
This Charming Man, book 2 in The Stranger Times series,  is available to preorder now - out Feb 17th. Treat yourself to a hardback. It's a good size and makes an excellent door stop/murder weapon. 

The wonderful Angela Barnes narrates a brand new Stranger Times story and Caimh for some reason does an introduction where he talks about toilet rolls, women marrying buildings and JFK deserving a better memorial than Caimh using a chemical toilet. 

The brilliant Jason Manford reads a very special Stranger Times short story set in the Manchester Blitz, which took place on December 22nd 1940. 

That's right, we back baby! It's a one-off Halloween special that was supposed to come out after Halloween but thanks to Rob the sound wizard pulling an all-nighter it's now out on Halloween. The man is a legend!
The wonderful Eddy Brimson reads a story written by C.K./ Caimh called The Owl and The Pussycat and Caimh reveals exciting details about the new Stranger Times book, This Charming Man (available now for preorder) and about Season Two of The Stranger Times podcast. 

This week, Caimh makes an announcement! He also unnecessarily says the words 'penis pump' a lot and then we have edited highlights of the online launch event for Caimh's new book The Stranger Times where the brilliant author Mark Stay battles to get a clearly inebriated Caimh to answer questions in a coherent manner.

A brand new short story called Sacrifice written by CK McDonnell and read by Alistair Barrie. NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ELTON JOHN SONG.

This episode, which is the second in a launch week special, is the final preview of the audiobook. Caimh gets you acquainted with one of the monsters roaming the street of Manchester.

And don't forget The Stranger Times book is out now! It's available everywhere! 

in this launch week special episode - the first of two, Caimh introduces you to the tyrant that is Vincent Banecroft while managing to entirely forget to plug the facebook live launch event on the Caimh McDonnell Facebook page, Thursday 14th Jan, 8PM Irish time. The man is an idiot! Signed, his wife

In this episode, Caimh wishes you a happy new year and gives you a disturbing analogy about being a sheep farmer. There's also a sneak peek at chapters 1 and 2 of The Stranger Times  and you'll get to meet the staff behind the paper. Fun fact: You'll notice that he refers to chapter 2 and 3 several times in the intro. He only realised this when it was too late to change. 
Enjoy!

This week, the brilliant Alex Boardman reads a story about choice and consequence. 

Join us for the most special of Christmas specials as everyone's fav Fairy Godmother, Jonathan Mayor, gives a uniquely Stranger Times take on  A Christmas Carol. 
Warning: Not Safe for work, children or operating heavy machinery. 

Barry Castagnola reads a story that explains, sort of, why the world is so full of lies and misinformation. 

The splendiferous Lou Conran reads a story about what happens when a good doggie eats a very very bad thingie. 

This week we're lucky enough to have Caimh's old mate Hal Cruttenden reading the story The Blitz Spirits. 

This week the brilliant Joanna Neary narrates Love and Death in the Time of Necessary Track Maintenance. 
The story isn't as longwinded as the name, we promise!

This week Toby Hadoke narrates a story that is weirdly prescient and Caimh explains what he thinks and why he doesn't mind what you think, and how everyone should think like this.

Ben Crompton reads a scary tale about the rain in Manchester and Laura Lexx reads a story about love, which is not the same things as a love story. All that, plus C.K. (Caimh) explains the pod and the ever-present James Cook brings us up-to-date on The Stranger Times news. 

In this episode the wonderful Matt Green reads the story Dance With The Devil, which introduces us to the thoroughly objectionable Stanley Roker and will very probably put you off low-price chicken wings for life. 

The Stranger Times is a newspaper based in Manchester dedicated to reporting the weird and wonderful from around the world. This pod is based on the book of the same name written by C.K. (Caimh) McDonnell and each episode will feature news and a short story from the Stranger Times world, written by C.K. and narrated by one of his uber-talented friends from the comedy circuit. Subscribe now for a weekly slice of paranormal pandemonium.