A serial fiction podcast exploring strange and thought provoking stories. From mad scientists in the 1960s, to interplanetary private eyes, and magical airships in an imagined past, Yr1 Stories is your source for the wonderful and weird.
Tensions between the town and the university erupt. The full consequences of Lester’s work become plain and everyone has to decide what life will be like moving forward.
11 Aug 2025
Season 1 - Gorracula a Tale of Science Pt 04
Part four in the five part series telling the story of Gorracula: A Tale of Science. It is 1962 and University researcher Lester Pleasance has created a serum that makes his gorilla Octavius exponentially more intelligent. But when people in town start dying his work becomes the center of a rising panic. A thought provoking and original take on the mad scientist formula featuring a rock band, drive in movies, and Shakespeare's The Tempest.
27 Jul 2025
Season 1 - Gorracula a Tale of Science Pt 03
Part three in the five part series telling the story of Gorracula: A Tale of Science. It is 1962 and University researcher Lester Pleasance has created a serum that makes his gorilla Octavius exponentially more intelligent. But when people in town start dying his work becomes the center of a rising panic. A thought provoking and original take on the mad scientist formula featuring a rock band, drive in movies, and Shakespeare's The Tempest.
14 Jul 2025
Gorracula: A Tale of Science Pt 02
Part two in the five part series telling the story of Gorracula: A Tale of Science. It is 1962 and University researcher Lester Pleasance has created a serum that makes his gorilla Octavius exponentially more intelligent. But when people in town start dying his work becomes the center of a rising panic. A thought provoking and original take on the mad scientist formula featuring a rock band, drive in movies, and Shakespeare's The Tempest.
28 Jun 2025
Season 1 - Gorracula: A Tale of Science Pt 01
Researcher Lester Pleasance's experiment to boost his gorilla's intelligence sparks panic as townspeople die, blending mad science with rock music and Shakespeare in this narrative.
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