Yr1 Stories

Narrated Multigenre Anthology

Yr1 Stories

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.

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Season 1 – Gorracula: A Tale of Science Pt 01 Yr1 Stories Podcast

The first installment in a 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.