Moonlight Over a Ruined Village

Moonlight Over a Ruined Village is a Weird Fiction anthology podcast dedicated to weird and scary stories. These stories deal with people caught in the grasp of social decay and are based on accounts collected from the residents of a suburban village that has fallen into a state of ruin. Though the names of the people and locations have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved in these events, the events could happen anywhere at any time. These tales deal with dark themes and disturbing content that some listeners may find troubling. In addition, there is a fair bit or profanity, so listener discretion is advised.

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About the Podcast

Moonlight Over a Ruined Village is a podcast that was created to preserve accounts accumulated by folklorists from the Children of Gundy, a nonprofit urban folklore preservation society. These accounts were compiled by researchers tasked with preserving accounts of the ruin and degradation of public spaces.  These accounts have been compiled from sources from multiple nationalities and ethnic backgrounds, yet they are uniform in their depiction of failing public places due to indifference from public officials.  Though the narratives themselves are based on factual events, they are framed within a fictional context to protect the privacy of the people who provided the testimony from possible repercussions from public officials. The village that has fallen into a state of decay is itself is fictitious, but that is only because selecting a single geographic area to represent the shocking amount and variety of callous decay encountered by our group was impractical due to the abundance of candidates to chose from.

Episodes

22 hours ago

This tale is an examination of a legend unique to the village. It deals with a solitary figure on his way home from work. But on this evening he finds that the way home is longer than usual and fraught with an inordinate level of folly and madness. Being one of the savvier residents of the ruined village, he makes his way to the river road, far away from the traffic and noise of morons playing at urbanization. The road is long and covered in shadows, which suits our hero just fine. But no part of this village is safe from ruin, and our hero soon finds himself confronted with a mysterious being hell-bent on retribution for a wrong dealt to him that defies all logic. Our hero must use all of his wits to navigate through the creature’s madness to make his way back to sanity. He must do so before he finds himself falling into the raging abyss of this insane ghost’s mad vendetta. This tale deals with people struggling to escape the iron grip of madness and insanity. Listener discretion is advised.

Tuesday Nov 05, 2024

This episode deals with them boys. You probably know who they are. They derailed the tale from our first episode, they loomed over the second episode, and they are the sole focus of this episode. This tale finds them out where they shouldn’t be to do something regrettable. Yet on the way, they are confronted with a Kitsune who tempts them from the path to ruin with promises of grace and happiness. Kitsune are notorious for leading people from the paths they have chosen for themselves. Sometimes they lead people to better things, yet other times they lead them to fates worse than they could ever imagine. Will this mysterious Kitsune be able to lead them boys from the path to ruin they are hell bent on following. Or will they lead them boys to a state of ruin worse than even they could achieve. Regarding trigger warnings, this is a tale of foolish people doing dealing with unfortunate circumstances in a poor manner. There will be blood, murder, filth, ruin and damnation. This tale deals with horrors. Listener discretion is advised.

Moonlight Over Discarded Bones

Tuesday Oct 22, 2024

Tuesday Oct 22, 2024

This episode is about a young woman who was worried about her sister. She watched her forge a unique path that led from the dull banality of their suburban life to the rich vibrancy of the mountains and the forests that lay on its outskirts. Yet the further away she ventured, the more others pulled her back to the struggling village that needed her. This prolonged struggle is interrupted with the arrival of a small, petty man in a suit who takes it upon himself to stop her from abandoning her place in the village. Yet there remains a dark voice that calls her deeper into the wild. Seeing her sisters growing resolve to abandon the village so she can plunge further down the path into the woods, she starts to question her own dedication to the village.

Sunday Sep 29, 2024

A hapless man encounters a mysterious stranger that is enraged at him. He tries to escape him, but his every step inadvertently puts him back in his path. Soon he must confront this entity, yet doing so brings him face to face with an older evil he had spent all his life avoiding.

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About Cheb Ruibe

Cheb Ruibe is a writer, folklorist, musician, and general malcontent who specializes in weird fiction and dark fantasy. He is currently conducting what he thinks is field work for the Children of Gundy, an organization dedicated to the preservation of folk culture. As of this writing, they have not cut ties with Cheb Ruibe. If you enjoyed this podcast for some reason, you may be interested in reading one of the books Cheb Ruibe managed to write. It’s called Escaping the Old Charleston Jail, and it does not have a happy ending. It’s currently available as an E book and is being distributed by Amazon.

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