When Marc Hughes, the larger-than-life presenter of the TV show Paranormal Takedown, receives a series of increasingly desperate voice mail messages from his childhood friend Jack claiming that a great evil is loose in Shropshire, he is sceptical.  Realising that investigating the story might make for great television he sets off to debunk Jack's claims and finds himself at the heart of some dark and dangerous folk beliefs that seem to have spilled over from stories to reality.   Content warning : this podcast contains swearing, suggestions of peril and references to violence , death and injury.  In the Best of Men by Amy Boucher you can hear, in order of appearance  Tiffany Clare as Emilie  Alex White as Marc Carl Wharton as Jack  Music, sound design, production and editing are by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories Casting and actor direction is by Chris Gregory and Amy Boucher Sound effects are by Alternative Stories and from Freesound.org The script for The Best of Men is by Amy Boucher and may not be reproduced in whole or in part other than with the permission of the author.   You can find out more about our writer Amy Boucher by visiting her blog here https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/ And follow her on twitter here https://twitter.com/g0blinegg   You can follow Alternative Stories on social media here  Twitter https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/ And contact us by email here [email protected]    Find out more about our actors, and hire them to voice your podcast or drama  Tiffany Clare  https://twitter.com/TiffanyEclair Alex White  https://twitter.com/alexwhiteactor Carl Wharton https://twitter.com/carlwharton   The second part of The Best of Men will be out in April on this podcast.  Please subscribe to have it delivered to you the moment it is released.  If you've enjoyed The Best of Men please check out our other folklore and folk horror productions via this Podchaser playlist https://www.podchaser.com/lists/folklore-folk-horror-and-fairytale-on-alternative-stories-107a9Gdi9h   We always appreciate ratings and reviews so if you have enjoyed this edition please rate or review the podcast on apple podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser or any podcast app that accepts ratings.  Support the show