What do Stephen King, Clive Barker, Bram Stoker, and Edgar Allen Poe all have in common?? They WISH they could throw the gore the way Shakespeare did!! Take a trip with us back to the days before chainsaws and automatic weapons, when men were men and bears were bears and murder was up close and personal. To support our show on Patreon, go here:  https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35662364&fan_landing=trueTo visit our website go here:https://www.thebardcastyoudick.comTo donate to an awesome charity, go here:https://actorsfund.org/help-our-entertainment-communiity-covid-19-emergency-reliefLike us? Leave us a five-star rating and a review wherever you get your podcasts!!Episode Sources:Harkup, Katherine: Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts – Bloomsbury SigmaMeier, Allison: The Poisons, Potions and Charms of Shakespeare's Plays, hyperallergic.comMabillard, Amanda. Violence in Shakespeare's Plays. www.shakespeare-online.com Slingsby, Dr. Tim: Would Shakespeare's Potions Really Work? www.britishcouncil.orgHuxtable, Ryan J.: On the Nature of Shakespeare's Cursed Hebona Top Ten Most Interesting Shakespeare Deaths: SmashingLists.comHammond, Claudia: Would Shakespeare’s poisons and drugs work in reality? BBC.comMaltby, Kate: What Shakespeare cam- and can't - teach us about Covid-19RSC.comAubrey Whitlock, The American Shakespeare Center