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In the last of our summer themed tales, we take a trip to the coast and sample a traditional British seaside entertainment, a Punch and Judy show. However the Professor performing this puppet show has a dark tale of his own...

August is the traditional month in which the harvests are gathered in, and there are many quaint customs celebrating this important event to the agricultural year. But some are older and darker than others, as we will discover in this classic folk horror tale - The First Sheaf by HR Wakefield...

In the summer there is nothing like a visit to the seaside. But in this tale, we visit a sleepy coastal town in the North of England, where the locals avoid the beach after dark...

From the French master of short fiction, Guy de Maupassant, a tale of terror concerning a very gruesome memento - a mummified human hand!

In this show we have a tale from W. F. Harvey. A story set in a rainy June at an old boarding school that is home to an ancient mysterious custom carried out once a year by a secret society - the Dabblers! 

To bring a chill to your summer nights, a classic ghost story from the great M. R. James, the tale of a most unusual antique dolls' house and what occurs when the clock strikes one...

Continuing our haunted house season, we have a tale from Sheridan Lefanu, regarded by MR James as the greatest writer of all ghost stories. And in this little chiller from 1862, Lefanu anticipates the found footage genre, with a tale that reads exactly like a real life witness account of a haunting. 

As well as creating Dracula, Bram Stoker wrote some fantastic macabre tales and one of the most sinister is the story of The Judge's House...

In this classic tale from EF Benson, we discover why a particular old manor house surrounded by beautiful countryside is so very cheap to rent for the summer... I have reviewed the Casting the Runes RPG ,which features an adventure based on this tale, here - https://hypnogoria.libsyn.com/microgoria-121-casting-the-runes-rpg

In this episode, we have another ghostly tale from Mr Frederick Cowles, a story of a young who inherits an old manor house from a distant uncle... But there are further unexpected legacies...

While we often associate the works of MR James with the Yuletide season, one of his most celebrated tales takes place in the spring at Easter, a story of an ill fated hunt for the lost crowns of Anglia - A Warning to the Curious!

Continuing our series of tales featuring the eldritch tomes of the Cthulhu Mythos, we have a story from Robert Bloch which details the dreaded De Vermis Mysteriis by Ludvig von Prinn, and features a character based on Bloch's mentor,  HP Lovecraft!

We continue our series on stories about the forbidden tomes of the Cthulhu Mythos with a tale from Robert E Howard - The Black Stone which details ancient horrors lurking in the remote mountains of Europe and introduced the world to Unaussprechlichen Kulten by Friedrich von Junzt...

After learning about The Necronomicon in The Hound in our last show, we now have a tale from Clark Ashton Smith which introduces us to another infamous tome from the Cthulhu Mythos, alleged written by a dark wizard in ancient Hyperborea - The Book of Eibon!

A reading of an early classic from HP Lovecraft, a gothic tale of graverobbing and ghoulish decadence that features the very first appearance of the dread Necronomicon, written by the mad Abdul Alhazredv

A seeming motiveless killer stalks London, a human monster who is never seen, let alone caught. Discover just who, or what, is responsible for the crimes called the London Horrors in this insightful tale from 1929!

We start the New Year with a masterfully brief weird tale from Mr Fredric Brown which proves that the Devil is indeed, in the details...

For the last of our seasonal chillers for this year we have a ghost story for New Year's Eve by Mr RH Malden, the tale of an unfortunate clergyman who encounters something truly terrible on the last day of the year... 

In the second part of his festive tale, Mr Jim Moon relates what strange events occurred on the night before the night before Christmas! 

This week we have the first part of a two part tale in which we discover what Christmas is like in an alternative 1970s where the dead walk! Note this story is a sequel to an earlier two part tale which can be found here

This week's seasonal chiller is The Festival by HP Lovecraft, the tale of a trip to an ancient seaside town for a unique Yuletide meeting...

We open this year's selection of festive frights with a classic poem by Edgar Allan Poe, a tale told in verse, whose events fold on dark night " in the bleak December"...

In this show, we have a witty but eerie tale from Rudyard Kipling, concerning a military regiment stationed in India, ghosts, and a banjo!

A ghostly tale set in Norfolk by R. H. Malden, who was not only inspired by MR James but also a close friend.

It's All Hallows Eve and we are visiting the little village of Meadowsend where the locals grow nervous around the end of October. For here there are many whispered stories of old ghosts and folklore horrors, strange things are seen in the shadows, and voices call out of the night

In this show, as a prelude to Hallowe'en, we read a very haunting poem, All Souls by Edith Wharton.

In this show, an eerie tale from E Nesbit - set in the month of October, a stay with friends at an ancient country house takes a turn for the macabre...

A haunting tale from the great M. R. James, concerning something dark and vampiric unleashed while renovating an old cathedral...

In this show we delve into the lurid world of the penny dreadful, with the opening episode of Varney the Vampire, the gothic horror saga with an undead antihero which thrilled Victorian audiences.

A little fireside chat with Mr Jim, who has some good news about his battles with lung cancer

At the height of summer, as something deep in the soil stirs, one old tree's leaves are already turning red - find out why in this seminal tale of folk horror from Ulric Daubeny!

A cycle of sonnets detailing weird dreams of a strange alien world of the Cthulhu Mythos, written by Duane W. Rimel, with guidance from both H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith.

The second part of a strange tale unearthed from the mysterious vaults of the Great Library of Dreams - a memoir of boyhood summer in a very different 1970s... one where the dead walk!

In this episode, we begin a two part tale unearthed from the mysterious vaults of the Great Library of Dreams - a memoir of boyhood summer in a very different 1970s...

Another tale from the fantastical Dreamlands of HP Lovecraft!

A tale of summers spent in a sleepy Cornish village where an ancient church holds a sinister and deadly secret...

A darkly humorous science fiction tale of a dystopian future where road rage is a way of life!

Some very important news concerning your host and the future of the show...

A very early tale of cursed media - a story from 1944 concerning a vinyl record which has decidedly sinister effects on the listener ...

A sinister but darkly humorous tale of a small boy and his unusual pet, which may, or may not, be a god...

A tale of a lone man stranded on Mars with only himself for company, and one that now reads like a prediction of the perils of chatbots and AI

An eerie tale of a child's imaginary friend, who may not be as harmless as he first appears...

An eerie poem from Edgar Allan Poe, recited by mad Roderick Usher in the classic tale The Fall of the House of Usher.

This week a folk horror tale from Mr Moon himself - some Youtubers explore a ruined tower on a remote island in Northumbria, and discover that it is not as deserted as it first appears... 

Restoration work in an old church accidentally releases an ancient horror in this classic Victorian vampire tale!

A classic eerie tale from Mr Algernon Blackwood concerning a vigil held in an allegedly haunted house

A strange gothic nightmare of a tale from Mr Ambrose Bierce!

An experiment in mesmerism yields eerie and horrifying results!

For our first tale for the new year, we have a trip to a fantastic Dreamlands of HP Lovecraft, in the classic weird tale Celephaïs.

For our final tale for the festive season, a ghost story for New Year's Eve by the great MR James, an eerie tale of dark deeds and dangerous magic.