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3/6/14 3/6/14

Episode 199 - The Vampyre - Part 1

March is for Draculas begins with The Vampyre by Dr. John Polidori. Bleh bleh bleh!

March is for Draculas begins with The Vampyre by Dr. John Polidori. Bleh bleh bleh!

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You know you want World War Cthulhu: A Collection of Lovecraftian War Stories with Illustrations! Support this awesome anthology!

What's up next week? More DRACULAS!

2/20/14 2/20/14

Episode 196 - The Camp of the Dog - Part 1

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There's certainly a lot of camp in The Camp of the Dog by Algernon Blackwood - join us as we examine the story and continue Werewolf History Month!

We're joined once again by incomparable reader, Mr. Andrew Leman!!

Wanna see some werewolf cats? Of course you do.

Click here for more on the werewolf howling across the Mississippi in St. Paul.

2/7/14 2/7/14

Episode 194 - The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains - Part 1

AROOO! We're kicking off Werewolf History Month with The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains by Captain Frederick Marryat!

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AROOO! We're kicking off Werewolf History Month with The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains by Captain Frederick Marryat!

The Mutant Chronicles 3rd edition is being Kickstarted! Be a part of it - go to the Kickstarter and contribute! Brought to you by Modiphius Entertainment, creators of Achtung! Cthulhu.

We'll be back to finish the story next week along with our fabulous reader, Mr. Andrew Leman!!

12/4/13 12/4/13

Episode 186 - The Diary of a Madman

We kick off Demaupacember with The Diary of a Madman by Guy de Maupassant!

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We kick off Demaupacember with The Diary of a Madman by Guy de Maupassant!

Back in action - it's Andrew Leman laying down the mad readings! Check out his work on the Dreams in the Witch House rock opera.

11/14/13 11/14/13

Episode 183 – The Dead Valley

Take a trip with us into The Dead Valley by Ralph Adams Cram!

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Take a trip with us into The Dead Valley by Ralph Adams Cram!

Special thanks to our reader this week, Eric Hehl!

Tune into our brand-spanking new Round Table: Lovecraft RPGs.

Next week, we’ll be broadcasting On the River by Guy de Maupassant.

10/3/13 10/3/13

Episode 177 - The Wendigo - Part 1

Journey with us to the Canadian wilderness, where we'll be meeting up with Algernon Blackwoods' creation, The Wendigo!

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Journey with us to the Canadian wilderness, where we'll be meeting up with Algernon Blackwoods' creation, The Wendigo!

Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman!

Check out this week's sponsors on Kickstarter: The Dream Cycle of Randolph Carter - a web series.

School #6: Girl With the Dark Halo - a comic.

9/4/13 9/4/13

Episode 173 - Ligeia

We're joined by reader Jon Hancock as we admire Ligeia, by Edgar Allan Poe!

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We're joined by reader Jon Hancock as we admire Ligeia, by Edgar Allan Poe!

Check out this week's sponsor: Cryptocurium!

Here's that reading by Vincent Price.

7/3/13 7/3/13

Episode 165 - The Dead Smile

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Happy 4th of July!

We just can't stop smiling, and neither can anybody in this story! It's The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford!

Special thanks once again to our outstanding reader, Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!

Here are some clips from The Man Who Laughs set to music by They Might Be Giants.

Next week: The Face – E.F. Benson

6/5/13 6/5/13

Episode 161 - The Body-Snatcher

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Outstanding actor and Oscar nominee Chris Sarandon joins us this week to read Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Body-Snatcher!

Want to learn more about Burke and Hare? This is the internet - there's a web site dedicated to them!

Our opening sample was from the film The Body-Snatcher, an early Robert Wise flick and a tour-de-force by Karloff. Check it out!

We'll be back next week with The House and The Brain by Edward Bulwer Lytton. Subscribe to tune in!

(And don't forget to pick up our graphic novel Deadbeats while you're at it; or even a soundtrack!)

5/2/13 5/2/13

Episode 157 - Fishhead

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Swim out into the lake with us as we tackle the Irvin S. Cobb classic, Fishhead!

Special thanks to guest Matt Burriesci (with his own special guest, Violet) and reader Andrew Leman. There are always fishy things happening at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!

Thanks so much to everybody who donated to the Kickstarter - there are still a few days to go!

We'll be back talking mummies next week!

3/14/13 3/14/13

Episode 150 – The Horla – Part 1

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Join us as we take on the mysterious Guy de Maupassant story The Horla!

Special thanks to reader Erwann G. Marshall!

We’ll be back next week with Part 2.

In the meantime – check out Deadbeats! Or pick up a soundtrack!

2/7/13 2/7/13

Episode 145 - The Mark of the Beast

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We're kicking off Werewolf History Month with Rudyard Kipling’s short story The Mark of the Beast!

Show Notes:

Thanks to reader Paul Maclean of Yog-Sothoth.com for reading our excerpts.
Although it's free online, this story appears in the anthology Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy, with the foreword by Neil Gaiman that we quote in the show.
Get a hold of up the rip-roaring Lovecraftian comedy-thriller Deadbeats before it gets a hold of you!
Or, even better, get a hold of Chris himself at the York Travelling Man, where he'll be hanging out and signing copies of Deadbeats with illustrator I.N.J. Culbard - February 9th at 1 pm!
THE SOUNDTRACKS ARE HERE! You can now download the podcast soundtracks Volume 1 and Volume 2, each with 3 bonus tracks, all newly-remastered, for only $7 a piece. That's 70 tracks total, over 2 hours of creepy goodness. Get into it!