Join Lisa VanDamme as she guides you through Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery. Recommended Book Url: https://readwithme.app.link/qUI6QGdLEjb
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The official HorrorBabble podcast: a home for horror classics and rare weird tales. Our Teespring Store for all your HorrorBabble Merchandise https://horrorbabble-merch.creator-spring.com/ Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/horrorbabble Visit the HorrorBabble YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/HorrorBabble
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A Novel Adaptation is a podcast about books and what it takes to make a screen adaptation that not only stays true to the text but takes it to the next level. There are plenty of good tv or movie adaptations, but what makes one great?
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"The House Party at Smoky Island" by L. M. Montgomery
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"The House Party at Smoky Island" is a short story by Canadian author, L. M. Montgomery. The tale first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in August 1935. The story revolves around an unusual house party in the wilds of central Ontario, in which ghost stories are exchanged.By HorrorBabble
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"The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The story, which is the second story to feature the character Satampra Zeiros, was first published under the title, THE POWDER OF HYPERBOREA, in the March 1958 edition of Saturn.…
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"Time-Fuse" is a short story by the English author, John Metcalfe. Published in the 1931 collection "Judas and Other Stories", tells of a séance hosted by a lady with a more than casual interest in spiritualism.By HorrorBabble
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"Up Under the Roof" is a short story by American writer, Manly Wade Wellman, which first appeared in Weird Tales in October 1938. The tale tells of something stalking the space between the roof-peak and the ceiling, in an old, shabby house.By HorrorBabble
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"A Tropical Horror" by William Hope Hodgson
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"A Tropical Horror" is a short story by William Hope Hodgson. First published in The Grand Magazine in its June 1905 edition, the tale tells of a ship attacked by a monstrous sea creature.By HorrorBabble
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"King of the Forgotten People" by Robert E. Howard
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"King of the Forgotten People" is a short story by Robert E. Howard, first appearing in Magazine of Horror in its Summer 1966 edition, incorrectly titled, VALLEY OF THE LOST. The story tells of Jim Brill, and his strange journey into the hidden city of Khor.By HorrorBabble
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"The Man of Stone" by H. P. Lovecraft & Hazel Heald
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"The Man of Stone" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald. Published in the October 1932 issue of Wonder Stories, it tells of two friends who go in search of several peculiarly life-like stone statues in the remote Adirondack Mountains of New York.By HorrorBabble
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"The Demon of the Flower" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Demon of the Flower" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. First published in the December 1933 edition of Astounding Stories, the story tells of a desperate king's attempt to save his betrothed from an unusually macabre fate.By HorrorBabble
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"The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh" is a short story by the little-known author, H. Sivia. First appearing in the October 1937 edition of Weird Tales, the story was described as follows: "DeBrugh was dead, but he still regarded his promise as a sacred duty to be fulfilled."By HorrorBabble
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"The Man Who Lost His Head" by Thomas Burke
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"The Man Who Lost His Head" is a short story by the English author, Thomas Burke, first published in the Blue Book Magazine, November 1935. "Something had happened which didn't happen; something out of nature; something against the sun."By HorrorBabble
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"The Creeper in the Crypt" by Robert Bloch
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"The Creeper in the Crypt" is a short story by American writer, Robert Bloch. First appearing in Weird Tales in July 1937, the story tells of an unusual case of kidnapping in witch-haunted Arkham.By HorrorBabble
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"The Shattered Timbrel" by Wallace J. Knapp
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"The Shattered Timbrel" by American author Wallace J. Knapp, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in January 1935. The story tells of a desperate scientist, whose experiments in resurrection yield unfortunate results…By HorrorBabble
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"The Coming of the White Worm" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Coming of the White Worm" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale, which was first published in the April 1941 issue of Stirring Science Stories, and sometimes includes the subtitle, "Chapter IX of the Book of Eibon", concerns the victim of a monstrous entity’s scourg…
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"The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft
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"The Music of Erich Zann" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. First published in National Amateur in its March 1922 edition, the story tells of a peculiar musician who occupies the attic room of an ancient house.By HorrorBabble
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Written by British writer, M. R. James, The Mezzotint tells of a strange engraving, with even stranger properties…By HorrorBabble
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"The Testament of Athammaus" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Testament of Athammaus" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale was first published in the October 1932 issue of Weird Tales Magazine, described as follows: "The state executioner's story of an incredible monstrosity that struck terror to an entire city."…
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 5/5)
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*This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 4/5)
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Part 5 will follow May 17th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 3/5)
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Part 4 will follow May 16th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 2/5)
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Part 3 will follow May 15th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 1/5)
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Part 2 will follow May 14th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"Piecemeal" is a short story by the British author, Oscar Cook. Published in Weird Tales in February 1930, the following sinister synopsis preceded the yarn: “He slipped in a pool of blood that had dripped from the severed head.”By HorrorBabble
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"The Horror Undying" is a short story by the American author, Manly Wade Wellman. The story first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1936, and was described by the magazine as follows: “A grim and gruesome story of a strange appetite—the tale of a grisly horror.”By HorrorBabble
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"The White Sybil" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale was first published alongside David H. Keller's "Men of Avalon" by Fantasy Publications in 1934. "He knew that he had seen the White Sybil, that mysterious being who was rumored to come and go as if by some preterhu…
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"The Evil Clergyman" by H. P. Lovecraft (2021 Recording)
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"The Evil Clergyman" is an excerpt from a letter written by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft in 1933. After his death, it was published in the April 1939 issue of Weird Tales as a short story. The tale centres around an ancient house, in the attic of which a terrible fate met its former occupant.…
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"Tzo-Lin’s Nightingales" is a short story by Ben Belitt. Published in Weird Tales in February 1931, it was given the following intriguing synopsis: "It was an unostentatious little Chinese shop, yet it was the scene of an incredible madness and a weird horror."By HorrorBabble
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Penned by American writer, Kurt Vonnegut, "2 B R 0 2 B" tells of a dystopian future, in which death has become a voluntary act.By HorrorBabble
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"Rats" is a short story by M. R. James. The tale, which first appeared in At Random Magazine in March 1929, tells of the mystery surrounding a locked room in an isolated inn on the Suffolk Coast.By HorrorBabble
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"The Door to Saturn" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Door to Saturn" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. First published in the January 1932 edition of Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, the story was described as follows: "Beyond sea and sky the wizard Eibon pursues his outlandish wanderings."…
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"The Mist-Monster" is a short story by Granville S. Hoss. Published in Weird Tales in February 1928, it was described as follows: "A weird mist billowed up from the cave—and horrible was the thing that it did."By HorrorBabble
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"The Living Eyes" is a May 1953 Weird Tale by the American author, Justin Dowling. "Mrs. Weir might die; her eyes would live forever..."By HorrorBabble
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"Keeping His Promise" by Algernon Blackwood
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"Keeping His Promise", which first appeared in Blackwood's 1906 collection, The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, tells of an unusual pact, and a visit from an old friend.By HorrorBabble
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"The Urbanite" is a short story by the little-known author, Ewen Whyte. First published in the January 1950 edition of Weird Tales, it was described as follows: “The great City is never still, for even when it sleeps under darkness it stirs unceasingly with nightmare thoughts.”By HorrorBabble
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"Mother of Toads" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith, originally featured in the July 1938 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The story tells of a young apothecary's assistant and his encounters with an unusual witch in the deep forest.By HorrorBabble
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”An Inhabitant of Carcosa” by Ambrose Bierce
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"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, first published in the San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser, Dec 25, 1886. The story, which tells of the wanderings of a man through a strange desert, introduces several elements to the Cthulhu Mythos.By HorrorBabble
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"The Feast in the Abbey" is a short story by American author Robert Bloch. First published in Weird Tales in January 1935, the story tells of a macabre horror encountered in a strange monastery deep in the woods.By HorrorBabble
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”The Thing From the Grave” by Harold Ward
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"The Thing From the Grave" is a short story by the American writer, Harold Ward. First published in the July 1933 edition of Weird Tales, the story was described as follows: "A goose-flesh story of the hideous fate that befell a judge who had sentenced a murderer to death."By HorrorBabble
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”The Strange High House in the Mist” / Lovecraft’s Dream Cycle
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"The Strange High House in the Mist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written on November 9, 1926, it was first published in the October 1931 issue of Weird Tales. It concerns a character traveling to the titular house which is perched on the top of cliff which seems inaccessible both by land and sea, yet is apparently inhabited.…
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”Through the Alien Angle” / A Cthulhu Mythos Story by Elwin G. Powers
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"Through the Alien Angle" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by Elwin G. Powers. Little is known about the author, nor the publication history of the story, though ISFDB suggests it was written in 1941. The brief yarn tells of a man and his quest for a book that will assist him with a class paper.By HorrorBabble
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The HorrorBabble Originals Podcast: https://horrorbabbleoriginals.podbean.comBy HorrorBabble
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"Number 13" is a short story by the British author, M. R. James, from his 1904 anthology, Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary. Something in room 13 is keeping the guests at The Golden Lion awake at night…By HorrorBabble
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”Out of the Jar” by Charles R. Tanner / A Cthulhu Mythos Story
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"Out of the Jar" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Charles R. Tanner. First appearing in the February 1941 edition of Stirring Science Stories, the tale was given the following synopsis: “Are you inquisitive too? Do you want to know things? Too many things?”By HorrorBabble
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”The Immeasurable Horror” by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Immeasurable Horror" is a science fiction horror story written by Clark Ashton Smith. It tells of an expedition to Venus, and of the weird and wonderful flora and fauna encountered there.By HorrorBabble
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”The House of the Nightmare” by Edward Lucas White
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"The House of the Nightmare" is a ghost story by the American author, Edward Lucas White. First appearing in Smith's Magazine in its September 1906 edition, the story tells of a man forced to spend the night at a remote country house.By HorrorBabble
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”Haita the Shepherd” by Ambrose Bierce (2023 Recording)
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"*This is the second HorrorBabble recording of HtS* ""Haita the Shepherd"" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, first published in The Wave, Jan 24, 1891. The story, which tells of the naive worshipper of the god, Hastur, introduces several elements to the Cthulhu Mythos."By HorrorBabble
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”The Gray Killer” / Diary Horror by Everil Worrell
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"The Gray Killer" is a short story by Everil Worrell. First appearing in Weird Tales in its November 1929 edition, the story was given the following synopsis: “Through the wards of a hospital slithered a strange, horrifying creature, carrying shocking death to his victims…”By HorrorBabble
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”Beyond the Wall of Sleep” by H. P. Lovecraft
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"Beyond the Wall of Sleep" is a science fiction short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1919 and first published in the amateur publication Pine Cones in October 1919. The tale tells of a former inmate at a mental hospital for the criminally insane, who claims to have been driven to violence following a series of deep and strange…
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”The Artist and the Door” by Dorothy Quick
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"The Artist and the Door" is a short story by the American author, Dorothy Quick. It was first published in the November 1952 edition of Weird Tales. "The house and contents had been exorcised of evil—but maybe the door had been left open, the holy words lost outside."By HorrorBabble
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"Medusan Madness" is a short story by the British author, E. H. Visiak. It was first published in the 1934 anthology, New Tales of Horror by Eminent Authors. "The tall woman continued to stalk in the side-path, looking queer and ghostly in the distance..."By HorrorBabble
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The HorrorBabble Originals Podcast: https://horrorbabbleoriginals.podbean.comBy HorrorBabble
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