Episode 362 – The Fire of Asshurbanipal Join us as we swing into summer reading with Robert E. Howard’s story The Fire of Asshurbanipal! Special thanks to our reader, Eric Weatherington! Check out Fifer’s new/old album: FEAR BOYS WITH BUGS – on sale now! (warning: not appropriate for younger listeners) Next week: Dig Me No Grave…

Reading 11 – The Yellow Wallpaper Get creepy! It’s a full-length reading of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, featuring Heather Klinke! Music and production by Chad Fifer. Thanks to everybody who contributed to make this production possible!

Episode 358 – The Time Machine – Part 1 Travel along as we climb aboard The Time Machine by H.G. Wells! Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson – you can hear him fight the hordes of weird along with Chris at QuietAndBold.com! Check out this Improv Everywhere time machine prank. Next week: More Time Machine…

Folks don’t know this, but THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD is a reference to The Day of the Dragon by Guy Endore! Special thanks to our reader, Wyatt S. Gray, reader of Shadows and Teeth – check it! THANK YOU FOR YOUR NECRONOMICON 2017 SUPPORT! (click over there and donate–>>>) Outro Music: The NeverEnding Story by Limahl, remixed by Juan ‘sf@gnum ...…

Episode 350 – Frankenstein – Part 5 We’re wrapping up Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by interviewing Leslie S. Klinger, author of the New Annotated Frankenstein, available for pre-order now! IT’S ALIVE (this July)! Next week: The Mortal Immortal by – you guessed it – Mary Shelley!

Episode 346 – Frankenstein – Part 1 March is for Frankensteins, y’all! Clasp our clammy hands as we dig into Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein! Special thanks to our reader, the phenomenal Greig Johnson. Next week: MORE FRANKENSTEIN!

Episode 342 – Bloodchild Black History Month kicks off with the excellent Octavia E. Butler story Bloodchild! Thanks to our reader, Andrew Weary! Pick up Pulp Sonnets by Kate M. Sherrod! DO IT NOW!! Next week: The Comet by W.E.B. DuBois.

Episode 338 – Gonna Roll the Bones Let the games begin! We’re kicking off 2017 with Gonna Roll the Bones by Fritz Leiber! Thanks so much to Patton Oswalt for recommending the story – we’ll be doing listener suggestions all month! Don’t be a loser – buy or rent Beyond the Gates now! Special thanks to our reader, Andrew Leman. The HPLHS Dark Adve ...…

Reading 10 – The Statement of Randolph Carter Happy Holidays! Ring in the New Year by the graveside with this full-length reading of The Statement of Randolph Carter by H.P. Lovecraft! This story was read and recorded by Andrew Leman at The Jungle Room Recording Stage & Studio in Glendale, CA. Music and production by Chad Fifer. Thanks to every ...…

Episode 334 – The Human Chair ‘Tis the season to sit in laps, whether you want to or not. It’s The Human Chair by Edogawa Ranpo! Here are a Manga and a short film based on the story. Special thanks to our extra-creepy reader this week, Jon Hancock! Next week: The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce!

Episode 330 – The Man of the Crowd POE-vember is upon us! Thrill to the weirdness that is The Man of the Crowd! Extra special thanks to our reader, Wayne June! Next week: Manuscript Found in a Bottle

Episode 326 – The Secret in the Tomb & The Suicide in the Study Blochtober goes beyond with The Secret in the Tomb & The Suicide in the Study, both of which can be read in Mysteries of the Worm from Chaosium. Thanks to Andrew Leman for reading! As always, check out The HP Lovecraft Historical Society and their great Dark Adventure Radio Theatre ...…

Episode 325 – HPPodcraft LIVE in Chicago! It’s Bloch-tober – a celebration of all things Robert Bloch – and we’re kicking it off by releasing last year’s live show in Chicago! The show was recorded on October 10, 2015 at The Charnel House and covers The Shambler from the Stars as well as The Dark Demon. Discussion of the stories is followed by ...…

Episode 321 – Transformation Chris and Chad tackle an issue they know NOTHING about – the destructive male ego! Dig on Transformation by Mary Shelley! Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson! Don’t forget to check out Pickman’s Guest, the latest Lovecraftian comedy short by Lackey-Johnson! Next week: The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan ...…

Episode 317 – The Seven Geases Get ready for some monstery goodness as we cover The Seven Geases by Clark Ashton Smith! Special thanks to our reader, Andrew Leman! Next week: The Unbroken Chain by Irvin S. Cobb!

Reading 9 – Pickman’s Model We interrupt our normal Wuthering Heights service to bring you PICKMAN’S MODEL! This reading was recorded and performed by the amazing Greig Johnson – please visit his hilarious YouTubes page! And remember, he’s the cat who brought you The Ordeal of Randolph Carter & From Beyond the Beyond (with some dude named Lacke ...…

Episode 313 – Wuthering Heights – Part 1 Ramble across the moors with us as we tackle Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights! Special thanks to our reader, Mrs. Rachel Lackey! And THE VOICE OF LOVECRAFT himself, Mr. Andrew Leman! Next week: MOOR WUTHERING HEIGHTS!

Episode 309 – The Monster of Lake LaMetrie We’re kicking off Creatures of the Black La-June with The Monster of Lake LaMetrie by Wardon Allan Curtis! Special thanks to our reader, Alexandra Hansen! Check out Tellers of Weird Tales! Next week: Slime by Joseph Payne Brennan!

Episode 306 – The Other Side Werewolf History May marches on to The Other Side by Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock! Thanks to reader Greig Johnson – co-creator of From Beyond the Beyond! Our subscription site is still down with some database issues – we’re doing our best to get it fixed up promptly. In the meantime, enjoy this free episode! Next ...…

Episode 305 – The Refugee We’re kicking off Werewolf History May (and Lackey’s birthday) with a great story: The Refugee by Jane Rice! Special thanks to our reader, Heather Klinke! Don’t miss the latest Lackey Johnson take on Lovecraft: From Beyond the Beyond Next week: The Other Side!

Episode 301 – The Gateway of the Monster This week we delve into the world of Carnacki: The Ghost Finder with The Gateway of the Monster by William Hope Hodgson! Our lovely reader, Jon Hancock, brings the story to life in beautiful and terrifying ways. Next Week: The House Among the Laurels

Interview: Gabe Fajuri, President of Potter & Potter Chris and Chad interview Gave Fajuri, president of Potter & Potter about the upcoming auction of Houdini manuscript, The Cancer of Superstition. Houdini supposedly commissioned the piece from C.M. Eddy and H.P. Lovecraft, but who is the true author? We don’t know!…

Episode 297 – For the Blood is the Life MARCH IS FOR DRACULAS RETURNS! It’s For the Blood is the Life by F. Marion Crawford! Thanks to reader Greig Johnson – check out The Ordeal of Randolph Carter! HERO Child-Rescue Corps on the HERO Child-Rescue Corps.

Episode 293 – Of One Blood – Part 1 We’re putting the weird in Black History Month with Of One Blood by Pauline E. Hopkins! Special thanks to our reader, Felicia ‘Fli’ King! Watch The Ordeal of Randolph Carter right now! Next week – MORE BLOOD!

Episode 289 – The Captain of the Pole-Star We’re kicking off 2016 with some arctic ghostliness: The Captain of the Pole-Star by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! Special thanks to our returning master-reader, Jon Hancock! Next up: The Judge’s House by Bram Stoker

Episode 288 – The Lovecraft Comedy Quiz Show – LIVE Tune in as we broadcast our “comedy” quiz show, LIVE from the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, RI on August 22, 2015! Thanks to our panelists, Andrew Leman and Kenneth Hite, as well as our illustrious host, Mr. Paul Maclean! Extra special thanks to the NecronomiCon Providence for hosting us! Happ ...…

Episode 284 – The Dark Brotherhood – LIVE We interrupt this Decembrose to bring you some August Derleth! This was our show at the NecronomiCon – LIVE from the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, RI – August 22nd, 2015. Special thanks to our sponsor, Fedogan and Bremer – check out their 2-disc set of The Fungi from Yuggoth! Also thanks to Lyle Erickso ...…

Episode 283 – A Resumed Identity & Beyond the Wall Ambrose Bierce month begins! (Biercember? Ambrosember? Decembierce?) We’re talking two stories from Can Such Things Be? First up, A Resumed Identity, and then the ghostly Beyond the Wall. We are sponsored this month by the excellent weird fiction collection With a Voice that is Often Still Conf ...…

Episode 279 – The Slithering Shadow – Part 1 We are kicking off November with yet another excellent Robert E. Howard Conan tale – it’s The Slithering Shadow! Don’t waste time! Check out this week’s sponsor, One More Story Games! It’s a great platform for both writers and gamers, and currently featuring cash prizes in the Write a Story Game 2015 ...…

Episode 275 – Notebook Found in a Deserted House BLOCHTOBER BEGINS! We’re kicking it off with “Notebook Found in a Deserted House,” a story that can be found in a number of collections. We read it in Mysteries of the Worm from Chaosium. Check out this week’s sponsor, the excellent weird fiction collection With a Voice that is Often Still Confus ...…

Episode 271 – Something in the Moonlight We’re back from Providence and ready to rock with Lin Carter’s Something in the Moonlight, which can be had for next to nothing in the Cthulhu Mythos Megapack! We are proud to be sponsored this week by One More Story Games. Check out their site, play a story game, write your own story game, or check out ...…

Transreality 2: New Worlds Just letting you folks know that I’m trying to Kickstart my second graphic novel, Transreality: New Worlds. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2084279113/transreality-new-worlds Transreality: New Worlds is a graphic novel about a 21st century man exploring a post-singularity, transhuman universe. With this new book, ...…

Episode 267 – The Survivor We’re kicking off August for August – it’s the master of the Arkham House, Mr. August Derleth! First story: The Survivor! Extra special thanks to our sponsor, The Shadow Out of Providence! Pick it up and READ! Next week: Innsmouth Clay

Episode 263 – The Hounds of Tindalos Frank Belknap Long gets the podcraft treatment as we conjure The Hounds of Tindalos! Make sure to pick up Cult of the Great Eleven by Samuel Fort, available in e-book and paperback now! Special thanks to our reader Greig Johnson! Check out his awesome videos at his YouTube Page! Next week, we’ll be back with ...…

Episode 259 – The Tale of Satampra Zeiros This month we roll around in the works of Clark Ashton Smith, starting with The Tale of Satampra Zeiros! This week’s reader is the delightful Greig Johnson! Check out his awesome, and hilarious videos at his YouTube Page! Support our Kickstarter and see us live! Next up: The Hunters from Beyond…

Beowulf Join us for a very special, super-sized episode of the show covering the epic poem Beowulf! Thanks to all of the Kickstarter supporters who made the show possible. Special thanks to our reader, Andrew Leman, and our composer, Reber Clark. EXTRA special thanks to our illustrious guests, Mr. Bob Hanske and Dr. Catherine Batt! You may down ...…

Episode 255 – The Black Stone Robert E. Howard puts HPL in a headlock with THE BLACK STONE! Why didn’t anybody warn us?! Purchase HIGH STRANGE HORROR right now! What are you? A baby? Special thanks to our incredible reader, Mr. Caleb Hoffert! More REH next week: The Children of the Night

Episode 251 – The Ghosts of the Future Join us as we cover The Ghosts of the Future by W.J. Clinton! It’s a weird one! Special thanks to reader Jon Hancock! Fifer’s soundtrack to The Call of Cthulhu RPG is now available: SENSE-IMPACTS – pick it up! As always, soundtracks from the podcast are available here. Next week: The Wind in the Portico by ...…

Episode 247 – Dracula – Part 1 Have we finally taken on the full novel Dracula by Bram Stoker? Count on it! We’re joined on our journey into the Carpathians by author and game designer Ken Hite! Do yourself a favor and pick up his vampire-spy game Night’s Black Agents and hang on for The Dracula Dossier! Thanks to Andrew Leman for bringing the ...…

Episode 243 – Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad No, it’s not a werewolf, but it sounds like it could be! Tune in as we talk Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad by M.R. James. This week, we’re joined once again by guest host Matt Burriesci, author of the new novel Nonprofit. Please pick it up and enjoy! And if you like what we do h ...…

Episode 239 – The Money Diggers – Part 1 Happy New Year! Janu-Irving is at hand! Join us as we talk about Hell Gate and Kidd the Pirate from Washington Irving’s The Money Diggers! Thanks to our reader Kip Barnes! Make sure to grab his new book, Beer Lover’s Southern California. Like sea shanties? Check out The Curious Sea Shanty Variants of Inn ...…

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Episode 235 – The Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller Dunsember begins with the Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller! Extra thanks to this month’s reader, Andrew Leman! Get over to the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society for their radio adaptation of Imprisoned with the Pharaohs and recording of The Curious Sea Shanties of Innsmo ...…

Episode 231 – The Minister’s Black Veil Tune in as we have a look under The Minister’s Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne! Special thanks to our sponsor: CTHULHU LIVES! An Eldritch Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft, from Ghostwoods Books. Great anthology – great authors – available in all formats. Pick it up! Who’s that reader? Why, it’s Andrew Leman do ...…

Episode 227 – Leslie S. Klinger Interview Happy Halloween season! We’re kicking off October by interviewing Leslie S. Klinger, author of The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, out this month! You can also hear Leslie interviewing contemporary mystery authors on his podcast Speaking of Mysteries. Next week: Haita the Shepherd by Ambrose Bierce!…

Episode 223 – The Shadows on the Wall BAM! We’re ‘casting The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman! Our BADASS sponsor this week is THE UNSPEAKABLE OATH #24! You know you want it! Special thanks to our reader, Chelsea Voulgares – tweet how great she is! @chelsvoulgares Next week: Sir Bertrand by Anna Barbauld! Send us your recommendat ...…

Episode 219 – The Phantom Rickshaw Climb up! We’re taking a ride on The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling! Please grab your copy of The Stars Were Right by K.M. Alexander now – you can preview the first chapter at the site! Unanswered questions? Want to get the straight biz from the Big C? DONATE NOW to see the Cthulhu Talking Board become a ...…

Episode 215 – The HPLHS Time Machine! Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society joins us to discuss deep ocean exploration, cryptozoology, scheming criminals, and much much more!

Episode 211 – In the Abyss Creatures from the Black La-June kicks off with In the Abyss by H.G. Wells! Support the Kickstarter for Warpo’s Legends of Cthulhu toys! Check out the site and remember – if you support at the Spawn Summoning level and then email Warpo with code HPPODCRAFT, you’ll get a special gift! The documentary on James Cameron’s ...…

Episode 207 – Mrs. Lunt It’s PhantasMay Day! We kick off The Ghosts of May with Mrs. Lunt by Hugh Walpole! Special thanks to our reader, Heather Klinke! If you’re in Los Angeles, don’t miss Stuart Gordon’s Taste. It’s scrumptious!