Lost Tales

For my 13th official Episode, we will explore the mythology surrounding the Western aversion to the Number 13, and finish off the episode with a rousing tale of a haunted hotel in Viborg, where the Nordic aversion to 13 also holds sway.

The legend of Blue Beard, found in many a Fairy Tale story collection, is said to be based upon the story of the infamous Gilles De Rais, one time Hero of the French turned necromantic serial killer. This is a little bonus episode, just because I love my listeners! Enjoy this eery fairy tale, with some moral (and mysogynistic) messages. Just enjoy the descriptions of oppulence, the suspense, and t...

History is filled with evildoers and Serial Killers, but only one can be considered the first. In this episode I share the story of Gilles de Rais (Retz), the fallen Hero of France, onetime companion to Joan of Arc, turned alchemist, necromancer, and is said to be the world's first Serial Killer. His tale shows how even the mightiest among us can Fall into the darkest pits of depravity. Perhaps mo...

Join me for a brief discussion of ghost hunting in the dark and another exciting and truly chilling adventure with Algernon Blackwood's Jim Shorthouse. This time, Jim has lured an eager assistant into a barn where demonic influences give them a night to remember!

The next in our series of short stories by Algernon Blackwood titilates us with dark Oaths and "A Promise Kept," when a young medical student, exhausted from studying for an important exam, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend.

A break from the usual story, we visit a haunted house in California where the old boarding house's previous owner was the infamous serial killer, Dorothea Puente! She and her victims now haunt the grounds. Just taking a trip back to reality as a change of pace!

Jim shorthouse stumbles into another haunting when he checks into an American boarding house with a murderous past!

A solitary outdoorsman in Canada is haunted by spirits of angry Natives who have a bone to pick...I mean, can you blame them?

A young man and his intrepid Aunt do a little ghost hunting in a murder house in a quiet seaside town.

The final story from Rhoda Broughton's short story collection, Tales For Christmas Eve, in which we learn it has never been safe for a woman to accept a drink from a strange man...

An old woman tells her young companion of her great Lost Love and a haunting visitation.

Prophetic dreams or nightmares, escaped fate or bloody murder? Another perfectly chilling tale for Christmas Eve!

The second of Rhoda Broughtons Tales For Christmas Eve, the Man With the Nose tells the tale of a newlywed couple haunted by a dark and sinister man who seems to have an otherworldly hold on the young bride!

The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth. A semi-dramatic reading of the first story from Tales for Christmas Eve, an anthology of ghost stories by Rhoda Broughton.