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Tonight we have a special tale to celebrate the birthday of the late great R Chetwynd-Hayes, the writer dubbed Britain's Prince of Chill, whose tales features in classic horror movies such as From Beyond the Grave and The Monster Club, plus series such as Vincent Price's The Price of Fear, Night Voices, Dramarama and Rod Serling's Night Gallery DIRECT DOWNLOAD

The world's first occult detective Mr Flaxman Low is called in to investigate a house where former tenants erected a strange temple and allegedly practised strange rites there... DIRECT DOWNLOAD

In this episode we have a fantastical poem about a fabled land from the pages of legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales! DIRECT DOWNLOAD

Tonight we have a weird tale from Lord Dunsany, one of the pioneers of fantasy literature. However this is no fairy story, as a treasure-seeking knight will discover... DIRECT DOWNLOAD

April 25th is the Eve of St Mark, according to folklore a night for a rather eerie divination ceremony, as documented in a Victorian poem which is very much a tale of terror in verse! DIRECT DOWNLOAD

Another fascinating case for the world's first occult detective Mr Flaxman Low, in which he is called to investigate a house where tenants die mysteriously after the apparition of a whispering face is seen! DIRECT DOWNLOAD

In the third and final chapter of Robert E Howard's classic weird tale uncover the sinister secret of The Call of Zuvembie!  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

In the second chapter of Robert E Howard's classic weird tale we encounter The Snake's Brother!  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

The first episode of a three part reading of a classic weird novella by Robert E Howard - Pigeons From Hell. In this chapter we encounter - The Whistler in the Dark! DIRECT DOWNLOAD

A reading of an early short tale by HP Lovecraft, Hypnos - a story of obsession, dreams, and cosmic horror. DIRECT DOWNLOAD

We open a new year of a reading with a little tale from Fredric Brown, one of what he called his "short short stories" - tiny tales but with memorable twist endings! DIRECT DOWNLOAD

Mr Jim Moon relates a eerie ghost story for Christmas of his own... DIRECT DOWNLOAD

A dark and witty tale of a dreadful, drenching spectral lady that appears to haunt Harrowby Hall every Christmas Eve... 

A tale of festive fears and Christmas chills, set in the heart of the Lake District! This story and other seasonal shockers by assorted writers can be found in the volume Christmas Under the Covers, edited by Marc Damian Lawler!  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

We begin this year's season of ghost stories for Christmas with a tale from the great MR James, a sinister tale of curses and witchcraft entitled simply The Ash-Tree... DIRECT DOWNLOAD

A haunting tale from a writer that the great MR James himself considered to be the finest ever author of ghostly tales - J Sheridan le Fanu. DIRECT DOWNLOAD

Another case for occult detective Mr Flaxman Low - involving a family curse and a dread spectre whose appearance brings death!   DIRECT DOWNLOAD

A classic tale of Lovecraftian terror from Robert Bloch. When young Willie Osbourne goes to stay with his aunt in and uncle on their remote farm in the country, he becomes aware of strange things lurking in the forest, sinister things that are getting closer as Hallowe'en approaches...  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

A tale of autumnal terror that was a favourite of HP Lovecraft. Appearing in Weird Tales in 1923, this is an eerie story of a long-lost friend refound...  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

A seasonal reading of a much loved classic poem for this time of year... DIRECT DOWNLOAD

Tonight we have a reading of an early classic short story by the great HP Lovecraft, a tale that begins in a benighted castle deep beneath the earth... DIRECT DOWNLOAD

Tonight we have a reading of one of the all-time classic ghost stories, The House of the Nightmare by Edward Lucas White! When a gentlemen's roadster breaks down on a lonely road he finds curious company in the house where he stays the night...  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

In this visit to the Great Library we have a sunlit tale of folk horror from Mr Algernon Blackwood, where a walk in the woods turns out to be no picnic...  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

Concluding our summer season of vampiric tales, in this show Mr Jim Moon reads classic chiller For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford, the story of a curious vision revealed by moonlight and its dark history...  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

In this show, we return to the chilling tales of EF Benson. In this particular story we discover that even the English countryside at the height of a glorious summer can be home to dark and dreadful things...  DIRECT DOWNLOAD