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A vintage tale from the great Philip K Dick, first published in Imagination magazine in 1953.  On a quiet asteroid, an unusual threat is waiting in the forests... DIRECT DOWNLOAD

Meet Mr Flaxman Low - athlete, scholar, scientist and ghost hunter! Join the the original occult detective on his first case - investigating a highly violent haunting in Hammersmith in old London town!  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

Just in time for Valentine's Day, a reading of a celebrated love poem by the great Edgar Allan Poe, the exquisite gothic tale in miniature that is Annabel Lee!  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

Hear the saga of a mighty hero from the days of Arthurian legend - the farm boy turned monster slayer, Jack the Giant Killer! As retold by folklorist Joseph Jacobs in his classic volume English Fairy Tales (1890). DIRECT DOWNLOAD

For our final festive tale this year, we have one of the oldest Christmas ghost stories. Taken from Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar, an Icelandic saga from the late 13th century, and translated by Sabine Baring-Gould, this tale of terror tells of the horrors that haunt a lonely farm far to the north in the Vale of Shadows in Iceland. DIRECT DOWNLOAD

No Christmas is complete without a ghost story from MR James, and so here we have a reading of one of his best loved tales - Lost Hearts. DIRECT DOWNLOAD

In this podcast we have a festive tale of terror from Mr Matt Cowan, curator of the excellent Horror Delve . In this snowy story, first published in the charity anthology O Little Town of Deathlehem , we encounter the spirit of the season in more ways than one... DIRECT DOWNLOAD

In this show, we are hoping to bring a chill to your Yuletide this year with a special series of ghost stories for Christmas. And we are starting out with the tale of a curious train journey that took place, not so long ago, on a dark and damp December night - Passenger From Crewe by Frederick Cowles. DIRECT DOWNLOAD

As winter approaches and nights grow long and frosty, Mr Jim Moon has an eerie tale of whispering snow and icy secrets that's guaranteed to bring you a chill! DIRECT DOWNLOAD

An eerie poem by John Masefield, drawn from authentic maritime folklore, concerning the dark forces that await sailors on the high seas! DIRECT DOWNLOAD

In this episode we have a suitably autumnal tale, chosen by Mr Matt Cowan of horrordelve.com - a classic ghostly tale for Halloween - The Sweeper by AM Burrage DIRECT DOWNLOAD

In this episode we are very proud to present a classic modern tale of the Cthulhu Mythos - The Horror Under Penmire by Adrian Cole, a story of Lovecraftian dread and ancient secrets lurking in mist-shrouded Cornwall!  DIRECT DOWNLOAD  

In this show we return to the weird verse of Mr Edgar Allan Poe to hear the seminal poem The City in the Sea first published in 1845. DIRECT DOWNLOAD

In this episode we have a ghostly tale from Mr Moon himself - a curious account of a very troubled house. This tale can be found in the new anthology Before You Blow Out The Candle Volume One edited by Marc Damian Lawler,  which has just been published in a third edition.   A second volume has just been published too which also features another story from Mr Moon.  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

"Tomorrow it is proposed that the Lower Master takes me by car to Worbarrow Bay in Dorset where the Scouts are in camp—it is further proposed that by the camp fire I should read them a story of a terrible nature, which I have made—contrary to my expectation." So wrote MR James in a letter dated 26th July 1927. And so, in this podcast, Mr Jim Moon invites you to take a place by the campfire to hear...

In this podcast we present a reading of one of the most celebrated tales ever published in Weird Tales. An eerie story of mysterious transmissions and a strange, menacing fog - The Night Wire by HF Arnold. DIRECT DOWNLOAD

A little chill for a summer night, a weird verse from poet Vachel Lindsay that may make you think twice before wandering by cornfields after sunset...

As it is midsummer - a time of magic and mystery - we have a tale of sunlit horror from the great EF Benson. In The Man Who Went Too Far we discover ancient and terrifying powers are very much alive and well in the heart of the English countryside. DIRECT DOWNLOAD

In this little show we have an eerie poem from Robert E Howard. While he is best known as the creator of Conan the Barbarian and other two-fisted heroes, Howard also wrote a great deal of verse, much of it on weird and fantastic themes. The poem in this podcast takes us back England in years gone by, the days when gibbets still stood at crossroads...  DIRECT DOWNLOAD

Something strange falls from the skies, and a creeping terror comes to earth. Considered to be one of his best stories, here is The Colour Out of Space by HP Lovecraft, a masterful and far-sighted fusion of science fiction and horror, complete and unabridged!  DIRECT DOWNLOAD FOR THIS EPISODE

What secrets lurk in the subway system? What horrors dwell deep in the bowels of the earth beneath our cities? Far Below by Robert Barbour Johnson has the answers!  A tale of subterranean terror which was voted by readers to be the best story ever to be published in Weird Tales ! 

A tale of terror from one of literature's greatest writers. Guy de maupassant wrote many novels and hundreds of short stories, and is recognised as a giant of French literature. However he also penned a series of haunting tales about the strange and the macabre. The story Lui? known either He? or sometimes The Terror asks us if we are ever truly alone, or is there an unseen other haunting us...&nb...

This week Mr Jim Moon delves into local history and folklore to unearth a true tale of crime, madness and the Devil - the strange case of the Brass Murders! DIRECT DOWNLOAD 

In this show we have a tale from a modern master, Mr Thom Burgess, who has created a string of highly acclaimed ghostly graphic novels.  His latest opus, a collection of short tales entitled Nyctophobias which delivers twenty very good reasons to be scared of the dark. One story you will find in this gorgeous illustrated anthology is a deceptively innocent sounding tale called Teacups... &nbs...

HP Lovecraft is regarded of the one of the masters of the 20th century horror story, but a good many of his tales also contain a great deal of science fiction. And this early short tale is a prime example of how Lovecraft fused science and terror...  DIRECT DOWNLOAD