Hypnogoria

In this edition of Microbobs, Mr Jim Moon looks at the dread undead horror, the wight, delving into folklore and fiction, and concluding with a reading of the Barrow-wight's song from Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.

As it's the anniversary of the birth of the legendary Vincent Price, Mr Jim Moon tracks down the great gentleman of horror to hear all about witchcraft and demonology!  

In what was intended to be the first of a new strand - Microbobs - that brings short, quick casts between the main show, Mr Jim Moon completely fails in that objective and talks for roughly a hour and a half about the new Legendary Pictures version of Toho's classic monster Godzilla , directed by Gareth Edwards. This monster-sized 'cast comes complete with a potted history of the Big G, a lengthy...

Mr Jim Moon once again delves into his big book of Favourite Monsters and explores the world of the big bugs, tracing the history and evolution of the giant insect rampage, and discussing the seminal ant-tastic monster movie Them !  

This week a sore throated Mr Jim Moon is winding up the old gramophone in the Great Library of Dreams once more and delving once again in the mysterious vinyl lurking in cobwebbed crates and unearths Basil Rathbone and Edgar Allan Poe…

This week Mr Jim Moon is winding up the old gramophone in the Great Library of Dreams to deliver a spooky something or two from the voice of one of the original masters of horror, Mr Boris Karloff.

Pin back your ears Bat-fans! In the tenth part of our Bat-history, Mr Jim Moon continues his exploration of the Caped Crusader's adventures in audio, detailing the slew of vinyl that appeared in the wake of the 1966 TV show. We delve into a brace of LPs from Tifton - a Children's Treasury of Musical Batman Stories and The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale, uncover the tales related by the Golden...

In this installment of the Zombi Zombi series, Mr Jim Moon traces some of the more dubious branches of the Living Dead family tree, looking at  Zombie 4  and  Zombie 5 , and then going on to talk about  Zombie 4  and   Zombie 5 . Confused? Wait till you see the movies!  

In this episode Mr Jim Moon looks at various screen versions of HP Lovecraft's The Unnamable. First we have a matching pair of movies from director Jean-Paul Oullette - HP Lovecraft's The Unnamable (1988) and its sequel The Unnamable II - The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993). And we round off with with a far more faithful recent short version, the award winning Shadow of the Unnamable (2011)

This week we are delving into the eldritch worlds of HP Lovecraft once more, with Mr Jim Moon recounting and discussing Lovecraft's second tale featuring his recurring hero Randolph Carter,  The Unnameable !

Yes at long last we are returning to Gotham City for another helping of Bat-history. In this episode, Mr Jim Moon explores Batman on the radio, looking at the attempts in the 1940s and 1950s to launch a Caped Crusader audio serial and the Dynamic Duo's aural team-ups with the Man of Steel!  

This week in the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon once again opens up the casebook of Mr Thomas Carnacki, the 20th century's greatest occult detective. In this penultimate investigation, as chronicled by his biographer Mr William Hope Hodgson, the Ghost-Finder finds himself all at sea in a most peculiar maritime mystery...  

It's a New Year, and Mr Jim Moon selects some highlights from the past year. We discuss the world of the small press, review Ramsey Campbell's The Last Revelation of Gla'aki from PS Publishing, bend reality with Don Coscarelli's John Dies At the End , meet the marvelous Dr Ashens, and round off with the wonderful tribute to Peter Cushing that is the Spectral Press novella Whitstable by Stephen Vol...

In a surprise bonus Christmas show, we continue our Dickensian theme with Mr Jim Moon presenting a reading of The Flying Stars by GK Chesterton - a suitably festive case - Oh yes, it is! - investigated by Father Brown one fine Boxing Day!

It's Christmas Eve in the Great Library of Dreams, and Mr Jim Moon invites you to take a place by the fireside to hear a selection of classic Victorian ghost stories from Mr Charles Dickens and Dr MR James. We heard of The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton , encounter Rats , meet with The Signal-Man , and round off with Lost Hearts . A Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!

In this festive show, Mr Jim Moon tries to discover which is the best screen version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol . Under consideration for the holly wreathed crown of King of the Carols is Bill Murray's Scrooged (1988), Scrooge (1951) starring Alastair Sim, the 1971 animated version from Richard Williams, The Muppets Christmas Carol (1992), the Albert Finney musical version Scrooge (1970...

A pensioner's headgear is filling up with change, and geese are looking obese! Yes, Christmas is coming! And to get the festive season underway, Mr Jim Moon reads a suitably seasonal vintage ghost story - Our Dear Little Ghost by Elia Peattie, chats about the Victorians and Christmas, and presents an audio version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol.  

From his festive fireside, Mr Jim Moon reviews a selection of books that would make perfect spine-chilling stocking fillers! We weigh up the various editions of MR James available, sample a collection of ghost stories from the Everyman Pocket Library, follow Jeremy Dyson's adventures in The Haunted Book , hear the mysterious Tales from the Black Meadow with Chris Lambert, and take tea with the vic...

To celebrate 50 years of Doctor Who , Mr Jim Moon takes a journey through an A to Z of monsters, villains and aliens!

In this show, Mr Jim Moon takes us on a journey from the Great Library of Dreams to a forgotten corner of the planet Mars, as imagined by the late great Ray Bradbury.

In this epic length show, Mr Jim Moon embarks on some virtual ghost hunting and takes a look at a family of highly atmospheric and spooky adventure games from Jonathan Boakes and Matt Clark. We visit a haunted railway station in Dark Fall: The Journa l (2002), investigate disappearances at Fetch Rock in Dark Fall: Lights Out (2004), uncover ancient Cornish mysteries in Barrow Hill (2006), hunt as...

In an unplanned Halloween special (thanks to a sore throat), Mr Jim Moon delves into the audio archives to unearth a selection of terrors! The main feature is an abridged version of Dracula from the fondly remembered Ladybird Horror Classics, and then we have an assortment of weird and spooky verses from various literary greats including Edgar Allan Poe, Wilfred Owen, Ben Jonson, Winifred M Letts...

From the fireside in the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon presents a reading of a brand new tale of the weird - The Artist by Tom Bayham, an eerie story in the traditions of MR James, Arthur Machen and Robert Aickman.

Mr Jim Moon invites you once more to the fireside in the Great Library of Dreams for a reading of a classic ghost story by EF Benson – The Bus Conductor – and unravels the legends surrounding this eerie tale…

In the third and final part of our retrospective series looking at the influences and origins of The X Files, Mr Jim Moon traces the history of UFOs and alien visitors on the screen, delving into movie serials, the Shaver mystery, saucer-inspired 1950's SF movies, TV mystery series such as In Search of... and Project UFO , and later big screen outings such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind .