Hypnogoria

In this chapter, we have two further monster mashups with Abbott and Costello, a new Invisible Man, and Universal quietly returning to horror movies with The Strange Door starring Boris Karloff and Charles Laughton

Mr Jim takes a seat by the fire for a quick chat and an update on what's going on and what the future holds  

Mr Jim provides a commentary track for Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance, a short film from 1976 made for the TV show for schools Music Scene 

In this episode we take a look at one of the more obscure television adaptations of MR James, a version of his tale Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance which aired on Midsummer's Day - 21st June - 1976

In this chapter of Universal horror history we learn how the famous monsters returned to the silver screen, when Dracula, the Wolfman and Frankenstein Monster met Abbott and Costello, an unlikely resurrection in more ways than one!

In this podcast we revisit two ground-breaking computer rpg games from the early 1980s, the era of the home micro, when the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 were king -  The Hobbit  from Beam Software and  Valhalla  from Legend

We take at look at the latest incarnation of Dracula from Universal - a comedy horror starring Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, and Nicholas Cage as the Count

We take at look at the latest incarnation of Dracula from Universal - a comedy horror starring Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, and Nicholas Cage as the Count

In something of a stop-gap episode, we have a delve in the audio archives and unearth a classic episode of Lights Out, a bizarre and macabre tale entitled The Little People...

The Doomscribe returns! Garth Marenghi returns with a new novel that is a trilogy in one single book! How does that work? Well, find out in this podcast!

In this second delve into the short-lived cycle of horror movies from Republic Pictures, we look at The Woman Who Came Back (1945), The Catman of Paris (1946) and Valley of the Zombies (1946)

In this episode we take at look at a short but often forgotten cycle of horror movies from Republic Pictures, released in the mid 1940s to compete with the Universal monsters!  In this first part, we look at T h e P h a n t o m S p e a k s (1945) and T h e V a m p i r e ' s G h o s t (1945) both of which you can watch on YouTube and other sites!

In this new chapter we examine an overlooked entry in the Universal horror family, the 1939 film serial The Phantom Creeps starring Bela Lugosi and an 8 foot tall killer robot!

In this show, Mr Jim revisits a favourite volume from his childhood - I've Seen a Ghost by Richard Davis, in  which various stars of stage and screen related their own encounters with the supernatural!

In this second show on weird gazetteers, we take a look at some hefty tomes that map and detail folklore and legends in the British Isles, and these include An Atlas of Magical Britain (1990) by Janet and Colin Bord (1990), Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain (1973) ed. Geoffrey Ashe, and The Lore of the Land (2005) by Jacqueline Simpson and Jennifer Westwood

As a little sidestep between looking at ghostly gazetteers, in this appropriately rambling show, Mr Jim talks about the marvels of Mr Marek Larwood and the Cool Dudes Walking Club

A little chat from the fireside in which we have updates on my on-going health situation and what's coming up in the next month or so on my shows

In this podcast, we once again have a delve on the haunted shelves and sample a selection of books providing guides to ghosts and hauntings across the British Isles, including the marvellous books by the late great Peter Underwood. 

This week we take another dive into the vaults and have a delve on some haunted shelves, with Mr Jim exploring some favourite spooky kids books from the 1970s and the 1980s featuring tomes from Aidan Chambers, Eric Maple, and the scarier Piccolo Explorers Books.

In another special episode, Mr Jim guested on the excellent Grognard Files Podcast to chat with Dirk the Dice about seminal BBC2 TV series Moviedrome, in which director Alex Cox hosted a screening of a different cult movie every week. 

In a special episode unearthed from the Patreon vaults, Mr Jim takes a look back at some of his favourite books on ghosts and hauntings from his childhood in the '70s and '80s -  a time when there were loads of spooky books for kids ! 

Join Mr Jim by the fireside to welcome in the new year!

Welcome back to the Old-time Yuletide Advent calendar, and the final stop on our journey through the history and folklore of Christmas going from A to Z! And today we have Y for Yorkshire Christmas Pie, and Z is for... we;;, you will find out! 

Welcome back to the Old-time Yuletide Advent calendar, a journey through the history and folklore of Christmas going from A to Z! And today X is for Xmas!

Welcome back to the Old-time Yuletide Advent calendar, a journey through the history and folklore of Christmas going from A to Z! And today W is for Wassailing!