Lost Tales

Arts EN ↓ 39 episodes

I take a deep dive into the archives to find the creepiest lost treasures of the public domain. While the stories take center stage, I like to share some of the incredible information I come across while seeking out new topics, so I start each episode with some history, examples from true crime, science and other insights to get those little gray cells working. Then I give you my best dramatic read of horror, mystery, science fiction, paranormal, and just plain freaky fiction eeked from the greats of horror and fantasy and their lesser known contemporaries. These authors created mind-breaking,...

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Episode 13: Mayhem, Mistletoe, and Menses, or "Number 13" 27.02.2023 49:10

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.

Bonus Episode: Blue Beard Fairy Tale, Gilles De Rais' Lasting Legacy 25.02.2023 32:38

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...

Episode 12: Gilles De Rais; Or How to Go From Right Hand Man of a Saint to the Devil's Favorite F-Boy 20.02.2023 40:47

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...

Episode 11 - Jim, Why You Always Doing Spooky Crap In The DARK, Or Algernon Blackwood's "With Intent To Steal" 10.02.2023 1:09:52

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!

Episode 10 - Blood Oaths, 'Til Death Do Us Part, & "Promises Kept" 03.02.2023 43:13

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.

Episode 9 - Where We Take A Trip Down A Rabbit Hole To Visit A Serial Killer's Haunted House 27.01.2023 30:37

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!

Episode 8 - Lost Tales Algernon Blackwood's "A Case Of Eavesdropping " Or Our Reunion With Jim Shorthouse 19.01.2023 44:05

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

Episode 7 - Algernon Blackwood's Haunted Island And The Ghost Club 14.01.2023 53:56

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

Episode 6: Algernon Blackwood's The Empty House & Other Ghost Stories 06.01.2023 49:51

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

Episode 5 - Tales For Christmas Eve, Under The Cloak, Or Don't Take Candy From Strangers! 30.12.2022 29:07

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...

Episode 4 - Tales For Christmas Eve, Poor Pretty Bobby 23.12.2022 1:03:25

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

Episode 3 - Tales For Christmas Eve, Behold It Was A Dream 15.12.2022 46:58

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

Episode 2: The Man With The Nose, Or Rasputin's Eviler Twin? 08.12.2022 46:46

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!

Episode 1: Tales For Christmas Eve 30.11.2022 30:08

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.