The HorrorBabble Podcast

"The Black Kiss" is a short story by Robert Bloch and Henry Kuttner. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in June 1937, tells of the thing that swam in the black waters off California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Lukundoo" by American author Edward Lucas White, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in November 1925. In this terrifying tale of body horror, an intrepid explorer incurs the wrath of a witch doctor, in deepest Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder" is a collection of occult detective short stories by English writer William Hope Hodgson.  In "The House Among the Laurels", a deserted mansion in Ireland displays signs of haunting, including what appears to be blood dripping from the ceiling, and several men have been found dead in the house. Is it a prank or a haunting? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

"Lost Hearts" tells of a young orphan boy, summoned by an older cousin to live with him at a remote country mansion. The boy begins to question his cousin's intentions, following a spell of mysterious visions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Cat-Woman" is a short story by American author, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, first published in Weird Tales in October 1933. The tale involves an unusual case of anthropomorphism in a quiet boarding house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Statement of Randolph Carter" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written in December 1919, it was first published in The Vagrant, May 1920. The story tells of the antiquarian, Randolph Carter, and the strange disappearance of his friend in an ancient graveyard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Thing in the Cellar" is a short story by American author, David H. Keller. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in March of 1932, tells of a terrified little boy, and his fear of what might be lurking in the basement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Trap" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and the regular Weird Tales contributor, Henry S. Whitehead. The story, which first appeared in the publication, Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, in its March 1932 edition, tells of a curious mirror, and the boy who took an unfortunate interest in it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Far Below" is a short story by the American author, Robert Barbour Johnson. The story, which first surfaced in the June-July 1939 edition of Weird Tales, tells of dreadful creatures burrowing up into the New York subway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Red Lodge" is a classic ghost story by British author, H. Russell Wakefield, which first appeared in his 1928 collection, THEY RETURN AT EVENING. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Disinterment of Venus" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. The tale, which first debuted in Weird Tales in its July 1934 edition, tells of a curious statue unearthed in the grounds of a monastery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Sredni Vashtar" is a short story written by Saki between 1900 and 1911 and initially published in his book The Chronicles of Clovis. The tale tells of a sickly boy by the name of Conradin, who keeps a curious secret locked away in the garden shed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in the January 1925 issue of Weird Tales. It is considered to be one of the first of his Cthulhu Mythos stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Penned by American writer, Ray Bradbury, "The Pendulum" tells of an unusual punishment bestowed upon a scientist responsible for the deaths of his contemporaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Written by British writer, A. M. Burrage, "The Waxwork" tells of a journalist who chooses to spend the night alone in a wax museum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"In the Forest of Villefére" is a tale of lycanthropy by Robert E. Howard. One of Howard’s earliest offerings, the story first appeared in Weird Tales back in August 1925. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Written by French author, George G. Toudouze, "Three Skeleton Key" tells of a lighthouse keeper's terrifying ordeal whilst stationed at a remote light on an infamous rock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Signal-Man" is a short story by Charles Dickens, first published as part of the Mugby Junction collection in the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round. The tale tells of a railway signal-man who relates the details of a ghost that has been haunting him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Screaming Skull" is a short story by American author, Francis Marion Crawford, first published in the magazine, Collier’s, in 1908. The story, told in first-person, tells of a curious, haunted skull, and of the teller’s possible link to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature"; and was written by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. Originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, it was first collected in Bierce's 1891 book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. The story, which is set during the Civil War, is f...

"The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis" is a short story by the American author, Clark Ashton Smith. In the story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1932, a group of explorers on Mars venture into the subterranean passages of a long-abandoned city ... with unfortunate consequences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In "Count Magnus", a traveler in Sweden stumbles upon the history of a mysterious and ominous figure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Penned by American writer, Andre Alice Norton, "All Cats Are Gray" tells the story of Steena of the Spaceways, and her search for the derelict pleasure-ship, the Empress of Mars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Penned by American writer, Clark Ashton Smith, "The Dweller in the Gulf" tells of three earthmen exploring a mysterious cave system on Mars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Penned by Welsh writer, Arthur Machen, "The Shining Pyramid" tells of mysterious stones that begin to appear in unusual arrangements on the edge of a man's land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices