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Episode 199 - The Vampyre - Part 1

March is for Draculas begins with The Vampyre by Dr. John Polidori. Bleh bleh bleh!

Episode 199 - The Vampyre - Part 1
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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March is for Draculas begins with The Vampyre by Dr. John Polidori. Bleh bleh bleh!

Get your site going with Squarespace now! 10% off with code HPL.

You know you want World War Cthulhu: A Collection of Lovecraftian War Stories with Illustrations! Support this awesome anthology!

What's up next week? More DRACULAS!

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Episode 196 - The Camp of the Dog - Part 1

Episode 196 - The Camp of the Dog - Part 1
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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There's certainly a lot of camp in The Camp of the Dog by Algernon Blackwood - join us as we examine the story and continue Werewolf History Month!

We're joined once again by incomparable reader, Mr. Andrew Leman!!

Wanna see some werewolf cats? Of course you do.

Click here for more on the werewolf howling across the Mississippi in St. Paul.

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Episode 194 - The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains - Part 1

AROOO! We're kicking off Werewolf History Month with The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains by Captain Frederick Marryat!

Episode 194 - The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains - Part 1
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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AROOO! We're kicking off Werewolf History Month with The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains by Captain Frederick Marryat!

The Mutant Chronicles 3rd edition is being Kickstarted! Be a part of it - go to the Kickstarter and contribute! Brought to you by Modiphius Entertainment, creators of Achtung! Cthulhu.

We'll be back to finish the story next week along with our fabulous reader, Mr. Andrew Leman!!

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Episode 186 - The Diary of a Madman

We kick off Demaupacember with The Diary of a Madman by Guy de Maupassant!

Episode 186 - The Diary of a Madman
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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We kick off Demaupacember with The Diary of a Madman by Guy de Maupassant!

Back in action - it's Andrew Leman laying down the mad readings! Check out his work on the Dreams in the Witch House rock opera.

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Episode 183 – The Dead Valley

Take a trip with us into The Dead Valley by Ralph Adams Cram!

Episode 183 – The Dead Valley
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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Take a trip with us into The Dead Valley by Ralph Adams Cram!

Special thanks to our reader this week, Eric Hehl!

Tune into our brand-spanking new Round Table: Lovecraft RPGs.

Next week, we’ll be broadcasting On the River by Guy de Maupassant.

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Episode 177 - The Wendigo - Part 1

Journey with us to the Canadian wilderness, where we'll be meeting up with Algernon Blackwoods' creation, The Wendigo!

Episode 177 - The Wendigo - Part 1
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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Journey with us to the Canadian wilderness, where we'll be meeting up with Algernon Blackwoods' creation, The Wendigo!

Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman!

Check out this week's sponsors on Kickstarter: The Dream Cycle of Randolph Carter - a web series.

School #6: Girl With the Dark Halo - a comic.

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Episode 173 - Ligeia

We're joined by reader Jon Hancock as we admire Ligeia, by Edgar Allan Poe!

Episode 173 - Ligeia
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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We're joined by reader Jon Hancock as we admire Ligeia, by Edgar Allan Poe!

Check out this week's sponsor: Cryptocurium!

Here's that reading by Vincent Price.

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Episode 165 - The Dead Smile

Episode 165 - The Dead Smile
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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Happy 4th of July!

We just can't stop smiling, and neither can anybody in this story! It's The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford!

Special thanks once again to our outstanding reader, Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!

Here are some clips from The Man Who Laughs set to music by They Might Be Giants.

Next week: The Face – E.F. Benson

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Episode 161 - The Body-Snatcher

Episode 161 - The Body-Snatcher
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Outstanding actor and Oscar nominee Chris Sarandon joins us this week to read Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Body-Snatcher!

Want to learn more about Burke and Hare? This is the internet - there's a web site dedicated to them!

Our opening sample was from the film The Body-Snatcher, an early Robert Wise flick and a tour-de-force by Karloff. Check it out!

We'll be back next week with The House and The Brain by Edward Bulwer Lytton. Subscribe to tune in!

(And don't forget to pick up our graphic novel Deadbeats while you're at it; or even a soundtrack!)

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Episode 157 - Fishhead

Episode 157 - Fishhead

Episode 157 - Fishhead
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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Swim out into the lake with us as we tackle the Irvin S. Cobb classic, Fishhead!

Special thanks to guest Matt Burriesci (with his own special guest, Violet) and reader Andrew Leman. There are always fishy things happening at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!

Thanks so much to everybody who donated to the Kickstarter - there are still a few days to go!

We'll be back talking mummies next week!

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Episode 150 – The Horla – Part 1

Episode 150 – The Horla – Part 1
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Join us as we take on the mysterious Guy de Maupassant story The Horla!

Special thanks to reader Erwann G. Marshall!

We’ll be back next week with Part 2.

In the meantime – check out Deadbeats! Or pick up a soundtrack!

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Episode 145 - The Mark of the Beast

Episode 145 - The Mark of the Beast
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We're kicking off Werewolf History Month with Rudyard Kipling’s short story The Mark of the Beast!

Show Notes:

  • Thanks to reader Paul Maclean of Yog-Sothoth.com for reading our excerpts.

  • Although it's free online, this story appears in the anthology Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy, with the foreword by Neil Gaiman that we quote in the show.

  • Get a hold of up the rip-roaring Lovecraftian comedy-thriller Deadbeats before it gets a hold of you!

  • Or, even better, get a hold of Chris himself at the York Travelling Man, where he'll be hanging out and signing copies of Deadbeats with illustrator I.N.J. Culbard - February 9th at 1 pm!

  • THE SOUNDTRACKS ARE HERE! You can now download the podcast soundtracks Volume 1 and Volume 2, each with 3 bonus tracks, all newly-remastered, for only $7 a piece. That's 70 tracks total, over 2 hours of creepy goodness. Get into it!

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Episode 144 – Lovecraft’s Juvenilia – Part 2

Episode 144 – Lovecraft’s Juvenilia – Part 2
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This week we’re out with that crazy teenage Lovecraft and his stories The Beast in the Cave and The Alchemist!

Special thanks to reader Kristofor Barnes!

What’s that? Deadbeats is still shipping worldwide FOR FREE?! Sold!

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Episode 143 – Lovecraft’s Juvenilia – Part 1

Episode 143 – Lovecraft’s Juvenilia – Part 1
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Puzzle through some of Lovecraft’s first stabs at fiction with us and reader Hazel Holmes!

We’re covering The Little Glass BottleThe Secret CaveThe Mystery of the Grave-Yard and The Mysterious Ship, most written before HPL was 10!

Don’t miss out on that free shipping for Deadbeats!

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Episode 142 – The Lair of the White Worm

Episode 142 – The Lair of the White Worm
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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The Lair of the White Worm is terrible.

Special thanks to our reader Chris Tyler!

And if you need to cleanse your palate after all this White Worm madness, we’d recommend you pick up Deadbeats. Free shipping worldwide!

Next week we’re gonna have fun with some of Lovecraft’s juvenilia! Have a read of The Little Glass BottleThe Secret CaveThe Mystery of the Grave-Yard and The Mysterious Ship, most written before HPL was 10!

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Episode 138 – The Fall of the House of Usher – Part 1

Episode 138 – The Fall of the House of Usher – Part 1
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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Andrew Leman leads the charge as we enter The House of Usher

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Episode 134 – The Willows – Part 1

Episode 134 – The Willows – Part 1
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Join us as we voyage into The Willows by Algernon Blackwood.

We’re blessed once again by the talents of reader Lance Holt!

What’s that song Chris was singing? Check out Vienna.

Meet Chris at Thought Bubble the weekend of 11/17, where you can buy Deadbeats.

Heck, YOU CAN PRE-ORDER DEADBEATS RIGHT NOW!

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Episode 130 – The Great God Pan – Part 1

Episode 130 – The Great God Pan – Part 1
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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Tune in, pull away the veil and witness The Great God Pan!

Leman – you got skills, kid.

Some of that 20s music you heard was Kitten on the Keys.

Learn more about Arthur Machen.

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Episode 129 - The Signal-Man

Episode 129 - The Signal-Man
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We're back with a classic tale by Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man!

Special thanks to reader Marty Jopson, science bloke!

Next up: The Great God Pan

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Episode 127 – The Monkey’s Paw

Episode 127 – The Monkey’s Paw
The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

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Your wish has come true – we’re covering the W. W. Jacobs classic – The Monkey’s Paw!

Thanks to our reader, Paul Maclean of Yog-Sothoth.com!

We’ll be back next time with The Upper Berth!

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