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Bonus 44 - What We've Learned

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Join us for a freewheeling chat about the last thirteen years and thoughts on the new / pretty much the same show!

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Comments 50 - The Kindness and Venom of Kate Bush

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Tune in for EXPLOSIVE comments that will ROCK YOUR WORLD!

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Episode 601 - The Vengeance of Nitocris

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We're bringing The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast to a close with the Tennessee Williams weird tale The Vengeance of Nitocris!

ALL THE THANKS IN THE UNIVERSE to Reader Supreme, Mr. Andrew Leman!

(here's that clip mentioned from The Naked Gun)

Next Up: COMMENTS and a BONUS CHAT: WHAT WE'VE LEARNED

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Episode 600 - The Bus

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Join us for a ride on The Bus by Shirley Jackson!

Special thanks to reader Heather Klinke!

Next up: The Vengeance of Nitocris by Tennessee Williams

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Episode 599 - Brenda

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Learn how to adopt your very own muck-monster - it's Brenda by Margaret St. Clair!

This story is included in The Folio Book of Horror Stories, edited by Ramsey Campbell.

Special thanks to our reader, Nicole Knudsen of the Godfrey Audio Guide!

Next up: The Bus by Shirley Jackson

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Episode 598 - Ramsey Campbell Interview

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We're joined for a discussion of strange stories by a very special guest, legendary author Ramsey Campbell!

Discussed in this episode:

The Folio Book of Horror Stories 

Fine Frights 

Ramsey's Anthology of Stories Alone with the Horrors 

Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth 

The Severn Valley Trilogy 

The Hole in the Moon and Other Tales by Margaret St. Clair

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Bonus 43 - Lifeforce

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By popular demand, we're having a look at the 80s space-vampire movie Lifeforce like a couple of weird voyeurs!

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Episode 597 - The Necromancer

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Our journey through Fine Frights concludes with The Necromancer by Arthur Gray!

Special thanks to reader George Woodruff of Full Throttle Sound!

Next up: A bonus episode on the movie LIFEFORCE! And then a look at Brenda by Margaret St. Clair!

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Comments 49 - Two Cthulhus in a Kadath

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It's comments time!

Check out Bowie's inspiration Anthony Newley!

Here's that article about Charles Dibdin!

And... check out Big Gay Horror Fan!

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Episode 596 - The Horror at Chilton Castle

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Join us as we investigate The Horror at Chilton Castle by Joseph Payne Brennan!

Special thanks to our wizardly reader Scott Dorward, co-host of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast!

Next up: The Necromancer by Arthur Gray

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Episode 595 - Lost Memory

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Yet another wacky misunderstanding ends with sawing - it's the sci-fi classic Lost Memory by Peter Phillips!

Special thanks to our esteemed reader, Paul Fricker, co-host of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast!

Next up: The Horror at Chilton Castle 

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Episode 594 - Child's Play

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We're giving the treatment to Child's Play by Villy Sorensen, the first selection from Fine Frights: Stories that Scared Me, edited by Ramsey Campbell.

WARNING: This story involves violence to children by children.

Special thanks to our reader, Chad Fess! Chad is an actor, playwright, poet, theatre artist and educator. You can catch him this summer at Okoboji Theatre performing as the  inspector in An Inspector Calls - July 12th-17th and as Daddy Cane in the Steve Martin Musical Bright Star July 26th - 31st.

Next up: Lost Memory by Peter Phillips

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Episode 593 - Where Their Fire is not Quenched

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We're closing out our month in the attic with a sad ghost story: Where Their Fire is not Quenched by May Sinclair (link includes illustrations).

Special thanks to podcast champion reader Rachel Lackey of Rachel Watches Star Trek!

Next up: Child's Play by Villy Sorensen

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Bonus 42 - The Bathtub People of Las Vegas, NM

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We're catching up about things we've been reading, games we've been playing, the future of the show and THE FUTURE OF MANKIND!

Want to know more about The Trigan Empire?

Check out The Cryptid Club - you know, for kids!

Mutant Crawl Classics with blow your mind! 

Vampire City is some crazy stuff. 

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Episode 592 - Thurnley Abbey

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We're investing illegal ghost-fighting in creepy attic books - it's Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon!

Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman!

Here's a snap from the Teddy Roosevelt lookalike contest!

Next up: Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched by May Sinclair

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Comments 48 - Draccolades

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YOU ARE LEGEND!

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Episode 591 - The Apparition of Mrs. Veal

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We're looking through The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe - it's OG social media from 1706!

Special thanks to up-and-coming reader Heather Klinke!

Next week: Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon

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Episode 590 - Jerry Jarvis's Wig

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Discover the wisdom and horror of the wig - it's Jerry Jarvis's Wig by R.H. Barham, better known as Thomas Ingoldsby!

That's not all - we're joined by writer and creepy attic popularizer Jamie Brittain!

Special thanks to reader and research-genius Rafe Ball!

Next week: The Apparition of Mrs. Veal 

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Bonus 41 - Deja Vu with the Vampire

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We're talking vampire movies including Blood Red Sky, 30 Days of Night, Vamp, Kingdom and more! Drac it up!

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Comments 47 - Blame It on the Mummies

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We interrupt this Dracula to talk werewolves.

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