Episode 351 – The Mortal Immortal
Mary Shelley continues to haunt us as we check her story, The Mortal Immortal!
Episode 351 – The Mortal Immortal
Listen on PatreonMary Shelley continues to haunt us as we check her story, The Mortal Immortal!Special thanks to reader David Wildsmith, of the 7LandHand Podcast!Something we forgot to mention on the show but is worth noting – from Wikipedia:[The Mortal Immortal] was commissioned in 1833 for The Keepsake, a prominent literary annual which married short fiction with high-quality engraved artworks. It was one of a number of similar commissions; Shelley sold twenty-one stories to annuals over a seventeen-year period, with more than half of those in The Keepsake. For this story, Shelley was given an engraving titled Bertha, from a painting by Henry P. Briggs, showing a young man and young woman helping an elderly lady descend a staircase. She chose to write a story based around the idea of an immortal male narrator, seeing his wife both as a young woman and as the old woman she becomes.Next week: And the Dead Spake by E.F. Benson
Episode 350 - Frankenstein - Part 5
We're wrapping up Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by interviewing Leslie S. Klinger, author of the New Annotated Frankenstein, available for pre-order now! IT'S ALIVE (this July)!
Episode 350 - Frankenstein - Part 5
Listen on PatreonWe're wrapping up Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by interviewing Leslie S. Klinger, author of the New Annotated Frankenstein, available for pre-order now! IT'S ALIVE (this July)!Next week: The Mortal Immortal by - you guessed it - Mary Shelley!
Episode 349 – Frankenstein – Part 4
Episode 349 – Frankenstein – Part 4
Listen on PatreonMisery will make you ALL fiends because we’re wrapping up our coverage of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein!Ladies and gentlemen — Greig Johnson is our reader and he is a whole HOARD of treasure!Outro music: “Frankenstein Man” by Fear Boys with Bugs – performed circa 1998.
Episode 348 - Frankenstein - Part 3
It's time to get the story on this monster fellow in the third part of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein!
Episode 348 - Frankenstein - Part 3
Listen on PatreonIt's time to get the story on this monster fellow in the third part of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein!Once again, extra-special thanks to the diabolical Greig Johnson!Next week: MORE FRANKENSTEIN ACTION!
Episode 347 – Frankenstein – Part 2
Get ready to meet the monster as we masticate the second quarter of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein!
Episode 347 - Frankenstein - Part 2
Listen on PatreonGet ready to meet the monster as we masticate the second quarter of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein!Special thanks to our TWO readers, the phenomenal Rachel Lackey and the diabolical Greig Johnson.Next week: EVEN MORE FRANKENSTEIN!
Episode 346 - Frankenstein - Part 1
March is for Frankensteins, y'all! Clasp our clammy hands as we dig into Mary Shelley's Frankenstein!
Episode 346 - Frankenstein - Part 1
March is for Frankensteins, y'all! Clasp our clammy hands as we dig into Mary Shelley's Frankenstein!
Special thanks to our reader, the phenomenal Greig Johnson.
Next week: MORE FRANKENSTEIN!
Episode 345 - Po' Sandy
Black History Month concludes with a haunted in kitchen in Po’ Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt!
Episode 345 - Po' Sandy
Listen on PatreonBlack History Month concludes with a haunted in kitchen in Po’ Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt!Special thanks to our reader, Lance Holt!Next up: MARCH IS FOR FRANKENSTEINS!
Episode 344 - Speech Sounds
Episode 344 - Speech Sounds
Listen in as we sample Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler!
Special thanks to our reader, Heather Klinke!
We'll be back next week with Po' Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt!
Episode 343 - The Comet
Episode 343 - The Comet
Listen on PatreonOur Black History Month coverage continues with The Comet by W.E.B. DuBois!Special thanks to our reader, Andrew Leman! The HPLHS Dark Adventure Radio Theatre production of Brotherhood of the Beast is available now! SNAP IT UP!Next week: Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler.
Episode 342 - Bloodchild
Black History Month kicks off with the excellent Octavia E. Butler story Bloodchild!
Episode 342 - Bloodchild
Black History Month kicks off with the excellent Octavia E. Butler story Bloodchild!
Thanks to our reader, Andrew Weary!
Pick up Pulp Sonnets by Kate M. Sherrod! DO IT NOW!!
Next week: The Comet by W.E.B. DuBois.
Episode 341 - The Most Dangerous Game
Episode 341 - The Most Dangerous Game
Listen on PatreonWe cross the finish line on Games Month with The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell!Special thanks to our reader, Andrew Leman! The HPLHS Dark Adventure Radio Theatre production of Brotherhood of the Beast is available now and it is hot! SNAP IT UP!Here’s McSweeney’s excellent adaptation of The Most Dangerous Game, by Jake Swearingen.Outro music: Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf” performed by Pitch Black Manor, live circa 1995.Next week: Bloodchild by Octavia Butler
Episode 340 - The Three Sailors' Gambit & The Riddle
Episode 340 - The Three Sailors' Gambit & The Riddle
Listen on PatreonLet the games continue! We're doing play-by-play commentary on The Three Sailors’ Gambit by Lord Dunsany and The Riddle by Walter de la Mare!Special thanks to our reader, Lance Holt! DREAMY!Next week: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
Episode 339 - The October Game
Episode 339 - The October Game
Listen on PatreonThe second quarter of Games Month kicks off with The October Game by Ray Bradbury!Special thanks to our reader, Lance Holt! Glad to have ya back!That opening music excerpt is from Halloween Macabre on Golden Records Spooky Halloween Hits.Don't forget to tune into Lackey's other podcast, Rachel Watches Star Trek!Two stories next week: The Three Sailors' Gambit by Dunsany and The Riddle by Walter de la Mare!
Episode 338 - Gonna Roll the Bones
Let the games begin! We're kicking off 2017 with Gonna Roll the Bones by Fritz Leiber!
Episode 338 - Gonna Roll the Bones
Let the games begin! We're kicking off 2017 with Gonna Roll the Bones by Fritz Leiber!
Thanks so much to Patton Oswalt for recommending the story - we'll be doing listener suggestions all month!
Don't be a loser - buy or rent Beyond the Gates now!
Special thanks to our reader, Andrew Leman. The HPLHS Dark Adventure Radio Theatre production of Brotherhood of the Beast is available now and it is hot! SNAP IT UP!
Here's the Nicholas Whyte review of the story that we mention in the episode.
Next week: The October Game by Ray Bradbury
Reading 10 - The Statement of Randolph Carter
Happy Holidays! Ring in the New Year by the graveside with this full-length reading of The Statement of Randolph Carter by H.P. Lovecraft!
Reading 10 - The Statement of Randolph Carter
Happy Holidays! Ring in the New Year by the graveside with this full-length reading of The Statement of Randolph Carter by H.P. Lovecraft!
This story was read and recorded by Andrew Leman at The Jungle Room Recording Stage & Studio in Glendale, CA.
Music and production by Chad Fifer. Thanks to everybody who contributed to make this production possible!
Episode 337 - The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
Episode 337 - The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
Listen on PatreonSettle within The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral by M.R. James and enjoy the holidays with us!Special thanks to our reader, Greig Johnson! Check out his Top 5 Christmas Movies with Lunge Dolphin!Next week - a full reading of The Statement of Randolph Carter featuring Andrew Leman!
Episode 336 – The Bed by the Window
Episode 336 – The Bed by the Window
Listen on PatreonAs everybody knows, December is a celebration of Furniture in Horror – a tradition we continue with E.F. Benson’s The Bed by the Window!In fact, here’s a study by The Furniture Market on the most dangerous furniture in horror movies!Special thanks to our reader, Greig Johnson! Check out his Top 5 Christmas Movies with Lunge Dolphin!Next week: The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral by M.R. James.
Episode 335 - The Moonlit Road
Episode 335 - The Moonlit Road
Listen on PatreonJoin us as we stroll down The Moonlit Road with author Ambrose Bierce!Thanks to our reader, Dave Stinton! We'll be hearing more from that scrappy bastard soon!Next week, we're going back to a furniture theme with E.F. Benson's The Bed by the Window!
Episode 334 - The Human Chair
'Tis the season to sit in laps, whether you want to or not. It's The Human Chair by Edogawa Ranpo!
Episode 334 - The Human Chair
'Tis the season to sit in laps, whether you want to or not. It's The Human Chair by Edogawa Ranpo!
Here are a Manga and a short film based on the story.
Special thanks to our extra-creepy reader this week, Jon Hancock!
Next week: The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce!
Episode 333 – The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
Episode 333 – The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
Listen on PatreonJoin us as we dig up The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar!Special thanks to our reader, Darren M. Milner. Check out his full reading of Dagon!Here’s that Gay Marriage article, as well as some reactions.Next up: TBD!