The HorrorBabble Podcast

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• The White People by Arthur Machen 19.06.2026 1t 41min

  "The White People" is a horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. The tale centres around a young girl's initiation into a supernatural cult. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Dark Starlight by Robert Grains | In the Shadow of DISCLOSURE DAY 16.06.2026 17min

  Robert Grains is an independent author, occultist, and elite aesthete. For the first time ever, a selection of his writings, inspired by nameless powers, is available in English. In addition to classic hair-raisers, a rich cauldron of sophisticated weird fiction stories steeped in metaphysical and arcane allusions is presented to the gentle readers, a collection that will certainly enrich your personal eldritch studies and expedite your descent into madness. Grains' Ossuary of Dreams @ amazon.co.uk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C87DFJ7G Grains' Ossuary of Dreams @ amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C87DFJ7G Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• The Return of the Undead by Arthur Leeds 12.06.2026 51min

  "The Return of the Undead" is a short story by Arthur Leeds, first published in the November 1925 edition of Weird Tales. "A hospital vampire–morphine–and a ward full of children." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Bells of Oceana by Arthur J. Burks 09.06.2026 37min

  "Bells of Oceana" by Arthur J. Burks, was first published in the December 1927 edition of Weird Tales. The story tells of an encounter with something deadly in the uncharted waters of the North Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Take the Z-Train by Allison V. Harding 05.06.2026 23min

  "Take the Z-Train" is a March 1953 Weird Tale by the American author, Allison V. Harding. “A ghostly train that never was, heads for a ghastly destination that couldn’t be..." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Death of the Kraken by David H. Keller 02.06.2026 21min

  "Death of the Kraken" by American author David H. Keller, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in March 1942. The magazine described the tale as follows: “In the Sargasso Sea Are Many Monsters . . . Human Ones!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• The Piper from Bhutan by David Bernard 29.05.2026 18min

  "The Piper from Bhutan" by American author David Bernard, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in February 1938. The story tells of an elderly piper from Bhutan, who claims to be able restore vitality to the recently deceased. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Necromancy in Naat by Clark Ashton Smith 26.05.2026 57min

  "Necromancy in Naat" is a Zothique Cycle story by Clark Ashton Smith, first published in the July 1936 edition of Weird Tales. "A strange, spine-chilling story about the dead people that swam in the ocean and served the sorcerers of Naat." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• I've Got to Believe It by Bruce Walker 22.05.2026 21min

  "I've Got to Believe It" is a short story by Bruce Walker, first published in Strange Stories, October 1940. "Out of the eerie confines of a house of fear, a mortal's ghost arises from a thirty year's sleep!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• In the Lake at Garlock's Bend by David Kaufman 19.05.2026 30min

  "In the Lake at Garlock's Bend" is a short story by the American author, David Kaufman, first published in the July 1985 edition of Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. In an abandoned lakeside town, a witness recounts the horrifying night a local drifter became trapped by an unseen force. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker 15.05.2026 31min

  "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker first appeared in Weird Tales in December 1927. The story was originally intended to be part of the book, "Dracula," but was excised before the book was published. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• The Noseless Horror by Robert E. Howard 12.05.2026 40min

  "The Noseless Horror" is a short story by Robert E. Howard, first published in the February 1970 edition of Magazine of Horror. According to Glenn Lord, who submitted the story to MoH, it was written prior to 1930. "At a remote manor, a guest is drawn into a murder and a terrifying mystery linked to a stolen mummy and an old betrayal." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Threshold of Endurance by Betsy Emmons 08.05.2026 9min

  "Threshold of Endurance" is a work of short fiction by the little-known author, Betsy Emmons. First published in the September 1946 edition of Weird Tales, the story was described as follows: "One who has Long Endur’d may of a sudden break the Bounds of Reason." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• The Will of Claude Ashur by C. Hall Thompson 05.05.2026 2t 10min

  "The Will of Claude Ashur" is a Cthulhu Mythos novelette by C. Hall Thompson, first published in the July 1947 edition of Weird Tales. "Evil legends hang over this ancient coastal village and its infamous secret more terrible than all the terrors of night." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• The Horror of the Heights by Arthur Conan Doyle 01.05.2026 41min

  "The Horror of the Heights" is a short story by British author, Arthur Conan Doyle. The tale is told through the blood-stained pages of a notebook found on the edge of a farm, which tells of a strange flight into the jungles of the upper air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• The Follower by Allison V. Harding 28.04.2026 58min

  "The Follower" is a short story by the American writer, Allison V. Harding, first published in the September 1948 edition of Weird Tales. In the story, a young doctor grows increasingly uneasy when a terrified patient insists he is being pursued by an unseen presence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Night of Impossible Shadows by Allison V. Harding 24.04.2026 46min

  "Night of Impossible Shadows" is a short story by the American author, Allison V. Harding. The story first appeared in Weird Tales in September 1945, and was described as follows: "A land where shadows ruled, shadows gone mad, doing things not meant to be done or utterly impossible!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• The Isle of the Torturers by Clark Ashton Smith 21.04.2026 45min

  "The Isle of the Torturers" is a Zothique Cycle story by Clark Ashton Smith, first published in the March 1933 edition of Weird Tales. "A powerful story of terrific torments, and the strange, sudden onslaught of the Silver Death." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood 17.04.2026 2t 3min

  "The Wendigo" is based on Algernon Blackwood's experiences hunting in the backwoods of Canada. A group of men deep in the Northern wilderness are visited by a terrifying creature from Native American legend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Hollywood Horror by Paul Ernst | Doctor Satan #3 14.04.2026 1t 22min

  "Hollywood Horror" is a short story by the American author, Paul Ernst. It is the third story in Ernst's DOCTOR SATAN series (Weird Tales, October 1935). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices