The HorrorBabble Podcast

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  A Thing of Beauty by Wallace West | "Too Horrible for Weird Tales" 07.08.2026 18mnt

  "A Thing of Beauty" is a short story by Wallace West, first published in Magazine of Horror in its August 1963 edition. "Short, you see, was in charge of the brine vat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  John Lehmann Alone | A Garlock's Bend Story 04.08.2026 46mnt

  "John Lehmann Alone" is a short story by the American author, David Kaufman, first published in the Mid-December 1987 edition of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. "As floodwaters rise around a quiet rural community, an old farmer recalls the unsettling events that forever changed the lives of his closest friends." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Moonstone Mass by H. P. Spofford 31.07.2026 44mnt

  "The Moonstone Mass" is a short story by Harriet Prescott Spofford, first appearing in Harper’s magazine in October 1868. The story describes an unnamed narrator’s attempt to cross the Northwest Passage, which, unsurprisingly, results in a series of unusual events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Pickman's Model by H. P. Lovecraft 28.07.2026 38mnt

  "Pickman's Model" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in the October 1927 edition of Weird Tales. "Unutterable monstrosities crept out from the crumbling walls of the cellars in an old New England city." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Four Wooden Stakes by Victor Rowan 24.07.2026 32mnt

  "Four Wooden Stakes" is a short story by Victor Rowan, first published in the February 1925 edition of Weird Tales. "A tale of vampirism at the remote Holroyd estate." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Lost in a Pyramid by Louisa May Alcott 21.07.2026 30mnt

  "Lost in a Pyramid; or, The Mummy's Curse" by Louisa May Alcott was first published in The New World in 1869. The story tells of an encounter with something ancient under the Great Pyramid of Giza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Crawling Horror by Thorp McClusky 17.07.2026 57mnt

  "The Crawling Horror" is a short story by Thorp McClusky, first published in the November 1936 edition of Weird Tales. "A grim tale of the weird terror that wrought death and panic at Brubaker Farm." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Nightmare Road by Florence Crow 14.07.2026 17mnt

  "The Nightmare Road" by Florence Crow first appeared in Weird Tales in March 1934. The story was described by the magazine as: "A sensational story of a vampire-infested region in the Hartz Mountains of Germany." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10.07.2026 34mnt

  "The Minister's Black Veil" is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The black veil represents 'secret sin', and how terrible human nature can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Church at Garlock's Bend by David Kaufman 07.07.2026 40mnt

  "The Church at Garlock's Bend" is a short story by the American author, David Kaufman, first published in the April 1987 edition of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. "A mathematician returns to the abandoned town of Garlock's Bend and uncovers disturbing clues that suggest the mysterious force responsible for a decades-old tragedy may still lurk beneath the river." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Vampire Village by Edmond Hamilton 03.07.2026 36mnt

  "Vampire Village" is a short story by Edmond Hamilton, first published in the November 1932 edition of Weird Tales. "A strange story of the ghoul-haunted village of Wieslant, and the eerie adventure of two American travellers." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Master of the Crabs by Clark Ashton Smith 30.06.2026 38mnt

  "The Master of the Crabs" is a Zothique Cycle story by Clark Ashton Smith, first published in the March 1948 edition of Weird Tales. "Strange books, they were, containing the erudition of buried aeons." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson 26.06.2026 34mnt

  "The Room in the Tower" is a short story by English writer, E. F. Benson, first published in 1912. The story tells of a young man and his recurring nightmare involving a terrifying room in the house of a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Man Who Was Saved by B. W. Sliney 23.06.2026 25mnt

  "The Man Who Was Saved" by B. W. Sliney, first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1926. In the story, the sole survivor of a wrecked ship tells of a terrifying encounter with a mysterious sea creature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The White People by Arthur Machen 19.06.2026 1j 41mnt

  "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
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  Dark Starlight by Robert Grains | In the Shadow of DISCLOSURE DAY 16.06.2026 17mnt

  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
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  The Return of the Undead by Arthur Leeds 12.06.2026 51mnt

  "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
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  Bells of Oceana by Arthur J. Burks 09.06.2026 37mnt

  "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
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  Take the Z-Train by Allison V. Harding 05.06.2026 23mnt

  "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
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  Death of the Kraken by David H. Keller 02.06.2026 21mnt

  "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