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  181 - Mrs Ormerod by WF Harvey 20.09.2026 33min

  In this autumnal tale from WF Harvey, a visit to stay with at a remote country house with friends takes a sinister turn thanks to the formidable housekeeper Mrs Ormerod...
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  180 - Gavons Eve by EF Benson 06.09.2026 38min

  In this show we have an autumnal ghost story from Mr EF Benson. This tale of old witchcraft and folk horrors centres around a mysterious disappearance, a Pictish ruin, and a local legend concerning 15th September - Gavon's Eve...
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  179 - End of Summer Update 29.08.2026 25min

  A little fireside chat to update you on everything going on behind the curtain and how I am doing with my on-going cancer treatment.
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  178 - Punch and Judy by Frederick Cowles 23.08.2026 29min

  In the last of our summer themed tales, we take a trip to the coast and sample a traditional British seaside entertainment, a Punch and Judy show. However the Professor performing this puppet show has a dark tale of his own...
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  177 - The First Sheaf by HR Wakefield 09.08.2026 41min

  August is the traditional month in which the harvests are gathered in, and there are many quaint customs celebrating this important event to the agricultural year. But some are older and darker than others, as we will discover in this classic folk horror tale - The First Sheaf by HR Wakefield...
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  176 - The Sand-walker by Fergus Hume 26.07.2026 48min

  In the summer there is nothing like a visit to the seaside. But in this tale, we visit a sleepy coastal town in the North of England, where the locals avoid the beach after dark...
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  175 - The Hand by Guy de Maupassant 12.07.2026 23min

  From the French master of short fiction, Guy de Maupassant, a tale of terror concerning a very gruesome memento - a mummified human hand!
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  174 - The Dabblers by WF Harvey 28.06.2026 27min

  In this show we have a tale from W. F. Harvey. A story set in a rainy June at an old boarding school that is home to an ancient mysterious custom carried out once a year by a secret society - the Dabblers! 
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  173 - The Haunted Dolls House by MR James 14.06.2026 43min

  To bring a chill to your summer nights, a classic ghost story from the great M. R. James, the tale of a most unusual antique dolls' house and what occurs when the clock strikes one...
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  172 - An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House by Sheridan Lefanu 31.05.2026 45min

  Continuing our haunted house season, we have a tale from Sheridan Lefanu, regarded by MR James as the greatest writer of all ghost stories. And in this little chiller from 1862, Lefanu anticipates the found footage genre, with a tale that reads exactly like a real life witness account of a haunting. 
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  171 - The Judges House by Bram Stoker 16.05.2026 57min

  As well as creating Dracula, Bram Stoker wrote some fantastic macabre tales and one of the most sinister is the story of The Judge's House...
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  170 - The House with the Brick Kiln by EF Benson 03.05.2026 37min

  In this classic tale from EF Benson, we discover why a particular old manor house surrounded by beautiful countryside is so very cheap to rent for the summer... I have reviewed the Casting the Runes RPG ,which features an adventure based on this tale, here - https://hypnogoria.libsyn.com/microgoria-121-casting-the-runes-rpg
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  169 - The House on the Marsh by Frederick Cowles 19.04.2026 33min

  In this episode, we have another ghostly tale from Mr Frederick Cowles, a story of a young who inherits an old manor house from a distant uncle... But there are further unexpected legacies...
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  168 - A Warning to the Curious by MR James 05.04.2026 58min

  While we often associate the works of MR James with the Yuletide season, one of his most celebrated tales takes place in the spring at Easter, a story of an ill fated hunt for the lost crowns of Anglia - A Warning to the Curious!
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  167 - The Shambler from the Stars by Robert Bloch 22.03.2026 41min

  Continuing our series of tales featuring the eldritch tomes of the Cthulhu Mythos, we have a story from Robert Bloch which details the dreaded De Vermis Mysteriis by Ludvig von Prinn, and features a character based on Bloch's mentor,  HP Lovecraft!
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  166 - The Black Stone by Robert E Howard 08.03.2026 58min

  We continue our series on stories about the forbidden tomes of the Cthulhu Mythos with a tale from Robert E Howard - The Black Stone which details ancient horrors lurking in the remote mountains of Europe and introduced the world to Unaussprechlichen Kulten by Friedrich von Junzt...
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  165 - Ubbo-Sathla by Clark Ashton Smith 22.02.2026 38min

  After learning about The Necronomicon in The Hound in our last show, we now have a tale from Clark Ashton Smith which introduces us to another infamous tome from the Cthulhu Mythos, alleged written by a dark wizard in ancient Hyperborea - The Book of Eibon!
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  164 - The Hound by HP Lovecraft 08.02.2026 36min

  A reading of an early classic from HP Lovecraft, a gothic tale of graverobbing and ghoulish decadence that features the very first appearance of the dread Necronomicon, written by the mad Abdul Alhazredv
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  163 - The Hands of Mr Ottermole by Thomas Burke 25.01.2026 59min

  A seeming motiveless killer stalks London, a human monster who is never seen, let alone caught. Discover just who, or what, is responsible for the crimes called the London Horrors in this insightful tale from 1929!
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  162 - Naturally by Fredric Brown 11.01.2026 11min

  We start the New Year with a masterfully brief weird tale from Mr Fredric Brown which proves that the Devil is indeed, in the details...