Hypnogoria

Welcome to Hypnogoria, Britian's longest running horror podcast!

Coming to you from the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon invites you to take a comfy armchair by the fireside to talk of all things weird and wonderful.

Here we discuss strange cinema and spooky television, explore weird fiction and delve into the mysteries of folklore. Plus we also regularly gather by the fireside to hear readings of some classic tales of the strange and the macabre.

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Jan 21, 2018 · 1 hr 23 min
HYPNOGORIA 82 - Stranger Things 2 Part I
This week we return to the 1980s and the little town of Hawkins to discover what mysteries we discovered there this year! Warning - we are opening the curiosity door and this is a spoiler filled discussion of Stranger Things 2!
Jan 20, 2018 · 23 min
MICROGORIA 51 - Remembering Peter Wyngarde
Well dear friends, the Grim Reaper has been at it again! And so, Mr Jim calls you all to the fireside early for a quick bonus episode to pay tribute to the late great Peter Wyngarde who sadly passed away this week.
Jan 14, 2018 · 32 min
Microgoria 50 - Faceache
In an episode that didn't turn out so micro after all, Mr Jim Moon takes a look at the latest addition to Rebellion's treasury of British Comics range - Faceache Vol. 1 - The First 100 Scrunges, a glorious tome collecting the gleefully gruesome adventures of the boy with the bendable bonce as chronicled by the great Ken Reid.
Jan 5, 2018 · 20 min
HYPNOGORIA 81 - New Year Ramblings
A brand new episode for a new year and on the new hosts! Mr Jim Moon drops in for a quick catch-up to discussing what's coming in the year ahead on the show!
Dec 21, 2017 · 4 min
HYPNOGORIA – Goodbye and Hello
And now, the end is near… Yes, that's all folks! At least from GeekPlanet Online! But fear not, we are moving house as it were and will soon be on Libsyn! http://hypnogoria.libsyn.com/
Dec 19, 2017 · 1 hr 47 min
HYPNOGORIA 80 – Christmases of Ghosts Past
We all know A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and have enjoyed the eerie tales of MR James, but why is Christmas associated with the telling of ghostly tales? In this epic show, Mr Jim Moon rovers far and wide, through snowy cemeteries and Christmases Past, to trace the true history of the tradition of telling ghost stories upon a winter's night!
Dec 17, 2017 · 18 min
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 40 – The Old Portrait
In the last of our ghost stories for Christmas, Mr Jim Moon presents an eerie tale from Victorian writer, painter and poet Hume Nisbet, a rather creepy story set on a cold dark Christmas Eve…
Dec 15, 2017 · 55 min
HYPNOGORIA 79 – Oh Whistle And I'll Commentate On You My Lad
In this episode, Mr Jim Moon provides a hopefully illuminating commentary on the classic BBC TV adaptation of MR James's famous ghost story Oh Whistle and I'll Come To You My Lad. Directed by Dr Jonathan Miller, this short film version first screened in 1968 as part of the BBC art show Omnibus and would go one to inspire the creation of the BBC's classic annual series A Ghost Story for Christmas.
Dec 13, 2017 · 1 hr 10 min
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 39 – Oh Whistle and I'll Come To You My Lad
In the next of our ghost stories for Christmas, Mr Jim Moon reads one of MR James's most famous tales – the classic Oh Whistle and I'll Come To You My Lad
Dec 10, 2017 · 1 hr 45 min
HYPNOGORIA 78 – Jack Frost Commentary
This week Mr Jim Moon wonders why in the name of Santa's beard did he think it was a good idea to do a commentary track for notorious Christmas schlock horror Jack Frost… However he has a cunning plan to get through it…
Dec 6, 2017 · 36 min
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 38 – The Eastern Window
Well December is here once again, and as is traditional here at the Great Library of Dreams we are hosting a series of readings of ghost stories for Christmas. We begin this year's selection of festive chillers with a tale written by EG Swain, a good friend of the great MR James who was inspired to try his own hand at crafting ghostly tales. The result was a remarkable collection called the Stoneground Ghost Tales, which blended Jamesian frights with a touch of Wodehousian humour. In this story, the long suffering vicar of Stoneground, Mr Batchell, discovers something strange about one of the parish church's windows...
Dec 1, 2017 · 1 hr 13 min
HYPNOGORIA 77- In Search of Jack Frost
In the first of our festive offerings, Mr Jim Moon goes in search of that merry wintry rogue, Jack Frost! Who is he and where did he come from? Is he just a winter's fairy tale? Do his origins lie in Norse mythology? And does he have any relation to Father Christmas? Wrap up warm, and come with me to find out!
Nov 25, 2017 · 1 hr 25 min
HYPNOGORIA 76 – The True and Twisted History of the League of Gentlemen
This Christmas, a certain quartet of scallywags are reforming to mark the 20th anniversary of their first broadcasts, and hence in this episode, MR Jim Moon is heading into deepest and darkest corners of the benighted little town of Royston Vasey to uncover the true and twisted history of that now legendary comedy troupe, the League of Gentlemen!
Nov 24, 2017 · 5 min
HYPNOGORIA – An Important Announcement
Just a very quick update on the news that Geekplanet Online is closing down and what this means for the podcast!
Nov 18, 2017 · 31 min
MICROGORIA 49 – The Hamlyn Book of Ghosts
In this episode, Mr Jim Moon returns to the haunted shelf of childhood favourites and dusts off the very creepy tome, the Hamlyn Book of Ghosts by Mr Daniel Farson, first published way back in 1978!
Nov 11, 2017 · 41 min
HYPNOGORIA 75 – Day of the Triffids Part IV
In this addition to our history of the Triffids, Mr Jim Moon rounds up some triffid apocrypha. We discuss some comic book adaptations of John Wyndham's classic SF novel, and take an in-depth look at the official sequel Night of the Triffids by Simon Clark which was published to mark the 50th anniversary in 2001, and its audio adaptation produced by Big Finish.
Nov 4, 2017 · 26 min
MICROGORIA 48 – The Dracula File
As promised, here's an in-depth review of the new graphic novel The Dracula File from Rebellion. Collecting together all the episodes from classic British horror comic Scream, plus various strips that appeared in specials, at last we have the complete saga of The Dracula File by Gerry Finley-Day and Eric Bradbury! Mr Jim talks about the history of the strip and why no vampire lover should be without this marvellous new hardback collection!
Oct 29, 2017 · 33 min
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 37 – Ghost Hunt
Just in time for Halloween, Mr Jim Moon presents a special episode – a radio play that tells the tale of a most disturbing haunting, adapted from the classic chiller, Ghost Hunt by HR Wakefield.
Oct 27, 2017 · 1 hr 3 min
HYPNOGORIA 74 – The Origins of Halloween Part V
Continuing in our annual series on the history of the spookiest night of the year, Mr Jim Moon takes at a look Halloween in the mid-twentieth century. We talks about the works of Ray Bradbury, the horrors of EC comics, and the Disney classic retelling of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad (1949).
Oct 20, 2017 · 37 min
MICROGORIA 47 – Not for the Nervous
In this episode, Mr Jim Moon delves once more into the world of horror comics. In this show we review the second volume of Leah Moore and John Reppion's MR James adaptations Ghost Stories of An Antiquary Volume II, discuss classic reprints from Rebellion such as The Leopard of Lime Street and Monster, and round off with an in-depth review of their new Scream & Misty Halloween Special