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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Dec 2, 2014 · 1 hr 51 min
TOMEGORIA 02 – The Boy With The Porcelain Blade by Den Patrick
In this episode Odile and Jim explore the strange world of Landfall, a realm of crumbling castles, strange mutations, sinister scheming and swordplay galore! Yes, we are discussing The Boy With the Porcelain Blade by Den Patrick, the first book in the Erebus Sequence.
Nov 27, 2014 · 2 hr 1 min
HYPNOGORIA 05 – Zombi Zombi Part V
In this episode of the Zombi Zombi series, Mr Jim Moon heads to 1970s Spain to explore one of the legendary Eurohorror franchises. Created by director Amando de Ossorio, The Blind Dead saga is a quartet of movies featuring blood drinking, horse riding, sword wielding undead Knights Templar, who hunt by the sense of sound! We discuss in depth all four movies in the sequence Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971), Return of the Evil Dead (1973), The Ghost Galleon (1974) and Night of the Seagulls (1975).
Nov 21, 2014 · 31 min
MICROGORIA 07 – 30 Years in the Box of Delights
On the 21st of November in 1984, BBC One screened the first episode of a lavish television adaptation of John Masefield's children's book The Box of Delights - a series that has gone on to be become a beloved classic and part of many folks' Christmas traditions. To the mark the 30th anniversary of its showing, Mr Jim Moon revisits the series with some new thoughts on this old favourite.
Nov 12, 2014 · 38 min
MICROGORIA 06: The Story of An Evening With Boris Karloff and His Friends
Mr Jim Moon takes a trip into the Vinyl Vault at the Great Library of Dreams to tell the tale of a most seminal spooky record beloved of the monster kids of the '60s which paid homage to the Universal horrors and was hosted by Mr Boris Karloff himself!
Nov 5, 2014 · 1 hr 33 min
TOMEGORIA 001 – The Girl With All The Gifts by MR Carey
In this inaugural show, our hosts take their chairs by the fireside to discuss the recently released tome The Girl With All The Gifts - a highly impressive post apocalypse novel actually penned by famed famed Mike Carey under the pseudonym MR Carey. WARNING - this is a highly spoilerific discussion of this book, proceed with caution!
Oct 30, 2014 · 3 hr 1 min
HYPNOGORIA 004 – The Origins of Halloween
In an epic length show, Mr Jim Moon traverses the centuries in search of the origins of Halloween. Along the way we'll investigate the festival of All Hallows, the pagan rites of the Celts at Samhain, uncover the truth about trick or treating, the genesis of the jack o'lantern, and discover all manner of folk charms and rituals for Halloween night!
Oct 22, 2014 · 43 min
MICROGORIA 05 – Fun To Know About Ghosts
Mr Jim Moon once more finds a childhood favourite lurking on the shelves in the Great Library of Dreams - a tome by one Sean Richards who turned out to be none other than legendary editor and anthologist Peter Haining. Flipping through this vintage paperback from Armada, we indeed find much fun in knowing all about ghosts!
Oct 16, 2014 · 1 hr 9 min
HYPNOGORIA 003 – Horror Double Bills 3
In the third and final part of our series of double features in horror, Mr Jim Moon examines the history of the late night horror double bill on TV, discussing the likes of Shock Theater, horror hosts, Creature Features and the legendary BBC 2 horror double bills.
Oct 6, 2014 · 1 hr 8 min
WITLESS SPECIAL – The Transformers Audio Logs
BONUS EPISODE!!!! In the latest episode of WITLESS FOR THE DEFENCE – Case 16 – Michael Bay's Transformers films are in the dock. And Mr Jim Moon somewhat foolishly decided to watch all four… in a single day. The following audio logs have been recovered from the wreckage…
Oct 5, 2014 · 30 min
MICROGORIA 04 – All About Monsters
Time travelling once more on the black batwings of nostalgia, Mr Jim Moon enthusiastically rambles about World of the Unknown: All About Monsters published by Usborne back in 1978. Swearing, over-excitement and a feast of monsterdom results!
Sep 19, 2014 · 19 min
MICROGORIA 03: - In Search of a Ghost
Dipping once again into his battered copy of The House of the Nightmare and Other Eerie Tales, Mr Jim Moon unearths a ghostly tale that first aired on Radio 4. Exactly what did Mr Eric Roberts encounter in the dead of night in a lonely Cornish cottage? Find out in this bite-sized serving of audio spookery which tells of how he went in search of a ghost!
Sep 12, 2014 · 1 hr 12 min
HYPNOGORIA 002 – Horror Double Bills Part II
In the second part of our investigations of horror double bills, Mr Jim Moon details the second wave of the Universal Monsters, the chillers from RKO conjured up by Val Lewton, charts the building of the Hammer house of horrors, takes a spin through the history of the drive-in, and examines the double trouble that was AIP and Roger Corman!
Sep 7, 2014 · 26 min
MICROGORIA 02 – The Wish-Hounds
In this episode, Mr Jim Moon reminisces about a favourite old anthology of ghost stories The House of the Nightmare and Other Eerie Tales edited by Kathleen Lines (Puffin 1970) and explores a real life haunting found in its pages – a frightening encounter with the legendary Wish-hounds of Dartmoor.
Aug 31, 2014 · 51 min
HYPNOGORIA 001 – Horror Double Bills Part I
In the first episode of our new show HYPNOGORIA, Mr Jim Moon delves through the cinema archives of the Great Library of the Dreams to unearth the history of everyone's favourite two for one – the horror double bill!
Aug 20, 2014 · 14 min
MICROGORIA 01 – Nyarlathotep by HP Lovecraft
To celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the great HP Lovecraft, Mr Jim Moon delves into the Cthulhu Mythos section of the Great Library of Dreams to bring you the prose poem Nyarlathotep.
Aug 10, 2014 · 42 min
From the Great Library of Dreams – After Dark in the Playing Fields
It's a balmy summer's night in the gardens of the Great Library of Dreams, and the spirit of the season moves Mr Jim Moon read a highly appropriate tale from the great MR James. Afterwards we discuss this curious story and try and unravel its mysteries before true midnight arrives…
Jul 26, 2014 · 38 min
MICROBOBS 06 – Dead Letter Office
In this mini-cast, Mr Jim Moon braves undead postmen to visit the Dead Letter Office in the Great Library of Dreams and finally get round to catching up with some listener feedback!
Jul 20, 2014 · 2 hr 48 min
HYPNOBOBS 150 Part II – Danse Macabre
In the second half of this musical marathon, an even drunker Mr Jim Moon continues his journey through the dark side of rock, charting the influence of horror, death and the Devil through a variety of genres such as punk, electronica, metal and goth and exploring the darker musical legends such as cursed songs and satanic backmasking.
Jul 6, 2014 · 2 hr 44 min
HYPNOBOBS 150 Part I – The Devil Has All the Best Tunes
To mark the 150th episode of Hypnobobs, Mr Jim Moon embarks on an epic journey through rock and pop, tracing the history of horror, the occult, voodoo, and Old Nick Himself in popular music. And all while doing untold damage to the drinks cabinet!
Jun 26, 2014 · 23 min
MICROBOBS 05 – All About Ghosts
In this minicast, Mr Jim Moon once again dusts off a spooky childhood favourite. This time we talking about a volume in Usborne's late 1970s series World of the Unknown, the haunting volume All About Ghosts.