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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May 1, 2012 · 1 hr 1 min
HYPNOBOBS 76 – Assembling The Avengers
Despite claiming to be taking the week off, Mr Jim Moon just can't help himself and has to talk Avengers! In this episode we run through the five films leading up to this epic gathering of Iron Man, the Hulk, the mighty Thor, Captain America and Scarlett Johansson's arse, and then take a SPOILER FREE look at Josh Whedon's assembling of The Avengers...
Apr 22, 2012 · 1 hr 53 min
HYPNOBOBS 75 – Favourite Childhood Monsters Part II
Continuing our ramble through favourite childhood monsters, Mr Jim Moon explores fairy and folk tales, the horror of Grendel, and discusses dragons and sea serpents at length. And there's also a look at some of your favourite monsters too…
Apr 16, 2012 · 1 hr 10 min
HYPNOBOBS 74 – Favourite Childhood Monsters Part I
This week Mr Jim Moon takes a stroll down Memory Lane and rambles about some of his favourite childhood monsters and tried to work out what it all means… Featuring creatures from myth, legend, folklore and, inevitably perhaps, Doctor Who…
Apr 6, 2012 · 1 hr 20 min
HYPNOBOBS 73 – Eggs & Orchids
In a special eggisode, I mean, episode for Easter, Mr Jim Moon narrates two tales from that master of fantastic fiction, Mr HG Wells. First we have the account of The Flowering of the Strange Orchid, and this botanical horror is followed by the affair of The Crystal Egg.
Apr 2, 2012 · 1 hr 45 min
HYPNOBOBS 72 – Zombi Zombi II
This week we return to review the many children spawned by George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Mr Jim Moon rounds up four flicks that at one time or another have purported to be a sequel to Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2 - Zombie Holocaust (1980), Burial Ground (1981), Paul Naschy's The Hanging Woman (1973) and Jorge Grau's The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue (1974)!
Mar 25, 2012 · 1 hr 19 min
HYPNOBOBS 71 – The Casebook of Carnacki The Ghost Finder #5 The Searcher of the End House
Join Mr Jim Moon in the Library of Dreams where once more he opens the curious tome marked The Casebook of Carnacki The Ghost Finder. This time the account set down by Mr William Hope Hodgson details an early case of Mr Carnacki, presenting the young Ghost Finder with a most perplexing haunting in his own residence…
Mar 18, 2012 · 50 min
HYPNOBOBS 70 – How To Get Ahead in Ghost Hunting Part I
…And we're back in the room! Yes, after a short hiatus, Mr Jim Moon has reopened the newly relocated Library of Dreams! This week, we explore the ancient and noble art of ghost hunting, learn some of the history of parapsychology, and hear the first part of the memoirs of a real life ghost hunter!
Feb 26, 2012 · 35 min
HYPNOBOBS 69 – Weird Verses
This week in the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon samples a selection of weird verses from down the ages. Featuring macabre poems from such luminaries as Edgar Allan Poe, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E Howard and HP Lovecraft and verses from modern masters such as Brian Lumley and Thomas Ligotti.
Feb 19, 2012 · 32 min
HYPNOBOBS 68 – Imaginary Fiends
This week Mr Jim Moon summons you to the fireside at the Library of Dreams to hear two tales of children with unusual invisible playmates… Thus I Refute Beelzy by John Collier and Mr Lupescu by Anthony Boucher.
Feb 13, 2012 · 1 hr 17 min
HYPNOBOBS 67 – St Skeletor's Day
Luuurve is in the air, and in a St Skeletor's Day special, Mr Jim Moon presents two tales of when love takes a turn for the horrific. Firstly we have an adaptation of Robert Smythe Hitchen's When Love Came To Professor Guildea from 1940s show Escape, and then The Family Album from the legendary Price of Fear. Plus some bonus nonsense from Mr Moon. WARNING - may contain needless Barry White impersonations!
Feb 5, 2012 · 1 hr 29 min
HYPNOBOBS 66 – The Natural History of the Batman Part 6
Continuing our epic history of the Batman, Mr Jim Moon discovers what the Caped Crusader was up to in the 1980s… Quite a lot as it turns out, what with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, Alan Moore's The Killing Joke, Crisis on Infinite Earths and Years One to Three!
Jan 29, 2012 · 57 min
HYPNOBOBS 65 – The Secret Garden
This week we are returning to the works of the great GK Chesterton, for a second tale featuring his clerical sleuth Father Brown. At a dinner party held by the famous police detective Valentin, the little priest discovers an unwanted additional course on the menu… vicious bloody murder!
Jan 22, 2012 · 1 hr 30 min
HYPNOBOBS 64 – Zombi Zombi I
In the first of a new occasional series, Mr Jim Moon foolishly decides to chart all the various spin-offs, remakes and sequels to George Romero's classic Night of the Living Dead. In this opening episode, we discuss the Zombi: L'alba Dei Morti Viventi - AKA Dario Argento cut of Dawn of the Dead, Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2 AKA Zombie and Zombie Flesh-Eaters, and the Fulci/Mattei hybrid horror Zombi 3.
Jan 14, 2012 · 46 min
HYPNOBOBS 63 – Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
This week as the snow and ice lies deep and crisp and even, Mr Jim Moon reads a wintry classic from Bram Stoker. So take your place in the carriage for a visit to Dracula's Guest…
Jan 8, 2012 · 1 hr 52 min
HYPNOBOBS 62 – Rambling Thru 2011
In a not-at-all definitive review of the year, Mr Jim Moon has a look at the state of film and TV in 2011. Items from the silver screen discussed include Fright Night, The Thing, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, X Men: First Class, Green Lantern, Paul, Attack The Block, Cowboys and Aliens, and Sucker Punch. And on the small screen, we talk about Dexter, Supernatural, The Walking Dead, Once Upon A Time, Grimm, American Horror Story, Merlin, Doctor Who, Black Mirror, Breaking Bad, Community, Game of Thrones and Holy Flying Circus.
Dec 22, 2011 · 1 hr 13 min
HYPNOBOBS 61 – Christmas Spirits Part III : Our Victorian Ghost Party
It's Christmas Eve at Hypnogoria Towers, Mr Jim Moon is throwing a Victorian style party and you're all invited! Featuring music, laughter and recitations! Mr Ian Hayles drops by to perform his Dickensian wonder Chains and Mr Moon regales you with readings of Jerome K Jerome's Our Ghost Party and MR James' The Story of A Disappearance and An Appearance…
Dec 18, 2011 · 1 hr 56 min
HYPNOBOBS 60 – Christmas Spirits Part II: The Ghosts of Christmas Television Past
In the second part of our Yuletide festivities, Mr Jim Moon takes an epic length look back at all the various ghostly tales that have haunted our televisions in Christmases past. Featuring productions by luminaries such as Lawrence Gordon Clarke, Dr Jonathan Miller, Nigel Kneale and Mark Gatiss, plus many diverse adaptations of classics by MR James and old favourites like The Turn of the Screw.
Dec 12, 2011 · 51 min
HYPNOBOBS 59 – Christmas Spirits Part I
In the first part of this year's festive celebrations, Mr Jim Moon discusses ghosts and Christmas and presents a seasonal chiller penned by Mr Charles Dickens, The Signal Man
Dec 5, 2011 · 48 min
HYPNOBOBS 58 – Christmas With Frankenstein
In a change to the announced schedule, Mr Jim Moon represents a suitably seasonal tale on the perils of Christmas toys. Coming from the pen of forgotten author Tim Stout, Christmas With Frankenstein is a gleefully ghoulish yarn about some pint-sized replicas of the most famous of the Universal Monsters…
Nov 27, 2011 · 1 hr 2 min
HYPNOBOBS 57 – Twice The Price
Due to various factors, this week Mr Jim Moon hands over the reins to a special guest host, and so we have Mr Vincent Price presenting two tales illustrating The Price of Fear! In the first he co-stars with fellow horror legend Mr Peter Cushing, and in the second finds himself in a tale penned…