The HorrorBabble Podcast

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The HorrorBabble Podcast — classic horror and forgotten weird fiction.

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Yesterday · 34 min
Legacy in Crystal by James Causey
"Legacy in Crystal" is a mythos short story by James Causey, first published in the July 1943 edition of Weird Tales. "Never accept a gift from a necromancer or demon. Steal it or buy it, but do not accept it as a gift ... or legacy." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friday · 43 min
The Secret of the Vault by J. W. Rosenquest
"The Secret of the Vault" is a short story by J. Wesley Rosenquest, first published in Weird Tales, May 1938. "What dread mystery lurked in that charnel chamber beneath the cellars of the old house, and what impious rites of life and death were performed there?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 29 · 1 hr 1 min
The Brotherhood of Blood by Hugh B. Cave
"The Brotherhood of Blood" is a short story by Hugh B. Cave, first published in the May 1932 edition of Weird Tales. "The sensational story of a beautiful vampire doomed to prey upon the living." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 25 · 31 min
The Tomb by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Tomb" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in June 1917 and first published in the March 1922 issue of The Vagrant. It tells the story of Jervas Dudley, who becomes obsessed with a mausoleum near his childhood home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 22 · 37 min
The Antimacassar by Greye La Spina
"The Antimacassar" is a short story by Greye La Spina, first published in the May 1949 edition of Weird Tales. "A house of secret happenings, a night of creeping horror." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 18 · 1 hr 14 min
Caverns of Horror by Laurence Manning
"Caverns of Horror" is a Stranger Club short story by Laurence Manning, first published in the March 1934 edition of Wonder Stories. “Well, then, how about devils? Might they really exist down below?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 15 · 29 min
The Witchcraft of Ulua by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Witchcraft of Ulua" is a Zothique Cycle story by Clark Ashton Smith, first published in the February 1934 edition of Weird Tales. "A bizarre and fantastic tale of the weird sendings of a wicked woman, and the luckless youth who became entangled in her toils." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 11 · 12 min
Two Plus Two Makes Crazy by Walter J. Sheldon
"Two Plus Two Makes Crazy" was written by American writer, Walter J. Sheldon, and was first published in Fantastic Universe in March of 1954. Are computers infallible? Or are they in fact more akin to their creators? A simple question was all it took to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 8 · 48 min
Dead Giveaway by J. Vernon Shea
"Dead Giveaway" is a mythos story by J. Vernon Shea, first published in the May 1976 edition of Outré. The story is a sequel to "The Haunter of the Graveyard". "On Halloween night, Old Dethshill Cemetery stirs... and something ancient answers the call." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 4 · 25 min
The Big Trip Up Yonder by Kurt Vonnegut
Penned by American writer, Kurt Vonnegut in 1953, "The Big Trip Up Yonder" tells of an overpopulated world, in which food and resources are scarce, owing to certain medical advances in the field of anti-aging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 1 · 34 min
The Ghoul and the Corpse by G. A. Wells
"The Ghoul and the Corpse" is a short story by the one-time Weird Tales author G. A. Wells, published in the very first issue of the magazine -- March 1923. "Entombed for uncounted ages in the blue heart of an Arctic glacier, the knife-clutching corpse of a prehistoric man awakens by firelight." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 28 · 13 min
August Heat by W. F. Harvey
"August Heat" is a short story by British author, W. F. Harvey. The tale tells of two strangers, whose futures are, potentially, intertwined in the most terrible way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 25 · 1 hr 52 min
The Scarlet Citadel by Robert E. Howard | Conan the Cimmerian
"The Scarlet Citadel" is a Conan the Cimmerian novelette by Robert E. Howard, first published in the January 1933 edition of Weird Tales. "A shuddery story of weird monstrosities in the underground crypts of Tsotha-lanti the magician—a tale of eery powers and red battle." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 21 · 18 min
Old Rambling House by Frank Herbert
"Old Rambling House" was written by American writer, Frank Herbert, and first published in 1958. The story tells of the Grahams - all they wanted was a home they could call their own ... but what did the home want? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 18 · 58 min
The Inn by Doomsday Falls by Allison V. Harding
"The Inn by Doomsday Falls" is a short story by Allison V. Harding, first published in the November 1947 edition of Weird Tales. "A haunted inn, a cursed falls, and an evil being who should have been but dust in a grave centuries ago." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 14 · 17 min
Guarded by Mearle Prout
"Guarded" by American author Mearle Prout, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in March 1938. The story of a murder—and its unforeseen consequences—in the mountains of Tennessee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 11 · 43 min
Sacrilege by Wallace West
"Sacrilege" is a short story by Wallace West, first published in Magazine of Horror in its June 1965 edition. "Let me explain: I am dead. Mather was dead, although not dead enough yet." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 7 · 18 min
A Thing of Beauty by Wallace West | "Too Horrible for Weird Tales"
"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
August 4 · 46 min
John Lehmann Alone | A Garlock's Bend Story
"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
July 31 · 44 min
The Moonstone Mass by H. P. Spofford
"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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