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The HorrorBabble Podcast
The HorrorBabble Podcast — classic horror and forgotten weird fiction. SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevision
Episodes
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The Challenge from Beyond by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Challenge from Beyond" is a work of collaborative fiction by C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Frank Belknap Long. The tale…
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The Shadow from the Steeple by Robert Bloch
"The Shadow from the Steeple" is a short story by American author, Robert Bloch, first published in 1950. It completes a series of tales started by Bloch in…
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The Jelly-Fish by David H. Keller
"The Jelly-Fish" is a short story by American author, David H. Keller. First appearing in Weird Tales in its January 1929 edition, the story tells of an…
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Ghouls of the Sea by J. B. S. Fullilove
"Ghouls of the Sea" is a rare weird tale by the American author, J. B. S. Fullilove. Appearing in the March 1934 edition of Weird Tales, the story asks what it…
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Grotesquerie by Harold Lawlor
"Grotesquerie" is a short story by the little-known author, Harold Lawlor. First appearing in Weird Tales in its November 1950 edition, the story was described…
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Seedling of Mars by Clark Ashton Smith
"Seedling of Mars", which explores the idea of Martian canals being much more than mere waterways, was first published as THE PLANET ENTITY in the Fall 1931…
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The Terrible Old Man by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Terrible Old Man" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. It was written on January 28, 1920, and first published in the Tryout, an amateur press…
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The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows by W. B. Yeats
"The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows" is a short story by the poet William Butler Yeats, it is based on the true story of Sir Frederick Hamilton's…
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Sleigh Bells by Hasan Vokine
"Sleigh Bells" by the mysterious writer, Hasan Vokine, first appeared in the April 1925 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The story takes place in deepest…
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The Earth Draws by Jonas Lie
"The Earth Draws" by Norwegian author Jonas Lie, first appeared in his 1893 collection, Weird Tales from Northern Seas. The story tells of a series of strange…
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The Arctic Death by Wilford Allen
"The Arctic Death" by American author Wilford Allen, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in June 1927. Out of the North it came, that dread death that…
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The Paradise of the Ice Wilderness by Jul. Regis
"The Paradise of the Ice Wilderness" by Swedish author Jul. Regis, first appeared in Amazing Stories in October 1927. The tale tells of the discovery of a…
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The Third Interne by Idwal Jones
"The Third Interne" by Welsh-American author Idwal Jones, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in January 1938. The story tells of a surgical horror in the…
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The Death Watch by Hugh B. Cave
"The Death Watch" is a short story by the British born, American author, Hugh B. Cave. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in its 1939 June-July…
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The Derelict by William Hope Hodgson
"The Derelict" is a short story by British writer, William Hope Hodgson, first published in THE RED MAGAZINE in its December 1st edition, 1912. The classic…
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The Willow Landscape by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Willow Landscape" is a short work by Clark Ashton Smith. The story, which debuted in Weird Tales in its June-July 1939 edition, takes place in China, and…
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Between the Lights by E. F. Benson
"Between the Lights" is a Christmas ghost story by the British author, E. F. Benson. It first appeared in his 1912 collection, "The Room in the Tower and Other…
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The Curse of Yig by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Curse of Yig" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop in which Yig, "The Father of Serpents", is first introduced. Learn more about your ad…
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The Snowman by Loretta Burrough
"The Snowman" is a short story by the American author, Loretta Burrough. The story was first published in the December 1938 edition of Weird Tales. The…
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The Red Brain by Donald Wandrei
"The Red Brain" is a short story by Donald Wandrei, written when he was just 16. It first appeared in the October 1927 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, and…
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The Occupant of the Room by Algernon Blackwood
"The Occupant of the Room" is a short story by English writer Algernon Blackwood. The tale tells of a Englishman on vacation in the Swiss Alps, who attempts to…
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A Dream of Red Hands by Bram Stoker
"A Dream of Red Hands" is a short story by British writer, Bram Stoker. The story was first published in the London weekly, THE SKETCH, in 1894, and tells the…
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There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard by M. R. James
"There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard" is a short story by British author, M. R. James. The tale tells of a man whose wandering gaze often falls upon the…
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The Opener of the Way by Robert Bloch
"The Opener of the Way" is a work of horror fiction by American writer, Robert Bloch. Originally published in the October 1936 edition of Weird Tales, the…
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Dig Me No Grave by Robert E. Howard
"Dig Me No Grave" is a horror story by American author, Robert E. Howard. The tale was first published in Weird Tales in February 1937. It is sometimes known…
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The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Black Cat" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is…
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The Riddle by Walter de la Mare
"The Riddle" was written by Walter de la Mare, and was included in his Collected Stories for Children (1947). The story tells of seven children who go to live…
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Night Must Not Come by Allison V. Harding
"Night Must Not Come" is a short story by Allison V. Harding. It was first published in Weird Tales in September 1943, and was given the following description…
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Table for Two by Arthur Leo Zagat
"Table for Two" is a short story by Arthur Leo Zagat. First appearing in Weird Tales in its January 1941 edition, the story was described as follows: “Thought…
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The Ghost-Writer by Robert Bloch
"The Ghost-Writer" first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1940, and tells of an ambitious weird fiction writer, whose insatiable desire for success leads to his…
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The Glass Labyrinth by Stanton A. Coblentz
"The Glass Labyrinth" is a short story by the Californian author, Stanton A. Coblentz. It’s a tale of time and dimensions, a true Weird Tale, having appeared…
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What Waits in Darkness by Loretta Burrough
"What Waits in Darkness" by Loretta Burrough first appeared in Weird Tales in March 1935. The magazine described the tale as: "A grim story of a woman’s…
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The Outsider by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April…
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The Strange Island of Doctor Nork by Robert Bloch
"The Strange Island of Doctor Nork" first appeared in Weird Tales in March 1949. A parody of H. G. Wells' "The Island of Doctor Moreau", the story tells of an…
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Drowned Argosies by Jay Wilmer Benjamin
"Drowned Argosies" by American author and teacher Jay Wilmer Benjamin, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in July 1934. The magazine described the tale in…
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The Tree‘s Wife by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
"The Tree's Wife" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman (Weird Tales, March 1950). A curious yarn involving a tryst, and a tree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Ye Goode Olde Ghoste Storie by William A. P. White
"Ye Goode Olde Ghoste Storie" by William A. P. White first appeared in Weird Tales in January 1927. The magazine described the tale as: "The Chilling Chamber…
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The Mandarin‘s Canaries by Robert Bloch
"The Mandarin's Canaries" first appeared in Weird Tales in its September 1938 edition. The story tells of a torture-mad Chinese ruler, and his aptly named…
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The Epiphany of Death by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Epiphany of Death" (also known as 'Who Are the Living?') is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. The tale, which first appeared in The Fantasy Fan in its…
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The Horror in the Hold by Frank Belknap Long
"The Horror in the Hold" by American author Frank Belknap Long, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in February 1932. The magazine described the tale as…
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Mommy by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
"Mommy" is a short story by American writer, Mary Elizabeth Counselman. The story tells of a little girl in an orphanage, who claims to have been visited by…
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The Tree-Men of M‘Bwa by Donald Wandrei
"The Tree-Men of M'Bwa" by Donald Wandrei first appeared in Weird Tales in February 1932. The magazine described the tale as: "A startling story of Africa…
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Vallisneria Madness by Ralph Milne Farley
“Vallisneria Madness” by Ralph Milne Farley, first crawled up out of the earth in the May 1937 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The tale was described as…
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The City of Lost Souls by Genevieve Larsson
"The City of Lost Souls" by Genevieve Larsson first appeared in Weird Tales in October 1928. This is how the magazine described the tale: "Weirdly terrible was…
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The Seed from the Sepulchre by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Seed from the Sepulchre" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. The tale, which first appeared in Weird Tales in October 1933, was described by the…
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The Drone by Abraham Merritt
"The Drone" is a short story by Abraham Merritt. The tale explores two rather unusual cases of metamorphosis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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The Spirits' Mountain by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
"The Spirits' Mountain" is a story by Spanish author, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, included as part of his collection, "Romantic Legends of Spain." In the tale, a…
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The Transgressor by Henry Kuttner
"The Transgressor" is a short story by Henry Kuttner. The tale, which first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in its February 1939 edition, tells of an…
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The House of Living Music by Edmond Hamilton
"The House of Living Music" is a short story by the regular Weird Tales author, Edmond Hamilton. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in January…
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The Pale Man by Julius Long
"The Pale Man" is a short story by American writer, Julius Long. The story tells of the eccentric behavior of a strange guest in a country hotel. It first…
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The Glamour of the Snow by Algernon Blackwood
"The Glamour of the Snow" is a short story by British author, Algernon Blackwood. It tells of a writer who falls in love with a ghostly ice-skater in the…
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The House of the Worm by Mearle Prout
"The House of the Worm" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Mearle Prout. It first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in October 1933. The story…
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I, the Vampire by Henry Kuttner
"I, the Vampire" is a horror short story by American author, Henry Kuttner. The story first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in February of 1937. It tells of a…
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Smee by A. M. Burrage
"Smee" by British author, A. M. Burrage, is a classic ghost story, in which a group of youngsters decide to play a game of hide and seek in an old, haunted…
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The House of Shadows by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
"The House of Shadows" is a short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman. First published in Weird Tales Magazine in April 1933, the story tells of a family whose…
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A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins
"A Terribly Strange Bed" is a short story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1852 in Household Words, a magazine edited by Charles Dickens. It was written…
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The Red God Laughed by Thorp McClusky
"The Red God Laughed" by American author Thorp McClusky, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in April 1939. The story tells of the extinction of the human…
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When the Flame-Flowers Blossomed by Leslie F. Stone
“When the Flame-Flowers Blossomed” by Leslie F. Stone, first sought sunlight in the November 1935 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The tale was described as…
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Till A' the Seas by H. P. Lovecraft
“Till A’ the Seas” is a post-apocalyptic short story by H. P. Lovecraft and R. H. Barlow. The story, which describes a dying world, was first published in The…
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Evening Primrose by John Collier
"Evening Primrose" is a short story by British-born author, John Collier. It tells of a poet who seeks solace and privacy in the forgotten corners of a…