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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 Space-Eaters by Frank Belknap Long
"The Space-Eaters" is a short story by American writer, Frank Belknap Long. It first appeared in the July 1928 edition of Weird Tales. The story explores the…
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The Three Marked Pennies by M. E. Counselman
"The Three Marked Pennies" is a classic horror story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman, first published in Weird Tales in August 1934. The magazine provided the…
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The Ninth Skeleton by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Ninth Skeleton" is an early work by the American author, Clark Ashton Smith. In the story, which debuted in Weird Tales in September 1928, a man has a…
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The Fire Vampires by Donald Wandrei
"The Fire Vampires" is a short story by American writer Donald Wandrei. It first appeared in Weird Tales in February 1933, and was described by the magazine…
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Creeping Fingers by Loretta Burrough
"Creeping Fingers" is a short story by American author, Loretta Burrough. It was Burrough's first published story, appearing in Christine Campbell Thomson’s…
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The Bell-Tower by Herman Melville
"The Bell-Tower" is a short story by American author, Herman Melville. It tells of an enigmatic architect whose unconventional aspirations result in tragedy…
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The Picture in the House by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Picture in the House" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft. It was written on December 12, 1920, and first published in the July issue of The…
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The Corpse Light by Dick Donovan
"The Corpse Light" is a short story by British writer Dick Donovan (aka J. E. Preston Muddock). It's the tale of a sceptical physician, and a windmill known as…
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The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf
"The Mark on the Wall" is a short story by British author, Virginia Woolf, in which a trivial observation triggers a tidal wave of introspection, and…
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The Transfer by Algernon Blackwood
"The Transfer" is a short story by Algernon Blackwood. The tale, which was first published in the magazine, Country Life, in 1911, tells of a child’s…
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The Sunken Land by George W. Bayly
"The Sunken Land" by George W. Bayly was first published in the May-June-July, 1924 edition of Weird Tales. It is the story of a strange journey into the heart…
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Sweets to the Sweet by Robert Bloch
"Sweets to the Sweet" is a short story by Robert Bloch. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in March 1947, tells of an eight-year-old girl with…
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Afterward by Edith Wharton
"Afterward" is a short story by Edith Wharton. It was first published in the 1910 edition of The Century Magazine and in her books, The Collected Short Stories…
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The Lady in Gray by Donald Wandrei
"The Lady in Gray" is a short story by the American author, Donald Wandrei. The tale first appeared in Weird Tales in its December 1933 edition, and was…
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The Family of the Vourdalak by Aleksey Tolstoy
Written in French by Russian author, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy in 1839, "The Family of the Vourdalak" tells a tale of vampirism in rural Serbia. Learn…
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Rats by F. A. M. Webster
"Rats" is a short story by the British author, F. A. M. Webster. First published under a pseudonym in the 1931 anthology, At Dead of Night, the tale tells the…
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The Unnamable by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Unnamable" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. In the tale, the antiquarian Randolph Carter tells a close friend the tale of an indescribable entity that…
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Dread Summons by Paul Ernst
"Dread Summons" is a short story by the regular Weird Tales contributor, Paul Ernst. The tale was given the following synopsis back in November 1937: “The old…
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The Creeper in Darkness by Frank Belknap Long
"The Creeper in Darkness" is a short story by Frank Belknap Long, which first appeared in Strange Stories in April 1939. The tale tells of a disturbing…
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Black Bargain by Robert Bloch
"Black Bargain" first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1942, and tells of a situation involving a man who is quite literally afraid of his own shadow. Learn more…
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The Imp of the Perverse by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Imp of the Perverse" is a short story by 19th-century American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe. Beginning as an essay, it discusses the narrator's…
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Nobody's House by A. M. Burrage
"Nobody's House" is a short story by the British writer, A. M. Burrage. In the story, which first appeared in his 1927 collection, SOME GHOST STORIES, a…
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The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley
"The Mortal Immortal" is a short story from 1833 written by Mary Shelley. It tells the story of a man named Winzy, who drinks an elixir which makes him…
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The Seven Seas Are One by Allison V. Harding
"The Seven Seas Are One" by American author Allison V. Harding, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in September 1944. The magazine described the tale as…
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The Supernumerary Corpse by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Supernumerary Corpse" is a short story by the American author, Clark Ashton Smith. The tale, which first appeared in Weird Tales in November 1932, was…
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It All Came True in the Woods by M. W. Wellman
"It All Came True in the Woods" is a short story by American author, Manly Wade Wellman. If first appeared in the July 1941 edition of Weird Tales Magazine…
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Black Was the Night by Laurence Bour, Jr.
"Black Was the Night" is a rare weird tale by the little-known author, Laurence Bour, Jr. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1940, tells of…
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The Polar Vortex by Malcolm Ferguson
"The Polar Vortex" is a short story by the obscure American author, Malcolm Ferguson. The story first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in September 1946. The…
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The Night Ocean by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Night Ocean" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and R. H. Barlow. Barlow drafted the tale, and handed it to Lovecraft to edit in the summer of 1936. It…
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Candle-Light by Louise Garwood
"Candle-Light" is a rare tale by the little-known author, Louise Garwood. A classic ghost story, the work debuted in the November 1925 edition of Weird Tales…
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The Green Flame by Donald Wandrei
"The Green Flame" is a short story by Donald Wandrei. The tale, which tells of a strange jewel, debuted in Weird Tales Magazine in July 1930. Learn more about…
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Fessenden's Worlds by Edmond Hamilton
"Fessenden's Worlds" is a tale of cosmic horror by Edmond Hamilton. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in April 1937, was described as follows…
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The Thing on the Doorstep by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Thing on the Doorstep" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe. It was written in August 1933, and…
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The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
"The Body Snatcher" is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). First published in the Pall Mall Christmas "Extra" in December…
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A Neighbour's Landmark by M. R. James
"A Neighbour's Landmark" is a short story by M. R. James, from his collection, 'A Warning to the Curious'. It is often cited as a classic example of 'Sylvan…
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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed…
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The Night Wire by H. F. Arnold
"The Night Wire", by American author, H. F. Arnold, tells of two night wire operators, one of whom receives a disturbing report of a mysterious fog enveloping…
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The Magic Mirror by Algernon Blackwood
"The Magic Mirror" is a short story by the British author, Algernon Blackwood. The tale, which first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in September 1938, tells…
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The Lure of Atlantis by J. M. Nichols, Jr.
"The Lure of Atlantis" by the five-time Weird Tales contributor, Joel Martin Nichols, Jr., debuted in WT in its April 1925 edition. The story tells of an…
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The Horror in the Lighthouse by Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Bloch
"The Horror in the Lighthouse" is a finished version of Poe's last work, "The Light-House". Robert Bloch, who quite literally picked up where Poe left off…
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Uneasy Lie the Drowned by Donald Wandrei
"Uneasy Lie the Drowned" is a short story by Donald Wandrei. The tale, concerning a troubling lake crossing, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in December…
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The Nameless Offspring by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Nameless Offspring" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. The tale, which first appeared in Strange Tales of Mystery in Terror back in June 1932, tells…
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The Uncharted Isle by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Uncharted Isle" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. The tale tells of a sailor lost at sea, who happens upon an island previously unknown to man. The…
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The Rats in the Walls by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Rats in the Walls" is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. Written in August–September 1923, it was first published in Weird Tales, March…
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Warning Wings by Arlton Eadie
"Warning Wings" by the mysterious author, Arlton Eadie, first appeared in the September 1929 edition of Weird Tales. In the story, a man recounts an experience…
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Suzanne by J. Joseph-Renaud
“Suzanne” by J. Joseph-Renaud, first started to bloom in the April 1930 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The tale was described as follows: “A grisly plant…
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Abductor Minimi Digit by Ralph Milne Farley
"Abductor Minimi Digit" is a short story by the little-known author, Ralph Milne Farley. It first appeared in Weird Tales in its January 1932 edition…
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The Dream Snake by Robert E. Howard
In "The Dream Snake", first published in the February 1928 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, a terrified individual recounts the details of a strange, recurring…
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The Nameless City by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by American writer H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur…
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The Grave by Orville R. Emerson
"The Grave" by the one-time Weird Tales contributor, Orville R. Emerson, tells of a soldier who finds himself buried alive in Flanders. The story appeared in…
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The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce
"The Damned Thing" is a horror short story written by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in Tales from New York Town…
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The Gorgon by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Gorgon" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. The tale, which first appeared in Weird Tales back in April 1932, was described as follows: “A thrill-tale…
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The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson
Penned by British writer, William Hope Hodgson, "The Voice in the Night" tells of a schooner at sea, approached in the middle of the night by a small rowboat…
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The Parasitic Hand by R. Anthony
"The Parasitic Hand" is a short story by the author and editor, R. Anthony. A work of body horror, the tale first appeared in Weird Tales in its November 1926…
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The Open Window by Saki
"The Open Window" tells the tale of Framton Nuttel, a nervous man, who has come to stay in the country for his health. His sister, who thinks he should…
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The Horla by Guy de Maupassant
"The Horla" is an 1887 horror story by French author, Guy de Maupassant. In the tale, a man is haunted by an invisible presence, an entity with attributes and…
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Dark Mummery by Thorp McClusky
"Dark Mummery" is a short story by the American author, Thorp McClusky. It first appeared in Weird Tales in November 1944, and was given the following…
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A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka
"A Hunger Artist" (German: "Ein Hungerkünstler") is a short story by Franz Kafka first published in Die neue Rundschau in 1922. The story was also included in…
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The Silver Coffin by Robert Barbour Johnson
"The Silver Coffin" by American author, Robert Barbour Johnson, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine back in January 1939. The story tells of an ancient…
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In Amundsen's Tent by John Martin Leahy
"In Amundsen's Tent" is a short story by American writer, John Martin Leahy. It first appeared in Weird Tales in January 1928. Highly reminiscent of "The…