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Strange Studies of Strange Stories
We’ve been creating podcasts since 2009 - first The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast and now Strange Studies of Strange Stories! Each week, hosts Chad Fifer and Chris Lackey discuss a piece of genre fiction. Talented voice actors bring the text to life. Music and sound effects create atmosphere while occasional guest experts show up to make things classy. One free show a month and four more for Patreon subscribers!
Episodes
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Study 183 - All the Dead Dears
We're getting cozy and ghostly with Sylvia Plath's short story All the Dead Dears, featuring special guest, Dr. Elizabeth Dearnley.
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Study 180 - The Box / Gone
Join us for a double feature of holiday horror from Jack Ketchum: The Box and Gone!
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Study 177 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Part 1
Join us as we travel back to the 1950s, when podcasting meant something quite different. It's Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney - accept no…
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Study 174 - The Crawling Horror
Author Robin D. Laws joins us to discuss The Crawling Horror by Thorp McClusky, a protoplasmic pulp tale that prefigures Body Snatchers and The Thing!
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Episode 171 - The Phoenix on the Sword
We're joined by guest Kenneth Hite as we cover the very first Conan the Barbarian story by Robert E. Howard, The Phoenix on the Sword!
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Study 168 - Founding Father
A space traveler wrestles with the need for human companionship... and LOSES! Join us as we discuss the pastoral sci-fi story Founding Father by Clifford D…
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Study 165 - The Voyage of King Euvoran - Part 1
A king loses his crown and his bald spot is exposed! Join us as we chart his quest to regain his royalty in The Voyage of King Euvoran by Clark Ashton Smith!
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Study 162 - All She Said Was Yes
We're kicking off a month of Shirley Jackson stories with All She Said Was Yes, a suburban take on the Cassandra complex from her collection Dark Tales. Boats…
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Study 159 - Necroscope - Part 1
Vampires, espionage, weird sex and math! Join us as we dig into Brian Lumley's Necroscope, a novel about a man who can speak to the dead.
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Study 156 - Delcardes' Cat
King Kull converses with a cat, licks lake monsters and gets smack-talked by Thulsa Doom in Robert E. Howard's Delcardes' Cat!
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Study 153 - There Will Come Soft Rains
We're starting sci-fi month with a smart-home story set in 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury!
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Original Fiction - Haunted
“Haunted” was written, read and scored by Chad Fifer, with the generous participation of Heather Klinke.
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Study 150 - The Soldier and Death
We're casting weird fairy tale magic all month, beginning with the Russian classic The Soldier and Death!
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Study 147 - Slaughterhouse-Five - Part 1
Get unstuck in time with us as we begin Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, a profound novel about war, trauma and plunger-shaped aliens.
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Study 144 - Blind Man's Buff
Start Spooky Season Spookily with Blind Man's Buff, a haunted house tale by H.R. Wakefield!
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Study 141 - There Are More Things / The Book of Sand
It's a double-feature of Lovecraftian tales by Jorge Luis Borges: There Are More Things & The Book of Sand!
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Study 138 - Who or What Was It?
We're joined by special guest Jamie Brittain to discuss the uncanny tale Who or What Was It? by Kingsley Amis!
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Study 135 - The Sword of Spartacus
Imperial Rome collides with the Cthulhu Mythos in The Sword of Spartacus by Richard L. Tierney!
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Study 132 - The New Accelerator
H.G. Wells breaks into the energy drink market with his short story The New Accelerator. We've consumed it! Hear our review!
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Study 129 - Liberation of Earth
Earth is stuck in a war between alien races with devastating consequences, and it's somehow funny! Join us as we discuss Liberation of Earth by William Tenn!
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Study 126 - The Swords
Listen in as we discuss Robert Aickman's strange short story of sexual trauma, The Swords.
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Study 123 - The Pilgrimage of Clifford M. - Part 1
We're kicking off March is for Draculas with a FANGER of a vampire story by Bob Leman: The Pilgrimage of Clifford M.!
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Study 120 - Window
We're looking into Window by Bob Leman, and we're seeing some scary stuff! Join us as we discuss this crazy scifi-horror-fantasy story!
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Study 117 - Hyperpilosity
What happens when people suddenly get shaggy like wookies? Find out as we pick through Hyperpilosity by L. Sprague de Camp!
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Study 114 - Vasilisa the Fair
It's time for some weird fairy tales, starting with the Russian classic Vasilisa the Fair as presented by Alexander Afanasyev!
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Study 111 - The Summer People
We're still here! Join us for a discussion of Shirley Jackson's The Summer People.
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Study 108 - Dress of White Silk / I Can't Help Saying Goodbye
It's an October double feature narrated by two spooky little girls: Dress of White Silk by Richard Matheson and I Can't Help Saying Goodbye by Ann Mackenzie!
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Study 105 - The Presentation
Grab a seat as Patton Oswalt returns to discuss The Presentation by Michael Shea!
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Study 101 - Far Below
It's ghouls vs. government grunts in the New York subways! We're discussing Far Below by Robert Barbour Johnson - JOIN US!
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Study 097 - Turkhana Knives
Happy 4th of THEWLY!! We're kicking off a month of sword-and-sorcery stories with a tale about Charles Saunders' IMARO!
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Study 093 - The War of the Worlds - Part 1
Nobody would have believed in the early years of the 21st century that we'd be celebrating 15 years of podcasting with The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, yet…
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Study 089 - Amina
Ghouls in session with Amina by Edward Lucas White, kicking off a month of monster madness!
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Study 085 - Bears Discover Fire
Weird Bear Month begins with a touching tale by Terry Bisson: Bears Discover Fire!
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Study 081 - School for the Unspeakable
March is for Draculas begins with the Manly Wade Wellman story School for the Unspeakable -- special guest Jamie Brittain in attendance!
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Study 077 - The Last Question
We're laser-blasting into a month of science fiction, starting with Isaac Asimov's beloved short story, The Last Question!
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Study 073 - The Thing of a Thousand Shapes - Part 1
We're celebrating 101 years of Weird Tales with a look at The Thing of a Thousand Shapes by Otis Adelbert Kline - straight outta the first issue!
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Study 069 - Snow White
We're celebrating the holidays with a month on Grimm's Fairy Tales. First up: Snow White, featuring 100% more torture than we anticipated!
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Study 065 - The Living Dead
Treat that Halloween hangover with a shot of Blochtober! We're discussing Robert Bloch's Nazi vampire fable, The Living Dead!
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Study 061 - The Fly
Catch the buzz as we discuss George Langelann's short story, The Fly!
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Study 057 - A Walk in the Dark
Join us for A Walk in the Dark by Arthur C. Clarke!
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Study 053 - Black Man with a Horn - Part 1
We're launching back into the Lovecraft universe via the T.E.D. Klein mythos novella Black Man with a Horn!
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Study 049 - It's a Good Life
We're gathering evil kid stories this month, starting with It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby - a story made famous by The Twilight Zone!
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Study 045 - The Bloody Chamber - Part 1
Welcome to Angela Carter's take on the Bluebeard legend: The Bloody Chamber!
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Study 041 - The Island of Doctor Moreau - Part 1
Climb aboard as we mount our expedition to The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells!
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Study 033 - The Black Abbot of Puthuum
We're joined by Andrew Leman and Sean Branney of the podcast Voluminous as we discuss The Black Abbot of Puthuum by Clark Ashton Smith!
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Study 029 - The Stains
Join us as we discuss Robert Aickman's award-winning short story The Stains with special guest, writer/director Jeremy Dyson!
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Study 025 - Lamb to the Slaughter
Happy New Year! We're back with the Roald Dahl crime classic Lamb to the Slaughter!
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Study 021 - The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth
Join us as we breach The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth by Lord Dunsany!
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Study 017 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Join the conversation as we discuss The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin!
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Study 013 - A Night in the Lonesome October - Part 1
We're kicking off October with the haunt that you want: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny!
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Study 009 - Leaf by Niggle
Acclaimed author J.R.R. Tolkien makes his first appearance on the show with the short story "Leaf by Niggle"!
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Study 005 - Mimsy Were the Borogoves
We're investigating non-Euclidian geometry once again with Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett!
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Study 001 - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
We're launching the rebranded show with Rod Serling's classic tale The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, featured in Stories from The Twilight Zone!
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Classic Study - Child’s Play
We're giving the treatment to Child's Play by Villy Sorensen, the first selection from Fine Frights: Stories that Scared Me, edited by Ramsey Campbell…
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Classic Study - Fondly Fahrenheit
We're tracking a killer robot in Alfred Bester's Fondly Fahrenheit, and it's a blast! Original Airdate: 4/26/2021
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Classic Study - The Screwfly Solution
Listen in as we discuss The Screwfly Solution by Raccoona Sheldon! Original Airdate: 6/9/2019
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Classic Study - Tsathoggua with Patton Oswalt
We're covering Tsathoggua by Michael Shea with special guest PATTON OSWALT! Original Airdate: 5/4/2018