Cthulhu

119 - The Second Coming, part 1

2012-01-30T12:17:00.000-08:00

This weeks show include a 1928 blues number, part two of the expedition to find Livingstone and part one of a rip-snorter of a story...(what the heck is a rip-snorter?) called "The Second Coming" by John Luck

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118 - Found Manuscript

2012-01-14T06:36:00.000-08:00

This weeks episode is all story. It's called "Found Manuscript", written by David Lindblad (of the Fist Full of Podcasts podcast) and narrated by Wayne June.

Listen, enjoy and tell a friend.

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This story is now available on the Kindle

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117 - The Damned, part 9

2012-01-02T08:17:00.000-08:00

It's the end of something and the start of something else, and I don't mean the New Year!

In this episode we hear the last part of the "The Damned" and the start of a new true life adventure, "How I Found Livingstone". The adventure is a little early to be considered in the Lovecraftian era, but it does have its' moments, and the spirit of it is much the same.

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116 - The Damned, part 8

2011-12-20T12:41:00.000-08:00

This weeks episode gets you the next part of "The Damned", a piece of music from 1930, and the FINAL part of Teddy's "Through the Brazilian Wilderness".

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115 - The Damned, part 7

2011-11-26T07:58:00.000-08:00

In this weeks episode, we have the next part of "Through the Brazilian Wilderness" and the next part of "The Damned".

As a real treat we have the a musical track called "When I Dream" by Ah Pook the Destoyer. Check out their fantastic Lovecraftian album, The Silver Key.

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The Bugler - eBook (ePUB)

2011-11-19T06:34:00.000-08:00

I've just published my latest short story in the "Lovecraftian Shorts" series.

This one, called The Bugler takes place in the trenches of WWI.

114 - The Damned, part 6

2011-11-06T12:38:00.000-08:00

In this weeks show, the next part of Through the Brazilian Wilderness, then a 1922 musical number and finally the main attraction, part 6 of "The Damned".

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Shadow Out of Time, audio book

2011-11-01T13:05:00.000-07:00

I have just released an unabridged audio book of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shadow out of Time".

If you'd like to get you hands on the book, please check out my audio book site.

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The Discovery of Witches

2011-10-29T03:34:00.000-07:00

In 1645 Matthew Hopkins began his career as Witchfinder General. He travelled the country searching for witches and wizards, those he found, he had put to death.

Questions were raised by judges and priests when he they saw him convicting hundreds of men and women. Some even feared that that he might even be accusing these people just to earn money!

To answer their questions Matthew wrote and published this explanation of his methods and motivations.

I have created a reading of Matthews short book and put it up on Audible...

113 - The Damned, part 5

2011-10-23T11:25:00.000-07:00

In this weeks show, the next part of Through the Brazzy Wilderness, then a 1923 Blues(sort of) track and finally the main attraction, part 5 of "The Damned".

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112 - The Damned, part 4

2011-10-09T11:46:00.000-07:00

Another week, another episode of the Cthulhu podcast. This week's show contains the next part of "Through the Brazilian Wilderness", and the next chapter of "The Damned", don't get scared!

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Lost Episodes

2011-09-25T10:26:00.000-07:00

Do you have copies of Episodes 9 or 10? I don't. I'd like to find copies of them and add then to the archive linked over on the left. If you've got copies of them, please upload them somewhere and send me a link, I'd love to get them back and complete the set :)

Thanks

FNH

111 - The Damned, part 3

2011-09-25T06:26:00.000-07:00

No music this week. Of course I've also included the next part of the Brazilian Wilderness story (including a murder!) and of course, part 3 of "The Damned".

Listen, enjoy, tell a friend.

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The Whisperer in Darkness - Audio Book

2011-09-14T11:48:00.000-07:00

I have just released an audio book recording of Lovecraft's

"The Whisperer in Darkness".

If you'd like to get this audio recording check out my audio book site.

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110 - The Damned, part 2

2011-09-11T07:35:00.000-07:00

No music this week, instead a poetical form of "The Call of Cthulhu"! Of course I've also included the next part Brazilian Wilderness story and, of course, part 2 of "The Damned".

Listen, enjoy, tell a friend.

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109 - The Damned, part 1

2011-08-28T07:51:00.000-07:00

In today's episode we start a new story of ghostly horror "The Damned".

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108 - Tropical Horror

2011-08-14T10:26:00.000-07:00

In this weeks episode I present another podcast! This episode is made up entirely of an episode from the "19 Nocturne Boulevard" show. In this episode Julie Hoverson presents a lovely monster story in audio-drama form.

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107 - The Demons Between

2011-08-01T09:23:00.000-07:00

In this weeks show, I'm featuring a new story from Larry Mendel called "The Demons Between".

Also included to add a nice salty flavour to the goings-on is the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" and a 1929 track called "Cocaine"

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106 - The Black Stone, part 2

2011-07-17T07:03:00.000-07:00

No music in today's show. Instead, you get the next part of the jungle story and then onto the final part of Howard's "The Black Stone", a very Lovecraft like story.

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105 - The Black Stone, part 1

2011-07-03T06:11:00.000-07:00

Today's show contains the usual three elements, the next part of Through the Brazilian Wilderness, a musical number from 1932 and the first part of another story by Robert Howard. It's one of his stories that is made from blood in the Lovecraft vein!

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104 - The Fire Of Asshurbanipal, part 2

2011-06-19T04:56:00.000-07:00

In this episode we get to hear the completion of the "Fire" story with its juicey Cthulhu references and adventure.

Also a nice jazz number from 1929 and of course opening with the next part of the Wilderness exploration.

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103 - The Fire Of Asshurbanipal, part1

2011-05-30T08:27:00.000-07:00

In this weeks story the Lovecraft mythos gets a ping from another author. Robert E. Howard mentions the Necronimicon and the arab Al Hazred in this tale of the scarey and mysterious.

The show is back on track and has the usual three segments. This includes the next part of Through the Brazilian Wilderness and a 1920's jazz number.

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Cthulhu and the River of Doubt

2011-05-25T05:09:00.000-07:00

This is a promo-post for a product I've just added into the Kindle store.

The product is called "Cthulhu and the River of Doubt". It has been available as a download or print addition from Lulu for quite a while, but as I said it's now available for the Kindle.

So what is it you ask! Here's the book blurb :

This book is designed for the Role Player with a historic Horror bent, specifically for “Call of Cthulhu” but can be read by anyone. The bulk of the book is made up of the entire text of “Through the Brazilian Wilderness” written by President Theodore Roosevelt. His writing describes a journey taken by himself and acquaintances in 1913, through the steamy jungles of Brazil traveling down the uncharted River of Doubt. This was no pleasure cruise. This journey was an exploring adventure of toil, fear, danger and murder. The jungle that surrounded them for months contained dangerous animals and threatening indigenous people, the water even held man eating fish. Footnotes appear throughout detailing elements and suggestions for turning this epic journey into a Role Playing campaign. An appendix at the end suggests some character profiles for the main protagonists. The Roosevelt-Rondon expedition is the perfect historical source for a role playing campaign.

If you're a regular listener to the podcast you'll know that the Roosevelt-Rondon tale is being serialised here in audio format. So what you'll be getting is the text of the original book with annotations by myself added in.

102 - The Thing on the Roof

2011-05-15T07:06:00.000-07:00

Once again a week with no music or true life adventure, just the story! Today the story is called "The Thing on the Roof" by Robert E. Howard. Robert was one of the famous "Lovecraft Circle", a group of corespondents and friends of Howard Lovecraft.

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101 - The Mask of Romek, part 2

2011-05-02T06:12:00.000-07:00

This week the episode contains no history and no music, it's all story again, as we finish off the fantastic story of "The Mask of Romek" by T.C. McQueen

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100 - The Mask of Romek, part 1

2011-04-17T08:21:00.000-07:00

This week the podcast reaches it's first century! Huzzar!

There's no music and no true-adventure, its just all story.

The story is called "The Mask of Romek", and in this episode I present the first half of the story. It's a great story written and submitted by T.C. Mcqueen.

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99 - The Coastal Circuit

2011-04-03T11:07:00.000-07:00

In this weeks episode we have the usual next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" followed by a 1928 track called Diga Diga Do. The main feature is a story by D.S. Carmon called "The Coastal Circuit", a great bit of mythos story telling.

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98 - The Curse of Kralitz

2011-03-20T12:11:00.000-07:00

Here is the 98th Cthulhu podcast. In this episode we have another mythos related stoty from the pen of Henry Kuttner, the Curse of Kralitz.

Also included is the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wildernes" and a 1927 upbeat jazz track.

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97 - The Spawn of Dagon , part 2

2011-03-06T09:32:00.000-08:00

Well it's here at last ( after about ten attempts at uploading ) the 97th episode of the Cthulhu podcast, featuring the second part of "Spawn of Dagon".

Download, enjoy , tell a friend!

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Call of Cthulhu - Audio Book

2011-02-27T04:56:00.000-08:00

Back in misty past Mark Douglas Nelson recorded "The Call of Cthulhu" for this podcast, episodes 13-15. He's now made it available to purchase as an audio book for a great price from Lulu.

The Call of Cthulhu by Mark Douglas Nelson

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96 - The Spawn of Dagon, part 1

2011-02-20T09:34:00.000-08:00

In this episode we have the normal three parts. Starting off with the next part of the Brazzy Wilderness thingy, then a 1931 comedic musical number followed up by part 1 of a story called "Spawn of Cthulhu"!

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95 - The Graveyard Rats

2011-02-06T11:08:00.000-08:00

In this episode we hear the next part of Through the Brazillian Wilderness, then a 1926 blues number and follow that up with a short story called "The Graveyard Rats".

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Announcing audio book of "At the Mountains of Madness"

2011-01-23T10:34:00.000-08:00

Hello dear listeners. The latest episode of the podcast finished off the "Mountains" story. I have now combined the 12 story segments into a single audiobook.

There is nothing new in this audio book as far as the audio is concerned, but I have included a file of the text of the story.

If you've been listening to the story as it was podcast then you know what to expect in this book.

94 - At the Mountains of Madness, part 12

2011-01-22T06:48:00.000-08:00

Well, we've reached the end! This is the final part of At the Mountains of Madness. Of course as well as that we have the other usual parts of the show for you to enjoy (or skip!).

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93 - At the Mountains of Madness, part 11

2011-01-09T10:27:00.000-08:00

This weeks show features chapter eleven of Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness". You'll also get to hear a 1920 track from Marion Harris and of course the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness".

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92 - At the Mountains of Madness, part 10

2010-12-28T09:21:00.000-08:00

A couple of days late, but still just as crispy and fresh! In todays episode its part 52 of Through the Brazillian Wilderness, then a musical number from 1925, and then the main feature, which is part 10 of "At the Mountains of Madness".

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91 - At the Mountains of Madness. part 9

2010-12-12T07:07:00.000-08:00

In this episode I continue reading "At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P. Lovecraft. In the middle of the show I play an 1931 ballad and to start things off, its a reading of part 51 of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness".

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Send me an email if you have any suggestions for what to read next after finishing "Wilderness"

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Scott Sigler

2010-12-08T11:42:00.000-08:00

I was delighted to hear Scott Sigler play a promo for this podcast in the latest episode of his podcast. Scott is a professional author who podcasts his novels for free while selling the hardcopy books at the same time.

His novels are hard hitting horror, with blood n guts flying in all directions. I've been listening to his show for years and highly recommend it to all my listeners.

Be warned, his horror is more visceral than anything you would hear here.

Thanks Scott

Scott Sigler's podcast.

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Helen Kane Special

2010-12-03T04:26:00.000-08:00

Cthulhu Podcast brings you the Helen Kane special! Who's Helen Kane you ask? She was a big hit back in the 20's becoming an instant hit with the Flapper culture.

In this non-story episode I present a musical bio of Helen Kane.

Helen's Wiki page, download her music, download the movie Dangerous Nan McGrew.

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90 - At the Mountains of Madness, part 8

2010-11-28T06:25:00.000-08:00

As you might expect from the post title this weeks main feature is part 8 of H.P. Lovecraft's "At the mountains of Madness. The show kicks off with the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" a great diary of adventure.

The music this week is from Helen Kane. I hope to release a Helen Kane special in the next few days. It wont have any story, other than Helen's life. It'll be a bio/music mix.

That said, this show IS the usual mix :)

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89 - At the Mountains of Madness, part 7

2010-11-13T06:52:00.000-08:00

It's the usual pairing in this episode of the next part ( part 50 ) of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" anf then followed by the next part of out ongoing Lovecraft epic "At the Mountains of Madness".

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A quick update

2010-11-08T11:56:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! I'm just making a quick post to let you know that the podcast has skipped a beat because I've just moved house. I hope to be able to get back to recording this weekend so with luck you should get your next fix of Cthulhu very soon.

88 - At the Mountains of Madness, part 6

2010-10-17T05:46:00.000-07:00

In this episode you'll get to hear the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness", then a 1928 track from the Charlie Straight Orchestra called "Too Busy" and then the main feature which is part 6 of "At the Mountains of Madness" by our good friend H.P. Lovecraft.

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87 - At the Mountains of Madness, part 5

2010-10-03T06:37:00.000-07:00

In this episode you'll get to hear the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness", then a 1929 track from Belle Baker called "Sing you Sinners" and then the main feature which is part 5 of "At the Mountains of Madness" by our good friend H.P. Lovecraft.

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86 - At the Mountains of Madness, part 4

2010-09-12T11:00:00.000-07:00

I think the title of this blog post about says it all! It's part 4 of H.P.Lovecraft's classic "At the Mountains of Madness".

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Vintage Horror Podcast

2010-09-04T14:02:00.000-07:00

My reading of "The Willows" is now appearing on the...

Vintage Horror Podcast

episode 39 has the first half...

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85 - At the Mountains of Madness, part 3

2010-08-30T10:58:00.000-07:00

In this episode I continue the reading of Through the Brazillian Wilderness and of course the huge Lovecraft classic "At the mountains of Madness

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84 - At the Mountains of Madness , part 2

2010-08-15T07:16:00.000-07:00

The usual affair once again this week. The next part of the wilderness trek and then a 1924 musical number and then onto the meat and potatos! The second part of H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness"

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83 - At the Mountains of Madness, chapter 1

2010-08-01T07:10:00.000-07:00

This week opens as usual wit the next part of Through the Brazilian Wilderness, spins a disc from 1927 and then commences a Lovecratian epic "At the Mountains of Madness"!

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Name that story...

2010-07-18T05:24:00.000-07:00

Here's a little fun for you, can you guess the story this little trailer I've made is teasing?

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82 - The Willows part 4

2010-07-11T04:51:00.000-07:00

Back to the usual fair this week. The show opens with the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness", then a short musical interlude, and finally, the final part of "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood.

Spread the word, tell your friends about the show.

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81 - The Willows part 3

2010-06-27T12:56:00.000-07:00

Shakin' up the format today. The show is the main feature, part 3 of "The Willows", topped and tailed with music from the 20's, with the final track being something a little bit special.

I mentioned that I'm after story submissions here are the guidelines.

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FNH Interviewed on FistFullOfPodcasts

2010-06-22T01:40:00.000-07:00

I was interviewed ( read "had a bit of a chat" ) on the FistFullOfPodcasts podcast. We chatted and even mentioned this show a few times :)

Fist Full of Podcasts"

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Announcing the Dream Quest of Unkown Kadath audio book

2010-06-16T03:18:00.000-07:00

A while back I ran one of Lovecraft's bigger stories on the podcast, "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath". This post is a belated announcement of the stories release as an MP3 Audio book. The story was read for us by Maureen O'Brien and is now collected into a single downloadable format.

This audio book is exactly the same as that you've already heard here on the podcast. The only difference being that there is nothing but the story in this audio book book, no music, no promos, nothing else.

80 - The Willows chapter 2

2010-06-13T13:18:00.000-07:00

In todays Cthulhu podcast you get to hear the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" and a 1921 cylinder recording! Then the main feature is the second part of "The Willows", where the "creepy" starts creeping.

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No show this week

2010-05-29T02:47:00.000-07:00

As you may remember I was ill during the recording of the last show. Well, alas I'm still not fully recovered. I feel fine but my head is still full of goey stuff and that makes my recordings sound very poor. Something to do with the air not circulating through my nostrils I guess.

So. No show. Sorry.

However I would like to say a big thankyou to everyone who has brought a copy of Charles Dexter Ward audio book. So far ten people have taken the plunge, and stuck me in their ears. I've used the money to buy some paint, with which I'm decorating my flat. Thankyou, its really appreciated. :)

79 - The Willows - Chapter 1

2010-05-16T06:50:00.000-07:00

In this episode you hear me with a cold, but fortunately I had recorded the main feature before the cold took hold. So today we have a 1928 musical number that has Bing crosby on vocals and then its straight into part 1 of "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood.

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78 -The Color Out of Space

2010-05-02T07:05:00.000-07:00

In this episode you'll get to hear the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" and get to hear a little of Cherrie's more flamboyant past.

Also you get to hear a 1924 country track.

The feature this episode is an audio dramatisation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Color Out of Space" as presented by the awesome Atlanta Radio Theatre Company. They present dramas of all kinds and occasionally fall into a Lovecraft adaption.

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77 - Wendigo

2010-04-18T07:35:00.000-07:00

In this LONG episode you'll here the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness", a song from 1930 by Ethel Merman and a delicious reading of "The Wendigo", read for us by Wesley Bohannon. Wesley has added sound effects to his reading that really bring it to life, thanks Wesley :)

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Announcing "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" MP3 audio book

2010-04-10T13:13:00.000-07:00

I've compiled the recently podcast Lovecraft story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" into an MP3 audio book that you can purchase via LuLu. Click the image below to get your hands on it. I'm selling this audio book for £2.99 . If you've listened to the story via podcast already, there is nothing new here, the only change is that you get nothing but the story, no music, no promos, no history, no Brazillian Wilderness, just the story.

76 - First day at Arkham Academy

2010-04-05T10:25:00.000-07:00

An all story episode this week. The feature today is called "First day at Arkham Academy" my Michael Panush. Mr Panush had a story feature on this podcast once before when he submitted "Captain Dice and the isle of Twisted Stone". Mr Panush has his own podcast which is well worth a listen Clark Reeper Podcast.

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75 - The Case of Charles Dexer Ward, Part 14

2010-03-21T05:36:00.000-07:00

At last we reach the final part of the ongoing Ward story. But before you get to all that crunchy mythosy goodness you'll have to endure the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" and a blues track from 1930.

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74 - The case of Charles Dexer Ward, Part 13

2010-03-07T09:22:00.000-08:00

We're following the usual format today.

Open with the next part of "Through the brazillian Wilderness", then a musical track from 1930 called "only the Girl" by the Ray Starita orchestra. We finish with the next part of "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward".

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73 - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward , Part 12

2010-02-21T12:18:00.000-08:00

This time we start with the next part of Teddy Roosevelt's book "Through the Brazillion Wilderness"

Next up is a 1930 track I particularly like called "If I had a boy like you" by Annette Hanshaw.

Then part 12 of "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" by H.P. Lovecraft.

Please, if you enjoy the show, tell your friends :)

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72 - The Case of Charles dexter Ward , Part 11

2010-02-06T07:51:00.000-08:00

Today I start with the next part of Teddy Roosevelt's book "Through the Brazillion Wilderness"

Next up is a 1928 blues number called "Statesboro Blues"

Then part 11 of "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" by H.P. Lovecraft.

Please, if you enjoy the show, tell your friends :)

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71 - The Case of Charles dexter Ward , Part 10

2010-01-23T06:46:00.000-08:00

The show is getting back on track, today I continue with the next part of Teddy Roosevelt's book "Through the Brazillion Wilderness", then we have a musical number of 1919, and then on to part 10 of "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" by H.P. Lovecraft.

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70 - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, part 9

2010-01-10T05:39:00.000-08:00

The recovery from "the" cough has begun. In this weeks show there is only the next part of Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward". The narration was giving me coughing fits so I dared not go too far. Listen, enjoy, tell your friends.

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Weeks later...still no podcast

2009-12-26T02:58:00.000-08:00

So here I sit on Boxing day, even more ill than when I last posted! I was just starting to get over the last cough when I came down with another. Well, I assume it's another as I started to get better then got worse again.

As you will understand I am totally fed up with coughing, even after two or three weeks of coughing your rib cage muscles dont get used to it, they just keep aching.

Anyway, apologies for the delay, but it is out of my hands ( it's in my throat and lungs apparently! )

Loss of Internet Connection

2009-12-11T02:32:00.000-08:00

My home lost interconnection last night. No telling when it will be restored so there may not be the scheduled episode on Sunday. I will be able to record it, but it may be late in being delivered to you ears. Apologies folks, but it's out of my hands. :(

Edit : Well the connection came back, but the slightly sore throat I had earlier today has turned into a full on cold, so no recording this weekend. Sorry.

69 - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, part 8

2009-11-29T11:57:00.000-08:00

This week I continue to run our two series.

The feature story is the next part of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", this is part 8

We also include the next part of "Through the Brazilion Wilderness".

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68 - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, part 7

2009-11-15T08:19:00.000-08:00

This week I continue to run our two series.

The feature story is the next part of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", this is part 7

We also include the next part of "Through the Brazilion Wilderness".

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67 - The Thing is the Chasm

2009-11-01T10:59:00.000-08:00

In todays episode we hear part 32 of "Througfh the Brazillian Wilderness", which is followed by a 1928 track called "Parkway Stomp".

Then it's onto the main feature which is a story written and submitted to the podcast by David Lindblad, it's called "The Thing in the Chasm". It's a very Lovecraft story and I think you'll enjoy it.

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66 - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, part 6

2009-10-18T10:43:00.000-07:00

This week I continue to run our two series.

First up in part 30 of Teddy Roosevelts book "Through the Brazillion Wilderness".
Then we have a piece of music from 1925, and then it's on to the main feature.

The feature story is the next part of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward".

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Off air for two weeks

2009-09-25T01:43:00.001-07:00

Hi Folks,

I'm not going to be able to put out podcasts for the next two weeks. I will get everything back on schedule straight after this two week break. So please stay subscribed, I will be back!

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65 - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, part 5

2009-09-20T09:00:00.000-07:00

This week we continue you run of our two series.

First up in part 30 of Teddy Roosevelts book "Through the Brazillion Wilderness". Then we have a piece of music from 1925, and then it's on to the main feature. It's the next part of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward".

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64 - The Case of Charles dexter Ward, part 4

2009-09-06T10:27:00.000-07:00

In this week episode we continue the story of Charles Dexter Ward.

Of course we also have a piece of music from the 1920's and part 29 of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" by Teddy Roosevelt.

I'd like to remind you that I have a book on the LuLu web publishing site that contains an annotated version of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness". The notes that appear throughout and the additional appendix are designed for those indulging in Horror Role Playing games. In these notes, I make suggestions and give hints on how to turn the River of Doubt exploration into a campaign for your Role Playing group. You can download it as a PDF or as a Print on Demand book.

The podcast I mentioned in the show is 19 Nocturne Boulevard

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63 - Three Drink Memory

2009-08-24T11:02:00.000-07:00

This week we take a break from Mr Lovecraft and instead indulge in a great piece of Lovecraftian Mythos muckin' about!

The featured story today is called "Three Drink Memory" written by Dafydd Nicklin-Dunbar. It a fun little story that mixes and matches a detective story with well known elements of the mythos and comes up with a story that'll be fun for all Lovecraft fans.

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The Drabblecast which recently ran a Lovecraft special.

The Lovecraft Literay podcast, worth a listen.

The final music I featured today was a track called "The Rise" by Irokez which you can legally download from here.

Apologies for delay

2009-08-23T14:47:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the delay folkes, but the podcast host seems to have gone totally nuts, when I try uploading I end up just going in circles. I'll keep trying to get this show out.

62 - The Case of Charles dexter Ward, Part 3

2009-08-09T09:29:00.000-07:00

The episode starts off with part 27 of Through the Brazillian Wilderness, then has a short musical interlude.

Then it's on to the main feature which is the third part of a longer H.P. Lovecraft story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward".

There are a lot of location references in this story, they may have been accurate rather than fictional as Mr Lovecraft actually lived in the town where it is set.

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61 - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward,Part 2

2009-07-26T06:34:00.000-07:00

The episode starts off with part 26 of Through the Brazillian Wilderness, then a short musical interlude with a 1924 track by Billy Murray.

Today's show also includes the second track from Colin Timothy Gagnon's Fungi from Yuggoth album

Then it's on to the main feature which is the second part of a longer H.P. Lovecraft story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward".

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Shoggoth story on StarShipSofa podcast

2009-07-24T01:56:00.000-07:00

Well the header says it all really, get over to the StarShipSofa podcast and check out episode 90. The main feature of the show is a story by Elizabeth Bear called "Shoggoths in Bloom" that has it's basis in the 1940s and in the mythos.

60 - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, Part 1

2009-07-12T07:39:00.000-07:00

The episode starts off with part 25 of Through the Brazillian Wilderness, then a short musical interlude.

Then it's on to the main feature which is the first part of a longer H.P. Lovecraft story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward". Due to the length of the story this will be split over a number of episodes.

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59 - After a Year in the Asylum

2009-06-27T04:08:00.000-07:00

In todays episode we start with part 24 of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness".

The musical interlude is a 1927 track from Walter Anderson His Golden Pheasant Hoodlums.

The main feature is an original story written and recorded by Justin Lowmaster. the story a great piece and well worth a listen.

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Sound effects and song during stage play scene: Free sound project (freesound.org)
Music: Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/)

Voices (in order of appearance)
JT of http://www.jtindie.com
Taylor Kent of http://www.thesnarkyavenger.com
Caleb Bullen of http://www.blacktiemartiniclub.com

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58 - Captain Dice and the Isle of Twisted Stone

2009-06-14T23:07:00.000-07:00

In todays episode we start with part 23 of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness".

The musical interlude is provided by a 1923 track, Nobody Else Can Love Me Like My Old Tomato Can by Billy Murray.

The main story is "Captain Dice and the Isle of Twisted Stone" by Michael Panush, who has previously written Clark Reeper Tales: The Truthful Telling of the Adventures of the West’s Wildest Bounty Hunter.

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57 - Herbert West Reanimator, part 2

2009-05-30T04:02:00.000-07:00

Hello again to all Lovecraft fans out there in the intertubes!

Today I present the second part of H.P. Lovercraft's story Herbert West reanimator.

But before you get to that Lovecraftian goodness you'll have to wade through the next part of Through the Brazillian Wilderness ( a book by Teddy Roosevelt ), and a 1926 track called "I ate the Balloni"!

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56 - Herbert West : Reanimator, part 1

2009-05-18T05:18:00.000-07:00

A show thrown together AND put up late, please be forgiving :)

Today I simply present part one of "Herbert West Reanimator" by H.P. Lovecraft.

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Submission Guidelines

2009-05-03T13:10:00.000-07:00

I've been asked a number of times what the submission guidelines for the show are. Well the last email that came in today has finally prompted me to make up some "official" guidelines, and here they are.

1. Stories are "preferred" if they are creepy/spooky and Lovecraft like. Also they are preferred if they include elements of the established "Cthulhu Mythos". Again , preferred if set in or around the 1920's.

2. The point aboove is just preferences, not exclusives. For example, the show has run Sci Fi, historic, fantasy and straight forward ghost stories.

3. No swearing in the stories.

4. Please send your story to the email address mentioned in the show.

5. Send your story as an attachment to the email, either Txt, Pdf, Doc or Odt.

6. Please have your attached document include your name, your email address, the stories title, any blurb or links about yourself that you want pimped on the show if your story is accepted. Oh, and the story.

6. I dont want any rights to your story, you keep 'em. I will obviously be podcasting the story, and the podcast will be permanently hosted at "Archive.org"

7. There is no payment for stories, it's done for the love of it, not for money.

8. Dont expect responses to your submission email. I take a long long time to get around to the emails. If you submit it, presume I'm going to use it, unless you hear otherwise.

9. Massive thanks from me to everyone who submits a story :)

10. Can't think of a 10.

55 - The Street of the Four Winds

2009-05-02T07:49:00.000-07:00

In this episode we breeze past another reading from Through the Brazillian Wilderness and blow over a 1929 musical number and draft into the main story which is a short taken from "The King in Yellow" that's called "The Street of the Four Winds", read for us by Peter Yearsley.

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54 - The Festival

2009-04-26T06:22:00.000-07:00

In this weeks episode we follow the usual three part format. We have a reading of the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness", then a musical number from Abe Lymans Orchestra and then the main story.

The reading is of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Festival". It's been read for us by Kirk Warrington.

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53 - Bellwethers Asteroid, part 2

2009-04-18T12:15:00.000-07:00

A simple show for you this week, it only has part 2 of "Bellwethers Asteroid"

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52 - Bellwethers Asteroid, part 1

2009-04-12T03:49:00.000-07:00

In this weeks episode we have a strory from a previous contributor, William A. La Fleur. William's last story for us, told a tale set in the frigid northern wastes, this time we move to warmer climes to investigate an apparent suicide. This story practically has Lovecraft written all over it!

But before getting to the story segment you'll first be assailed by the next part of "Through the Brazilian Wilderness" and a 1925 musical track.

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51 - Rattle of Bones

2009-04-04T06:28:00.000-07:00

So in this weeks episode we move from one classic author ( H.P. Lovecraft ) to another, in this case Robert E. Howard. This story is called "Rattle of Bones" and features one of Howards best known protagonists Solomon Kane.

We also continue "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" and hear from Marrion Harris with one of her 1923 tracks.

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50 - Pickman's Model

2009-03-28T15:41:00.000-07:00

After a missing last week I come back strong! With a classic Lovecraftian story by Lovecraft himself. Of course you could say all of his stories are classics, but even among the barrel full of classics, this one stands out as a classic's classic.

I'm also including of course the next part of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness". I'm not one to avoid self promotion, so here's a plug for an edition of the book that I annotated with notes for those interested in using the book as a source for a horror role playing adventure.

... and a 1920 Ted Lewis song.

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No show this week

2009-03-21T06:01:00.000-07:00

Alas, alas I have a cold in my nose which makes me sound like a donkey! However if your desperate for something to put in your ear, a narration I did for the Escape Pod podcast has just been posted.

49 - In Zaccarath

2009-03-14T05:18:00.000-07:00

In todays episode we actually have 4 segments! We start off with part 16 of Teddys book, "Through the Barazillian Wilderness".

The musical interlude is a 1923 track called "Snake hips" by the Original Memphis 5.

The main story today is called "In Zaccarath" which is a tale by Lord Dunsany. Lord Dunsany, is as you may remember from previous shows one of H.P. Lovecraft s inspirations.

The outgoing music is by Ann Hell from their album "Threshold" and is a track called Bone Hill.

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48 - The Well

2009-03-08T14:08:00.000-07:00

In todays episode we are back on format! We start with the next section of Teddy Roosevelts book "through the Brazillian Wilderness".

Then we have a musical interlude. A 1923 track called "shake your feet" by Fletch Henderson.

The main feature is a story worthy of Mr Lovecraft himself, in this case written for us by Robert Evans, the story is called "The Well".

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47 - Dagon

2009-03-01T09:58:00.001-08:00

In a break with the usual format ( because time is so short ) in todays episode we have only two items.

A reading of the story "Dagon" by the master himself H.P. Lovecraft.

This is one of Lovecraft's better known stories, and has been used for inspiration in a number of movies, including a film by the same name.

The plot of Dagon is extremely simple and yet has a powerful Cthulhu Mythos smell about it. Perhaps it's simplicity is the appeal of it, perhaps the stark mind wrenching horror portrayed here appeals to our inner selves. Perhaps it's just a good short story.

The second part of this episode is the full playing of a track by Victor Valdez. It's a wickedly moving bit of music that in my opinion is dripping with Cthulhu feel. Let me know what you think. The track comes from an album that Victor has released on the Internet Archive as a free download. Please check out Victor's site.

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46 - The Mark of the Beast

2009-02-21T10:36:00.000-08:00

In this weeks episode we are following the usual format. Firstly the show opens with part 14 of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness".

The music is a 1929 track called Marianne by the Adrian Schubert orchestra.

For the main feature we have a story by Rudyard Kipling called "The Mark of the Beast" which is read for us by William Coon.

I plan to run another H.P. Lovecraft story next week, hmmm... which one?

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No show this week 14th Feb

2009-02-14T04:07:00.000-08:00

Alas I will not have time to put the show together today. I'm putting my time into recording a story for the Starship Sofa podcast. We will be back on schedule next week.

45 The Rats in the Walls, Part 2

2009-02-07T10:44:00.000-08:00

Today we continue the reading of Through the Brazillian Wilderness, part 13 in fact.

Then we have a musical number from Marrion Harris, a rousing martial 1918 piece.

The main feature in todays shows is the second part of the short story by H.P. Lovecraft called "The Rats in the walls". Howard wrote the story in 1923 but it wasn't published until 1924, when it appeared in Weird Tales. Apparently the first gem of inspiration was provided by a night time crack that appeared in the wallpaper. - From such little things, such great things can appear!

The new opening music is provided by Víctor Valdez, from the Symbol project. It's part of a great collection that you can download for free. Victor also has a web site that I suggest you check out.

THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FILE HOST THIS WEEK, SO I HAVE REUPLOADED. YOU MAY FIND THAT iTunes HAS CACHED THE OLD FILE, IF THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR YOU PLEASE USE THE LINK BELOW TO DIRECT DOWNLOAD.

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