39 - The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath Part 13

In todays episode we continue H.P. Lovecraft's "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath". We also move "Through the Brazilian Wilderness" on and can at last stop talking about snakes!

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38 - The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath Part 12

In todays episode we continue the reading from H.P. Lovecraft's "The Dream Quest of Unkown Kadath" by Maureen O'Brien. This is part 12 meaning that we only have two more parts to go.

Music is from Billy Murray and is a 1923 track called "Nelly Kelly I Love You", and of course we continue the reading of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness".

Fot some more Cthulhu goodness you could try listening the play sessions of Walker in the Wastes by the BURPS group of role players.

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37 - The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath Part 11

That's right today we continue with part 11 of H.P. Lovecrafts "The Dream Quest Of Unknown Kadath". Our hero feels that he might actually be able to see his objectivte and starts to question why some parts of the Earthly dream scape are forbidden.

We also continue the reading of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" and have a musical number to break things up.

Can you write like Lovecraft? The Dream Quest is nearing it's end and I'm looking for story authors who think they have a lovecraft like story. If you think you might have a story to suit this podcast, please get in touch and let's see if we can use it on the show. If you have any creepy or scary story set in or around the 1920s or anything that includes elements of the Cthulhu mythos, then please get in touch!

Cthulhu Podcast @ gmail . com

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36 - The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath Part 10

Once agan we continue Maureen's reading of the Dream Quest by H.P. Lovecraft. We also continue the reading of "Through the Brazillian Wilderness".

We're nearing the end of the Dream Quest, but what's next?

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35 - Blessings

In today's show we continue with part 4 of "Through the Brazilian Wilderness" then we have musical break and then onto the main attraction...

A very Lovecraftian poetical piece set to music and entirely the work of James Patton. I enjoyed it very much!! Thanks James.

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Episode 35 is going to be delayed a little due to problems with the File host. I have the episode ready to go I just need the host to get it's act together to allow me to upload it... Stay Calm, all is well... The computer is your friend... Open the pod bay door Hal...

34 - The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath part 9

Todays episode we continue with the readings of both "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" ( part 3 ) and Maureen's rendition of "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" by H.P. Lovecraft.

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33 - The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath part 8

Todays episode we continue with the readings of both "Through the Brazillian Wilderness" and Maureen's rendition of "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" by H.P. Lovecraft.

Listen , enjoy , share.

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32 - The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath Part 7

A little change for this episode. No History this time out. Instead I read a the start of a genuine original adventure.

Music is from Markels Orchestra and is called "Lonesome Mama Blues".

The main feature is part 7 of The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath.

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31 - Ghosts

In todays episode we have an overview of the Russian revolution, music from St Louis Bessie and a poem from H.P. Lovercaft addressed to Lord Dunsany.

The feature for today is a combinaton of the Lovecraft poem and the story "Ghosts" by Lord Dunsany himself. Big thanks to Paul and William for their readings.

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30 - The Dream Quest of Unkown Kadaath Part 6

I'm fresh back from holiday in sunny Great Yarmouth and had to throw the show together quickly, apologies if it's a bit rough around the edges.

THe History is a reading from a 1923 Time magazine article about Frances concerns over Hitlers actions. The music is another track from Billy Murray ( 1923 ) It's a lot of Bologny, and the main feature is part 6 of "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kaddath" as read by Maureen O'Brien

The Call of Cthulhu Audio Campaign mentioned.

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No show this week

Alas, there shall be no show this weekend due to me going on holiday. Next weekend may also be difficult but we shall see, yes my precious, we shall see.

29 - The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath Part 5

In todays show we continue the reading of Lovecrafts' The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadadth, part 5.

The music is from 1924 and is called Dum Dora by Bully Murray.

For the history segment we hear about the stock market crash of 1929.

Remember to google for "cat and cthulhu". :) Hey, that ryhmes!

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28 - The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath Part 4

In todays episode we will hear some history regarding the actor Milton Sills.

The music is provided by the Weems String Band playing Greenback Dollar.

Then we continue with Maureen's reading of H.P. Lovecrafts "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadth" part 4.

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Here's the link to The Lost World mentioned in the show.

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27 - Northern Faerie Ring

Today we have an intermission in the long run of Lovecrafts "The Dream Quest of Unkown Kadath". That's right a short break, but not a break in quality. To fill this gap we have a wonderful mythosy story from William A La Fleur called "Northern Faerie Ring". Be sure to check out Williams Blog and the other one he contributes to.

The music in today's show is from Ted Lewis and is called "Dip Your Brush in the Sunshine".

For the history segment we have an overview of the St Valentines day massacre.

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26 - The Dream Quest of Unkown Kadath Part 3

So... Todays main feature is part three of "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" by H.P. Lovecraft.

The music is K.C.Blues by Frank Hutchinson, a 1929 track. The history segment tells of the Palm Sunday twisters of 1920.

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25 - The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath Part 2.

Continuing the weekly run of shows we continue in the usual format.

The history segment is a reading of an article about the 1926 radio comedy that put the fear of revolution into the British high society. Read the original article here at a "War of the Worlds" fan site.

The music is a 1926 track from "The Harmonians" and is called "Where did you get those eyes".

The feature is a continuation of H.P. Lovecraft's long story "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath". Today is the second part of the story.

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24 - The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath Part 1

We're now into the swing of the weekly episodes, to really kick this off I start presenting a book length story by H.P. Lovecraft, "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath". This being a full length story, in this episode I only present part 1, the remaining parts will be coming in subsequent weeks, but not in a contiguous stream, there will be other stories intermingled.

For the history segment I present a brief insight into the popular Crossley cars of the war years and the 20's.

The music is "Prisoners Song" by Kaplans Melodists, a 1925 number.

Finally of course I present the main feature "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" by H.P. Lovecraft and read by Maureen O'Brien.

I've had a couple of stories sent in, but can always do with more, so if you've written a story suitable for the show, please get in touch. If you have any questions, then please send me an email or post your question on the forums ( link on the left ).

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23 - The Ebony Frame

After a long long wait for ep22, and then only a week later the Cthulhu show returns!

This week we're back on format with history, music and a story.

The history segment is short bio of the first woman in the US senate "Rebecca Latimer Felton", which happened in the 1920's!. The text of her book "Country Life in Georgia in the Days of My Youth" a biography of sorts is available online.

Then we have a piece of music from Ted Lewis and his orchestra called "I've found a new baby" from 1926.

The story for this episode is called "The Ebony Frame" by E. Nesbit and is read for us by Cori Samuel. Not a Cthulhu Mythos story, more ghostly, but heck, I enjoyed it and I hope you do too.

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Oh(!), and before I forget, I have just set up a forum for discussing the show and related topics. The link to it is over there on the left <--- please drop by and feel free to start chatting.

22 - The Beast in the Cave

Well here is episode 22 at last. In this special episode there is no history, no period music. Instead I present an audio dramatisation of H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story "The Beast in the Cave".

The Credits:

The Man in the Cave is played by Glen Hallstrom. Find more Glen over at Librivox.

The Guide is played by Richard Shaw of the "Cat and Cthulhu" show. If you havn't checked out this show yet, do yourself a favour and get over there.

The music has been written and performed by Justin Burt, check out his wonderful Alternative Names site.

I hope you enjoy the show, send me an email and let me know if there is another of H.P. Lovecraft's short stories you'd like to hear given this treatment.

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Upcoming Episode - 2

Phew! After three hours of sound effects editing I've finally finished the tough bit. I've only got to add the music and credits to complete this mini drama, then of course, top and tail the podcast. So with luck I'll be posting the new episode tomorrow.

It's been a long time but hopefully the wait will be worth it.

I'm off to bed. :)

Upcoming Episode

I'm editing together the next episode. It'll take a while as it's another Cthulhu Podcast exclusive dramatic presentation of a short Lovecraft piece.

Keep checking the feed, I hope to drop the show within the week.

21 - Summer Salt

In todays show we're back to the usual three segment line up.

First up is the history segment where I report on the Castle Gate mine disaster of 1924.

Then we have a musical track from Whispering Jack Smith called "I'm afraid of you".

Finally we have a story called "Summer Salt" from author and podcaster(!) T.M. Camp.

Remember I'm always looking for story contributions.

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Progress towards the next episode

I have scripted the history segment. The music and story have yet to be selected. With luck I'll be recording this weekend.

Remember, I'm always looking for story submissions!

20 - The Demon Tree

In todays episode I have broken from format to present a single episode from an old radio show called "Dark Fantasy". The story presented is dark and creepy, and is a good representative member of the series.

The whole of the "Dark Fantasy" series can be downloaded legally and for free.

I dont plan to make a habit of presenting radio programmes in this way, but I thought the show was very good and worth sharing.

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Something different up next...

The next episode of the podcast will be a little different... okay, totally different. It should drop into the feed in the next few days.

19 - Memory/The Thing in the Shadows

In todays episode I have a number of things to present. We start out with the history segment which is an overview of the 1927 Mississippiiiisssiisppsisip Flood.
Moving Pictures of the Flood taken at the time.


The music for this episode is called "Slave to the Blues" and is performed by Ma Rainey.

Following that we have a musical redition of H.P. Lovecrafts's "Memory". This has been produced by N Pendleton of the NPendelton Studio.

Finally the story for today comes from Andrew Duncan and is called "The Thing in the Shadows".

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Welcome stranger...[drool]... to this here...[french mannerism]... podcast. I have ...[squint]... a message from master. [slurp] ... [burp] ... he says that a new podcast ... [twitch] .. will be posted in a few ...[slurp] ... days. All of the content ... [another french mannerism] .. is recorded and just needs editing.

18 - The Red Room

In this episode of the Cthulhu Podcast I have the usual menu of three items for you.

First up I have details of a 1920s gangster known as Fred "Killer" Burke.

Then we have a musical interlude, a track called "Just Breezing Along with the Breeze" by the Adrian Schubert Band, recorded in 1926.

And last up, we have a creepy story from H.G. Wells called "The Red Room".

I'm now looking for listener submissions. If you have written a scary or creepy story set in or around the 1920s or have a story set any time using elements of the Cthulhu / Lovecraftian mythos, then please get in touch ( email on the left ).

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Fear yee not, listeners of this 'ere 'odcast. For tha vines are speakin' words of a new episode in tha warks!

17 - The Yellow Sign

The usual three segments in todays show.

We open with a bit of history, details of the Rosewood Massacre that took place in 1923.

Then we hear a 1926 track by the Golden Gate Orchestra called "When the Red Red Robin".

Todays feature story if called "The Yellow Sign" and is one of the short stories in the book "The King in Yellow".

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16 - Born on the Island

Todays show is back to the regular format.

We start with some notes about Nellie Bly and her book "10 days in a Madhouse".

The book is available as a free audio book from Librivox.

I've reviewed this audio book on my FreeAudioReview blog.

The musical segment is a 1929 track called Lewisada Blues by Ted Lewis.

The main feature today is an original work called "Born on the Island" by By T. Frazer-Elliott.

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15 - Call of Cthulhu, Part 3

Today we have the final part of the H.P. Lovecraft's story, "The Call of Cthulhu" as read by Mark Nelson.

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14 - Call of Cthulhu, Part 2

Today I present part 2 of the classic H.P. Lovecraft story "The Call of Cthulhu" as read by Mark Nelson.

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13 - Call of Cthulu, Part 1

Today We start a short series of three episodes that contain a reading of H.P. Lovescraft's famous story The Call of Cthulhu.

The story is read for us by Mark Nelson.

Thanks Mr Nelson, your a star!

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12 - Aboard the Vordlak

Today we have a short introduction to the 1927 classic silent movie "The General".

The we have a mythos poem called "Where the mind Echos" by Jamie Patton

Then we have a 1918 musical track called "after you've gone" by Marrion Harris.

And todays feature is a mythos sci-fi story called "Aboard the Vordlak" by William Meikle

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11 - The Terrible Old Man

In this episode I start with a little history, the introduction of prohibition.

Then we have a 1927 musical track called "Under the Moon" sung by Aileen Stanley and Jonny Marvin.

The main feature is the H.P. Lovecraft tale, "The Terrible Old Man".

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10 - The Mistake

In this episode we start off by hearing about and from, a real life hero, Ernest Shackelton, an artic explorer.

The Book "South" mentioned is available as text from Project Gutenberg.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5199

"South" is also available as a free audio book from Librivox.

http://librivox.org/south-by-ernest-shackleton/

We also hear a Mythos poem written by listener Jamie Patton called "The City Without Time", and read by Laura Charles ( look on YouTube for OHSIS ). I really enjoyed this poem, and the one to come!

The musical interlude is a 1928 track called "Come right in" by Cannons Jug Stompers.

The main attraction for todays episode is a story written by RL Burt and is called "The Mistake". This story has been previously broadcast on the authors own podcast called "Come, Let Me Whisper", where he's been broadcasting his own horror writing for about 2 years. You can find that here...

http://rlburt.blogspot.com/

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09 - The Cats of Ulthar

In this episode we start off by hearing all about the "Scopes Monkey Trial".

Then we have an instumental track from 1924 called Nashvill Nightingales by the Charleston7.

Finally we have a reading of "The Cats of Ulthar" by H.P. Lovecraft, read for us by the enigmatic "Cownose the 50lb Cat".

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08 - Tales of the Hartwell Tavern

In this episode we hear of and from Charles Lindbergh who in 1927 flew nonstop and single handed from the States to Paris.

Then we hear a track from Skip James called "I'm so Glad".

Finally we hear a story written, and read for us, by its author AnneMarie Donahue.

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07 - The Outsider

In this episode we hear about Howard Carter the famous Egyptologist.

Then we hear a track called Hastings Street by Blind Blake and Charlie Spand.

To round off the show we have a reading of "The Outsider" by H.P. Lovecraft read by listener George Harris.

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06 - The Horror of the Heights

In this episode we hear a little information about the presidental election of 1920 and actually hear a speech given by one of the candidates.

We also hear a 1924 song from Clara Smith called Dont Advertise Your Man.

Finally we have the main feature a reading of The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and read for us by "Egor 4ta"

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05 - The Evil Clergyman

In this episode we hear a Vanity Fair article about the new "Flapper" type, also a musical track called "Rovin' Gambler" by Kelly Harrell and finish up with a reading of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Evil Clergyman".

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04 - The Statment of Randolph Carter

Todays show is a short Audio-Dramatisation of H.P. Lovecrafts "The Statement of Randolph Carter".

A completely amature production with a full production cost of £2.20! Volunteers for all parts were found on the internet and were never in the same room.

Huge thanks to all of the wonderful volunteers.

Check here to see the original script: http://www.bookranger.co.uk/MiscStuff/StatementRandolphCarter.htm

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03 - Punative Measures

In this episode we hear about the Spanish Flu that swamped the world in 1918 and have a reading of a story written by listener Andy Miller.

Have you written a scary story set in or around the 1920's? How about any story including elements of the Cthulhu mythos? If you have get in touch and we'll see if we can get it on the show.

Big thanks to Andy!

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02 - Canon Alberic

This show has two stories. A reading by FNH of H.P. Lovecrafts "Azathoth" and the main feature is a reading of "Canon Alberic" by Peter Yearsley

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01 - The Hound

This is the first episode of the podcast and features a reading of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Hound"

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