It's All Hallows Eve and we are visiting the little village of Meadowsend where the locals grow nervous around the end of October. For here there are many whispered stories of old ghosts and folklore horrors, strange things are seen in the shadows, and voices call out of the night
In this show, as a prelude to Hallowe'en, we read a very haunting poem, All Souls by Edith Wharton.
In this show, an eerie tale from E Nesbit - set in the month of October, a stay with friends at an ancient country house takes a turn for the macabre...
A haunting tale from the great M. R. James, concerning something dark and vampiric unleashed while renovating an old cathedral...
In this show we delve into the lurid world of the penny dreadful, with the opening episode of Varney the Vampire, the gothic horror saga with an undead antihero which thrilled Victorian audiences.
A little fireside chat with Mr Jim, who has some good news about his battles with lung cancer
At the height of summer, as something deep in the soil stirs, one old tree's leaves are already turning red - find out why in this seminal tale of folk horror from Ulric Daubeny!
A cycle of sonnets detailing weird dreams of a strange alien world of the Cthulhu Mythos, written by Duane W. Rimel, with guidance from both H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith.
The second part of a strange tale unearthed from the mysterious vaults of the Great Library of Dreams - a memoir of boyhood summer in a very different 1970s... one where the dead walk!
In this episode, we begin a two part tale unearthed from the mysterious vaults of the Great Library of Dreams - a memoir of boyhood summer in a very different 1970s...
Another tale from the fantastical Dreamlands of HP Lovecraft!
A tale of summers spent in a sleepy Cornish village where an ancient church holds a sinister and deadly secret...
A darkly humorous science fiction tale of a dystopian future where road rage is a way of life!
Some very important news concerning your host and the future of the show...
A very early tale of cursed media - a story from 1944 concerning a vinyl record which has decidedly sinister effects on the listener ...
A sinister but darkly humorous tale of a small boy and his unusual pet, which may, or may not, be a god...
A tale of a lone man stranded on Mars with only himself for company, and one that now reads like a prediction of the perils of chatbots and AI
An eerie tale of a child's imaginary friend, who may not be as harmless as he first appears...
An eerie poem from Edgar Allan Poe, recited by mad Roderick Usher in the classic tale The Fall of the House of Usher.
This week a folk horror tale from Mr Moon himself - some Youtubers explore a ruined tower on a remote island in Northumbria, and discover that it is not as deserted as it first appears...