Explore every episode of the podcast Tom's Terror Trove
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| Rodion, Raskolnikov, Limbus. The literary origin(s) of a statuesque axe murderer | 07 Mar 2026 | 00:29:49 | |
РАСКО́Л Another deep dive into the doleful denizens of Limbus Company's bus. Although in this case we are dealing with a feverishly cheerful and multifarious (I have a feeling I'm going to abuse that adjective) individual, set free from their mind body and spirit-bindings. Let's not forget Sonya, hy0umon of negotiable affection-flipped freedom fighter. Let us cling to the needles that pierce the flesh of our shared reality. Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. References: Blake, E. (2006). Sonya, Silent No More: A Response to the Woman Question in Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment.” The Slavic and East European Journal, 50(2), 252–271. https://doi.org/10.2307/20459250 Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| Gregor, Kafka, Limbus. An inquiry into Gregor Samsa(ra), and the parallels between sinner and salaryman | 07 Feb 2026 | 00:29:01 | |
"If anyone’s doing the heavy lifting, it’d be us... Hey! Manager Bud! More incoming!" In this episode, I take a look at suffering and redemption in The Metamorphosis, philosophical pessimism, and how Gregor in Limbus Company might be Georg Bendeman, the happiest Gregor yet, or even Kafka himself. Reincarnation is a heck of a thing. Plus of course the traditional (I've done it three, now it's definitely a tradition) interlude dub! Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_pessimism Ryan, M. P. (1999). Samsa and Samsara: Suffering, Death, and Rebirth in “The Metamorphosis.” The German Quarterly, 72(2), 133–152. https://doi.org/10.2307/408369 Kafka: The Metamorphosis, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Gregor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-translating-kafkas-the-metamorphosis Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| The Crawling World. Episode 10: Dreaming Spires | 01 Feb 2026 | 00:15:15 | |
New friends are made, and the true magnitude of the trials ahead begins to manifest, as the pilgrims arrive at the ancient and forbidding City. But with sickness and potential conspiracy threatening their safety, is there anyone left they can turn to? Part 10 of a 10-part dark fantasy full-cast audio drama.
Produced and written by Thomas Barker Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| Whither the Boughs? The Origin of Limbus Company's MacGuffin | 15 Jan 2026 | 00:25:01 | |
Mysterious, tree-like branches with the power to actualize the feelings, wishes, and psyches of people. The primary objective of the LCB is to gather them up. In this episode, I nearly get over my skis in examining the literary origins of the Golden Boughs of Limbus Company, particularly looking at the book of the same name by Sir James George Frazer, and the Aeneid, by Vergil. Plus of course the traditional (I've done it twice, now it's a tradition) interlude dub! Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. References: Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Unseen - Unfeared" by Francis Stevens | 10 Jan 2026 | 00:49:18 | |
He stooped to laugh again, and his mirth was yellow-toothed -- menacing. Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| Wolf, Panther, Lion; who are they really? An enquiry into the beasts of Limbus Company's Dark Forest | 06 Jan 2026 | 00:17:00 | |
Limbus Company begins with Dante (our clock-headed manager-protagonist) beset by three sinister individuals known as Wolf, Panther and Lion. These characters have parallels in the Inferno, by Dante Alighieri. In this episode, I draw upon some scholarship, a coupla wikis and my own general knowledge to pull together some additional information about the beasts, and what they mean, beyond what we are shown in the narrative thus far. Plus I have a go at dubbing said interlopers! References: Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| The Sinners of Limbus Company (In Their Own Words) | A Tom's Terror Trove NYE Special | 31 Dec 2025 | 00:14:19 | |
To round out Season Two of TTT (though, seriously - I'm on hiatus right now!), and to say thank you to everyone who's tuned in during 2025, I've put together a little sampler of sinners. Features excerpts from:
A little out of my usual subject matter, but we'll resume our regular programming next month. See you in 2026! Take care. It's a scary world out there. Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Wild@Heart" by Michael Botur | 23 Dec 2025 | 00:37:43 | |
Tom's Terror Trove is still technically on a little Summer break, but that doesn't mean I don't have a few pressies to hand out before the end of the year! Short story by Michael Botur
Michael Botur is an award-winning Auckland/Northland writer of horror and 'dirty realism' screenplays and fiction.
Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Mysterious Mr Montague" by Jane Percival | From the Land of the Long White Cloud | 15 Nov 2025 | 00:46:34 | |
"I never eat pork. It's not that I'm vegetarian, or Jewish or Muslim, it's all to do with something that happened in the 70's, when I was fifteen years old." So begins a tale of innocence lost, buckets of blood, and the lengths someone might go to in order that they might... sustain a life. A gruesome tale from New Zealand. Story featured with kind permission from the author: Jane Percival (https://heni-irihapeti.com/) Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Whisperer in Darkness" by H. P. Lovecraft | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos | 08 Nov 2025 | 03:16:28 | |
In the late 1920's, folklorist and assistant professor at Miskatonic University Albert N. Wilmarth investigates the ominous events that occured in the wake of the historic Vermont Floods. His ill-advised delving, and correspondance with the recluse Henry Akely, will lead to a series of cosmically horrifying revelations. Turn your lights down low, put your headphones on, and tune in to the penultimate episode of Tom's Terror Trove Season 2. Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Dark" by Arch Oboler | Hallowe'en Special | Lights Out | 01 Nov 2025 | 00:28:30 | |
Two unsuspecting ambulance attendants get far, FAR more than they bargained for, in this disgusting story from 1938. Running from 1934 to 1947, Lights Out was an old-time radio program devoted to stories of horror and the supernatural. Created by Wyllis Cooper, later in the run it was helmed by the brilliant (and eccentric) Arch Oboler. I was spoilt for choice in picking an episode to recreate (it came down to this one and Chicken Heart). Narrated by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Brain-Eaters" by Frank Belknap Long | Dark Corners of the Earth | 25 Oct 2025 | 00:41:30 | |
We are once again adrift on dark and inhospitable waters this week, as, arriving hot on the heels of ferocious storms in New Zealand, Tom's Terror Trove is proud to present this newly-recorded version of The Brain-Eaters, from 1932. The title gives perhaps a scintilla of a clue as to the contents of the story. Good gross-out pulpweirdfiction stuff. Eat up! Narrated by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson | A Precursor to the Mythos | 16 Oct 2025 | 00:42:27 | |
Tonight, Tom's Terror Trove returns to one of the most original minds in Weird Fiction, the pioneering William Hope Hodgson. The Voice in the Night concerns a lonely ship in the middle of the Pacific, and a grotesque interlocutor with a horrifying story to tell. B O D Y H O R R O R Narrated by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Mr Justice Harbottle" by J. S. Le Fanu | Last Gasp of the Gothic | 09 Oct 2025 | 01:27:26 | |
A tale of debauchery, depravity, and pestiferous perukes! E F Benson (whose "The Thing in the Hall" I recorded in May 2024) said of Le Fanu, that his “best work is of the first rank, while as a 'flesh-creeper' he is unrivalled. No one else has so sure a touch in mixing the mysterious atmosphere in which horror darkly breeds". Before I forget, I should also mention the framing device which appertains to all the stories in the collection, which is that of the posthumous papers of an occult detective. And on that note, as the wind whips around the walls of the house in which I am recording these words, and seems to fair threaten to knock them down, let us begin. Narrated by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and music licensing, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| Double Feature 2: The Three Marked Pennies, by Mary Elizabeth Counselman & Cats of Ulthar, by H. P. Lovecraft | Creepy Cozy | 02 Oct 2025 | 00:35:54 | |
Antithetical in life, in death I can make these authors share equal billing, muhahahaha! Ahem. Tonight, Tom's Terror Trove is proud to present a story of a sadistic contest that grips a quiet southern town, PLUS a quickie about the mysterious (and potentially sinister, if wronged) ways of felines. Listen, if you care - I mean, dare! Narrated by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and music licensing, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Lovely House" by Shirley Jackson | Existential Dread | Last Gasp of the Gothic | 25 Sep 2025 | 01:03:27 | |
Renowned author of mystery and gothic horror Shirley Jackson weaves a dreamlike tale of doublings, echoes, and (in the words of ST Joshi) "exemplifies the 'quiet weird tale' at its pinnacle". Published in 1950, the story follows Margaret who visits her friend Carla's country estate for the holidays. Will she ever leave? Has she always been there? Narrated by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and music licensing, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Human Chair" by Edogawa Ranpo | Monogatari Macabre | 18 Sep 2025 | 00:53:37 | |
We return to the Land of the Rising Sun this week, for a tale in which no overt harm is ever done, nor threatened. Yet this might (by certain metrics) be one of the grossest stories I've had the distinct pleasure to record. An eminent writer receives an unsolicited manuscript, in which is contained a perverse narrative confession written by a disturbed chairmaker. Transgressions ahoy. Narrated by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and music licensing, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| The Crawling World. Episode 9: The Swamp and the Storm | 16 Sep 2025 | 00:15:32 | |
As secrets and lies threaten to break apart the pilgrimage during their trek through the treacherous mire of The Grey Grease, a danger they thought they had escaped emerges from the clouds. Can Huw deploy what little magic he possesses to protect the group? Part 9 of a multi-part series.
Produced and written by Thomas Barker Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Unspeakable Betrothal" by Robert Bloch | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos | 04 Sep 2025 | 00:42:50 | |
What if the otherworldly entities of the Cthulhu Mythos aren’t truly evil or malevolent, what if they are simply alien in the most profound sense of the word? This story from 1949 about a dreamy young woman named Avis Long, maintains an almost romantic, sensuous quality (at least - I think so!), right up until its horrifying conclusion. Listen out for the breaking into reality of creatures from Yuggoth and elsewhere. Er - screams. Narrated by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and music licensing, I'd be enormously grateful. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Vanderlark" by Margaret St. Clair | In Space, No One Can... | 28 Aug 2025 | 00:27:17 | |
Deep space. Two jumpy chancers. And the aching, endless hunger of the void. The Vanderlark was published in 1952, and written by prolific speculative fiction author Margaret St. Clair. It's the first 'pure' sci fi story for TTT. Rejoice! The name may stem from the Vrykolakas, a vampire of sorts from Greek folklore. You'll see why. Narrated by Thomas Barker If you'd like to buy me a ko-fi, I have a page for that! Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Lazarus" by Leonid Andreyev | Existential Dread | 21 Aug 2025 | 01:02:31 | |
Published in 1906, this lush, vivid and grim story paints a picture of the post-resurrection life of Lazarus not as a miracle to be celebrated, but an abomination to be abhorred. The author, Leonid Andreyev, lived from 1871 to 1919, and the rich vein of Expressionism that runs through his novels, plays and short stories proved highly influential. Authors such as H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, who read Andreyev in translation in the 1920's, spoke favourably of his work. Hold on to your hats, dear listeners, 'cause this one is B L E A K. Narrated by Thomas Barker If you'd like to buy me a ko-fi, I have a page for that! Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| Tom's Terror Trove Trailer | 15 Aug 2025 | 00:01:23 | |
Hello, and welcome to Tom's Terror Trove, a podcast currently disgorging The Crawling World, an original dark fantasy/sci fi, full cast audiodrama. I also narrate classics and little-known gems of horror fiction: Mid 19th - early 20th century a speciality. New episodes every Friday, 9am NZ Time. If you'd like to buy me a ko-fi, I have a page for that! Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Pickman's Model" by H. P. Lovecraft | Dark Corners of the Earth | 14 Aug 2025 | 00:43:54 | |
The madness and monstrosity lay in the figures in the foreground—for Pickman’s morbid art was preëminently one of daemoniac portraiture. In this classic short story by H. P. Lovecraft, the narrator, Thurber, describes his encounter with the reclusive painter of the story's title, and comes to a dreadful conclusion about the inspiration behind his creations. "Pickman's Model" was written in September 1926 and first published in the October 1927 issue of Weird Tales. Narrated by Thomas Barker If you'd like to buy me a ko-fi, I have a page for that! Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Out of the Deep" by Walter de la Mare | Last Gasp of the Gothic | 07 Aug 2025 | 01:20:52 | |
Walter John de la Mare (25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was a prolific writer of fiction, and a crafter of finely tuned psychological horror. Lumping this particular story in with the 'gothic' subgenre is a little crude, but it shares a fair some features with The Turn of the Screw, so if you enjoyed my reading of that legendary novella, you'll likely appreciate this. Then again, I don't think Henry James had much of a sense of humour. De la Mare on the other hand... Out of the deep features an unwanted inheritance, frequently interrupted sleep, childhood trauma, and something unpleasant 'below stairs'. Also - I'm going to have a bit of a catch-up and discussion at the start of each episode, for those of you who'd like a little more context with their weekly spooky tales. Fear not, there are skippable chapters! Narrated (as always!) by Thomas Barker Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| The Crawling World. Episode 8: Frying Pan, Fire | 01 Aug 2025 | 00:13:09 | |
Wes, Lithee and Garm contend with a monstrous interloper, as the pilgrims near the end of their journey through the mountain. Their troubles are far from over, as they now face the vast, fetid swampland of The Grey Grease. Part 8 of a multi-part series.
Produced and written by Thomas Barker Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Judge's House" by Bram Stoker | Last Gasp of the Gothic | 16 Jul 2025 | 00:48:32 | |
In this story: RATS! Seeking solitude in which to study mathematics for his upcoming tripos (it's a Cambridge university thing), a fresh-faced undergraduate takes lodgings at an ill-omened country house. Could this possibly end well? No. No it could not. Narrated by Thomas Barker Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| Double Feature! The Outsider, by H. P. Lovecraft & The Landlady, by Roald Dahl | Creepy Cozy | 09 Jul 2025 | 00:45:20 | |
Have you ever been out in the cold, yearning for the warmth of a crackling fire, and the company of kind humans? Well, tonight's double-feature will satisfy that unnatural yearning, as both tales concern the subject of companionship, although each with wildly different, and terrifying results... Narrated by Thomas Barker Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri (translated by A. S. Kline). Part 2 of 2 | 02 Jul 2025 | 02:08:03 | |
The descent continues. Through fire, into ice. The deep, dark hell of frozen shades recount their heinous acts to our narrator and his spectral guide. The kaleidoscopic imagery and boundless, morbid imagination of Dante Alighieri is fully on display in this new translation, with each soul given their own distinct voice and characterisation by the narrator. Abandon all hope, but enjoy the ride! Narrated by Thomas Barker Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri (translated by A. S. Kline). Part 1 of 2 | 06 Jun 2025 | 02:05:54 | |
ABANDON ALL HOPE, YE WHO ENTER HERE. Narrated by Thomas Barker Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| The Crawling World. Episode 7: A Light from the East, A Bell from Below | 08 Mar 2025 | 00:16:27 | |
Another temporary shift. Away from the pilgrims and their murky problems, to a lighter sphere, at least at first glance. A place of grand palaces and ancient lineages. The roots of nobility are buried deep in this plane, but long rotted, and fit only for kindling. How, and when, will all these stories converge? The echoes are increasing. Part 7 of a multi-part series. Cast
Produced and written by Thomas Barker Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| The Crawling World. Episode 6: The Best Way Out, Is Always Through | 14 Feb 2025 | 00:10:23 | |
The group makes its way through the tunnels underneath the mountain, towards the marshes of the Grey Grease. Wes and Lithee are isolated from the main group, and encounter strange phenomena. Garm goes to investigate. Huw, Ra and Asher share a story.
Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| The Crawling World. Episode 5: The Pain of Awakening from Sleep, Through the Mountain, Big Day Tomorrow | 16 Jan 2025 | 00:07:59 | |
The pilgrims regroup to assess their situation, given the catastrophe that has befallen them.
Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| The Crawling World. Episode 4: Trapped in the Dark | 07 Jan 2025 | 00:07:21 | |
We rejoin the pilgrims in the aftermath of an attack by the Child of Iachtanabas. Trapped within the cave they fled to for safety, they set to in order to dig themselves out of trouble, literally. Huw enlists Wes and Lithee to search for the lost sleepers, and Garm entertains (in the loosest possible sense of the word) Ra with an old song.
Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| The Crawling World. Episode 3: A Parallel Narrative Unfolds | 31 Dec 2024 | 00:11:10 | |
Our narrative swerves, temporarily, and we find ourselves under a merciless sun, atop shifting sands, in an unknown time and place. Connections to our main story, the sunken realm and its imperilled pilgrims, will become apparent in due course.
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| The Crawling World. Episode 2: When the Spawn of Gods Attack, Further Mysteries Revealed | 24 Dec 2024 | 00:06:48 | |
With no time to further understand the strange world he has been thrust into, the erstwhile sleeper and the small group that accompanies him flee for their lives. In the brief moments of respite during their flight, introductions are made.
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| The Crawling World. Episode 1: Eyes Open, Now | 17 Dec 2024 | 00:05:39 | |
Behold, The Crawling World. A thickly huddled mass. Dark-hued, folded in on itself a thousand, nay ten thousand times over. From your vantage point beyond the veil, you can dimly make out vast oceans, a tumult of mountains honeycomb-riddled with caves, extending you suppose, down into the fused depths. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Worms of the Earth" by Robert E. Howard | Dark Corners of the Earth | 05 Sep 2024 | 01:31:32 | |
Sword and Sorcery clashes with the Cthulhu Mythos in this thrilling tale of the Pictish king Bran Mak Morn, by Robert E. Howard (a contemporary and correspondant of HP Lovecraft and creator of Conan the Barbarian). In order to bring justice to one of his people, the warrior-king enlists an ancient foe. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Shambler from the Stars" by Robert Bloch | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos | 26 Aug 2024 | 00:32:34 | |
The first in a sequence of three stories (The Shambler from the Stars, The Haunter of the Dark and The Shadow from the Steeple), this gruesome narrative involves a burgeoning writer who, in the desire for occult knowledge, purchases a forbidding book: De Vermis Mysteriis. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce | Hometown Horrors | 26 Aug 2024 | 00:29:03 | |
This famous story (regarded by Kurt Vonnegut as the best short story in American literature) describes (in a style that today might be described as Lynchian) a moment in time. A man, condemned, and a dreamlike escape. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Hell Screen" by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | Monogatari Macabre | 26 Aug 2024 | 01:09:18 | |
Narrated by a (somewhat) impartial court observer, this reworking of a much older tale, concerns the obsessive artistry, and terrible downfall of the painter Yoshihide. First published in 1918 in serial form, the author is considered the father of the Japanese short story, and himself met a tragic end. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Mezzotint" by M. R. James | Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | 28 Jul 2024 | 00:30:56 | |
It was a seemingly ordinary mezzotint*, unremarkable except for the unusually high price, and the half-missing attribution on the back. Until the changes began. For the curator of a university art museum, a most unexpected, and shocking series of events is about to unfold. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Haunter of the Dark" by H. P Lovecraft | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos | 20 Jul 2024 | 01:14:41 | |
Robert Blake is a hunted man, only he does not know it yet. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Wailing Well" by M. R. James | A Stable for Nightmares | 03 Jul 2024 | 00:27:53 | |
Warning! Tonal whiplash incoming. This delightful (and delightfully creepy) short story by master of the genre Montague Rhodes James is a sort-of Billy Bunter meets the contents of a Breugel the Elder painting. Hopefully that doesn't give too much away. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "Pigeons from Hell" by Robert E. Howard | Hometown Horrors | 21 Jun 2024 | 01:23:40 | |
An ancient evil festers in the heart of a small community, and though the original perpetrators may be gone, traces of their misdeeds linger on. Also, it's never a good idea to stay the night in a seemingly abandoned mansion, even if you are on holiday. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. Part 3 (of 3) | Last Gasp of the Gothic | 07 Jun 2024 | 01:34:35 | |
In our final instalment of this perplexing and perturbing story, (see episode 34 for part two). Things reach a fever pitch at Bly manor with multiple manifestations, disappearances, and a possible breakdown. Of reality, or of sanity? You be the judge. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. Part 2 (of 3) | Last Gasp of the Gothic | 31 May 2024 | 01:15:00 | |
In part two (see episode 33 for part one), tension mounts, apparition encounters increase, and the governess at Bly begins to lose the plot. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. Part 1 (of 3) | Last Gasp of the Gothic | 27 May 2024 | 01:59:12 | |
The ceremony of innocence is drowned in this, most ambiguous ghostly novella from 1898 by renowned Anglo-American writer Henry James. Lock the door, light a candle, and keep watch; for there may be faces peering in at the window. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Thing in the Hall" by E. F. Benson | A Stable for Nightmares | 16 May 2024 | 00:36:57 | |
If you open the doors of perception too far, who knows what might come knocking? An eminent physician is drawn into a dangerous occult scheme by a longtime colleague, with horrific results. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The House on the Borderland" by William Hope Hodgson | A Precursor to the Mythos | 09 May 2024 | 06:40:07 | |
A remote house, a decaying journal. Two friends on a holiday in remote Western Ireland uncover a tale of wonders (and terrors), and an unfathomable abyss that will leave them forever changed. This unusual, and poignantly haunting novella from 1908, by one of horror fictions true originals, has been a massive influence on generations of subsequent writers. Narration and some music by Thomas Barker Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||
| "The Hounds of Tindalos" by Frank Belknap Long | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos | 07 May 2024 | 00:42:06 | |
Upon rediscovering a drug used centuries ago to expand the consciousness of mystics, eccentric author Halpin Chalmers hopes (along with the aid of certain, esoteric mathematical formulae) to utilise it in an experiment. An experiment in TIME TRAVEL. Unbeknownst to him, his inquiry draws the attention of unwelcome entities, from dark dimensions. Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com | |||