A madman screaming in the night “The Spider” are you brave enough to investigate? I'm not!  The Spider – First published in 1906  in a collection of short stories called The Weird O' it! Our Author: Clive Pemberton started his professional life as a stock broker but quickly abandoned that trade to become a journalist. …

I might be a crazy cat lady but I say well played to the cats in the story, this guy is the worst!I wanted to bring something special since this is Episode Twenty!! To me Poe is always special he's like the super creepy brother I always wish I had! The Black Cat was first…

A rugged Scottish fisherman, a beautiful white witch and the evil eye, what could possibly go wrong…everything? The White Witch was first published in 1889 in a collection of stories called the weird and wonderful.  J.E. Muddoch is making his second appearance on the podcast but this time under his own name instead of his…

A short misleadingly pleasant story about a group of tourists that goes deadly quickly. The Vampire was first published in Czech in 1871 and then translated and published in English in 1920 Jan Neruda – was a Czech journalist and art critic and part of the “May School” of literature.  Instagram – Marley's GhostsTwitter –…

A Welsh Castle, charming hosts and MURDER. A Night of Horror – first published in a collection of stories in 1899 Dick Donovan – is the pseudonym of James Edward Preston Muddock or Joyce Emerson Preston Muddock. A journalist and adventurer who wrote a detective series featuring a detective named Dick Donovan that was so…

The first time I had absinthe I couldn't feel my feet for over an hour, and it's still my favorite adult beverage, followed closely by scotch (ya know if anyone wants to send gifts!) I think  I fared better than these two. Also still working out the kinks with the new software. Bear with me…

I think Cthulhu tried to stop this episode from happening. But with some determination I have been able to get an episode recorded and uploaded and I hope you enjoy the tale of music and mystery. The Music of Erich Zann was first published in 1922 H.P. Lovecraft a titan of the horror genre and…

This is why I don't keep a diary, haha, just kidding. Is it to much time alone, the effects of a dreary house or is something trying to take over the authors body? The Listener what first published in 1907 The Author: Algernon Blackwood – is considered to be one of the most prolific ghost…

LUCKY THIRTEENThe Ghost of Christmas Eve was first published in a collection of short stories called My Lady Nicotine in 1890 and is part of the the tradition of telling ghost stories to friends on Christmas Eve. The Author J.M Barrie – Scottish Dramatist famous for bringing us Peter Pan, but like most of the…

Merry Christmas! As a holiday ghost myself I hope you enjoy my fellow Christmas Ghost! SMEE – first published in 1931 and is part of a long tradition of frightening children A.M. Burrage – a british author known for his TUFTY books while alive but became famous for his ghost stories after his death. Instagram –…