30+ Minutes with H. P. Lovecraft
Episodes
What Lovecraft Got Right About Mammoth Cave
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Spence, park ranger of Mammoth Cave National Park, talks about how Lovecraft's story, "Beast in the Cave" is so accurate to the geo...
Remembering Terry Bisson
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this month's podcast we remember the late science fiction writer Terry Bisson, author of “Bears Discover Fire” and “They’re Made Out o...
The Four-Color Dark Shadows
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Thompson returns to talk more about Dark Shadows. This time about the comic books and comic strips and all the different new super powers Barnaba...
Necronomnomnom Yum Yum Yum
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After cooking from the cursed Necronomnomnom, we talk about Lovecraftian cooking and poor dietary habits of the master author which might have led to ...
Mothman at the Lovecraft
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Wamsley of Mothman Museum and Mothman Festival talks about the famous cryptid of his town, and, yes, Lovecraft will come up.https://www.mothmanmu...
The Ajay of Lovecraft
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenneth Faig returns to talk about the impact amateur journalism had on Lovecraft and even what the hell amateur journalism is.Visit our Tee Spring si...
HPL AI
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David shows off Lovecraft NotebookLM project and how AI will soon replace our podcast. Richard and I talk about the Lovecraftian things we saw in Japa...
The Truth or Consequences of Joseph Morris
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Morris, creator of ToRC Press Comics, reveals what happens when Lovecraft, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Jack Kirby, and Hunter S. Thompson ar...
Three piano tributes and a Murmuring.
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The enigmatic and unpredictable but high talented pianist Emilie Gill performs three pieces dedicated to Lovecraft: “Lament for H. P. L.” by Alfre...
Lovecraft's Silhouette Cutter
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
E. K. Perry, along with shadowy profession, is an enigma but Eric K. Washington has uncovered a few things about him.Visit our Tee Spring site to get ...
What makes Denise Dumars weird?
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Denise Dumars, author of Lovecraft Slept Here, talks about all the weird fiction she read as a child that warped her into the writer she is today.Visi...
Free for all Free Forum
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No guests, just us talking about what we've been experiencing Lovecraft style.Visit our Tee Spring site to get our logo on anything you could want...
Alfredo; A Tragedy audio drama
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
HP Lovecraft wrote one play that never made it to the stage. Here we present it in audio drama form. Featuring Robert Price as RINARTO Richard Wilso...
You won't believe what this reddit author says!!!
14 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Major, author of I've Done This Before, talks about the influence of Lovecraft and reddit and why some of his titles sound like clickbait. Visit ...
Return to Dark Shadows
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For this month's podcast, we return to Dark Shadows and the movies that hit and missed. Our guests are Eric Roper & Darin Evans of Omnestream ...
Rutland Halloween Parade
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For this month's podcast we talk to Richard Rubenfeld, Professor Emeritus of Art History at Eastern Michigan University, about the Rutland Halloween ...
The Arkham Horrors
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael from the one-man band The Arkham Horrors chats about composing music for when you are playing the Arkham Horror card game and how it changed h...
Seven Club Tales
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today, Kenneth Faig, discusses the Seven Club Tales and whether Lovecraft read them and what impact they may have had on his writing. Hoste...
4th Anniversary: Lin Carter
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Price has come back for our fourth anniversary episode to talk about Lin Carter, who attempted to organize Lovecrafts' mythos into a compre...
Meet Your Heroes
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Vertlieb talks about befriending Horror Writer and Protege of Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, as well as meeting others that he regards as his heroes. ...
23rd Century Imaginings
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Green talks about his books, one of them described as "Faulkner meets Poe and Lovecraft," and the other is Sax Rohmer in the 23rd Centu...
Innsmouth Book Club
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The always entertaining Rob Poyton from the Innsmouth Book Club joins us, chatting about Lovecraft's fans in Britain, Doctor Who, True Detectiv...
Is it Bobby Derie?
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to one of our more unusual recordings. The interviewee, Bobby Derie of the Lovecraft Deep Cuts blog, declined to be recorded for the intervie...
Back to Basics
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for our annual media review episode! We chat about the Lovecraft-adjacent media we read and watched since last year, and share which we ...
Early Reading
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We start the year with an interview with noted British Horror Writer, Ramsey Campbell about reading young, being a part of the new guard, and the diff...
People & Places
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Faig -- author of Lovecraftian People and Places -- delves into the genealogy of Lovecraft, and if he's related to Cthulhu. Check out his boo...
Those Dark Shadows
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this month's podcast, we talk about Dark Shadows and how Barnabas was brought down by a Lovecraft cult. Our guests are Eric Roper & Dari...
Gonzo Journalism
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hunter S. Thompson was a famed Gonzo journalist. Since his death he has appeared in a few works where he confronts Lovecraftian horrors. With Outl...
Medusa's Coil
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Learn why Gemma Files loves and hates Lovecraft's problematic, Medusa's Coil and why she wrote Hair Works to refute those pesky parts. Lin...
Robert Barbour Johnson
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Editor, critic, and author, Stefan Dziemianowicz discusses Robert Barbour Johnson, his forays in pulp fiction, the circus, and disappearance from the ...
Chaosium
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovecraftian scholar Robert Price returns for our third anniversary to talk about Chaosium games and the books he edited for them, even though he isn&...
Have You Read Appendix N?
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The hosts of the Appendix N Book Club Podcast chat reading older fantasy, Dungeons & Dragons and how it changed the fantasy landscape, reading to ...
We have (Dr.) Gangrene
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Horror movie host Larry Underwood, better known as Dr. Gangrene, chats about horror movie hosting, creating a persona, and filming one of Lovecraft...
A Maniac is on the Loose
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Maniac is on the Loose in our podcast and we barely survived. Steve Hudgins of Manic on the Loose podcasts talk about some of the local inspiration...
Strange Shadows and Unmet Best Friends
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Mendees and Rob Poyton of the Strange Shadows podcast join us to chat about Clark Ashton Smith, HPL's best friend he never met. You can find the f...
Year of Reviews
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's been awhile since we reviewed any Lovecraft (or Lovecraft adjacent) media. And we have watched, read, and listened to a lot. Find out what we thi...
The Arkham Hillbilly
14 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Darcy Sullivan's (aka the Arkham Hillbilly) Covid Project was combining Country Music with H.P. Lovecraft and shares his experience with us and why it...
Mayor Lovecraft
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Leeman Kessler chats about playing Lovecraft for over a decade as well as running for mayor and his other projects. For more information about Leeman'...
Rural Writers
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Richard Saunders about a Rural Writer, illustrator, and professor who dabbled in Weird Fiction: Harry Harrison Kroll. Take a look at hi...
Edith Miniter
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kenneth Faig discussed Edith Miniter, author of Our Natupski Neighbors and amateur journalist of the late 19th, early 20th century and a bit of her fr...
Power Comics
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comic artist and Lovecraft fan Alex Turbin explains what a Power Comic is and resurrecting Edgar Allen Poe. For more information, visit https://alexan...
Hopkinsville Is Weird
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Curtis Cansler of Keep Hopkinsville Weird speaks on why Hopkinsville is weird. Including Hopkinsville Goblins (and the Pokemon based on them), Elvis, ...
Crypt of Cthulhu
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the second anniversary we interviewed Robert Price, the editor of the Crypt of Cthulhu, the always entertaining and always controversial. Yo...
Robert E. Howard Days
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we talk about Conan--you can join Richard in figuring out which one. Interview with Bill "Indy" Cavalier. If you are inter...
History and Stories: Bil Richardson
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bil (one L Only) Richardson talks about Lovecraftian horror and the mountain feuds, as well as his books and movie making career. You can find his wor...
Omnestream Entertainment
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Roper and John M. Risner of OmnestreamEntertainment chat about their webcomics, film and more! You can find their work at https://www.omnestream....
Lovecraft Rereads
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We talk authors Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth, hosts of the Lovecraft Reread about getting girl cooties all over Lovecraft. Questions and comm...
Folklore and Lovecraft with Dr. Tim Evans
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tim Evans Associate Professor of Folklore Studies at WKU, joined us to chat about Lovecraft and folklore, his antiquarianism and how it affected t...
Interview: Author Laird Barron
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month, we interviewed horror and detective writer Laird Barron about growing up in Alaska, his footing in cosmic horror, and much more. Learn mor...
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A man of dictionaries. Join Todd Hatton of Omaha WKMS and creator of audio documentary Irvin S. Cobb: Back Home and Nathan Blake Lynn of the McCracken...
Interview: E-Zines with Mike Davis
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Davis of the Lovecraft E-zine chats ezines, podcasts, and community. Visit lovecraftzine.com for hundreds of short stories, podcasts, and movie n...
Interview: Big Biting Pig Productions
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with PJ Woodside and Steve Hudgins of Big Biting Pig Productions, an indie film production studio specializing in horror movies. Question...
Interview with The Slow Poisoner
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with musician and artist Andrew Goldfarb aka The Slow Poisoner. You can find more information about Andrew at www.theslowpoisoner.com. Th...
Game Chat: Eldritch Horror
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A review and chat of the board game Eldritch Horror. Game play spoilers ahead! With special guests Martina Brindley and Sam Orndorff. Questions and co...
Interview with S. T. Joshi
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of our 1 year anniversary, we interviewed special guest S. T. Joshi. We chat about his history with Lovecraft, scholarship, letters, poetry, ...
Scientific Romance
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
HG Wells & George Orwell, Lovecraft Word of the Month: Scientifiction, The Deep Ones, a pronunciation update that we all ignore, a computer game f...
Kirk Munroe
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A review episode. Some updates and how many references can you stuff in a story before it's too much. Questions and comments can be directed to mark@l...
Edward S. Ellis
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Life and times of Daniel Boone. Scientists on Mars, word of the month: denizen, Yog-Sothoth, and more. Questions and comments can be directed to mark...
Customary Juvenalia
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What effect did G.A. Henty have on Lovecraft’s writing, Lovecraft word of the month: eldritch, Tsathoggua, revisiting a question, Synchonic reviews,...
Humble Writing Beginnings
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Humble beginnings, naming words, Miskatonic spoilers, do octopi prove Cthulhu? Cthulhu SubGenius God, and actual cocktail recipe ideas. Questions and ...
British Obsession
02 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anglophile history, Lovecraft word of the month: shew, The Festival, Underwater review, and Dr. Seuss? Recorded live on Facebook, December 30, 2020. H...
Cthurkey
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An odd childhood, Lovecraft word of the day, Lovecraft Country follow up, Cthurkey, Ruin Thanksgiving in Four Words, and a King in Yellow cocktail.Rec...
Of Gods and Great Old Ones
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A brief exploration of Lovecraft's love of Greek mythology, along with name games, a mystery, non-Cthulhu Great Old Ones, book chats and more. Recorde...
Arabian Nights 2
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More chats about the influence of Arabian Nights, where to start, and more. Recorded live on Facebook, September 30, 2020. Hosted by David Guffy, Rich...
Arabian Nights
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A overview of Arabian Nights, a spoiler free review of Lovecraft Country, birthday parties, fanmail, a punny conversation, and Lovecraft Cover Bands? ...
Folklore
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What inspired Lovecraft? Hosted by David Guffy, Richard Wilson, & Mark Griffin In association with www.lovecraftpod.com, Logan County Speculative...
Ghost Writing
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our pilot episode, we discuss his history and forgotten and ghost written works. Hosted by David Guffy, Richard Wilson, & Mark Griffin In asso...