Dark and Spooky, Gothic Fiction Podcast
Episodes
Frankenstein part 2
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, my lovely strangers...back to our long-form, thicker episodes, with Part 2 of Frankenstein!
Thanksgiving with Lovecraftian recipes
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Strangers! Long time no listen! Here is a quick break from your usual long-form listening with part 2 of Frankenstein on the way tomorrow! Happy...
Frankenstein Part 1
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello hello spooky Strangers! Finally back after a few very busy weeks. Please forgive me, Strangers as we jump into a couple long ones with part 1 of...
The Judges House
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Another dark ghost story from Bram Stoker for you to enjoy, my Strangers! Hope you enjoy!
The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here is a very famous author my Strangers! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and although we aren't following his most famous creation around: Sherlock Holme...
The Devil
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have an odd, disturbing little tale this week from the very well-known gothic author Guy de Maupassant. A strange little tale of money and death. S...
The Red Room
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello again strangers and welcome home to a nw author for the podcast: H.G. Wells and his gothic tale of fear and ghosts? Enjoy!
The Call of Cthulhu Part 3
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are Strangers! We are wrapping up with HP Lovecraft's most famous story: The Call of Cthulhu. Please send story suggestions my way at dark...
The Call of Cthulhu Part 2
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello-hello Strangers! Here is part 2 of the very famous Call of Cthulhu where I do try my best at the chant, for which I think I've watched six v...
The Call of Cthulhu part 1
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Strangers! Happy 4th and yay for us to begin this famous story by HP Lovecraft! Let's get into the Cthulhu mythos together!
The Striding Place
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello strangers! This week we rediscover the American novelist Gertrude Atherton and her short story of loss, mortality and horror: The Striding Place...
The Mummy's Foot
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week is all about French writer and poet Theophile Gautier, and mummy-mania. Feel free to reach out with suggestions to darkandspookypodcast@gmai...
The Sand-Man Part 2
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here you are strangers: the sequel to ETA Hoffmann's The Sand-Man. This is part two and it makes you wonder if magical thinking or actual darkness...
The Sand-Man part 1
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our first two parter; The Sand-Man by ETA Hoffmann. This is an interesting gothic horror that asks the question: is this one man's actual experien...
Dracula's Guest
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Originally the first chapter of the famous Dracula, this Bram Stoker short story was cut and re-released later on its own. Let's go together to re...
The Masque of the Red Death
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello hello strangers, missed a week but we're back on schedule with this gothic allegory of the futility and folly of expecting wealth will prote...
The Mortal Immortal
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Strangers, to this Mary Shelley driven episode of our podcast. I hope you enjoy and send feedback to [email protected]
Number 13
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Has the number 13 ever creeped you out? Made you uneasy without knowing why? Perhaps the author M.R. James can help you feel out those reasons in this...
The Furnished Room
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Strangers! Today we are rediscovering a New York gothic ghost story by the prolific author O'Henry. Hope you enjoy and get in touch with wha...
Eveline's Visitant
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Strangers! This week we are listening to our first, but certainly not last female author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon in this atmospheric ghost story...
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Strangers, I hope you enjoy this lesser-known weird fiction from HP Lovecraft. Send your story and author suggestions on to darkandspookypodcast...
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As if this famous title needs further introduction! I've always loved the involved descriptions Washington Irving uses to build his world in this ...
The Pale Man
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello again Strangers! We hope you enjoy this creepy little tale by the ever-mysterious Julius Long.
The Boarded Window
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two short stories this week, Strangers, by the exceptionally prolific Ambrose Bierce. The Boarded Window has an interesting twist in his story of a mi...
The Empty House
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Come, sit for a while and listen, Strangers, to Algernon Blackwood's most famous gothic ghost story: The Empty House. Please email darkandspookyp...