Innsmouth Book Club
Episodes
IBC124 Mike T Lyddon
03 May 2026
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Send us Fan MailAward-winning writer, producer, director and artist Mike Lyddon joins us in the Gilman Hotel. We talk HG Wells, remakes, Night Gallery...
IBC123 The Warder of Knowledge
05 Apr 2026
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Send us Fan MailJoin us in Innsmouth Library as we look at an excellent mythos story from Lovecraft circle member Richard F. Searight. We talk those...
IBC122 Shaft Number 247
22 Mar 2026
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Send us Fan MailJoin us in Innsmouth Library for a delve into Basil Copper's subterranean horror, Shaft Number 247. We talk Solar Pons, radionics...
IBC121 Heather Miller
08 Mar 2026
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Send a textLovecraftian scholar Heather Miller drops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk True Detective, RPG's, Robert Chambers, haunted la...
IBC120 The Inhabitant of the Lake
22 Feb 2026
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Send a textJoin us as we dive into a classic Ramsey Campbell tale, The Inhabitant of the Lake. We talk the Severn Valley, adaptations, haunted lakes,...
IBC119 No Man's Land
25 Jan 2026
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Send us a textJoin us in Innsmouth library as we discuss John Buchan's chilling folk horror classic, No Man's Land. We talk Blackwood magazi...
IBC118 New Year Roundup
11 Jan 2026
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Send us a textJoin us for a look back over our Festive viewing and presents, and a look ahead to 2026. We talk del Torro's Frankenstein, Besson&a...
IBC117 Quake
21 Dec 2025
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Send us a textTim takes a deep dive into the 1996 Lovecraft-inspired first-person shooter, Quake. Along the way, he draws on developer interviews and ...
IBC116 Matt Sanderson
06 Dec 2025
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Send us a textGame designer, author and podcaster Matt Sanderson joins us in a somewhat festive Gilman House for a chat. We talk Vampire LARP, convent...
Ep 115 Shoggoths in Bloom
09 Nov 2025
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Send us a textOn this visit we dare the New England surf with Elizabeth Bear's excellent Shoggoths in Bloom. We talk War of the Worlds, lobsters,...
Ep 114 Mysteries of the Worm
26 Oct 2025
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Send us a textJoin Tim in the back room of Ye Olde Innsmouth Book Shoppe for a look at two books, one fictional, one not, both entitled Mysteries of t...
IBC113 Notebook Found in a Deserted House
19 Oct 2025
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Send us a textIt's a Halloween treat today as we visit the Olde Booke Shoppe to discuss Robert Bloch's Notebook Found in a Deserted House. W...
IBC112 The Mythos at War
05 Oct 2025
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Send us a textAuthors John Houlihan and Christopher Michael join us in the Library for a discussion of the Mythos at War. We talk WW2, the Napoleonic ...
IBC111 Scott Dorward
24 Aug 2025
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Send us a textWe celebrate HPL's birthday in the Gilman Hotel with games designer and podcaster Scott Dorward. We talk on-line gaming, scenario d...
IBC110 Helena Nash
10 Aug 2025
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Send us a textGame designer and author Helena Nash pops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk the Isle of Wight, wax museums, Red Nails, Robert Ra...
IBC109 Robbie Dorman
27 Jul 2025
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Send us a textHorror author Robbie Dorman joins us in the Gilman Hotel to discuss his work, literary forms, rural vs urban horror, derelictions, seasi...
Ep 108 James H Longmore
13 Jul 2025
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Send us a textHorror author James H Longmore drops in to the Gilman Hotel in a sweltering Innsmouth. We chat book covers, James Herbert, analogue vs...
Ep 107 Ally Wilkes
15 Jun 2025
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Send us a textStoker Award nominated author Ally Wilkes joins us in a distinctly chilly Innsmouth. We chat polar exploration, research, survival horro...
Ep 106 The Voice in the Night
01 Jun 2025
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Send us a textJoin us for a nautical excursion in the North Pacific with William Hope Hodgson's chilling The Voice in the Night. We talk Houdini,...
Ep 105 Death Line
18 May 2025
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Send us a textIn which we return to the Innsmouth Picture Palace for some classic, grim British horror - 1972's Death Line. We talk London Underg...
Ep 104 Alia Synesthesia
04 May 2025
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Send us a textWe are joined at the Gilman House by performer, composer and artist Alia Synesthesia. We chat scoring films, vampires, The Lost Opera, f...
Ep 103 James Lovegrove
06 Apr 2025
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Send us a textProlific author James Lovegrove drops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk Sherlock Holmes, the Mythos, Marvel, Victorian slang, Ea...
Ep 102 Christopher Michael
23 Mar 2025
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Send us a textAuthor Christopher Michael drops by the Gilman House for a chat about his excellent debut novel Tomb of the Black Pharaoh. We talk OSS, ...
Ep101 Innsmouth Tales
10 Mar 2025
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Send us a textWe drop into the Olde Library to discuss Innsmouth as a setting and some of our favourite tales of the old sea port. We chat origins and...
Ep 100 Ramsey Campbell
23 Feb 2025
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Send us a textThe marvellous Ramsey Campbell drops in to help us celebrate our Centenary episode! We talk new works, settings, Solomon Kane, TV adapta...
Ep 99 Eraserhead
26 Jan 2025
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Send us a textWe mark the passing of genius film maker David Lynch with a look at his 1977 masterpiece Eraserhead. We talk Bolex, paper rounds, indust...
Ep 98 New Year Chat
12 Jan 2025
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Send us a textJoin us in a post-festive Innsmouth for our New Year chat. We reveal the contents of our stockings - including Alone in the Dark, Bureau...
Xmas Reading 7 - Selected Poems
29 Dec 2024
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Send us a textRobert Poyton reads a selection of poems -Â Nyaghoggua by Robert AW LowndesTo Clark Ashton Smith by HP LovecraftThe Winter Moonlight by ...
Xmas Reading 6 - Christmas with the Lovecraft Circle
21 Dec 2024
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Send us a text Join Tim in the Ye Olde Innsmouth Bookshop for a delve into the correspondence between the circle at Festival Time and any seasonal wo...
Ep97 O Christmas Tree
15 Dec 2024
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Send us a textWe brave Innsmouth at Festival season and dart quickly into the Library for a look at WH Pugmire's tale of Yule horror, O Christmas...
Ep 96 Nosferatu
01 Dec 2024
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Send us a textJoin us in Innsmouth Picture House for a look at all things Nosferatu - from the 1922 classic to the forthcoming re-make. We chat Murnau...
Ep 95 Talking Lovecraft
17 Nov 2024
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Send us a textJoin us in the olde Innsmouth Theatre as we welcome comedian and poet CJ Hooper and spoken word performer Matthew Wood of Edwyrdian Tale...
Ep 94 Pigeons From Hell
03 Nov 2024
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Send us a textJoin us in Innsmouth library for a look at Robert E Howard's superb tale of Southern gothic! Â We talk Piney Woods, Boggy Creek, g...
Ep 93 Bazaar of the Bizarre
06 Oct 2024
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Send us a textJoin us in the world of Newhon for Fritz Leiber’s classic, Bazaar of the Bizarre. We talk Sword & Sorcery, Lankhmar, Dungeons and ...
Ep92 The Lamp of Alhazred
15 Sep 2024
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Send us a textJoin us in Isnnmouth Library as we read Lovecraft's last known piece of correspondence, which formed the basis for August Dereleth&...
Ep91 Key of Dreams Revisited
01 Sep 2024
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Send us a textLaura Langrish and Dan Osbaldeston from Key of Dreams join us in Innsmouth Theatre to discuss the latest developments in their unique Lo...
Ep 90 David Cartwright
21 Jul 2024
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Send us a textAuthor David Cartwright joins us in the Gilman House. We chat films, zombies, Arthurian myth, conventions, reviews and getting published...
Ep 89: The Black Tome of Alsophocus
07 Jul 2024
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Send us a textJoin Tim and Rob in Innsmouth Library as they discuss an unfinished HPL story that was completed by a modern author! We chat Fungi Fro...
Ep88: Masque of the Red Death
23 Jun 2024
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Send us a textWe mark the passing of film maker extraordinaire Roger Corman with a look at the 1964 classic Masque of the Red Death. We talk pulp ci...
Ep87 Haunter of the Dark
26 May 2024
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Send us a textWe visit Innsmouth Library to discuss Lovecraft's last written work, Haunter of the Dark. We chat sequels, Tesla, peeping, Nyarlath...
Ep86: On Writing
11 May 2024
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Send us a textAuthors Alexandra Beaumont and Gavin Chappell join us in the Squid Inn for an in-depth chat on writing weird fiction. We talk plotting, ...
Ep85: Thomas Campbell
27 Apr 2024
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Send us a textThe Gilman Hotel welcomes Lovecraftian writer and film maker Thomas Campbell in for a chat. We talk Alien, Mythos erotica, making movi...
Ep 84 Zoe Burgess-Foreman
30 Mar 2024
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Send us a textAuthor, artist and researcher Zoe Burgess-Foreman drops by the Gilman Hotel. We chat Lovecraft, anime, sex and horror, remakes, indie ...
Ep 83: Equoid
16 Mar 2024
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Send us a textJoin us at Innsmouth library as we discuss Equoid, Charles Stross' Laundry Files novella. We talk locations, snails, magick, cons...
Ep 82: Peter Laws
02 Mar 2024
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Send us a textWe drop by the Gilman Hotel for a chat with author, podcaster and Fortean Times columnist Peter Laws. We talk being weird, the paranorma...
Ep 81: HPL TV - Ash vs Evil Dead
17 Feb 2024
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Send us a textStef Hoyle and Graeme Patrick join us in the TV Lounge at the Squid Inn to watch Ash vs Evil Dead! We talk video nasties, the Necronomic...
Ep 80: Brian Lumley
03 Feb 2024
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Send us a textWe pay our respects to the late Brian Lumley with an overview of his work, plus a look at his short story De Marigny's Clock. We ta...
Ep79: HPL TV - True Detective Season One
20 Jan 2024
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Send us a textAuthor John Houlihan joins us for the next in our HPL TV series - True Detective, Season One. We chat Sticks, Ligotti, Chambers, serial ...
Xmas Reading 5 - Fritz Leiber on HP Lovecraft
06 Jan 2024
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Send us a textFor our final festive reading of the season, Tim dips into Fritz Leiber & H.P. Lovecraft - Writers of the Dark from Wildside Press...
Xmas Reading 4 - The Battle of the Century
23 Dec 2023
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Send us a textTim takes us through a story by RH Barlow and HP Lovecraft that features some familiar characters....Download MP3Support the showSend ...
IBC78: HPLTV - UFO
02 Dec 2023
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Send us a textOnce again we visit the TV lounge at the Squid Inn to continue our look at Lovecraftian telly. This time, it's the Gerry Anderson...
Ep 77: HPL TV - Red Dwarf
18 Nov 2023
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Send us a textFor the first in our new HPL TV series, Tim chooses the classic sci-fi comedy, Red Dwarf. We talk last man on Earth, Bottom, anti-heroes...
Ep76: Mike Mason
04 Nov 2023
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Send us a textWith Tim off hunting rare tomes, Rob is joined at the Gilman House by Mike Mason of Chaosium. Chat includes old seaside towns, Call of C...
Ep 75: A Night in Lonesome October
21 Oct 2023
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Send us a textJoin us as we brave Innsmouth at Halloween for a look at Roger Zelazny's classic A Night in Lonesome October. We talk Gahan Wilso...
Ep74: Key of Dreams
07 Oct 2023
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Send us a textWe are joined at the Gilman House by Laura Langrish and Ivan Carić, for a chat about Key of Dreams, an amazing new Lovecraftian immer...
Ep73 Black Armada Games
23 Sep 2023
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Send us a textJoshua Fox and Becky Annison of Black Armada Games drop into the Gilman Hotel to tell us about their new game, Lovecraftesque. We talk R...
Innsmouth Reading 5: In the Vault
09 Sep 2023
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Send us a textInnsmouth is still closed due to holidays, so for this week here is a reading of HPL's In the Vault by Tim MendeesDownload MP3Suppo...
Ep72: Innsmouth Chat
26 Aug 2023
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Send us a textWith Innsmouth closed due to birthday celebrations, we take time out for some patron questions. Joining us are Paul Fricker of the Good ...
Ep 71 Revelations in Black
12 Aug 2023
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Send us a textWe nip into Innsmouth Book Shoppe for a look at Carl Jacobi's vampire classic Revelations in Black. We talk pronunciations, graveya...
Ep70: Paul Fricker
29 Jul 2023
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Send us a textWriter, podcaster and game designer Paul Fricker drops by the Gillman House for a chat and a plate of whelks. We talk Call of Cthulhu 7t...
Ep69: Simon Bleaken
15 Jul 2023
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Send us a textAuthor Simon Bleaken drops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk Egypt, cosmic horror, atmosphere vs character, fandom, AI and revie...
Ep68: The Tree Men of M'Bwa
01 Jul 2023
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Send us a textThe sun is shining in Innsmouth, so we take you into the local park for a picnic and a chat about Donald Wandrei's classic The Tr...
Ep 67: Dagon
17 Jun 2023
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Send us a textWe seek refuge from the heat in the cool darkness of the Innsmouth Picture House. After the latest Pearl & Scream advert, we watch S...
Ep 66: Black Man with a Horn
03 Jun 2023
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Send us a textWe drop into to the Olde Book Shoppe to discuss TED Klein's classic novella, Black Man with a Horn. We talk album covers, uncanny v...
Ep 65: Alexandra Beaumont
06 May 2023
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Send us a textWe hop on over to the newly renovated Gilman Hotel to chat with author Alexandra Beaumont, We talk Tudor astrology, diversity in fiction...
Ep64: The Horror From the Hills
22 Apr 2023
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Send us a textWe hop into Innsmouth Book Shoppe to read Frank Belknap Long's classic, The Horror from the Hills. We talk old books, interdimensio...
Ep63: Graeme Patrick and Stef Hoyle
08 Apr 2023
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Send us a textWe drop by the Gillman Hotel for a delve into the world of Call of Cthulhu role playing with guests Graeme Patrick and Stef Hoyle. W...
Ep62: 30+ Minutes with HP Lovecraft
25 Mar 2023
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Send us a text30+ Minutes with HP Lovecraft podcast hosts David Guffy, Richard Wilson, & Mark Griffin drop by the Gillman House. We chat Lovecraft...
Ep 61: Man Size in Marble
11 Mar 2023
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Send us a textFor today's tour we hop into Innsmouth Library to visit a Victorian classic - Edith Nesbit's Man Size in Marble. We chat...
Ep 60: Queens of the Abyss
25 Feb 2023
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Send us a textWe mark Women in Horror Month by covering two stories from the excellent Queens of the Abyss, Women of the Weird collection.We start wit...
Ep 59: C.T. Phipps
11 Feb 2023
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Send us a textAuthor CT Phipps drops by at the Gillman House. We talk mixing genres, winning/not winning in the Mythos, representation, editing anthol...
Ep58: Greig Johnson
14 Jan 2023
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Send us a textWe are joined at the Gilman House by writer, actor, producer and musician Greig Johnson. We talk the English seaside, adapting Lovecraft...
Innsmouth Picturehouse - Pearl and Scream Ads
31 Dec 2022
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Send us a textA selection of Pearl & Scream ads from our visits to Innsmouth Picturehouse. They include:Sallow Tallow CandlesInnsmouth Komedy Klub...
Xmas Reading 3 - The Festival
25 Dec 2022
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Send us a textTim Mendees reads HP Lovecraft's classic yuletide horror, The Festival.Xmas Reading 1 The Crypts of MemoryXmas Reading 2Â Â The Ab...
Xmas Reading 2 - The Abomination That Came for Christmas
23 Dec 2022
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Send us a textTim Mendees gives an exclusive reading of his festive tale, The Abomination that Came for Christmas. Watch out for our other festive...
Festival in Innsmouth
20 Dec 2022
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Send us a textTim and Rob host a chat from Innsmouth in Festival season. We talk shopping in Innsmouth, Tolkien and Lovecraft, ideas and names for w...
Ep.57: The Damned Thing
17 Dec 2022
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Send us a textWith a ghoul infestation at the graveyard and Innsmouth teeming with Festival visitors, we take shelter in the Olde Book Shoppe. There w...
Ep56: Lord of the Rings - an English Perspective
03 Dec 2022
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Send us a textWe sneak into the back room of the Esoteric Order of Dagon for a panel discussion on Tolkien's masterpiece from an English perspect...
Ep 55: Matthew Davenport
19 Nov 2022
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Send us a textAuthor Matthew Davenport drops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk shoggoths, super heroes, parkour, filming cosmic horror and L...
Ep54: Randall's Round
05 Nov 2022
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Send us a textWe take shelter in Innsmouth Library and discuss Eleanor Scott's folk-horror classic, Randall's Round. We talk 'obby &apo...
Halloween Special 01
22 Oct 2022
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Send us a textHere's the first of our Halloween treats!Some Haunted Houses by Ambrose BierceRead by Tim MendeesMusic by Innsmouth GoldJoin us liv...
Ep53: Worms of the Earth
08 Oct 2022
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Send us a textWe visit Innsmouth Book Shoppe to discuss what many regard as Robert E Howard's finest story, the Worms of the Earth. We talk Dark ...
Ep 52: David Hambling
24 Sep 2022
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Send us a textWe drop by the Gilman Hotel for a chat with Mythos author and science journalist David Hambling. We talk Lovecraftian science, sinister ...
Ep 51: From Cabinet 34, Drawer 6
10 Sep 2022
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Send us a textWe visit Innsmouth Library to cover our first Caitlin R. Kiernan story - a modern Mythos tale of a mysterious fossil and a classic monst...
Ep 50: Chris Lackey
27 Aug 2022
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Send us a textWe celebrate our 50th episode with a visit from Chris Lackey. One half of the excellent HPL Literary Podcast, Chris is also an actor, wr...
Ep 49: The Last Feast of Harlequin
13 Aug 2022
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Send us a textWe visit the Innsmouth Book Shoppe to discuss Thomas Ligotti's masterpiece, The Last Feast of Harlequin. We talk Current 93, tramps...
Ep 48: Reanimator and From Beyond
30 Jul 2022
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Send us a textOn a sweltering Innsmouth day, we take refuge in the coolness of the Picturehouse for a double feature - Stuart Gordon's Reanimat...
Ep47: The Willows
16 Jul 2022
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Send us a textToday's visit takes us to Innsmouth Book Shoppe for a discussion on Blackwood's classic of cosmic horror The Willows.We talk f...
Ep46: Reflections for the Winter of my Soul
02 Jul 2022
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Send us a textWe pop into Innsmouth Library for our first Karl Edward Wagner story, which plots mystic swordsman Kane against a werewolf!We talk gothi...
Ep45: Gavin Chappell - Lovecraftiana
18 Jun 2022
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Send us a textWe hop on over to the Gilman House to meet with Gavin Chappell, author and editor of Schlock webzine and Lovecraftiana magazine.  We...
Ep 44: Werewolves!
04 Jun 2022
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Send us a textWe head on over to Innsmouth Library for a talk by Norse folklore enthusiast Rich Blackett about shapeshifters, werewolves and wolf cult...
Ep.43: Dr Who
21 May 2022
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Send us a textWe visit Innsmouth Museum to see the latest exhibit and discuss the Lovecraftian aspects of Dr Who. Guests Chris McAuley and Ben Crawfor...
Introduction
07 May 2022
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Send us a textHosted by Rob Poyton, Tim Mendees and John Chadwick, the Innsmouth Book Club is a podcast devoted to works of Lovecraftian literature, w...
Ep42: The Graveyard Rats
05 May 2022
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Send us a textFor today's trip we visit the Innsmouth Book Shoppe to discuss an often over-looked member of the Lovecraft circle, Henry Kuttner, ...