Lost Tales
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Season 2 Episode 1: Watching for Yokai and Greek-Irish Orphans
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2 premier starts off with a tour of Japanese Legends and Folklore as told by Legendary author Lafcadio Hearn. Join me as I tell the sometimes ...
Episode 34: Comets, Cults, and Creatures From Outer Space
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comet Nishimura gave us all a once in several lifetimes chance to experience the wonders of space, and for most earthlings it was a wondrous momentous...
Episode 33: The Dark Spirit of Winter, a Cannibalistic Nightmare from Ancient Folklore; The Wendigo
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me for a retelling of Algernon Blackwood's Wendigo, his take on the truly terrifying Native American and First Nations folktale/modern day crypti...
Episode 32: Interview with Tim Moon; Bigfoot, Star Trek, and the Meaning of Life
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me as I interview a new author in the Cryptid and paranormal horror ficion genre, Tim Moon. We discuss his new book, Tomato Fields, facts and fi...
Episode 31: Bigfoot or Bust; The Big Guy in Folklore and Fact
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone loves Bigfoot, we may not all believe he's real, but we find his story compelling nonetheless. This week I delve into some of the science and...
Episode 30: Kentucky Fried Cryptids: Is Kentucky a Monster Magnet?
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me as I delve deeper into the Folklore of my Home State. Kentucky is home to so many stories of the supernatural and strange, I mean this is the...
Episode 29: Robot Apocalypses or Utopias: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
ware robots: what u to know." IPVanish.com; March 29, 2023.Waken.AI, "CHatGPT's Special Self-Awareness: Insights from Waken.AI's Introspection Framewo...
Episode 28: One, Two, Dab Tsog's Coming For You, The Mystery of Hmong Immigrant Nightmare Death Syndrome
17 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Begining in 1977 a series of inexplicable Nightmare induced deaths took the lives of over 100 Hmong live in America. The mystery is still a source of...
Episode 27: We Are Not Alone; whistleblowers, crackpots, and things that go bump in the night
10 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking News!!! Top US Government Officials say Aliens are Real! Well, sort of. Listen along as I summarize this week's exciting Whistleblower Bom...
Episode 26: The Book of the Were-Wolves, The Epic Finale
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Epic Finale of our weeks long (months long?) exploration of Sabine Baring Gould's Book of the Were-Wolves, probably the most frequently cited refe...
Episode 25: The Book of the Were-Wolves Part 6, Another Look at Gilles De Retz, Marechal of France and History's Most Loathed Serial Killer
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are closing in on the end of our journey with Sabine Baring Gould and his superlative book on Were-Wolf mythology, The Book of Were-Wolves. In thi...
Episode 24: The Book of the Were-Wolves Pt. 5, The Evil Men Do
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week is part 5 of our tour of Sabine Baring Gould's Book of the Were-Wolves. This week we will discuss the evils found in the heart of mankind, a...
Episode 23: The Book of the Were-Wolves Pt. 4 The Child Werewolf
20 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a brief bout with COVID-19, I'm back, sharing the lurid tales of Werewolves in European and World Mythology from Sabine Baring Gould's "Book of ...
Episode 22: The Book of the Were-Wolves Pt.3, or Russia's Last Best Chance?
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The continuing exploration of the foremost inquiry into lycanthropy and werewolves produced in the last 300 years, Sabine Baring Gould's "Book of the ...
Episode 21: The Book of the Were-Wolves Pt. 2, and definitely Google your hook up before hooking up
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss a true case of werewolf hysteria taken from recent news headlines, the case of Pankaj Bhasin, a man who believed he was hunting a...
Bonus Episode 4: A Teutonic Werewolf in Love
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A little bonus episode to thank you for putting up with my deep dive into werewolf mythology. This short story is a heartbreaking saga of love, loss,...
Episode 20: The Book of the Were-Wolves, an epic of Myth, Mystery, Monsters, and Man
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who would have thought an Anglican Priest would be the man behind the definitive book on Were-wolves?! Sabine Baring Gould, best known for writing th...
Bonus Episode 3: The Beast of Gevaudan in Fact and Fiction; The Facts and A Donut Rant
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of the Beast of Gevaudan as recorded by historians and eyewitnesses, designed to further your obsession with all things historical a...
Episode 19: The Beast of Gevaudan in Fact and Fiction
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I delve into the legend of the Beast of Gevaudan, the terror of 18th century France. The Beast would kill over 100 and attack many more ove...
Episode 18:The Rise of The Vengeful Mummy, "Lot No. 249" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Victorian Europe, especially Britain, was obsessed with all things Egypt, but late in their history with Egypt and their attempted occupation there ar...
Episode 17: Egyptian Sorcery, Past Lives, and Eternal Love
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We return this week to our good friend Algernon Blackwood's paranormal realm. I'm sorry, i would surely fan-girl if I'd been alive in the early 1900'...
Bonus Episode 2: Edgar Allan Poe and his Words With a Mummy
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A bonus episode to celebrate all things scientific! LOL. Well, at least a celebration of Episode 16's foray into the science of reanimation. I foun...
Episode 16: The Man Who Was Dead, Galvanism, Immortality, and What Comes Next?
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Man has sought an end to Death for as long as we have walked this Earth, but in the late 1700's science began to replace mysticism in this pursuit. G...
Episode 15: Zombies, Vampires, and Creepers, Oh, My!!! Or a Vacationer's Guide to the Isle of the Undead
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we read The Isle of the Undead, by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, prefaced with a not so brief history of the Zombie. This is one action packed high...
Episode 14: Each Man Kills, a Twilit Interlude With European Vampire Revenants
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A look at the darker side of resurrection and rebirth for the Month of March and the onset of Spring. Spend a little time with some lovesick American...
Episode 13: Mayhem, Mistletoe, and Menses, or "Number 13"
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For my 13th official Episode, we will explore the mythology surrounding the Western aversion to the Number 13, and finish off the episode with a rousi...
Bonus Episode: Blue Beard Fairy Tale, Gilles De Rais' Lasting Legacy
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The legend of Blue Beard, found in many a Fairy Tale story collection, is said to be based upon the story of the infamous Gilles De Rais, one time Her...
Episode 12: Gilles De Rais; Or How to Go From Right Hand Man of a Saint to the Devil's Favorite F-Boy
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
History is filled with evildoers and Serial Killers, but only one can be considered the first. In this episode I share the story of Gilles de Rais (Re...
Episode 11 - Jim, Why You Always Doing Spooky Crap In The DARK, Or Algernon Blackwood's "With Intent To Steal"
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me for a brief discussion of ghost hunting in the dark and another exciting and truly chilling adventure with Algernon Blackwood's Jim Shorthouse...
Episode 10 - Blood Oaths, 'Til Death Do Us Part, & "Promises Kept"
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The next in our series of short stories by Algernon Blackwood titilates us with dark Oaths and "A Promise Kept," when a young medical student, exhaust...
Episode 9 - Where We Take A Trip Down A Rabbit Hole To Visit A Serial Killer's Haunted House
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A break from the usual story, we visit a haunted house in California where the old boarding house's previous owner was the infamous serial killer, Dor...
Episode 8 - Lost Tales Algernon Blackwood's "A Case Of Eavesdropping " Or Our Reunion With Jim Shorthouse
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jim shorthouse stumbles into another haunting when he checks into an American boarding house with a murderous past!
Episode 7 - Algernon Blackwood's Haunted Island And The Ghost Club
14 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A solitary outdoorsman in Canada is haunted by spirits of angry Natives who have a bone to pick...I mean, can you blame them?
Episode 6: Algernon Blackwood's The Empty House & Other Ghost Stories
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A young man and his intrepid Aunt do a little ghost hunting in a murder house in a quiet seaside town.
Episode 5 - Tales For Christmas Eve, Under The Cloak, Or Don't Take Candy From Strangers!
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The final story from Rhoda Broughton's short story collection, Tales For Christmas Eve, in which we learn it has never been safe for a woman to accept...
Episode 4 - Tales For Christmas Eve, Poor Pretty Bobby
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An old woman tells her young companion of her great Lost Love and a haunting visitation.
Episode 3 - Tales For Christmas Eve, Behold It Was A Dream
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Prophetic dreams or nightmares, escaped fate or bloody murder? Another perfectly chilling tale for Christmas Eve!
Episode 2: The Man With The Nose, Or Rasputin's Eviler Twin?
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The second of Rhoda Broughtons Tales For Christmas Eve, the Man With the Nose tells the tale of a newlywed couple haunted by a dark and sinister man w...
Episode 1: Tales For Christmas Eve
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth. A semi-dramatic reading of the first story from Tales for Christmas Eve, an anthology of ghost ...