The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

Strange Studies of Strange Stories

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 598 - Ramsey Campbell Interview

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined for a discussion of strange stories by a very special guest, legendary author Ramsey Campbell!

Episode 594 - Child's Play

06 May 2022

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We're giving the treatment to Child's Play by Villy Sorensen, the first selection from Fine Frights: Stories that Scared Me, edited by Ramsey Campbell...

Episode 590 - Jerry Jarvis's Wig

08 Apr 2022

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Episode 586 - I Am Legend - Part 1

03 Mar 2022

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Episode 582 - The Werewolf of Ponkert - Part 1

03 Feb 2022

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We're welcoming the werewolves of Weird Tales with 1925's The Werewolf of Ponkert!

Episode 578 - The Master of Rampling Gate

07 Jan 2022

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We're stepping over the threshold of 2022 and having a drink with The Master of Rampling Gate by Anne Rice!

Episode 574 - Nutcracker and Mouse-King - Part 1

03 Dec 2021

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Join us as we march into the strange world of Nutcracker and Mouse-King by E.T.A. Hoffman!

Episode 570 - Concerning Corinna

04 Nov 2021

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We're shrieking into a month of SCARY FAIRIES with Concerning Corinna by James Branch Cabell, and we're joined by special guest Ken Hite!

THE COLOSSUS

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Colossus was written, directed, and scored by Chad Fifer, with additional audio production by Erik Peabody of Viking Guitar Productions and is bas...

Episode 567 - The Hospice - Part 2

14 Oct 2021

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Join us as we finish up our conversation with writer/director Jeremy Dyson on Robert Aickman's story The Hospice!

Episode 566 - The Hospice - Part 1

08 Oct 2021

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We are thrilled to be joined by writer/director Jeremy Dyson to discuss the brilliant author Robert Aickman and his story The Hospice.

Episode 562 - Fat Face

02 Sep 2021

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Patton Oswalt returns to help us size up the Michael Shea classic FAT FACE!

Episode 558 - The Sandman - Part One

05 Aug 2021

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We're here to lull you into some NIGHTMARES with E.T.A. Hoffmann's weird classic The Sandman!

Episode 554 - The Monster Maker

08 Jul 2021

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Our month of creature creators begins with The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury!

Episode 550 - The Shadow

08 Jun 2021

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We didn't ghost ya - YET! We're back with The Shadow by Edith Nesbit!

Episode 546 - Empire of the Necromancers

06 May 2021

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A month of sword-and-sorcery stories kicks off with Clark Ashton Smith's Empire of the Necromancers!

Episode 542 - Black Destroyer

05 Apr 2021

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A month of sci-fi monster weirdness kicks off with Black Destroyer by A.E. van Vogt!

Episode 538 - Vengeance by Proxy

04 Mar 2021

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We are joined by writer Jamie Brittain as we kick off March is for Draculas with the John Wyndham story Vengeance by Proxy!

Episode 534 - Candide - Part 1

02 Feb 2021

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The best of all possible podcrafts takes on the best of all possible books: CANDIDE by Voltaire!

Episode 530 - The Colossus of Ylourgne - Part 1

05 Jan 2021

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Happy New Year! We're starting it off right with The Colossus of Ylourgne by Clark Ashton Smith!

Episode 526 - The Turn of the Screw - Part 1

07 Dec 2020

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We're kicking off holiday ghost-story season with the Henry James classic THE TURN OF THE SCREW!

Episode 522 - Sredni Vashtar & Tobermory

09 Nov 2020

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We're kicking off a whole month of delicious Saki and we're starting with the hits - it's Sredni Vashtar & Tobermory!

Episode 518 - The Hound of Death

05 Oct 2020

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Special thanks to patron Stewart Huntsman, who put us on the scent of The Hound of Death by Agatha Christie!

Episode 514 - The Picture of Dorian Gray - Part 1

07 Sep 2020

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It's finally time to unveil THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde!

Episode 510 - The Aquarium

09 Aug 2020

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In honor of the new HBO show, we're plunging back into Lovecraft country with the mythos story The Aquarium by Carl Jacobi.

Episode 506 - Queen of the Black Coast - Part 1

03 Jul 2020

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THEW-LY kicks off with the Conan classic Queen of the Black Coast by Robert E. Howard!

Episode 502 - Sticks

04 Jun 2020

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Join us as we gather up our thoughts on Sticks by Karl Edward Wagner, available in The Book of Cthulhu 2!

Episode 500!

21 May 2020

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We've put together a very special variety show to honor our milestone podcast, featuring guests Kenneth Hite, Grieg Johnson, Heather Klinke, Rachel La...

Bonus 25 - Manimal Pilot

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're having a look at the pilot for 80s action show Manimal, and it's pretty scary!!

Lying Vincent Price - Commencement Speech 2020

17 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's graduation weekend and everybody's getting in on the action!

Episode 494 - Smoke Ghost

02 Apr 2020

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A month of puttin' on the Fritz Leiber blazes up with Smoke Ghost!

Episode 490 - Good Lady Ducayne

06 Mar 2020

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MARCH IS FOR DRACULAS! Join us as we slurp up Good Lady Ducayne by Mary Elizabeth Braddon!

Episode 486 - In the Court of the Dragon

06 Feb 2020

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All hail The King in Yellow! We're kicking off this month with a super-sized episode on In the Court of the Dragon, and we're joined by special guest ...

Episode 482 - Enoch

09 Jan 2020

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It's Blochtober in January! Tune in as we dig into a little story by Robert Bloch called Enoch!

Episode 478 - The Phantom of the Opera - Part 1

09 Dec 2019

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ANGELS!!! We are so happy to be here with you over the holiday season and hope you'll enjoy The Phantom of the Opera with us.

Episode 474 - The Pit and the Pendulum

07 Nov 2019

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We're kicking off POEVEMBER with Mr. EAP's classic The Pit and the Pendulum!

Episode 470 - The Jar

04 Oct 2019

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We're hitting Halloween season with a journey through The October Country by Ray Bradbury, starting with The Jar!

Episode 469 - Deaf, Dumb, and Blind

26 Sep 2019

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Grab an earful as we talk through our last unsightly Lovecraft revision - Deaf, Dumb, and Blind by C.M. Eddy.

Episode 468 - Ashes

20 Sep 2019

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Join us as we sift through Ashes, a ludicrous story by C.M. Eddy with revisions by Lovecraft.

Episode 467 - The Loved Dead

13 Sep 2019

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Join us as we delicately and lovingly examine The Loved Dead by C.M. Eddy and H.P. Lovecraft!

Episode 466 - The Battery

08 Sep 2019

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Patton Oswalt returns to help us connect with the Michael Shea story The Battery!

Episode 462 - The Invisible Man - Part 1

16 Aug 2019

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We're back at long last! It's The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells!

Episode 458 - The Pool

07 Jul 2019

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Patton Oswalt is back to talk Michael Shea in the summer party classic The Pool!

Bonus 14 - Alien

26 Jun 2019

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Tune in as we discuss the 1979 sci-fi/horror classic Alien!

Episode 454 - The Screwfly Solution

09 Jun 2019

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Listen in as we discuss The Screwfly Solution by Raccoona Sheldon!

Episode 450 - Nemo Me Impune Lacessit

04 May 2019

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Patton Oswalt joins us once again to discuss the Michael Shea porno-revenge tale Nemo Me Impune Lacessit!

Episode 446 - In Amundsen's Tent

05 Apr 2019

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Join us as we take a peek In Amundsen's Tent by John Martin Leahy!

Episode 442 - A Rose for Emily

11 Mar 2019

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Join us as we chat about William Faulkner's classic story A Rose for Emily!

Episode 438 - The Canal

09 Feb 2019

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We're kicking off Creature Feature February with vampire tale The Canal by Everil Worrell!

Bonus 9 - Asperger's Syndrome & Lovecraft's Universe

29 Jan 2019

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Join us as we interview independent scholar Lars G. Backstrom, who walks us through his own experiences with Asperger's syndrome and relates them to L...

Episode 434 - The Night Wire

03 Jan 2019

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Join us as we decode the mysterious transmissions of The Night Wire by H.F. Arnold!

Episode 426 - Hop-Frog

02 Nov 2018

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POEVEMBER kicks off with the Edgar Allan Poe classic Hop-Frog!

Episode 419 - A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

14 Sep 2018

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Tune in as we discuss some magic realism in A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel García Márquez!

Episode 418 - Copping Squid

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hey, you guys party? Cool - check it out: This ticket booth worker wants to talk Michael Shea's Copping Squid. And it's totally Patton Oswalt!

Bonus 4 - Strategies

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We set up scenarios and describe our strategies to deal with them - from superpowers and magic to friendships and pants-pooping. TUNE IN!

Episode 416 - Don't Look Now - Part 1

17 Aug 2018

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Don't look - LISTEN! We're covering Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier!

Episode 410 - Dagoniad

05 Jul 2018

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Actor/comedian Patton Oswalt is back again to discuss Michael Shea's DAGONIAD! OH YEAH!

Episode 406 - Mimic

09 Jun 2018

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We're back covering Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim!

Bonus 1 - Lovecraftian Film & TV

27 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

By your request, we’re talking Lovecraftian Film and TV!

Episode 404 – Bartleby, the Scrivener - Part 1

19 May 2018

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We’d PREFER that you listen to our show on Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville!

Episode 402 - Tsathoggua

03 May 2018

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We're covering Tsathoggua by Michael Shea with special guest PATTON OSWALT!

Episode 398 - The Painted Skin, The Haunted House & Spitting Water

05 Apr 2018

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Creep into April with The Painted Skin and other weird tales by Pu Songling! Various translations of these stories appear online - but they are also...

Episode 394 - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Part 1

01 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We've got The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the only cure is to read MORE!

Episode 391 - Nightfall - Part 1

08 Feb 2018

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Join us for a night of infinite stars - it's Nightfall by science fiction legend Isaac Asimov!

Episode 390 - The Fog Horn

01 Feb 2018

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Listen up! It's The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury!

Episode 387 - The Lurker at the Threshold - Part 1

11 Jan 2018

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Time to get a-lurkin'! We're jumping into the "H.P. Lovecraft" novel called The Lurker at the Threshold (which is actually by August Derleth).

Episode 384 - Who Goes There? - Part 1

21 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We're ringing in the holidays as we cover Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, the basis for John Carpenter's The Thing!

Episode 378 - All Hallows

02 Nov 2017

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We kick off a week of Walter de la Mare with All Hallows - tune in!

Episode 374 - The Werewolf of Paris - Part 1

05 Oct 2017

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It's Werewolf History Month, and we’re taking on The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore!

Episode 370 - Ancient Sorceries - Part 1

07 Sep 2017

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Hey you crazy cats! We're back and covering Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood.

Episode 366 - The Events at Poroth Farm - Part 1

03 Aug 2017

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We're winding up the summer with the T.E.D. Klein novella The Events at Poroth Farm - get into it!

Episode 364 - The Thing on the Roof

20 Jul 2017

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What's that you hear? It's The Thing on the Roof by Robert E. Howard!

Reading 11 - The Yellow Wallpaper

29 Jun 2017

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Get creepy! It's a full-length reading of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, featuring Heather Klinke!

Episode 358 - The Time Machine - Part 1

02 Jun 2017

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Travel along as we climb aboard The Time Machine by H.G. Wells!

Episode 354 - The Day of the Dragon

06 May 2017

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Folks don't know this, but THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD is a reference to The Day of the Dragon by Guy Endore!

Episode 346 - Frankenstein - Part 1

04 Mar 2017

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March is for Frankensteins, y'all! Clasp our clammy hands as we dig into Mary Shelley's Frankenstein!

Episode 344 - Speech Sounds

17 Feb 2017

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Listen in as we sample Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler!

Episode 342 - Bloodchild

03 Feb 2017

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Black History Month kicks off with the excellent Octavia E. Butler story Bloodchild!

Episode 338 - Gonna Roll the Bones

06 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks so much to Patton Oswalt for recommending the story - we'll be doing listener suggestions all month!

Reading 10 - The Statement of Randolph Carter

30 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This story was read and recorded by Andrew Leman at The Jungle Room Recording Stage & Studio in Glendale, CA.

Episode 334 - The Human Chair

02 Dec 2016

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'Tis the season to sit in laps, whether you want to or not. It's The Human Chair by Edogawa Ranpo!

Episode 330 – The Man of the Crowd

04 Nov 2016

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POE-vember is upon us! Thrill to the weirdness that is The Man of the Crowd!

Episode 325 - HPPodcraft LIVE in Chicago!

01 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The show was recorded on October 10, 2015 at The Charnel House and covers The Shambler from the Stars as well as The Dark Demon. Discussion of the st...

Episode 321 - Transformation

02 Sep 2016

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Chris and Chad tackle an issue they know NOTHING about - the destructive male ego! Dig on Transformation by Mary Shelley!

Reading 9 - Pickman's Model

20 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This reading was recorded and performed by the amazing Greig Johnson - please visit his hilarious YouTubes page!

Episode 313 - Wuthering Heights - Part 1

08 Jul 2016

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Ramble across the moors with us as we tackle Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights!

Episode 309 - The Monster of Lake LaMetrie

06 Jun 2016

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We're kicking off Creatures of the Black La-June with The Monster of Lake LaMetrie by Wardon Allan Curtis!

Episode 305 - The Refugee

05 May 2016

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We're kicking off Werewolf History May (and Lackey's birthday) with a great story: The Refugee by Jane Rice!

Episode 298 - Carmilla - Part 1

10 Mar 2016

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We're back and we're MARCHIN' FOR DRACULAS! Join up as we're introduced to Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu.

Episode 297 - For the Blood is the Life

04 Mar 2016

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MARCH IS FOR DRACULAS RETURNS! It's For the Blood is the Life by F. Marion Crawford!

Episode 293 - Of One Blood - Part 1

04 Feb 2016

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We're putting the weird in Black History Month with Of One Blood by Pauline E. Hopkins!

Episode 284 - The Dark Brotherhood - LIVE

07 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This was our show at the NecronomiCon - LIVE from the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, RI - August 22nd, 2015.

Episode 275 - Notebook Found in a Deserted House

02 Oct 2015

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BLOCHTOBER BEGINS! We're kicking it off with "Notebook Found in a Deserted House," a story that can be found in a number of collections. We read it in...

Episode 273 - The Tower of the Elephant - Part 1

17 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

CONAN makes his appearance on the podcraft - it's The Tower of the Elephant!

Episode 271 - Something in the Moonlight

03 Sep 2015

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We're back from Providence and ready to rock with Lin Carter's Something in the Moonlight, which can be had for next to nothing in the Cthulhu Mythos...

Episode 267 - The Survivor

07 Aug 2015

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We're kicking off August for August - it's the master of the Arkham House, Mr. August Derleth! First story: The Survivor!

Episode 263 - The Hounds of Tindalos

02 Jul 2015

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Frank Belknap Long gets the podcraft treatment as we conjure The Hounds of Tindalos!

Episode 259 – The Tale of Satampra Zeiros

05 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This month we roll around in the works of Clark Ashton Smith, starting with The Tale of Satampra Zeiros!

Beowulf

26 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a very special, super-sized episode of the show covering the epic poem Beowulf!