The Weird Tales Podcast
Episodes
National Poetry Month Poem #17, I Died For Beauty, by Emily Dickinson
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe (National Poetry Month Poem #16)
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is your regularly scheduled Weird Tale, but it's also a poem, so please enjoy one of the most famous poems ever written. Twitter: Tycho_Alhamb...
National Poetry Month Poem #15: The Bagpipe Who Didn't Say No, by Shel Silverstein
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Two star crossed lovers meet o nthe beach and try to outwit the fates.
National Poetry Month Poem #14: So We'll Go No More a-Roving, by Lord Byron
14 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
National Poetry Month Poem #13: Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Another of my favorite poems, and the first one I ever memorized. Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll Twitter:Tycho_Alhambra Email: TheWeirdTalesPodca...
National Poetry Month Poem #12: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, by Dylan Thomas
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In which my wife brings you the context for a famous line you might know. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, by Dylan Thomas
National Poetry Month Poem #11: The Walrus and the Carpenter, by Lewis Carroll
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of my favorite poems from one of my favorite books. Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
National Poetry Month Poem #10: Tulips, by Sylvia Path
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In which my wife reads "Tulips," by Syivia Plath
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (National Poetry Month Poem #9)
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A wedding gues has no idea of how strange a turn his life is about to take as he attends his brother's wedding. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, here on t...
National Poetry Month Poem #8: The Cloths of Heaven, by W.B. Yates
08 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In which my wife reads The Cloths of Heaven, by W.B. Yates. Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
National Poetry Month Poem #7: Annabel Lee, by Edgar Allan Poe
07 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In which I read my absolute favorite poem of all time, Annabel Lee, by Edgar Allan Poe
National Poetry Month Poem #6: The Spider and the Fly, A Fable, by Mary Howitt
07 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In which my wife brings you a fable involving the animal she fears the most. Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
National Poetry Month Poem #5: Nemesis, by H.P. Lovecraft
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first of two Lovecraft poems coming this month. This is Nemesis, which, interestingly enough, can be sung to the tune of Billy Joel's Piano Man. ...
National Poetry Month Poem #4: Because I Could Not Stop For Death, by Emily Dickinson
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In which my wife reads a poem by her favorite poetess.
National Poetry Month Poem #3: Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A stark illustration of the only phrase that is true in all places, all times, when said by anyone regarding any circumstance: This Too Shall Pass.
There Will Come Soft Rains, by Ray Bradbury (with National Poetry Month Poem #2: There Will Come Soft Rains, by Sara Teasdale)
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A fully automated house goes about carrying out its duties, making breakfast, amusing the children, reading poetry. Just another day, really.
National Poetry Month Poem For April 1: See If I Don't, by P.V. Jeltz
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's National Poetry Month! Basically, what that means, is that I'm going to attempt an upload every day of a poem. Sometimes it will be me reading,...
Pickman's Model, by H. P. Lovecraft
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Upton Pickman paints some truly strange and horrifying pictures. Where does his inspiration come from? H. P. Lovecraft, here on the Weird ...
Space-Time For Springers, by Fritz Lieber
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Gummitch is going to write books. Books that will change the world, and relations between it's two most important beings- cats and humans. He just ha...
The Signal-Man, by Charles Dickens
13 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A signal-man out in a desolate area has some strange occurrences. He doesn't know if they are a warning... Or a promise. Charles Dickens today on...
The Dark Brotherhood, by August Derleth
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On a nocturnal ramble through the city, a man encounters someone he never thought he would see, and descends into a maelstrom of madness. August Derle...
The Last Question, by Isaac Asimov
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The last question. The most important question. It took all of mankind's existence to be answered, and here we are. Isaac Asimov, on the Weird ...
Button, Button, by Richard Matheson
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A young couple comes into receipt of a mysterious box. It comes with an intriguing offer, but one that has dire implications. Richard Matheson toda...
Till A' the Seas, by R.H. Barlow
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A lonely figure travels a dying landscape. What he will find at his destination will either save him or destroy him. R.H. Barlow today on the Weird...
The King In Yellow, Part 4: The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A painter and his model spy a strange figure outside their window. And their lives change forever. Robert Chambers here on the Weird Tales Podcas...
The Hounds of Tindalos, by Frank Belknap Long
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One man's journey to uncover the secrets of the beginning of time lead him to a horrible discovery. And the hounds are released. Frank Belknap ...
The Outsider, by H.P. Lovecraft
12 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A prisoner dreams of escape, and one day decides to do it. What he finds is darker than his worst nightmares. H.P. Lovecraft today, on the Weird T...
The King Yellow, Part 3: The Mask, by Robert W. Chambers
09 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Yvain has discovered a formula that turns living things to perfectly formed marble statues and can't wait to try it out on something bigger. His...
The Three Impostors, Part Two: The Encounter of the Pavement, and The Novel of the Dark Valley, by Arthur Machen
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mr Dyson witnesses a curious event one day. And so he meets Mr Wilkins, and Mr Wilkins has a tale of terror to tell.
The King In Yellow, Part 2: In the Court of the Dragon by Robert W. Chambers
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A man seeks solace in a church after reading The King in Yellow. There is an organist, though, who is filled with malevolent hatred and seeks him out....
The Three Impostors, Part 1: Prologue, and Adventure of the Gold Tiberius, by Arthur Machen
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There are three people who are not what they seem to be, or who they say they are. What do they want? And what is their connection to two London artis...
The King in Yellow, Part 1: The Repairer of Reputations by Robert Chambers
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hildred Castaigne has a destiny. There are just a few people he needs to get out of his way in order to achieve it. Then he, and The King in Yellow wi...
Hop-Frog, by Edgar Allan Poe
15 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The king wants to come up with a wonderful prank to pull on all the people attending his masquerade ball, and his much maligned and abused jester Hop-...
The Tell-Tale Heart
04 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There is an old man with a cataract, and a younger man who REALLY doesn't like it. When the young man has had enough of it, he decides to do something...
The Call of Cthulhu, Part 3: The Madness from the Sea
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An Island has appeared where no island has been before. But what is on it? And how can one lone Norwegian sailor stop it?
The Call of Cthulhu, Part 2: The Tale of Inspector Lagrasse
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A police raid in Lousiana leads our hero to a startling discovery: the sculpture that Wilcox gave him is not the only one of its kind in the world, an...
The Call of Cthulhu, Part 1: The Horror in the Clay
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A distracted artist, strange dreams, and a collection of miscellany found in a dead man's trunk. One young man starts to put together clues that will ...
The Curse of Yig
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Something writhes in a basement room of an insane asylum in Guthrie, Oklahoma. But what is it? And what is it's story? Zealia Bishop, on the Weird ...
The Hangman
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A hangman comes to town. But what does he want? Who is he there for? Maurice Ogden, here on the Weird Tales Podcast
The Statement of Randolph Carter
08 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On a dark night, two men go into a graveyard, but only one comes out. What happened to his companion? The Statement of Randolph Carter, on the Wei...
The Masque of the Red Death
04 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A plague is ravaging the country, but Prince Prospero and his friends are safe in his island fortress. Or are they? Edgar Allan Poe, on the Weird T...
The Horror at Martin's Beach
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There's something in the water at Martin's Beach. Something big. Something patient. Something very, very, angry. Sonia Greene brings a tale of rev...
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Long ago, a kingdom was founded on the shore of a great lake. Its birth came from blood and sacrifice. Its death came in mist and the moon. What happe...
The Cask of Amontillado
28 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fortunato and Montressor have a... complicated history. Today though, during the height of the Carnival season, one of them will finally get the ultim...
The Music of Erich Zann
27 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An old house on an old street in an old village. At the top of the house, an old man plays his cello with increasing wildness. What secrets torment hi...