A Podcast to the Curious - The M.R. James Podcast

Episode 7b – Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad


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This episode features the second half of our podcast extravaganza on M.R. James’s seaside shocker ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’. Neither beach nor bedtime will ever be the same again!

Thanks again to Tom Hemmings who lent us his wonderful voice for the readings, and to Dave Senior (EastScapes) for the excellent groyne photo.

Show notes:

  • ‘The Toad in the Study: M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft & Forbidden Knowledge’ by Simon McCulloch
  • This essay first appeared in Ghosts & Scholars 20-23, and can now be found in ‘Warnings to the Curious’, a book of excellent criticism edited by Rosemary Pardoe and S.T. Joshi.
  • ‘Innocents and Not-So-Innocents in the Stories of M. R. James’ by John Alfred Taylor
  • Another essay featured in ‘Warnings to the Curious’ which explores and categorises what M.R. James’s characters did (if anything) to deserve the horrors that confront them.
  • Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
  • Read more about this Templar-tastic Spanish horror film which features many ‘Oh, Whistle…’-esque qualities.

    For more ‘Oh, Whistle…’-related links, see the post for Episode 7a.

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