Keeping with our midsummer theme, here is a reading of a Victorian poem rich in faery folklore, in which Irish poet William Allingham reveals the darker side of the little people...

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Just in time for midsummer, we have a tale of sunlit horror set in an English country garden by the great MR James. One can easily get lost in a hedge maze, however you can also find things too...

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In this podcast we hear a mythic tale set in ancient Arabia from Clark Ashton Smith, concerning a most curious encounter and a most unfortunate bargain...

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In this episode Mr Jim Moon unearths a strange news report, printed in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat back in 1890, which details the capture of a ghoul in rural Ireland.

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Tonight we have a special tale to celebrate the birthday of the late great R Chetwynd-Hayes, the writer dubbed Britain's Prince of Chill, whose tales features in classic horror movies such as From Beyond the Grave and The Monster Club, plus series such as Vincent Price's The Price of Fear, Night Voices, Dramarama and Rod Serling's Night Gallery

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The world's first occult detective Mr Flaxman Low is called in to investigate a house where former tenants erected a strange temple and allegedly practised strange rites there...

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In this episode we have a fantastical poem about a fabled land from the pages of legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales!

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Tonight we have a weird tale from Lord Dunsany, one of the pioneers of fantasy literature. However this is no fairy story, as a treasure-seeking knight will discover...

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April 25th is the Eve of St Mark, according to folklore a night for a rather eerie divination ceremony, as documented in a Victorian poem which is very much a tale of terror in verse!

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Another fascinating case for the world's first occult detective Mr Flaxman Low, in which he is called to investigate a house where tenants die mysteriously after the apparition of a whispering face is seen!

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