Join Alexis and Lottie for a run-down of forbidden knowledge: the type that's ipso facto dangerous and the type that's dangerous because of what you can do with it. We discover Christopher Marlowe was definitely a spy, nuclear codes are modern occultism and everyone's neighbour Mrs Thrumb writes a very boring diary.

We skim past Papist plots, diabolical monkeys, why Lovecraft is like watching a snake getting dressed and conclude that if you can't poke something with an umbrella it's probably bad news.

Games / books mentioned in this episode, for your gaming / reading pleasure:

- Cultist Simulator, by us
- Fallen London, by Alexis Kennedy & Failbetter Games
- The King In Yellow, by Robert W. Chambers
- The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe
- Different Kinds of Darkness, by David Langford
- 'Green Tea', by Sheridan Le Fanu

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From ancient Egypt to modern web comics, döppelgangers haunt us all. Join Alexis and Lottie as they discuss the ins and outs of these look-alikey ghouls, from Scottish fetches to Capgras syndrome via Dostoyevsky, Silent Hill 2, neuropsychology and scary mirrors. All with a sprinkling of gothic literature.

Oh! And if you run into a doppelganger in a graveyard, pray that it's the right time of day.

Games / books mentioned in this episode, for your gaming / reading pleasure:

- BOOK OF HOURS, by us
- 'The Screwfly Solution', by James Tiptree Jr.
- 'Liking What You See: A Documentary', by Ted Chiang
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, by Oliver Sacks
- 'The Entrance', by Gerald Durrell
- Through the Woods, by Emily Carroll

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Panthers, dragons, monoceri, yales, wendigos, hell-hounds and pigs! This isn't an occult incantation, this is a half-hour deep-dive into our favourite spooky beasts from medieval bestiaries, epic poems and early 20th century ghost stories.

Whether you're into shapeless bear-cubs, dirty bonnacons or being grumpy about Elizabeth I, there's a feast of beasts here for you.

Games / books mentioned in this episode:

- BOOK OF HOURS, by us
- The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser
- The Wendigo, by Algernon Blackwood
- The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood
- The Medieval Bestiary

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Vampires, vampires and more vampires! From the Malay 'polong' and 'pelesit' to the soucouyants and empousai of Cultist Simulator, Alexis talks the history of the vampire myth before Lottie jumps in with a rendition of Carmilla. Then she embarrasses herself by wishing everyone a spooky day.

Games / books mentioned in this episode, for your gaming / reading pleasure:

- Cultist Simulator, by us
- Interview with the Vampire, by Anne Rice
- Carmilla, by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu
- The Vampyre; a Tale, by John Polidori
- Varney the Vampire, by James Malcom Rymer

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