Part 2 will air at 8PM (UK) 21/10/2024.

"At the Mountains of Madness" is a novella by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931. The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September of 1930 and what was found there by the explorers, which the narrator describes in the hope of deterring another planned expedition to return to the continent. The story has inadvertently popularized the concept of ancient astronauts, as well as Antarctica’s place in the “ancient astronaut mythology”.

"Guard in the Dark" is a short story by the American author, Allison V. Harding, first appearing in Weird Tales in its July 1944 edition. "There was a reason why the boy demanded toy soldiers, a reason to be found only in the treacherous dark."

"The Late Mourner" is a short story by Julius Long. It was given the following description when it first appeared in the March 1934 edition of Weird Tales: “John Sloan received a shock when he looked upon the face in the coffin…”

"No Eye-Witnesses" is a August 1932 Weird Tale by the American author, Henry S. Whitehead. "Everard Simon had a weird experience in Flatbush when his shoes were caked with blood and forest mold from the slaying of Jerry the Wolf."

"Worms of the Earth" is a Bran Mak Morn short story by Robert E. Howard. As described by Weird Tales in its November 1932 edition: "A grim, shuddery tale of the days when Roman legions ruled in Britain—a powerful story of Bran Mak Morn, king of the Picts, and a gruesome horror from the bowels of the earth."

"The Transition of Juan Romero" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in Marginalia, a 1944 Arkham House collection.

"The Terror" is a horror short story by French author, Guy de Maupassant. The story tells of an individual who has taken the decision to marry due to an overbearing fear of loneliness.

"The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The story, which is the second story to feature the character Satampra Zeiros, was first published under the title, THE POWDER OF HYPERBOREA, in the March 1958 edition of Saturn.

"The House Party at Smoky Island" is a short story by Canadian author, L. M. Montgomery. The tale first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in August 1935. The story revolves around an unusual house party in the wilds of central Ontario, in which ghost stories are exchanged.

"Time-Fuse" is a short story by the English author, John Metcalfe. Published in the 1931 collection "Judas and Other Stories", tells of a séance hosted by a lady with a more than casual interest in spiritualism.