Episodes

  • Bells of Oceana by Arthur J. Burks
    Jun 9 2026
    "Bells of Oceana" by Arthur J. Burks, was first published in the December 1927 edition of Weird Tales. The story tells of an encounter with something deadly in the uncharted waters of the North Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Take the Z-Train by Allison V. Harding
    Jun 5 2026
    "Take the Z-Train" is a March 1953 Weird Tale by the American author, Allison V. Harding. “A ghostly train that never was, heads for a ghastly destination that couldn’t be..." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • Death of the Kraken by David H. Keller
    Jun 2 2026
    "Death of the Kraken" by American author David H. Keller, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in March 1942. The magazine described the tale as follows: “In the Sargasso Sea Are Many Monsters . . . Human Ones!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • The Piper from Bhutan by David Bernard
    May 29 2026
    "The Piper from Bhutan" by American author David Bernard, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in February 1938. The story tells of an elderly piper from Bhutan, who claims to be able restore vitality to the recently deceased. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 mins
  • Necromancy in Naat by Clark Ashton Smith
    May 26 2026
    "Necromancy in Naat" is a Zothique Cycle story by Clark Ashton Smith, first published in the July 1936 edition of Weird Tales. "A strange, spine-chilling story about the dead people that swam in the ocean and served the sorcerers of Naat." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • I've Got to Believe It by Bruce Walker
    May 22 2026
    "I've Got to Believe It" is a short story by Bruce Walker, first published in Strange Stories, October 1940. "Out of the eerie confines of a house of fear, a mortal's ghost arises from a thirty year's sleep!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • In the Lake at Garlock's Bend by David Kaufman
    May 19 2026
    "In the Lake at Garlock's Bend" is a short story by the American author, David Kaufman, first published in the July 1985 edition of Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. In an abandoned lakeside town, a witness recounts the horrifying night a local drifter became trapped by an unseen force. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
    May 15 2026
    "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker first appeared in Weird Tales in December 1927. The story was originally intended to be part of the book, "Dracula," but was excised before the book was published. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins