Study 025 - Lamb to the Slaughter
Happy New Year! We're back with the Roald Dahl crime classic Lamb to the Slaughter!
Special thanks to our reader: Heather Klinke!
Next up - Another creepy Dahl: The Landlady
Study 021 - The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth
Join us as we breach The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth by Lord Dunsany!
Special thanks to Greig Johnson - check out his Etsy shop and nab something up for the holidays!
And check out these tracks from the show by musical guest Rags Ov Light:
The House at the Edge of the Woods
Next Up: The Sea and Little Fishes by Terry Pratchett
Study 017 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Join the conversation as we discuss The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin!
Special thanks to our reader, Miya Kodama!
And Lovecraft fans, don't forget to tune in to The Horror at Martin's Beach - a new podcast presentation of this classic tale in honor of its 100th birthday!
Study 013 - A Night in the Lonesome October - Part 1
We're kicking off October with the haunt that you want: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny!
Special thanks to our reader, Jason Rainbird!
Next week: Part 2, MORE LONESOMER!
Study 009 - Leaf by Niggle
Acclaimed author J.R.R. Tolkien makes his first appearance on the show with the short story "Leaf by Niggle"!
Special thanks to reader Chad Fess!
Next up: One Other by Manly Wade Wellman
Study 005 - Mimsy Were the Borogoves
We're investigating non-Euclidian geometry once again with Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett!
Special thanks to superstar reader Greig Johnson!
Check out this full reading by William Shatner - it will sicken you!
Next up: Arena by Frederic Brown
Study 001 - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
We're launching the rebranded show with Rod Serling's classic tale The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, featured in Stories from The Twilight Zone!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!
Next up: Shadows in Zamboula by Robert E. Howard
Classic Study - Child’s Play
HPPodcraft Airdate: 5/6/2022
We're giving the treatment to Child's Play by Villy Sorensen, the first selection from Fine Frights: Stories that Scared Me, edited by Ramsey Campbell.
WARNING: This story involves violence to children by children.
Special thanks to our reader, Chad Fess!
Classic Study - Fondly Fahrenheit
HPPodcraft Airdate: 4/26/2021
We're tracking a killer robot in Alfred Bester's Fondly Fahrenheit, and it's a blast!
Special thanks to reader Conor MacNamara! Read some Fitzroy Lagan at Creepypasta!
Classic Study - The Screwfly Solution
HPPodcraft Airdate: 6/9/2019
Listen in as we discuss The Screwfly Solution by Raccoona Sheldon!
Special thanks to our reader Heather Klinke!
This author is actually Alice B. Sheldon, also known as James Tiptree, Jr. Check out her story on NPR.
Attack of the Crab Monsters by Lawrence Raab.
Classic Study - Tsathoggua with Patton Oswalt
HPPodcraft Airdate: 5/4/2018
We're covering Tsathoggua by Michael Shea with special guest PATTON OSWALT!
It's a super-sized, hour-long FREE episode including the vocal stylings of Andrew Leman!
Classic Study - The Fog Horn
HPPodcraft Airdate: 2/1/2018
Listen up! It's The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman.Also thanks to Andrew Murphy for suggesting this story!
Check out this image from the Saturday Evening Post!
Classic Study - Day of the Dragon
HPPodcraft Airdate: 5/6/2017
Folks don't know this, but THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD is a reference to The Day of the Dragon by Guy Endore!
Special thanks to our reader, Wyatt S. Gray, reader of Shadows and Teeth - check it!
Outro Music: The NeverEnding Story by Limahl, remixed by Juan 'sf@gnum' Rojas & cj Josh, music by G. Moroder.
Classic Study - Frankenstein
HPPodcraft Airdate: 3/4/2017
This is the first episode of our Frankenstein coverage, and the remaining episodes can be found on our HPPodcraft episode index.
We’ve covered a number of classic novels such as Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I Am Legend, The Time Machine, The Turn of the Screw, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Phantom of the Opera, The Invisible Man, Carmilla, Of One Blood, and even Wuthering Heights - all available from our full list of episodes from HPPodcraft here.
Special thanks to our reader, the phenomenal Greig Johnson.
Classic Study - Bloodchild
HPPodcraft Airdate: 2/3/2017
Black History Month kicks off with the excellent Octavia E. Butler story Bloodchild!
Thanks to our reader, Andrew Weary!
Pick up Pulp Sonnets by Kate M. Sherrod! DO IT NOW!!
Classic Study - The Human Chair
HPPodcraft Airdate: 12/2/2016
'Tis the season to sit in laps, whether you want to or not! It's The Human Chair by Edogawa Ranpo!
Here are a Manga and a short film based on the story.
Special thanks to our extra-creepy reader this week, Jon Hancock!
Classic Study - The Yellow Wallpaper
HPPodcraft Airdate: 9/13/2012
Join us and outstanding reader Heather Klinke as we creep into The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman!
Special thanks to Innsmouth House Studios for graciously hosting Chris!
Classic Study - Beowulf
HPPodcraft Airdate: 5/26/2015
Join us for a very special, super-sized episode of the show covering the epic poem Beowulf!
Thanks to all of the Kickstarter supporters who made the show possible.
Special thanks to our reader, Andrew Leman, and our composer, Reber Clark.
EXTRA special thanks to our illustrious guests, Mr. Bob Hanske and Dr. Catherine Batt!
You may download the Beowulf theme here. Please credit any usage to Reber Clark.