Study 156 - Delcardes' Cat
King Kull converses with a cat, licks lake monsters and gets smack-talked by Thulsa Doom in Robert E. Howard's Delcardes' Cat!
Special thanks to our reader, Travis Bedard!
Here's a blog post with a list of edits and pages from comic adaptations by spraguedecampfan!
Want more Kull? Check out our episode on The Shadow Kingdom!
Check out a real ventriloquist: Nina Conti!
Next up: Nine Lives by Ursula K. Le Guin
Classic Cast: The Monster Maker
We're closing the month with another Bradbury: The Monster Maker
Here's a link to the original episode from 07/08/2021!
Special thanks to our reader and STILL MOST FAMOUS Miss Trans New England, Lorelai Erisis!
Extra Credit 043 - Interstellar
We're time-traveling back to 2014 to have a look at Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, then discussing it... in the PRESENT! WHOA!
Study 155 - The Men Who Murdered Mohammed
Travel along as we clock a new take on time travel with Alfred Bester's The Men Who Murdered Mohammed!
Special thanks to our reader, Casem AbuLughod!
Have a relisten to Fondly Fahrenheit - IF YOU DARE!
Study 154 - Tale of the Computer That Fought a Dragon
An AI-obsessed ruler invents adversaries in order to feel powerful, wreaking havoc on his planet. Join us as we discuss this prescient sci-fi fairy tale from 1977 by Polish author Stanislaw Lem: Tale of the Computer That Fought a Dragon.
Special thanks to reader George Woodruff! Grab A Chronicle of Horrors now to read his work and support Scares That Care! Or do one better and attend AuthorCon!
Here are The Scariest Cases of AI Rebellion, presented by The Paint Explainer.
Feedback 043 - Let's All Fly the F Away
Gather 'round as we read listener comments on fairy tales and more!
Here is the poo-tee-weet bird call of the Northern Bobwhite.
And here is a list of movies in which the protagonists just fly the f#*k away at the end.
Study 153 - There Will Come Soft Rains
We're starting sci-fi month with a smart-home story set in 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury!
Special thanks to our AMAZING reader Andrew Leman! DON'T DELAY -- grab the new HPLHS production of The Blood-Red Sphinx or be forever doomed!
Check out those Xanadu Houses!
Classic Cast: The Night Wire
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Ease into things with the soothing transmissions of The Night Wire by H.F. Arnold!
Here's a link to the original episode from 01/03/2019
Special thanks to our reader Andrew Leman! Check out all the new offerings at The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
Extra Credit 042 - Beauty and the Beast Movies
Join us as we discuss La Belle et la Bête, the Jean Cocteau adaptation of Beauty and the Beast from 1946! We also have our swipes at the Disney film, the recent French remake and the TV procedural among many, many other adaptations.
Original Fiction - Haunted
“Haunted” was written, read and scored by Chad Fifer, with the generous participation of Heather Klinke.
Happy Holidays to the listeners of Strange Studies of Strange Stories!
Expect more original fiction in the new year… when you least expect it!
Study 152 - Beauty and the Beast
We're discussing the most popular version of Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont from 1756, which was adapted from the longer 1740 novelette by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve!
Special thanks to reader Heather Klinke!
A History of Beauty and the Beast from Pook Press
The poets: Taylor Swift and Die Antwoord
Non-Fifer musical selections: Carnival of the Animals: VII. Aquarium and XIII. The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns; Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin
Study 151 - Sir Buzz / The Blue Light
Indian fairy tale Sir Buzz gets a strange study this week, along with its Grimm variant The Blue Light! Vampires, tigers and bee-men, OH MY!
Special thanks to reader Erik Peabody of Viking Guitar Productions, for his voice, production and the rockin' tunes!
Some light reading: Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales
Grab your tix for The Smith Circle: A Clark Ashton Smith Conference on Saturday 1/10/26!
Today's episode features selected arrangements from Bach's Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre as well as Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578.
Feedback 042 - Tiny Mind Explosions
We're discussing your comments on Slaughterhouse Five, Jason X, and everything in-between!
Study 150 - The Soldier and Death
We're casting weird fairy tale magic all month, beginning with the Russian classic The Soldier and Death!
Special thanks to our reader, Rachel Lackey of Rachel Watches Star Trek!
Here is the full adaptation of The Soldier and Death from Jim Henson's The Storyteller, featuring a script from Anthony Minghella.
Here also is the Afanasev version of the story, featuring Secret Shopper Jesus.
This episode features the track "Lovesick" by Fifer - pick it up for Bandcamp Friday!
Other pieces adapted for this episode:
Marche Slave by Tchaikovsky.
Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Prelude No. 22 of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues, Opus 87
Prelude No. 4 of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues, Opus 87
Extra Credit 041 - Mysterious Island
It's Thanksgiving... TIME TO FIGHT THE TERROR BIRD!
Join us as we discuss 1961's Mysterious Island, a Ray Harryhausen creature feature adaptation of Jules Verne's novel.
Classic Cast: The Cask of Amontillado
POEVEMBER RETURNS! Crank this classic from 2018: Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado!
Special thanks to our reader, the great Bob Hanske!
Here's that Vincent Price / Peter Lorre wine-tasting scene from Tales of Terror.
Here is a link to the original episode.
Study 149 - Slaughterhouse-Five - Part 3
Join us as we bring our discussion of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five to an end. So it goes.
Special thanks once again to our reader, Sean Langenecker!
Don't forget to scope out COSMIC HORROR: Supernatural Horror in Miniature from our sponsor, Spectre Miniatures!
Today's episode features selected arrangements from Bach's Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo and Bach's Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre.
Next up: A POEVEMBER Classic Episode, an Extra Credit episode on Mysterious Island, and FAIRY TALES for December!
Study 148 - Slaughterhouse-Five - Part 2
The plunger-shaped aliens speak! Get abducted and join us for the second part of our discussion on Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five.
Don't forget to scope out COSMIC HORROR: Supernatural Horror in Miniature from our sponsor, Spectre Miniatures!
Special thanks once again to our reader, Sean Langenecker!
Today's episode features selected arrangements from Bach's Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre.
Feedback 041 - A Great Awakening
We're talking your takes on the stories of H.R. Wakefield, and it's EXPLOSIVE!
Study 147 - Slaughterhouse-Five - Part 1
Get unstuck in time with us as we begin Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, a profound novel about war, trauma and plunger-shaped aliens.
Check out COSMIC HORROR: Supernatural Horror in Miniature by our sponsor, Spectre Miniatures!
Special thanks to our reader, Sean Langenecker!
Today's episode features selected arrangements from Bach's Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo