Study 041 - The Island of Doctor Moreau - Part 1
Climb aboard as we mount our expedition to The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman - check out the goods at The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!
Learn more about The Raft of the Medusa and all its real-life horror!
That outro song? Why it's Going Down by Pitch Black Manor!
Extra Credit 010 - The Lure, Atlantics and Bathtubs Over Broadway
We're talking Polish mermaid musical THE LURE as well as the ghost film ATLANTICS and the wonderful documentary BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY!
Again - apologies for the jagged quality of Fifer's video - upgrades are nearly complete and smooth sailing lies ahead!
Video link for this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtI47jWuP-g
Study 040 - The Miracle of the Lily
It's Humans vs. Insects in the 1920s sci-fi time-trip The Miracle of the Lily by Clare Winger Harris! Check it out in The Future is Female!
Special thanks to supreme reader Rachel Lackey!
Have a listen to In the Year 2525 by Zager and Evans or Visage!
Music from The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast - Volume 3 is available now!
Study 039 - Space Episode
Leslie Perri's Space Episode has us frozen with terror - tune in to shake us out of it!
Special thanks to reader Kelly Maxwell of Monkey Business Institute and Little Red Wolf!
Here's that video featuring Francis Ford Coppola taking an elevator ride, from PBS Digital Studios.
Feedback 010 - Sounding It Out
In this explosive episode of Strange Studies, old rivalries and new rivalries go to war with each other!
Music from The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast - Volume 3 is available now!
Study 038 - The Conquest of Gola
Our trip through The Future is Female continues with The Conquest of Gola by Leslie F. Stone!
Special thanks to supreme reader Heather Klinke!
Music from The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast - Volume 3 is available now!
Study 037 - All Cats are Gray
A month of science fiction kicks off with All Cats are Gray by Andrew North, aka Andre Norton! Selections this month are from The Future is Female, edited by Lisa Yaszek.
Grab Dreams in the Witch House for play on the PC now!
Special thanks to our reader, Andrew Staton - check him out on Twitch!
Here is that cover for Witch World - bird suits and rayguns for all!
Extra Credit 009 - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
We're talking about the 2014 vampire film A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT as well as assorted Draculas in the news!
Apologies for the sporadic quality of Fifer's audio and haircut - we're in the midst of an upgrade and some systems are wonky!
Video link for this episode: https://youtu.be/oJHuMgPZxkE
Study 036 - The Werewolf and the Vampire - Part 2
Things take a dark turn in The Werewolf and the Vampire by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, available in Looking for Something to Suck or The Monster Club. Tune in to see how it all ends!
Special thanks to reader Mike Mason, creative director for The Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game. Chaosium has just released a new edition of Nameless Horrors: Six Scenarios Against the Unknown! Unlike anything you’ve encountered before, these one-shot games will keep even the most seasoned investigators on their toes!
Next up: VAMPIRE BONUS EPISODE - we discuss Draculas in the News and the film A Girl Who Walks Home Alone at Night.
Study 035 - The Werewolf and the Vampire - Part 1
Love is in the air for those with fangs and hair in The Werewolf and the Vampire by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, available in Looking for Something to Suck or The Monster Club.
Special thanks to reader Mike Mason, creative director for The Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game!
Chaosium has just released a new edition of Nameless Horrors: Six Scenarios Against the Unknown! Unlike anything you’ve encountered before, these one-shot games will keep even the most seasoned investigators on their toes!
Feedback 009 - Cosmic Vampire Pig
We're reading your comments on Stains, Trains and Aick-mobiles - tune in!
Study 034 - Revelations in Black
March is for Draculas soars into the Dracosphere with Revelations in Black by Carl Jacobi!
Special thanks to reader Mike Cuellar of The Weird Tales Podcast and author of The Colin Malatrat Museum of Curious Oddities and Strange Antiquities.
Once again, here's William Shatner brandishing a tripod.
Next up: The Werewolf and the Vampire by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
Study 033 - The Black Abbot of Puthuum
We're joined by Andrew Leman and Sean Branney of the podcast Voluminous as we discuss The Black Abbot of Puthuum by Clark Ashton Smith!
Whew! Say THAT five times real fast!
Next up: Revelations in Black by Carl Jacobi
Extra Credit 008 - Attack of the Mushroom People (Matango)
We're approaching Spring and SPORES ARE IN THE AIR! Tune in as we talk about Matango, a Japanese film from 1963 by Godzilla director Ishirō Honda, released in the United States as Attack of the Mushroom People.
This film is based on the story The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson, and you can listen to our episode covering the story here.
Video link for this episode: https://youtu.be/NH5FldpEaDo
Next up: March is for Draculas!
Study 032 - The Trains
Robert Aickman month goes off the rails with The Trains - climb aboard!
Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson! Grab something from his Etsy page now!
Next up: an Extra Credit episode on the Japanese film Attack of the Mushroom People (otherwise known as Matango)!
Study 031 - Meeting Mr. Millar
We're confused and frightened as we discuss Robert Aickman's short story Meeting Mr. Millar. Tune in and help us solve the mystery!
Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson! Grab something from his Etsy page now!
Next up: an Extra Credit episode on the Japanese film Attack of the Mushroom People (otherwise known as Matango), and a final Aickman horror tale: The Trains!
Feedback 008 - The Year of Probable Stuffing
Hello Dahl-ee! We're reading your comments on Roald Dahl, A.I. "art," and taxidermied people! Join now.
Study 030 - How Love Came to Professor Guildea
Happy Valentine's Day! Let's get together and discuss How Love Came to Professor Guildea by Robert Hichens!
Lots of love to reader Greig Johnson! Grab something from his Etsy page now!
Next up: our Feedback episode on Roald Dahl and the vampiric "Meeting Mr. Millar" by Robert Aickman!
Study 029 - The Stains
Join us as we discuss Robert Aickman's award-winning short story The Stains with special guest, writer/director Jeremy Dyson! Look out for his new novel The Warlock Effect with co-writer Andy Nyman - out this April!
Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson! Grab something from his Etsy page now!
This episode featured music from Lichen, Moss and Wrack by Fordell Research Unit!
Here is Gary Budden's synopsis from A Personal Anthology.
And here's another take on the story from Reading the Weird at Tor.com.
Next up: How Love Came to Professor Guildea by Robert Hichens
Extra Credit 007 - Cabinet of Curiosities
We're discussing our thoughts on the Lovecraft adaptations from the Netflix series Cabinet of Curiosities: "Pickman's Model" and "Dreams in the Witch House."
Next up: a month of love stories from Robert Aickman, starting with The Stains!