Study 047 - The Pool of the Black One
Conan the Barbarian makes his triumphant return to the show in The Pool of the Black One by Robert E. Howard!
Read it here in the original Weird Tales.
Check out Turkish actor Yavuz Selekman, an inspiration for Conan artists.
Next up: Amudu's Bargain by Charles R. Saunders + Feedback + Manimal!
Study 046 - The Bloody Chamber - Part 2
Unlock the door and discover the horrors in The Bloody Chamber as we conclude our coverage of this Angela Carter classic.
Special thanks to our reader, Michelle Sawyer!
Here's that Spoon song we referenced: The Underdog!
Study 045 - The Bloody Chamber - Part 1
Welcome to Angela Carter's take on the Bluebeard legend: The Bloody Chamber!
Special thanks to our reader, Michelle Sawyer!
Here's that intro video with Carter's biographer Edmund Gordon, as well as the New Yorker article referenced.
And here's Rebecca!
Extra Credit 011 - Film Adaptations: The Island of Dr. Moreau
We're talking about the major film adaptations of The Island of Dr. Moreau, including the versions from the 70s and 90s, with a lot of love for 1932's The Island of Lost Souls.
Here's that German silent adaptation, and the trailer for The Twilight People.
Oh yeah, and Eaten Alive!
Video link for this episode: https://youtu.be/8tQRQSwUNNE
Study 044 - The Island of Doctor Moreau - Part 4
We've raised it up and now we're putting it down! Join us as we conclude 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!
Next week: Bonus episode on the film adaptations of Moreau.
After that: The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter!
Study 043 - The Island of Doctor Moreau - Part 3
We can't resist crawling back 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 Elephants on Acid.
That outro song? Why it's When You Make a Monster by Pitch Black Manor!
Feedback 011 - Application of Slacks
It's time for listener comments! Get 'em while they're HOT!
Study 042 - The Island of Doctor Moreau - Part 2
Learn the terrible secrets of 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!
Outro track is on Music from the H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast - Volume Three.
Next up: FEEDBACK and MORE MOREAU!
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.