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Classic Cast: Notebook Found in a Deserted House

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Kick off creepy season with a classic from Robert Bloch: Notebook Found in a Deserted House!

This episode is brought to you by Pitch Black Manor. Pick up their new album on OCTOBER 3rd from Bandcamp!

Thanks to reader Heather Klinke. Music on the episode is from Sense Impacts by Chad Fifer, available at Chaosium.

Here's a link to the original episode from 10/2/2015!

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Study 143 - The Second Wish

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Join us as we discuss The Second Wish by Brian Lumley!

Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman! Grab The Spark Devil and so much more at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!

Check out these dope Necroscope book covers here and here!

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Feedback 039 - The Other Christine

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Listen in as we discuss your comments on August's shows! Clean-shaven fear, toilet monsters and Weird Uncle Jamie - this 'cast has it all!

Also: Trapped in Your House Due to Hans Christian Andersen!

Next up: The Second Wish by Brian Lumley

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Study 142 - The Tehama

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New 'cast favorite Bob Leman spins a ghoul-icious mythos tale: The Tehama!

Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman! Behold Purgatory Chasm, The H.P. Lovecraft Experience, Audio Props and so much more at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!

Next up: FEEDBACK, followed by a look at Brian Lumley's story The Second Wish.

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Study 141 - There Are More Things / The Book of Sand

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It's a double-feature of Lovecraftian tales by Jorge Luis Borges: There Are More Things & The Book of Sand!

Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman! Behold Purgatory Chasm, The H.P. Lovecraft Experience, Audio Props and so much more at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!

Here's that video of Borges on English, and his appearance on Firing Line.

Next up: The Tehama by Bob Leman followed by The Second Wish by Brian Lumley, plus Feedback on last month and an Extra Credit 'cast with Mr. Leman himself!

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Extra Credit 038 - Men

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We're having a talk about Alex Garland's weird film MEN, and we could use your input!

Songs talked about in this episode:

Leslie Duncan - Love Song

PJ Harvey - Sheela-Na-Gig

Next month we're back tackling Lovecraftian fiction, starting with There Are More Things and The Book of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges!

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Classic Cast: The Dark Brotherhood - Live

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Just in time for a month about shadowy doubles, have a listen to this multiple-Poe-show - LIVE from the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, RI at the NecronomiCon – August 22nd, 2015.

Here is a link to the original episode.

Next up: Extra Credit on MEN

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Study 140 - The Father-Thing

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Philip K. Dick spins a tale about losing that dad bod with horrifying results: The Father-Thing!

Special thanks to reader Heather Klinke!

Next up: a classic episode and extra-credit on the movie MEN!

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Study 139 - The Shadow

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We're 'casting about The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen, in which a learned man and his shadow switch places -- with tragic results!

Special thanks to our reader: Heather Klinke!

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Child and the Shadow, 1974

Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story by Adelbert von Chamisso

Today's opening music features an arrangement of Nocturne in E Minor by Frédéric Chopin. Outro music is from Strange One.

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Feedback 038 - Paint Me Like One of Your Vans

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We're reading your comments while clubbing with Gandalf and the Balrog - tune in!

And you can find GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS right here!

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Study 138 - Who or What Was It?

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We're joined by special guest Jamie Brittain to discuss the uncanny tale Who or What Was It? by Kingsley Amis!

Special thanks to reader Marsh Davies! Check out his game Teeth and help fund its scary pirate uncle Gold Teeth.

Have a listen to the radio play version of Who or What Was It? as read by Kingsley Amis.

And here is a link to the first episode of the BBC's Green Man adaptation.

Check out Marvin Gaye's clueless ass.

And don't forget to listen to The Crate and Crowbar podcast for all the hot gaming gossip!

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Extra Credit 037 - Dungeon Crawling

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We're joined by Gary Butterfield of Watch Out for Fireballs! to discuss the Dungeon Crawl genre in games and fiction! Tune in, fight monsters, find treasure!

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Study 137 - The Scarlet Citadel - Part 2

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Conan reclaims his throne in the epic conclusion of The Scarlet Citadel by Robert E. Howard!

Special thanks to reader Anthony Tedesco!

Check out our Robert E. Howard collection!

Next up: Extra Credit Dungeon Crawling with Gary Butterfield of Watch Out For Fireballs!

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Study 136 - The Scarlet Citadel - Part 1

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King Conan can't be conquered! Join us as we adventure into The Scarlet Citadel by Robert E. Howard!

Special thanks to reader Anthony Tedesco!

The original Weird Tales in which this story appeared.

Next up: MORE CONAN!

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Classic Cast - Clash of the Titans

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We're freeing up a bonus episode from 2020 in which we talk about 1981's Clash of the Titans, the last great Harryhausen film. It's a Thewly miracle!

Here's a link to the original episode from July 2020.

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Feedback 037 - #TremendouslySexy

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We're reading your comments on bees, microphones, Stephen King and rodeos - tune in!

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Study 135 - The Sword of Spartacus

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Imperial Rome collides with the Cthulhu Mythos in The Sword of Spartacus by Richard L. Tierney!

Special thanks to reader Travis Bedard! Check him out this year in both The Comedy of Errors and Hamlet!

Next up: Feedback and King Conan in The Scarlet Citadel!

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Extra Credit 036 - The Substance

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We've got a thumbs-up / thumbs-down situation as we discuss recent potion-adjacent film The Substance. Tune in to hear the vicious battle!

Also, we talk about the Sandra Bullock 90s movie Love Potion #9. Just as contentious!

SO MUCH DRAMA!

Next up: THEWLY kicks off with The Sword of Spartacus by Richard L. Tierney

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Study 134 - Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo?

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Immortality seems like a drag in Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo? by Gerald Kersh.

Special thanks to reader Erik Peabody of Viking Guitar Productions! Listen to him talk sound engineering on The Jobs Podcast!

Some kooky fellas mentioned in the show:

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Study 133 - Royal Jelly

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It's a strange story of strange sustenance: Royal Jelly by Roald Dahl!

Special thanks to reader Rachel Lackey!

Next up: Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo?

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