The HorrorBabble Podcast

"Stranger at Dusk" is a short story by the little-known author, Malcolm Kenneth Murchie. The story, which first emerged in the November 1949 edition of Weird Tales, follows the plight of a small boy w...

8 Feb 202144min

"Mr. Hyde—and Seek" by American author Malcolm Ferguson, is the second story to feature Thomas Chadwick, a character inspired by William Hope Hodgson’s paranormal investigator, Thomas Carnacki. The st...

5 Feb 202127min

"A Ghost" is a short story by French author, Guy de Maupassant. The tale tells of a suspected case of haunting in a remote, deserted chateau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

4 Feb 202119min

"The Specter Priestess of Wrightstone" is a rare weird tale by the little-known author, Herman F. Wright. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in January 1925, tells of a ghostly le...

3 Feb 202116min

"The Red Room" is a short gothic story written by H. G. Wells in 1894. It was first published in the March 1896 edition of The Idler magazine. An unnamed protagonist chooses to spend the night in an a...

2 Feb 202129min

"The House of Cards" by American author Malcolm Ferguson, introduces the character, Thomas Chadwick, inspired by William Hope Hodgson’s paranormal investigator, Thomas Carnacki. The story, which appea...

1 Feb 202136min

"The Dance of Death" is a short story by British writer, Algernon Blackwood. The story of a frail young man, who, despite warnings from his doctor, attends a dance, with inevitable consequences. Lear...

28 Jan 202127min

"Two Black Bottles" is the result of a collaboration between H. P. Lovecraft and Wilfrid Branch Talman. It was first published in Weird Tales Magazine in August 1927. In the story, the narrator, Hoffm...

26 Jan 202132min