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Nightshade Diary

M.P. Pellicer

Podcasts of classic ghost and adventure stories, set in lonely churchyards or empty mansions, all in the tradition of classic authors such as M. R. James, H.P. Lovecraft and the most popular sci-fi pulp fiction writers. Narrated by M.P. Pellicer

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Wednesday · 10 min
A Woman Seldom Found | Weird Tale | Podcast
William Sansom's short story is a romantic tale with a supernatural twist. The story follows a man visiting Rome for the first time who encounters a mysterious and beautiful woman. She claims to be lonely and seeks companionship, leading to a romantic...
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November 2 · 13 min
The Ghostly Legionnaires | Haunted Soldiers | Podcast
At the turn of the century, the brave Legionnaires manned forts throughout Morocco, sometimes finding death suddenly, but no peace. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11...
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October 26 · 50 min
Terror Over Hollywood | Robert Bloch | Podcast
"Terror Over Hollywood" is a short story by Robert Bloch that serves as a satirical critique of Hollywood’s obsession with youth and fame. Originally published in Fantastic Universe, the narrative follows an ambitious actress named Carla Hayes who...
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October 21 · 52 min
Terror on the Twelfth | Cyril Plunkett | Podcast
"To learn of her husband's hidden life, Jean Kirkwood dug so deep into the past that she suddenly hit her own future. It was anything but a pretty one, with a heap of corpses at her feet, and the clear, cold knowledge that she'd never again come...
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October 16 · 47 min
I Hope They're Worried and Another Story of Deception | Podcast
I Hope They're Worried by Don James It gave John Marshal a chill, creepy feeling to sit by and watch, play by play, his own murder develop. Particularly since he knew that this was the second time that he'd be dead. Don James was an author in the...
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October 4 · 35 min
Between Two Worlds | Dorothy Dunn | Podcast
After twenty years of it, Eloise got tired of her coffin and returned, unannounced, to get her garnet ring. When she took her departure, she had a strange farewell party, and two new companions for the long, lonely journey home. Dorothy Dunn...
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September 24 · 40 min
Undertaker's Delight and Another Story of a Final Resolution | Podcast
Like many short pieces from Shock and similar "weird menace" pulp fiction magazines of the late 1940s, "Undertaker's Delight" is a suspenseful crime thriller by John Bender designed to shock the reader with a swift, dark narrative. he story centers...
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September 14 · 44 min
You Know What I did? And Another Story of Unexpected Vengeance | Podcast
You Know What I Did? by Charles Beckman appeared in Manhunt May 1954. This is a gritty story that plays out in only two hours. Your kid's missing, and at first it's nothing to worry about. Then time passes, and your kid doesn't come home. Charles...
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September 8 · 42 min
The Mummy's Soul | Curse Story | Podcast
The Mummy's Soul is an anonymous short story first published in The Knickerbocker, or New York Monthly Magazine in May 1862. Scholarly analysis identifies it as one of the earliest American curse fiction tales, predating Louisa May Alcott’s Lost in a...
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August 26 · 49 min
Betelgeuse Bridge and Another Story of an Unexpected Arrival | Podcast
Date in the City Room is a punchy, short story published in Weird Tales, January, 1938 by Talbot Johns. It blends a classic supernatural twist with a gritty, fast-paced journalism setting. The story takes place late at night in a frantic metropolitan...
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August 21 · 1 hr 36 min
Medusa's Coil | Z.B. Bishop & H.P. Lovecraft | Cthulhu Mythos | Podcast
A powerful and compelling tale of brooding horror that deepens and broadens to the final catastrophe—an unusual and engrossing novellete by the author of "The Curse of Yig". Medusa's Coil" by Zealia B. Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft is a short story...
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August 14 · 30 min
The Horror in the Hold and Two Other Stories of Revenge | Podcast
A mutinous Spaniard slithers into the shadow-soaked hold of an English ship with powder, vengeance, and heresy on his tongue. But in the stinking dark beneath the deck, blades whisper, loyalties bend, and something far worse than steel seems to be...
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August 8 · 44 min
The Real Road to Church | Robert Aickman | Podcast
Discover the haunting depth of Robert Aickman’s "The Real Road to the Church." Explore how a lonely woman's isolation transforms into a profound supernatural awakening in this unique, emotionally resonant masterwork of weird fiction. Host - M.P....
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July 27 · 38 min
Black Iron and Another Tale of Unearthly Encounters | Podcast
"Black Iron" is a dark fantasy/heroic fantasy short story by David Drake. The story is part of a loosely connected sequence featuring the character Vettius and his friends —veterans and citizens of the classical Greco-Roman world who encounter...
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June 17 · 1 hr 13 min
Mrs. Lorriquer | Henry S. Whitehead | Podcast
Mrs. Lorriquer is a short story by Henry S. Whitehead, published in Weird Tales in April 1932. The narrative centers on a kind, courteous woman named Mrs. Lorriquer who is possessed by the spirit of a vicious gambler. This possession makes her...
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June 13 · 1 hr 26 min
The Black Beast | Henry S. Whitehead | Podcast
A supernatural tale set in the West Indies featuring occult detective and reporter Gerald Canevin. A shuttered house with many secrets, is finally let to an unsuspecting family, that soon learn why it has remained unoccupied for decades. Gerald...
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May 29 · 1 hr 7 min
The Thing on the Doorstep | H.P. Lovecraft | Podcast
The Thing on the Doorstep is a horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in the January 1937 issue of Weird Tales. It is a key work in the Cthulhu Mythos universe, inspired by a 1928 dream Lovecraft recorded in his commonplace book. ...
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May 13 · 1 hr 41 min
The False Prophet | Ancient World Mystery Story | Podcast
The False Prophet by David Drake is a short story by David Drake set in the waning days of the Roman Empire. It features his recurring classical Roman-era characters, Vettius (a ruthless soldier) and Dama (a witty merchant). The narrative follows the...
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May 10 · 52 min
The Cloak and Another Dark Tale | Podcast
Dragon the Book is a short story by David Drake. A wizard pursues a book held in the arms of a rival, long dead. But everything has its price; greed for power acts as a blindfold to the actual cost. The Cloak is a short story by Robert Bloch, first...
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May 1 · 1 hr
Winged Death | H.P. Lovecraft | Podcast
"Winged Death" is a 1934 horror short story by H.P. Lovecraft (he was a ghost writer for Hazel Heald, who received partial credit for this story), featuring a scientist's revenge plot using poisonous African flies, which ties into the Cthulhu Mythos...
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