The HorrorBabble Podcast

"The Diary of a Madman" by Guy de Maupassant

"The Diary of a Madman" is a short story by French author, Guy de Maupassant. The tale is told through a series of diary entries, detailing the intimate thoughts of an undiscovered murderer.

"The Shining Hand" by Dick Donovan

"The Shining Hand" is an 1889 ghost story by Dick Donovan (James Edward Preston Muddock). "On a storm-swept night at a desolate inn near Solway Moss, a travelling merchant loses his trusted servant and a fortune in gold."

"The White Villa" by Ralph Adams Cram

"The White Villa" is a horror short story by American author, Ralph Adams Cram, first published in his book, Black Spirits and White, in 1895. The story tells of two travellers exploring southern Italy, who are forced to spend the night in a remote, haunted villa, after missing the last train to Naples.

"The Accursed Isle" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman

"The Accursed Isle" is a short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman, first published in the November 1933 edition of Weird Tales. "A hideous fear clutched the hearts of the seven castaways on that accursed isle as they were slain, one by one."

"Whispers" by Robert S. Carr

"Whispers" is a short story by Robert S. Carr, first published in Weird Tales in April 1928. "In the festering swamps of Taggardsville, something unseen stirs in the night."

"The Eighth Green Man" by G. G. Pendarves

"The Eighth Green Man" is a weird tale by the Cornish author, Gladys Trenery, writing as G. G. Pendarves. First appearing in Weird Tales in its March 1928 edition, the story was described as follows: "An uncanny horror befell the guests of the innkeeper when the Green Men held their revels."

"Sagasta's Last" by Carl Jacobi

"Sagasta's Last" is a short story by Carl Jacobi, first published in the August 1939 edition of Strange Stories. "An augmented eye pierces the mist-wall that rises skyward from the grave!"

"The Stranger from Kurdistan" by E. Hoffmann Price

"The Stranger from Kurdistan" is a short story by E. Hoffmann Price, first published in the July 1925 edition of Weird Tales. "An enigmatic stranger infiltrates a secret gathering of devil-worshipers in the haunted depths of an ancient tower."

"Lens-Shy" by W. M. Clayton

"Lens-Shy" is a short story by the one-time Weird Tales contributor, W. M. Clayton. The story first surfaced in the June-July edition of the magazine in 1939, and tells of the odd circumstances surrounding a photographer of the dead.

"The Source of It" by Glen Malin

"The Source of It" is a 1953 Weird Tale by the little-known author, Glen Malin. Appearing in the magazine's July edition, the story concerns the diary entries of a man who believes he is in possession of a very curious power.