The HorrorBabble Podcast

”The Horror at Martin’s Beach” by H. P. Lovecraft

"The Horror at Martin's Beach" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Sonia H. Greene, which first appeared in Weird Tales in November 1923. The story tells of a horrifying creature killed by sailors at sea, and of the resulting act of vengeance on behalf of the creature’s mother.

”Ghost Hunt” by H. R. Wakefield / A Dramatic Reading

"Ghost Hunt" is a short story by the British writer, H. Russell Wakefield. The story first appeared in Weird Tales in March 1948. "Twice before the Ghost Hunters had tried unsuccessfully to find their quarry. This was the third—and LAST—attempt!"

”Demons of the Film Colony” by Theodore LeBerthon

"Demons of the Film Colony" by Theodore LeBerthon first appeared in Weird Tales in October 1932. The story was described by the magazine thusly: "A gigantic hoax was perpetrated on the author by 'Dracula' Lugosi and 'Frankenstein' Karloff."

”Six Flights to Terror” by Manly Banister

"Six Flights to Terror" is a short story by Manly Banister. The story first appeared in the September 1946 edition of Weird Tales, with the following description: "It was a dead thing, and dead things should be buried—but how do you bury a building?"

”The Oval Portrait” by Edgar Allan Poe

"The Oval Portrait" is a horror short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, involving the disturbing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. It is one of his shortest stories, filling only two pages in its initial publication in 1842.

”The Red Balloon” / A Weird Tale by Q. Patrick

"The Red Balloon" is a short story by Q. Patrick (the pen name of detective fiction writers Richard Wilson Webb and Hugh Callingham Wheeler). The story first appeared in Weird Tales in November 1953. “Only facts would interest the head of the Homicide Bureau; not fantasy.”

”The Dreams in the Witch House” / Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos

"The Dreams in the Witch House" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos cycle. Written in January/February 1932, it was first published in the July 1933 issue of Weird Tales.

”Country House” by Ewen Whyte

"Country House" is a horror story by the little-known author, Ewen Whyte. First published in the September 1949 edition of Weird Tales, the story was described as follows: “A strange rendezvous with the beauty of the country … and the terror of the darkness!”

”Levitation” by Joseph Payne Brennan

"Levitation" is a short story by American writer Joseph Payne Brennan. It tells of the final performance of a disgruntled hypnotist, and the fate of his reluctant volunteer.

”The Jonah” by Guy Pain

"The Jonah" by Guy Pain, first surfaced in Weird Tales in its August 1925 edition. It tells of a disreputable bosun, and a murder, with a touch of maritime superstition.