The HorrorBabble Podcast

"Suzanne" / A Tale of Botanical Horror by J. Joseph-Renaud

“Suzanne” by J. Joseph-Renaud, first started to bloom in the April 1930 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The tale was described as follows: “A grisly plant horror was spawned in the steaming vapors of Dr. Salzmann’s nursery—a giant, man-eating Nepenthes.”

"Abductor Minimi Digit" / A Weird Tale by Ralph Milne Farley

"Abductor Minimi Digit" is a short story by the little-known author, Ralph Milne Farley. It first appeared in Weird Tales in its January 1932 edition, described as “A peculiar little story about a man who learned how to move his left little toe by will-power.”

"The Dream Snake" by Robert E. Howard

In this story, first published in the February 1928 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, a terrified individual recounts the details of a strange, recurring nightmare.

"The Nameless City" / Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos

"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by American writer H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal The Wolverine. It is often considered the first Cthulhu Mythos story.

"The Grave" / The Weird Tale of a Man Buried Alive by Orville R. Emerson

"The Grave" by the one-time Weird Tales contributor, Orville R. Emerson, tells of a soldier who finds himself buried alive in Flanders. The story appeared in the first ever edition of Weird Tales magazine, in March of 1923.

"The Damned Thing" / A Classic Horror Story by Ambrose Bierce

"The Damned Thing" is a horror short story written by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in Tales from New York Town Topics on December 7, 1893.

"The Gorgon" / A Weird Tale of Medusa by Clark Ashton Smith

"The Gorgon" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. The tale, which first appeared in Weird Tales back in April 1932, was described as follows: “A thrill-tale of the snaky-locked Medusa and a fantastic adventure in modern London.”

"The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson

Penned by British writer, William Hope Hodgson, The Voice in the Night tells of a schooner at sea, approached in the middle of the night by a small rowboat. The passenger aboard the boat, who refuses to bring his boat close alongside and requests that the sailors on the schooner put away their lanterns, tells a disturbing tale.

"The Parasitic Hand" / A Story of Body Horror by R. Anthony

"The Parasitic Hand" is a short story by the author and editor, R. Anthony. A work of body horror, the tale first appeared in Weird Tales in its November 1926 edition.

"The Open Window" by Saki

"The Open Window" tells the tale of Framton Nuttel, a nervous man, who has come to stay in the country for his health. His sister, who thinks he should socialise while he is there, has given him letters of introduction to families in the neighbourhood whom she got to know when she was staying there a few years previously. Framton goes to visit Mrs Sappleton and, while he is waiting for her to come down, is entertained by her fifteen-year-old, witty niece. The niece tells him that the French window is kept open, even though it is October, because Mrs Sappleton believes that her husband and her brothers, who were killed in a shooting accident three years before, will come back one day.