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Welcome to the the Great Library of Dreams Podcast, where we present readings of classic tales of the weird and the wonderful! Here you will find stories of the magical, the mysterious, the marvelous, and the macabre!

Hypnogoria


    • May 25, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 28m AVG DURATION
    • 197 EPISODES


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    140 - Sonata in D Minor by Sir Andrew Caldecott

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 38:47


    A very early tale of cursed media - a story from 1944 concerning a vinyl record which has decidedly sinister effects on the listener ...

    139 - Sredni Vashtar by Saki

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 20:00


    A sinister but darkly humorous tale of a small boy and his unusual pet, which may, or may not, be a god...

    138 - I Mars by Ray Bradbury

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 35:16


    A tale of a lone man stranded on Mars with only himself for company, and one that now reads like a prediction of the perils of chatbots and AI

    137 - Mr Lupescu by Anthony Boucher

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 19:50


    An eerie tale of a child's imaginary friend, who may not be as harmless as he first appears...

    136 - The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 13:10


    An eerie poem from Edgar Allan Poe, recited by mad Roderick Usher in the classic tale The Fall of the House of Usher.

    135 - Nice Weather For Ducks by Jim Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 49:01


    This week a folk horror tale from Mr Moon himself - some Youtubers explore a ruined tower on a remote island in Northumbria, and discover that it is not as deserted as it first appears... 

    134 - The Tomb of Sarah by FG Loring

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 44:08


    Restoration work in an old church accidentally releases an ancient horror in this classic Victorian vampire tale!

    132 - The Death of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 51:28


    A strange gothic nightmare of a tale from Mr Ambrose Bierce!

    133 - The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 49:31


    A classic eerie tale from Mr Algernon Blackwood concerning a vigil held in an allegedly haunted house

    131 - The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 35:42


    An experiment in mesmerism yields eerie and horrifying results!

    Celephaïs by HP Lovecraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 29:37


    For our first tale for the new year, we have a trip to a fantastic Dreamlands of HP Lovecraft, in the classic weird tale Celephaïs.

    129 - The Experiment by MR James

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 24:43


    For our final tale for the festive season, a ghost story for New Year's Eve by the great MR James, an eerie tale of dark deeds and dangerous magic.

    128 - The Everlasting Lights

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 36:31


    For our last ghost story for Christmas, a tale from Jim Moon himself, the tale of a little village with a curious Christmas tradition involving an old churchyard yew tree...

    127 - Between the Lights by EF Benson

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 38:56


    For our third ghost story for Christmas, we have a tale from EF Benson which begins with a Yuletide gathering where the gathered guests are telling ghost stories...

    126 - A Strange Christmas Game by Charlotte Riddell

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 32:45


    For our second ghost story for the Yuletide season we have the tale of haunted country house in A Strange Christmas Game by Charlotte Riddell

    125 - Mrs Lunt by Hugh Walpole

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 47:04


    December is upon us and hence it is the season for Yuletide ghost stories. And we begin with a tale from Mr Hugh Walpole, the story of an eerie Christmas spent in an old house in snowy Cornwall...

    124 - The Frontier Guards by HR Wakefield

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 25:13


    An eerie tale for the frosty and foggy days of November! In this classic chiller, HR Wakefield takes us on a visit to a notoriously haunted house whose permanent residents are particularly hostile...

    123 - Pickman's Model by HP Lovecraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 50:46


    The classic tale from HP Lovecraft concerning the brilliant but deeply unsettling paintings of Mr Richard Upton Pickman...

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    122 - They Go to the Fire by Jim Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 23:38


    An eerie tale for Hallowe'en night, very much in the spirit of Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson, by Mr Jim Moon himself

    121 - Man-size in Marble by E Nesbit

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 43:36


    In this dark tale from E Nesbit, a young couple move out to a quiet country village, which is home to a very sinister Hallowe'en night legend...

    120 - Halloween in a Suburb by HP Lovecraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 9:56


    A classic poem for Hallowe'en by the great HP Lovecraft

    119 - Lisheen by Frederick Cowles

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 35:42


    A vintage tale of folk horror by Mr Frederick Cowles, in which a clergyman in rural Cornwall discovers secret rites held in ancient ruins on Hallowe'en night. 

    118 - Mrs Amworth by EF Benson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 47:37


    To begin the spooky season a chilling tale from EF Benson, which reaches its terrifying climax in the month of October...

    FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 117 - Dickon the Devil by Sheridan le Fanu

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 33:42


    A tale by the man considered by none other than MR James to be the master of the ghost story - Sheridan le Fanu. In this autumnal story, we discover a rural Lancashire yarn that is more than a legend...

    116 - The Cadaver of Bishop Louis by Frederick Cowles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 37:50


    A haunting tale in the tradition of MR James, concerning a curious and macabre church monument and the dark secrets it hides...

    115 - An Evening's Entertainment by MR James

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 38:33


    While we often associate the ghost stories of MR James with winter and old colleges, he did write a wide variety of tales, and tonight we have one that may be considered early folk horror, taking place in the heart of the countryside in the summertime...

    114 - The Flowering of the Strange Orchid by HG Wells

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 28:32


    A tale of botanical terror from HG Wells, concerning a highly unusual and indeed hostile rare plant! 

    113 - The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 51:16


    Another tale of giant monsters from the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! In this chiller we learn of the monstrous creatures lurking in the upper stratosphere!

    112 - The Terror of Blue John Gap by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 54:15


    A classic tale of terror from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning something large, ancient, and very nasty lurking in the hills of Derbyshire!

    111 - One Prehistoric Night by Philip Barshofsky

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 53:12


    A vintage science fiction tale from the golden age of pulp magazines, a story which pits dinosaurs against Martian invaders!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    110 - The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 26:47


    As another tie-in to the Hypnogoria Roger Corman series, we have a story from Edgar Allan Poe, which was brought to the screen in Corman's Poe anthology Tales of Terror (1962) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    109 - Born of Man and Woman by Richard Matheson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 17:16


    As a little tie-in to the Hypnogoria Roger Corman series here is a tale of terror from one of his collaborators - Richard Matheson. And this story is in fact the very first that Matheson ever had published...  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    108 - The Monster of Lake LaMetrie by Wardon Allan Curtis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 43:56


    Another early tale of a surviving prehistoric monster but this story about a lake dwelling dinosaur takes a very bizarre turn... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    107 - The Lizard by CJ Cutcliffe Hyne

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 38:42


    As a little crossover with the Kaiju History podcasts on our other show, we have a Victorian tale of a chap who discovers a living fossil. But unfortunately, this surviving saurian is extremely large and very hostile...  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    106 - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 48:20


    Mr Jim reads a massively influential chiller, an otherworldly tale of maritime terror - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    104 - The Waxwork by AM Burrage

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 42:19


    With another reading of a favourite old tale of terror, Mr Jim revisits The Waxwork by AM Burrage, a classic chiller many of us discovered in the creepy tales for kids anthology Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    104 - Midnight Express by Alfred Noyes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 28:34


    In this show, Mr Jim Moon reads a favourite tale of terror he found in an old book in childhood, which, funnily enough, is about a man haunted a strange tale in an old book he found in childhood... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    103 - The Loved Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 43:09


    A reading of a highly controversial tale - the issue of Weird Tales it appeared in was pulled from the shelves after complaints! And despite being over a hundred year old, it still has the power to shock. You have been warned! Listener discretion is advised! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    102 - The Unnamable by HP Lovecraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024 33:08


    An early tale of terror from HP Lovecraft, inspired by New England folklore and featuring his famous witch-haunted town Arkham --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    101 - The Crystal Egg by HG Wells

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024 55:51


    In this show, we have a short tale by the great HG Wells, a science fiction mystery story that may, or may not, be a prequel to War of the Worlds! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    100 - The Red Lodge by HR Wakefield

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2024 46:03


    For our 100th episode, we have a reading of one of the most terrifying tales of ever written - The Red Lodge by HR Wakefield --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    099 - The Cats of Ulthar by HP Lovecraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 20:16


    We begin a new year with a fantastical weird tale from HP Lovecraft, an early story from his Dreamlands cycle. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    Ghosts of Christmas Door 25 - Haunting Holidays

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 9:36


    Behind Door 25 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - Hauntings over the holidays --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    Ghosts of Christmas Door 24 - The Red Knight of Barnet

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 4:12


    Behind Door 24 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - Christmas Eve encounters with a ghostly skeleton knight --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    Ghosts of Christmas Door 23 - Ghostly Gilbert

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 3:14


    Behind Door 23 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - the tale of a highwayman haunting --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    Ghosts of Christmas Door 22 - The Spectres of Stocken Hall Farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 3:51


    Behind Door 22 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - discover the sinister spooks of Stocken Farm --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    098 - My Magpie Ghost by Marc Damian Lawler

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 9:06


    A seasonally spooky verse that pays homage to some favourite festive chillers! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    Ghosts of Christmas Door 21 - The Many Hauntings of Roos Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 4:19


    Behind Door 21 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - meet the many ghosts of Roos Hall --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    Ghosts of Christmas Door 20 - A Haunting at the Hotel Bethlehem

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 3:05


    Behind Door 20 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - the story of the permanent Christmas guest at the Hotel Bethlehem --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    Ghosts of Christmas Door 19 - The Christmas Visits of Anne Boleyn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 3:45


    Behind Door 19 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - Where the ghost of Anne Boleyn walks at Yuletide --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

    Ghosts of Christmas Door 18 - The Midnight Coach

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 3:15


    Behind Door 18 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - The ominous stories of phantom coaches and horses --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message

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