Strange Studies of Strange Stories

H.G. Wells breaks into the energy drink market with his short story The New Accelerator. We've consumed it! Hear our review!

Earth is stuck in a war between alien races with devastating consequences, and it's somehow funny! Join us as we discuss Liberation of Earth by William Tenn!

Listen in as we discuss Robert Aickman's strange short story of sexual trauma, The Swords.

We're kicking off March is for Draculas with a FANGER of a vampire story by Bob Leman: The Pilgrimage of Clifford M.!

We're looking into Window by Bob Leman, and we're seeing some scary stuff! Join us as we discuss this crazy scifi-horror-fantasy story!

What happens when people suddenly get shaggy like wookies? Find out as we pick through Hyperpilosity by L. Sprague de Camp!

It's time for some weird fairy tales, starting with the Russian classic Vasilisa the Fair as presented by Alexander Afanasyev!

We're still here! Join us for a discussion of Shirley Jackson's The Summer People.

It's an October double feature narrated by two spooky little girls: Dress of White Silk by Richard Matheson and I Can't Help Saying Goodbye by Ann Mackenzie!

Grab a seat as Patton Oswalt returns to discuss The Presentation by Michael Shea!

It's ghouls vs. government grunts in the New York subways! We're discussing Far Below by Robert Barbour Johnson - JOIN US!

Happy 4th of THEWLY!! We're kicking off a month of sword-and-sorcery stories with a tale about Charles Saunders' IMARO!

Nobody would have believed in the early years of the 21st century that we'd be celebrating 15 years of podcasting with The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, yet here we are!

Ghouls in session with Amina by Edward Lucas White, kicking off a month of monster madness!

Weird Bear Month begins with a touching tale by Terry Bisson: Bears Discover Fire!

March is for Draculas begins with the Manly Wade Wellman story School for the Unspeakable -- special guest Jamie Brittain in attendance!

We're laser-blasting into a month of science fiction, starting with Isaac Asimov's beloved short story, The Last Question!

We're celebrating 101 years of Weird Tales with a look at The Thing of a Thousand Shapes by Otis Adelbert Kline - straight outta the first issue!

We're celebrating the holidays with a month on Grimm's Fairy Tales. First up: Snow White, featuring 100% more torture than we anticipated!

Treat that Halloween hangover with a shot of Blochtober! We're discussing Robert Bloch's Nazi vampire fable, The Living Dead!

Catch the buzz as we discuss George Langelann's short story, The Fly!

Join us for A Walk in the Dark by Arthur C. Clarke!

We're launching back into the Lovecraft universe via the T.E.D. Klein mythos novella Black Man with a Horn!

We're gathering evil kid stories this month, starting with It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby - a story made famous by The Twilight Zone!

Welcome to Angela Carter's take on the Bluebeard legend: The Bloody Chamber!

Climb aboard as we mount our expedition to The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells!

We're joined by Andrew Leman and Sean Branney of the podcast Voluminous as we discuss The Black Abbot of Puthuum by Clark Ashton Smith! 

Join us as we discuss Robert Aickman's award-winning short story The Stains with special guest, writer/director Jeremy Dyson!

Happy New Year! We're back with the Roald Dahl crime classic Lamb to the Slaughter!

Join us as we breach The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth by Lord Dunsany!

Join the conversation as we discuss The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin!

We're kicking off October with the haunt that you want: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny!

Acclaimed author J.R.R. Tolkien makes his first appearance on the show with the short story "Leaf by Niggle"!

We're investigating non-Euclidian geometry once again with Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett!

We're giving the treatment to Child's Play by Villy Sorensen, the first selection from Fine Frights: Stories that Scared Me, edited by Ramsey Campbell. Original Airdate: 5/6/2022

We're tracking a killer robot in Alfred Bester's Fondly Fahrenheit, and it's a blast! Original Airdate: 4/26/2021

Listen in as we discuss The Screwfly Solution by Raccoona Sheldon! Original Airdate: 6/9/2019

Join us as we decode the mysterious transmissions of The Night Wire by H.F. Arnold! Original Airdate: 01/03/2019

We're covering Tsathoggua by Michael Shea with special guest PATTON OSWALT! Original Airdate: 5/4/2018

Listen up! It's The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury! Original Airdate: 2/1/2018

Folks don't know this, but THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD is a reference to The Day of the Dragon by Guy Endore! Original Airdate: 5/6/2017

Clasp our clammy hands as we dig into Mary Shelley's Frankenstein! Original Airdate: 3/4/2017

Black History Month kicks off with the excellent Octavia E. Butler story Bloodchild! Original Airdate: 2/3/2017

'Tis the season to sit in laps, whether you want to or not! It's The Human Chair by Edogawa Ranpo! Original Airdate: 12/2/2016

We're covering the horrific "Notebook Found in a Deserted House" by Robert Bloch, and you've been invited! Original Airdate: 10/02/2015

Join us and outstanding reader Heather Klinke as we creep into The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman!

Join us for a very special, super-sized episode of the show covering the epic poem Beowulf! Original Airdate: 5/26/2015