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October in a wonderful time for a little break in the countryside somewhere, however the unfortunate Mr Maddox discover something very old and highly unsettling in a village in Brittany in this autumnal tale from Eleanor Scott...

In this autumnal tale from WF Harvey, a visit to stay with at a remote country house with friends takes a sinister turn thanks to the formidable housekeeper Mrs Ormerod...

In this show we have an autumnal ghost story from Mr EF Benson. This tale of old witchcraft and folk horrors centres around a mysterious disappearance, a Pictish ruin, and a local legend concerning 15th September - Gavon's Eve...

A little fireside chat to update you on everything going on behind the curtain and how I am doing with my on-going cancer treatment.

In the last of our summer themed tales, we take a trip to the coast and sample a traditional British seaside entertainment, a Punch and Judy show. However the Professor performing this puppet show has a dark tale of his own...

August is the traditional month in which the harvests are gathered in, and there are many quaint customs celebrating this important event to the agricultural year. But some are older and darker than others, as we will discover in this classic folk horror tale - The First Sheaf by HR Wakefield...

In the summer there is nothing like a visit to the seaside. But in this tale, we visit a sleepy coastal town in the North of England, where the locals avoid the beach after dark...

From the French master of short fiction, Guy de Maupassant, a tale of terror concerning a very gruesome memento - a mummified human hand!

In this show we have a tale from W. F. Harvey. A story set in a rainy June at an old boarding school that is home to an ancient mysterious custom carried out once a year by a secret society - the Dabblers!

To bring a chill to your summer nights, a classic ghost story from the great M. R. James, the tale of a most unusual antique dolls' house and what occurs when the clock strikes one...

Continuing our haunted house season, we have a tale from Sheridan Lefanu, regarded by MR James as the greatest writer of all ghost stories. And in this little chiller from 1862, Lefanu anticipates the found footage genre, with a tale that reads exactly like a real life witness account of a haunting.

As well as creating Dracula, Bram Stoker wrote some fantastic macabre tales and one of the most sinister is the story of The Judge's House...

In this classic tale from EF Benson, we discover why a particular old manor house surrounded by beautiful countryside is so very cheap to rent for the summer... I have reviewed the Casting the Runes RPG ,which features an adventure based on this tale, here - https://hypnogoria.libsyn.com/microgoria-121-casting-the-runes-rpg

In this episode, we have another ghostly tale from Mr Frederick Cowles, a story of a young who inherits an old manor house from a distant uncle... But there are further unexpected legacies...

While we often associate the works of MR James with the Yuletide season, one of his most celebrated tales takes place in the spring at Easter, a story of an ill fated hunt for the lost crowns of Anglia - A Warning to the Curious!