People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Horror Stories, Weird Fiction, and Film Reviews
People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos is a long-running podcast exploring cosmic horror, weird fiction, and the strange worlds inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries. Hosted by DB Spitzer with co-hosts Farmer Dave and Aunt Gore, the show dives into myth, monsters, movies, and the legacy of the Mythos with humor and insight.
Blade II (2002)/The Room in the Tower
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Season 23 Movies & Stories
1. Sinners (2025)
Story: “The Music of Erich Zann,” H. P. Lovecraft
Music becomes a weapon, a barrier, and an opening into something beyond the human world.
Complete YouTube reading
2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Story: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne
A scientist transforms his daughter into something beautiful, deadly, and isolated from ordinary human intimacy. The created woman is treated simultaneously as experiment, daughter, monster, and possible lover.
Complete YouTube reading
The Horla, Part 2 Guy de Maupassant
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Story
Author
Synopsis
Foreword
Joseph Lewis French
An introduction to the anthology and its selection of classic tales of horror and suspense.
The Horla, Part 1
Guy de Maupassant
A French gentleman experiences increasingly disturbing sensations and unexplained occurrences in his home. He begins to suspect that an invisible being is watching him and exerting control over his life.
The Horla, Part 2
Guy de Maupassant
The narrator's obsession with...
The Horla, Part 1 by Guy de Maupassant
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Story
Author
Synopsis
Foreword
Joseph Lewis French
An introduction to the anthology and its selection of classic tales of horror and suspense.
The Horla, Part 1
Guy de Maupassant
A French gentleman experiences increasingly disturbing sensations and unexplained occurrences in his home. He begins to suspect that an invisible being is watching him and exerting control over his life.
The Horla, Part 2
Guy de Maupassant
The narrator's obsession with...
Forward
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Story
Author
Synopsis
Foreword
Joseph Lewis French
An introduction to the anthology and its selection of classic tales of horror and suspense.
The Horla, Part 1
Guy de Maupassant
A French gentleman experiences increasingly disturbing sensations and unexplained occurrences in his home. He begins to suspect that an invisible being is watching him and exerting control over his life.
The Horla, Part 2
Guy de Maupassant
The narrator's obsession with...
Were-Wolves of DetroitCharles M. Skinner
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Chapter
Author
Description
The Wood of the Dead
Algernon Blackwood
A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead.
The Night-Doings at "Deadman's"
Ambrose Bierce
On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and...
The Most Dangerous Game/Ready or Not(2019)
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Season 23 Movies & Stories
1. Sinners (2025)
Story: “The Music of Erich Zann,” H. P. Lovecraft
Music becomes a weapon, a barrier, and an opening into something beyond the human world.
Complete YouTube reading
2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Story: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne
A scientist transforms his daughter into something beautiful, deadly, and isolated from ordinary human intimacy. The created woman is treated simultaneously as experiment, daughter, monster, and possible lover.
Complete YouTube reading
The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown by Charles M. Skinner
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Chapter
Author
Description
The Wood of the Dead
Algernon Blackwood
A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead.
The Night-Doings at "Deadman's"
Ambrose Bierce
On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and...
Edward Randolph's Portrait Charles M. Skinner
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Chapter
Author
Description
The Wood of the Dead
Algernon Blackwood
A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead.
The Night-Doings at "Deadman's"
Ambrose Bierce
On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and...
The Last Revel in Printz Hall by Charles M. Skinner
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Chapter
Author
Description
The Wood of the Dead
Algernon Blackwood
A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead.
The Night-Doings at "Deadman's"
Ambrose Bierce
On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and...
In the Dark Ronal Kayser
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Chapter
Author
Description
The Wood of the Dead
Algernon Blackwood
A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead.
The Night-Doings at "Deadman's"
Ambrose Bierce
On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and...
Kerfol Edith Wharton
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Chapter
Author
Description
The Wood of the Dead
Algernon Blackwood
A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead.
The Night-Doings at "Deadman's"
Ambrose Bierce
On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and...
Shadow – A Parable Edgar Allan Poe
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Chapter
Author
Description
The Wood of the Dead
Algernon Blackwood
A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead.
The Night-Doings at "Deadman's"
Ambrose Bierce
On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and...
John Houlihan Interview 2026
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The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" by Ambrose Bierce
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Chapter
Author
Description
The Wood of the Dead
Algernon Blackwood
A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead.
The Night-Doings at "Deadman's"
Ambrose Bierce
On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and...
Grimdark's Grandparents 2: Space Marines(Adeptus Astartes)
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Upcoming Episodes
Grimdark Grandparents: Warhammer 40,000 and Its Pulp DNA
0. What’s a W.H.40.K? — An introduction to Warhammer 40,000’s immense science-fantasy horror setting, where a corpse-worshipping human empire fights aliens, daemons, ancient machines, and its own terrible history.
1. The Imperium of Man — From Dune, Foundation, Roman decline, and medieval Christendom comes a galactic empire where the future is not progress but a dead civilization kept moving through faith, fear, and paperwork.
2. Space Marines — The Imperium’s iconic super-soldiers combine power armor and military science fiction with...
The Wood of the Dead by Algernon Blackwood
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Chapter
Author
Description
The Wood of the Dead
Algernon Blackwood
A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead.
The Night-Doings at "Deadman's"
Ambrose Bierce
On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and...
Warning from the Stars by Ron Cocking
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Story
Author
Brief description
01
The 4D Doodler
Graph Waldeyer
A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences.
02
Bread Overhead
Fritz Leiber
An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis.
03
Image of the Gods
Alan E. Nourse
Human co...
Toy Shop by Harry Harrison
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Story
Author
Brief description
01
The 4D Doodler
Graph Waldeyer
A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences.
02
Bread Overhead
Fritz Leiber
An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis.
03
Image of the Gods
Alan E. Nourse
Human co...
The Repairman by Harry Harrison
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Story
Author
Brief description
01
The 4D Doodler
Graph Waldeyer
A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences.
02
Bread Overhead
Fritz Leiber
An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis.
03
Image of the Gods
Alan E. Nourse
Human co...
Pygmalion’s Spectacles by Stanley G. Weinbaum
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Story
Author
Brief description
01
The 4D Doodler
Graph Waldeyer
A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences.
02
Bread Overhead
Fritz Leiber
An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis.
03
Image of the Gods
Alan E. Nourse
Human co...
Out Around Rigel by Robert H. Wilson
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Story
Author
Brief description
01
The 4D Doodler
Graph Waldeyer
A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences.
02
Bread Overhead
Fritz Leiber
An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis.
03
Image of the Gods
Alan E. Nourse
Human co...
One Shot by James B. Blish
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Story
Author
Brief description
01
The 4D Doodler
Graph Waldeyer
A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences.
02
Bread Overhead
Fritz Leiber
An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis.
03
Image of the Gods
Alan E. Nourse
Human co...
Comics and Cyberpunk
Here is an episode of a podcast Farmer Dave is producing and DB is editing. Cyberpunk and comics, look it up and Subscribe.
Martian V.F.W. by G. L. Vandenburg
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Story
Author
Brief description
01
The 4D Doodler
Graph Waldeyer
A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences.
02
Bread Overhead
Fritz Leiber
An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis.
03
Image of the Gods
Alan E. Nourse
Human co...
Image of the Gods by Alan E. Nourse
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Story
Author
Brief description
01
The 4D Doodler
Graph Waldeyer
A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences.
02
Bread Overhead
Fritz Leiber
An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis.
03
Image of the Gods
Alan E. Nourse
Human co...
The Music of Erich Zahn by HPL/Sinners(2025)
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Season 23 Movies & Stories
1. Sinners (2025)
Story: “The Music of Erich Zann,” H. P. Lovecraft
Music becomes a weapon, a barrier, and an opening into something beyond the human world.
Complete YouTube reading
2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Story: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne
A scientist transforms his daughter into something beautiful, deadly, and isolated from ordinary human intimacy. The created woman is treated simultaneously as experiment, daughter, monster, and possible lover.
Complete YouTube reading
Bread Overhead by Fritz Leiber
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Story
Author
Brief description
01
The 4D Doodler
Graph Waldeyer
A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences.
02
Bread Overhead
Fritz Leiber
An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis.
03
Image of the Gods
Alan E. Nourse
Human co...
The 4-D Doodler by Graph Waldeyer
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Story
Author
Brief description
01
The 4D Doodler
Graph Waldeyer
A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences.
02
Bread Overhead
Fritz Leiber
An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis.
03
Image of the Gods
Alan E. Nourse
Human co...
Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
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SECTION
CHAPTER
01
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
02
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
03
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
04
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
05
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
06
Banshees
07
The Man Who Went To...
The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews
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SECTION
CHAPTER
01
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
02
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
03
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
04
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
05
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
06
Banshees
07
The Man Who Went To...
The Music of Erich Zahn/Sinners(2025)
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Charcuterie
Cyberpunk
Coffee/Tea Recipe book with OGL D20 stats.
Season 23 Movies & Stories
PGttCM Season 23 Order(all episodes will be recorded
1. Sinners (2025) August week 4
Story: “The Music of Erich Zann,” H. P. Lovecraft
Music becomes a weapon, a barrier, and an opening into something beyond the human world.
Complete YouTube reading
2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Story: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne
...Some Real American Ghosts Part 1
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SECTION
CHAPTER
01
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
02
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
03
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
04
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
05
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
06
Banshees
07
The Man Who Went To...
The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson
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SECTION
CHAPTER
01
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
02
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
03
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
04
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
05
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
06
Banshees
07
The Man Who Went To...
The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood
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SECTION
CHAPTER
01
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
02
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
03
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
04
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
05
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
07
The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benso...
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
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SECTION
CHAPTER
01
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
02
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
03
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
04
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
05
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
06
Banshees
07
The Man Who Went To...
Grimdark's Grandparents 1: The Imperium of Man
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Upcoming Episodes
Grimdark Grandparents: Warhammer 40,000 and Its Pulp DNA
0. What’s a W.H.40.K? — An introduction to Warhammer 40,000’s immense science-fantasy horror setting, where a corpse-worshipping human empire fights aliens, daemons, ancient machines, and its own terrible history.
1. The Imperium of Man — From Dune, Foundation, Roman decline, and medieval Christendom comes a galactic empire where the future is not progress but a dead civilization kept moving through faith, fear, and paperwork.
2. Space Marines — The Imperium’s iconic super-soldiers combine power armor and military science fiction with...
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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SECTION
CHAPTER
01
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
02
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
03
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
04
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
05
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
06
Banshees
07
The Man Who Went To...
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
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SECTION
CHAPTER
01
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
02
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
03
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
04
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
05
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
06
Banshees
07
The Man Who Went To...
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
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SECTION
CHAPTER
01
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
02
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
03
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
04
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
05
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
06
Banshees
07
The Man Who Went To...
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
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SECTION
CHAPTER
01
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
02
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
03
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
04
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
05
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
06
Banshees
07
The Man Who Went To...
