Tom's Terror Trove
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Hello, and welcome to Tom's Terror Trove, a podcast currently disgorging The Crawling World, an original dark fantasy/sci fi, full cast audiodrama. I also narrate classics and little-known gems of horror fiction: Mid 19th - early 20th century a speciality.
New episodes every Friday, 9am NZ Time.
I’m Thomas, a voice-actor (+ an occasional writer and musician), and I’m delighted to have you join me for tonight's episode.
If you'd like to buy me a ko-fi, I have a page for that!
Language: English
Format: Audio Book
Continuity: Anthology
Writing: Scripted
Voices: Solo
Narrator: Third Person
Genres: Horror
Soundscape: Voices only
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Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +1200
Hello, and welcome to Tom's Terror Trove, a podcast currently disgorging The Crawling World, an original dark fantasy/sci fi, full cast audiodrama. I also narrate classics and little-known gems of horror fiction: Mid 19th - early 20th century a speciality.
New episodes every Friday, 9am NZ Time.
I’m Thomas, a voice-actor (+ an occasional writer and musician), and I’m delighted to have you join me for tonight's episode.
If you'd like to buy me a ko-fi, I have a page for that!
Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.com
Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU9gAlZeexHnFHASayT0nGM17V4hCSzSi
"Pickman's Model" by H. P. Lovecraft | Dark Corners of the Earth
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +1200
The madness and monstrosity lay in the figures in the foreground—for Pickman’s morbid art was preëminently one of daemoniac portraiture.
In this classic short story by H. P. Lovecraft, the narrator, Thurber, describes his encounter with the reclusive painter of the story's title, and comes to a dreadful conclusion about the inspiration behind his creations.
"Pickman's Model" was written in September 1926 and first published in the October 1927 issue of Weird Tales.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"Out of the Deep" by Walter de la Mare | Last Gasp of the Gothic
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +1200
Walter John de la Mare (25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was a prolific writer of fiction, and a crafter of finely tuned psychological horror. Lumping this particular story in with the 'gothic' subgenre is a little crude, but it shares a fair some features with The Turn of the Screw, so if you enjoyed my reading of that legendary novella, you'll likely appreciate this. Then again, I don't think Henry James had much of a sense of humour. De la Mare on the other hand...
Out of the deep features an unwanted inheritance, frequently interrupted sleep, childhood trauma, and something unpleasant 'below stairs'.
Also - I'm going to have a bit of a catch-up and discussion at the start of each episode, for those of you who'd like a little more context with their weekly spooky tales. Fear not, there are skippable chapters!
Narrated (as always!) by Thomas Barker
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The Crawling World. Episode 8: Frying Pan, Fire
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +1200
Wes, Lithee and Garm contend with a monstrous interloper, as the pilgrims near the end of their journey through the mountain.
Their troubles are far from over, as they now face the vast, fetid swampland of The Grey Grease.
Part 8 of a multi-part series.
- Andrew Winson as Fork-in-the-Road
https://andrewwinson.com/ - Thomas Barker as Athamas
- Jesse D. Hill as Longarm
defunktknight@gmail.com - Emily Morse-Lee as Wide-Eye
@TheRealGChu.bsky.social - Melissa Carrington as Split-Heel
@melissac-va.bsky.social - Virtue as Hears-Whispers
X: @VirtueVestigial
Produced and written by Thomas Barker
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"The Judge's House" by Bram Stoker | Last Gasp of the Gothic
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +1200
In this story: RATS!
Seeking solitude in which to study mathematics for his upcoming tripos (it's a Cambridge university thing), a fresh-faced undergraduate takes lodgings at an ill-omened country house. Could this possibly end well?
No. No it could not.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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Double Feature! The Outsider, by H. P. Lovecraft & The Landlady, by Roald Dahl | Creepy Cozy
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:00:00 +1200
Have you ever been out in the cold, yearning for the warmth of a crackling fire, and the company of kind humans?
Well, tonight's double-feature will satisfy that unnatural yearning, as both tales concern the subject of companionship, although each with wildly different, and terrifying results...
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"Inferno" by Dante Alighieri (translated by A. S. Kline). Part 2 of 2
Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +1200
The descent continues. Through fire, into ice. The deep, dark hell of frozen shades recount their heinous acts to our narrator and his spectral guide.
The kaleidoscopic imagery and boundless, morbid imagination of Dante Alighieri is fully on display in this new translation, with each soul given their own distinct voice and characterisation by the narrator.
Abandon all hope, but enjoy the ride!
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"Inferno" by Dante Alighieri (translated by A. S. Kline). Part 1 of 2
Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +1200
ABANDON ALL HOPE, YE WHO ENTER HERE.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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The Crawling World. Episode 7: A Light from the East, A Bell from Below
Sat, 08 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +1300
Another temporary shift. Away from the pilgrims and their murky problems, to a lighter sphere, at least at first glance. A place of grand palaces and ancient lineages. The roots of nobility are buried deep in this plane, but long rotted, and fit only for kindling. How, and when, will all these stories converge? The echoes are increasing.
Part 7 of a multi-part series.
Cast
- Steven Courtney as A Sibyl
Stevencourtneyvo.carrd.co - Gabi King as The One-Eyed Servant
https://x.com/gabikingmusic - Thomas Barker as The General, The Ruler
- Matthew T. Patton as The Spit-Turner
https://whyp.it/users/36577/mtpatton - Jesse D. Hill as The Gardener
defunktknight@gmail.com - Asha Lear as The Usher, The Steward
https://www.castingcall.club/asha_lear - Llamapie124 as A Religious Slave
- Sammi Puffer as A Palace Guard
Sammipuffs.bluesky.social - Robabank2034 as The Voice from the Bell
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Produced and written by Thomas Barker
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The Crawling World. Episode 6: The Best Way Out, Is Always Through
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1300
The group makes its way through the tunnels underneath the mountain, towards the marshes of the Grey Grease. Wes and Lithee are isolated from the main group, and encounter strange phenomena. Garm goes to investigate. Huw, Ra and Asher share a story.
Part 6 of a multi-part series.
Cast
- Andrew Winson as Fork-in-the-Road
https://andrewwinson.com/ - Thomas Barker as Athamas
- Jesse D. Hill as Longarm
defunktknight@gmail.com - Emily Morse-Lee as Wide-Eye
@TheRealGChu.bsky.social - Melissa Carrington as Split-Heel
@melissac-va.bsky.social - Virtue as Hears-Whispers
X: @VirtueVestigial
Produced and written by Thomas Barker
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Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +1300
The pilgrims regroup to assess their situation, given the catastrophe that has befallen them.
Asher begins to assert himself, and faultlines are revealed, but there are moments of bonding too. Will they make for the city and an uncertain future?
Part 5 of a multi-part, weekly series.
Cast
- Andrew Winson as Fork-in-the-Road
https://andrewwinson.com/ - Thomas Barker as Athamas
- Jesse D. Hill as Longarm
defunktknight@gmail.com - Emily Morse-Lee as Wide-Eye
@TheRealGChu.bsky.social - Melissa Carrington as Split-Heel
@melissac-va.bsky.social - Virtue as Hears-Whispers
X: @VirtueVestigial
Produced and written by Thomas Barker
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The Crawling World. Episode 4: Trapped in the Dark
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +1300
We rejoin the pilgrims in the aftermath of an attack by the Child of Iachtanabas. Trapped within the cave they fled to for safety, they set to in order to dig themselves out of trouble, literally. Huw enlists Wes and Lithee to search for the lost sleepers, and Garm entertains (in the loosest possible sense of the word) Ra with an old song.
Part 4 of a multi-part, weekly series.
Cast
- Andrew Winson as Fork-in-the-Road
https://andrewwinson.com/ - Thomas Barker as Athamas
- Jesse D. Hill as Longarm
defunktknight@gmail.com - Emily Morse-Lee as Wide-Eye
@TheRealGChu.bsky.social - Melissa Carrington as Split-Heel
@melissac-va.bsky.social - Virtue as Hears-Whispers
X: @VirtueVestigial
Produced and written by Thomas Barker
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The Crawling World. Episode 3: A Parallel Narrative Unfolds
Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +1300
Our narrative swerves, temporarily, and we find ourselves under a merciless sun, atop shifting sands, in an unknown time and place. Connections to our main story, the sunken realm and its imperilled pilgrims, will become apparent in due course.
Part 3 of a multi-part, weekly series.
Cast
- Matthew T. Patton as The Lead Excavator
https://whyp.it/users/36577/mtpatton - Asha Lear as Digger 1 and 2
https://www.castingcall.club/asha_lear - Sammi Puffer as Assistant
Sammipuffs.bluesky.social - Thomas Barker as Guards 1 and 2
Produced and written by Thomas Barker
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The Crawling World. Episode 2: When the Spawn of Gods Attack, Further Mysteries Revealed
Wed, 25 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +1300
With no time to further understand the strange world he has been thrust into, the erstwhile sleeper and the small group that accompanies him flee for their lives. In the brief moments of respite during their flight, introductions are made.
Part 2 of a multi-part, weekly series.
Cast
- Andrew Winson as Fork-in-the-Road
https://andrewwinson.com/ - Thomas Barker as Athamas
- Jesse D. Hill as Longarm
defunktknight@gmail.com - Emily Morse-Lee as Wide-Eye
@TheRealGChu.bsky.social - Melissa Carrington as Split-Heel
@melissac-va.bsky.social - Virtue as Hears-Whispers
X: @VirtueVestigial
Produced and written by Thomas Barker
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The Crawling World. Episode 1: Eyes Open, Now
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +1300
Behold, The Crawling World. A thickly huddled mass. Dark-hued, folded in on itself a thousand, nay ten thousand times over. From your vantage point beyond the veil, you can dimly make out vast oceans, a tumult of mountains honeycomb-riddled with caves, extending you suppose, down into the fused depths.
Into this world is born Athamas. A sleeper, now awakened into a very dangerous reality indeed.
Part 1 of a multi-part, weekly series.
Cast
Andrew Winson as Fork-in-the-Road
https://andrewwinson.com/
Thomas Barker as Athamas
Produced and written by Thomas Barker
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"Worms of the Earth" by Robert E. Howard | Dark Corners of the Earth
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +1200
Sword and Sorcery clashes with the Cthulhu Mythos in this thrilling tale of the Pictish king Bran Mak Morn, by Robert E. Howard (a contemporary and correspondant of HP Lovecraft and creator of Conan the Barbarian). In order to bring justice to one of his people, the warrior-king enlists an ancient foe.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"The Shambler from the Stars" by Robert Bloch | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +1200
The first in a sequence of three stories (The Shambler from the Stars, The Haunter of the Dark and The Shadow from the Steeple), this gruesome narrative involves a burgeoning writer who, in the desire for occult knowledge, purchases a forbidding book: De Vermis Mysteriis.
This tome has had quite the afterlife in subsequent fiction, appearing in many other stories by Bloch and Lovecraft, as well as (among many others) the opening title card of the 2004 movie Hellboy.
This is my first reading of a Bloch tale, and I can promise you now, there will be many more.
Tibi, magnum Innominandum, signa stellarum nigrarum et bufoniformis Sadoquae sigillum.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce | Hometown Horrors
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +1200
This famous story (regarded by Kurt Vonnegut as the best short story in American literature) describes (in a style that today might be described as Lynchian) a moment in time. A man, condemned, and a dreamlike escape.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"Hell Screen" by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | Monogatari Macabre
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +1200
Narrated by a (somewhat) impartial court observer, this reworking of a much older tale, concerns the obsessive artistry, and terrible downfall of the painter Yoshihide. First published in 1918 in serial form, the author is considered the father of the Japanese short story, and himself met a tragic end.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"The Mezzotint" by M. R. James | Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Sun, 28 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +1200
It was a seemingly ordinary mezzotint*, unremarkable except for the unusually high price, and the half-missing attribution on the back. Until the changes began. For the curator of a university art museum, a most unexpected, and shocking series of events is about to unfold.
This tale first appeared in James's first collection, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, in 1904.
*a type of monochrome print
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"The Haunter of the Dark" by H. P Lovecraft | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos
Sat, 20 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +1200
Robert Blake is a hunted man, only he does not know it yet.
A young writer with an interest in the occult, Mr Blake becomes fascinated by a distant church, the spire of which he can see from his garrett window. A furtive exploration uncovers an ancient artifact, and seals his fate.
The last written of H. P Lovecraft's stories (apart from a few collaborations), and is part of a sequence of three stories, the first and last of which are written by Robert Bloch (upon whom Blake is loosely based). It was first published in 1936.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"Wailing Well" by M. R. James | A Stable for Nightmares
Wed, 03 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +1200
Warning! Tonal whiplash incoming. This delightful (and delightfully creepy) short story by master of the genre Montague Rhodes James is a sort-of Billy Bunter meets the contents of a Breugel the Elder painting. Hopefully that doesn't give too much away.
First published in 1928, this was a joy to record; you can't beat the old English public-school grotesques.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"Pigeons from Hell" by Robert E. Howard | Hometown Horrors
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +1200
An ancient evil festers in the heart of a small community, and though the original perpetrators may be gone, traces of their misdeeds linger on. Also, it's never a good idea to stay the night in a seemingly abandoned mansion, even if you are on holiday.
Written in 1934, "Pigeons from Hell" is one of several regional horror stories by Howard set in the Piney Woods of the ArkLaTex region of the Deep South.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. Part 3 (of 3) | Last Gasp of the Gothic
Fri, 07 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +1200
In our final instalment of this perplexing and perturbing story, (see episode 34 for part two). Things reach a fever pitch at Bly manor with multiple manifestations, disappearances, and a possible breakdown. Of reality, or of sanity? You be the judge.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. Part 2 (of 3) | Last Gasp of the Gothic
Fri, 31 May 2024 12:00:00 +1200
In part two (see episode 33 for part one), tension mounts, apparition encounters increase, and the governess at Bly begins to lose the plot.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. Part 1 (of 3) | Last Gasp of the Gothic
Mon, 27 May 2024 19:00:00 +1200
The ceremony of innocence is drowned in this, most ambiguous ghostly novella from 1898 by renowned Anglo-American writer Henry James.
A governess is given charge of two young children in the countryside manor of Bly, only to find (or does she?), that erstwhile inhabitants of the house, and their influence over the children, may linger.
Lock the door, light a candle, and keep watch; for there may be faces peering in at the window.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"The Thing in the Hall" by E. F. Benson | A Stable for Nightmares
Thu, 16 May 2024 16:00:00 +1200
If you open the doors of perception too far, who knows what might come knocking? An eminent physician is drawn into a dangerous occult scheme by a longtime colleague, with horrific results.
The Thing in the Hall displays the authors characteristically deft style, with a touch of sly humour, in this alarming yarn from 1912.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"The House on the Borderland" by William Hope Hodgson | A Precursor to the Mythos
Thu, 09 May 2024 21:00:00 +1200
A remote house, a decaying journal. Two friends on a holiday in remote Western Ireland uncover a tale of wonders (and terrors), and an unfathomable abyss that will leave them forever changed. This unusual, and poignantly haunting novella from 1908, by one of horror fictions true originals, has been a massive influence on generations of subsequent writers.
Narration and some music by Thomas Barker
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"The Hounds of Tindalos" by Frank Belknap Long | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos
Tue, 07 May 2024 15:00:00 +1200
Upon rediscovering a drug used centuries ago to expand the consciousness of mystics, eccentric author Halpin Chalmers hopes (along with the aid of certain, esoteric mathematical formulae) to utilise it in an experiment. An experiment in TIME TRAVEL. Unbeknownst to him, his inquiry draws the attention of unwelcome entities, from dark dimensions.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"Dagon" by H. P. Lovecraft | The Mythos Stirs
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:00:00 +1200
One of the first stories written by Lovecraft as an adult, the story was inspired in part by a dream he had. "I dreamed that whole hideous crawl, and can yet feel the ooze sucking me down!" he later wrote.
The earliest elements of the Cthulhu Mythos begin to stir in this tale of madness and the churning deeps.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"The House of the Worm" by Mearle Prout
Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +1200
Two friends embark on what was to be an innocent hunting trip, but which soon leads to decay, degredation, and a chilling secret that gnaws at the heart of the world.
This somewhat obscure story, first published in 1933, contains many intriguing parallels and haunting echoes of what was then developing into the Cthulhu mythos, without necessarily being a part of that shared dream-space. A second cousin perhaps, lost, but never entirely forgotten.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"What Was It?" by J. S. Le Fanu
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +1300
Described by M.R James as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories", Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873) created gothic and macabre tales that, more than a century hence, have not lost their power to make the flesh crawl, and those shadows in the corner of the room seem somehow darker.
What Was It? (1896) deals with two friends, a quantity of opium, and a hidden horror.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"The Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +1300
From 1893, this short tale of horror treats, in Bierce's inimitable style, with a sinister creature that is not detectable by mortal means.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
Music and Production by Thomas Barker
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"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P Lovecraft (Part 6 of 6) / The Writhing Mass
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +1300
Tekeli-li.. . .
Tekeli-li ... .
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"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P Lovecraft (Part 5 of 6) / Deeper, Deeper
Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +1300
Signs of life stir in the aeon-dead city. Is something waking up? Or was it never asleep in the first place?
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"Thunder Dreams" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P Lovecraft (Part 4 of 6) / The Old Ones
Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +1300
The history of The Old Ones, their ancient battles, decline and fall, as well as their amorphous servants The Shoggoths, is revealed.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"Shadowlands 3 - Machine" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P Lovecraft (Part 3 of 6) / The Silent City
Mon, 18 Sep 2023 05:00:00 +1200
Dr. Dyer and Danforth begin their descent into the cyclopean ruins. The cryptic murals and alien architecture they uncover begin to reveal troubling secrets about earth's long-distant past.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"This House" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P Lovecraft (Part 2 of 6) / A Terrifying Discovery
Fri, 25 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +1200
Anxious to witness Lake's miraculous findings firsthand (and alarmed at an abrupt radio silence), the rest of the expedition makes out for his Northwestward base. What they uncovered, and subsequent discoveries by Danforth and our narrator - will prove utterly monstrous.
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"Echoes of Time" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P Lovecraft (Part 1 of 6) / The Antarctic Expedition
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +1200
This chilling (in a very literal sense) story details the events of a disastrous expedition to Antarctica in September 1930, and what is found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University.
Let this serve as a warning, to those who would explore and disturb this world's most remote and inhospitable regions...
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"Ice Demon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"The Shunned House" by H.P Lovecraft / Dark Corners of the Earth
Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +1200
Something is not right with the Mansion House in Benefit Street. For more than a century it has stood, casting a pall over those who have lived there. It harbours too many deaths, an unwholsome, dirt floor cellar, and an ancient evil from a far-off land.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
Music and Production by Thomas Barker
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Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +1200
The King in Yellow, published 1895
Rise and tremble before the pallid mask! Tonight's episode takes us back into the 19th Century (by way of the then-future of 1920) for a tale of mystery and madness from the enormously influential The King in Yellow. The Repairer of Reputations stars one Hildred Castaigne, heir to a mighty lineage. Are his grand imaginings to be believed? You decide...
Narrated by Thomas Barker
Constance voiced by Annie Hyer
Music and Production by Thomas Barker
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"The Colour out of Space" by H.P Lovecraft / A classic of cosmic horror
Mon, 03 Jul 2023 23:00:00 +1200
A personal favourite of the author, The Colour out of Space is a shivery, self-contained sci-fi/horror set (where else?) in the hills west of the town of Arkham, Massachusetts. Written in 1927, in this tale you will encounter eerie lights in the sky, a meteorite that is not of this world, hideous mutation and creeping insanity.
Narrated by Thomas Barker
Production by Thomas Barker
"Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Gathering Darkness" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Awkward Meeting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"The Dunwich Horror" Part 2 by H.P Lovecraft / A tale of the Cthulhu Mythos
Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:00:00 +1200
The conclusion of The Dunwich Horror, a tale of monstrous birth and ancient magic set in the decaying backwoods of Massechusetts - a core story of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Ia Yog-Sothoth!
Narrated by Thomas Barker
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"Shadowlands 1 - Horizon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Metaphysik" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"The Dunwich Horror" Part 1 by H.P Lovecraft / A tale of the Cthulhu Mythos
Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +1200
Written in 1928, The Dunwich Horror, a tale of monstrous birth and ancient magic set in the decaying backwoods of Massechusetts, is a core story of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Ia Yog-Sothoth!
Narrated by Thomas Barker
Original Music and Production by Thomas Barker
"Shadowlands 5 - Antechamber" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Shadowlands 4 - Breath" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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