Podcast
Bygone Tales
Hosted by Shawn Lane · EN
Podcast dedicated to weird as well as ghost, macabre, and detective fiction from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century
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Bygone Tales Ep 28 Was It Ever Safe To Go Into The Water
Aug 29, 201800:51:16Tap to summarizeBygone Tales Episode 28Featuring:"Demons of the Sea" by William Hope Hodgson"The Sea Raiders" by H.G. Wells Episode 28 Was It Ever Safe To Go Into The Water Shawn Lane Download The Alecton attempts to capture a giant squid off Tenerife in 1861. Illustration from Henry Lee's Sea Monsters Unmasked, London, 1884.
Transcribe →Bygone Tales Ep 27 Carnacki
Aug 13, 201800:58:20Tap to summarizeBygone Tales Episode 27 Featuring:"The Gateway of the Monster" by William Hope Hodgson Episode 27 Carnacki Shawn Lane Download Illustration from an early publication of "The Gateway of the Monster" by William Hope Hodgson, no other info available
Transcribe →Bygone Tales Ep 26 Howard And Ambrose Together Again
Jul 16, 201800:31:45Tap to summarizeBygone Tales Episode 26Featuring:"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce"Polaris" by H.P. LovecraftEPISODE SPONSORShelf Life Books and Games Episode 26 Howard And Ambrose Together Again Shawn Lane Download "Rocky Landscape with Ruins, Forming the Profile of a Man's Face", circa 1650, Herman Saftleven, drawing brown ink and black chalk on grey paper, Centraal Museum
Transcribe →Bygone Tales Ep 25 Pigeons From Hell
Jul 2, 201801:17:50Tap to summarizeBygone Tales Episode 25Featuring:"Pigeons from Hell" by Robert E. HowardEPISODE SPONSORShelf Life Books and Games Episode 25 Pigeons from Hell Shawn Lane Download Cover of the pulp magazine Weird Tales (May 1938, vol. 31, no. 5) featuring Thunder in the Dawn (an Elak novella) by Henry Kuttner. Cover art by Margaret Brundage.
Transcribe →Bygone Tales Ep 24 Masters Of The Medium
Jun 18, 201801:12:44Tap to summarizeBygone Tales Episode 24Featuring:"The Furnished Room" by O' Henry"The Curious Dream" by Mark Twain"The Hand" Guy de MaupassantEPISODE SPONSORShelf Life Books and Games Episode 24 Masters of the Medium Shwn Lane Download "Fleeing Skeleton", Wladyslaw Podkowinski, 1892, Charcoal and Gouache on paper, National Museum in Warsaw
Transcribe →Bygone Tales Ep 23 Satan's Bondage: A Werewolf Western
May 21, 201801:11:00Tap to summarizeBygone Tales Episode 23Featuring:"Satan's Bondage: A Werewolf Western" by Manly BanisterEPISODE SPONSOR:Shelf Life Books and Games Episode 23 Satan's Bondage Shawn Lane Download Cover of the pulp magazine Weird Tales (September 1942, vol. 36, no. 7) featuring Satan's Bondage ("a werewolf western") by Manly Banister. Cover art by A. R. Tilburn.
Transcribe →Bygone Tales Ep 22 I Have To Push The Pram A Lot
May 7, 201800:53:23Tap to summarizeBygone Tales Episode 22Featuring:"The Challenge From Beyond" by C.L. Moore, A. Merritt, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Frank Belknap Long EPISODE SPONSORShelf Life Books and Games Episode 22 I Have To Push The Pram A Lot Shawn Lane Download Cover of "Fantasy Magazine" featuring "The Challenge From Beyond" by Moore, Merritt, Lovecraft, Howard, and Long, September 1935
Transcribe →Bygone Tales Ep 21 In The Walls Of Eryx
Apr 23, 201800:49:30Tap to summarizeBygone Tales Episode 21Featuring:"In The Walls Of Eryx" by H.P. Lovecraft and Kenneth SterlingEPISODE SPONSOR:Shelf Life Books and Games Episode 21 In The Walls Of Eryx Shawn Lane Download Cover of the pulp magazine Weird Tales (October 1939, vol. 34, no. 4) featuring In the Walls of Eryx by Kenneth Sterling and H. P. Lovecraft. Cover art by Harold S. Delay. Published by Weird Tales, Inc.
Transcribe →Bygone Tales Ep 20 Lions And Tigers And Cryptids Oh My(Minus The Lions And Tigers)
Apr 9, 201801:03:35Tap to summarizeBygone Tales Episode 20Featuring:"The Horror-Horn" by E.F. Benson"A Tropical Horror" by William Hope HodgsonEPISODE SPONSORShelf Life Books and Games Episode 20 Lions And Tiger And Cryptids Oh My(Minus The Lions And Tigers) Shawn Lane Download Alleged yeti footprints at the Himalayas found by Frank Smythe in 1937. Photograph was printed in Popular Science, 1952. The footprints were alleged to be from a yeti but were examined by experts and found indisputably to be bear's. Smythe accepted this conclusion. For his comments on the photograph see his articles: F. S. Smythe. (1937). Abominable Snowmen—Pursuit in the Himalayas—A Mystery Explained. Times (London), November 10. F. S. Smythe. (1937). The Abominable Snowmen. Times (London), November 16.
Transcribe →Bygone Tales Ep 19 Here A Poe, There A Poe, Everywhere A Poe Poe
Mar 26, 201800:43:25Tap to summarizeBygone Tales Episode 19Featuring Three Stories by Edgar Allen Poe"The Oval Portrait""The Sphinx""The Masque of the Red Death"EPISODE SPONSORShelf Life Books And Games Episode 19 Here A Poe, There A Poe, Everywhere A Poe Poe Shawn Lane Download "The dagger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet". From Tales of Mystery and Imagination ... Illustrated by Harry Clarke, by Edgar Allan Poe. London : G. G. Harrap & Co., 1919. (British Library item 12703.i.43). Illustrating The Masque of the Red Death.
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