The HorrorBabble Originals Podcast

"Rainman; or, He of the Dread Lake" by Ian Gordon (2024 Recording)

In "Rainman", a police officer investigates the mysterious death of a youngster in the fictional Scottish town of Wren. From Ian's 2018 collection, TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW OF FEAR: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L6M48NL

"The Pit" by Ian Gordon (2024 Recording)

"The Pit" is loosely based on the Pretoria Pit disaster, which occurred in my hometown of Westhoughton in 1910. Years later, my grandad worked in the mines, and related many disturbing tales back in the day. This story explores aspects of some of those tales. From Ian's 2018 collection, TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW OF FEAR: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L6M48NL

"An Appetite for Steam" by Ian Gordon / Van Melsen, Case #11

"An Appetite for Steam" is a Peter Van Melsen story by Ian Gordon. In the story, our intrepid P. I. finds himself up against a novel threat aboard a North Yorkshire steam train.

"The Man Who Made Faces" by C. P. Howard

From our ARTIFACTS OF HORROR: VOLUME 2 series, 2024.

Previously unpublished, "The Man Who Made Faces" tells the curious tale of a man haunted by a past mistake.

"The Puppeteer of Prague" by Paul Draper

"The Puppeteer of Prague" is a short story by the British author, Paul Draper. The story appeared in Draper's 2020 collection, Black Gate Tales. In the author's own words: "On the eve of the Sudetenland annexation, a depressed Czech bureaucrat uncovers the rumour of a murderous mannequin dispatching traitors in the city."

CROSSED WIRES / A Strange Radio Broadcast from 1978

In the latest episode of THE UNTOLD MYSTERIES PODCAST, the show's host, Dan Rogers, shares the strange story of a 1978 radio broadcast, concerning a series of calls the station received from a man who claimed to be under the watchful eye of a mysterious sea creature.

Performers:

Erik Peabody as "Dan Rogers"

Ian Gordon as "John Price"

Tony Walker as "Phillip Pritchard"

”The Translucents” by Ian Gordon / Van Melsen, Case #10

"The Translucents" is a Peter Van Melsen story by Ian Gordon. In the story, the P. I. visits the coastal town of Southport, in order to investigate the alleged presence of doppelgangers in a vast antiques centre.

"Porcelain Blood" by Tamlan Dipper

"Porcelain Blood" is a 2024 Cthulhu Mythos story by the British writer, Tamlan Dipper. The tale, which takes place in China in 1928, tells of a British Shanghai Municipal Police constable, who finds himself drawn into a strange investigation, involving of a room with no doors, a theft with no object, and a criminal who has committed no legislated crime.

"The Lighthouse" by Aaron Vlek

"The Lighthouse" is a 2023 Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Aaron Vlek. As summarised by the author: "A psychotherapist with a specialty in Dream Swimming sets out to discover if any of the troubling rumors about the old lighthouse, hastily repurposed as a psychiatric facility/research center, are true."

"Prunes" by C. P. Howard

From our HORROR AT THE POLES series, 2023.

"The water between the lighthouse and the island started to freeze, and the lone watchman looked on in horror.”