The HorrorBabble Podcast

"There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard" is a short story by British author, M. R. James. The tale tells of a man whose wandering gaze often falls upon the nightly funerals that take place next to his ...

5 Dec 202110min

"The Opener of the Way" is a work of horror fiction by American writer, Robert Bloch. Originally published in the October 1936 edition of Weird Tales, the magazine described the story as, "A tremendou...

2 Dec 202145min

"Dig Me No Grave" is a horror story by American author, Robert E. Howard. The tale was first published in Weird Tales in February 1937. It is sometimes known by the title, "John Grimlan's Debt". Lear...

30 Nov 202134min

"The Black Cat" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, ofte...

28 Nov 202128min

"The Riddle" was written by Walter de la Mare, and was included in his Collected Stories for Children (1947). The story tells of seven children who go to live with their grandmother. They are free to ...

25 Nov 202117min

"Night Must Not Come" is a short story by Allison V. Harding. It was first published in Weird Tales in September 1943, and was given the following description: “Ever since the birth of time, fires hav...

23 Nov 202131min

"Table for Two" is a short story by Arthur Leo Zagat. First appearing in Weird Tales in its January 1941 edition, the story was described as follows: “Thought you heard something? Don’t be silly. It w...

21 Nov 202111min

"The Ghost-Writer" first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1940, and tells of an ambitious weird fiction writer, whose insatiable desire for success leads to his doom. Learn more about your ad choices. ...

18 Nov 202145min