Nightshade Diary

Nightshade Diary

Podcasts of classic ghost and adventure stories, set in lonely churchyards or empty mansions, all in the tradition of classic authors such as M. R. James, H.P. Lovecraft and the most popular sci-fi pulp fiction writers. Narrated by M.P. Pellicer Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

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June 29, 2025 51 mins
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"The House of the Nightmare" is a short story by Edward Lucas White, originally published in 1906. The narrative follows a man who, after crashing his car, seeks shelter in a peculiar house for the night. The story is known for its eerie atmosphere. Edward Lucas White (1866-1934) was an American writer and poet, best remembered for his fantasy horror stories inspired by his nightmares. He authored several historical novels...
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Three stories from Elliott O'Donnell's Casebook of Ghosts. True stories from the files of one of the world's greatest ghost hunters.
Stories:
  • From the Cellar It Came,
  • The Hindu Child,
  • The Red Fingers
Host - M.P. Pellicer
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Two exotic strangers capture the admiration and curiosity of New York elites, each for their own reason. One is a brilliant conductor with a tail, and the other a beautiful member of a foreign royal family. But jealousy is not called the green-eyed monster for no reason.

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First published in 1934, the story tells the tale of a scientist who conducts an experiment that brings dragons back to the modern world, leading to the destruction of humanity. Written by Guy Endore, who is best known for his novel "The Werewolf of Paris" (1933).

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A Most Unusual Murder by Robert Bloch
This is a short story by Robert Bloch written in 1961. The story combines elements of Jack the Ripper with time travel, featuring a mysterious antique shop that serves as a gateway to different periods where the Ripper's presence can be felt.

The Haunted Chair by Stephen F. Wilcox
What could keep a ghost tied to its favorite chair, familiarity or something nefarious?

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May 27, 2025 30 mins
In order to lay a ghost, sometimes it comes down to asking the right questions.

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Needle in the Heart by Richard Matheson 
Therese and Millicent have a difficult relationship, and one of them finds only one solution for the dilemma.


The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone by Ray Bradbury
The story revolves around the eventual fate of a successful author named Dudley Stone, and the reason he stopped writing at the height of his fame. A long time fan sets out to find the truth.

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STORIES:
  • The Chadwick Pit by Carl Jacobi
  • The Return of Andrew Bailey by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer (a short story included in their collection Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People.
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STORIES:
  • The Rider on the Pale Horse by Helen Eustis
  • Slaughter House by Richard Matheson
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They Bite and Mr. Lipescu, both written by Anthony Boucher, a prolific writer of mystery novels, short stories, science fiction and radio dramas. His story Nine Times Nine was voted the best locked room master of all time. Boucher founded the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and edited it from 1949 to 1958. He was a friend and mentor of Philip K. Dick. His first story was published in 1927 in Weird Tales when he was 15. It w...
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STORIES:
  • Gibbler's Ghost by William F. Nolan
  • Victoria by Ogden Nash
  • Ghost of Buckstown Inn by Arnold M. Anderson
  • We Are The Dead by Henry Kuttner
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"The Lost, Strayed, Stolen" is a short story by M.F.K. Fisher. The story follows an American visiting an old friend in Britain and encounters spirits living with them. Fisher's tale is known for its subtle and chilling narrative.

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STORIES:
  • The Upturned Face by Stephen Crane
  • Florinda by Shamus Frazer
  • Dead Men's Bones by Edith Olivier

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STORIES:
  • Lesandro's Familiar by August Derleth
  • Cry Witch! by Fritz Leiber
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  • Wolsey Abbey, near Gloucester    
  • No. XYZ Euston Road, London    
  • Panmaur Hollow, Merioneth


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March 28, 2025 41 mins
Tales of the supernatural have been around as long as people have been telling stories and it's at the heart of why ghost stories continue to fascinate, scare and entertain people, especially the old-fashioned ones.

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The Cairn on the Headland is a short story by Robert E. Howard, first published in the January 1933 issue of Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror. The tale follows two American academics, James O’Brien and Ortali, who visit Grimmin’s Cairn, a centuries-old monument at Clontarf, near Dublin, Ireland. The cairn was raised at the time of King Brian Boru’s defeat of the pagan Viking invaders in 1014 AD. As O’Brien and Ortali explore the...
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“The most beautiful crime I ever committed,” Flambeau would say in his highly moral old age, “was also, by a singular coincidence, my last. It was committed at Christmas. As an artist I had always attempted to provide crimes suitable to the special season or landscapes in which I found myself, choosing this or that terrace or garden for a catastrophe, as if for a statuary group." So opens a story of Father Brown and the thief Flamb...
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The story was published in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, January 1933. The narrative follows Canevin and Lord Carruth as they take an unusual short hop in the title vehicle, the Napier Limousine, to help avert a tragedy.

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STORIES:
  • Dead Men Talk by Ernest C. Amaral
  • Death's Old Sweet Song by George William Rae
  • The Debt Collector by Maurice Level
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