Welcome to the the Great Library of Dreams Podcast, where we present readings of classic tales of the weird and the wonderful! Here you will find stories of the magical, the mysterious, the marvelous, and the macabre!
Latest episodes
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39 min
183 - The Sundial by RH Malden
In this show we have another tale taking place in the month of October, and its grand finale takes place on Hallowe'en itself - The Sundial - a ghost story in the tradition of MR J…
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54 min
182 - Celui-Là by Eleanor Scott
October in a wonderful time for a little break in the countryside somewhere, however the unfortunate Mr Maddox discover something very old and highly unsettling in a village in Bri…
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34 min
181 - Mrs Ormerod by WF Harvey
In this autumnal tale from WF Harvey, a visit to stay with at a remote country house with friends takes a sinister turn thanks to the formidable housekeeper Mrs Ormerod...
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38 min
180 - Gavons Eve by EF Benson
In this show we have an autumnal ghost story from Mr EF Benson. This tale of old witchcraft and folk horrors centres around a mysterious disappearance, a Pictish ruin, and a local…
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25 min
179 - End of Summer Update
A little fireside chat to update you on everything going on behind the curtain and how I am doing with my on-going cancer treatment.
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30 min
178 - Punch and Judy by Frederick Cowles
In the last of our summer themed tales, we take a trip to the coast and sample a traditional British seaside entertainment, a Punch and Judy show. However the Professor performing…
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41 min
177 - The First Sheaf by HR Wakefield
August is the traditional month in which the harvests are gathered in, and there are many quaint customs celebrating this important event to the agricultural year. But some are old…
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49 min
176 - The Sand-walker by Fergus Hume
In the summer there is nothing like a visit to the seaside. But in this tale, we visit a sleepy coastal town in the North of England, where the locals avoid the beach after dark...
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24 min
175 - The Hand by Guy de Maupassant
From the French master of short fiction, Guy de Maupassant, a tale of terror concerning a very gruesome memento - a mummified human hand!
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28 min
174 - The Dabblers by WF Harvey
In this show we have a tale from W. F. Harvey. A story set in a rainy June at an old boarding school that is home to an ancient mysterious custom carried out once a year by a secre…
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43 min
173 - The Haunted Dolls House by MR James
To bring a chill to your summer nights, a classic ghost story from the great M. R. James, the tale of a most unusual antique dolls' house and what occurs when the clock strikes one…
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46 min
172 - An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House by Sheridan Lefanu
Continuing our haunted house season, we have a tale from Sheridan Lefanu, regarded by MR James as the greatest writer of all ghost stories. And in this little chiller from 1862, Le…
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58 min
171 - The Judges House by Bram Stoker
As well as creating Dracula, Bram Stoker wrote some fantastic macabre tales and one of the most sinister is the story of The Judge's House...
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37 min
170 - The House with the Brick Kiln by EF Benson
In this classic tale from EF Benson, we discover why a particular old manor house surrounded by beautiful countryside is so very cheap to rent for the summer... I have reviewed the…
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33 min
169 - The House on the Marsh by Frederick Cowles
In this episode, we have another ghostly tale from Mr Frederick Cowles, a story of a young who inherits an old manor house from a distant uncle... But there are further unexpected…
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59 min
168 - A Warning to the Curious by MR James
While we often associate the works of MR James with the Yuletide season, one of his most celebrated tales takes place in the spring at Easter, a story of an ill fated hunt for the…
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42 min
167 - The Shambler from the Stars by Robert Bloch
Continuing our series of tales featuring the eldritch tomes of the Cthulhu Mythos, we have a story from Robert Bloch which details the dreaded De Vermis Mysteriis by Ludvig von Pri…
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59 min
166 - The Black Stone by Robert E Howard
We continue our series on stories about the forbidden tomes of the Cthulhu Mythos with a tale from Robert E Howard - The Black Stone which details ancient horrors lurking in the re…
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38 min
165 - Ubbo-Sathla by Clark Ashton Smith
After learning about The Necronomicon in The Hound in our last show, we now have a tale from Clark Ashton Smith which introduces us to another infamous tome from the Cthulhu Mythos…
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36 min
164 - The Hound by HP Lovecraft
A reading of an early classic from HP Lovecraft, a gothic tale of graverobbing and ghoulish decadence that features the very first appearance of the dread Necronomicon, written by…