Are you really insisting on bringing that bushel of bananas with you, even though you know we are going to be exploring the origins of the killer ape?  It just seems like a bad idea, that’s all.  This time it’s Edgar Allan Poe’s tale The Murders in the Rue Morgue.   A full episode list […]

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14 – The Killer Ape

Are you really insisting on bringing that bushel of bananas with you, even though you know we are going to be exploring the origins of the killer ape?  It just seems like a bad idea, that’s all.  This time it’s Edgar Allan Poe’s tale The Murders in the Rue Morgue.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC license. Links referred to in this episode: The Sierra Rose Cider I was drinking – https://www.cascadecellars.com/sierra-rose-ciders  

Aim for the head, aim for the head!  Henry S. Whitehead’s tale Jumbee is the focus of this month’s episode as we explore the origins of the zombie.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC […]

13 – The Zombie

Aim for the head, aim for the head!  Henry S. Whitehead’s tale Jumbee is the focus of this month’s episode as we explore the origins of the zombie.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC license. Links referred to in this episode: The Wildside Press version I read can be found here – http://bit.ly/pulp-jumbee WorldCat Record – http://bit.ly/library-jumbee  

Better grab your unlicensed particle accelerator because we’re about to go ghost busting with William Hodgeson’s Gateway of the Monster.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC license. Links referred to in this episode: Read […]

12 – Science vs The Occult

Better grab your unlicensed particle accelerator because we’re about to go ghost busting with William Hodgeson’s Gateway of the Monster.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC license. Links referred to in this episode: Read this story online here – http://bit.ly/theghostfinder Read a physical copy – https://amzn.to/2RyAzJI  

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Take cover from the nightly sandstorm as we take a look at H.P. Lovecraft’s The Nameless City, and the origins of the Cthulhu mythos.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC license. Links referred to […]

11 – The Cthulhu Mythos

Take cover from the nightly sandstorm as we take a look at H.P. Lovecraft’s The Nameless City, and the origins of the Cthulhu mythos.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC license. Links referred to in this episode: Read this story here – https://bit.ly/1qDsWsq The Colossi of Memnon – https://bit.ly/2roPFkW The discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb – https://bit.ly/2I8spP9

Boot up that positron brain and juice up your servos because in this episode of Horrorigins we are going to be taking a look at Rossum’s Universal Robots and the origin of the killer robot.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, […]

10 – Killer Robots

Boot up that positron brain and juice up your servos because in this episode of Horrorigins we are going to be taking a look at Rossum’s Universal Robots and the origin of the killer robot.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC license. Background music in this episode is “Pulsar” by Nicolai Heidlas Music, and used under the CC Attribution 4.0 International license. Links referred to in this episode: R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) – Full text – https://bit.ly/2JQO9Rd

Gear up friends, we are about to head into the dangerous fen that is Theodore Sturgeon’s “It!“, the first story to have evil animated vegetation in the form of man.  Can it be stopped?  Let’s find out.  A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in today’s episode […]

09 – The Swamp Monster

Gear up friends, we are about to head into the dangerous fen that is Theodore Sturgeon’s “It!“, the first story to have evil animated vegetation in the form of man.  Can it be stopped?  Let’s find out.  A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in today’s episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC license. Links referred to in this episode: It! – Full text – http://bit.ly/2HOCu3j

Have you ever wondered just what sorts of horrors lie just beyond the little windows of the subway train?  Well you’re about to find out because in this episode we are going to be taking a look at Robert Barbour Johnson’s short story from Weird Tales entitled Far Below.  A full episode list and other […]

08 – Creatures in the New York Subway

Have you ever wondered what the first occult detective story was? Or how about the first story about an invisible monster? Or killer clown? Well you’re in the right place because in this podcast we will explore the firsts in horror literature. In each episode we’ll take a look at the authors that first dreamed up the concept, the context of the world that the idea was born into, as well as the stories and legacy those ideas have spurred since their inception.

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