People's Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos

A podcast about cosmic horror, weird fiction, folklore, monster movies, and strange stories.

Episode 300: Series 2 Recap

300: Series 2 Recap A recap of what is going on in the Cthulhu Mythos timeline. 15,000,000,000-1,000,000,000 years ago. We are sponsored by Audible. FREE audiobook and a 30 day trial at audibletrial.com/pgttcm I recommend their Lovecraft and horror collections. Happy International Women’s Day everyone! Picture eBook Tshirt
Cannibalistic Rural Folk re-edit

206: Cannibalistic Rural Folk(re-edit) This episode needed a re-edit superbad. I removed as much unnecessary stuff as possible. Special thanks to Asst. Prof. Carter Soles of films at SUNY. Listen to the HP Podcraft podcast discuss the story in Episode #17. And listen to TPitH read by Andrew Leeman. Mac and Me clip The Statement…
Re Edits

If there is one thing people have complained to me about, it is the ums, ahs and pauses in my podcast. I edited a bunch out an made the older episode more listenable. Let me know if you like it… -DBS 204: Necrophagy(Night of the Living Dead re-edit) 2 This is not a new…
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Episode 212: Hills

Episode 212: Hills February 24, 2016 We talk about Chaugnar Faughn, and his friends, then we talk about a video game that came out in1999. This episode is brought to you by www.audibletrial.com/PGttCM , check it out and get 30 day free trial for free.
Episode 211s: Frank Belknap Long

Episode 211s: Frank Belknap Long February 16, 2016 Frank Belknap Long (April 27, 1901 – January 3, 1994) was a prolific American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction.[1] Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known for his horror and science fiction short stories, including early contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos. During his life, Long…
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Next Episode, Last Episode

Last Episode of Series 2, and what a series it’s been so far. Thanks for listening. And make sure you listen to next episode when we cover FBL’s GOO from Horror from the Hills, then we’ll talk about the 1999 classic video game Silent Hill.
Future Plans(Series 3)

(Series 3) As we approach the ides of February(and my Birthday) we reach the end of series 2. We will continue where we were in series 2, the last episode will be about a ‘Horror from the Hills’ and something to do with elephants and/or hills. Changes: More structure less rambling, better editing. No weird audio that’s…
Episode 211: Worms

In 1935, the editor of Fantasy Magazine asked five prominent science fiction writers and five prominent fantasy writers to write two “round-robin” stories, both called The Challenge From Beyond. The authors of the fantasy version were C.L. Moore, A. Merritt, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long. We read this one, it has Worms in more way than one. We then talk of…