A Merry All Hallow’s Eve to Ye All! There will be a regular episode this Friday, but I can’t resist the opportunity to release an episode on the day of Halloween. Mynaa and I discuss a Persian novel concerning Nietzschean existential horror! Sadegh Hedayat grew up in the Iran of the Shah, and was influenced by western writers such as Kafka & Hesse. The urban ... Show More
Yesterday
132: Daemonic, part 3 - Stefan Zweig & Nietzsche's Struggle with the Daemon
In the conclusion to the daemonic series, we're looking at Stefan Zweig's Struggle with the Daemon - specifically, the section on Nietzsche. Particularly helpful for our analysis will be Zweig's comparison and contrast of Nietzsche with Goethe: both men contain the daemoniacal dr ... Show More
1h 28m
Jan 27
131: Daemonic, part 2 - Herder's Substantial Forces & Goethe's Flame of Genius
In the second part of this series, we'll examine how it is that Goethe came to his conception of the Daemonic, involved as it is with Spinoza's pantheism. Goethe's introduction to Spinoza was largely through Herder, and his friendship with Herder he described as one of the most i ... Show More
1h 28m
Jan 20
130: Daemonic, part 1 - Ancient Spirits & The Pantheism Controversy
Part one of three. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe often spoke of a dangerous but invigorating life-force that he christened "the daemonic". In his conversations with Eckermann, and in his autobiography Dichtung und Wahrheit, he describes the daemonic by direct reference to Spinoza, a ... Show More
1h 19m
Jan 2025
Pit and Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)
Uncover the chilling terror of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale, The Pit and the Pendulum. This dark and gripping story follows the harrowing journey of a prisoner sentenced to endure unimaginable torment. Dive into this Gothic masterpiece and explore themes of fear, survival, and ... Show More
22m 26s
Mar 2025
CLASSIC STDWYTK, Live: Real-life Covens
True story: Ben, Matt and Noel know 'witches.' We’re all familiar with the spooky, stereotypical witch depicted in film, fiction and folklore – a creepy crone with a pointy hat, riding a broom through the sky and cackling at the moon, often accompanied by her animal sidekick. But ... Show More
38m 38s
Nov 2024
Paul Reads H.P. Lovecraft Part 3
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In this third and final installment, Paul reads aloud the eerie saga of The Colour Out of Space, one of his favorite stories from the master of cosmic horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
So far in our reading, we felt the creeping dread as the Gardner farm transformed under the influ ... Show More
52m 15s
Nov 2024
S5 Ep195: Episode 195: Really Weird Horror Stories
<div>Our opening tale of the macabre is ‘It Breathes, It Bleeds, It Breeds'' an original story by EmpyrealInvective: <br>
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3h 9m
May 2025
HP Lovecraft Was A Super Weird Dude, Part One: Childhood Tragedy
Love him or hate him, there's no denying that Howard Phillips Lovecraft fundamentally altered the course of horror and speculative fiction. So how did he become one of the most influential authors in all of horror history? In the first part of this special two-part episode, Ben a ... Show More
52m 59s
Sep 2025
Inside the Mind of Jack the Ripper: A Psychological Analysis
Enter the fog-laden streets of Victorian London, where shadows stretched long and fear lingered at every turn. London’s Darkest Night: The Jack the Ripper Murders immerses you in one of history’s most terrifying unsolved crimes. With gripping storytelling, meticulous research, an ... Show More
11m 4s