People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird Fiction
People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos is a long-running podcast exploring cosmic horror, weird fiction, and the strange worlds inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries. Hosted by DB Spitzer with co-hosts Farmer Dave and Aunt Gore, the show dives into myth, monsters, movies, and the legacy of the Mythos with humor and insight. Join us for our audiobook episodes. Episodes drop weekly.
Episodes

3 hours ago
The Salem Horror by Henry Kuttner
3 hours ago
3 hours ago
The spirit of dark priestess Abigail Prinn, executed during the Salem Witch Trials, is awakened when a man moves into her old home and uncovers her secret "Witch Room" hidden beneath. In order to wreak her vengeance on the descendants of the townsfolk responsible for her death, Abigail attempts to summon forth a dark evil in the form of the Great Old One known as Nyogtha, using the Witch Room, but is ultimately thwarted by the intervention of occultist Michael Leigh.
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2 days ago
The Red Hand by Arthur Machen
2 days ago
2 days ago
"The Red Hand" (1895): short detective/horror story featuring the main characters from The Three Impostors. It focuses on a murder performed with an ancient stone axe. Written by Welsh writer Arthur Machen.
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3 days ago
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen.
3 days ago
3 days ago
The Great God Pan is an 1894 horror and fantasy novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen.
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6 days ago
The Colour Out of Space/Pearl(2022)
6 days ago
6 days ago
"The Colour Out of Space" is a science fiction/horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in March 1927.
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7 days ago

Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
The Shadow Kingdom & The Mirrors of Tuzun Thume by Robert E Howard
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Before Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard created Kull the Conqueror, revealed later by Howard to be an ancestor of Conan. Kull, like Conan is a vicious and bloodthirsty barbarian but in some ways is a more contemplative and thoughtful character. In these, the first two Kull stories Howard published, we find Kull dealing with a conspiracy to murder him by a race of shapeshifting lizard people in "The Shadow Kingdom" and we see Kull contemplating his place in the world and even his own reality as he becomes ensnared in the wicked plot of a magician in "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thume".
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Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Oscar Schisgall's Death Pit
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Oscar Schisgallon's Death Pit from the November 1923 Weird Tales.
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Monday Jan 19, 2026
The White People by Arthur Machen
Monday Jan 19, 2026
Monday Jan 19, 2026
"The White People" is a classic, influential horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen, first published in 1904, presented as a young girl's diary detailing her secret initiation into a world of folklore, magic, and otherworldly beings, guided by her nurse, culminating in an abrupt, unsettling ending that suggests a profound, supernatural transformation.
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Thursday Jan 15, 2026
The Terror by Arthur Machen part 4
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order.
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Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
The Terror by Arthur Machen part 3
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order.
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Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
The Terror by Arthur machen part 2
Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order.
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Monday Jan 12, 2026
The Terror by Arthur Machen part 1
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Monday Jan 12, 2026
The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order.
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