People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Horror Stories, Weird Fiction, and Film Reviews
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.
Podcast Description
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

Jun 4, 2026
Jun 4, 2026
37 min
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]
Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88
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Name
Author
Description
65
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
A gothic tale of a decaying family, a decaying mansion, illness, obsession, and a terrible burial mistake.
66
What Was It?
Fitz-James O'Brien
A strange invisible creature is discovered in a boarding house, turning supernatural terror into a problem of observation, capture, and proof.
67
The Upper Berth
Francis Marion Crawford
A passenger aboard a ship investigates a cursed cabin where something horrifying appears from the sea.
68
The Death of Halpin Frayser
Ambrose Bierce
A nightmarish tale of murder, memory, and supernatural revenge, centered on a man lost between dream, guilt, and death.
69
The Mark of the Beast
Rudyard Kipling
A colonial horror story in which a drunken insult to a sacred image brings a hideous curse.
70
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star'
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
An Arctic ghost story about a doomed captain, an obsessed expedition, and something haunting the frozen wastes.
71
The Yellow Sign
Robert W. Chambers
An artist and his model become drawn into a decadent supernatural mystery involving a sinister symbol and the King in Yellow.
72
Xelucha
M. P. Shiel
A lush, strange, morbid tale of obsession, death, and uncanny beauty, written in Shiel’s dense decadent style.
73
The Red Room
H. G. Wells
A skeptical man spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers terror without needing a visible ghost.
74
The Shadows on the Wall
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
A domestic ghost story where grief, suspicion, and a strange shadow reveal something dreadful within a family home.
75
The Harbor-Master
Robert W. Chambers
A weird tale of coastal mystery, pursuit, and monstrous transformation, mixing adventure with uncanny horror.
76
The White People, Pt 1
Arthur Machen
The opening of Machen’s occult horror story, framing forbidden knowledge, childhood innocence, and hidden pagan mysteries.
77
The White People, Pt 2
Arthur Machen
The central portion of the story, presenting a young girl’s secret diary of strange rites, hidden places, and uncanny encounters.
78
The White People, Pt 3
Arthur Machen
The conclusion of the tale, where the innocent-seeming account becomes something much darker and more spiritually dangerous.
79
Lost Hearts
M. R. James
A young orphan comes to live with an elderly relative and uncovers a cold, scholarly evil involving missing children.
80
The Willows, Pt 1
Algernon Blackwood
The beginning of a cosmic nature-horror story about two travelers canoeing down the Danube into a remote and hostile landscape.
81
The Willows, Pt 2
Algernon Blackwood
The travelers become increasingly aware that the landscape around them may be alive, watching, and spiritually alien.
82
The Willows, Pt 3
Algernon Blackwood
The pressure of the place grows unbearable as natural details become signs of a vast, inhuman presence.
83
The Willows, Pt 4
Algernon Blackwood
The conclusion reveals the full terror of the willows: not a simple haunting, but contact with forces beyond human scale.
84
The Hashish Man/The Unhappy Body
Lord Dunsany
Two short Dunsany pieces: one dreamlike and visionary, the other a strange fable about the body, identity, and dissatisfaction.
85
Fishhead
Irvin S. Cobb
A grotesque backwoods horror story about an outcast man with fishlike features and a reputation for uncanny violence.
86
The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil
Clark Ashton Smith
A visionary prose-poem of cosmic horror, decadent imagery, and apocalyptic evil unfolding through drug-induced revelation.
87
Seaton's Aunt, Pt 1
Walter de la Mare
The first half of a quiet psychological ghost story about a boy’s unsettling visit to his friend’s house and his terrifying aunt.
88
Seaton's Aunt, Pt 2
Walter de la Mare
The second half deepens the dread around Seaton’s aunt, leaving the horror ambiguous, oppressive, and emotionally cruel.

Jun 3, 2026
The Upper Berth by Francis Marion Crawford
Jun 3, 2026
Jun 3, 2026
48 min
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]
Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88
#
Name
Author
Description
65
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
A gothic tale of a decaying family, a decaying mansion, illness, obsession, and a terrible burial mistake.
66
What Was It?
Fitz-James O'Brien
A strange invisible creature is discovered in a boarding house, turning supernatural terror into a problem of observation, capture, and proof.
67
The Upper Berth
Francis Marion Crawford
A passenger aboard a ship investigates a cursed cabin where something horrifying appears from the sea.
68
The Death of Halpin Frayser
Ambrose Bierce
A nightmarish tale of murder, memory, and supernatural revenge, centered on a man lost between dream, guilt, and death.
69
The Mark of the Beast
Rudyard Kipling
A colonial horror story in which a drunken insult to a sacred image brings a hideous curse.
70
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star'
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
An Arctic ghost story about a doomed captain, an obsessed expedition, and something haunting the frozen wastes.
71
The Yellow Sign
Robert W. Chambers
An artist and his model become drawn into a decadent supernatural mystery involving a sinister symbol and the King in Yellow.
72
Xelucha
M. P. Shiel
A lush, strange, morbid tale of obsession, death, and uncanny beauty, written in Shiel’s dense decadent style.
73
The Red Room
H. G. Wells
A skeptical man spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers terror without needing a visible ghost.
74
The Shadows on the Wall
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
A domestic ghost story where grief, suspicion, and a strange shadow reveal something dreadful within a family home.
75
The Harbor-Master
Robert W. Chambers
A weird tale of coastal mystery, pursuit, and monstrous transformation, mixing adventure with uncanny horror.
76
The White People, Pt 1
Arthur Machen
The opening of Machen’s occult horror story, framing forbidden knowledge, childhood innocence, and hidden pagan mysteries.
77
The White People, Pt 2
Arthur Machen
The central portion of the story, presenting a young girl’s secret diary of strange rites, hidden places, and uncanny encounters.
78
The White People, Pt 3
Arthur Machen
The conclusion of the tale, where the innocent-seeming account becomes something much darker and more spiritually dangerous.
79
Lost Hearts
M. R. James
A young orphan comes to live with an elderly relative and uncovers a cold, scholarly evil involving missing children.
80
The Willows, Pt 1
Algernon Blackwood
The beginning of a cosmic nature-horror story about two travelers canoeing down the Danube into a remote and hostile landscape.
81
The Willows, Pt 2
Algernon Blackwood
The travelers become increasingly aware that the landscape around them may be alive, watching, and spiritually alien.
82
The Willows, Pt 3
Algernon Blackwood
The pressure of the place grows unbearable as natural details become signs of a vast, inhuman presence.
83
The Willows, Pt 4
Algernon Blackwood
The conclusion reveals the full terror of the willows: not a simple haunting, but contact with forces beyond human scale.
84
The Hashish Man/The Unhappy Body
Lord Dunsany
Two short Dunsany pieces: one dreamlike and visionary, the other a strange fable about the body, identity, and dissatisfaction.
85
Fishhead
Irvin S. Cobb
A grotesque backwoods horror story about an outcast man with fishlike features and a reputation for uncanny violence.
86
The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil
Clark Ashton Smith
A visionary prose-poem of cosmic horror, decadent imagery, and apocalyptic evil unfolding through drug-induced revelation.
87
Seaton's Aunt, Pt 1
Walter de la Mare
The first half of a quiet psychological ghost story about a boy’s unsettling visit to his friend’s house and his terrifying aunt.
88
Seaton's Aunt, Pt 2
Walter de la Mare
The second half deepens the dread around Seaton’s aunt, leaving the horror ambiguous, oppressive, and emotionally cruel.

Jun 2, 2026
What Was It? by Fitz-James O'Brien
Jun 2, 2026
Jun 2, 2026
40 min
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]
Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88
#
Name
Author
Description
65
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
A gothic tale of a decaying family, a decaying mansion, illness, obsession, and a terrible burial mistake.
66
What Was It?
Fitz-James O'Brien
A strange invisible creature is discovered in a boarding house, turning supernatural terror into a problem of observation, capture, and proof.
67
The Upper Berth
Francis Marion Crawford
A passenger aboard a ship investigates a cursed cabin where something horrifying appears from the sea.
68
The Death of Halpin Frayser
Ambrose Bierce
A nightmarish tale of murder, memory, and supernatural revenge, centered on a man lost between dream, guilt, and death.
69
The Mark of the Beast
Rudyard Kipling
A colonial horror story in which a drunken insult to a sacred image brings a hideous curse.
70
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star'
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
An Arctic ghost story about a doomed captain, an obsessed expedition, and something haunting the frozen wastes.
71
The Yellow Sign
Robert W. Chambers
An artist and his model become drawn into a decadent supernatural mystery involving a sinister symbol and the King in Yellow.
72
Xelucha
M. P. Shiel
A lush, strange, morbid tale of obsession, death, and uncanny beauty, written in Shiel’s dense decadent style.
73
The Red Room
H. G. Wells
A skeptical man spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers terror without needing a visible ghost.
74
The Shadows on the Wall
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
A domestic ghost story where grief, suspicion, and a strange shadow reveal something dreadful within a family home.
75
The Harbor-Master
Robert W. Chambers
A weird tale of coastal mystery, pursuit, and monstrous transformation, mixing adventure with uncanny horror.
76
The White People, Pt 1
Arthur Machen
The opening of Machen’s occult horror story, framing forbidden knowledge, childhood innocence, and hidden pagan mysteries.
77
The White People, Pt 2
Arthur Machen
The central portion of the story, presenting a young girl’s secret diary of strange rites, hidden places, and uncanny encounters.
78
The White People, Pt 3
Arthur Machen
The conclusion of the tale, where the innocent-seeming account becomes something much darker and more spiritually dangerous.
79
Lost Hearts
M. R. James
A young orphan comes to live with an elderly relative and uncovers a cold, scholarly evil involving missing children.
80
The Willows, Pt 1
Algernon Blackwood
The beginning of a cosmic nature-horror story about two travelers canoeing down the Danube into a remote and hostile landscape.
81
The Willows, Pt 2
Algernon Blackwood
The travelers become increasingly aware that the landscape around them may be alive, watching, and spiritually alien.
82
The Willows, Pt 3
Algernon Blackwood
The pressure of the place grows unbearable as natural details become signs of a vast, inhuman presence.
83
The Willows, Pt 4
Algernon Blackwood
The conclusion reveals the full terror of the willows: not a simple haunting, but contact with forces beyond human scale.
84
The Hashish Man/The Unhappy Body
Lord Dunsany
Two short Dunsany pieces: one dreamlike and visionary, the other a strange fable about the body, identity, and dissatisfaction.
85
Fishhead
Irvin S. Cobb
A grotesque backwoods horror story about an outcast man with fishlike features and a reputation for uncanny violence.
86
The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil
Clark Ashton Smith
A visionary prose-poem of cosmic horror, decadent imagery, and apocalyptic evil unfolding through drug-induced revelation.
87
Seaton's Aunt, Pt 1
Walter de la Mare
The first half of a quiet psychological ghost story about a boy’s unsettling visit to his friend’s house and his terrifying aunt.
88
Seaton's Aunt, Pt 2
Walter de la Mare
The second half deepens the dread around Seaton’s aunt, leaving the horror ambiguous, oppressive, and emotionally cruel.

Jun 1, 2026
Jun 1, 2026
42 min
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]
Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88
#
Name
Author
Description
65
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
A gothic tale of a decaying family, a decaying mansion, illness, obsession, and a terrible burial mistake.
66
What Was It?
Fitz-James O'Brien
A strange invisible creature is discovered in a boarding house, turning supernatural terror into a problem of observation, capture, and proof.
67
The Upper Berth
Francis Marion Crawford
A passenger aboard a ship investigates a cursed cabin where something horrifying appears from the sea.
68
The Death of Halpin Frayser
Ambrose Bierce
A nightmarish tale of murder, memory, and supernatural revenge, centered on a man lost between dream, guilt, and death.
69
The Mark of the Beast
Rudyard Kipling
A colonial horror story in which a drunken insult to a sacred image brings a hideous curse.
70
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star'
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
An Arctic ghost story about a doomed captain, an obsessed expedition, and something haunting the frozen wastes.
71
The Yellow Sign
Robert W. Chambers
An artist and his model become drawn into a decadent supernatural mystery involving a sinister symbol and the King in Yellow.
72
Xelucha
M. P. Shiel
A lush, strange, morbid tale of obsession, death, and uncanny beauty, written in Shiel’s dense decadent style.
73
The Red Room
H. G. Wells
A skeptical man spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers terror without needing a visible ghost.
74
The Shadows on the Wall
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
A domestic ghost story where grief, suspicion, and a strange shadow reveal something dreadful within a family home.
75
The Harbor-Master
Robert W. Chambers
A weird tale of coastal mystery, pursuit, and monstrous transformation, mixing adventure with uncanny horror.
76
The White People, Pt 1
Arthur Machen
The opening of Machen’s occult horror story, framing forbidden knowledge, childhood innocence, and hidden pagan mysteries.
77
The White People, Pt 2
Arthur Machen
The central portion of the story, presenting a young girl’s secret diary of strange rites, hidden places, and uncanny encounters.
78
The White People, Pt 3
Arthur Machen
The conclusion of the tale, where the innocent-seeming account becomes something much darker and more spiritually dangerous.
79
Lost Hearts
M. R. James
A young orphan comes to live with an elderly relative and uncovers a cold, scholarly evil involving missing children.
80
The Willows, Pt 1
Algernon Blackwood
The beginning of a cosmic nature-horror story about two travelers canoeing down the Danube into a remote and hostile landscape.
81
The Willows, Pt 2
Algernon Blackwood
The travelers become increasingly aware that the landscape around them may be alive, watching, and spiritually alien.
82
The Willows, Pt 3
Algernon Blackwood
The pressure of the place grows unbearable as natural details become signs of a vast, inhuman presence.
83
The Willows, Pt 4
Algernon Blackwood
The conclusion reveals the full terror of the willows: not a simple haunting, but contact with forces beyond human scale.
84
The Hashish Man/The Unhappy Body
Lord Dunsany
Two short Dunsany pieces: one dreamlike and visionary, the other a strange fable about the body, identity, and dissatisfaction.
85
Fishhead
Irvin S. Cobb
A grotesque backwoods horror story about an outcast man with fishlike features and a reputation for uncanny violence.
86
The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil
Clark Ashton Smith
A visionary prose-poem of cosmic horror, decadent imagery, and apocalyptic evil unfolding through drug-induced revelation.
87
Seaton's Aunt, Pt 1
Walter de la Mare
The first half of a quiet psychological ghost story about a boy’s unsettling visit to his friend’s house and his terrifying aunt.
88
Seaton's Aunt, Pt 2
Walter de la Mare
The second half deepens the dread around Seaton’s aunt, leaving the horror ambiguous, oppressive, and emotionally cruel.

May 28, 2026
The Island of Doctor Moreau 11
May 28, 2026
May 28, 2026
35 min
The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was published on 1 January 1896. The novel is set between 1 February 1887 and 5 January 1888. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat. He is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, a mad scientist who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, human interference with nature, and the effects of trauma.
a bisexual moron, that would be a Niciezaian anti-hero. A Byronic anti-hero is a moody, rebellious, and intelligent character archetype popularized by Lord Byron, blending charming charisma with dark, brooding flaws. Unlike traditional heroes, they are cynical, emotionally tortured, and often haunted by a mysterious past, acting in ways that defy social norms.
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May 27, 2026
The Island of Doctor Moreau 10
May 27, 2026
May 27, 2026
28 min
The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was published on 1 January 1896. The novel is set between 1 February 1887 and 5 January 1888. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat. He is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, a mad scientist who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, human interference with nature, and the effects of trauma.
a bisexual moron, that would be a Niciezaian anti-hero. A Byronic anti-hero is a moody, rebellious, and intelligent character archetype popularized by Lord Byron, blending charming charisma with dark, brooding flaws. Unlike traditional heroes, they are cynical, emotionally tortured, and often haunted by a mysterious past, acting in ways that defy social norms.
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]

May 26, 2026
The Island of Doctor Moreau 9
May 26, 2026
May 26, 2026
25 min
The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was published on 1 January 1896. The novel is set between 1 February 1887 and 5 January 1888. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat. He is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, a mad scientist who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, human interference with nature, and the effects of trauma.
a bisexual moron, that would be a Niciezaian anti-hero. A Byronic anti-hero is a moody, rebellious, and intelligent character archetype popularized by Lord Byron, blending charming charisma with dark, brooding flaws. Unlike traditional heroes, they are cynical, emotionally tortured, and often haunted by a mysterious past, acting in ways that defy social norms.
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]

May 25, 2026
The Island of Doctor Moreau 8
May 25, 2026
May 25, 2026
42 min
The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was published on 1 January 1896. The novel is set between 1 February 1887 and 5 January 1888. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat. He is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, a mad scientist who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, human interference with nature, and the effects of trauma.
a bisexual moron, that would be a Niciezaian anti-hero. A Byronic anti-hero is a moody, rebellious, and intelligent character archetype popularized by Lord Byron, blending charming charisma with dark, brooding flaws. Unlike traditional heroes, they are cynical, emotionally tortured, and often haunted by a mysterious past, acting in ways that defy social norms.
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]

May 22, 2026
The Horla/US(2019)
May 22, 2026
May 22, 2026
46 min
"The Horla" is a famous 1887 horror short story by Guy de Maupassant, told through the diary entries of an unnamed narrator who becomes tormented by an invisible, parasitic entity he names the "Horla".

May 21, 2026
The Island of Doctor Moreau 7
May 21, 2026
May 21, 2026
44 min
The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was published on 1 January 1896. The novel is set between 1 February 1887 and 5 January 1888. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat. He is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, a mad scientist who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, human interference with nature, and the effects of trauma.
a bisexual moron, that would be a Niciezaian anti-hero. A Byronic anti-hero is a moody, rebellious, and intelligent character archetype popularized by Lord Byron, blending charming charisma with dark, brooding flaws. Unlike traditional heroes, they are cynical, emotionally tortured, and often haunted by a mysterious past, acting in ways that defy social norms.
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]

May 20, 2026
The Island of Doctor Moreau 6
May 20, 2026
May 20, 2026
34 min
The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was published on 1 January 1896. The novel is set between 1 February 1887 and 5 January 1888. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat. He is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, a mad scientist who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, human interference with nature, and the effects of trauma.
a bisexual moron, that would be a Niciezaian anti-hero. A Byronic anti-hero is a moody, rebellious, and intelligent character archetype popularized by Lord Byron, blending charming charisma with dark, brooding flaws. Unlike traditional heroes, they are cynical, emotionally tortured, and often haunted by a mysterious past, acting in ways that defy social norms.
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]

May 19, 2026
The Island of Doctor Moreau 5
May 19, 2026
May 19, 2026
34 min
The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was published on 1 January 1896. The novel is set between 1 February 1887 and 5 January 1888. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat. He is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, a mad scientist who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, human interference with nature, and the effects of trauma.
a bisexual moron, that would be a Niciezaian anti-hero. A Byronic anti-hero is a moody, rebellious, and intelligent character archetype popularized by Lord Byron, blending charming charisma with dark, brooding flaws. Unlike traditional heroes, they are cynical, emotionally tortured, and often haunted by a mysterious past, acting in ways that defy social norms.
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]







