FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS PODCAST
203 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago -Welcome to the the Great Library of Dreams Podcast, where we present readings of classic tales of the weird and the wonderful! Here you will find stories of the magical, the mysterious, the marvelous, and the macabre!
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Episodes
Door 27 - Street Ghosts
October 27, 2023 00:39 - 3 minutes - 9.05 MBThings are stirring in midnight streets and back alleys, an urban haunting?
Door 26 - Local Haunts Part V
October 26, 2023 00:40 - 22 minutes - 53.9 MBMore local ghost stories from the listeners of Radio Redvale... this concerning the infamous Chapel Hill Cemetery
Door 25 - The Librarian's Tale Part IV
October 25, 2023 00:04 - 21 minutes - 52.1 MBThe unfortunate Mr Dalby finds himself drawn deeper into a mystery filled with nightmares and the old secrets of the village...
Door 24 - The Old Grandmother's Warning
October 24, 2023 00:00 - 4 minutes - 13 MBBehind this door we have an proper old school folk nursery rhyme i.e. pure nightmare fuel
Door 23 - Local Haunts Part IV
October 23, 2023 00:20 - 21 minutes - 52.9 MBMore local ghost stories!
Door 19 - I Live Inside Your Face
October 22, 2023 13:12 - 4 minutes - 12.5 MBBehind Door 19 we find a face lift with a difference...
Door 22 - The Librarian's Tale Part III
October 22, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 33.1 MBBehind Door 22 are strange portents and nightmares abound as we continue the Librarian's Tale...
Door 21 - The Sausage Flesh Man
October 21, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 23.8 MBWe learn about Victorian Hallowe'en parties and encounter a vintage recitation of the creepy kind!
Door 20 - Some Walk at Sunset
October 20, 2023 00:29 - 20 minutes - 49.1 MBBehind Door 20 is a man who lives by a cemetery... and he has a tale to tell
Door 18 - The Guardian of the Threshold
October 18, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 18.6 MBBehind Door 18 we meet the Guardian of the Threshold
Door 17 - The Stone Circle
October 17, 2023 11:18 - 5 minutes - 16.3 MBBehind this door lies an ancient ring of standing stones...
Door 17 - The Circle
October 17, 2023 00:37 - 6 minutes - 17.4 MBBehind Door 17 is a trip to an ancient stone circle --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypnogoria/message
Door 16 - Local Haunts Part III
October 16, 2023 00:46 - 15 minutes - 38.8 MBBehind Door 16 we are tuning into Radio Redvale once again for some more local ghost stories...
Door 15 - Down in the Woods
October 15, 2023 00:00 - 5 minutes - 16.2 MBBehind this door we have a flashback to the folk horror filled 1970s...
Door 14 - The Librarian's Tale Part II
October 14, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes - 44.9 MBBehind Door 14 the Librarian's tale continues, and further revelations about the sinister Dr Fell are made...
Door 13 - Unlucky For Some
October 13, 2023 00:00 - 3 minutes - 11 MBBehind Door 13 is something found, and indeed best left, inside a Victorian mausoleum...
Door 12 - The Librarian's Tale Part I
October 12, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 21.6 MBBehind Door 12 is the Librarian's tale... Certain secrets are revealed and connections to other doors made.
Door 11 - Local Haunts Part II
October 11, 2023 00:05 - 10 minutes - 27.6 MBBehind Door 11 we are tuning again to Radio Redvale to hear some true ghostly tales
Door 10 - Who Knocks
October 09, 2023 23:45 - 4 minutes - 13.8 MBBehind Door 10 we will discover what, or who, knocks...
092 - There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard by MR James
October 09, 2023 09:14 - 15 minutes - 40.9 MBIf you are looking for a tale to read aloud at Hallowe'en, we have another short sharp shocker for you here, this time from the master of the ghost story MR James!
Door 09 - Wax and Candles
October 09, 2023 00:12 - 4 minutes - 14.3 MBBehind Door 09 we have a little cautionary tale about messing with magic...
Door 8 - The Witch of Redvale
October 08, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 22.7 MBBehind Door 8 we have some children's entertainment 1970s style i.e. highly eerie and drenched in folk horror!
Door 7 - The Nightly Visit
October 07, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 17.9 MBBehind Door 7 is something very terrifying indeed...
Door 06 - Local Haunts
October 06, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 27 MBDoor 6 on the Hypnogoria Halloween Advent Calendar opens today, revealing some local radio ghost stories
Door 05 - Distant Relations
October 05, 2023 00:01 - 2 minutes - 9.84 MBBehind Door 05 is a dark family secret... one that bites
Door 04 - Dances in the Dark
October 04, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 17 MBDoor 04 opens and invites you to some dances in darkness
Door 03 - The Police Transcript
October 03, 2023 00:00 - 4 minutes - 13.7 MBBehind Door 3 is an eerie document marked 'The Police Transcript" which details a ghost hunt gone strangely wrong... NB - the first upload had an error on it, and has now ben replaced with a corrected version
Door 02 - A Modest Proposal
October 01, 2023 22:59 - 2 minutes - 8.27 MBDoor 2 of the Hypnogoria Halloween Advent Calendar opens...
Door 01 - Welcome to October
September 30, 2023 22:59 - 4 minutes - 12.7 MBThe first door in the Hypnogoria Halloween Advent Calendar opens... Every day a new ghoulish delight! Sinister stories, vile verses and macabre music awaits you...
HYPNOGORIA HALLOWEEN ADVENT CALENDAR - Introduction
September 30, 2023 14:59 - 6 minutes - 18.6 MBWelcome to the first Hypnogoria Halloween Advent Calendar! And Mr Jim is here to tell you all about it!
091 - The Statement of Randolph Carter by HP Lovecraft
September 24, 2023 00:08 - 29 minutes - 75.1 MBIn this show, we have a classic early chiller from HP Lovecraft, and the first of several tales featuring occult scholar Randolph Carter! DIRECT DOWNLOAD
090 - Gabriel-Ernest by Saki
September 10, 2023 00:46 - 28 minutes - 73.7 MBTonight we have a classic chiller from master story teller Saki AKA writer HH Monroe. In this short, sharp shocker we encounter a curious foundling who may, or not be, something else entirely.. DIRCT DOWNLOAD
089 - The Story of Konnor Old House by E and H Heron
August 27, 2023 00:29 - 45 minutes - 109 MBOccult detective, Mr Flaxman Low is called in to investigate a house where a glowing phantom lurks, and madness and death wait for anyone staying there... DIRECT DOWNLOAD
088 - Outside the Orphanage by Jim Moon
August 13, 2023 07:16 - 29 minutes - 74.1 MBIn this little meet-up, Mr Jim shares a ghostly tale from the Great Library itself, concerning an old photograph with a troublesome history... DIRECT DOWNLOAD
087 - The Room in the Tower by EF Benson
July 30, 2023 06:00 - 47 minutes - 114 MBIn this show we have a reading of one of the all-time classic ghost stories - The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson, a tale of summer parties on the lawn and a recurring nightmare... DIRECT DOWNLOAD
086 - Wood Magic by Frederick Cowles
July 16, 2023 00:28 - 36 minutes - 89.7 MBTonight we have another tale of terror set in the heart of the English countryside. In this story from Mr Frederick Cowles, we visit a country house near a small wood, home to an old tree known as the Devil's Oak... DIRECT DOWNLOAD
085 - The Faeries by William Allingham
July 06, 2023 06:00 - 12 minutes - 33.7 MBKeeping with our midsummer theme, here is a reading of a Victorian poem rich in faery folklore, in which Irish poet William Allingham reveals the darker side of the little people... DIRECT DOWNLOAD
084 - Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance by MR James
June 18, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 199 MBJust in time for midsummer, we have a tale of sunlit horror set in an English country garden by the great MR James. One can easily get lost in a hedge maze, however you can also find things too... NOTE - apologies but the initial upload unfortunately had an audio error in the mix - but this has now been fixed
083 - The Ghoul by Clark Ashton Smith
June 16, 2023 06:00 - 25 minutes - 65.9 MBIn this podcast we hear a mythic tale set in ancient Arabia from Clark Ashton Smith, concerning a most curious encounter and a most unfortunate bargain... DIRECT DOWNLOAD
082 - What is a Ghoul
June 09, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 62.5 MBIn this episode Mr Jim Moon unearths a strange news report, printed in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat back in 1890, which details the capture of a ghoul in rural Ireland. DIRECT DOWNLOAD
081 - The Resurrection of R Chetwynd-Hayes by Marc Damian Lawler
May 30, 2023 06:00 - 53 minutes - 129 MBTonight we have a special tale to celebrate the birthday of the late great R Chetwynd-Hayes, the writer dubbed Britain's Prince of Chill, whose tales features in classic horror movies such as From Beyond the Grave and The Monster Club, plus series such as Vincent Price's The Price of Fear, Night Voices, Dramarama and Rod Serling's Night Gallery DIRECT DOWNLOAD
080 - The Story of Saddler's Croft by E & H Heron
May 19, 2023 06:00 - 45 minutes - 109 MBThe world's first occult detective Mr Flaxman Low is called in to investigate a house where former tenants erected a strange temple and allegedly practised strange rites there... DIRECT DOWNLOAD
079 - Atlantis by Stanton A Coblentz
May 11, 2023 07:40 - 13 minutes - 36.7 MBIn this episode we have a fantastical poem about a fabled land from the pages of legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales! DIRECT DOWNLOAD
078 - The Hoard of the Gibbelins by Lord Dunsany
May 04, 2023 06:00 - 20 minutes - 53.6 MBTonight we have a weird tale from Lord Dunsany, one of the pioneers of fantasy literature. However this is no fairy story, as a treasure-seeking knight will discover... DIRECT DOWNLOAD
077 - St Marks Eve by Mary Anne Browne
April 25, 2023 07:54 - 14 minutes - 35 MBApril 25th is the Eve of St Mark, according to folklore a night for a rather eerie divination ceremony, as documented in a Victorian poem which is very much a tale of terror in verse! DIRECT DOWNLOAD
076 - The Story of No 1 Karma Crescent by E and H Heron
March 29, 2023 08:00 - 41 minutes - 100 MBAnother fascinating case for the world's first occult detective Mr Flaxman Low, in which he is called to investigate a house where tenants die mysteriously after the apparition of a whispering face is seen! DIRECT DOWNLOAD
075 - Pigeons From Hell Part III by Robert E Howard
March 07, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 71 MBIn the third and final chapter of Robert E Howard's classic weird tale uncover the sinister secret of The Call of Zuvembie! DIRECT DOWNLOAD
074 - Pigeons From Hell Part II by Robert E Howard
March 01, 2023 23:48 - 24 minutes - 60.5 MBIn the second chapter of Robert E Howard's classic weird tale we encounter The Snake's Brother! DIRECT DOWNLOAD
073 - Pigeons From Hell Part I by Robert E Howard
February 24, 2023 09:12 - 49 minutes - 117 MBThe first episode of a three part reading of a classic weird novella by Robert E Howard - Pigeons From Hell. In this chapter we encounter - The Whistler in the Dark! DIRECT DOWNLOAD
072 - Hypnos by HP Lovecraft
February 08, 2023 06:53 - 35 minutes - 85.2 MBA reading of an early short tale by HP Lovecraft, Hypnos - a story of obsession, dreams, and cosmic horror. DIRECT DOWNLOAD