Whiskey and the Weird
73 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsJessica, Damien and Ryan deep dive in to the amazing Tales of the Weird series published by the British Library. Each season covers one book in the series; each episode will tackle one story in that volume. Past seasons: From The Depths (S1), Crawling Horror (S2), Promethean Horrors (S3), Heavy Weather (S4), The Ghost Slayers (S5), and The Night Wire (S6).
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S6E11: Season 6 Wrap - Meet the Editor, Aaron Worth
March 10, 2024 19:45 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Monica by Daniel Clowes; drinking Town Branch (again) in a hot toddy. Damien is reading Daphne by Josh Malerman; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony blended whisky. Ryan is watching The Creator (2023; dir. Gareth Edwards); drinking Aberfeldy 16. Aaron is reading various Golden Age of Detection tales featuring Reggie Fortune by H.C Bailey; drinking black tea. Up next: Season 7! Or maybe a bonus episode?! Follow us on Instagram for an exclusive ...
S6E10: The Night Wire by H.F. Arnold
March 03, 2024 20:45 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro; drinking Town Branch Kentucky straight bourbon. Damien is reading Fever House by Keith Rosson; drinking a Last Word (gin, chartreuse, lime, Luxardo). Ryan is reading The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams; drinking The Caol Ila 12. If you liked this week’s story, listen to the Welcome To Night Vale podcast by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. Up next: our interview with the volume's editor, Aaron Worth! Special th...
S6E9: Uncle Phil on TV by J.B. Priestley
February 25, 2024 20:45 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is listening to SAVED! (2023 album) by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter; drinking Springbrook Farms Adirondack High Rye. Damien is reading The Far Reaches series (various authors) on Amazon Kindle Unlimited/Audible; drinking FEW American Whiskey. Ryan is reading Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio; drinking the Talisker 10. If you liked this week’s story, watch Stay Tuned (1992; dir. Peter Hyams) starring the late, great John Ritter. Up next: "T...
S6E8: The Eidoloscope by Robert Duncan Milne
February 18, 2024 20:45 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading A Guest in the House by Emily Caroll; drinking Peerless Kentucky Straight Bourbon. Damien is reading The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson; drinking Glenfiddich 12. Ryan is watching the original John Wick; drinking the Bowmore 12. If you liked this week’s story, watch DEVS (TV series; Alex Garland, 2020). Up next: "Uncle Phil on TV" by JB Priestley. Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate,...
S6E7: The Wind in the Woods by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor
February 11, 2024 20:45 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is playing Wingspan (board game); drinking Peerless Kentucky Straight Bourbon. Damien is reading Spin A Black Yarn by Josh Malerman; drinking Navigator Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Ryan is reading "The Engine at Heartspring's Center" by Roger Zelazny; drinking the Balvenie 15 Carribean cask. If you liked this week’s story, read The Grip of It by Jac Jemc. Up next: "The Eidoloscope" by Robert Duncan Milne. Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our W...
S6E6: Poor Lucy Rivers by Bernard Capes
February 04, 2024 20:45 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman; drinking a Limestone Branch Yellowstone Toasted Bourbon. Damien is reading Reprieve by James Han Mattson; drinking a Hemingway daiquiri (white rum, lime, Maraschino liqueur & grapefruit juice). Ryan is playing Sunless Sea (VG - Failbetter Games, 2015); drinking a Fistful of Bourbon (again). If you liked this week’s story, read "The Backwards Path to the Limbus" by Betty Rocksteady. Up next: "The Win...
S6E5: Signals by Stefan Grabinski
January 28, 2024 20:45 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin; drinking a Burnside Oregon Oaked Bourbon. Damien is reading Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward; drinking a Ardbeg Islay Single Malt. Ryan is reading Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt; drinking a Fistful of Bourbon. If you liked this week’s story, watch the entirety of the Final Destination franchise. Up next: "Poor Lucy Rivers" by Bernard Capes. Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey ...
S6E4: Wireless by Rudyard Kipling
January 21, 2024 20:45 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney; drinking a No Wrong Answers dry hopped lager from Meier's Creek. Damien is reading Blood Meridian by Cormac Macarthy; drinking a Middle Aged Adult Human DIPA from Trillium Brewing. Ryan is reading Come With Me by Ronald Malfi; drinking a Cassis Manhattan. If you liked this week’s story, search for "Ghost Files" on YouTube. Up next: "Signals" by Stefan Grabinski. Special thank you to Dr Blake ...
S6E3: Benlian by Oliver Onions
January 14, 2024 20:45 - 1 hour - 58 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Scavengers Reign (TV Series; 2023 - ); drinking a Noble Oak Double Oak Hot Toddy. Damien is watching The Dead Center (2018; dir. Billy Senese); drinking Walcott Kentucky Straight Bourbon. Ryan is reading Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand; drinking the showdoggedly named Old Particular's Probably Orkney's Finest 12 yr old Highland Single Cask. If you liked this week’s story, read "In The Pines" by Karl Edward Wagner... if you can find it. Up ...
S6E2: Röntgen's Curse by Charles Crosthwaite
January 07, 2024 20:45 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield; drinking a Swedish?! whiskey: Mackmyra Svensk Ek Damien is reading Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt; drinking the Noble Oak Double Oak. Ryan is reading The Nightmare Room by Chris Sorenson; drinking Glenlivet 14 year old Cognac finish. If you liked this week’s story, watch the campy classic They Live (1988; dir. John Carpenter). Up next: "Benlian" by Oliver Onions. Special thank you to Dr ...
S6E1: The Statement of Randolph Carter by H.P. Lovecraft
December 31, 2023 20:45 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones); drinking a Noble Oak double oak whiskey + Wegman's apple cider. Damien is watching A Haunting in Venice (2023; dir. Kenneth Branagh); drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony. Ryan is watching Deadwax (Shudder Series, 2018); drinking Evan Williams 100 Bottled-in-Bond. If you liked this week’s story, read "The Anatomy Lesson" (short story) in Rapture of...
S6EB: The Crown Derby Plate by Marjorie Bowen
December 24, 2023 20:45 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching The Day of the Beast (1995, dir Alex de la Iglesia); drinking Burnside Oregon Oaked Bourbon... with eggnog. Damien is watching Nocturnal Animals (2016; dir. Tom Ford); drinking Spiced Honey Iced Toddy w/ Wolcott Bourbon. Ryan is playing Dave the Diver (VG; Mintrocket 2022); drinking a Hot Bourbon Apple Cider. If you liked this week’s story, check out Ghosts UK (TV series; 2019-present). Up Next: Season 6 kicks off with "The Statement of R...
Halloween Bonus! The Ghost of a Flea by Priya Sharma
October 29, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Hell House, LLC (2015, dir Stephen Cognetti); drinking Blue Point Mother Pumpkin Ale. Damien is about to read Not Forever, But For Now by Chuck Palahniuk; drinking a Bloody Mary with Middlebar Mary mix and Reyka vodka. Ryan is reading Come Closer by Sara Gran; drinking a Ghoul's Blood cocktail (don't ask). If you liked this week’s story, read the rest of Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, edited by Ellen Datlow....
S5E10: The Searcher of the End House by William Hope Hodgson
October 22, 2023 19:45 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer; drinking Noble Oak Double Oak. Damien is watching The House of the Devil (2009, dir. Ti West); drinking a Last Word (gin, green chartreuse, lime, luxardo). Ryan is watching Satan's Slaves (2017; dir. Joko Anwar); drinking Blair Athol 12 yr scotch whisky. If you liked this week’s story, watch Lake Mungo (2008; dir. Joel Anderson). Up next: Halloween bonus story! Read "The Ghost of a Flea" by Priy...
S5E9: Red Gauntlets of Czerni by Seabury Quinn
October 15, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey; drinking King's County Peated Bourbon. Damien is reading The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter and Andrew F Sullivan; drinking a spicy ancho marg (zarpado, ancho reyes, simple, lime). Ryan is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry; drinking Remy Martin VSOP. If you liked this week’s story, watch – or call! – Ghostbusters (1984; dir. Ivan Reitman). Up next: The Searcher of the End House by William Hope Hodgson. ...
S5E8: Forgotten Harbour by Gordon Hillman
October 08, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Last Sentinel (2023; dir. Tanel Toom); drinking a PBR Shandy. Damien is reading They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces by Eric LaRocca; drinking a Fog Cutter (light rum, cognac, gin, lemon, orange, orgeat, sherry float). Ryan is listening to The Cromcast; drinking Laphroaig Select. If you liked this week’s story, watch The Fog (1980; dir. John Carpenter). Do NOT watch The Fog (2005; dir. Rupert Wainwright) which is terrible. Up nex...
S5E7: The Death Hound by Dion Fortune
October 01, 2023 19:45 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Border of Paradise by Esmé Weijun Wang; drinking FEW Whiskey & TJ's Ginger Beer. Damien is reading Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica; drinking a Salty Dog (gin, grapefruit, salt). Ryan is reading Jackal, Jackal by Tobi Ogundiran; drinking The Bowmore 12 yr old. If you liked this week’s story, read the American Gods spinoff short Black Dog by Neil Gaiman. Up next: Forgotten Harbour by Gordon Hillman. Special thank...
S5E6: A Psychical Invasion by Algernon Blackwood
September 24, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Where I End by Sophie White; drinking Meier's Creek Morning Sun. Damien is reading The Beast You Are: Stories by Paul Tremblay; drinking Glenlivet Nadurra. Ryan is playing Dredge (2023 video game); drinking Angel's Envy Port Wine aged whiskey. If you liked this week’s story, watch Reefer Madness (1936; dir. Louis J. Gasnier). Up next: The Death Hound by Dion Fortune. Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird musi...
S5E5: The Case of the Fortunate Youth by Moray Dalton
September 17, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib; drinking Beacon Small Batch Bourbon. Damien is reading Maeve Fly by CJ Leede; drinking a terrible spicy paloma (Ancho Reyes, Xicaru mezcal, lime juice and Squirt). Ryan is reading Butcher's Crossing by John Williams; drinking Yellowstone Whiskey. If you liked this week’s story, watch The Possession (2012; dir. Ole Bornedal). Up next: A Psychical Invasion by Algernon Blackwood. Special thank you to Dr Blake B...
S5E4: The Valley of the Veils of Death by Bertram Atkey
September 10, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Vile Thing We Created by Robert P Ottone; drinking Bull Run Bourbon. Damien is reading The Relic (Pendergrast #1) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child; drinking a Tom Collins (Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin, lemon, sugar, soda). Ryan is reading The Dark Descent anthology edited by David Harwell; drinking Bowmore 12. If you liked this week’s story, watch The Pyramid (2014; dir. Grégory Levasseur). Up next: The Case of the Fortunate Yout...
S5E3: In Death as in Life by Joseph Payne Brennan
September 03, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Ascension by Nicholas Binge; drinking Roknar Rye. Damien is reading The Button Box trilogy by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar; drinking High West Campfire blend. Ryan is watching Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie (and pining over Pine); drinking Edradour 10. If you liked this week’s story, read Killing Mister Watson by Peter Matthiessen. Up next: The Valley of the Veils of Death by Bertram Atkey. Special thank you to Dr Bla...
S5E2: The Fear by Alice & Claude Askew
August 27, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Bone Mother by David Demchuk; drinking Bright Lights, Big Bourbon by Hudson Whiskey. Damien is reading The Dead Djinn Universe preamble (A Dead Djinn in Cairo, The Angel of Khan El-Khalili, and The Haunting of Tram Car 015) by P. Djeli Clark; drinking Wheel Horse bourbon whiskey. Ryan is reading John the Balladeer stories by Manly Wade Wellman (forthcoming volume from Valancourt Press, Fall 2023); drinking Glenlivet 14 Cognac Cask Single...
S5E1: The Story of the Moor Road by Kate & Hesketh Prichard
August 20, 2023 19:45 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Linghun by Ai Jiang; drinking FEW Straight Bourbon. Damien is reading If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe (John Dies at the End, #4) by Jason Pargin aka David Wong; drinking Oban 14 Scotch whisky. Ryan is reading One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson; drinking Glen Scotia 12 Campbeltown Single Malt. If you liked this week’s story, read The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs, illustrated by Edward Gorey. Up ne...
S4E11: Meet The Editor - Kevan Manwaring
April 30, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Kevan is reading The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram; drinking the Ardbeg. Jessica is reading All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes; drinking New Deal Distillery Bootstrap Whiskey. Damien is reading Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony. Ryan is reading The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud; drinking Auchentoshan 12yr single malt. If you liked this week’s interview, read ecofiction, tell stories in the Bardic tradition, and ac...
S4E10: The Birds by Daphne du Maurier
April 23, 2023 19:45 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan; drinking Yellow Bird Tennesssee Whiskey. Damien is reading The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, et al; drinking many GinGin Mules with Reed's Strongest Ginger Beer and Berkshire Mountain's Greylock Gin. Ryan is reading Breckendridge Elkins stories by Robert E. Howard; drinking Angel's Envy Bourbon. If you liked this week’s story, read Prey (2002) by dead author Michael ...
S4E9: The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes by Margaret St. Clair
April 16, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is listening to Spooko (an Australian podcast); drinking Apocalypse IPA by 10Barren Brewing. Damien is reading Hell Hound by Ken Greenhall; drinking Xicaru Reposado Mezcal. Ryan is reading stuff edited by Marvin Kaye; drinking Old Forester "Statesman" Bourbon. If you liked this week’s story, watch a MICHAEL SHANNON/JEFF NICHOLS DOUBLE FEATURE! Take Shelter (2011; dir. Jeff Nichols) + Midnight Express (2016; dir. Jeff NIchols). Up next: The Birds by D...
S4E8: Through The Vortex of a Cyclone by William Hope Hodgson
April 09, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Concerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep by Adam Soto; drinking a Maple Cardamom Old Fashioned with last week's Yellowstone Bourbon. Damien is reading Devil House by John Darnielle; drinking a pickleback! Jameson Irish whiskey + Grillo's spicy dill pickle brine. Ryan is reading The Witch of Lime Street by David Jaher; drinking Gramling Woods Rye Malt Whiskey. If you liked this week’s story, watch The Perfect Storm (2000; dir. Wolfgang Peters...
S4E7: May Day Eve by Algernon Blackwood
April 02, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Saltblood by T.C. Parker; drinking "Yellowstone Select" Kentucky Bourbon by Limestone Branch Distillery. Damien is watching The West Wing (TV series); drinking the Arrrrdbeg 10. Ryan is watching Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (Netflix); drinking a whiskey sour with Knob Creek Bourbon. If you liked this week’s story, watch In The Earth (2021; dir. Ben Wheatley). Up next: Through the Vortex of a Cyclone by William Hope Hodgs...
S4E6: The Horror-Horn by E.F. Benson
March 26, 2023 19:45 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Closet by James Tynion IV, Gavin Fullerton, Chris O'Halloran, and Tom Napolitano; drinking New Boot Goofin' by Meier's Creek. Damien is reading Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy; drinking High West Campfire. Ryan is watching A Wounded Fawn (2022; dir. Travis Stevens); drinking Laphroaig Select 10 yr old. If you liked this week’s story, read The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni. ...
S4E5: Monsoons of Death by Gerald Vance
March 19, 2023 19:45 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt; drinking a maple cardamom Old Fashioned with Bull Run bourbon. Damien is reading A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney; drinking Quarter Horse rye whiskey. Ryan is watching Who Invited Them? (2022; dir. Duncan Birmingham); drinking the Bowmore 12 yr. Scotch. If you liked this week’s story, watch Pitch Black (2000; dir. David Twohy)/read the novelization by Frank Lauria, or read The Luminous Dead by Caitl...
S4E4: A Mild Attack of Locusts by Doris Lessing
March 12, 2023 19:45 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Razorblades: Vol 1 by James Tynion IV + Steve Foxe; drinking Roknar Rye w/ TJ's Ginger Beer. Damien is watching Emily the Criminal (2022, dir. John Patton Ford); drinking High West Campfire. Ryan is admiring the art of Francois Baranger in his Lovecraft books; drinking Loch Lomond 12 yr. Scotch. If you liked this week’s story, go back and listen to S2E6: Leiningen vs the Ants by Carl Stephenson. Up next: Monsoons of Death by Gerald Vance. ...
S4E3: Summer Snow Storm by Adam Chase
March 05, 2023 20:45 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading And Then I Woke Up by Malcom Devlin; drinking a Hot Toddy with Bull Run bourbon and barrel-aged honey. Damien is reading Brother by Ania Ahlborn; drinking a Dark & Stormy (Kraken rum, TJ's ginger beer, lime). Ryan is reading The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang; drinking The Wiseman Rye whiskey. If you liked this week’s story, read and watch The Boys by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson (Prime Video). Up next: A Mild Attack of Locusts by Doris Lessing...
S4E2: The Great Snow by Richard Jefferies
February 26, 2023 20:45 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda; drinking Glenlivet 12 Year. Damien is watching Pearl (2022; dir. Ti West); drinking a whole bunch of Mai Tais. Ryan is reading Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn; drinking a brown sugar Old Fashioned. If you liked this week’s story, play Frostpunk (2018 video game; 11 Bit Studios). Up next: Summer Snow Storm by Adam Chase. Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, ...
S4E1: The Lightning-Rod Man by Herman Melville
February 19, 2023 20:45 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching You Won't Be Alone (2022, dir. Goran Stolevski); drinking Burnside Oregon Oaked Rye. Damien is reading The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman; drinking Glenmorangie A Tale of Winter Scotch whisky. Ryan is reading In A Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner; drinking Shackleton Scotch whisky. If you liked this week’s story, check out The Bleeding House (2011; dir. Philip Gelatt) or Revival by Stephen King. Up next: The Great Snow by Richard Jefferie...
S3EB: Whittington's Cat by Lady Eleanor Smith
December 23, 2022 16:30 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching I Trapped The Devil (2019, dir. Josh Lobo); drinking egg nog with Koval millet whiskey. Damien is reading We Spread by Iain Reid; drinking The Ardbeg 10 single malt scotch whisky. Ryan is reading Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking a Christmas Kentucky Buck (bourbon. cranberry, ginger beer, lime). If you liked this week’s story, check out Sleepwalkers (1992, dir. Mick Garris). Up Next: Season Four kicks off with "The...
S3E11: Meet the Editor - Xavier Aldana Reyes
November 20, 2022 20:45 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Xavi is watching Wreck (2022; TV series); drinking Teeling single malt whiskey Jessica is watching Barbarian (2022, dir Zach Cregger); drinking Roknar rye whiskey with warm apple cider. Damien is watching Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities; drinking Hibiki 12 year. Ryan is reading "What the Daemon Said: Essays on Horror Fiction, Film, and Philosophy" by Matt Cardin; drinking Bunnahabhain 12 yr old. If you liked this volume, check out the six other an...
S3E10: From Beyond by H.P. Lovecraft
November 13, 2022 20:45 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Follow Me To Ground by Sue Rainsford; drinking Koval Millet Whiskey. Damien is reading Jessica's recos – The Nice House on the Lake (James Tynion IV; Álvaro Martínez Bueno) and The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Ram V, Filipe Andrade); drinking Last Word (gin, green Chartreuse, Luxardo, lime juice). Ryan is listening to the podcast Voluminous; drinking Old Particular Probably Orkney's Finest 12 yr old Single Malt. If you liked this week’s stor...
S3E9: The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
November 06, 2022 20:45 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is listening to everything via the Libby app; drinking Bull Run Straight Bourbon. Damien is reading Upgrade by Blake Crouch; drinking Whistlepig Small Batch Rye 10 Year. Ryan is reading Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman; drinking 16 yr old Lagavulin Double Matured Distiller's Edition. If you liked this week’s story, check out The Knick (TV series; dir. Steven Soderbergh). Up next: From Beyond by H.P. Lovecraft Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes...
Halloween Bonus: All Souls' by Edith Wharton
October 30, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015, dir. Oz Perkins); drinking warm apple cider with 1911 Established bourbon. Damien is watching After Midnight (2019; dir. Jeremy Gardner, Christian Stella); drinking High West Campfire blended whiskey. Ryan is reading Haunted Nights (editor: Ellen Datlow); drinking an Autumnal Manhattan (Basil Hayden's Bourbon, maple syrup, sweet vermouth, black walnut bitters, nutmeg, amarena cherry). If you liked this week’...
S3E8: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe
October 23, 2022 19:45 - 56 minutes - 52 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching After Yang (2022, dir. Kogonada); drinking Hudson's Bright Lights, Big Bourbon. Damien is re-reading White Noise by Don DeLillo; drinking a Corpse Reviver 2 (equal parts gin, lemon juice, Cocchi Americano and orange liqueur). Ryan is playing Wildermyth (2019, Windows); drinking Blair Athol 12 matured in Flam Wine Barrels. If you liked this week’s story, check out Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King, The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016; dir. André ...
S3E7: The Five Senses by E. Nesbit
October 16, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 59 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels; drinking Shipyard Pumpkin Ale. Damien is reading The Puzzler by A.J. Jacobs; drinking Sebago Lake Rum and Coke Zero. Ryan is watching The Dead Center (2018, dir. Billy Senese); drinking Glenlivet 15yr French Oak Reserve. If you liked this week’s story, check out Limitless (2011; dir. Neil Burger) or its source material: The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn. Up next: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdermar by Ed...
S3E6: The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley
October 09, 2022 19:45 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Surrender by Ray Loriga; drinking Blackfly Bourbon on ice. Damien is watching Prey (2022, dir. Dan Trachtenberg); drinking Johnnie Walker Black 12 Year. Ryan is listening to the Elder Sign podcast (Clay Temple Media); drinking Knob Creek bourbon. If you liked this week’s story, check out Antiviral (2013, dir. Brandon Cronenberg). Up next: The Five Senses by E. Nesbit Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird ...
S3E5: The Secret of the Scaffold by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
October 02, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Reservation Dogs (2021; TV series); drinking Hochstadter's Slow & Low canned old fashioneds. Damien is watching NOPE (2022, dir. Jordan Peele); drinking Mastic Tears mastiha liqueur. Ryan is reading The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, four-volume set; drinking the Glenlivet 12yr. If you liked this week’s story, check out 'Cinereous' in Furnace by Livia Llewellyn + Aaron Mahnke's Lore podcast. Up next: The Mortal Immortal: A Tale by Mary She...
S3E4: The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffman
September 25, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Red Riding Quartet by David Peace; drinking a PBR & Lemonade Shandy. Damien is reading Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law by Mary Roach; drinking Edinburgh Gin Rhubarb & Ginger Liqueur + Fever Tree Indian tonic. Ryan is watching Aterrados (2017, dir. Demián Rugna); drinking Michter's straight bourbon whiskey. If you liked this week’s story, check out Cherry 2000 (1987; dir. Steve De Jarnatt). Yes, really. Up next: The Secret of the Scaff...
S3E3: The Blue Laboratory by L.T. Meade
September 18, 2022 19:45 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Men (2022, dir. Alex Garland); drinking Beak & Skiff 1911 Bourbon. Damien is reading The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins; drinking a Monte Carlo (rye whiskey, Benedictine, bitters). Ryan is watching Impetigore (2019, dir. Joko Anwar); drinking a Cthulu Takes Manhattan. It's got blue cream soda in it. Don't ask. If you liked this week’s story, check out The Pallbearer's Club by Paul Tremblay. Up next: The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffman ...
S3E2: Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
September 11, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching We're All Going to the World's Fair (2022, dir. Jane Schoebrun); drinking Noble Oak Double Oak Rye. Damien is reading Age of Cage by Keith Phipps; drinking a Solstice Spritz (Hendrick's Midsummer Solstice + St. Germain + lemon juice). Ryan is reading Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff; drinking Edradour 10 Year. If you liked this week’s story, check out The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado. Up next: The Blue Laboratory by L T Mea...
S3E1: The Fly by George Langelaan
September 04, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; drinking Rogue Spirits Dead Guy Whiskey. Damien is watching The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020, dir. Jim Cummings); drinking Basil Hayden's American Bourbon. Ryan is watching The Cellar (2022, dir. Brendan Muldowney); drinking Larceny Wheated Bourbon. If you liked this week’s story, check out The Fold by Peter Clines. Up next: Rappacini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Special thank ...
S2E13: Season 2 Wrap + Meet The Editors
May 01, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching You Are Not My Mother (2021; dir. Kate Nolan); drinking Westward Singly Malt. Damien is reading the Roger Rabbit trilogy by Gary K. Wolf; drinking a boilermaker with Jameson Irish whiskey and Maine Beer's Lunch IPA. Ryan is reading Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline; drinking the Bowmore 12. Daisy is reading The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid; drinking orange-flavored gin. Mysterious! Janette is watching I'm Thinking of Ending Things (202...
S2E12: The Miracle of the Lily by Clare Winger Harris
April 24, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 60 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching The Sound of Violence (2021; dir. Alex Noyer); drinking Freeland Spirits bourbon. Damien is heeding Jessica's recos – watching The Empty Man (2020, dir. David Prior) and reading The House Next Door by Ann River Siddons; drinking Devil's River bourbon. Ryan is watching Martyrs (2008, dir. Pascal Laugier); drinking Miller Lite. Really. If you liked this week’s story, check out Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton. Up next: Season 2 wrap up f...
S2E11: The Captivity of the Professor by A. Lincoln Green
April 17, 2022 19:45 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBBar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching The Empty Man (2020, dir David Prior); drinking Hudson Whiskey's Bright Lights, Big Bourbon. Damien is enthralled by wabi-sabi and kintsugi; drinking Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey. Ryan is reading "In the Garden of Ibn Ghazi" by Molly Tanzer; drinking Old Forrester 100 Rye. If you liked this week’s story, check out Peacemaker (2022 series; dir James Gunn). Up next: ‘The Miracle of the Lily' by Clare Winger Harris. Special thank you t...