You may find yourself listening to our #StrangeStudies of "The Beautiful Stranger" by Shirley Jackson, and you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?" By joining our Patreon, of course! Subscribe on Patreon, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

We kick off a month of Shirley Jackson tales with our FREE #StrangeStudies on "All She Said Was Yes". Don't you just hate it when inconsiderate neighbours ruin your holiday plans? Join us for more on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

We're kicking off a month of Shirley Jackson stories with All She Said Was Yes, a suburban take on the Cassandra complex from her collection Dark Tales. Boats, bad neighbors and psychics - IT'S AMAZING! (link in comments)

We wind up March is for Draculas with our #StrangeStudies Extra Credit Vampire Roundup - keep them vampires rollin', Rawhide! Join us on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher for more! #hppodcraft

Chris and Chad discuss the importance of scientific verisimilitude in stories told by naked ghosts from the future in our final #StrangeStudies on "Necroscope". March on over to Patreon for more Draculas! Subscribe on Patreon, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

March is for Draculas continues on #StrangeStudies with "Necroscope" part 2, and Chad has his next directorial effort all lined up! Head on over to Patreon for the inside scoop on next summer's blockbuster hit! Subscribe on Patreon, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

The plot thickens and so does the gore in the middle of Brian Lumley's Necroscope! Join us as we examine this crazy novel's vampiric depths!

As it is March is for Draculas over at @strangestudies.bsky.social I wanted to consider, “What if Dracula was a superhero?”

It's March is for Draculas, and this year we're covering Brian Lumley's "Necroscope", starting with our FREE SHOW for the month - great for all Draculisteners! Check it out on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

Vampires, espionage, weird sex and math! Join us as we dig into Brian Lumley's Necroscope, a novel about a man who can speak to the dead. Free episode! Link in comments.

Get it while you can!

Listener Micah Champion has paid us a great honor with his delightful rendering! Can you spot all the easter eggs? Check out more of Micah's work here: micahchampion.com

#Manimal gets some help taking on Jack the Ripper in "Nightman: Manimal" on our #StrangeStudies Extra Credit - strap in folks, this one's a heck of a ride! Join us for one last Manimalism on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher for more! #hppodcraft

If you need a break here's a killer David Hasselhoff cameo on NightMan

Manimal teams up with NightMan to fight Jack the Ripper in his last television appearance! IT IS PURE JOY! Tune in to get all the facts! (link in comments)

A ghost cat possesses an English gentleman in this sanity-blasting yarn by Agatha Christie -- The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael! New show out now (link in comments)!

Chad & Chris check out Ursula K. Le Guin's "Nine Lives" on #StrangeStudies this week - but would they check out their own clones? Subscribe on Patreon, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts - and if you're clones, you need a subscription each! #hppodcraft

Identity, connection, and clone sex collide in Ursula K. Le Guin's science fiction masterpiece Nine Lives!

It's so funny to me that somehow we've wound up getting H.P. Lovecraft's digital junk mail.

Robert E Howard's house is in serious need of repair, or it may fall apart. #Help save #RobertEHoward 's home, where he created #Conan , #SolomonKane , #Belit , #Kull , #Valeria & so many more. #Donate at rehfoundation.org/save-the-reh... Please spread the word.

We kick off February with our FREE #StrangeStudies on Robert E. Howard tale "Delcardes' Cat" - is it just us, or does that Thulsa Doom guy remind you of someone? NYAAAAH! Check it out on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

King Kull converses with a cat, licks lake monsters and gets smack-talked by Thulsa Doom in Robert E. Howard's Delcardes' Cat! FREE SHOW! LINK IN COMMENTS! Art by Gabriel Guzman from the Dark Horse adaptation.

We round out Sci-Fi month with our #StrangeStudies Extra Credit on "Interstellar" - it's full of stars! Of both types! That might be cursed! Join us on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher for more! #hppodcraft

The new extra credit episode on Interstellar has McConaughey SHOOK!

Ever had one of those days where you can't face getting out of bed to teach Marie Curie about fission? Then our "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" #StrangeStudies is for you! Join us on Patreon for more - subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

Looks like the Oscars are stealing our act and doing March is for Draculas this year! (congrats Sinners!)

Travel along as we clock a new take on time travel with Alfred Bester's "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed"!

Sci-Fi month continues on #StrangeStudies with "Tale of the Computer That Fought a Dragon" - tighten your hachimaki, grab your nunchaku and head on over to Patreon for more! Subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

This week: a ruler invents adversaries in order to feel powerful as AI wreaks havoc on the planet! It's a sci-fi fairy tale from 1977 by Polish author Stanislaw Lem: Tale of the Computer That Fought a Dragon! Join us as we discuss (link in comments).

Happy New Year! We kick off with sci-fi month and a FREE #StrangeStudies show on Bradbury classic "There Will Come Soft Rains". Will this be the year that the Roombas rise up and take over? Find out on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

Sci-fi month starts with a nice, quiet smart-home story set in 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury. FREE SHOW -- TUNE IN!

It's our #StrangeStudies Extra Credit episode on Beauty and the Beast movie adaptations, where Chris and Chad realise some Belles may be happier with their prince than others... Join us on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher for more! #hppodcraft

Sinister pie? You got it! Tune in to our new, FREE tale of terror and HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Strange Studies of Strange Stories!

Fairy Tale December continues on #StrangeStudies with "Beauty and the Beast", a tale about (checks notes)... sexy babies?!? Shake it off and come join us over on Patreon for more! Subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

Hey! Put down that rose, motherf#$%er! Strange Studies is covering Beauty and the Beast!

#StrangeStudies Fairy Tale month continues with "Sir Buzz", which makes us wonder - why don't more fairy tales have consolation prizes? Join us on Patreon as we ponder this and other mysteries! Subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

Chris and Chad come up with some great holy marketing ideas in this week's #StrangeStudies, our FREE SHOW for Fairy Tale December, "The Soldier and Death"! Check it out on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

We're casting weird fairy tale magic all month, beginning with the Russian classic The Soldier and Death! FREE EPISODE! (link in comments)

Fed up of turkey this holiday season? Try geyser-boiled giant crab! Serves approximately 1,000 guests. Fill your hot tub with garlic butter and join us on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher to dip into our #StrangeStudies Extra Credit on this classic movie! #hppodcraft

It's Thanksgiving... TIME TO FIGHT THE TERROR BIRD! Join us as we discuss 1961's Mysterious Island, a Ray Harryhausen creature feature adaptation of Jules Verne's novel.

Stocking up for Thanksgiving? Let us help you find The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe! FREE classic episode! (link in comments)

We conclude our #StrangeStudies of Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five" this week with some reflective canine hijinks! Before you rush off to grab your dog and a mirror, head on over Patreon and check it out! Subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

Join us as we bring our discussion of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five to an end! So it goes.

We continue our #StrangeStudies of "Slaughterhouse-Five" as we get the feeling its writer would have been a fan of our story summaries! Join us for more of our Vonnegut-approved podcast on Patreon! Subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

We're back today with part two of Slaughterhouse-Five! Tune in! (image is from the amazing graphic novel adaptation)

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It's our FREE SHOW for November, part 1 of our #StrangeStudies of "Slaughterhouse-Five" - Chris gets philosophical and Chad looks forward to crushing his enemies and driving them before him! Check it out on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

Tonight on WORT FM Radio Literature, Chad Fifer of @strangestudies.bsky.social of Strange Stories is my guest for a discussion of all things creepy, podcasting, and creepy podcasting. 7:30 PM on 89.9 FM in Madison, streaming worldwide on wortfm.org .

Get unstuck in time with us as we begin Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, a profound novel about war, trauma and plunger-shaped aliens. New, FREE show! (link in comments)

It's our spooky #StrangeStudies Extra Credit on "The Haunted Palace" - but how does it compare to a modern gothic "classic"? Find out with our two very special guests - the Lackeys Jr., Albert and Fini! Join us on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher for more! #hppodcraft