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

For Halloween, we're re-airing four of our classic Lovecraft readings in a two-hour presentation: The Cats of Ulthar, The Picture in the House, From Beyond, and The Haunter of the Dark. Those Trick-or-Treaters are in for some BIG WORDS! Stay Spooky! (link in comments)

We're discussing the very first film adaptation of Lovecraft, The Haunted Palace starring Vincent Price! Special appearance by the Sons of Lackey!

Proud to have been a supporter of @strangestudies.bsky.social since the very beginning. @chadfifer.bsky.social and @chrislackey.bsky.social have consistently out out solid content for soooooo long.

Wake-tober draws to a close with "The Seventeenth Hole at Duncaster," as the bogeyman's ruining people's bogeys by bumping balls into the bunker! Head on over to Patreon for more! Subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

CADDYSHOCK! Join us as we tee up H.R. Wakefield's haunted golf course tale, The Seventeenth Hole at Duncaster!

Wake-tober continues on #StrangeStudies with "The Frontier Guards" as Chris and Chad weigh up the pros and cons of moving into a haunted house in this economy. Get your spooky deposit ready and head on over to Patreon for more! #hppodcraft

Just wanna share this little snippet of the feedback show for Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social I feel like Chad perfectly captures what we need to do to make social media better. Use the energy you put into negativity and instead do something positive with it.

Wake-tober continues with a haunted house of a different kind! Can your hearts stand The Frontier Guards by H.R. Wakefield?!

Loathsome cultist - uh, we mean, friend of the show @rafeball.bsky.social asks the Great Old Ones hear his plea to support his friend and Planet Rock DJ Darren Redick's new band Perfect Beasts album on Kickstarter - only TWO DAYS TO GO! Check it out, IT ROCKS!!! www.kickstarter.com/.../perfect-...

We kick off a month of H.R. Wakefield on #StrangeStudies with our FREE SHOW for October on "Blind Man's Buff" - watch out for surprise Draculas with us on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

Listening to the first @strangestudies.bsky.social of spooky season, and was pleasantly surprised to hear my patreon shout-out at the end. Thanks @chrislackey.bsky.social and @chadfifer.bsky.social for years of entertainment!

Back cover of The Sleepover Set. Grab it for Bandcamp Friday and gain Satanic powers NOW! pitchblackmanor.bandcamp.com/album/the-sl...

Pitch Black Manor has summoned new sonic specters just in time for spooky season! Do you dare join The Sleepover Set?! Grab it today for Bandcamp Friday and all proceeds go directly to the ghouls responsible for these events!

At the recommendation of our pal @ramseycampbell.bsky.social, we're covering Blind Man's Buff by H.R. Wakefield, featuring the worst escape room of all time! FREE SHOW! (link in comments)

If you go down into the steam tunnels today, you're in for a big surprise! Join us on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher for our #StrangeStudies Extra Credit interview with the co-founder of the HP Lovecraft Literary Society, Andrew Leman! #hppodcraft #HPLHS

Join us on our extra credit episode as we talk with our friend and collaborator Andrew Leman about the origins and offerings of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!

We're kicking off creepy season with a free classic episode, brought to you by Pitch Black Manor (new album drops OCTOBER 3rd)! Can your hearts stand NOTEBOOK FOUND IN A DESERTED HOUSE by Robert Bloch?!

Brian Lumley's cultists are specific in "The Second Wish" on #StrangeStudies this week - you don't want people thinking you're worshipping the wrong cosmic horror! Grab your bolo and head over to Patreon for more! Subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

Join us for some adorable pet antics as we discuss The Second Wish by Brian Lumley!

Heavy, man! Will the hippies escape from the Lovercraftian terrors in Bob Leman's "The Tehama"? Tune in and drop out with our latest #StrangeStudies over on Patreon to find out! Subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

New 'cast favorite Bob Leman spins a ghoul-icious mythos tale: The Tehama! Tune in and dig it!

We're checking out some Jorge Luis Borges in our FREE SHOW on #StrangeStudies for September - this stuff could scare a horse! Join us on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts for more equine-frightening horror! #hppodcraft

New FREE double-feature of Lovecraftian tales by Jorge Luis Borges: There Are More Things & The Book of Sand! Readings by Andrew Leman - don't miss it!

We're covering Alex Garland's "Men" on our #StrangeStudies Extra Credit this month, giving us another chance to look at the Green Man! Stick some leaves in your hair and join us on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher for more! #hppodcraft

Gradually working through the @strangestudies.bsky.social back catalog and have to say Episode 186 is easily one of my favorites. www.hppodcraft.com/list/2013/12...

They say talking to yourself is the first sign of madness, but it's the sign of something far worse on this week's #StrangeStudies as we cover "The Father-Thing" by Philip K. Dick! Join us for more, only on Patreon! Subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

It's so hot this summer, we tried covering "The Shadow" by Hans Christian Andersen on this week's #StrangeStudies to cool down! Come grab some shade with us over on Patreon for more! Subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

We're 'casting about The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen, in which a learned man and his shadow switch places -- with tragic results!

It's our FREE SHOW for August on #StrangeStudies, and Kingsley Amis' "Who or What Was It?" has us as bamboozled as Marvin Gaye! Join us and special guest Jamie Brittain on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts for more! #hppodcraft

We're joined by special guest Jamie Brittain to discuss the uncanny tale Who or What Was It? by Kingsley Amis! FREE SHOW - GET WEIRD! @matronboy.bsky.social