Podcasts of Cosmic Horror

First up, one of my favourite cosmic tales Donald Wandrei's "The Red Brain" (watch out for the strange brain voices!)

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Second up "The Things", a tale from the perspective of the alien to one of my favourite films (based on the John W. Campbell novella Who Goes There?) John Carpenter's The Thing.

http://escapepod.org/2011/06/23/ep298-the-things/

Mark S.

I should have mentioned that the first podcast I linked to also includes a lengthy and interesting discussion of the story, Donald Wandrei, Lovecraft, Weird Tales, cosmic horror tales etc etc.

Mark S.

There's some really uncanny stuff here from the 1940s. I've listened to episodes 60 (The Thing on the Fourble Board), episode 1 (Nothing) and episode 7 (Inquest). The first has quite a high reputation amongst the cognoscenti of Old Time Radio. Quite rightly. It's VERY creepy indeed and I listened to it all over again straight after downloading it.

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Mark S.

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I do an enormous amount of commuting and driving at all hours and these podcasts will come in quite handy. Thanks!

I'd give "The Thing on the Fourble Board" a try first. I think if you enjoy that one it's a good entry point. I listened to another one last night "Northern Lights"; it's about cosmic caterpillars invading the world via the aurora borealis. Very weird.

Mark S.