The Lord of the Dead, is set in the 1930s and follows Steve Harrison, a hard-boiled detective who becomes entangled in a criminal conspiracy involving Erlik Khan, the primary antagonist and self-proclaimed "Lord of the Dead". Erlik Khan seeks to unite secret societies of the East under his rule using ancient magic and manipulation. The narrative incorporates elements of supernatural intrigue, reincarnation, and ancient vendettas, with Harrison being pursued by Amir Amin Izzedin, who believes Harrison is the reincarnation of a man who wronged him in a past life. The story also involves Joan La Tour, Ali ibn Suleyman (a Druse warrior caught in a cycle of reincarnation), and other figures drawn into the conflict.
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Aylmer Vance, occult detective story. This character was created by authors Claude and Alice Askew. | Narrator and Producer MP Pellicer | www.MPPellicer.com
Stories: The Story of Yand Manor House by E. & H. Heron; The Brown Hand by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Narrator and Producer MP Pellicer | www.MPPellicer.com
A story from occult reporter Gerald Canevin. | Narrator and Producer MP Pellicer | www.MPPellicer.com
Story featuring occult detective Dr. John Silence. | Narrator and Producer MP Pellicer
Case number 2 for occult detective, Dr. John Silence. | Narrator and Producer MP Pellicer
This is case number 1 and the introduction of psychic detective Dr. John Silence, authored by Algernon Blackwood. | Narrator and Producer MP Pellicer
Another adventure involving the psychic detective Thomas Carnacki
The Gateway of the Monster is the first story in the series featuring Thomas Carnacki, a detective who investigates cases of an occult or supernatural nature. It was first published in January 1910 in The Idler magazine. The narrative centers on a haunted room in the Anderson family home, referred to as the Grey Room, which has claimed the lives of several individuals over the past 150 years, including an ancestor, his wife, and child. The room is marked by the door slamming repeatedly at night and bedclothes being torn from the bed and thrown into a corner. Carnacki investigates the case after receiving a letter from Mr. Anderson, who seeks help with the mysterious occurrences.
Someone Is Dead is a short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes. The narrative centers on the supernatural mystery surrounding the death of a woman. This is the first appearance of occult detective Francis St. Clare and her assistant Frederica Masters.
Rouse Him Not by Manly Wade Wellman features the occult detective John Thunstone where he battles old magic, folklore, and unleashed malevolence. The story was adapted into an episode titled “Rouse Him Not” for the anthology TV series Monsters (1988), where the plot revolves around a woman’s new home being haunted after its hidden supernatural guardian is awakened by accident, and Thunstone arrives to deal with the consequences.
Story authored by Basil Copper about the occult detective Solar Pons. In the story, Solar Pons investigates a bizarre case involving a terrifying, seemingly supernatural crawling entity that has been reported in a remote, decaying setting. At first, the mystery appears to involve an unknown creature, —something inhuman that defies normal explanation and inspires intense fear in those who encounter it.
A story about Thomas Carnacki, occult detective. In The Horse of the Invisible William Hope Hodgson delves into the realms of supernatural horror. It the 4th chronologically published Carnacki story, and first appeared The Idler (April, 1910).
Upon arriving at Carnacki’s home after the usual dinner invitation, the narrator notices that Carnacki shows signs of bruising and injury. Obviously, his latest case has provided some danger! While waiting for the others to arrive, Carnacki hands over a series of photographs which the narrator discovers to be of a young, beautiful woman in various darkened rooms. But, in one, there is a picture of her looking upward at a large horse’s hoof that is bearing down on her. Carnacki tells his friends that he has just returned from a trip up North to East Lancashire. A Captain Hisgins has asked him to investigate a family curse. Carnacki claims to have had knowledge of this curse but considered it to be little more than a folk tale. The Phantom Isle and The Wraith of Fergus McGinty, featuring the psychic detective Shiela Crerar. | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
Two stories about the mysterious adventures of Shiela Crerar, occult detective. | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
Two stories featuring occult detective, Shiela Crerar. | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
Adventure story by Robert E. Howard featuring his occult detective Steve Harrison. | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
Beware generous strangers. | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
Two classic Victorian stories of occult detectives. | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
Victorian story introducing the occult detective Harry Escott | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
A troubled psychiatrist, an aging writer and a murder. Throw in a ghost, stirred, not shaken, and you have a murder mystery in a college town. | Author - Karl Edward Wagner | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
An adventure story of the occult detective Dr. Jules de Grandin and his friend Dr. Trowbridge. | Author: Seabury Quinn | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer
Some family curses are more deadly than others, especially if the curse is vampirism.
Authored by Claude and Alice Askew, the story centers on Aylmer Vance, Ghost Seer, an investigator of the supernatural. Mr. Dexter, the narrator, meets Vance during a fishing holiday and Vance tells him three ghost stories on successive nights, each story involving Vance more closely in the action. The fourth story brings Dexter himself into the action, and reveals him to have unsuspected clairvoyant powers.
Unexplained deaths prompt the paranormal detective, Dr. Jules de Grandin to find out the real, supernatural reason for their demise.
"The Curse of Everard Maundy" is a short story by Seabury Quinn that was originally published in Weird Tales in July 1927. The story features the occult investigator Jules de Grandin, who becomes involved in a series of suicides and attempted suicides in the city. De Grandin investigates the case and discovers that the victims had all attended the evangelical revival meetings of Reverend Everard Maundy. Maundy, a former skeptic, had insulted an elderly black medium during a séeance, which led to a curse being placed upon him. He believes the curse is responsible for the deaths, as his wife committed suicide the very next night after the incident. De Grandin ultimately determines that the curse manifested as an elemental spirit, one of the evil children of Lilith, which attached itself to Maundy after the séance. To defeat the spirit, de Grandin uses a pellet blessed by a priest, which causes the spirit to manifest as a grotesque, withered entity before being trapped within a corpse that de Grandin destroys by decapitation and staking. |
Nightshade Diary Podcast MP3 FilesMarleneFrom the pages of Nightshade Diary come the haunting and hair-raising tales of ghosts, murder and mayhem. Who's hiding in the closet? What's under the bed? You'll be asking yourself these questions after you listen to these creepalicious tales that'll have you leaving the lights on when you go to sleep. Sources & Credits
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