In some regards, it's a rather successful ghost hunt

Because it is that kind of week, let me point any weird fiction friends among my imaginary readers towards Jim Moon's (of Hypnogoria Podcast fame) wonderful adaptation of the classic H.R. Wakefield story, whose content quite clearly demonstrates that media ghost hunting isn't an invention of some Americans in tacky shirts:

Yet another podcast recommendation

"The Battersea Poltergeist" is a serialized BBC audiodrama in the fake documentary vein, because POV horror still rules the horror audiodrama podcast world. It's not as great as the BBC's Lovecraft Investigations - the writing's simply not as sharp and inventive - but its greatest hits mix of British paranormal favourites is still a lot of fun, particularly on a BBC budget that can afford actors like the great Toby Jones.

And another podcast recommendation

People with my literary tastes probably already know the wonderful YouTube channel HorrorBabble, that has been producing fine readings of all kinds of older (and some new) weird and horror fiction. There's the typical assortment of Lovecraft, Howard, Smith and James, of course, but the story selection often goes into less obvious and very interesting directions, with writers like Bloch or Sologub, or some really obscure pulp writers.

The only downside for me until now was the awkwardness of YouTube for pure audio formats. So I'm clearly the core audience for HorrorBabble's new podcast that does the same thing but in a more convenient manner.

Pleasing terrors

One of the surprise ray of lights in the (nameless) void of last year was the decision of great M.R. James, H.G. Wells and so on performer Robert Lloyd Parry to do a nearly weekly live stream of "rehearsed readings" streamed and archived (for those of us who always miss streams) on his YouTube channel, making me rather happy in the process.

These are pleasantly low tech affairs done by a master, so anyone interested in late Victorian/Edwardian ghost stories, science fiction, and weird fiction really should take a look at what Mister Lloyd Parry has been doing (and perhaps put some money his way, too, if available).

I'll embed two readings here, but there's so much more available.