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William Hope Hodgson began his working career as a seaman, where he learned to fear and hate the sea. This short story takes place in the laboratory of a scientist who is in contact by one-way wireless telegraph with an unnamed friend who is on a ship trapped in a terrible storm. The sea becomes an evil thing, and the entity is determined to destroy the living, and the ship they came on. But before death comes to those aboard the doomed vessel, it brings out the very worst in the passengers.

Tonnison and Berreggnog make a fishing holiday to the remote village of Kraighten in rural Ireland. On the third day of their stay, they stumble upon the ruins of a strangely shaped house on a large lake. They discover the moldering journal of the Recluse, an unidentified man who recorded his last days in the house before its destruction. The Recluse begins his journal with descriptions of how he acquired the house, along with his daily life with his sister and his faithful dog, Pepper. He started the diary to record the strange experiences and horrors occurring in and around the house.

"The House on the Borderland," tells the story of an unnamed protagonist who discovers a manuscript written by a previous occupant of a remote and decaying house on the edge of a vast and mysterious abyss. The manuscript details the strange and terrifying experiences of the previous occupant, who is drawn into a world of cosmic horror and ancient evil.

The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" is a horror novel by English writer William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1907. Presented as a true account, the novel tells of the survivors of a shipwreck, whose journey back to civilisation is beset by strangeness. This is a recording of the original, unabridged text.

Conversación con una momia, El corazón delator, El sistema del Dr Tarr y el profesor Fether (Poe). Del más allá, El modelo de Pickman (Lovecraft). El ladrón de cadáveres, Markheim (Stevenson) El caballo invisible, La habitación que silbaba, La puerta del monstruo (Hodgson)

Our ‘fight of flight’ response is something hardwired into the primitive part of our brain. Our need to survive, to outlive whatever danger poses, that immediate threat to our lives is little short of a marvel. Everything else is abandoned in order to survive. Whilst in modern times that ability has been somewhat modified and ‘reasoned’ away to an extent, in past years it’s what usually kept you alive. In this volume people struggle valiantly to survive and to exist no matter the extent of the threat they face.

A spine-chilling collection of fantastical and enchanting classic short stories. 'The Wolf Book' by Henry Chapman Mercer; 'Absolute Zero' by Morgan Robertson; 'An Uncommon View of It' by W. C. Morrow; 'The Baumoff Explosive' by William Hope Hodgson; 'Absolute Evil' by Julian Hawthorne; 'The Dolls' Castle' by Henry Chapman Mercer; 'The Legend' by Edith Wharton; 'A Tropical Horror' by William Hope Hodgson; 'Castle Valley' by Henry Chapman Mercer; 'Passing of a God' by Henry S. Whitehead.

This is a very unusual book, wherein the majority of the story is contents of an ancient diary found by two friends on a fishing holiday while on the grounds of an old dilapidated house. The moldy manuscript has inscribed tales of strange things seen and heard. There are horrible creatures and huge monsters described as though they were old gods of mythology.

In a world where the Sun has vanished, Earth flickers dimly under the glow of ancient vulcanism. The remnants of humanity have found refuge in the colossal Last Redoubt, an eight-mile-high metal pyramid, besieged by mysterious forces lurking in the shadows. A protective Circle of Energy, known as the air clog, shields them, powered by the enigmatic Earth Current beneath their feet. For eons, colossal beings called the Watchers have awaited their moment, biding their time in the darkness. Beyond the Circle, other remnants of life‚some alien, some perhaps once human‚linger, and leaving the ...

Carnacki decide ir a un viaje a bordo del Jarvee, el antiguo velero su amigo el capitán Thompson, no solo con la intención de distraerse, sino también para investigar las quejas ambiguas de fantasmas que su amigo había estado haciendo. Carnacki realiza sus métodos de buscar exhaustivamente y completamente en el área designada para eliminar las evidentes causas físicas de una manifestación.

Carnacki, el cazafantasmas es una colección de cuentos sobrenaturales de detectives del autor William Hope Hodgson cuyo protagonista es Thomas Carnacki.

In Geisterjäger Carnacki – Der Fluch der Jarvee, gelesen von Alexander Wohnhaas, wird Carnacki an Bord des Handelsschiffs Jarvee gerufen, das von einer mysteriösen und tödlichen Macht heimgesucht wird. Die Crew berichtet von unheimlichen Vorkommnissen, die Angst und Schrecken verbreiten. Mit seinem umfangreichen Wissen über das Übernatürliche und seinen unerschütterlichen Mut stellt sich Carnacki der unsichtbaren Bedrohung, um den Fluch zu brechen. Perfekt für Fans von Schauerliteratur und paranormalen Geschichten!

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work including horror, fantastic fiction, and science fiction stories. 'The Baumoff Explosive' (sometimes known as 'Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani') was first published in 1919. This story is one of Hodgson's most powerful and disturbing and is especially relevant to modern times because of its themes of blasphemy, religious mania, obsession with the crucifixion of Jesus, and suicide bombing.

A steam yacht is sailing the North Atlantic when they spot a mysterious light. Upon investigation, they discover a derelict cargo ship but when they board, superstitions soon turn to very real fears for the safety of the crew.

Carnaki has a reputation as a ghost hunter. When a house seems haunted by a malignant spirit or a family suffering under a curse, they call for Carnaki, the only man able to help.

A gripping collection of outstanding American classic short stories by some of America's greatest writers: 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain; 'Pomegranate Seed' by Edith Wharton; 'Pigeons from Hell' by Robert E. Howard; 'Pickman's Model' by H. P. Lovecraft; 'The Adventure of the German Student' by Nathaniel Hawthorne; 'Absolute Zero' by Morgan Robertson; and many more.

En 1913, William Hope Hodgson, publica un libro con las aventuras del primer cazador de fantasmas de la literatura moderna, cuyo protagonista es Thomas Carnacki. Su terror gótico inspiró a otros grandes maestros del género, como Poe o Lovecraft. Carnacki, fuma en pipa y tiene la incorregible costumbre de invitar a cenar sin previo aviso a sus cuatro amigos, Jessop, Arkright, Taylor y Dodgson. Relajados tras la cena, Carnacki relata a sus impresionados invitados sus aventuras contra las fuerzas del más allá. Sus armas: un pentáculo mágico, grimorios y antiguos rituales de libros ...

“The Gateway of the Monster” is a story featuring Thomas Carnacki, a detective who investigates cases of an occult or supernatural nature. It is one of five tales of Carnacki's ghost-hunting exploits that first appeared serially in The Idler magazine in 1910 and were published together with one more as the collection Carnacki the Ghost-Finder in 1913. After a good dinner, Mr. Carnacki relates his experiences of ghost finding to his limited circle of four friends whom he has summoned to his home in Chelsea.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. The zenith of Empire is bookended by two catastrophic wars that slaughter vast swathes of humanity. And yet authors manage to record and create fragile libraries of humanity, its talents, its dreams and increasingly its nightmares.

Uncover the enigmatic world of the supernatural with Thomas Carnacki, a fearless detective of the occult, brought to life through the intriguing short stories of William Hope Hodgson. Despite his untimely death at the age of 40 in World War I, Hodgson, renowned for his talents in photography and bodybuilding, left an indelible mark with his creation of Carnacki. This podcast is introduced by Samanem.