People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Horror Stories, Weird Fiction, and Film Reviews

DB Spitzer/David Heath/Aunt Gore
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People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos is a long-running podcast exploring cosmic horror, weird fiction, and the strange worlds inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries. Hosted by DB Spitzer with co-hosts Farmer Dave and Aunt Gore, the show dives into myth, monsters, movies, and the legacy of the Mythos with humor and insight. Join us for our audiobook episodes. Episodes drop weekly.

  1. 2d ago

    The Music of Erich Zahn by HPL/Sinners(2025)

    Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 23 Movies & Stories     1. Sinners (2025)  Story: “The Music of Erich Zann,” H. P. Lovecraft Music becomes a weapon, a barrier, and an opening into something beyond the human world. Complete YouTube reading   2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Story: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne A scientist transforms his daughter into something beautiful, deadly, and isolated from ordinary human intimacy. The created woman is treated simultaneously as experiment, daughter, monster, and possible lover. Complete YouTube reading   3. Ready or Not (2019)  Story: “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell Wealthy predators turn the hunting of a human being into sport and tradition.  Complete YouTube reading   4. Blade II (2002)  Story: “The Room in the Tower,” E. F. Benson A recurring nightmare leads to a room occupied by a ravenous female vampire. Complete YouTube reading   5. Obsession (2026) Story: “The Birth-Mark,” Nathaniel Hawthorne Love curdles into the conviction that another person must be altered and perfected. Complete YouTube reading   6. RoboCop (1987)  Story: “The Man That Was Used Up,” Edgar Allan Poe A celebrated military hero is gradually revealed to be an assemblage of manufactured replacement parts. Prosthetic reconstruction, militarism, masculine propaganda, and brutal satire. Complete YouTube reading   7. Johnny Mnemonic (1995)  Story: “A Logic Named Joe,” Murray Leinster Information technology becomes dangerously helpful, invasive, and impossible to contain. Complete YouTube audiobook   8. Strange Days (1995)  Story: “The Crystal Egg,” H. G. Wells A mysterious device allows its owner to watch another world—and may allow that world to watch him. The voyeurism, addictive looking, and technologically mediated experience. Complete YouTube reading   9. Brainstorm (1983)  Story: “The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham,” H. G. Wells A wealthy old scientist finds a way to transfer his consciousness into a young man’s body. It turns recorded experience and technological immortality into an intimate identity nightmare. Complete YouTube reading   10. Burst City (1982) Story: “The Machine Stops,” E. M. Forster A society has surrendered its bodies, relationships, and environment to an enormous technological system. Complete YouTube reading   11. Neo Tokyo (1987)  Story: “The City of the Singing Flame,” Clark Ashton Smith A traveller discovers a magnificent alternate city whose alien music and architecture exert an increasingly irresistible pull. Complete YouTube reading   12. Total Recall (1990) Story: “The Defenders,” Philip K. Dick Humanity’s understanding of its war and surrounding reality has been deliberately manufactured. Complete YouTube reading   13. Sorry to Bother You (2018) Story: “The Business Man,” Edgar Allan Poe A self-satisfied entrepreneur explains his increasingly violent career as though criminal ingenuity were merely sound business practice. Complete YouTube reading   14. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Story: “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” H. G. Wells A mild collector brings home an exotic plant that proves predatory. Carnivorous botany, human loneliness, and the inability to recognize danger until it is wrapped around your throat. Complete YouTube reading   15. Slither (2006) Story: “The Derelict,” William Hope Hodgson An explorer returns from an ancient ruin carrying something that has taken root inside his body. Complete YouTube reading   16. Swiss Army Man (2016)  Story: “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost,” H. G. Wells A lonely, ineffectual dead man cannot remember how to leave the living world, and an overconfident living man attempts to help him.  Complete YouTube reading   17. Happy Death Day (2017)  Story: “The Clock That Went Backward,” Edward Page Mitchell A clock literally carries its characters backwards through time. Complete YouTube reading   18. The Gorge (2025)  Story: “The People of the Pit,” A. Merritt An isolated traveller discovers an abyss containing an ancient, inhuman civilization and something that calls irresistibly from below. Complete YouTube reading   19. The Fourth Kind (2009) Story: “The Hanging Stranger,” Philip K. Dick An ordinary man notices an impossible event that everyone else accepts, then discovers that his community may no longer be human.  Complete YouTube reading   20. Dark City (1998) Story: “The Street That Wasn’t There,” Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi Familiar pieces of a city begin disappearing as reality is quietly revised around its inhabitants. Complete YouTube reading   21. Stir of Echoes (1999)  Story: “The Beckoning Fair One,” Oliver Onions A man living alone becomes increasingly dominated by an unseen female presence whose influence may be supernatural, psychological, or both.  Complete YouTube reading

  2. 3d ago ·  Bonus

    Bread Overhead by Fritz Leiber

    Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.

  3. 4d ago ·  Bonus

    The 4-D Doodler by Graph Waldeyer

    Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.

  4. 5d ago ·  Bonus

    Some Real American Ghosts Part 2

    Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER   01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve   02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe   03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James   04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton   05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert   06 Banshees   07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson   08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood   09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews       11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan   12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1   13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2

  5. 6d ago ·  Bonus

    The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews

    Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER   01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve   02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe   03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James   04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton   05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert   06 Banshees   07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson   08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood   09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews       11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan   12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1   13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2

  6. Sep 4 ·  Bonus

    Some Real American Ghosts Part 1

    Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER   01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve   02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe   03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James   04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton   05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert   06 Banshees   07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson   08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood   09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews   10 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce   11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan   12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1   13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2

  7. Sep 4

    The Music of Erich Zahn/Sinners(2025)

    Thank you for listening! Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Topics include: Charcuterie Cyberpunk Coffee/Tea Recipe book with OGL D20 stats. Season 23 Movies & Stories   PGttCM Season 23 Order(all episodes will be recorded  1. Sinners (2025) August week 4 Story: “The Music of Erich Zann,” H. P. Lovecraft Music becomes a weapon, a barrier, and an opening into something beyond the human world. Complete YouTube reading   2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)  Story: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne A scientist transforms his daughter into something beautiful, deadly, and isolated from ordinary human intimacy. The created woman is treated simultaneously as experiment, daughter, monster, and possible lover. Complete YouTube reading   3. Ready or Not (2019)  Story: “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell Wealthy predators turn the hunting of a human being into sport and tradition.  Complete YouTube reading   4. Blade II (2002)  Story: “The Room in the Tower,” E. F. Benson A recurring nightmare leads to a room occupied by a ravenous female vampire. Complete YouTube reading   5. Obsession (2026)  Story: “The Birth-Mark,” Nathaniel Hawthorne Love curdles into the conviction that another person must be altered and perfected. Complete YouTube reading   6. RoboCop (1987)  Story: “The Man That Was Used Up,” Edgar Allan Poe A celebrated military hero is gradually revealed to be an assemblage of manufactured replacement parts. Prosthetic reconstruction, militarism, masculine propaganda, and brutal satire. Complete YouTube reading   7. Johnny Mnemonic (1995)  Story: “A Logic Named Joe,” Murray Leinster Information technology becomes dangerously helpful, invasive, and impossible to contain. Complete YouTube audiobook   8. Strange Days (1995)  Story: “The Crystal Egg,” H. G. Wells A mysterious device allows its owner to watch another world—and may allow that world to watch him. The voyeurism, addictive looking, and technologically mediated experience. Complete YouTube reading   9. Brainstorm (1983)  Story: “The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham,” H. G. Wells A wealthy old scientist finds a way to transfer his consciousness into a young man’s body. It turns recorded experience and technological immortality into an intimate identity nightmare. Complete YouTube reading   10. Burst City (1982)  Story: “The Machine Stops,” E. M. Forster A society has surrendered its bodies, relationships, and environment to an enormous technological system. Complete YouTube reading   11. Neo Tokyo (1987) Story: “The City of the Singing Flame,” Clark Ashton Smith A traveller discovers a magnificent alternate city whose alien music and architecture exert an increasingly irresistible pull. Complete YouTube reading   12. Total Recall (1990)  Story: “The Defenders,” Philip K. Dick Humanity’s understanding of its war and surrounding reality has been deliberately manufactured. Complete YouTube reading   13. Sorry to Bother You (2018)  Story: “The Business Man,” Edgar Allan Poe A self-satisfied entrepreneur explains his increasingly violent career as though criminal ingenuity were merely sound business practice. Complete YouTube reading   14. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)  Story: “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” H. G. Wells A mild collector brings home an exotic plant that proves predatory. Carnivorous botany, human loneliness, and the inability to recognize danger until it is wrapped around your throat. Complete YouTube reading   15. Slither (2006)  Story: “The Derelict,” William Hope Hodgson An explorer returns from an ancient ruin carrying something that has taken root inside his body. Complete YouTube reading   16. Swiss Army Man (2016)  Story: “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost,” H. G. Wells A lonely, ineffectual dead man cannot remember how to leave the living world, and an overconfident living man attempts to help him.  Complete YouTube reading   17. Happy Death Day (2017)  Story: “The Clock That Went Backward,” Edward Page Mitchell A clock literally carries its characters backwards through time. Complete YouTube reading   18. The Gorge (2025)  Story: “The People of the Pit,” A. Merritt An isolated traveller discovers an abyss containing an ancient, inhuman civilization and something that calls irresistibly from below. Complete YouTube reading   Reality Comes Apart  19. The Fourth Kind (2009) Story: “The Hanging Stranger,” Philip K. Dick An ordinary man notices an impossible event that everyone else accepts, then discovers that his community may no longer be human.  Complete YouTube reading   20. Dark City (1998) Story: “The Street That Wasn’t There,” Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi Familiar pieces of a city begin disappearing as reality is quietly revised around its inhabitants. Complete YouTube reading   21. Stir of Echoes (1999)  Story: “The Beckoning Fair One,” Oliver Onions A man living alone becomes increasingly dominated by an unseen female presence whose influence may be supernatural, psychological, or both.  Complete YouTube reading

  8. Sep 2 ·  Bonus

    The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson

    Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER   01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve   02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe   03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James   04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton   05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert   06 Banshees   07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson   08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood   09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews   10 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce   11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan   12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1   13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2

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People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos is a long-running podcast exploring cosmic horror, weird fiction, and the strange worlds inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries. Hosted by DB Spitzer with co-hosts Farmer Dave and Aunt Gore, the show dives into myth, monsters, movies, and the legacy of the Mythos with humor and insight. Join us for our audiobook episodes. Episodes drop weekly.

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