A Podcast to the Curious - The M.R. James Podcast

Dec 18 2024 108 ep. 55 mins 3.2k
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... dedicated to the Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of M.R. James.

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Episode 99 – Curfew by Lucy M. Boston

Dec 18 2024 55 mins  
This episode Mike and Will examine Curfew by Lucy M. Boston, a childhood tale of haunted bells, unearthed coffins and post-Jamesian highjinx aplenty. Big thanks to Debbie Wedge for providing the readings for this episode. Show notes: Curfew by Lucy M. Boston – read by Robert Lloyd Parry (Youtube.com) The text of this story is […]

Episode 98 – The Nature of the Evidence by May Sinclair

Mar 27 2024 67 mins  
M.R. James said that sex had no place in a ghost story. But was he right? This episode we attempt to answer this question and more, as we cover The Nature of the Evidence by May Sinclair, a tale from 1923 about a couple who just want to enjoy their wedding night. Is that too […]

Episode 97 – Mark Gatiss’s Lot 249

Jan 15 2024 59 mins  
Hold on to your mummy! This episode Mike and Will discuss Mark Gatiss’s recent Ghost Story for Christmas TV adaptation Lot 249, as well as the Arthur Conan Doyle short story it is based on. Show notes: Watch it online! (BBC iPlayer) If you are in the UK you can watch it on BBC iPlayer […]

Episode 96 – The Real and the Counterfeit by Louisa Baldwin

Dec 21 2023 47 mins  
This episode, Mike and Will grab their literary toboggans and gallop joyously out into the snow, only to be hit in the face by a terrifying fictional snowball in the form of Louisa Baldwin’s The Real and the Counterfeit! Big thanks as ever to Debbie Wedge for providing the readings for this episode. Looking for […]

Episode 95 – The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin

Jul 02 2023 60 mins  
Who would win in a fight between a man and a bed? Find the answer to this question and more in our new episode on The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin! Also, if you like emotionally-repressed Victorian husbands, you will not leave disappointed. Show notes: Louisa Baldwin (1845–1925) (Wikipedia) Louisa was a member of […]

Episode 94 – Exploring Eleanor Scott with Vicky Margree and Dan Orrells

May 21 2023 43 mins  
This episode we speak with two experts to better understand Eleanor Scott and her story Randall’s Round, Dr Vicky Margree and Prof Dan Orrells. We discuss what’s known about Eleanor Scott, her time at Oxford University in the early 1900s and the role of gender, folklore and imperialism in her writing. Vicky is a specialist […]

Episode 93 – Count Magnus Awakens

Jan 08 2023 48 mins  
A BBC Ghost Story for Christmas is thankfully as traditional as quaffing eggnog and leaving out a carrot for Rudolph. And what a treat, as this year Count Magnus made the Black Pilgrimage onto our screens. But has Mark Gatiss been naughty or nice? We give you our verdict. Show notes A recent interview with […]

Episode 92 – Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott

Dec 12 2022 67 mins  
This episode Mike and Will explore freaky folk-dance, village-based villainy and Cotswold chicanery in Eleanor Scott’s awesome Jamesian folk-horror tale Randalls Round! Big thanks to Kirsty Woodfield for providing the readings for this episode. Show notes: Eleanor Scott (The Haunted Library) This article contains some biographical information as well as plot summaries of the stor

Episode 91 – Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley

Nov 05 2022 74 mins  
In the first episode of Season 4 tm, Mike and Will are delighted by Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley, a tale of crypts, clergymen and crikey, what is that in the dog’s mouth? Big thanks to Jim Moon for allowing us to use extracts from his excellent reading of the story. You can listen to […]

Episode 90 – Right Through My Hair by Noel Boston

Sep 17 2022 62 mins  
Join Will and Mike for haunted cathedrals, lecherous minor canons and hair-based horrors in Noel Boston’s ‘Right Through My Hair’! Big thanks to Debbie Wedge for providing the readings for this episode. Show notes Noel Boston (The Haunted Library) Biographical information about Noel Boston is a bit hard to find online, but there is an […]