Episodes

  • The Door in the Wall, by H.G. Wells
    May 11 2025

    A successful politician recounts how thoughout his life he has been haunted by the memory of a chance childhood encounter with another world, accessed through a mysterious and elusive green door.


    Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories theme and incidental music composed by Graham Walmsley.

    Graham is the creator of role playing games including 'Cthulhu Dark' and 'Cosmic Dark' and you can find him on Substack at https://grahamwalmsley.substack.com/ and Twitter @grahamwalmsley

    If you are enjoying these tales, why not leave a review on your listening platform of choice.

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    46 mins
  • The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood - Part 2
    Apr 18 2025

    The concluding part of this story to mark the 4th anniversary of the podcast. Once again, I'd like to thank everyone who has listened in the past and hope you continue to enjoy these tales in the months to come.


    Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories theme and incidental music composed by Graham Walmsley.

    Graham is the creator of role playing games including 'Cthulhu Dark' and 'Cosmic Dark' and you can find him on Substack at https://grahamwalmsley.substack.com/ and Twitter @grahamwalmsley

    If you are enjoying these tales, why not leave a review on your listening platform of choice.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood - Part 1
    Mar 9 2025

    Two friends canoeing down the Danube encounter a terrifying, otherworldly presence which inhabits the islands on which they make their camp.


    This is a the first part of a story to mark the 4th anniversary of the podcast. I'd like to thank everyone who has listened in the past and hope you continue to enjoy these tales in the months to come.


    Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories theme and incidental music composed by Graham Walmsley.

    Graham is the creator of role playing games including 'Cthulhu Dark' and 'Cosmic Dark' and you can find him on Substack at https://grahamwalmsley.substack.com/ and Twitter @grahamwalmsley

    If you are enjoying these tales, why not leave a review on your listening platform of choice.

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    57 mins
  • The Shadow on the Blind, by Louisa Baldwin
    Feb 9 2025

    When Mr Stackpoole takes on a run down old country house, little does he realise that the truth behind the tales he hears about the reasons why its previous tenants left will soon become all too apparent to him and his family.


    Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories theme and incidental music composed by Graham Walmsley.

    Graham is the creator of role playing games including 'Cthulhu Dark' and 'Cosmic Dark' and you can find him on Substack at https://grahamwalmsley.substack.com/ and Twitter @grahamwalmsley

    If you are enjoying these tales, why not leave a review on your listening platform of choice.

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    50 mins
  • Ligeia, by Edgar Allen Poe
    Jan 12 2025

    In "Ligeia," an unnamed narrator mourns the loss of his ethereal, otherworldly wife. When he finally marries again, his second wife becomes ill and things take a mysterious turn which challenges the boundaries between life, death and love.


    Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories theme and incidental music composed by Graham Walmsley.

    Graham is the creator of role playing games including 'Cthulhu Dark' and 'Cosmic Dark' and you can find him on Substack at https://grahamwalmsley.substack.com/ and Twitter @grahamwalmsley

    If you are enjoying these tales, why not leave a review on your listening platform of choice.

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    44 mins
  • Between the Lights, by E.F. Benson
    Dec 8 2024

    A group of friends gather around the fireside on Christmas Eve to hear their host relate the story of a most frightening experience which began for him a year ago to the very day.


    Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories theme and incidental music composed by Graham Walmsley.

    Graham is the creator of role playing games including 'Cthulhu Dark' and 'Cosmic Dark' and you can find him on Substack at https://grahamwalmsley.substack.com/ and Twitter @grahamwalmsley

    If you are enjoying these tales, why not leave a review on your listening platform of choice.

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    29 mins
  • Opening the Door, by Arthur Machen
    Nov 10 2024

    When he is sent to interview a retired clergyman whose predictions has recently gained a certain notoriety, a newspaper reporter hears the tale of a most strange and unusual series of events which seem to have no rational explanation.



    Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories theme and incidental music composed by Graham Walmsley.

    Graham is the creator of role playing games including 'Cthulhu Dark' and 'Cosmic Dark' and you can find him on Substack at https://grahamwalmsley.substack.com/ and Twitter @grahamwalmsley

    If you are enjoying these tales, why not leave a review on your listening platform of choice.

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    31 mins
  • Pickman’s Model, by H.P. Lovecraft
    Oct 13 2024

    When a talented but shunned artist's friend is brought to visit his studio in an old part of town, the paintings he finds there reveal terrifying subject matter that may be based in more than just imagination.


    Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories theme and incidental music composed by Graham Walmsley.

    Graham is the creator of role playing games including 'Cthulhu Dark' and 'Cosmic Dark' and you can find him on Substack at https://grahamwalmsley.substack.com/ and Twitter @grahamwalmsley

    If you are enjoying these tales, why not leave a review on your listening platform of choice.

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    36 mins