Episodes

  • Christmas Special: with Mike Muncer - 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' (1974) and 'The Ash Tree' (1975)
    Dec 20 2023

    In Series 4, Episode 11 - our Christmas Special - join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Mike Muncer in this episode (recorded live on Zoom on 7 December 2023) as we discuss two class Ghost Story for Christmas films, 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' (1974) and 'The Ash Tree' (1975)

    Mike Muncer is the host and creator of The Evolution of Horror, a weekly podcast in which he explores the history of the horror genre by delving into particular sub-genres across several weeks. Each episode Mike is joined by a different guest: a critic, filmmaker or expert, to discuss a particular film in depth, to look at its place within a sub-genre and its impact and legacy on cinema history. Subscribe to The Evolution of Horror wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Mike on Twitter here

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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • Ten Christmas Ghost Stories
    Dec 13 2023

    In Series 4, Episode 10 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, as I count down ten of my favourite Ghost Stories for Christmas! What are your favourites? Tell me on Twitter and Facebook

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    27 mins
  • 'The Upper Berth' by F. Marion Crawford: with Nathan Ballingrud
    Dec 6 2023

    In Series 4, Episode 9 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Nathan Ballingrud as we discuss 'The Upper Berth' by F. Marion Crawford

    Nathan Ballingrud is the author of The Strange, Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell, and North American Lake Monsters, which won the Shirley Jackson Award. A novella, Crypt of the Moon Spider, will appear in 2024. He has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Awards. His stories have been adapted into the Hulu series Monsterland. He lives in Asheville, NC.

    Find Nathan on Twitter here.
    On Instagram here

     

    The Ghost Story Book Club: Christmas Special Live-Stream

    Book now, here: Tickets

    Date: Thursday 7 December, 7pm (UK time)

    Guest: Mike Muncer (from The Evolution of Horror) 

    Texts: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) and The Ash Tree (1975)

    TICKETS:https://gsbcxmas.eventbrite.com

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • 'Martin's Close' by M.R. James: with Naomi Ryan
    Nov 29 2023

    In Series 4, Episode 8 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Naomi Ryan as we discuss 'Martin's Close' by M.R. James

    Naomi Ryan is a barrister. After completing the BCL at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, she taught criminal law to undergraduates at St Hilda’s College Oxford and University College London before embarking on her career as a criminal barrister. She both prosecuted and defended before moving to work for as a civil service. She has worked for an array of prestigious departments, including the Attorney General’s Office, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Court of Appeal, and she continues to work as an advisory barrister on criminal matters. When she isn’t advising on criminal matters, she delivers talks on the more macabre side of legal history. She is a regular feature at London’s Month of the Dead festival, and can often be found addressing museums and other legal and supernatural organisations on the topic of ghost law. She plans to finish her book on the subject next year.

    Find Naomi on Instagram @spooky_barrister 

     

    The Ghost Story Book Club: Christmas Special Live-Stream

    Book now, here: Tickets

    Date: Thursday 7 December, 7pm (UK time)

    Guest: Mike Muncer (from The Evolution of Horror) 

    Texts: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) and The Ash Tree (1975)

    TICKETS:https://gsbcxmas.eventbrite.com

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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • 'Berenice' by Edgar Allan Poe: with Leon Craig
    Nov 22 2023

    In Series 4, Episode 7 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Leon Craig as we discuss 'Berenice' by Edgar Allan Poe

    Leon Craig is a writer and editor from London, now based in Berlin. Her gothic short story collection Parallel Hells was published by Sceptre Books and she is currently working on her first novel. Leon’s fiction has also appeared in the White Review, the London Magazine, the Best British Short Stories 2022 anthology and the Queer Life, Queer Love anthology. Her criticism has been published by the TLS, the Literary Review and Another Gaze among others. 

    Find Leon on Twitter @Leon_c_c

     

    The Ghost Story Book Club: Christmas Special Live-Stream

    Book now, here: Tickets

    Date: Thursday 7 December, 7pm (UK time)

    Guest: Mike Muncer (from The Evolution of Horror) 

    Texts: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) and The Ash Tree (1975)

    TICKETS:https://gsbcxmas.eventbrite.com

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • LIVE SPECIAL: The Woman in Black (1989 adaptation) with Prof. Catherine Spooner & Andrew Michael Hurley
    Nov 15 2023

    Welcome to this special bonus LIVE episode of The Ghost Story Book Club!

    Join me (Adam Z. Robinson), Gothic expert and award-winning writer Professor Catherine Spooner and novellist Andrew Michael Hurley for this post-screening discussion of The Woman in Black (1989 TV film adaptation) which was recorded LIVE at The Dukes, Lancaster, on Saturday 28 October 2023 as part of the Dark Dukes festival.

     

    The Ghost Story Book Club: Christmas Special Live-Stream
    Thurs 7 December

    Book now, here: Tickets

    Date: Thursday 7 December, 7pm (UK time)

    Guest: Mike Muncer (from The Evolution of Horror) 

    Texts: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) and The Ash Tree (1975)

    TICKETS:https://gsbcxmas.eventbrite.com

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    52 mins
  • 'The Giant Wistaria' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman: with Dr. Emily Vincent
    Nov 8 2023

    In Series 4, Episode 5 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Dr. Emily Vincent as we discuss 'The Giant Wistaria' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

    Dr Emily Vincent is a Deputy Associate Director of Research and an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International, based at Durham University. Emily holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Birmingham. Her thesis explored how women navigate child loss in fin-de-siècle ghost stories by examining spiritualism and maternity in the supernatural works of Florence Marryat, Margaret Oliphant, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Emily also co-runs Gothica, an international interdisciplinary reading group on the Gothic.

    Find Emily on Twitter @Emily__Vincent 
    and Gothica @Gothica_UoB.

     

    The Ghost Story Book Club: Christmas Special Live-Stream

    Book now, here: Tickets

    Date: Thursday 7 December, 7pm (UK time)

    Guest: Mike Muncer (from The Evolution of Horror) 

    Texts: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) and The Ash Tree (1975)

    TICKETS:https://gsbcxmas.eventbrite.com

     

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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • 'The Striding Place' by Gertrude Atherton: with Caroline Bird
    Nov 1 2023

    In Series 4, Episode 4 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Caroline Bird as we discuss 'The Striding Place' by Gertrude Atherton.

    Caroline Bird is a poet and playwright. Her most recent collection, The Air Year, won the Forward Prize for Poetry and was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize and the Polari Prize. Her previous collections include In These Days of Prohibition, which was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry in 2017. Caroline’s play, Red Ellen, about the labour MP Ellen Wilkinson, was shortlisted for the 2021 George Devine Award. Caroline’s latest book is her Selected Poems, Rookie, published by Carcanet in Spring 2022.

    Follow Caroline on Twitter here.

     

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    1 hr and 9 mins