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

... dedicated to the Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of M.R. James.

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Episode 95 – The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin

Episode 95 – The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin

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 We... Read more

2 Jul 2023

1hr

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

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

This episode we speak with two experts to better understand Eleanor Scott and her story Randall’s Round, Dr Vicky Margre... Read more

21 May 2023

43mins

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Episode 93 – Count Magnus Awakens

Episode 93 – Count Magnus Awakens

A BBC Ghost Story for Christmas is thankfully as traditional as quaffing eggnog and leaving out a carrot for Rudolph. A... Read more

8 Jan 2023

48mins

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Episode 92 – Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott

Episode 92 – Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott

This episode Mike and Will explore freaky folk-dance, village-based villainy and Cotswold chicanery in Eleanor Scott’s a... Read more

12 Dec 2022

1hr 7mins

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Episode 91 – Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley

Episode 91 – Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley

In the first episode of Season 4 tm, Mike and Will are delighted by Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley, a tale of crypts, cl... Read more

5 Nov 2022

1hr 14mins

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Episode 90 – Right Through My Hair by Noel Boston

Episode 90 – Right Through My Hair by Noel Boston

Join Will and Mike for haunted cathedrals, lecherous minor canons and hair-based horrors in Noel Boston’s ‘Right Through... Read more

17 Sep 2022

1hr 2mins

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Episode 89 – Cushi

Episode 89 – Cushi

Open your hymn books to episode 89, as we’re back in church for Christopher Woodforde’s “Cushi”: a tale of capering cats... Read more

18 Jun 2022

43mins

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Episode 88 – Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book Revisited

Episode 88 – Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book Revisited

Join Mike and Will for a special 10th anniversary (give or take a few months) special in which your now-aged hosts look ... Read more

22 Mar 2022

1hr 30mins

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Episode 87 – Mark Gatiss’s The Mezzotint

Episode 87 – Mark Gatiss’s The Mezzotint

In this episode, Mike and Will share their thoughts on Mark Gatiss’s recent TV adaptation of M.R. James’s The Mezzotint.... Read more

2 Jan 2022

41mins

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Episode 86 – Lucky’s Grove by H.R. Wakefield

Episode 86 – Lucky’s Grove by H.R. Wakefield

Ho ho, and indeed ho! In this special festive episode, Mike and Will pull on their wellies and wander straight into Luck... Read more

21 Dec 2021

58mins

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