Ranked #1
Episode 72- By One, By Two and By Three by Adrian Ross
Episode 72- By One, By Two and By Three by Adrian Ross
Like a prodigal and slightly deranged friend, Will and Mike return to explore another author inspired by MR James. This... Read more
17 Nov 2019
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #2
Episode 49 – Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories
Episode 49 – Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories
What could be more worthy of a Christmas episode than a ghost story? Answer: twelve ghost stories! This week Mike and W... Read more
22 Dec 2015
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1hr 6mins
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Ranked #3
Episode 30 – A Warning to the Curious – Part 1 of 2
Episode 30 – A Warning to the Curious – Part 1 of 2
The waiting is over, it’s finally time for Mike & Will to tackle what is arguably M.R. James’s masterpiece – A Warni... Read more
13 Oct 2013
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #4
Episode 58 – The Familiar by J Sheridan Le Fanu
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Illustration by M. Grant Kellermeyer In this bumper episode we examine M.R. James’s favourite story by his favourite aut... Read more
27 Feb 2017
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1hr 52mins
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Episode 31 – A Warning to the Curious – Part 2 of 2
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This episode concludes our coverage of M.R. James’s masterwork ‘A Warning to the Curious‘, and we also speak to James ex... Read more
11 Nov 2013
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1hr 26mins
Ranked #6
Episode 43 – The Malice of Inanimate Objects
Episode 43 – The Malice of Inanimate Objects
In this episode Mike and Will batten down the hatches and prepare for the onslaught of ‘The Malice of Inanimate Objects‘... Read more
8 Feb 2015
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35mins
Ranked #7
Episode 40 – The Experiment
Episode 40 – The Experiment
This week Mike and Will attempt some foul necromancy with MR James’ little-known tale ‘The Experiment’. Ghosts and Scho... Read more
22 Nov 2014
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51mins
Ranked #8
Episode 62 – The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford
Episode 62 – The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford
Mike and Will take a cruise across the pond in the good ship Kamchatka – but who’s hiding in The Upper Berth? Joining u... Read more
26 Nov 2017
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1hr
Ranked #9
Episode 37 – Wailing Well
Episode 37 – Wailing Well
This episode Mike & Will pack their tents, pull up their socks and strap on their woggles (woggles are a scout thing... Read more
24 Jun 2014
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41mins
Ranked #10
Episode 75 – The Traveller by R.H. Benson
Episode 75 – The Traveller by R.H. Benson
This episode explores some ecclesiastical terrors in R.H. Benson’s ‘The Traveller’. It was ‘too ecclesiastical’ for M.R.... Read more
9 Feb 2020
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58mins
Ranked #11
Episode 73 – Out of the sea by A.C. Benson
Episode 73 – Out of the sea by A.C. Benson
This episode Mike and Will indulge in murder, moralising and supernatural goat-based mayhem in A.C. Benson’s ‘Out of the... Read more
12 Dec 2019
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #12
Episode 6 – Count Magnus
Episode 6 – Count Magnus
In this Christmas Special* Will and Mike get stuck into Count Magnus by M.R. James, and explore some startling questions... Read more
23 Dec 2011
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55mins
Ranked #13
Episode 25 – The Uncommon Prayer-book
Episode 25 – The Uncommon Prayer-book
This episode Mike & Will put on their golden pince-nez and crack the spine of ‘The Uncommon Prayer-book’ by M.R. Jam... Read more
27 Apr 2013
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53mins
Ranked #14
Episode 50 – A Night in King’s College Chapel
Episode 50 – A Night in King’s College Chapel
This episode Mike and Will pack their sleeping bags and bed down for ‘A Night in King’s College Chapel’ by M.R. James. T... Read more
6 Feb 2016
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48mins
Ranked #15
Episode 12a – Casting the Runes
Episode 12a – Casting the Runes
Join Mike & Will as they delve into Brian Blessed’s beard, the truth of alchemy, diabolical magic lantern shows and ... Read more
26 Apr 2012
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57mins
Ranked #16
Episode 39 – Merfield Hall
Episode 39 – Merfield Hall
This episode Mike & Will false-start their way through the unfinished M.R. James manuscript ‘Merfield Hall’ (or shou... Read more
17 Oct 2014
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46mins
Ranked #17
Episode 59 – The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Episode 59 – The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
This episode Mike and Will cover ‘The Haunted and the Haunters‘ by Charles Dickens’s BFF, Edward Bulwer-Lytton. M.R. Jam... Read more
26 Apr 2017
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #18
Episode 29 – A View from a Hill
Episode 29 – A View from a Hill
This episode Mike and Will whip out their podcasting binoculars and peer through them at ‘A View from a Hill by M.R. Jam... Read more
2 Sep 2013
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #19
Episode 44 – The Five Jars, Part 1
Episode 44 – The Five Jars, Part 1
This week Will and Mike explore the borders between psychedelia and twee when they crack open The Five Jars, Monty’s onl... Read more
26 Mar 2015
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39mins
Ranked #20
Episode 38 – The Game of Bear
Episode 38 – The Game of Bear
An episode of two parts this week. In part one, Will and Mike open their box of James ephemera to play the “dreadful Ga... Read more
25 Aug 2014
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59mins
