The Weird Tales of Robert Bloch: A Collection of 9 Stories

A selection of the Psycho author’s many macabre contributions to the great Weird Tales Magazine, as published between 1935 and 1952. Bandcamp link: https://horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/alb... 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:00:28 - The Suicide in the Study The story first appeared in Weird Tales in its June 1935 edition. It tells of a modern sorcerer, and his efforts to obtain a state of 'dual personality'. 0:13:44 - The Mandarin's Canaries This one first appeared in Weird Tales in its September 1938 edition. It tells of a torture-mad Chinese ruler, and his aptly named Garden of Pain. 0:43:30 - Death is an Elephant Published under the pseudonym, Nathan Hindin, the story tells of the circus, and a series of deaths involving a sacred white elephant. 1:31:04 - The Ghost-Writer The story first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1940, and tells of an ambitious weird fiction writer, whose insatiable desire for success leads to his doom. 2:12:50 - The Fiddler's Fee First appearing in Weird Tales back in July of 1940, this one tells of a young musician who enters into an unholy pact in order to become the greatest fiddler that ever lived. 3:00:48 - Hell on Earth This rare novelette, which debuted in Weird Tales in March 1942, tells of a strange experiment involving the Prince of Darkness atop a New York skyscraper. 5:01:28 - Black Bargain The story first appeared in Weird Tales in its May 1942 edition. It tells of a situation involving a man who is quite literally afraid of his own shadow. 5:42:06 - The Strange Island of Doctor Nork This one first appeared in the March 1949 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. A parody of H. G. Wells' "The Island of Doctor Moreau", the story tells of an eccentric doctor, and his 'comically' odd experiments... 6:32:32 - Lucy Comes to Stay Debuting in Weird Tales back in January of 1952, the story was later adapted by Bloch as a segment of the 1972 anthology film, "Asylum", starring Peter Cushing. It tells the story of Vi and her friend, Lucy, who can only be described as a 'bad influence'. 6:45:55 - Further Listening Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gill Become a HorrorBabbler here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/horrorbabble/... Support us on Bandcamp or Patreon: https://horrorbabble.bandcamp.com   / horrorbabble   HorrorBabble MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/horrorba... Search HORRORBABBLE to find us on: AUDIBLE / ITUNES / SPOTIFY Home: https://www.horrorbabble.com Rue Morgue: http://www.rue-morgue.com Social Media:   / horrorbabble     / horrorbabble     / horrorbabble   This is an ORIGINAL HorrorBabble Production.