HYPNOBOBS 71 - The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder #5 - The Searcher of the End House
Join Mr Jim Moon in the Library of Dreams where once more he opens the curious tome marked The Casebook of Carnacki The Ghost Finder. This time the account set down by Mr William Hope Hodgson details an early case of Mr Carnacki, presenting the young Ghost Finder with a most perplexing haunting in his own residence...

HYPNOBOBS 70 - How To Get Ahead In Ghost Hunting
...And we're back in the room! Yes, after a short hiatus, Mr Jim Moon has reopened the newly relocated Library of Dreams! This week, we explore the ancient and noble art of ghost hunting, learn some of the history of parapsychology, and hear the first part of the memoirs of a real life ghost hunter!

HYPNOBOBS 69 - Weird Verses
This week in the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon samples a selection of weird verses from down the ages. Featuring macabre poems from such luminaries as Edgar Allan Poe, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E Howard and HP Lovecraft and verses from modern masters such as Brian Lumley and Thomas Ligotti.

HYPNOBOBS 68 - Imaginary Fiends
This week Mr Jim Moon summons you to the fireside at the Library of Dreams to hear two tales of children with unusual invisible playmates... Thus I Refute Beelzy by John Collier and Mr Lupescu by Anthony Boucher

HYPNOBOBS 67 - St Skeletor's Day
Luuurve is in the air, and in a St Skeletor's Day special, Mr Jim Moon presents two tales of when love takes a turn for the horrific. Firstly we have an adaptation of Robert Smythe Hitchen's When Love Came To Professor Guildea from 1940s show Escape, and then The Family Album from the legendary Price of Fear. Plus some bonus nonsense from Mr Moon. WARNING - may contain needless Barry White impersonations!

HYPNOBOBS 66 - The Natural History of the Batman Part 6
Continuing our epic history of the Batman, Mr Jim Moon discovers what the Caped Crusader was up to in the 1980s... Quite a lot as it turns out, what with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, Alan Moore's The Killing Joke, Crisis on Infinite Earths and Years One to Three!

HYPNOBOBS 65 - The Secret Garden
Ihis week we are returning to the works of the great GK Chesteron, for a second tale featuring his clerical sleuth Father Brown. At a dinner party held by the famous police detective Valentin, the little priest discovers an unwanted additional course on the menu... vicious bloody murder!

HYPNOBOBS 64 - Zombi Zombi Part I
In the first of new occasional series, Mr Jim Moon foolishly decides to chart all the various spin-offs, remakes and sequels to George Romero's classic Night of the Living Dead. In this opening episode, we discuss Zombi: L’alba Dei Morti Viventi - AKA Dario Argento cut of Dawn of the Dead, Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2 AKA Zombie and Zombie Flesh-Eaters, and the Fulci/Mattei hybrid horror Zombi 3.

HYPNOBOBS 63 - Draccula's Guest
This week as the snow and ice lies deep and crisp and even, Mr Jim Moon reads a wintry classic from Bram Stoker. So take your place in the carriage for a visit to Dracula's Guest...

HYPNOBOBS 62 - Rambling Thru 2011
In a not-at-all definitive review of the year, Mr Jim Moon has a look at the state of film and TV in 2011. Items from the silver screen discussed include Fright Night, The Thing, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, X Men: First Class, Green Lantern, Paul, Attack The Block, Cowboys and Aliens, and Sucker Punch.

And on the small screen, we talk about Dexter, Supernatural, The Walking Dead, Once Upon A Time, Grimm, American Horror Story, Merlin, Doctor Who, Black Mirror, Breaking Bad, Community, Game of Thrones and Holy Flying Circus.

HYPNOBOBS 61 - Christmas Spirits Part III : Our Victorian Ghost Party
It's Christmas Eve at Hypnogoria Towers, Mr Jim Moon is throwing a Victorian style party and you're all invited! Featuring music, laughter and recitations! Mr Ian Hayles drops by to perform his Dickensian wonder Chains and Mr Moon regales you with readings of Jerome K Jerome's Our Ghost Party and MR James' The Story of A Disappearance and An Appearance...

HYPNOBOBS 60 - Christmas Spirits Part II : The Ghosts of Christmas television Past
In the second part of our Yuletide festivities, Mr Jim Moon takes an epic length look back at all the various ghostly tales that have haunted our televisions in Christmases past. Featuring productions by luminaries such as Lawrence Gordon Clarke, Dr Jonathan Miller, Nigel Kneale and Mark Gatiss, plus many diverse adaptations of classics by MR James and old favourites like The Turn of the Screw.

HYPNOBOBS 59 - Christmas Spirits Part I : Dickens, Christmas & Ghosts
In the first part of this year's festive celebrations at Hypnogoria Towers, Mr Jim Moon discusses ghosts and Christmas and presents a seasonal chiller penned by Mr Charles Dickens, The Signal Man...

HYPNOBOBS 58 - Christmas With Frankenstein
In a change to the announced schedule, Mr Jim Moon represents a suitably seasonal tale on the perils of Christmas toys. Coming from the pen of forgotten author Tim Stout, Christmas With Frankenstein is a gleefully ghoulish yarn about some pint-sized replicas of the most famous of the Universal Monsters...

HYPNOBOBS 57 - Twice The Price
Due to various factors, this week Mr Jim Moon hands over the reins to a special guest host, and so we have Mr Vincent Price presenting two tales illustrating The Price of Fear! In the first he co-stars with fellow horror legend Mr Peter Cushing, and in the second finds himself in a tale penned by Count Dracula's biographer Bram Stoker!

HYPNOBOBS 56 - The Blue Cross
In something of a change of pace, Mr Jim Moon presents a classic tale of mystery and detection from the very great GK Chesterton.

HYPNOBOBS 55 - The Natural History of the Batman part 5
Mr Jim Moon continues his epic exploration of Bat-history! This time discovering what lay in store for the Batman in the latter half of the 1970s. Warning - may contain Bat-Mite!

HYPNOBOBS 54 - The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder #4 - The Whistling Room
As autumn shades into winter, it's time to draw close by the fireside and for Mr Jim Moon to open once more the Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost-Finder...

HYPNOBOBS 53 - Ghostwatch
Just in time for Hallowe'en, Mr Jim Moon takes a look back at the BBC1 1992 TV special that terrified the nation! Revealing the origin, influences, impact and legacy of this classic of televisual terror created by Stephen Volk, that pitted Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith and Craig Charles against a most persistent and malignant spectre, the dread Mr Pipes...

HYPNOBOBS 52 - Diis Manibus
In an epic length two part podcast, Mr Jim Moon recounts a true tale of the supernatural!

PART I
PART II

HYPNOBOBS 51 - The House of the Nightmare & Other Eerie Tales
Continuing our readings for Hallowe'en, Mr Jim Moon presents not one, not two, but three of his favourite tales of terror! And along the way, explains at last why he's so obsesed with weird fiction...

HYPNOBOBS 50 - The Midnight Express to The Red Lodge
With Hallowe'en drawing ever nearer and strange fogs haunting the streets, in the Great Library of Dreams Mr Jim Moon revisits two sources of sleepless nights - The Red Lodge by HR Wakefield and Midnight Express by Alfred Noyes...

HYPNOBOBS 49 - Let Loose
From the fireside of the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon brings you a quasi-vampiric Victorian weird tale, 'Let Loose' by Mary Cholmondeley...

HYPNOBOBS - An Annoucement
A quick mini-cast to deliver some annoucements and some bonus comedy nonsense to boot!

HYPNOBOBS 48 - The Natural History of the Batman Part 4
At last it's back to Bat-history, as Mr Jim Moon explores Batman in the late '60s and early '70s! In this episode we discuss the aftermath of Batmania and see where comics legends Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams took the Dark Knight Detective!

HYPNOBOBS 47 - What Was It?
By the fireside of the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon reads a seminal genre crossing tale of invisible terrors, What Was It? by Fitz-James O'Brien.

HYPNOBOBS 46 - Torchopsy!
In an impromptu off the hip episode, Mr Jim Moon dissects the history of Torchwood and answers a listener's query on how he would make it better!

HYPNOBOBS 45 - The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder #3 - The House Among The Laurels
At last we're back to the adventures of Mr Thomas Carnacki the Ghost-Finder in a chilling tale, as recounted by his biographer Mr William Hope Hodgson, entitled the House Among The Laurels...

HYPNOBOBS 44 - The Black Cats of Poe (Part III)
After something of an enforced break, we're back with a full length episode, concluding our Black Cats of Poe series! But we saved the best for last! For this episode is a veritable who's who of horror maestros with the legends Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento, George A. Romero and Stuart Gordon all bringing Poe to the screen! The fine podcasts mentioned in the show can be found here - Better in the Dark, Views From the Long Box, The Gentlemen's Grindhouse, The Twilight Zone Podcast

HYPNOBOBS 43 - The Black Cats of Poe (Part II)
Continuing our exploration of adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat, Mr Jim Moon first dissects in depth Roger Corman's Tales of Terror (1962) starring Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone and the patron saint of Hypnobobs Mr Vincent Price. Then in an unplanned tangent, rambles about the history of Italian cinema and the birth of giallo, before getting stuck into Sergio Martino's catchily titled Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key (1972) and tries not to drool over Edwige Fenech...

HYPNOBOBS 42 - More Tales From Mr Poe
In order to prepare for the second round of movie adaptations of The Black Cat next week, this time round we have two more tales by Poe that feature in the anthology films Tales of Terror (1962) and Two Evil Eyes (1990). So settle back by the fireside for readings of Morella and The Facts in The Case of M.Valdemar...

HYPNOBOBS 41 - The Black Cats of Poe (Part I)
This week Mr Jim Moon begins an examination of the various screen adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale The Black Cat. In this show, we look at The Black Cat (1934) starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, the early exploitation flick Maniac (1934), the chills and chuckles of The Black Cat (1941), Roger Corman's Tomb of Ligeia (1964) starring the legendary Vincent Price, and the obscure but distinctly groovy The Black Cat (1966).

HYPNOBOBS 40 - Two Tales From Mr Edgar Allen Poe
In order to prepare for some forthcoming shows in which we shall be discussing the various feline noir movies inspired by Mr Edgar Allan Poe, this week we return to the Library of Dreams, where curled up by the fire is Mr Jim Moon who will read for you Mr Poe's classic tales The Black Cat and Ligeia...

HYPNOBOBS 39 - The Camera Never Lies
Mr Jim Moon takes a look at a host of found footage movies and mockumentaries. The films discussed are Home Movie (2008), The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007), Lake Mungo (2008), Catfish (2010), 84C MoPic (1989), Behind The Mask - The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) and Incident At Loch Ness (2004). All discussions are spoiler free.

HYPNOBOBS 38 - Two Tales From Mr HP LOVECRAFT
By the cosy fireside in the Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon presents two early classics from HP Lovecraft - The Outsider and The White Ship...

THE TWILIGHT ZONE PODCAST - Elegy by Charles Beaumont
In a special guest spot, Mr Jim Moon reads Charles Beaumont's classic SF shocker that was later adapted for a memorable episode of The Twilight Zone

HYPNOBOBS 37 - The Natural History of the Batman Part 3
This week we return to the Bat Cave, for the third instalment of Mr Jim Moon's epic exploration of Bat History. This time we looking at the Silver Age and the 1960s Batman series. The blog mentioned in this 'cast  can be found here Silver Age Comics The podcast mentioned can be found here The Black Dog  And you dig out your own links for naughty pictures of Julie Newmar...

HYPNOBOBS 36 - A Hornbook For Witches
With a raging throat infection rendering his usual golden tones into something akin to the croaking of the blasphemous fish-frogs of old Innsmouth town, Mr Jim Moon quaffs a magic potion and summons up a guest narrator to handle this week's show. And stone me, who should appear but the great man who is rapidly becoming the patron saint of HYPNOBOBS, Mr Vincent Price...

HYPNOBOBS 35 - The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder #2 - The Gateway of the Monster
Continuing our exploration of the Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, in the Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon snugs down in his armchair and recounts the terrifying tale of The Gateway of the Monster...

HYPNOBOBS 34 - You Only Live Price
Continuing our celebrations of the Vincent Price Centennial, Mr Jim Moon explores not one, not two, but three fantastic movies featuring the master of terror! The flicks under the the microscope are Theatre of Blood (1973), Madhouse (1974) and Scream And Scream Again (1970)!

HYPNOBOBS 33 - The Price of Fear
In the first of two episodes celebrating Vincent Price's centennial on the 27th of May, Mr Jim Moon summons forth diverse treasures from the audient void including an interview, some radio terror and a poetry reading from the great man himself!The Night Gallery Podcast mentioned in the show can be found at Dimension X Radio

HYPNOBOBS 32 - The Casebook of Carnacki The Ghost Finder #1 - The Thing Invisible
This week, Mr Jim Moon opens the files of one of the 20th century's great detectives, Mr Thomas Carnacki and recounts the strange case of The Thing Invisible as recorded by Mr William Hope Hodgson!

HYPNOBOBS 31 - The Natural History of the Batman Part 2
Pow! Mr Jim Moon continues his epic exploration of the history of the Batman!

HYPNOBOBS 30 - The Natural History of the Batman Part 1
Kapow! Mr Jim Moon begins an epic look back at the long history of the Batman! For the images mentioned in the show, visit here. And the Better in the Dark Podcast lives here

HYPNOBOBS 29 - Count Magnus!
It's time to revisit the works of the master of the spectral tale, MR James as Mr Jim Moon reads his classic Count Magnus...

HYPNOBOBS 28 - Holy Rambling Batman!
In something of a rush, Mr Jim Moon hastily cobbles together a podcast and ends up rambling on about Batman and that proposed reboot after Nolan leaves the director's chair...

HYPNOBOBS 27 - The Canterville Ghost
This week we're back to the fireside for a reading of Oscar Wilde's classic gothic tale of ghouls and giggles, The Canterville Ghost...

HYPNOBOBS 26- The Lives & Times of Dr Phibes Part II
This week we continue our epic exploration of the lives and works of Dr Anton Phibes; taking a look at DR PHIBES RISES AGAIN and the various proposed sequels that never happened...

HYPNOBOBS 25- The Lives & Times of Dr Phibes Part I
This week, Mr Jim Moon embarks on an art deco odyssey into the world of the Twentieth Century's most remarkable man - musican, lover, inventor and murderer - yes, it's the abominable Doctor Anton Phibes!

HYPNOBOBS ...Naturally
Due to various factors, there's only an apology and the shortest of short stories this week, from scifi legend Frederic Brown. (Ab)normal service will be resumed next week with The Lives & Times of Dr Anton Phibes!

HYPNOBOBS 24- Lost Authors: Mr Tim Stout
At the fireside in the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon would like to introduce you to a forgotten author of weird fiction, Mr Tim Stout, with a pair of readings to chill the blood and raise dark smiles...

HYPNOBOBS 23- Diary of a Madman
This week Mr Jim Moon launches into an in-depth discussion of Guy de Maupassant's The Horla. Also we have a look at its screen adaptation - Diary of a Madman starring Vincent Price.

HYPNOBOBS 22 - Skeletons! Trolls! & Slapheads! Oh My!
In a change to the published schedule, Mr Jim Moon takes a look at a quartet of odd little films - The Troll Hunter, Skeletons, Cropsey & Micromen. The mentioned troll pictures can be found here

HYPNOBOBS 21- The Horla
It's back to the fireside once more this week, as Mr Jim Moon delves into classic French literature to unearth a seminal vampiric tale of creeping fear, dread and madness, THE HORLA by Guy de Maupassant...

HYPNOBOBS 20 - The Films That Nobody Loves #1 Zoltan Hound of Dracula!
Infected by the seas of love sloshing about in mid February, Mr Jim Moon unveils a new semi-regular feature, The Films That Nobody Loves... And this time he's rambling about the 1978 forgotten feature Zoltan Hound of Dracula...

HYPNOBOBS 19 - A Trio of Tales from Mr Chetwynd-Hayes
It's back to the fireside this week, as Mr Jim Moon reads three stories by Mr R CHETWYND-HAYES...

HYPNOBOBS 18 - From Beyond the Grave
This week Mr Jim Moon proudly presents a celebration of the life and works of Britain's Prince of Chill, Mr R CHETWYND- HAYES. As well as delving through his biography and bibliography, we'll also be examining the two anthology movies his works inspired - From Beyond the Grave (1973) and The Monster Club (1981).

HYPNOBOBS 17 - The Black Stone
To celebrate what would have been his 105th birthday on January 22nd, Mr Jim Moon delves into the works of Robert E Howard for a reading of his classic Cthulhu Mythos tale The Black Stone...

HYPNOBOBS 16 - 2010 The Year on The Box
In another look back over the fortunes of the previous year, Mr Jim Moon takes a critical eye to the dribbling served up by the idiot lantern

HYPNOBOBS 15 - 2010 the Year in Cinema
It's a New Year and Mr Moon rambles about the last twelve months in film...
For more end-of-year shennigans, check out these great podcasts (as mentioned in the show) - Cinerama, Chin Stroker Vs Punter and The Black Dog

HYPNOBOBS 14 - The Mezzotint
It's Christmas Eve and therefore time for another classic chiller. Join Mr Jim Moon by the fireside for some discussion of the works of Mr James and a reading of his classic tale The Mezzotint.

HYPNOBOBS 13 - The Box of Delights
With Christmas fast approaching it's time for some festive fare and Mr Jim Moon takes a journey into THE BOX OF DELIGHTS...

HYPNOBOBS 12 - Canon Alberic's Scrap-book
With Christmas just around the corner, the time is right for a ghost story or two. Mr Jim Moon takes a look at the work of MR James and reads one of his classic tales - Canon Alberic's Scrap-book. For more on MR James and Yuletide spectres, visit Ghost Stories For Christmas

HYPNOBOBS 11 - Video Nasties
This week Mr Jim Moon takes a terrifying trip back to the 1980s! Battling through a mire of stay-prest slacks and rah-rah skirts, we explore the dawn of the Video Age and take a look at Jake West's Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide...

HYPNOBOBS 10 - Pickman's Model
Join Mr Jim Moon once more by the fireside for some talk about ghouls, the original cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers, and a reading of HP Lovecraft's classic tale 'Pickman's Model'...

HYPNOBOBS 09 - The Redsin Tower
Mr Jim Moon takes a look at an underground horror flick from the infamous Toetag Pictures. So ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats for a tour of The Redsin Tower (2006).
The interviewed mentioned in the 'cast can be found here

HYPNOBOBS 08 - The Graveyard Rats
Hallowe'en is upon us again, the perfect time for a spot of weird fiction! So join Mr Jim Moon by the fireside for a reading of the classic tale of terror The Graveyard Rats by Henry Kuttner. Plus there's a bonus reading of a suitably season weird verse from the master of weird fiction, HP Lovecraft.

HYPNOBOBS 07 - Paranormal Activity 2 Review
Mr Jim Moon braves the terrors of the night, low res footage and motion sickness in order to deliver to you gentle listener, a review to the sequel of last year's supernatural smash hit Paranormal Activity. Jim's review of the original can be found here

HYPNOBOBS 06 - Autumn Ramblings
It's poetry time again, with Mr Jim Moon waxing lyrical about his favourite season and reading a selection of suitably autumnal verses from down the ages.

HYPNOBOBS 05 - Doctor Who: Ghost Light Review
This time round we cast a critical eye over one of the strangest Doctor Who stories ever screened, the Seveth Doctor adventure Ghost Light

HYPNOBOBS 04 - Tombs, Temples & The Dead
For this outing we venture into the world of dark ambience, with a quartet of spooky soundscapes concocted from various bits of tat including sound effects for the Thief series of games and samples from The Evil Dead.

You can hear the episode of The Investigative Author mentioned in the 'cast here, and do give the other episodes as listen too - it's a wonderful little podcast! For more information about the Thief games, visit www.thief-thecircle.com

HYPNOBOBS 03 - Prose-poem Towards a Defintion of Itself
The poetry continues with Mr Jim Moon rambling about the classic Mersey Sound anthology and reading an extract of Prose-poem Towards a Defintion of Itself by renowned poet Brian Patten

HYPNOBOBS 02 - The Oxford Hysteria of English Poetry
After the torrent of Predators spawned abuse, Mr Jim Moon attempts to recify the balance with a poetry reading... No, don't run away! It's a funny one - The Oxford Hysteria of English Poetry by modern master Adrian Mitchell

HYPNOBOBS 01 - Predators Review
Mr Jim Moon casts a critical eye over the latest installment of the Predator franchise. Spoilers and swearing ensue...

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