Nightshade Diary

The Shadow from the Steeple is a short story by American author Robert Bloch, first published in Weird Tales.  It serves as the third and final installment in a trilogy that began with Bloch’s The Shambler from the Stars (1935) and continued with H.P. Lovecraft’s The Haunter of the Dark (1936).  The story concludes the mystery surrounding the Shining Trapezohedron, a powerful artifact central to the Cthulhu Mythos. ​The narrative follows Edmund Fiske, a friend of the late Robert Harrison Blake, who embarks on a quest to uncover the fate of Blake after his mysterious death.  Fiske’s investigation leads him to Dr.  Ambrose Dexter, the man who disposed of the Shining Trapezohedron by throwing it into Narragansett Bay. It remains a significant work in the Lovecraftian tradition, blending cosmic horror with Cold War-era anxieties.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionLISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.comMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

The Sentinel is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. It served as the foundational concept for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The story is set in 1996 following Wilson, a veteran selenologist on a lunar expedition. While exploring the Mare Crisium region, he discovers a mysterious, pyramid-shaped structure surrounded by an invisible force-field— clearly not of terrestrial or lunar origin. Wilson theorizes it was —a device placed on the Moon by an ancient, advanced alien civilization to monitor the development of intelligent life across the cosmos.  The Seventh Victim is a science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley. It presents a dystopian future where global warfare has been replaced by a government-sanctioned, televised hunting game called The Big Hunt. In this society, individuals who are prone to violence can voluntarily become hunters, tasked with tracking and killing assigned victims, while later facing the same fate themselves as a victim. The story follows Stanton Frelaine, an experienced hunter preparing for his seventh mission, who is assigned Janet-Marie Patzig, a woman—unprecedented in the game—whose passive acceptance of her fate unsettles him. The story was heavily reimagined into the 1965 Italian film The 10th Victim starring Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress, followed by two sequels: Victim Prime (1987) and Hunter/Victim (1988). The original short story is considered a foundational influence on later works like The Hunger Games and the live-action game Assassin.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionLISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.comMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

The Fly is a science fiction horror story by George Langelaan, first published in the 1957 issue of Playboy magazine.  The story follows François Delambre, who receives a phone call from his sister-in-law, Hélène, confessing to killing her husband, André Delambre, a brilliant scientist. The narrative unfolds as François investigates the mysterious murder, eventually uncovering a shocking truth.​The story is renowned for its blend of science fiction, mystery, and psychological horror, exploring themes of identity, scientific ambition, and the consequences of tampering with nature. It inspired the 1958 film by the same title, starring Vincent Price and David Hedison, and the 1986 remake by David Cronenberg.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionLISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.comMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

The Hound is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft published in the 1924 issue of Weird Tales.  It is notable for containing the first mention of Lovecraft's fictional grimoire, the Necronomicon, and is considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his friend St. John, who are obsessed with grave-robbing and have built a macabre museum in their basement filled with preserved bodies, skulls, mummies, and other grotesque artifacts. Their obsession leads them to a Holland churchyard to exhume the tomb of a legendary grave robber. They discover a jade amulet in the shape of a winged hound with a semi-canine face, which they recognize as described in the Necronomicon. After stealing it, they are pursued by a monstrous hound, leading to the death of St. John and the narrator’s descent into madness. The Mound is a horror and science fiction novella by H.P. Lovecraft, written in 1929– as a ghostwriter for Zealia Bishop, based on her brief premise: "There is an Indian mound near here, which is haunted by a headless ghost. Sometimes it is a woman." Lovecraft expanded this into a tale of a hidden underground civilization, K’n-yan, beneath a mound in Oklahoma. The story is narrated by an ethnologist who investigates local legends of a man pacing the mound by day and a headless woman by night. He discovers a cylinder containing a scroll written by Pánfilo de Zamacona y Nuñez, a 16th-century Spanish explorer who stumbled upon the subterranean realm. K’n-yan is ruled by an immortal, telepathic race that worships Cthulhu, Yig, Shub-Niggurath, and formerly Tsathoggua.  They practice sadism, biological modification, and ritualistic torture, and live in a decaying, decadent society.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionLISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.comMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny is a novella published in 1967. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic Southern California, thirty years after a nuclear war has devastated the United States. The world is buffeted with hurricane-force winds above 500 ft. preventing air travel, and unpredictable "garbage storms" combined with giant, mutated animals and insects making surface travel extremely dangerous. "Hell" Tanner, is an imprisoned member of the Hells Angels, a convicted killer and thief, who is offered a full pardon for his crimes in exchange for undertaking a suicide mission: driving a convoy of three heavily armed vehicles through "Damnation Alley," a radiation-free passage across the ruined continent to Boston. The mission is to deliver a desperately needed plague vaccine to survivors.A film adaptation by the same name was released in 1977. The story inspired the 2011 Lonesome Road downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas, and the original Fallout game drew from its premise. The story also inspired the The Cursed Earth arc in 2000 AD magazine, the album Quark, Strangeness and Charm by Hawkwind, and the novel Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionLISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.comMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

The Racer is a 1956 short story written by Ib Melchior. The story was first published in the magazine Escapade in October 1956. It presents a dystopian vision in which five race drivers compete in a transcontinental race where the winner is determined by a combination of finishing position and the number of pedestrians they kill, earning points for each casualty. The narrative follows Willie "The Bull" Connors, a racer whose confidence wavers as he becomes increasingly haunted by the lives he takes, ultimately leading to a moral reckoning when confronted by a young woman who challenges his identity as a "racer".The story served as the basis for two major film adaptations: Death Race 2000 (1975), starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone; and Death Race (2008), starring Jason Statham. The 2008 version was a remake based on the screenplay of the 1975 film. Melchior also claimed to have originated the ideas for both Lost in Space and Star Trek, though these were later developed by Irwin Allen and Gene Roddenberry, respectively.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionLISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.comMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

The Illustrated Man is a titular short story written by Ray Bradbury which framed the narrative for the book of the same title with a collection of 18 science fiction stories. It appeared in Esquire magazine in 1950, introducing the concept of the magically tattooed man whose pictures come alive, and in some cases foretell the future. Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionLISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.comMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

Herbert West - Reanimator is a horror story by H. P. Lovecraft first serialized in the magazine Home Brew in 1922. The story introduces Herbert West, a brilliant but amoral and narcissistic medical student at the fictional Miskatonic University in Arkham, who becomes obsessed with the idea of reanimating the dead through a chemical reagent. West's theories, which view life as a purely mechanical process, lead him to conduct secret experiments on fresh human corpses, eventually resulting in the creation of violent, animalistic reanimated beings.The narrative is told from the perspective of West's former friend and assistant, who recounts their time at medical school, their clandestine work in an abandoned farmhouse, and the increasingly horrific consequences of West's experiments. ​The story served as the basis for the 1985 horror film Re-Animator, directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West. Combs reprised the role in two sequels, Bride of Re-Animator (1990) and Beyond Re-Animator (2003), cementing the character as one of cinema's greatest mad scientists.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionLISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.comMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

Smokie Joe is a short horror story by David Drake. The story is known for its disturbing content and is not suitable for the squeamish. It centers on a character named Smokie Joe, who operates a drug ring and engages in a chilling conversation with a dying man, revealing the deadly nature of the drugs he sells. Awakening​ is a short story by David Drake, which speculates on the limits of denial, and on the bad outcomes of wishing things were different then what they are.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionLISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.comMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

The Empire of the Ants is a 1905 short story by H. G. Wells. It follows Captain Gerilleau, a Creole naval officer, who is dispatched to the Amazon basin in South America to investigate reports of a plague of unusually intelligent and aggressive ants destroying a colony. Accompanying him is Holroyd, a Lancashire engineer, who initially views the mission as absurd, questioning what one can do against ants. As the crew travels up the river, they encounter increasing evidence of the ants' intelligence and organized behavior, including reports of a man being killed by a swarm after returning to his home, which the ants had seemingly vacated. It inspired the 1977 science fiction horror film of the same name.Eight O'Clock in the Morning is a science fiction short story written by American author Ray Faraday Nelson, first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The story follows George Nada, a man who, after attending a hypnotist's show, "awakes all the way" while others remain in a trance. He becomes the sole human to perceive the true nature of reality, seeing reptilian aliens referred to as the "Fascinators" or "Reptilians" which are —hidden beneath human skin. These aliens secretly control society by broadcasting subliminal messages through signs and television, which only George can now see and resist. George realizes that he is the only one aware of the deception. The story served as the basis for John Carpenter's 1988 science fiction action film They Live, which starred Roddy Piper in the lead role. Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionLISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.comMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

Three tales of dark women, whose method is seduction, and whose end is death. Hume Nisbet is the author of three stories. First The Vampire Maid is a classic vampire story about a traveler who takes lodgings with an apparently kind landlady and her pale invalid daughter, who instantly casts a spell upon him.The Old Portrait was first published in 1890 in Stories Weird and Wonderful. It is a supernatural mystery about an artist who acquires an old and very sinister painting.Hume Nisbet wrote The Demon Spell in 1894, where he incorporated elements of spiritualism, murder and madness.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffe - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionLISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.comMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

The Lord of the Dead, is set in the 1930s and follows Steve Harrison, a hard-boiled detective who becomes entangled in a criminal conspiracy involving Erlik Khan, the primary antagonist and self-proclaimed "Lord of the Dead". Erlik Khan seeks to unite secret societies of the East under his rule using ancient magic and manipulation. The narrative incorporates elements of supernatural intrigue, reincarnation, and ancient vendettas, with Harrison being pursued by Amir Amin Izzedin, who believes Harrison is the reincarnation of a man who wronged him in a past life. The story also involves Joan La Tour, Ali ibn Suleyman (a Druse warrior caught in a cycle of reincarnation), and other figures drawn into the conflict.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffe - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

A humorous fantasy story about what happens when the line between present reality and another place some call fantasy blurs.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Author - David DrakeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

Out of the sea she came, this gloriously beautiful woman, to compass a weird revenge that had been too long delayed—a sage of Heldra the lovely, Heldra the wicked. The Sea-Witch is a short story by American writer Nictzin Dyalhis, first published in 1937 in the pulp magazine Weird Tales. The story is set on the North Atlantic coast, where the narrator encounters Heldra after a violent storm, describing her as a gloriously beautiful yet enigmatic figure who speaks of Norse mythology, such as the sea god Ran.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffe - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

There are cautionary tales about certain places, that without rhyme or reason should not be disturbed, but greed is known to make a person deaf to the whisper that warns you that danger is close. Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Author - David DrakeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

The ways of nature is sometimes a mystery, but never as dangerous as when it turns against mankind. This is a horror story by the British writer Daphne du Maurier, set in her home county of Cornwall shortly after the end of the WWII. A farmhand, his family and community come under lethal attack from flocks of birds. The story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same name, released in 1963.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

"Something Had to Be Done" is a short story by David Drake. The tale is recognized for its gritty realism and its exploration of the psychological impact of violence."The Cookie Lady" is a horror short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It is a story of terror, chilling and memorable. It tells of a chubby teenager boy called “Bubber” who visits the kindly old neighborhood lady who bakes him cookies. But what Bubber does not not know is that the cookie lady has an agenda, the cookie lady is not as kindly as she seems.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

An alternate history where vampires have taken over, in Europe at least, and are the aristocracy. The emergence of science and technology, in the guise of a microscope, has given these vampires a reason to fear the humans they have come to dominate. Like any form of tyranny there will be those who accept it, and there will also be those who rebel.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Author - Brian M. StablefordBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

The Bat is My Brother is a short story by Robert Bloch, first published in the November 1944 issue of Weird Tales. The story, Graham Keene, who awakens to find himself buried alive in a pauper's grave and discovers he has become a vampire due to a recent attack. The story is recognized as one of Bloch's significant contributions to the horror genre, which also includes his famous novel Psycho.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

The Repairer of Reputations is the first story in Chambers' collection The King in Yellow and which contains the motif of the Yellow Sign. It is about a man, Hildred, and takes place in New York City in the 1920's. He keeps company with a deformed man known as Mr. Wilde, which it's inferred he is the author of King in Yellow, and is known as the Repairer of Reputations. This means that people tell him ways in which their reputations have been damaged, and he, for a price, repairs their standing. In this position he hires many people to help him. According to him, he is in communication with 10,000 men, and that he could overthrow the country within 48 hours, which he plans to do.Host - M.P. Pellicerwww.MPPellicer.comSUPPORT VIA DONATIONBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.comNightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.comStories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.infoEerie News - www.Eerie.NewsStranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfictionMY BOOKS:Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicerGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_PellicerSIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK:https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles.Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.comMusic - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.comNarration always by a human, no A.I.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.