Archive of Madness

6 The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

A man goes grouse hunting, loses his way, and has one hell of a time.

5 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:22:11 GMT

A groundbreaking story, there's a good chance you've already read it, but if you haven't you really should. Or listen to it. Here.

4. The Story of Mimi Nashi Hoichi as told by Lafcadio Hearn

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

First look into Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

I hope you like it because we'll probably be doing a lot of stories out of this book.

3 The Shadow in the Corner by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

The Shadow in the Corner by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

2 Secret of Macarger's Gulch by Ambrose Bierce

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This will probably be the first of several Ambrose Bierce stories. This one is about a hunter encountering a ghost while camped out in an abandoned shack in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

1 Pliny The Younger's Letter To Sura

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:56:50 GMT

A really old ghost story, actually three really old ghost stories, as told by Roman lawyer and author Pliny The Younger.

If you decide you want to read more of his letters, they're all right here thanks to the fine folks at Project Gutenberg.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2811/2811-h/2811-h.htm

8 The Red Room by HG Wells

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:26:00 GMT

Our last ghost story for a while, a man struggles against the darkness in a strange room.

Here’s a free audiobook version of War of the Worlds I’m very fond of

https://librivox.org/war-of-the-worlds-solo-by-h-g-wells/

Here’s an interesting conversation between Orson Welles and HG Wells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIelwmldAdQ

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7 Afterward by Edith Wharton

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

A young couple move into a house with strange secrets

NB For reasons I can’t understand the first half of the intro was recorded on my laptop mic, so the sound quality is kinda crappy for the first half of the intro but after that it’s fine

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