About this episode

This episode features classic horror stories from outer space, including works by Sewell Peaslee Wright and Captain S. P. Meek.

Today’s first phenomenal offering is the classic ‘The Ghost World’, an old-school work by the wonderful Sewell Peaslee Wright, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30452/30452-h/30452-h.htm#The_Ghost_World Today’s second tale of terror is the classic ‘The Man from 2071’, an old-school work by the wonderful Sewell Peaslee Wright, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/31893/pg31893-images.html#The_Man_From_2071 Today’s final tale of the macabre is the classic ‘The Ray of Madness’, an old-school work by the wonderful Captain S. P. Meek, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/29390/pg29390-images.html#The_Ray_of_Madness

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Creepen

Topics covered

• horror
• science fiction
• classic literature
• public domain
• tales of terror

Keywords

• horror stories
• outer space
• Sewell Peaslee Wright
• Captain S. P. Meek
• public domain

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Ghost World, The Man from 2071, The Ray of Madness

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