The Shadow from the Steeple | Robert Bloch | Podcast
From Nightshade Diary by M.P. Pellicer
March 12, 2026 · 50 min
About this episode
The episode discusses Robert Bloch's short story 'The Shadow from the Steeple', concluding a trilogy within the Cthulhu Mythos.
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. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.com Nightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.com Stories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.info Eerie News - www.Eerie.News Stranger Than Fiction Stories…
People in this episode
Host: M.P. Pellicer
Topics covered
- cosmic horror
- Cthulhu Mythos
- mystery
- Cold War
- supernatural
Keywords
- Robert Bloch
- Cthulhu Mythos
- cosmic horror
- The Shadow from the Steeple
- H.P. Lovecraft
- mystery
- Shining Trapezohedron
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Shadow from the Steeple, The Shambler from the Stars, The Haunter of the Dark, Shining Trapezohedron
Places: Narragansett Bay
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