70: The Loved Dead (Discussion)

About this episode

Tod and Claire discuss the horror story 'The Loved Dead' and its themes.

Tod and Claire discuss "The Loved Dead" by C.M. Eddy, Jr. and H.P. Lovecraft, which was first published in the May/June 1924 issue of Weird Tales. As this is a horror podcast, and may not be for everyone. In particular, this story is about necrophilia, or as we refer to it, "corpse snuggling." There's also brief mention of suicide as a viable out for the main character. Finally, there's a fairly long conversation about the nature of evil and how parricide (the killing of one's parents) ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tod, Claire

Topics covered

• necrophilia
• horror literature
• nature of evil
• parricide
• suicide

Keywords

• necrophilia
• horror
• C.M. Eddy, Jr.
• H.P. Lovecraft
• The Loved Dead
• Weird Tales
• parricide
• suicide

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Weird Tales

Books & works: The Loved Dead

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