72: The Tomb (Discussion)

About this episode

Tod and Claire discuss H.P. Lovecraft's story 'The Tomb', exploring its themes of loneliness and horror.

Tod and Claire discuss "The Tomb," by H.P. Lovecraft. It was first published in the March, 1922 issue of The Vagrant, and first read aloud here, by me, in November of 2025. Please note: this is a horror podcast, and may not be for everyone. In particular, this story is concerned with loneliness, the idle rich, monomania, desiccated corpses, some lightly implied necrophilia, some ribald poetry, drunkenness, and an involuntary commitment. If this subject matter is likely to disturb you, ...

People in this episode

Host: Tod

Guest: Claire

Topics covered

• horror
• loneliness
• idle rich
• monomania
• necrophilia
• ribald poetry
• drunkenness

Keywords

• H.P. Lovecraft
• The Tomb
• horror podcast
• loneliness
• necrophilia
• monomania
• ribald poetry

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Tomb

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