Hypnogoria
Welcome to Hypnogoria, Britian's longest running horror podcast!
Coming to you from the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon invites you to take a comfy armchair by the fireside to talk of all things weird and wonderful.
Here we discuss strange cinema and spooky television, explore weird fiction and delve into the mysteries of folklore. Plus we also regularly gather by the fireside to hear readings of some classic tales of the strange and the macabre.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 825
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS #35 – The Richpins
In this episode, we turn once again to the Stoneground Ghost Tales by EG Swain. In this little story, we learn of how Mr Batchell's rural parish is being haunted by a strange figure...
MICROGORIA 44 – The Clifton House Mystery
In this episode Mr Jim Moon continues to explore the eerie and macabre works for younger folks produced by Daniel Farson with a look at a ghostly television serial he co-wrote. Created for ITV, The C…
HYPNOGORIA 61 – Mysteries of the Mummy Part X – Pharaohs in the 50s
At long last, Mr Jim returns to explore once more the mysteries of the mummy! In this episode, we discover what the Mummy was doing in the years between the end of the Universal series and the dawn o…
HYPNOGORIA 60 – The Natural History of the Batman Special – Holy Bat-Commentary
To mark the passing of the late great Adam West, Mr Jim Moon pays tribute with a special chapter of Bat-history - a complete commentary for Batman the Movie (1966)
HYPNOGORIA 59 – Are Mummies Zombies?
In this episode, Mr Jim Moon tackles one of the most troubling questions of our times, a question that has perplexed the minds of man for... ohh.. ages now! Yes, in this episode we attempt to settle …
HYPNOGORIA 58 – Live & Let Die
In a special episode, Mr Jim Moon pays tribute to the late great Sir Roger Moore with a commentary track for his debut outing as James Bond 007, the voodoo flavoured Live and Let Die (1973)
HYPNOGORIA 57 – Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm Part II
In the second part of this special investigation, Mr Jim Moon explores the various macabre and strange theories advanced for the Bella in the Wych Elm case. Was this an occult murder? Or part of some…
HYPNOGORIA 56 – Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm Part I
In the first episode of a special two-part investigation, Mr Jim Moon ventures into the darkest part of the woods to investigate a most mysterious unsolved case. In 1943, some boys made a most macabr…
MICROGORIA 43 – The Hand of Mandragora
We are continuing our investigations into the history of the grisly Hand of Glory, and in this episode uncover links to another mysterious item beloved of witches and sorcerers, the Mandrake root, an…
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS #34 – The Flayed Hand
As part of our mini-series on the legend of the Hand of Glory, in this episode we pay a visit to the fireside of the Great Library of Dreams to hear a classic horror tale inspired by these gruesome o…
MICROGORIA 42 – The Legend of the Hand of Glory
In this episode Mr Jim Moon explores the sinister legend of the Hand of Glory, a rather gruesome talisman connected with crime, witchcraft and black magic!
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS #33 – Out of the Earth
Once again Mr Jim Moon invites you to the cosy fireside of the Great Library of Dreams to hear a classic tale of terror. This time we have an eerie little story from Flavia Richardson AKA Christine C…
MICROGORIA 41 – The Beaver Book of Horror
In this little episode, Mr Jim is once more delving into the world of horror books for kids, and the writings of Mr Daniel Farson. Following on from our discussion of the Hamlyn Book of Horror, we no…
HYPNOGORIA 55 – Zombi Zombi Part 11 – White Zombie
In this episode, Mr Jim Moon takes an in-depth look at the world’s first ever zombie movie, with a full commentary track for White Zombie from 1932, starring the legendary Bela Lugosi. And as this m…
HYPNOGORIA 54 – A Tribute to Bernie Wrightson
In this special episode, Mr Jim Moon pays tribute to one of the all time great artists in horror, Mr Bernie Wrightson - creator of Swamp Thing, illustrator of Frankenstein, star of horror comics fro…
HYPNOGORIA 53 – Zombi Zombi Part X: Reanimating the Dead
In this episode, Mr Jim Moon explores the original dawn of the dead... when the zombie first shambled from folklore into horror fiction. Hence we are taking a look at the first zombie tales that appe…
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 32 – Zombi Zombi Part IX – Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields
The Zombi Zombi series continues with a very special reading of the true origin of the walking dead. Mr Jim Moon presents the original account of zombieism "Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields" from …
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 31 – Zombi Zombi Part VIII – Jumbee
In this special tie-in episode of From the Great Library of Dreams, we sample a tale of caribbean terror from Henry S Whitehead, the classic Jumbee, and learn more of the strange lore of the supernat…
HYPNOGORIA 52 – Zombi Zombi Part VII: Origins of the Zombie
In this episode, Mr Jim Moon resurrects his Zombi Zombi series, and this time we are going right back to the beginning! In this show we unearth the earliest accounts of the zombi, hearing strange tal…
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 30 – The Grove of Ashtaroth
This week Mr Jim Moon presents a tale from an unexpected source. For while John Buchan is best known for his adventure novels, such as the much filmed The 39 Steps, he also used to dabble in weird f…