In “Pizza Demon”, a humble delivery driver takes an order of food to a mundane address…and ends up with a lot more than he bargained for. Enjoy all the twists and turns, thrills, chills, and spills that our morbid little tale has to offer!

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And go to hawkesriver.bandcamp.com to download the eerie soundscape “The Sound of Hell”, and a lot more!

On the outskirts of the city of Arkham, a dam surveyor comes upon a very strange sight: a sprawling expanse of grey dust, with the ruined remnant of a house in the center. A place known to the locals as “the blasted heath”.

The curious surveyor seeks answers from an elderly hermit who lives nearby. The horrifying story that follows begins with the night a meteor crashed into the Gardner family farm…carrying with it a hideous extraterrestrial presence, spreading madness and death.

Is there nothing that can stop…The Colour Out of Space?

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In this behind the scenes special, John talks about his creative process, and how he makes the creepy music for the series.

Listen to the end for a surprise!

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Mr. Hooper is widely respected in his town and regarded as a beloved spiritual advisor. But one day, Mr. Hooper arrives at his church…with a black veil on his face. He never removes it, and never explains why he’s wearing it.

Now, the people see Mr. Hooper in a different light.

Respect and love give way to fear and awe.

What hideous secrets lie behind…The Minister’s Black Veil?

As the narrator reflects on the nightmare he has endured, he suddenly realizes the significance of the countless mounds of earth that surround the mountain. He races back to the Martense Mansion to end the mystery once and for all.

But are safety and sanity even possible…after the Lurking Fear’s true identity is finally revealed?

(Note: Due to potentially inflammatory language in the original story, very minor changes have been made to the dialogue).

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Thank you to all of our listeners. Scary Christmas! 

Now convinced that what he is hunting (and what is hunting him) is an angry spirit, he digs in an ancient grave. As he does, we learn the history of the mysterious Martense family.

But instead of a corpse, he discovers the entrance to a network of underground tunnels. And as he explores them, he finally comes face to face with the Fear.

(Note: Due to potentially inflammatory language in the original story, very minor changes have been made to the dialogue).

He finds a sympathetic ear in an investigative journalist, and the pair canvass the area around Tempest Mountain together. But a ferocious freak storm traps them in the village the Fear destroyed.

The duo find shelter in a nearby cabin…but the storm carries something worse than rain and lightning.

(Note: Due to potentially inflammatory language in the original story, very minor changes have been made to the dialogue).

In a remote area of upstate New York, evil stalks the night. An isolated village vanishes after a violent thunderstorm, leaving behind a scene of hideous carnage. An eager paranormal investigator leads his team into the mountains, determined to uncover the mystery.

But a night spent at a haunted mansion ends in unimaginable horror. (Note: Due to potentially inflammatory language in the original story, very minor changes have been made to the dialogue).

to tease Season Two, reveal what he's been up to since the end of

Season One, and discuss ways you can support the show.

The Lexicon of Dread kicks off its return from the dead with a rendition of Edgar Allan Poe’s apocalyptic fever dream, The Masque of the Red Death.

The lands of Prince Prospero are ravaged by a mysterious, incurable disease, as grotesque as it is lethal. As the world dies around him, the prince and his cohorts isolate themselves in a fortified palace, preoccupying themselves with debauched bacchanalia.

They thought the outside world couldn’t touch them.

But the sudden appearance of a ghastly stranger provides a forceful reminder: not even the powerful can escape…the Red Death!

the prince and his cohorts isolate themselves in a fortified palace, preoccupying themselves with debauched bacchanalia.

They thought the outside world couldn’t touch them.

But the sudden appearance of a ghastly stranger provides a forceful reminder: not even the powerful can escape…the Red Death!

IT'S BACK! The Lexicon of Dread podcast returns for a new season of fear.  

Featuring more of the greatest horror stories ever written, with even more chilling music.  

Lexicon of Dread's second season will rise from the grave on November 18th. 

Beware of things that slither and bump in the dark.

In the middle of a fog-shrouded night, somewhere in the Pacific, an isolated fishing schooner is visited by a strange entity.

With a coarse, inhuman voice, he pleads with the crew for desperately needed supplies of food. After his request is granted, he tells the crew a harrowing story of shipwreck and survival on a nightmarish island of otherworldly horror.

Can it possibly be true?

What kind of monstrosity has the survivor faced?

And why is he so desperate to avoid being seen? 

The clouds part just long enough to offer a glimpse of those other, distant, supernaturally huge mountains...and the mysterious light they emit.

As they fly away into the raging wind, Danforth witnesses something which causes him to lose his mind. Dyer ends his story by restating his plea that all must stay away from the antarctic.

Yet, he remains troubled by one thing: what exactly did Danforth see?

of people, and talks about the future of the podcast. 

There is only one goal now: leave, and leave very, very fast. As Dyer and Danforth run for their lives, they can hear their pursuer not far behind them.

But the identity of that pursuer is worse than they could have ever imagined.

Dyer and Danforth have barely recovered from the shock, when another reveals itself. Life in this unhallowed place exists in the form of a vast colony of blind albino penguins. The final refuge of the Old Ones can't be far away now.

But what are those strange shapes lying motionless in the tunnel ahead?

As they near the tunnel to the abyss, they discover items from Lake's camp. This includes paper on which drawings have been made: drawings that match the style of the Old Ones' carvings exactly.

When they finally discover the source of this debris, the final mystery of the murdered Lake expedition is solved.

The carvings reveal the presence of a vast subterranean sea beneath the city, where the Old Ones built a refuge. But that's that all: not far away lie mountains that dwarf those that shield the city.

And these mountains are the home of something too horrible for the Old Ones to even depict. Dyer and Danforth continue their descent into the unknown.

He tells of the creatures (dubbed the Old Ones) coming to the newly formed earth from deep space, their building of a globe-spanning civilization, their creation of all life on Earth (including the ancestors of humans), and their wars with other extraterrestrial entities. It is clear that the vast city around them was the heart of that civilization.

But what exactly were the mysterious and feared "Shoggoths?"

These carvings also reveal the identity of those who built the city, and dwelt there. Whatever they were, they were not human.

And what does all this have to do with those strange objects Lake found in the cave?

Unthinkably massive, with bizarre, arcane architecture, it has lain hidden from the world for aeons. The city is a relic of a time when the earth was young, and the Antarctic was a tropical paradise. Who could possibly have built something like this?

Dyer and Danforth search for answers, exploring the ruins before descending into the catacombs beneath them. They seek the truth... but they should be careful what they wish for.

No one can understand why some of the prehistoric creatures were buried in crude snow graves...and why the rest are missing. Dyer and his research assistant, Danforth, decide to take an airplane journey through the massive mountains.

Nothing could have prepared them for what they found on the other side...

When the team sights the gargantuan mountains Lake discovered, they witness an incredible projection from the past: the ragged ghost of a bygone age.

And when they find the camp, they find themselves in a nightmare.

Through the radio on his plane, Lake tells Dyer and the others of his sighting of a colossal mountain range; his team's discovery of an ancient cave filled with fossils; and, most stunning of all, their finding a collection of intact specimens.

Specimens unknown to science, which defy categorization. Specimens millions upon millions of years old.