Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts

Sunday, 25 January 2026

FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 163 - The Hands of Mr Ottermole by Thomas Burke

A seeming motiveless killer stalks London, a human monster who is never seen, let alone caught. Discover just who, or what, is responsible for the crimes dubbed the Strangling Horrors in this insightful tale from 1929!

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Thursday, 15 February 2018

MICROGORIA 52 - Requiem


In this bonus mini-episode, we take a look at the new six part dark drama series Requiem. In a spoiler-free review, Mr Jim Moon examines what this new co-production from the BBC and Netflix has to offer!



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Friday, 26 May 2017

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 sinister espionage plot? In this episode we weigh up assorted allegations implicating spies and witches, attempt to unravel the myths surrounding this notorious unsolved case, and get as close to the truth as we can... 




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Friday, 19 May 2017

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 macabre discovery in Hagley Woods, near Birmingham - the skeleton of a woman buried within a hollow tree... Who was she? Was this murder? Was witchcraft involved? And who was responsible for the cryptic graffiti that began to appear - "Who put Bella down the wych elm?" 




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Saturday, 17 September 2016

MICROGORIA 35 - Murder In Lower Quinton Part III


In the third and final part of our investigation into the Lower Quinton murder, we attempt to get to the truth of the witchcraft angle of the case, take a close look at the suspects, and attempt to discover who was most likely to have committed this infamous murder.




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Friday, 9 September 2016

MICROGORIA 34 - Murder In Lower Quinton Part II


In the second part of our investigation into the Lower Quinton witchcraft murder, we unravel an occult history of magic in Britain, exploring Satanism in the press, and how the story has been presented and misrepresented over the years. We strip away the layers of myths, mistakes and misconceptions that have grown up around the Walton case, and discover how this notorious unsolved crime has shaped popular culture.

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Sunday, 4 September 2016

MICROGORIA 33 - Murder In Lower Quinton Part I


In the first episode in an epic three part investigation, Mr Jim Moon uncovers the facts in the case of the murder of Charles Walton - an unsolved crime that rumours of witchcraft, toads, and ancient cults have grown up around.


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Sunday, 8 May 2016

TOMEGORIA 16 - Disclaimer


In this episode of Tomegoria, Odile and Jim venture into thriller territory with Renee Knight's acclaimed mystery novel Disclaimer 



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Saturday, 21 March 2015

FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS - The Invisible Man


This week we catch up once again with that most unusual of amateur detectives, GK Chesterton's Father Brown. In this episode, Mr Jim Moon presents a reading of one of the little priest's most celebrated tales, the curious case of The Invisible Man.



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Thursday, 26 December 2013

HYPNOBOBS 139: The Flying Stars - A Tale For Boxing Day


In a surprise bonus Christmas show, we continue our Dickensian theme with Mr Jim Moon presenting a reading of The Flying Stars by GK Chesterton - a suitably festive case - Oh yes, it is! -  investigated by Father Brown one fine Boxing Day!


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Wednesday, 9 October 2013

THE HOMECOMING by Carsten Stroud



Over at Geekplanet Online, Mr Jim Moon pays another visit to that quiet little town full of dark secrets and where the crime thriller and horror meet, taking a look at the second part of the Niceville trilogy - The Homecoming by Carsten Stroud.



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Friday, 20 September 2013

NICEVILLE by Carsten Stroud



Niceville is a quiet American town, big enough not to be poor, but not yet large enough to have all those big city problems. So then, there's something of a stir when Rainey Teague vanishes on his way home from school. However, as some folks have discovered, people have a habit of disappearing in Niceville. And furthermore, many of the inhabitants don't exactly live up the town's name...





Sunday, 7 April 2013

HYPNOBOBS 113 - The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter


In a prelude to the third part of our exploration of the fiction of Mr Kim Newman, Mr Jim Moon takes us on a journey back to Victorian London for an adventure with the legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes. In this peculiar case, we encounter Holmes's elder brother Mycroft and the most mysterious Diogenes Club...


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Wednesday, 16 January 2013

HYPNOBOBS 105 - The Find



For the first trip to the fireside in the Great Library of Dreams in this new year, Mr Jim Moon is cracking open once more the fabled Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder. In this short but unusual account, entitled The Find, we learn of one of the Ghost Finder's most intriguing and unique investigations...


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Friday, 14 September 2012

HYPNOBOBS 94 - Night's Black Agents


This week a busy Mr Moon delves into the archives of old time radio horror. We talk of the legendary Man in Black and the classic series Appointment With Fear, and heard an episode of its parent show Suspense which features Mr Henry Hull, star of The Werewolf of London in an audio adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit And The Pendulum. Then we visit old London town to visit Orson Welles in The Black Museum and hear of the crimes of John George Haigh, a man dubbed both The Acid Bath Murderer and The Vampire Killer!


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Sunday, 19 August 2012

HYPNOBOBS 90 - The Queer Feet


This week in the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon delves into the case-files of that most unusual and unlikely detective, that little priest Father Brown. This time we hear the curious case of The Queer Feet as recounted by Mr GK Chesterton.


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Sunday, 29 January 2012

HYPNOBOBS 65 - The Secret Garden


This week we are returning to the works of the great GK Chesterton, for a second tale featuring his clerical sleuth Father Brown. At a dinner party held by the famous police detective Valentin, the little priest discovers an unwanted additional course on the menu... vicious bloody murder!


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Saturday, 19 November 2011

HYPNOBOBS 56 - The Blue Cross


Once more we're back at the fireside of the Great Library of Dreams, but this time Mr Jim Moon has something a little different for you all... A classic mystery tale of crime and detection from the very wonderful GK Chesterton.


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