https://paulfbutler1981.podbean.com Why do we love ghost stories? We’ll be looking at the world of literature, stage, film, and television as we attempt to figure out why we keep going back to this highly specialized strand of horror. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:49:57 -0700 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Arts 1440 episodic paulfbutler1981 paulfbutler1981 No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/img/podbean-logo/podbean_81.jpg https://paulfbutler1981.podbean.com 144 144 Ghost Stories Begging to be Filmed, Part 1 https://paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/e/ghost-stories-begging-to-be-filmed-part-1/ https://paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/e/ghost-stories-begging-to-be-filmed-part-1/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:49:57 -0700 paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/fea76e6b-50ca-3e15-b7e3-6ea3ab9ca7d5 We all know the stories and we all know at least one film or TV adaptation. But what what about the many, many other ghost stories which give us a similar frisson? The next two episodes will deal with some of these. 

]]> We all know the stories and we all know at least one film or TV adaptation. But what what about the many, many other ghost stories which give us a similar frisson? The next two episodes will deal with some of these. 

]]> paulfbutler1981 false No 748 4 full The Three Nosferatus https://paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/e/the-three-nosferatus/ https://paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/e/the-three-nosferatus/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:16:26 -0700 paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/2bacc74a-4168-3be0-8733-ff1443d9e5d2 Running parallel to the dapper, handsome count of stage and screen, this alternative take on the noble vampire -- bald, hunched, rat-toothed -- has haunted cinema history for more than a century, starting with F.W. Murnau's unauthorized 1922 use of Bram Stoker's story.

]]> Running parallel to the dapper, handsome count of stage and screen, this alternative take on the noble vampire -- bald, hunched, rat-toothed -- has haunted cinema history for more than a century, starting with F.W. Murnau's unauthorized 1922 use of Bram Stoker's story.

]]> paulfbutler1981 false No 1608 3 full Lost Hearts and Murderous Adults: The Fun Side of M.R. James https://paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/e/lost-hearts-and-murderous-adults-the-fun-side-of-mr-james/ https://paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/e/lost-hearts-and-murderous-adults-the-fun-side-of-mr-james/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:59:58 -0700 paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/ececd9d4-7d4a-3db8-92e0-dc86198b65ef From the desolate shores of Suffolk coastal town, Felixstowe, M.R. James expert John Carpenter talks to me about the author's most lurid tale.  

]]> From the desolate shores of Suffolk coastal town, Felixstowe, M.R. James expert John Carpenter talks to me about the author's most lurid tale.  

]]> paulfbutler1981 false No 1700 2 full Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England https://paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/e/borley-rectory-the-most-haunted-house-in-england/ https://paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/e/borley-rectory-the-most-haunted-house-in-england/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:27:46 -0700 paulfbutler1981.podbean.com/48683ca1-ee86-351f-a0c7-43f1bf54a7e5 Borley Rectory, a whirlpool of alleged supernatural occurrences and all too human drama.  

]]> Borley Rectory, a whirlpool of alleged supernatural occurrences and all too human drama.  

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