Conversation with @Taskerland took me to the Wikipedia page for #RobertBloch where I learned that Bloch had written several stories about #JackTheRipper

The first of these, "Yours truly, Jack the Ripper" cast the Ripper as an eternal being who must make human sacrifices to extend his immortality. This idea resurfaced in Bloch's contribution to the #StarTrek #TOS episode "Wolf in the Fold".

I was familiar with Bloch's #CthulhuMythos work but this I did not know.

*Adds to reading list*

Després de quasi dos mesos d'interrupció hem tornat a gravar!

Al programa 31 de La Llibreria d'Arkham hem parlat de les primeres històries del #CercledeLovecraft, amb una trilogia feta juntament amb l'autor #RobertBloch.

- El Vampir Esterlar.
- El Morador de les Tenebres.
- L'Ombra del campanar.

#llengua #llibres #Lovecraft #literatura #podcasteravalenciana #PòdcastsPelValencià

13 𝑫𝙖𝒚𝙨 𝙤𝒇 𝑯𝙖𝒍𝙡𝒐𝙬𝒆𝙚𝒏: "𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝑷𝙡𝒐𝙩 𝙞𝒔 𝒕𝙝𝒆 𝑻𝙝𝒊𝙣𝒈" 𝙎𝒉𝙤𝒓𝙩 𝙎𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙮 𝙍𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙚𝒘 𝒃𝙮 𝙍𝒐𝙗𝒆𝙧𝒕 𝑩𝙡𝒐𝙘𝒉

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1966, US

https://youtube.com/shorts/L2HaH_NB2fA

#shortstoryreview #halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #shortstory #robertbloch #theplotisthething #asylumhorror #movies #psychologicalhorror

In 1983, the author of Psycho reviewed WarGames

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://filmstories.co.uk/news/in-1983-the-author-of-psycho-reviewed-wargames/

A scientist is sizing up Lefty as a human guinea pig (for his experiment that made real guinea pigs vanish):

“Perfect,” he says. “Just as I thought.” Naturally, I like compliments, but I realize I am no Victor Mature³⁵ and I wonder what he is fishing for. So I give him a long look, too.

The tales about #LeftyFeep that #RobertBloch wrote about in the 1940s are full of the culture of the era, and the slang of the society that the always-scheming ex-racketeer moved in. Hence the footnote in the collection, which points to

[35] Victor Mature was the Brad Pitt of the day.

Not the sort of image I expected to get from an old story. #BradPitt #VictorMature

PseudoPod: PseudoPod 981: The Shambler from the Stars

Episode webpage: https://pseudopod.org/2025/06/21/pseudopod-981-the-shambler-from-the-stars/

Media file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/pseudopod/Pseudo981_TheShamblerFromTheStars.mp3
#Horror #Pseudopod #RobertBloch