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A Fear Beyond Fear

A Fear Beyond Fear

By: Paul Butler
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Why do we love ghost stories? A fear Beyond Fear will look at literature, stage, film and tv and try to figure out why we keep coming back to this most specialized strand of horror. Why do ghosts scare us? Why do we like being scared? We will journey into this fear, teasing the dark side of immortality. We will explore our fears, rather than our hopes, regarding what may lie beyond the veil. Hosted by author Paul Butler with Jemma Butler. Technical advisor, Coleson Dyck.Paul Butler Art
Episodes
  • Hidden Gems and Tell-Tale Hearts

    Hidden Gems and Tell-Tale Hearts
    Jun 16 2026

    While Roger Corman's technicolor movies of the early 1960s defined Poe cinematic Poe for generations, many Poe fans are also aware of the 1960 Danzigers-produced The Tell-Tale Heart (1960) in shadowy black and white, with throbbing drum dominating its soundtrack. But did you know there is also much earlier, and much more faithful feature film version of the same story, one which focuses on the protagonist's delusions and the tragically motiveless murder? In this episode I will talk about this 1934 adaptation, one of Britain's very best pre war horror movies

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    13 mins
  • Queen of Spades

    Queen of Spades
    Jun 2 2026

    A cautionary tale of a gambler and a ghost, Alexander Pushkin's original short story led to one of the most lavishly ambitious supernatural movies to emerge from 1940 cinema.

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    19 mins
  • Queen of Spades Teaser

    Queen of Spades Teaser
    May 25 2026

    Tomorrow, we talk about Alexander Pushkin's 1834 supernatural short story The Queen of Spades and Thorold Dickinson's 1949 brilliant, but often overlooked, film version.

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    1 min
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