Episodes

In this, the spookiest of seasons, Jon performs a reading of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale of mania, murder, and guilt: 1843's The Tell-Tale Heart . Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media c...

A single father taking his young son trick-or-treating in the rural countryside must contend with the truth behind a local legend. Adapted from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving. CW: Includes themes and depi...

An amnesiac is pursued through a closed summer camp by a mysterious cult. CW: Includes themes and depictions of Body Horror & Transformation, Religious Horror, Cannibalism, Torture, Gun Violence, and Potential Violence & Deat...

The Summer of Lovecraft comes to an end with Jon's readings of two short Lovecraft stories - 1920's Nyarlathotep , and 1927's History of the Necronomicon . Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social m...

A young woman on the run is taken in by a reclusive doctor that may be more than he appears. Adapted from "Cool Air" by H.P. Lovecraft. CW: Includes themes and depictions of Police Brutality, Racism, Fascism, Grief, Chronic I...

The Summer of Lovecraft festivities continue with Jon's reading of H.P. Lovecraft's quasi-biblical tale of beautiful fantasy and horror, 1920's The Doom That Came to Sarnath . Full series credits, sound effects attribution, a...

With the world hanging in the balance, three theologians trapped in a city of nightmares try to prevent the catastrophic awakening of a long-lost god. Adapted from "The Call of Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft. CW: Includes themes ...

An art therapist becomes entangled with a troubled patient that may know the hidden truth about a forgotten god. (Part 1 of 2 - Part Two coming this month!) Adapted from "The Call of Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft. CW: Includes t...

Can't beat the heat in the Summer of Lovecraft? Let Jon give you a chill with this reading of H.P. Lovecraft's 1917 short story Dagon . Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at...

A journalist gets more than she bargained for while interviewing a reclusive artist. Adapted from "Pickman's Model" by H.P. Lovecraft. CW: Includes themes and depictions of Blood & Gore, Animal Attacks, Social Murder, Family ...

Surf's up! Gray Matter's got new adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft classics coming your way all summer long! Our June, July, and August episodes will each be a fresh take on a classic Lovecraft tale, packed full of otherworldly m...

On the anniversary of his young son's death, a man is forced to confront his grief. CW: Includes themes and depictions of Grief, Child Death, Body Horror & Transformation, Emotional Strife, Child Endangerment, and Potential V...

Two private detectives investigate the disappearance of an entire suburban family.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Existential Terror, Paranoia, Panic, Family Strife, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Mark Bogumil...

As a global pandemic looms in March of 2020, an epidemiologist travels to a remote seaside town in search of a possible treatment.  Adapted from "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H.P. Lovecraft.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Infectious...

A woman with a missing husband is taunted by a mysterious bird.  Adapted from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Animal Attacks, Alienation, Grief, Depression, Psychological Trauma, Abuse, and Potential...

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Returning home after a hospital stay, a young couple find themselves caught in a bizarre struggle for their future.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Cancer, Body Horror, Medical Trauma, Emotional Strife, Family Death, Depression &...

A snowplow driver meets his match in a whiteout blizzard - the last surviving woolly mammoth.  Adapted from "A Relic of the Pliocene" by Jack London. CW: Includes themes and depictions of Aging, Animal Attacks, Gun Violence, and Potential Gun...

An overworked nurse struggling to decide whether or not to save the life of the man she hit with her car begins to suspect he may not be human at all.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Traumatic Bodily Harm, Body Horror, Disfigurement &...

Jumpscare! Jon pops into the feed for a couple of updates and a reading of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic story ‘From Beyond.’    Gray Matter Patreon (Creative Commentaries #1-3 available now FREE!) -   Gray Matter Youtube Channel - ...

A broadcast news reporter is recruited by a reclusive millionaire to document an attempt to metaphysically prolong his death... and discover what waits on the other side.  Adapted from "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" by Edgar Allan...

The invasion ends. High above the ruins of Horse Hill, West Virginia, two mine workers map the future of the human race.  Adapted from "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Apocalyptic Events, Body...

The townsfolk of Horse Hill become their best and worst selves as the invasion continues.  Adapted from "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Apocalyptic Events, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Aging &...

The inhabitants of a small mountain town in West Virginia are thrown into the middle of an alien invasion.  Adapted from "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Apocalyptic Events, Body Horror, Cosmic...