Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Announcing this year's month of exploring occult detective fiction.
"The simple definition of an occult detective story is merely one in which the tropes of the traditional detective story are combined with those found in supernatural horror fiction." - Bob Freeman

Your hosts:
@M-J MJ - Reading This Life
@InfiniteText Andreea
@occultdetective Bob Freeman
@RaynorReadsStuff Debs Raynor
@bookssongsandothermagic Gareth
@GenreBooks23 Gavin
@anotherbibliophilereads Greg
@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn Jim
@michaelk.vaughan8617 Michael
@CriminOllyBlog Ollie
@royreadsanything Roy
Dave Brzseski

Occult Detective Magazine
greydogtales.com/blog/occult-detective-magazine

Books mentioned
Carnacki the Ghost Finder, William Hope Hodgson
Lady Mary's Experiences, Ada Maria Jocelyn nee Jenyns
An Unkindness of Shadows, John Linwood Grant
Craig Schaefer Daniel Faust series craig-schaefer-v2.squarespace.com/daniel-faust


Chronological Bibliography
brombonesbooks.com/research/the-chronological-bibliography-of-early-occult-detectives

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