The Steeger Classic Pulp Podcast

Let's Talk Pulps: Terror Tales

From the newsroom of the New York Chronicle, reporter Joe "Daffy" Dill talks about TERROR TALES magazine.

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The Silence

Written by Ray Bradbury.

On a pristine, welcoming world, newly arrived settlers mistake quiet for safety—unaware that the land itself is listening, waiting to decide when silence will answer back.

Originally published in SUPER SCIENCE STORIES (January, 1949).

Produced by arrangement with the Ray Bradbury estate.

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Let's Talk Pulps: Super Science Stories

From the newsroom of the New York Chronicle, reporter Joe "Daffy" Dill talks about SUPER SCIENCE STORIES magazine

News Bulletin

Joe "Daffy" Dill reports on the Steeger rebranding and announces Season Two!

 

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Cave of the Criss-Cross Knives

Ordered on a suicide mission to a forbidden Pacific island, two Secret Service operatives parachute into a jungle nightmare of purple gods, savage rituals, and a mad spy king ruling from a cave of living death—where one wrong move means sacrifice on an altar of criss-cross knives.

Published in SPICY ADVENTURE (April, 1935). Written by C. C. Spruce.

Dead Man's Guilt

[Rated MA]* When a terrified girl swears a dead killer is stalking her through the rain-soaked streets, Dan dives into a nightmarish web of murder, stolen diamonds, and the chilling possibility that the grave doesn’t always keep its secrets buried.

Cooked

[Rated MA]* Hired to pull a slick midnight snatch, Dan finds himself neck-deep in a foggy Hollywood nightmare of deceit, danger, and a dame whose desperate scheme threatens to cook them all before the truth can surface.

The Horoscope Case

[Rated MA]* When a panic-stricken Wampas Baby star hijacks hard-boiled Hollywood Dan at gunpoint for a desperate midnight dash to the airport, a murderous horoscope prophecy drags them both into a deadly maze of jealousy and frame-ups!

Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead - Part 3

[Rated MA]* Cornered, cuffed, and one frame-up away from a murder rap, Dan bluffs his way through poison, passion, and press passes—till the final showdown proves that in Hollywood, even love can be lethal.

Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead - Part 2

[Rated MA]* Framed for a starlet’s poison death and dodging cops with itchy triggers, Dan chases the real killer through a haze of morphine, movie moguls, and midnight kisses—where the only antidote for murder is a .38 and a hunch.

Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead - Part 1

[Rated MA]* When a redheaded starlet trades her ingénue halo for a hangover and a one-way ticket to the morgue, Dan Turner hits the Hollywood nightbeat—where a striptease, a snatch job, and a .22 slug turn a case of bad booze into cold murder.

Shakedown Sham

[Rated MA]* When a worried ex-gridiron star hires hard-boiled Dan to shadow his oil-heiress wife and thwart a ruthless blackmailer, a clandestine hotel payoff detonates into sudden, smoking death!

Death on Location

[Rated MA]* In the blistering California desert, Dan goes undercover as a Bedouin extra to guard a sabotage-plagued epic—only to find murder crashing the set like a runaway camera crane!

A Comet Passes

[Rated MA]* When dazzling Hollywood starlet Nalia Kenton vanishes from fame and her powerful lover, Dan tracks her to a sun-scorched desert ranch—only to have brutal death shatter the silence of her hidden hideaway!

Bullet from Nowhere

[Rated MA]* On the dimly lit Altamount soundstage, Dan watches a sultry starlet bare all for a Mata Hari execution scene—only for a real bullet to crash the take and turn blank-fire drama into cold-blooded murder!

Dan Turner's Dictionary

Listen, sweetheart, if you're plowin' through one of my yarns and wonderin' what the hell I'm talkin' about half the time, relax. I've been slingin' this lingo so long it's second nature to me, but I know it can twist a square john into knots. So here's a little glossary—my personal brand of patter, the way I call 'em in Tinseltown. No fancy explanations, just the straight dope.

At the Earth's Core - Part Eight

After uniting the tribes of Pellucidar against their reptilian overlords, David Innes prepares for a triumphant return to the surface world—but treachery strikes at the final moment, sending him on a desperate journey through darkness where one wrong turn could cost him both his kingdom and the woman he loves.

At the Earth's Core - Part Seven

David battles a ravenous dragon and a seven-foot savage to rescue the woman he loves—only to discover her heart is fiercer than any beast.

At the Earth's Core - Part Six

Condemned to the vivisection pits of Phutra, a desperate fugitive slays his way to the Mahar’s forbidden secret and flees into the wilds—only to face traitors, ravenous beast-kings, and tireless Sagoth hunters on his blood-soaked trail!