The Horror from the Mound by Robert E. Howard

The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast

Tony Walker

Science Fiction, Fiction, Drama

4.9 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

On the sun-baked plains of Texas, cowpuncher Steve Brill, driven by crop failure and looming poverty, stumbles upon an ancient burial site shrouded in mystery. His neighbor, Juan Lopez, speaks of dark secrets and dire warnings passed down through generations. But Brill, desperate for any chance to change his fortunes, dismisses the ominous tales. As dusk settles over the lonely prairie, something stirs in the depths of the earth – something that bridges the Old World and the New, something that hungers. Robert E. Howard's "The Horror from the Mound" blends frontier grit with supernatural dread, challenging the limits of human courage against forces older than the West itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On your mart.
0:01.0	Yes, sir.
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0:05.0	Let's do this.
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0:09.0	As long as it's edible, I'd be happy.
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0:14.0	How can it be?
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0:30.3	Featuring a choice of a Big Mac or nine chicken McNuggets.
0:32.6	Plus, try the new spicy Netherflame salts.
0:33.8	Only at McDonald's.
0:36.5	And 6th of May from 11 a.m.
0:40.3	Mead or more large meal. Inclusive size of combination drink and side and one preselect to collectible. On the Sunberg Plains of Texas, cow puncher Steve Brill, driven by crop failure and looming poverty,
0:47.3	stumbles upon an ancient burial site shrouded in mystery.
0:51.3	His neighbour, Juan Lopez, speaks of dark secrets and dire warnings
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