Episode Details

Old Crompton's Secret: A Body Renewed, A Mind Unchanged is a classic science fiction short story by Harl Vincent, first published in Astounding Stories of Super-Science in February 1930. It tells the story of a bitter old hermit who uses a young scientist's rejuvenation machine to regain his youth, but finds his old, criminal mind remains unchanged, leading to a dangerous conflict. The story explores themes of science, morality, and the idea that a new body doesn't necessarily change a person's inner self.   Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]

Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88

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Author

Description

65

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe

A gothic tale of a decaying family, a decaying mansion, illness, obsession, and a terrible burial mistake.

66

What Was It?

Fitz-James O'Brien

A strange invisible creature is discovered in a boarding house, turning supernatural terror into a problem of observation, capture, and proof.

67

The Upper Berth

Francis Marion Crawford

A passenger aboard a ship investigates a cursed cabin where something horrifying appears from the sea.

68

The Death of Halpin Frayser

Ambrose Bierce

A nightmarish tale of murder, memory, and supernatural revenge, centered on a man lost between dream, guilt, and death.

69

The Mark of the Beast

Rudyard Kipling

A colonial horror story in which a drunken insult to a sacred image brings a hideous curse.

70

The Captain of the 'Pole-Star'

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

An Arctic ghost story about a doomed captain, an obsessed expedition, and something haunting the frozen wastes.

71

The Yellow Sign

Robert W. Chambers

An artist and his model become drawn into a decadent supernatural mystery involving a sinister symbol and the King in Yellow.

72

Xelucha

M. P. Shiel

A lush, strange, morbid tale of obsession, death, and uncanny beauty, written in Shiel’s dense decadent style.

73

The Red Room

H. G. Wells

A skeptical man spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers terror without needing a visible ghost.

74

The Shadows on the Wall

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

A domestic ghost story where grief, suspicion, and a strange shadow reveal something dreadful within a family home.

75

The Harbor-Master

Robert W. Chambers

A weird tale of coastal mystery, pursuit, and monstrous transformation, mixing adventure with uncanny horror.

76

The White People, Pt 1

Arthur Machen

The opening of Machen’s occult horror story, framing forbidden knowledge, childhood innocence, and hidden pagan mysteries.

77

The White People, Pt 2

Arthur Machen

The central portion of the story, presenting a young girl’s secret diary of strange rites, hidden places, and uncanny encounters.

78

The White People, Pt 3

Arthur Machen

The conclusion of the tale, where the innocent-seeming account becomes something much darker and more spiritually dangerous.

79