My Cases

The Occult Detectives of Victor Rousseau #

Currently active case. Victor Rousseau produced three occult detective series in the early decades of the twentieth century, and wrote a few standalone tales, too. I'm collecting links and/or making transcriptions of all the stories from these series that I can find.

Selected Stories of Austin Philips #

Currently active case. I'm collecting as many of the Post Office detective and Post Office supernatural short stories of Austin Philips as I can find online. Possibly some non-post office ghost stories, too.

Evening Tales for the Winter #

Case Complete! Evening Tales for the Winter is an 1856 anthology of gothic and supernatural tales, compiled by Henry St. Clair. Many of these "Wonderful & Supernatural Stories," were translated from German sources. Neither the translators nor original authors/stories are credited, so I’ve tracked down author and translator attributions for the stories included.

Selected Stories from Tales of an Antiquary (1828) #

Case Complete! This rather unreadable 1828 fictional "memoir" by antiquarian Richard Thomson has some interesting stories buried within it. I've revived some of these highlights and featured them here.

Quote Attributions #

In progress. My attempts to correctly attribute incorrectly or incompletely attributed quotes.

Miscellany and Digressions #

These are literary investigations that pop up while I’m in the middle of another project (often, another investigation). I get curious about things, and I can’t help but dig. Since the results don’t always fit neatly into the other “active case” categories on the site, I keep them here.

Vincent Price and Caedmon Records #

An early case, tracking down the sources of Vincent Price's readings on two spooky LPs he recorded for Caedmon Records in the 1970s.