The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane

Episode 20: The Sect of the Idiot by Thomas Ligotti

The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane

Show Notes

First published in Crypt of Cthulhu in 1988. A man visits a nameless town and questions his existence as reality transforms into nightmare around him, leading him to a clandestine sect of dreams and dark dimensions. Narration, Sound Design, and Music by Jon Fredette

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