{"podcast":{"title":"People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Horror Stories, Weird Fiction, and Film Reviews","slug":"people-s-guide-to-the-cthulhu-mythos-horror-stories-weird-fiction-and-film-reviews-4138265","podcast_index_feed_id":4138265,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/pgttcm/feed.xml","website_url":"https://pgttcm.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/802071/PGttCMcom90z1f.jpg","author":"DB Spitzer/David Heath/Aunt Gore","episode_count":999,"summary":"People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos is a long-running podcast exploring cosmic horror, weird fiction, and the strange worlds inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries. Hosted by DB Spitzer with co-hosts Farmer Dave and Aunt Gore, the show dives into myth, monsters, movies, and the legacy of the Mythos with humor and insight.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T16:17:35.035401+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-s-guide-to-the-cthulhu-mythos-horror-stories-weird-fiction-and-film-reviews-4138265"},"episode":{"title":"The Repairer of Reputations/Get Out","slug":"the-repairer-of-reputations-get-out","published_at":"2026-06-05T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-s-guide-to-the-cthulhu-mythos-horror-stories-weird-fiction-and-film-reviews-4138265/the-repairer-of-reputations-get-out","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-s-guide-to-the-cthulhu-mythos-horror-stories-weird-fiction-and-film-reviews-4138265","url":"https://pgttcm.podbean.com/e/the-repairer-of-reputationsget-out/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/t2zivuttfinkmx9c/getout_repairer_cut_normalized.mp3","summary":"”The Repairer of Reputations” is a short story by Robert W. Chambers from The King in Yellow collection, featuring an unreliable narrator, Hildred Castaigne, who believes he is an heir to an American dynasty in a dystopian, near-future 1920s America. After a head injury, he seeks out a mysterious ”Repairer of Reputations,” Mr. Wilde, to restore his family’s name, but his delusions intertwine with the forbidden play The King in Yellow, blurring the lines between reality, madness, and a dark, fascistic future. Key aspects of the story:Unreliable Narrator: The story is told from Hildred Castaigne’s perspective, but his head injury and obsession with The King in Yellow make his account of events questionable. Dystopian Setting: It depicts an alternate 1920s America with underground roads, a centralized government, and a new aristocracy, which some readers interpret as a fascist vision. The King in Yellow: The play within the story is a central motif, with reading past the second act being linked to insanity, though the narrator claims to have read it without going mad. Mr. Wilde: The titular ”Repairer of Reputations” is a strange figure who helps ruined men, but his own sanity and motives are unclear. Themes: It explores madness, power, conspiracy, and the nature of reality, all within the larger, cosmic horror framework of The King in Yellow. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88 # Name 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. 6…","meta_description":"”The Repairer of Reputations” is a short story by Robert W. Chambers from The King in Yellow collection, featuring an unreliable narrator, Hildred Castaig…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2323,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/people-s-guide-to-the-cthulhu-mythos-horror-stories-weird-fiction-and-film-reviews-4138265/episodes/the-repairer-of-reputations-get-out/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-s-guide-to-the-cthulhu-mythos-horror-stories-weird-fiction-and-film-reviews-4138265/the-repairer-of-reputations-get-out.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}