World War 1 Story by HP Lovecraft & World War 1 Poem by John Mcrae

A story written by H P Lovecraft. The story will be followed by the classic World War 1 poem, In Flanders Fields, by John McCrae.

This story, Dagon, is not a traditional war story. Rather, the narrator recounts a terror found whilst escaping a prison camp. Because this is Lovecraft writing, it is indeed a horror story, but taking place during World War 1. Is the horror real, or a nightmare from a morphine haze? You, the listener, must decide.

In Flanders Fields is arguably one of the more well known poems in memory of the dead soldiers of World War 1. John McRae was a soldier in World War 1 where he worked as a surgeon. He died of pneumonia shortly after the end of the war, sadly not uncommon during the great flu epidemic of 1918 (see our News of the Times Channel 1919 to 1921 episode).

Narrated by Robin Coles
Produced by Wendy Scotchmer
Stock Music kindly provided by GlydeMedia, from Pond5

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