John Conrad and John Kirowan – Robert E. Howard’s Occult Investigators

Robert E. Howard (REH) created John Conrad and Professor John Kirowan as recurring characters in a series of contemporary horror tales often called the “Conrad & Kirowan” stories[1][2]. These tales, published from 1931 onward, feature Conrad and Kirowan as friends and scholarly occult investigators who confront supernatural horrors (Howard’s contributions to H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos) in the modern world[3][4]. Conrad typically acts as the catalyst – an occult enthusiast seeking forbidden lore – while Kirowan is a reluctant expert, a man haunted by dark knowledge who has renounced the occult but is drawn back in to combat evil[4][5]. Both characters appear in multiple published stories (and several posthumously published fragments), forming a loose cycle of interrelated weird menace adventures.

John Conrad is a scholar and “investigator of the unknown,” and the close friend/partner of John Kirowan in REH’s Mythos tales[6]. Conrad was first introduced in the short story “The Children of the Night” (Weird Tales, 1931)[7] as the host of a gathering of intellectuals in his study, where his extensive library of occult books (including von Junzt’s Nameless Cults) sparks discussion of dark legends[8]. In contrast to Kirowan’s jaded skepticism, Conrad is often portrayed as an active occult seeker – “a dedicated occult aspirant, hunting for lost lore and engaging in magical folly as Kirowan once did”[4]. He willingly delves into forbidden knowledge, perhaps naively, and this impulsive curiosity frequently triggers the duo’s adventures (much like a “Watson” to Kirowan’s Holmes, albeit one mirroring Kirowan’s own past pursuits)[4].

Despite his eagerness for arcane mysteries, Conrad’s experiences prove harrowing. He is loyal and brave, but not immune to fear. In one story he is described as “iron-nerved in the presence of human enemies” yet less steady when facing inhuman horrors[9]. For example, in “Dig Me No Grave,” Conrad’s steadfast loyalty to a dying “friend” (John Grimlan) drives him to perform a promised occult ritual, for which he awakens Kirowan to assist – a decision that plunges both men into a night of demonic terror[10][11]. Conrad’s initiative and willingness to tamper with dark forces underscore his role as the instigator of many plots, while Kirowan often provides the knowledge to survive them[5][4]. Notably, Conrad’s characterization is not entirely static: in the posthumously published “The Dwellers Under the Tomb,” set years later, he skeptically laughs off “this vampire nonsense” at first[12], a contrast to his earlier credulity – suggesting Howard may have evolved Conrad into a slightly more jaded figure, or simply an inconsistency in an unfinished draft.

Name: In Robert E. Howard’s original fragment “The House,” the character is explicitly named James Conrad. This name was retained in August Derleth’s later completion “The House in the Oaks.” Some later confusion arose when secondary sources referred to him as John Conrad, likely due to mix-ups with Kirowan (whose name is John) or attempts at continuity fixes — for example, C.J. Henderson’s 1986 completion of “Dagon Manor” introduced the idea of two Conrad brothers to explain the discrepancy[13].. In Marvel Comics’ 1970s adaptations, the character is simply called “Professor Conrad,” and Kirowan was renamed “Dan” to reduce confusion due to the repetition of the name John among multiple characters[14].

• “The Children of the Night” – Weird Tales, Apr/May 1931. – (Conrad’s debut) Conrad hosts an evening discussion in his study with Kirowan and others, where his occult collection (e.g. Nameless Cults) and an ancient artifact trigger a horrific ancestral memory in another guest[15][16]. (Introduces Conrad as a student of the occult with an extensive library.)
• “The Thing on the Roof” – Weird Tales, Feb 1932. – A short Mythos horror often included in the Conrad & Kirowan cycle, though neither character is explicitly named in it[17]. (It’s told in first-person by an unnamed narrator; some readers assume the narrator could be Kirowan or Conrad, but the text does not confirm this[17].)
• “The Haunter of the Ring” – Weird Tales, June 1934. – Conrad appears alongside Kirowan in this tale of black magic and possession. The story (narrated by another friend, John O’Donnell) finds Kirowan and Conrad helping a man plagued by his wife’s enchanted ring – revealed to be the ancient Serpent Ring of Set once wielded by Conan’s foe Thoth-Amon[18][19]. Conrad participates in the climactic confrontation with Kirowan’s old nemesis, Yosef Vrolok[20][21].
• “Dig Me No Grave” (aka “John Grimlan’s Debt”) – Weird Tales, Feb 1937. – Conrad and Kirowan take center stage. Conrad wakes Kirowan at midnight to help fulfill the sinister instructions left by their “friend” John Grimlan, who dabbled in diabolism and has just died under ghastly circumstances[10]. Narrated by Kirowan, the story shows Conrad’s resolve to honor his promise despite supernatural danger – his “loyalty to Grimlan’s wishes drives the plot”[11]. (Published after Howard’s death; sold for $100 to Weird Tales in 1936[22].)
• “Dermod’s Bane” – Magazine of Horror, Fall 1967 (posthumous). – Conrad does not appear in this story. (It is a Kirowan solo adventure set in Ireland; see Kirowan’s bibliography below.)
• “The House in the Oaks” – Dark Things anthology (Arkham House), 1971. – An unfinished Howard fragment titled “The House” (c.1934) that was completed by August Derleth[23]. In this tale, Professor Kirowan and John Conrad investigate a malevolent force lurking in an isolated oak-shadowed house (a classic weird menace setup). Note: Derleth’s version inexplicably calls Conrad “James”[13]. (First published in Dark Things 1971; Howard’s original fragment without Derleth’s additions was later printed in 1978.)
• “The Dwellers Under the Tomb” – Lost Fantasies #4, 1976 (posthumous). – Conrad and John O’Donnel (another recurring character) are the protagonists of this horror adventure, which reads as a sequel to “The Children of the Night” decades later[24][25]. O’Donnel, staying at Conrad’s rural estate in the coastal Dagoth Hills, rouses Conrad to investigate reports of a vampire in a family crypt[26]. They discover no vampire at all, but rather a degenerate race of subterranean “dwellers” lurking under the tomb – creatures reminiscent of those in O’Donnel’s ancient-memory from the earlier story[27]. Conrad’s portrayal here shows him scoffing at superstition initially[12], yet he must confront very real monsters below ground. (Howard wrote this in the 1930s, but it remained unpublished until 1976.)
• “The Jade God” (fragment) – first published in Unaussprechlichen Kulten #2 fanzine, July 1992, and later in Tales of Weird Menace (REH Foundation Press, 2011)[28][29]. – An unfinished Conrad & Kirowan story (about 1,400 words) set in the American South. Professor Kirowan (the first-person narrator) and neighbor John Conrad break into the home of William Dormouth after hearing screams, finding him mortally wounded and whispering about a “jade god”[30][31]. The duo retrieve a bizarre green jade idol and begin investigating the murder, which evidently involves the idol coming to life as a murderous entity (a winged ape-like creature)[32][33]. The fragment ends inconclusively, but not before Kirowan speculates on the idol’s nature (hinting at connections to Fu Manchu’s surgeries or the Mythos Tcho-Tcho tribe)[34]. Conrad in this story is armed and “quick to action,” assisting Kirowan with the on-the-spot sleuthing[35][33]. (Title was given by editor Glenn Lord; Howard’s original manuscript was untitled[28].)
• “Dagon Manor” (fragment, completed by C. J. Henderson) – first published in Shudder Stories #4, March 1986[36][37]. – A one-page Howard fragment (likely 1930s) that was expanded by author C.J. Henderson. In its fragmentary form, “Dagon Manor” features Conrad and another of Kirowan’s circle, the Englishman Taverel[38], caught in an ominous situation at a fenland estate. The setup suggests another occult investigation by the Wanderer’s Club members (the same club to which Kirowan belongs)[39]. Henderson’s completion notably attempted to fix Conrad’s name inconsistency by positing that John Conrad and James Conrad are two different brothers[13]. (Kirowan’s presence in the surviving fragment is uncertain – he may have been intended to join the fray, but only Conrad and Taverel are explicitly named in the extant page[38].)

John Kirowan is Howard’s primary occult detective figure – an erudite yet world-weary scholar who has confronted cosmic horrors. Kirowan is introduced in the stories as an Irishman of distinguished lineage: “a younger son of a titled Irish family”[1]. In his youth, Kirowan roamed the globe in search of arcane knowledge, immersing himself in forbidden lore of the Mythos[40]. He studied black magic in obscure corners of Europe and Asia – notably in Budapest under a sorcerer named Yosef Vrolok, until Kirowan recoiled from Vrolok’s truly diabolic practices[41]. Vrolok took revenge by destroying Kirowan’s happiness: using his “vile arts” Vrolok corrupted the only woman Kirowan ever loved, turning her against him and into moral ruin[41][42]. This trauma, combined with the unspeakable things Kirowan witnessed in his occult pursuits, left him “sickened by what he learned.” He renounced the active practice of dark arts thereafter[43][44].

In later years Kirowan wears the guise of a skeptic, but he is in truth deeply knowledgeable about the supernatural. He resides in or near the United States (his adventures suggest settings from New York to the Deep South)[45][46], and is a member of the eccentric Wanderer’s Club, “composed of the drift of the world – travelers, eccentrics, men whose paths lie outside the beaten tracks of life”[47]. Within that circle he has companions like Conrad, John O’Donnel, Taverel, and others who have also seen the uncanny. Outwardly Kirowan affects a “hard-nosed skeptic” persona[48], often sniping at superstition, perhaps to shield others (and himself) from the horrifying truth he knows. Yet when genuine occult threats arise, Kirowan drops the pretense and rises to the challenge. He is a reluctant hero – akin to a retired gunfighter forced to strap on his guns one last time[49]. Howard describes Kirowan as a tall, brooding Celt with sorrow “hanging about him like a shroud,” a man “burdened by his knowledge” of the “nightmarish denizens of diabolical realms”[50][51]. Indeed, Kirowan knows what horrors lurk in the shadows: he recognizes references to the Black Stone of Lost Koth, the High-Priest Not-To-Be-Described, and the doomed cult-author Von Junzt – he has felt the same unseen hands that strangled Von Junzt closing on his own throat[51]. This intimate familiarity with the Mythos’ cosmic evil makes him a grim, tense figure.

Despite his vow to abandon occultism, Kirowan still uses his arcane learning to save others. He refuses to dabble in magic himself (no spell-casting or sorcery on his part), but his weapons are knowledge, logic, and iron nerve[52]. On the rare occasions he is “on the prod,” confronting a supernatural enemy, Kirowan shows a “terrible ferocity and ruthless abandon” reminiscent of Howard’s swashbuckling heroes – tempered with a modern intellect[49]. A pivotal episode in Kirowan’s life occurs in “The Haunter of the Ring.” Here, Kirowan faces Yosef Vrolok, the very nemesis who long ago ruined his love. With Conrad and others at his side, Kirowan duels Vrolok in a battle of wills, ultimately defeating him and achieving a form of closure for his old grief[20][53]. This story also highlights Kirowan’s methodical, Holmes-like approach – he patiently listens to the case of a haunted man, deduces the ring’s Stygian origin, and uses his knowledge to break the curse, all while controlling his inner tumult until the final confrontation[54][21]. It’s revealed that the ring causing the trouble is in fact Thoth-Amon’s Serpent Ring of Set, an artifact from Howard’s Conan mythos – Kirowan remarks it has been “handed down by foul cults of sorcerers since the days of forgotten Stygia”[18]. By including this detail, Howard explicitly links Kirowan’s 1930s occult world with the prehistoric fantasy world of Conan[19], a rare cross-reference that situates Kirowan in a grander cosmic timeline of evil.

Kirowan’s family background is explored in “Dermod’s Bane.” Visiting his homeland Ireland, Kirowan mourns the recent death of his beloved twin sister, Moira, and seeks solace in the countryside[55]. Instead, he encounters the vengeful ghost of Dermod O’Connor, alias “Dermod’s Bane” – a medieval warlord who was slain by Kirowan’s ancestor, Sir Michael Kirowan, centuries ago[56]. The specter assumes monstrous forms (even impersonating Moira) to try to destroy Kirowan, nearly luring him over a cliff[57]. Only the true spirit of Moira intervening saves John’s life. This poignant ghost story provides Kirowan with “the knowledge that he and his sister will someday be together again” in the afterlife[58], and fleshes out Kirowan’s ancestry and personal sorrows[55][59].

In summary, John Kirowan is a scholar-turned-ghost-breaker: a man of tragic depth who conceals pain behind a scholarly facade, until duty compels him to stand between his friends and the evil that “roams the gulfs of darkness”[60]. Howard wrote relatively few Conrad & Kirowan adventures, but Kirowan stands out as a memorable member of Weird Tales’ gallery of occult detectives – less flamboyant than Seabury Quinn’s Jules de Grandin but perhaps more haunted and human. His stories blend Lovecraftian cosmic horror with Howard’s signature suspense and action.

• “The Children of the Night” – Weird Tales, Apr/May 1931. – The first Kirowan tale (published when Howard was 25). In John Conrad’s study, Professor Kirowan joins an evening debate on anthropology and ancient cults[8]. Kirowan is present as a skeptic voice as the group discusses degenerate pre-human races and Bran Mak Morn’s legend[16]. When an accidental blow sends John O’Donnel into a trance of past-life memories, Kirowan can only watch as O’Donnel awakens homicidally convinced that another guest (Ketrick) has inhuman lineage[15][61]. This story firmly establishes Kirowan in Howard’s Mythos circle and introduces his friendship with Conrad, but Kirowan himself mostly observes the bizarre events. (Series Note: Children references many Mythos elements and is essentially the foundation for the later Conrad & Kirowan continuity[25].)
• “The Thing on the Roof” – Weird Tales, Feb 1932. – A short Mythos horror piece commonly associated with Kirowan’s series, though it does not name its narrator[17]. The plot involves a treasure-hunter obtaining a forbidden tome (the Unaussprechlichen Kulten of von Junzt) and unleashing a prehistoric entity from a Mexican temple. While Kirowan is not explicitly identified, fans often speculate the unnamed narrator may be Kirowan or one of his colleagues, given the story’s tone and references. (Regardless of the narrator’s identity, Howard did include Thing on the Roof in the same continuum by later mentions; it’s frequently grouped with the Conrad & Kirowan tales[17][62].)
• “The Haunter of the Ring” – Weird Tales, June 1934. – Kirowan takes a leading role. He is consulted by a friend (John O’Donnel) and James Gordon, a man convinced his wife is under an evil influence[54]. Kirowan’s investigations reveal the wife wears a strange antique ring given by a suitor – which Kirowan recognizes as Thoth-Amon’s Serpent Ring, a relic from the Hyborian Age[63][18]. Kirowan and Conrad work together to save the woman and confront the mastermind behind the evil: Yosef Vrolok, Kirowan’s old sorcerer rival[20][53]. In the climactic showdown, Kirowan’s pent-up hatred for Vrolok flares – he finally exacts revenge for Vrolok’s past crimes against him (the loss of his beloved)[53]. The menace is defeated through Kirowan’s clever use of occult knowledge rather than brute force, showcasing his analytical approach. Notably, Kirowan’s dialogue in this story recounts his origin story: how he “drew back” from black magic in Budapest when Vrolok went too far, and the tragedy that followed[42]. Thus Haunter provides more background on Kirowan “than any of the others do”[64]. It also explicitly connects Kirowan’s 1930s adventures to Conan’s era, via the ring of Set[18][19].
• “Dig Me No Grave” – Weird Tales, Feb 1937. – An occult horror yarn narrated in first person by Kirowan. He and Conrad honor the bizarre last request of their “friend” John Grimlan, who had trafficked with demonic forces[10]. Against Grimlan’s final pleas, they follow instructions to perform a midnight ritual over his corpse – resulting in the summoning of a hellish entity (Malik Tous) to claim Grimlan’s soul[65][66]. Kirowan and Conrad barely escape as the sorcerer’s house goes up in flames. This story demonstrates Kirowan’s courage and sense of duty to his friends: though appalled by what Grimlan dabbled in, Kirowan stands by Conrad to see the ordeal through. (It’s also noteworthy as a Cthulhu Mythos tie-in; Kirowan refers to “the foul knowledge” Grimlan found in the Black Book by Friedrich von Junzt, showing Kirowan’s familiarity with forbidden tomes[22][67].)
• “Dermod’s Bane” – Magazine of Horror, Fall 1967. – A posthumously published story (written circa 1929) in which Kirowan is the sole protagonist. Seeking peace in Western Ireland after his twin sister Moira’s death, Kirowan instead confronts an ancestral curse[55]. The ghost of Dermod “the Wolf” O’Connor – a villain slain by Sir Michael Kirowan in the Middle Ages – returns to prey upon the last of the Kirowan line[56]. The specter and its werewolf-like manifestations nearly drive John to destruction, even impersonating Moira’s voice to lure him into a deadly trap[57]. Kirowan survives with otherworldly help from Moira’s benevolent spirit[68]. This tale, though not explicitly linked to Lovecraftian lore, provides key backstory: it confirms Kirowan’s family heritage and the source of the “sorrow that hangs over him.” If we consider the Kirowan here to be the same man as in the Mythos stories (the narrative implies as much[55][69]), then Dermod’s Bane enriches his biography with a deeply personal tragedy and a hint of ultimate hope (reunion with his loved one in death)[68].
• “The House in the Oaks” – completed by August Derleth, Dark Things, 1971. – Howard’s fragment “The House” (unfinished in the 1930s) was edited and expanded by Derleth. In this story, Kirowan and Conrad investigate an accursed cabin in the backwoods (likely upstate New York) where an ancient evil from the Black Lake tribe (a Lovecraftian touch added by Derleth) threatens the protagonists. The tale is essentially Howard’s weird menace style: mysterious happenings in a remote house tied to occult relics. (The House in the Oaks is notable for Derleth’s editorial liberties – aside from renaming Conrad, he inserted Mythos references to tie the story into Lovecraft’s circle[23]. Howard’s original partial manuscript did include Kirowan and Conrad as characters, confirming it was meant as part of their cycle.)
• “The Dwellers Under the Tomb” – Lost Fantasies #4, 1976. – Kirowan does not appear in this sequel to Children of the Night. (See John Conrad’s listing above.) It’s worth mentioning here because it uses Kirowan’s milieu: the story brings back Conrad and O’Donnel from Children, and echoes that tale’s theme of an underground race of subhumans[24][12]. Kirowan’s absence is curious – within the fiction one might imagine he was simply elsewhere when Conrad and O’Donnel fell into this adventure. In any case, Howard likely wrote Dwellers as part of the same narrative thread.
• “The Jade God” – fragment, first published 1992 (see details in Conrad’s list). – In this incomplete story, Professor Kirowan is the narrator, and thus the central figure driving the investigation. The fragment demonstrates Kirowan’s leadership in a crisis: he hears the deadly struggle next door, rouses Conrad, and takes charge of examining the bizarre evidence (the grotesque jade idol)[70][33]. He also hypothesizes about the supernatural attacker, showing his breadth of occult knowledge by referencing both pulp villain Dr. Fu Manchu and the Mythos Tcho-Tcho people in his theory[32]. Although the mystery is left unsolved in the surviving text, “The Jade God” offers a tantalizing look at Kirowan in action as a detective of the macabre.
• “Dagon Manor” – fragment, completed 1986 (see Conrad’s list above). – The brief original fragment likely had Kirowan present in a scene with his fellow club members (Conrad, Taverel, etc.) confronting an uncanny menace in the English fens[39]. If so, it would have been another case of Kirowan being drawn out of retirement to aid his friends. Henderson’s completion, however, focuses on the Conrad brothers and Taverel; Kirowan’s role in the finished 1986 story is minimal or implied. (Dagon Manor remains an obscure footnote in Kirowan’s saga, as it was not Howard’s own finished work. It is chiefly of interest for completeness, showing how later authors tried to round out the Conrad & Kirowan corpus[36][13].)

• Howard, Robert E. “The Children of the Night.” Weird Tales 18, no. 4 (Apr-May 1931): The first story featuring John Kirowan and John Conrad[8].
• Howard, Robert E. “The Haunter of the Ring.” Weird Tales 23, no. 6 (June 1934): Kirowan’s confrontation with the sorcerer Vrolok and mention of Thoth-Amon’s ring[18][19].
• Howard, Robert E. “Dig Me No Grave.” Weird Tales 29, no. 2 (Feb 1937): Conrad and Kirowan fulfill John Grimlan’s dark funeral pact[11].
• Howard, Robert E. “Dermod’s Bane.” Magazine of Horror #17 (Fall 1967): Posthumous Kirowan story set in Ireland (Kirowan’s twin sister and ancestral foe)[55][57].
• Howard, Robert E. (Aug. Derleth, fin.) “The House in the Oaks.” In Dark Things, Arkham House, 1971: Completion of Howard’s fragment “The House”[23] featuring Kirowan and Conrad.
• Howard, Robert E. “The Dwellers Under the Tombs.” In Lost Fantasies #4, 1976: Posthumous story with Conrad and O’Donnel (sequel to Children of the Night)[24][12].
• Howard, Robert E. “The Jade God.” (unfinished, written c. early 1930s). First printed in Unaussprechlichen Kulten #2, 1992 (ed. Glenn Lord). Reprinted in Nameless Cults: The Cthulhu Mythos Fiction of REH (Chaosium, 2001) and Pictures in the Fire (REH Foundation, 2018). Features Kirowan (narrator) and Conrad battling a living idol[32][33].
• Howard, Robert E. (C.J. Henderson, fin.) “Dagon Manor.” Shudder Stories #4 (Cryptic Publ.), Mar 1986: Fragment with Conrad (completed with additional characters)[38][13].

Critical References:

• Howard, Robert E. “John Kirowan” (character overview), Wikipedia[40][41].
• Reynolds, Josh. “The Nightmare Men: The Haunted Wanderer.” Black Gate, Jan 27, 2012. (Analysis of Conrad & Kirowan stories and characters)[4][51].
• Byrne, Bob. “Weird Menace: REH’s Conrad and Kirowan.” Black Gate, July 7, 2025. (Background on story publication and Kirowan’s resemblance to other occult detectives)[71][20].
• The H.P. Lovecraft Wiki (fandom): Entries on “Dermod’s Bane”[55][59] and “The Dwellers Under the Tombs”[26][12] (detailed synopses and character notes).
  – Gismervik, Ståle. “The Jade God.” The World of REH (reh.world) – annotated summary of the fragment[32][33].
  – Marvel Comics Database: “Professor Conrad (Earth-616).” – Notes Conrad’s creation and name changes in adaptations[7][14].
  – Lai, Rick. “The Life and Times of Steve Harrison.” (Appendix, Wold Newton, 2005) – discusses Conrad & Kirowan continuity (first names, later completions)[13].
  – Vincent Darlage, Goodreads – REH Readers Group (2019), comments on Conrad & Kirowan fragments[38].
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