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Classic Ghost Stories

A weekly podcast that reads out ghost stories, horror stories, and weird tales every week. Classic stories from the pens of the masters Occasionally, we feature living authors, but the majority are dead. Some perhaps are undead. We go from cosy Edwardian ghost stories (E. F. Benson, Walter De La Mare) to Victorian supernatural mysteries (M. R. James, Elizabeth Gaskell, Bram Stoker, and Charles Dickens) to 20th-century Weird Tales (Robert Aickman, Fritz Lieber, Clark Ashton-Smith, and H. P

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S02E25 The Story of Salome by Amelia B Edwards

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2021/01/16

The Story of Salome by Amelia B EdwardsWe did https://player.captivate.fm/episode/9913ad9b-e382-4acb-a42a-1000157a734c (The Phantom Coach )by Amelia B Edwards as Episode 8, which seems a long time ago now.That was a splendidly written story too. To remind ourselves:Amelia Edwards was born in 1831 in London, England. As such she is one of the oldest writers we’ve read so far in this podcast. She died aged only 60 in Weston Supermare, a seaside resort in the west of England.She came from a wealthy

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SE02E24 Rosalind by Richmal Crompton

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2021/01/01

Richmal Crompton Richmal Crompton was born in Bury, Lancashire in 1890 and died in Bromley, Kent in 1969, aged 78. She was the daughter of a clergyman who though he was ordained worked as a teacher of Greek and Latin at Bury Grammar School. She was not born into the aristocratic world portrayed in this story.She was educated at a private school for the daughters of clergymen in Lancashire. She trained as a schoolteacher like her father and got a BA in Classics from the Royal Holloway College in

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S02E23 The Story of A Disappearance and An Appearance...

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/12/25

THE STORY OF A DISAPPEARANCE AND AN APPEARANCE by M R JamesThe Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance is one of the few M R James stories actually set at Christmas. He was well-known for reading out his stories at Christmas, but few of them are actually set over the festive period. It was first published the June 4, 1913 issue of the Cambridge Review. It then appeared in his anthology A Thin Ghost and Others in 1919. First of all some explanations of words which may be strange to some listeners

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S02E22 A Christmas Carol The Spirit of Christmas Future

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/12/24

A Christmas Carol Part 4: The Spirit of Christmas Future & The End of ItThe Ghost of Christmas Future is the scariest of the ghosts. No jovial sprite he! He's just a heap of black cloak and a pointing hand. At the end, the spirit's hand quivers kindly, but he gives Scrooge no answers. Scrooge, even unanswered, intuits that he will be okay if he mends his ways. I thought that the first scene with the lowly char-folk and undertakers men and old Joe with his greasy fat and mouldy bones was a

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SO2E21 A Christmas Carol: The Spirit of Christmas...

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/12/21

A Christmas Carol Part 3: The Spirit of Christmas PresentHe brought a tear to my eye and halt to my throat, did Old Dickens in this episode. I think he was a man of great humanity who genuinely did care for those who were not as well-off as he was.The only slight caution I had was Old Topper chasing The Plump Sister and getting her in a corner. We inevitably all view behaviour through the lens of our own time and of course this behaviour reminded me of the #MeToo. I certainly wouldn't want my

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S02E20 A Christmas Carol: The Spirit of Christmas Past

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2020/12/19

Christmas Carol Part 2. The First Spirit.I am enjoying this story. It's a long time since I've read it, and I'd forgotten a lot of the detail. I do like Dickens's writing. His description of the Ghost of Christmas Past with its extinguisher (a candle-snuffer I think) and its sparkling belt.His description of the country lane they appear on on Christmas Day where young Scrooge is alone is wonderful.With all these stories that go over more than one episode there isn't much to say in the show

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S02E19 A Christmas Carol — Marley's Ghost

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/12/12

Charles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England in 1812. He died in Higham, Kent in 1879, aged only 58 and was buried at Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey—a high honour indeed.Dickens's writing was very popular during his lifetime and he was recognised as a literary genius by the 20th Century.His first success was The Pickwick Papers in 1836, when he was 24. He had been forced to go to work in a factory rather than school. Dickens worked pasting on labels on pots

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S02E18 The Ghost of Christmas Eve by J M Barrie

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2020/12/05

S02E18 The Ghost of Christmas Eve by J M BarrieJames Matthew Barrie was born in Kirriemuir in Angus in North East Scotland in 1860. His father was a weaver. He was one of nine children, though two died before he was born and Barrie’s brother David died in an ice-skating accident the day before Barrie’s fourteenth birthday. Barrie tried to comfort his mother by wearing his dead brother’s clothes, whistling as his brother used to and taking on his mannerisms.Barrie’s most famous work is of course

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S02E17 The Turn Of The Screw Part 8

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/12/01

PhewIt's done! This is the final part of our reading of the The Turn Of The Screw novella.While, I'm pleased the job is done, the race is run and I can take a small break before focusing on Christmas ghost stories, I am somewhat sad to leave the sombre glory of Bly.The last part is full of mysteries. I discuss my take on them at the end of the Podcast.The podcast also includes music by the Heartwood Institute. The intro music a snippet of Some Come Back, and the last track is the very haunting We

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S02E16 The Turn Of The Screw Part 7

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2020/11/30

S02E16 The Turn Of The Screw Part 7Forgive me not saying much in these show notes. We have one last part of The Turn Of The Screw after this. I hope to get it done within a few days.https://bit.ly/2GgHv9D (Sign Up For Exclusive Bonus Episodes!)Download A Free Audiobook Of My Story https://bit.ly/dalstonvampire (The Dalston Vampire)Start Music: "https://theheartwoodinstitute.bandcamp.com/track/some-come-back (Some Come Back)" by the Heartwood Institute, Check our their new release for Halloween,

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S02E15 The Turn Of The Screw Part 6

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/11/29

We continue with Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. His language is getting easier. I think he's given up trying to impress me and is just getting on with the story. That is all good because the story is nifty. I do think Quint and Miss Jessel are unfairly maligned. Poor old Mrs Grose. Not sure about those (pesky) kids though. I would be surprised if it turned out they were dead already like in the Sixth Sense.I am knocking out the Turns of the Screw. I think we have about 2 episodes left to do

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S0214 The Turn Of The Screw Part 5

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/11/28

The Turn Of The Screw Part 5, being chapters 12, 13, 14 and 15.Hope you're enjoying this. I'm doing lots of recording and editing to finish it before December. I anticipate episodes falling out like apples from a barrel just before 1st December.Sign Up on https://bit.ly/2GgHv9D (Substack) For Exclusive Bonus Episodes!Download A Free Audiobook Of My Story https://bit.ly/dalstonvampire (The Dalston Vampire)Contribute a caffeinated beverage, perhaps? https://ko-fi.com/tonywalker (Ko-Fi). There are

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S0213 The Turn Of The Screw Part 4

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/11/21

The Turn Of The Screw Part 4, being chapters 9, 10 and 11.Minimal show notes this week as I plough on trying to record and edit this novella.Visit the website at www.ghostpod.org Sign Up on https://bit.ly/2GgHv9D (Substack) For Exclusive Bonus Episodes!Download A Free Audiobook Of My Story https://bit.ly/dalstonvampire (The Dalston Vampire)Other LinksStart Music: "Some Come Back" by the Heartwood Institute, Check our their new release for Halloween,

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S0212 The Turn Of The Screw Part 3

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/11/14

Part 3 of The Turn Of The ScrewOur part three, not Henry James's. We're getting through the story. It's a good story! The characterisation is skilled. The language is like walking through a forest littered with logs hidden among grass. You keep tripping up. Or I do.Hope you're enjoying. You'd better, be. We have some way to go yet.Sign Up https://bit.ly/2GgHv9D (The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast Substack Newsletter) For Exclusive Bonus Episodes!Downloadhttps://bit.ly/dalstonvampire (Download A Free

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S0211 The Turn Of The Screw Part 2

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/11/07

S0211 The Turn Of The Screw Part 2I'm not going to say much. James's parenthetical insertions of information interrupt the flow of his sentences. He says something, the elaborates on it, then elaborates on that and sometimes elaborates on that as if his thoughts are sparking tangentially. He always comes back to the main matter, but it makes it hard to read out.That being moaned about, the story is good. He foreshadows well and creates foreboding." It may be, of course, above all, that what suddenly

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S0210 The Turn of the Screw Part 1

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/10/31

So we begin The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. I have wanted to do this story for a long time but have hesitated because it's so long!Of course, we have read out The Beckoning Fair One, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, and Carmilla that ran on over several episodes, but The Turn of the Screw will be the longest so far.I reckon it'll take five weeks or so, though if I crack on well, I might get it squeezed into four. By that I mean, just making the episodes longer rather than cutting bits

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S0209 The Maker of Gargoyles by Clark Ashton Smith

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2020/10/24

S0209 The Maker of Gargoyles by Clark Ashton SmithClark Ashton Smith was born in 1893 in Long Valley, California and died in California in 1961. He began as a poet and wrote decadent, overblown Romantic poetry after the manner of Swinburne. He got early recognition for his work in California.Lovecraft loved him and with Robert E Howard and Howard Philips Lovecraft he was one of the big three writers of Weird Tales. Ray Bradbury was also a fan. A few months ago, I re-read Bradbury's *Something Wicked

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S0208 The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/10/17

https://tonywalker.substack.com/ (Subscribe here, support The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast and obtain exclusive content.)S0208: The Empty House by Algernon BlackwoodWe did the Kit Bag by Algernon Blackwood as Episode 20, and there I said:Algernon BlackwoodAlgernon Blackwood was an English writer born in 1869 who ended up as a broadcaster on the radio and TV.His writing was very well received at this time and critics loved him. Even the great American author of weird tales HP Lovecraft cited

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S0206 Sanatorium Under The Sign of the Hourglass by...

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/10/03

Bruno SchulzBruno Schulz was a Polish writer. He was born in 1892 in Austrian Galicia. In those days that part of historical Poland was under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Now it is part of Ukraine. His family were well-off traders who owned a dry goods shop. I'm not wholly sure what that is, though I think I knew when I was younger.After the First World War, Austrian Galicia became part of Poland. Schulz was 26 when that happened. His home town was a drab industrial place,

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S0201 A Journey of Little Profit by John Buchan

Classic Ghost Stories ·

2020/09/19

This is a subscriber only episode, so come on and sign up at tonywalker.substack.comJohn Buchan: John Buchan, officially 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was born in 1875 in Perth, Scotland and died in 1940 aged only 64 in Montreal, Canada. He was Governor General of Canada until he died in office. His father was a minister of the Church of Scotland. Many of our ghost story writers are children of clergymen. He studied Classics at the University of Glasgow and then moved to Oxford University. After that he went

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