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Phantastic Stories with Gav Cross

A Supernatural Story for you - Read by Gav Cross

Supernatural Stories from a bygone time... Content warning. Contains Ghost. Ghouls. Monsters. Murderers and More... "Like Jackanory for Grown Ups." Live Show Audience member. Live on Substack. Mondays - 9pm gavcross.substack.com

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Phantastic Stories 008: Jerry Bundler by W.W. Jacob’s...

Phantastic Stories with Gav Cross ·

2025/11/10

Of course the most famous fantastic Story by WW Jacobs is “The Monkey’s Paw”. My love for that Story is inexhaustible but this story has a real charm. I was not surprised to hear it was converted into a play. It was like watching a black-and-white spooky film from the 1930s with those English character act faces across the cast. After this film there will be a Will Hay movie on BBC2.It is of course dramatic.It is of course melodramatic. I am of course both. What do you think?GavNovember 2025Thank

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5:27

Phantastic Stories 007 The Walrus & The Carpenter By...

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2025/10/27

As I typed this I realise I'm not going to be home to read a Story live. I am currently sat in a haunted Tudor Mansion, in Bolton. My job tonight is to tell ghost stories to teenagers who are going to sleep over… I love telling ghost stories. I'm telling ghost stories too the over sevens all week in my ShowGhastly Stories for Gruesome Gremlins.I'm telling Ghost stories to grown-ups in the evenings. I like saying horrible things to lovely people and for cash I am happy to say lovely things to

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26:25

Phantastic Stories 006 The Sea Raiders by HG Wells -...

Phantastic Stories with Gav Cross ·

2025/10/21

Full disclosure. I am a HG Wells stan.I mean, I just sent out the first programmer requests to book my show:The War of the WorldsBy H.G. WellsA New Abridged Performed Readingby Gav CrossBut that is not what we are here for. I love this little short story. I think it is designed to do what a big book and film of the 70s did for the Sea but in the 1890s Wilfully! Let me know what you think of the story. Also, the more I read of Wells the more I am certain I know his favourite word. Do you it is used

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31:13

Phantastic Stories 005: Through the Door by Ruth...

Phantastic Stories with Gav Cross ·

2025/10/06

I wasn't really a Famous Five kind of guy and I was a kid. I don't recall ever reading the books.And I didn't really watch the famous 80s TV versionIt was on ITVI didn't watch much ITV then. Or now…I think my most endearing introduction to the world of the famous five was through the Comic Strip Presents version. Five Go Mad in Dorset.Anyway I am culturally aware enough to recognise that this story is perhaps in that realm. Maybe there are other stories featuring this gang? I don't know. I do know

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39:56

Phantastic Stories 004 A Case of Eavesdropping by...

Phantastic Stories with Gav Cross ·

2025/09/30

I am drawn to Algernon Blackwood simply by dint of his geographical location being Shooters Hill in South East London. I lived in the estate at the base of that ancient spot and it was always looming with a sense of mystery.Trees.A Tower.I knew it was ancientAnd for some reason I very rarely went there. Even though it was probably a mile or more from my house. To be fair I very rarely went anywhere as a child because that was not the family I came from. I knew that it was a significant way marker

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25:29

Phantastic Stories 003 Read By Gav Cross The Three...

Phantastic Stories with Gav Cross ·

2025/09/22

Certainly most famous for The Monkey’s Paw, W. W. Jacobs certainly liked a macabre tale when he wasn’t writing funny books about sailors or plays! I picked this one for a couple of reasons.Certainly to begin with I'm going to read the short of the short story is availableI'd like to work up to Reading longer supernatural tales, perhaps over a couple of episodes… This story appealed awesome because there is a melodrama to the whole thing. I can imagine it as an expressionist style black-and-white

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Phantastic Stories 002 Read By Gav Cross The Amorous...

Phantastic Stories with Gav Cross ·

2025/09/15

I have always loved the short story as a model.Perhaps it's because I really am part of the TV generation? All of those episodic and epic TV shows of my childhood“Tales of the Unexpected.” With its thrilling, enchanting and terrifying opening titles… I still can clearly remember individual episodes and moments from the 1980s “Hammer House of Horror” TV show. So when I discovered the short ghost story format, I devoured them. Pulp Paperbacks like the “Pan Book of Horror Stories” and the such like

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30:09

Phantastic Stories 001 Read By Gav Cross The Ebony...

Phantastic Stories with Gav Cross ·

2025/09/09

I’m an Edith Nesbit fan. As a fellow, ex-SE London resident he was always in the literary life of school and beyond. But it was a while before I clocked that E Nesbit liked to write a good Supernatural story… And they are good.Enjoy:The Ebony Frame By Edith NesbitEpisode 01 of Phantastical Stories.Always Free.Always trying to get better! (The tech will not break me…)Any shares, comments, recommendations are gratefully recieved! What do you think?Read live on Substack9pm on Mondays.Classic

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Phantastic Stories 000 Read By Gav Cross: An...

Phantastic Stories with Gav Cross ·

2025/09/09

Read live on Substack9pm on Mondays.Classic supernatural, ghost and weird short stories.Often found in the periodicals of magazines of the timeAnd entertainmentAnd enticementEverybody loves a spooky story??..Read by StoryTeller Gav Cross to a live audience, who are invited to discuss the story afterwards, and swap and share cultural recommendations. Follow, Subscribe and join in!https://linktr.ee/gavcross This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get

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