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Classic Ghost Stories Podcast
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154 stories; each candle stands for a few of them.
Narrated classic and original ghost stories featuring supernatural horror, gothic fiction, and psychological unease.
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The Hollow Man by Thomas Burke
A man walks the London streets, thin as a shadow, his eyes open but unseeing.
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- Brickett Bottom45 min
Brickett Bottom by Amyas Northcote is about a mysterious house deep in the woods that no one but lonely…
- Basil Netherby88 min
Basil Netherby is a masterpiece of brooding supernatural fiction.
- Sardonicus123 min
Sardonicus by Ray Russell is possibly the best Gothic horror story written in the 20th century.
- The Witch Door45 min
Ray Bradbury wrote "The Witch Door" in 1995.
- The Company Of Wolves47 min
The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter is a short story from her collection The Bloody Chamber published in…
- The Whitehaven Bodysnatcher32 min
Happy Halloween!
- The Dead118 min
The Dead is is the last story, and the longest from James Joyce's 1914 short stories collection: Dubliners.
- The Magic Shop49 min
Classic Ghost Stories Podcast is a reader-supported publication.
- A Fall of Snow50 min
A Fall of Snow A Fall of Snow by James Turner is a beautifully written and poignant story about a childhood…
- Green Holly48 min
A most wonderful Christmas Ghost story.
- The Ghosts of Christmas Past31 min
One of my own stories, specially written for Christmas 2022.
- The Ghost of Jerry Bundler34 min
Thanks to Gavin Critchley for commissioning this episode.
- The Shepherd by Frederick Forsyth76 min
The Shepherd by Frederick Forsyth Frederick McCarthy Forsyth CBE is an English author and journalist.
- The Shadow47 min
The Shadow by E Nesbit is a masterful story of an apparition that signifies death.
- The Chimes196 min
Start writing today.
- The Lonesome Place by August Derleth39 min
Thank you to Steven Shipman for recommending this story.
- The New England Vampire Panic27 min
Oh no, they were doing it in sweet New England too from at least 1799 to about 1892.
- The Zombie of Paraño Alto67 min
Despite the title, this is not a supernatural story.
- Afterward93 min
Afterward" by Edith Wharton is a haunting and evocative audiobook that delves into the mind of a young…
- The Mistress in Black49 min
Rosemary Timperley was born in 1920 in North London and died in November 1988.
- The House and The Brain96 min
Join Tony as we explore Edward Bulwer-Lytton's classic short story, 'The House & The Brain'.
- The Tractate Middoth: A Chillingly Haunting Ghost Story by M.R. James60 min
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- The Repairer of Reputations90 min
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- A Terribly Strange Bed64 min
Step back in time to Victorian Paris, a city of mystery and intrigue, where danger lurks around every corner…
- The Upper Berth150 min
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- Honeysuckle Cottage55 min
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- The Voice In The Night49 min
This episode features an audiobook reading of William Hope Hodgson's classic horror story, "The Voice in the…
- The Sexton & The Demoiselle25 min
One of my own stories from my newly published collection ‘Further Ghost Stories’.
- The Judge's House by Bram Stoker72 min
Abraham "Bram" Stoker was born on November 8, 1847, in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland.
- The Devil of the Marsh by H B Marriott-Watson17 min
This story was salvaged from a live reading on YouTube.
- The Music on The Hill by Saki17 min
Another live reading that hasn’t been heard on Substack before.
- The Topley Place Sale by A. N. L. Munby37 min
Alan Noel Latimer Munby (25 December 1913 – 26 December 1974) was a distinguished English librarian…
- The Smoke Ghost by Fritz Leiber53 min
The Smoke Ghost PDF Fritz Leiber ([redacted]) was an influential American writer of fantasy, horror, and…
- Who Knows? by Guy du Maupassant47 min
See here for more details, and spoilers Story ends at 31:56, after that is pure guff.
- Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon60 min
In the darkness of a Mediterranean night, the Osiris slices through the waves, carrying with it a passenger…
- The Rabbit Man42 min
Each episode of Ashridge is self-contained.
- A Rose For Emily by William Faulkner25 min
Immerse yourself in the hauntingly evocative world of William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," narrated by…
- 19 Great Hanover Street by Lillie Harris70 min
In the shadows of Victorian England, 19 Great Hanover Street stands as a silent witness to unspeakable…
- Never Visit Venice by Robert Aickman105 min
Henry Fern, an elitist with a very un-elite life, finds himself drawn to Venice by a recurring dream of…
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (audio)53 min
In *The Facts in the Case of M.
- The Vicar's Ghost by Lucy Farmer66 min
Set against the charming backdrop of Cornwall's picturesque villages and folklore-filled hedges, "The…
- An Adventure by Charlotte Moberley and Eleanor Jourdain224 min
My voice has given up so I can't record a story without it sounding like a rubber tyre riding on polystyrene.
- The Face in the Mirror by Denys Val Baker54 min
Denys Val Baker ([redacted]), a prolific author and editor, made significant contributions to British…
- The Lodger in Room 16 by David Dixon50 min
The Lodger in Room 16 by David Dixon In a faded guesthouse perched on the edge of an unnamed northern town…
- Through the Gates of the Sliver Key by H P Lovecraft and E Hoffman Price134 min
Is time an endless ocean?
- The Parlour of Lost Futures by Tony Walker36 min
In a dim parlour by the sea, where the waves sigh like old regrets, Madame Lily Floss lays her tarot cards…
- The Child by L A Lewis52 min
An English traveller, delayed in an unfamiliar village, hears a troubling local legend—one the villagers are…
- Young Billy-Me-Lad by Annie Smith50 min
What happened down in the cellar?
- The Withered Heart by G G Pendarves92 min
Beneath the brooding skies of Braun Fell, the Dewle family grapples with a dark inheritance, and John, a…
- The Squire's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell72 min
In the year 1795, in the secluded Derbyshire town of Barford, a stranger settles into the old White House.
- The Tapestried Room by Sir Walter Scott66 min
Returning home to England after the American Revolutionary War, General Browne, a soldier hardened by war…
- The Red Room by H G Wells64 min
In H.G.
- Squire Toby's Will by J S Le Fanu95 min
Seen from a passing stagecoach, you might think that Gylingden Hall is not the sort of place where the dead…
- Rose Rose by Barry Pain38 min
She was flawless.
- A Visitor from Down Under by L. P. Hartley61 min
On a wet and foggy evening in post-war London, a man arrives at a modest hotel carrying the calm assurance…
- The Clock by W F Harvey44 min
A letter arrives—calm in tone, almost conversational.
- Old Man's Beard by H Russell Wakefield63 min
At Brinton-on-Sea, the summer passed in gentle rhythms.
- The Monolith by Tony Walker40 min
A narrowboat moors in Eastwick, a village cut off by time and road.
- City of Dancing Horses: Part 131 min
City of Dancing Horses is the third book in the trilogy that began with Unreal City and City of Light.
- The Hollow Man by Thomas Burke51 min
A man walks the London streets, thin as a shadow, his eyes open but unseeing.
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