Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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8,885 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 22 Jul

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Was that shortly after leaving Shetland?

The men at the wheel used to complain that they heard plaintive cries and screams in the wake of the ship.

As if something were following it and were unable to overtake it.

This fiction has been kept up during the whole voyage, and on dark nights at the beginning of the seal fishing

It was only with great difficulty that men could be induced to do their spell and

No doubt what they heard was either the creaking of the rudder chains or the cry of some passing sea bird.

I have been fetched out of bed several times to listen to it.

But I need hardly say that I was never able to distinguish anything unnatural.

The men, however, are so absurdly positive upon the subject that it is hopeless to argue with them.

I mentioned the matter to the captain once.

But to my surprise he took it very gravely.

and indeed appeared to be considerably disturbed by what I told him.

I should have thought that he at least would have been above such vulgar delusions.

All this disquisition upon superstition leads me to the fact that

That mister Manson, our second mate, saw a ghost last night.

Or at least says that he did.

Which of course is the same thing.

It is quite refreshing to have some new topic of conversation with

After the eternal routine of bears and whales

Which has served us for so many months.

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