Classic Ghost Stories
Episodes
Episode 47: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (Part 2)
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Themes"As we think in our hearts, so are we."(Proverbs, 23.7)The TwinsMost cultures have a fascination with the phenomenon of t...
Episode 46 The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (Part 1)
02 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Louis StevensonR L Stevenson was born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenons in 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He died aged only 44 in Samoa. He was phen...
Episode 45 The Men in the Snow by Alex Boast
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alex BoastAlex Boast is a young British writer, born in Ipswich, raised in Surrey and living in London. He has an MA in Creative Writing and is consta...
Episode 44 Bosworth Summit Lock by L T C Rolt
18 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
L T C RoltLionel Thomas Caswall Rolt, was an English writer born in 1910 and who died in 1974, therefore for us, he's a recent writer! He was a prolif...
Episode 43: A Strange Goldfield by Guy Boothby
12 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guy BoothbyGuy Boothby was born in Adelaide, Australia in 1867 and died in Bournemouth, England in 1905. At the time of his birth South Australia was ...
Episode 41: Mr Arcularis by Conrad Aiken
04 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Conrad AikenConrad Aiken was an American poet and author born in Savannah, Georgia in 1889 and died in Savannah in 1973 aged 84.His family were wealth...
Episode 42: The Ring of Thoth by Arthur Conan Doyle
04 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Arthur Conan DoyleOr to give him his full name, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in 1859 in Edinburgh in Scotland and he died in Crowborou...
Episode 40: The Hound by H P Lovecraft
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Phillips LovecraftHP Lovecraft was perhaps the most influential writer of horror and weird tales of his generation. That may not have been evid...
Episode 39: The Taipan by W Somerset Maugham
14 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
William Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham was born in 1873 in Paris and died in Nice in 1965, was despite his brith and death places, English.He was...
Episode 38: Between Sunset and Moonrise by R H Malden
07 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Henry MaldenR H Malden was born in 1879 in England and died in August 1951. He was brought up in East Anglia. He was educated at Eton and King...
Episode 37: A Wicked Voice by Vernon Lee
29 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vernon LeeDespite sounding so masculine, Vernon Lee was actually a woman called Violet Paget, born in France in 1856 and died in Italy in 1935. Despit...
Episode 36: The Cigarette Case by Oliver Onions
22 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Oliver OnionsOliver Onions was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England in 1873 and died in Aberystwyth in Wales in 1961, His father was a bank cashier. W...
Episode 35: The Horla by Guy de Maupassant
15 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Horla by Guy de MaupassantWelcome to Episode 35 of the Classic Ghost Stories Podcast!What would really help me would be if you could think of one ...
Episode 34: The Queen of Spades by Aleksandr Pushkin
08 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aleksandr PushkinAleksandr Sergeyeviçh Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright and novelist. He was born in 1799 in Moscow and died aged on 37 in St ...
Episode 33: Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker
01 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bram StokerBram Stoker was an Irish author born in 1847 in Dublin. Stoker is probably the best known horror writer in the world (after Steven King!) a...
Episode 32: The Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robert W. ChambersRobert William Chambers was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1865 and died in New York in 1933, aged 68.He was born to a well-off famil...
Episode 31: Back Along The Old Track by Sam Hicks
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sam HicksSam Hicks is an English writer based in London. She caught my eye when I read the splendid anthology https://amzn.to/2NwI8MN (Fiends In The F...
Episode 30: The Housekeeper by Marjorie Bowen
18 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Marjorie BowenMarjorie Bowen was the nom de plume of Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long, born Campbell. Marjorie Bowen was born in 1885 in Hampshire, Eng...
Episode 29: On The Brighton Road by Richard Middleton
11 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Barham MiddletonWhen I first read On The Brighton Road by Richard Middleton (known as Richard Barber Middleton in order to distinguish him fro...
Episode 28 The Corner Shop by Cynthia Asquith
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lady Cynthia AsquithLady Cynthia Asquith, born Charteris in 1887 in Wiltshire, England was an English aristocrat, best now known for her diaries and g...
Episode 27: The Experiment by M R James
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Experiment by M R JamesThis is the second story we have read on the classic ghost stories podcast by Montague Rhodes James. James is considered th...
Episode 26: A Christmas Meeting by Rosemary Timperley
26 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rosemary TimperleyRosemary Timperley was an English author born in 1920 who died aged 68 in 1988. She was a very prolific writer and published 66 nove...
Episode 25: The Old Portrait by Hume Nisbet
25 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hume NisbetHuman Nisbet was a Scottish born novelist an artist. He was born in sterling in Scotland and was trained as an artist from an early age. Ni...
Episode 24: Smee by A M Burrage
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alfred McLelland BurrageBackgroundAlfred McClelland Burrage was an English writer who was born in London in 1889. Both his father and his uncle were p...
Episode 23: Between the Lights by E F Benson
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I’m fond of E F Benson’s writing and once again like the Room in the Tower this has a dreamlike quality. The horror is produced from some kind of ...
Episode 22: Saviourgate by Russell Kirk
21 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There’s something quite Dickensian about this story. A man is shown his fate by a friendly ghost in a pub over a whisky soda or two. It transpires t...
Episode 21 Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk by Frank Cowper
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Christmas Eve on a haunted hulk by Frank CowperFrank Cowper was born in 1849 and died in 1930. He was an English yachtsman primarily famous for his ...
Episode 20: The Kit-Bag by Algernon Blackwood
07 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 r...
Episode 19: The Snow by Hugh Walpole
30 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hugh Walpole was an English novelist born in New Zealand in 1884 and died in June 1941. His father was a clergyman and he was intended originally for ...
Episode 18: The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell
23 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This story was written by Elizabeth Gaskell. Elizabeth Gaskell was born in 1810 in London and died aged only 55 in 1865 in Hampshire. She was an acc...
Episode 17: Behind the Stumps by Russell Kirk
16 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Russell Kirk was born in 1918 in Plymouth, Michigan to a relatively modest family. He died in 1994, but between birth and death, he became arguably th...
Epsode 16: Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu (Part 3)
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Carmilla Part 3Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born in Ireland in 1814. He was highly regarded both in his time and afterwards as a master of the g...
Episode 15: Carmilla by J S Le Fanu (Part 2)
09 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I won't say much about Le Fanu. This is Part 2 of Carmilla after all.Download Charles Dickens The Signalman Free Mp3 https://bit.ly/dickenssignalman ...
Episode 14: Carmilla by J S Sheridan Le Fanu (Part One)
02 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Sheridan Le FanuJ S Le Fanu was born in Dublin to a family of mixed descent. His father’s line were French Huguenots hence the French surname...
Episode 13 (unlucky for some): The Tower by Marghatina Laski
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Consistently rated as one of top scary stories ever...#Marghanita Laski# was an English journalist and author, born in Manchester to a family of J...
Episode 12: The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
#Edgar Allen Poe#Needs no real introduction. He was in some senses the man who began the horror genre. There had been Gothic fiction before but Poe ...
Episode 11: The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Monkey’s Paw was written by an English author W W Jacobs and published in 1902 in his collection The Lady of the Barge. "https://en.wikipedia.o...
Episode 10: The October Game by Ray Bradbury
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
#Ray Bradbury# Is the most modern author we’ve read so far in the #Classic Ghost Story# podcast. He was born in Illinois in 1920 and died in 201...
Episode 8: The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 6...
Episode 9: The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce
05 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ambrose Bierce was a prominent American author in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. He is most famous for his Devil’s Dictionary. He served in...
Episode 7: Man Sized in Marble by Edith Nesbit
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Edith NesbitEdith Nesbit was an English novelist born in 1858 in Kennington, which was then Surrey and is now part of London. She died in 1924 in the ...
Episode 6: The Open Door by Charlotte Riddell
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte Riddell was born in 1832 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. After she married she moved to London where she lived most of her life and died...
Episode 5: August Heat by W F Harvey
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
August HeatW F Harvey was a Yorkshireman, born in 1885 and died in 1937. He was a Quaker and suffered from ill health all his life. He joined an ambul...
Episode 4: Bewitched by Edith Wharton
22 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Edith Wharton, nee Jones, (born New York 1862, died aged 75 in France) was a famous American novelist. Her nickname interestingly was Pussy Jones. She...
Episode 3: Whistle and I'll Come to You by M R James
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
M R James is known as the father of the English ghost story. He wasn’t the first to write ghost stories, but he was the finest of his generation who...
Episode 2: The Room in The Tower by E F Benson
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Edward Frederic Benson was born in 1867 at Wellington College in Berkshire, England and died in 1940 in London of throat cancer aged 73. Benson’s f...
Episode 1: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
14 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
https://tonywalker.substack.com/about (Subscribe For All Episodes!)Charlotte Perkins Gilman, nee Charlotte Perkins, was born in 1860 in Hartford, Conn...
Classic Ghost Stories Podcast Trailer
01 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Download Charles Dickens The Signalman Free Mp3 https://bit.ly/dickenssignalman (Subscribe to our list and keep in touch with the podcast. Learn of n...