Horror · Anthology

Classic Ghost Stories Podcast

by Tony WalkerEnglishOngoing

  • Horror
  • Anthology
  • Narrated stories
  • Supernatural
  • Ghosts
  • Eerie
  • Suspenseful

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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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Episodes

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  1. Branch Line to Benceston by Sir Andrew Caldecott56 min

    Branch Line to Benceston by Sir Andrew Caldecott Branch Line to Benceston was published in the collection…

  2. The Vicar's Ghost by Lucy Farmer66 min

    Set against the charming backdrop of Cornwall's picturesque villages and folklore-filled hedges, "The…

  3. 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.

  4. The Face in the Mirror by Denys Val Baker54 min

    Denys Val Baker ([redacted]), a prolific author and editor, made significant contributions to British…

  5. 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…

  6. Through the Gates of the Sliver Key by H P Lovecraft and E Hoffman Price134 min

    Is time an endless ocean?

  7. 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…

  8. The Child by L A Lewis52 min

    An English traveller, delayed in an unfamiliar village, hears a troubling local legend—one the villagers are…

  9. Young Billy-Me-Lad by Annie Smith50 min

    What happened down in the cellar?

  10. 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…

  11. 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.

  12. The Tapestried Room by Sir Walter Scott66 min

    Returning home to England after the American Revolutionary War, General Browne, a soldier hardened by war…

  13. The Red Room by H G Wells64 min

    In H.G.

  14. 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…

  15. Rose Rose by Barry Pain38 min

    She was flawless.

  16. 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…

  17. The Clock by W F Harvey44 min

    A letter arrives—calm in tone, almost conversational.

  18. Old Man's Beard by H Russell Wakefield63 min

    At Brinton-on-Sea, the summer passed in gentle rhythms.

  19. The Monolith by Tony Walker40 min

    A narrowboat moors in Eastwick, a village cut off by time and road.

  20. 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.

  21. 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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