Classic Ghost Stories

A weekly fiction podcast bringing you classic ghost stories, horror stories, and weird tales in audio form.

Most episodes feature classic stories from the masters of the supernatural: cosy Edwardian ghost stories (E. F. Benson, Walter de la Mare), Victorian supernatural mysteries (M. R. James, Elizabeth Gaskell, Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens), and 20th‑century Weird Tales (Robert Aickman, Fritz Leiber, Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft), wandering from the Gothic to the Odd, even to the Literary, and back again.

Occasionally, we feature living authors – but the majority are dead. Some, perhaps, are undead.

Each story is followed by Tony’s commentary on the tale, its author, themes, and literary context – which can be especially useful for students and anyone curious about the history of ghost stories.

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Episode 46 The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr H...
75 min
352
Episode 45 The Men in the Snow by Alex Boast
37 min
353
Episode 44 Bosworth Summit Lock by L T C Rolt
29 min
354
Episode 43: A Strange Goldfield by Guy Boothby
23 min
355
Episode 42: The Ring of Thoth by Arthur Conan D...
53 min
356
Episode 41: Mr Arcularis by Conrad Aiken
52 min
357
Episode 40: The Hound by H P Lovecraft
30 min
358
Episode 39: The Taipan by W Somerset Maugham
27 min
359
Episode 38: Between Sunset and Moonrise by R H ...
34 min
360
Episode 37: A Wicked Voice by Vernon Lee
75 min
361
Episode 36: The Cigarette Case by Oliver Onions
35 min
362
Episode 35: The Horla by Guy de Maupassant
67 min
363
Episode 34: The Queen of Spades by Aleksandr Pu...
32 min
364
Episode 33: Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker
37 min
365
Episode 32: The Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers
51 min
366
Episode 31: Back Along The Old Track by Sam Hicks
53 min
367
Episode 30: The Housekeeper by Marjorie Bowen
42 min
368
Episode 29: On The Brighton Road by Richard Mid...
14 min
369
Episode 28 The Corner Shop by Cynthia Asquith
42 min
370
Episode 27: The Experiment by M R James
18 min
371
Episode 26: A Christmas Meeting by Rosemary Tim...
9 min
372
Episode 25: The Old Portrait by Hume Nisbet
14 min
373
Episode 24: Smee by A M Burrage
23 min
374
Episode 23: Between the Lights by E F Benson
30 min
375
Episode 22: Saviourgate by Russell Kirk
40 min