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 21 Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk by F...
55 min
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Episode 20: The Kit-Bag by Algernon Blackwood
33 min
378
Episode 19: The Snow by Hugh Walpole
24 min
379
Episode 18: The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth ...
52 min
380
Episode 17: Behind the Stumps by Russell Kirk
47 min
381
Epsode 16: Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu (Part 3)
56 min
382
Episode 15: Carmilla by J S Le Fanu (Part 2)
43 min
383
Episode 14: Carmilla by J S Sheridan Le Fanu (P...
71 min
384
Episode 13 (unlucky for some): The Tower by Mar...
17 min
385
Episode 12: The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
19 min
386
Episode 11: The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs
27 min
387
Episode 10: The October Game by Ray Bradbury
24 min
388
Episode 8: The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards
36 min
389
Episode 9: The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce
29 min
390
Episode 7: Man Sized in Marble by Edith Nesbit
34 min
391
Episode 6: The Open Door by Charlotte Riddell
68 min
392
Episode 5: August Heat by W F Harvey
15 min
393
Episode 4: Bewitched by Edith Wharton
53 min
394
Episode 3: Whistle and I'll Come to You by M R ...
44 min
395
Episode 2: The Room in The Tower by E F Benson
28 min
396
Episode 1: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Pe...
37 min
397
Classic Ghost Stories Podcast Trailer
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