Classic Ghost Stories
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These stories are designed to engender a chill in the listener which is not just due to the season. Stephen Critchlow, a characterful actor, is a collector...
These stories are designed to engender a chill in the listener which is not just due to the season. Stephen Critchlow, a characterful actor, is a collector of ghost stories and relishes putting across those slightly odd moments when things don't just seem to follow the normal process. Charles Dickens was chilling enough in his novels - one only has to remember the entry of Magwitch in Great Expectations! - but as a writer set deeply in the Victorian era and unashamedly a lover of the melodramatic, it comes as no surprise that one of the greatest classics of the genre was The Signalman. As a medieval scholar of a later period (1862-1936) M. R. James had a very different temperament but produced a string of classic ghost stories, of which The Mezzotint is one of the best known.
Classic Ghost Stories (more info)
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Charles Dickens: The Signal-Man - 5:23
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In me, he merely saw a man who
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In a word, I should have set this man down
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I ran on into the tunnel
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He resumed. - 4:55
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When I saw him in this state
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M. R. James: Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad - 5:55
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In repeating the above dialogue
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By the time Parkins had made sure
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Why, surely there were marks on it
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The next stage was that Parkins shut his eyes
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Parkins set forth, with a stern determination
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As they turned the corner of the house
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By some unfortunate accident
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Classic Ghost Stories (more info)
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M. R. James: The Mezzotint - 5:30
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The whole thing gave the impression
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The picture lay face upwards on the table
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In a short time he had returned
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There was nothing for it but to spend the evening
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Charles Dickens: To Be Taken With a Grain of Salt - 5:09
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They were one behind the other. - 5:07
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I was not very comfortable that night. - 4:42
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I was chosen to be the Foreman of the Jury. - 6:15
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It will be borne in mind
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M. R. James: Rats - 6:02
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The room facing his was undistinguished
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Nevertheless, as the end of his stay drew near
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