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Classic Ghost Stories

Tony Walker

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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Episodes

398 episodes

  1. The Novel of the Black Seal by Arthur Machen: classic ghost stories audio 2:07:10
  2. The Whisperer in Darkness by H. P. Lovecraft | Halloween 2026 2:50:44
  3. The House of Sounds by M. P. Shiel | Classic Ghost Stories | Edwardian Weird Fiction 1:41:21
  4. The Stolen Body by H G Wells 1:14:11
  5. The Grey Ones by J B Priestley 1:27:48
  6. All Souls by Edith Wharton | Supernatural stories and classic horror 1:26:47
  7. The Residence at Whitminster by M R James 1:32:09
  8. The Wind in the Rose-Bush by Mary E Wilkins Freeman 1:05:59
  9. The Mummy's Foot by Theophile Gautier 1:07:51
  10. Lost in a Pyramid, or The Mummy's Curse by Lousia May Alcot 47:12
  11. Lot 249 by Arthur Conan Doyle 1:52:23
  12. The Haunted Dolls House by M R James 56:07
  13. The Face by E F Benson 1:06:33
  14. A Professor of Egyptology by Guy Boothby 1:16:49
  15. The Dead Man of Varley Grange by Anonymous 55:50
  16. The House Surgeon by Rudyard Kipling 1:29:35
  17. The Werewolf Howls by Clifford Ball 54:31
  18. Gabriel Ernest by Saki 30:12
  19. The Devotee of Evil by Clark Ashton Smith 1:11:49
  20. A Ghost of the Sea by Francis Prevost 1:43:04
  21. Hertford O'Donnells Warning by Charlotte Riddell 35:48
  22. The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth by Rhoda Broughton 28:49
  23. The Mystery of the Semi Detached by Edith Nesbit 9:22
  24. To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt by Charles Dickens 31:38
  25. A Walk in the Park by William Bundy 1:07:56
  26. My Adventure in Norfolk by A J Alan 45:32
  27. The Moon Bog by H P Lovecraft 1:06:11
  28. The Triumph of Death by H Russell Wakefield 39:10
  29. The Death Mask by H D Everett 1:06:37
  30. Lost Hearts by M R James 54:02
  31. Midnight Express by Alfred Noyes 49:06
  32. A Bottle of Perrier by Edith Wharton 1:19:14
  33. For the Blood is the Life by F. Marion Crawford 1:00:56
  34. The Thing Invisible by W H Hodgson 1:01:53
  35. A Recluse by Walter de la Mare 1:58:23
  36. The Bat by Bela Lugosi 12:35
  37. The Terror of Blue John Gap by Arthur Conan Doyle 1:24:44
  38. And No Bird Sings by E F Benson 57:31
  39. Mezengerstein by Edgar Allan Poe 53:53
  40. An Encounter in the Mist by A N L Munby 45:45
  41. The Treasure of Abbot Thomas by M R James 1:08:06
  42. The Occupant of the Room by Algernon Blackwood 57:33
  43. Cwm Garon by L T C Rolt 1:18:40
  44. The Playfellow by Lady Cynthia Asquith 1:21:05
  45. The Skeleton Count or The Vampire Mistress by Elizabeth Grey 1:08:47
  46. A Message for Julia by R A Sunter 1:01:05
  47. The Frost Fair by Tony Walker 1:05:02
  48. The Demon King by J B Priestley 57:40
  49. Boxing Night by E F Benson 59:34
  50. Lucky's Grove by H Russell Wakefield 1:26:36