A Victorian Gentleman’s Ghostly Anthology

And finally for today, here are details of last week's recording of twelve traditional spooky stories from the Victorians - who really knew how to do this sort of thing!

A Victorian Gentleman’s Ghostly Anthology

Read by John Banks

Twelve of the very best Victorian short ghost stories, all written by incredibly talented, but oft-times overlooked or forgotten, authors.

"The Victorian era is remembered for many things, but one of the fondest is the wide and varied array of short, ghostly, suspenseful tales…often enjoyed around the fireside at Christmas time.

In this new anthology, John Banks performs twelve of the very best, all written by incredibly talented, but oft-times overlooked or forgotten, authors. Once you tire of Dickens and James, these are the true masters of short-form suspense":

The Steel Mirror by W.W. Fenn 

A Real Country Ghost Story by Albert Smith 

The Weird Violinist by Anonymous 

Walsham Grange: A Real Ghost Story by E. Morant Cox 

Haunted by Coulson Kernahan 

Nicodemus by Alfred Crowquill 

The Veiled Portrait by James Grant 

The Ghost Chamber by Anonymous 

The Doll’s Ghost by F. Marion Crawford 

How Peter Parley Laid A Ghost: A Story of Owl’s Abbey by Anonymous 

The Ghost’s Summons by Ada Buisson 

A Terrible Retribution; or, Squire Orton’s Ghost by Anonymous

Produced by Neil Gardner

I recorded these stories with producer Neil Gardner, who has made them available free to download via this web site:

A Victorian Gentleman's Ghostly Anthology

Should you choose to have a listen to these stories, I very much hope that you will enjoy them.

...all for now, more just as soon as it happens!