December 24, 2023

Christmas Special #011 – John Charrington’s Wedding & The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch

Patrons get TWO (count ’em TWO!) ghost stories this year.   The first, is John Charrington’s Wedding by E. Nesbit. Edith Nesbit may be more well known to you for her series The Railway Children.  Your Patreon bonus ghost story is The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch by Ambrose Bierce. I picked this because of Bierce’s brilliant mix of genuine horrors […]

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December 25, 2022

Christmas Special #010: The Signal-Man

Apologies for my voice – but despite a nasty cold (NOT COVID!) I’ve done my best to bring you a spooky Christmas Ghost Story – this time from the mind of Charles Dickens! You can read the tale yourself online for free. According to the Dickens Museum, this story was likely influenced by an actual train tragedy.  You can read […]

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November 7, 2022

267 – What the Dickens?

You may know Charles Dickens used ghosts in A Christmas Carol – but did you know his work also included many other weird and quasi-paranormal elements? We discuss this lesser known aspect of the famous English author with Dr. Liz Savage. Seven Ghost Stories by Dickens that aren’t A Christmas Carol. Spontaneous Human Combustion (Wikipedia) A fiery death: Murder or […]

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