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Weird and Creepy classics from the greatest writers of all time. Narrated and produced by David Sweeney-Bear. ¦ dsbaudio.com/podcast ¦ youtube.com/c/dsbaudio ¦
9 MAG 2021 · Rats Inhabit An Old House...A student arrives in a small town looking for a quiet place to stay while preparing for his examination. Making light of the local superstitions, he moves into an old mansion where a judge notorious for sending people to the gallows once lived... Listen now...
15 MAR 2021 · A Nefarious Plot is Averted... [Part 2] Having heard the bizarre account of Mr Jabez Wilson, Holmes and Watson head to the pawnbroker's premises to investigate. There, Holmes gathers enough information to feel he has solved the mystery and to predict a crime about to be committed. Holmes and Watson, along with Police Inspector Jones and a Mr. Merryweather secrete themselves in an underground vault awaiting the emergence of the perpetrators and hopefully to foil their plans. Listen Now...
15 MAR 2021 · A Sherlock Holmes Detective Mystery... [Part 1] A pawnbroker, the red-headed Jabez Wilson, approaches Sherlock Homes and Dr. Watson with a mystery to be solved. He recounts his tale of having been recruited by an obscure organisation called "The Red-Headed League" and employed by them on account of his fiery red hair. However, he is much dismayed when the league, along with his employment, suddenly disappears. Having listened to the facts, Sherlock Holmes is convinced that a much more sinister plot is at play than might at first sight appear... Listen Now...
8 MAR 2021 · A Young Man Trapped In An Old Man's Body... An impoverished young medical student, Edward Eden, is visited by the wealthy and elderly Mr. Elvesham with an offer to make Eden his heir - but the offer comes with certain conditions that the younger man couldn't have imagined! Listen Now...
1 MAR 2021 · Phantom Echoes In This Nightmare Tale... Mr. Izvertzoff, a wealthy Russian landowner, mysteriously disappears while visiting a cavern on his land - the so-called "Cave Of The Echoes". He is presumed to have been murdered and the finger of blame is pointed firmly at his man-servant, Ivan.... Listen Now...
19 FEB 2021 · A Ghost In The London Underground... In this spooky classic tale, our narrator is an overnight guest at the house of Anthony Carling. Anthony begins the story with a philosophical monologue on the nature of time, space and eternity. Listen Now...
13 FEB 2021 · Man vs Machine... Following a debate between our narrator and Moxon regarding the degree of intelligence a machine can possess, one of Moxon's inventions - a chess-playing automaton runs amok, with fatal consequences. Listen Now...
7 FEB 2021 · An Egyptian Mummy Is Re-animated.... In this satire on American scientific culture by Edgar Allan Poe, Dr Ponnoner invites our narrator to the unwrapping of a 5000-year-old Egyptian mummy. First published in 1845, the story is the earliest known representation of a revived Egyptian mummy. Listen now...
31 GEN 2021 · A Ghostly Pack Of Dogs Get Their Revenge... [Part 2] Edith Wharton’s 1916 ghost story, “Kerfol,” tells the story of a young woman convicted of her older husband’s murder. Her claim that the dogs the man had systematically murdered for their devotion to her were responsible for maiming her husband was met with derision, and yet ever after, on the anniversary of his death, the caretakers leave the estate to avoid encountering the silent, sinister pack of ghostly canines. Listen now...
24 GEN 2021 · A Deserted Mansion... In part 1 of "Kerfol", our narrator goes to visit an old semi-fortified mansion in Brittany, at the suggestion of his friend Lanrivain. He is impressed by its age and the sense of history it exudes. No guardian or owners appear, but he is met by a pack of assorted dogs which are mysteriously quiet. When he returns to his friend’s house that night, Mrs Lanvirain tells him that the dogs are the ‘ghosts of Kerfol’.... Listen Now...
Weird and Creepy classics from the greatest writers of all time. Narrated and produced by David Sweeney-Bear. ¦ dsbaudio.com/podcast ¦ youtube.com/c/dsbaudio ¦
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