Classic Ghost Stories

Tony Walker

Topics: Science Fiction

No. 88 in Fiction▲13

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...

Latest episodeThe Whisperer in Darkness by H P LovecraftOctober 31, 2026 · 171 min

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Latest episodes

1. The Whisperer in Darkness by H P LovecraftOctober 31, 2026 · 171 min
2. The House of Sounds by M. P. Shiel | Classic Ghost Stories | Edwardian Weird FictionOctober 30, 2026 · 101 min
3. The Stolen Body by H G WellsOctober 22, 2026 · 74 min
4. The Grey Ones by J B PriestleyOctober 15, 2026 · 88 min
5. All Souls by Edith Wharton | Supernatural stories and classic horrorOctober 8, 2026 · 87 min
6. The Residence at Whitminster by M R JamesOctober 1, 2026 · 92 min
7. The Wind in the Rose-Bush by Mary E Wilkins FreemanSeptember 24, 2026 · 66 min
8. The Mummy's Foot by Theophile GautierSeptember 18, 2026 · 68 min
9. Lost in a Pyramid, or The Mummy's Curse by Lousia May AlcotSeptember 11, 2026 · 47 min
10. Lot 249 by Arthur Conan DoyleSeptember 4, 2026 · 112 min

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