It’s fall – my absolute favorite season. That means cooler weather, shorter days, and crisp brisk nights under starry skies. It also means it’s perfect time for a good classic ghost story next to a crackling fire at the end of the day. You can keep your modern low-budget gory, cheap jump scare movies. I prefer a good Victorian/Edwardian era ghost story on a cool fall evening.

Here’s some of my favorite places to get some great ghost stories read to you.

• Bitesized Audio Classics – Simon Stanhope is one of my favorites. Based in the UK with an authentic accent, he reads classic English short stories. Particularly the mystery and suspense stories which were a staple of the popular periodicals of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
  • YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BitesizedAudio/
  • Bandcamp: bitesizedaudio.bandcamp.com
  • Website: simonstanhope.co.uk
    
• HorrorBabble – One of the best collection of HP Lovecraft stories, but also has many other classic stories as well as more modern fair as well.
  • YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@HorrorBabble/
  • Bandcamp: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com
  • Website: horrorbabble.com
    
• Classic Ghost Stories Podcast – Tony Walker
  • YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ClassicGhost
  • Bandcamp: theclassicghoststoriespodcast.bandcamp.com/album/
  • Website: ghostpod.org
    
• Windy Night Stories
  • YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WindyNightStories

Bonus: Sherlock Holmes

• Magpie Audio – Greg Wagland gives one of the undisputed best renditions of the complete Sherlock Holmes collection of stories. He voice acts the various characters magnificently. I think it’s far superior to even paid versions. Absolutely worth a listen. He also has stories from G.K.Chesterton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane Austen, H.G.Wells, and many others of the era.
  • YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
  • Sherlock Holmes Audio Website: sherlockholmesaudio.co.uk

An interesting list of recommended Christmas Ghost stories