Classic Ghost Stories

by Tony Walker

Category

Science Fiction

Frequency

Weekly series

Language

English

A weekly podcast that reads out ghost stories, horror stories, and weird tales every week. Classic stories from the pens of the masters Occasionally, we feature living authors, but the majority are dead. Some perhaps are undead. We go from cosy Edwardian ghost stories (E. F. Benson, Walter De La Mare) to Victorian supernatural mysteries (M. R. James, Elizabeth Gaskell, Bram Stoker, and Charles Dickens) to 20th-century Weird Tales (Robert Aickman, Fritz Lieber, Clark Ashton-Smith, and H. P. Lovec...

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Recent Reviews

Worth every penny of a subscription.

dbrrv•4/9/2026

Now THIS is superb narration. Great selections, fine acting, lovely accents (could use a tiny bit more work on American English😊) intelligent commentary. Don’t miss Tony’s own well written stories. If you like M R James or Shirley Jackson, you’ll love this.

Thrilling

Bflatchristian•2/17/2026

I thoroughly enjoy these!!! You know, you (I’m addressing Tony directly) mention people complaining about various things about your reading. I don’t get it. Don’t listen to them! You’re great!

My Favorite Ever

Ebb1972•1/26/2026

Do yourself a favor and just listen…these eerie tales will stick with you; I have listened to many of them multiple times. Perfect narration!

This Podcast is 5 Stars Plus

Mikey Likes Podcasts•1/17/2026

Mr Walker sources the stories and they are 5 Star stories. He plans and creates the production by himself and they are 5 Star productions. Finally he narrates and performs the production as a Podcast. So this podcast is 5 stars.

Awesome

Sara Sissy•1/12/2026

Very good stories and show