Curious Murmurs

This is a Father Brown mystery. One of many short stories featuring the crime solving priest that Chesterton wrote. Can you guess who the murderer is?

A story of soul transference and the faults of man when his base desires rule.

Gerald Bullett was a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet.

Beware the promises you make in jest. For you never know when it will come back on you in a most horrific and haunting way. 

A disturbing story by Algernon Blackwood who was a broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and was one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. 

Does the occult exist and can you tap into it by just acknowledging it? One woman find herself wrapped up in the mystery woven by the two men who love her and rule her.

Bennett was an English author and prolific writer, he completed 34 novels, 7 volumes of short stories, 13 plays (some in collaboration with other writers), and a daily journal of more than a million words. He wrote articles and stories for more than 100 different newspapers and periodicals.

An excellent tale by Michael Arlen. It's a longish story and so it will be told in four parts.

Arlen has a very sly and witty sense of humour in this story but that doesn't detract from the chilling descriptions of murder and references to Jack The Ripper; A name that still give us Londoners the shivers. But will you guess the twist? Keep tuned daily to listen to how Arlen's mind manipulates the story.

An excellent tale by Michael Arlen. It's a longish story and so it will be told in four parts.

Arlen has a very sly and witty sense of humour in this story but that doesn't detract from the chilling descriptions of murder and references to Jack The Ripper; A name that still give us Londoners the shivers. But will you guess the twist? Keep tuned daily to listen to how Arlen's mind manipulates the story..

An excellent tale by Michael Arlen. It's a longish story and so it will be told in four parts.

Arlen has a very sly and witty sense of humour in this story but that doesn't detract from the chilling descriptions of murder and references to Jack The Ripper; A name that still give us Londoners the shivers. But will you guess the twist? Keep tuned daily to listen to how Arlen's mind manipulates the story.

An excellent tale by Michael Arlen. It's a longish story and so it will be told in four parts.

Arlen has a very sly and witty sense of humour in this story but that doesn't detract from the chilling descriptions of murder and references to Jack The Ripper; A name that still give us Londoners the shivers. But will you guess the twist? Keep tuned daily to listen to how Arlen's mind manipulates the story.

A psychic boy thought insane, but only he can see the ghost and solve the mystery of why it has appeared. But will anyone believe him?

Fletcher was a prolific writer who wrote over 200 books on various subjects. He is probably best known for his detective novels.

No ghosts are better than ghosts. When you can't have that when staying with friends, the having a ghost with honour is surely better than a ghost without honour. But does that honour mean anything if the ghost has taken particular dislike to you?

Johnson, a prolific British writer easily turns her hand to light comedy and horror with this story.

This chilling tale is the stuff of nightmares. Indeed Smith dreamt this one night and quickly wrote it down for us all to enjoy. Not much is known about Smith other than he was born in Liverpool in 1881, served in WW1 and that he lived in Scotland. I would love to know more about him so if you have any clues, contact me.

A grim, almost steampunk imagining from Jerome K. Jerome. This author, best known for Three Men In A Boat and being a light-hearted writer, shows another side of his personality with this story, a twisted dark side.

From one of the great figures of Horror, this short story from Edgar Allan Poe will make you recoil and wince. Perhaps the brutality will make you want to stay indoors tonight on this Hallows eve. Or perhaps you will rejoice in this gothic masterpiece and pay homage to Poe with costumes and a raised glass. But if you do go out, be careful who you speak to, for you never really know what is happening in their minds.

A sinister story of murder and a descent into madness. Barry Eric Odell Pain was an English journalist, poet and writer and was one of the best at telling dark stories.

An unsettling story to make you fear the darkness. Written by John Davys Beresford an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror and ghost story genres.

A short whimsical tale of petty vengeance and reincarnation. Written by British author Hector Hugh Munro who wrote under the pseudonym of Saki. The story first appeared in the Morning Post and it was later collected in the 1914 anthology Beasts and Super Beasts.