Ghost Stories Audio CD and 24 page booklet

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Four chilling tales by M.R. James, Kevin Crossley-Holland and Shirley Bignell
Read by Peter Davison
Total running time 70:28
ISBN 0-9539556-1-3

Long Tom and the Dead Hand (14:34) Kevin Crossley-Holland

‘When the moon didn’t shine, out came the Things that dwelt in the darkness and went about seeking to do evil and harm; Bogles and Crawling Horrors.’

Tom has no fear of the dark and lonely marsh at night and rejects his neighbours’ fears as foolish superstition. Scornful of their dependence on charms and the like, he makes for the marshes and discovers the truth for himself.

Lost Hearts (20:44) M.R. James
A young orphan is taken in by his kindly cousin, but is he all he seems? M.R. James was a distinguished writer of ghost stories, many with East Anglian settings. Lost Hearts is the first of two stories set in and around the seemingly sedate mansions surrounded by country parks that were a feature of the eastern counties. The supernatural is ever present as unnatural practises and events overtake the inhabitants.

Ghost Wherry(11:06) Shirley Bignell
The crew of the ‘Mayfly’ set out to cross the eerily beautiful Broadland of Suffolk. How could they imagine the terrible events to come? The majestic wherries were a common sight carrying cargo from inland quays to the coast. This tale of misjudged confidence and betrayal is played out against the backdrop of a watery landscape.


The Ash Tree (24:04) M.R.James
'It will be long, I think, before we arrive at a just estimate of the amount of solid reason – if there was any – which lay at the root of the universal fear of witches in olden times’

A village woman is condemned as a witch; what can be the meaning of her sinister last words? Has Castringham Hall been cursed?

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