Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon
For those of you who like a little scare… but prefer the tingly kind to the kind that is on the news; Welcome to Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon. Every Monday evening, we will be reading the ghost stories of yesteryear, for you to listen to at your pleasure. Maybe a bedtime story? Coming soon we have classics from the grandfather of gothic horror – Edgar Allan Poe, to stories from 1917 including Dagon, by H. P. Lovecraft. For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter; @LondonDungeon or visit our website at www.thedungeons.com/London Twitter: twitter.com/londondungeon Instagram: instagram.com/londondungeon/ Facebook: facebook.com/londondungeonofficial © Copyright 2020 Merlin Entertainments Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
A tale of love and loss this week; written in 1904, The Highwayman is a romantic ballad. Set in the England of King George III, the poem tells the story of a highwayman, who has fallen in love with an innkeeper’s beautiful daughter and the betrayal that follows.
For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter; @LondonDungeon or visit our website at www.thedungeons.com/London
Tw: twitter.com/londondunge...
The Man of Science – Jerome K. Jerome
This week, our story is The Man of Science. It is a short ghost story with some comic elements by the British author Jerome K. Jerome, first published in the September 1892.
The story's titular character, and protagonist, comes to believe that a skeleton which he has recently acquired is that of his old enemy, who died before fulfilling his greatest desire... to kill the scientist.
Welcome back, this week: Darkness – by Lord Byron.
We take a turn into the natural world this week, with Darkness, a poem by Lord Byron. Written in July 1816, when the largest volcanic eruption on record cast darkness across much of north-east America and northern Europe.
It was known as The Year without Summer. This darkness inspired Byron to tell an apocalyptic story of the last man on earth…
Back again for another dark tale? This week’s story is Dagon, by H. P. Lovecraft, written in July, 1917.
The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who plans to commit suicide after having been washed up on the shore of a very strange land, inhabited by even stranger creatures. He escapes the land, but not the memories that he tries so hard to suppress…
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
For those of you who like a little scare… but prefer the tingly kind to the kind that is on the news; Welcome to Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon.
Each week we will be reading the ghost stories of yesteryear, for you to listen to at your pleasure. Maybe a bedtime story?
We start with classic this week, the grandfather of gothic horror – Edgar Allan Poe, and The Tell-Tale Heart.
For those of you who like a little scare… but prefer the tingly kind to the kind that is on the news; Welcome to Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon.
Every Monday evening, we will be reading the ghost stories of yesteryear, for you to listen to at your pleasure. Maybe a bedtime story?
For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter; @LondonDungeon or visit our website at www.thedungeons.com/London
Twit...
Popular Podcasts
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
Listen to 'The Bobby Bones Show' by downloading the daily full replay.
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.