Best read by Richard Crowest Podcasts (2025)

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James Lamp 33:16

2+ y ago33:16

33:16

“I woke again with the sense that there was something creeping up to the house, like the fog that was now thick outside my window, and seeking admittance.”By Richard Crowest

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The Step 34:53

3y ago34:53

34:53

“With a sudden sinking of his heart, he heard behind him the step which he thought he had silenced for ever.”By Richard Crowest

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The Flint Knife 28:47

3+ y ago28:47

28:47

“I went to sleep at once, and from dreamlessness awoke suddenly to a consciousness of terror and imminent peril.”By Richard Crowest

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Outside the Door 19:52

3+ y ago19:52

19:52

“Terror, that was slowly becoming a little more definite, terror of some dark and violent deed that was momently drawing nearer to me held me in its vice.”By Richard Crowest

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The House with the Brick-Kiln 28:23

4y ago28:23

28:23

“At that moment I saw the face of Fear; my mouth went dry, and I heard my heart leaping and cracking in my throat.”By Richard Crowest

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The Shuttered Room 32:45

4y ago32:45

32:45

“All was not well with the house: in some strange manner the shadow that had come between her closed eyes and the sun as she sat on the garden-bench had entered, and was establishing itself more firmly day by day.”By Richard Crowest

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In the Tube 35:00

4+ y ago35:00

35:00

“I could not stir, I could not speak. I could only strain my ears for the inaudible and my eyes for the unseen, while the cold wind from the very valley of the shadow of death streamed over me.” (Note: this story features a suicide.)By Richard Crowest

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Gavon’s Eve 27:52

4+ y ago27:52

27:52

“Then suddenly I saw something black move in the dimness in front of me, and against the grey foam rose up first the head, then the shoulders, and finally the whole figure of a woman…”By Richard Crowest

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The Temple 39:55

5y ago39:55

39:55

“I am sure that no phantom of the dead that die not could have evoked so unnerving a terror.”By Richard Crowest

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Mrs. Amworth 36:39

5y ago36:39

36:39

“I tell you that vampirism is by no means extinct now. An outbreak of it certainly occurred in India a year or two ago.”By Richard Crowest

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How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery 37:12

5+ y ago37:12

37:12

“Every guest on his arrival in the house is told that the long gallery must not be entered after nightfall on any pretext whatever.”By Richard Crowest

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The Thing in the Hall 29:53

5+ y ago29:53

29:53

“In the shadows in the corner of my room there sits something more substantial than a shadow.”By Richard Crowest

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The Sanctuary 49:44

6y ago49:44

49:44

“Then the sense of nightmare began, for his two companions, gripping him tightly, pulled him along towards it, and he struggled with them knowing there was something terrible within.”By Richard Crowest

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A Tale of an Empty House 29:56

6+ y ago29:56

29:56

“An odd uneasiness came over me, for I had been so certain that the house was uninhabited.”By Richard Crowest

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Machaon 36:24

7+ y ago36:24

36:24

“At that moment the memory of the séance the evening before, about which up till now I had somehow felt distrustful and suspicious, passed into the realm of sober fact…”By Richard Crowest

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The Dance 31:08

7+ y ago31:08

31:08

“Soft as the fall of a single snow-flake, fear settled on his heart…”By Richard Crowest

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Spinach 39:49

7+ y ago39:49

39:49

“Find it and have it buried, and then I shall be free from its dreadful presence.”By Richard Crowest

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“And No Bird Sings” 32:24

8+ y ago32:24

32:24

“The only live thing that lurked here was that monstrous, mysterious creature of evil.”By Richard Crowest

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The Bus Conductor 21:22

8+ y ago21:22

21:22

“Just room for one inside, sir…”By Richard Crowest

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Monkeys 37:52

9+ y ago37:52

37:52

“A-pen-ara curses any who desecrates or meddles with her bones…”By Richard Crowest

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The Room in the Tower 35:08

10+ y ago35:08

35:08

“Jack will show you your room. I have given you… the room in the tower…”By Richard Crowest

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Between the Lights 29:32

11+ y ago29:32

29:32

“In the paralysis of that fear I tried to scream, but not a sound could I utter.”By Richard Crowest

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At the Farmhouse 41:08

11+ y ago41:08

41:08

“The thing seemed scarcely human at all; it was a monster from which he had delivered himself...”By Richard Crowest

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The Face 34:25

11+ y ago34:25

34:25

“A dream hasn’t anything real about it, has it? It doesn’t mean anything?”By Richard Crowest

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Caterpillars 22:43

12y ago22:43

22:43

“I think that before I opened the pill-box I expected something of the sort which I found in it.”By Richard Crowest

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On Approval 12:53

12y ago12:53

12:53

In which an artist's reputation rests upon what he eats.By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat 11:09

12y ago11:09

11:09

In which charity begins at home, and ends in a tea shop.By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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Fur 10:28

12+ y ago10:28

10:28

Present. Tense.By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Other Bed 27:53

12+ y ago27:53

27:53

“I knew I was not alone in the room. There was something there, something silent as yet, and as yet invisible. But it was there.”By Richard Crowest

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The Lumber Room 14:46

12+ y ago14:46

14:46

In which Nicholas meets the Evil One, and his “aunt” becomes acquainted with the rainwater tank.By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Name Day 13:10

12+ y ago13:10

13:10

“In a railway accident, things become very dear…”By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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Negotium Perambulans 38:23

12+ y ago38:23

38:23

“One of the things invisible, of the dark powers, leaped into light, and I saw it with my eyes…”By Richard Crowest

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Negotium Perambulans (live) 40:05

12+ y ago40:05

40:05

Recorded in front of an audience at E F Benson’s home, Lamb House in Rye.By Richard Crowest

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The Man Who Went Too Far 56:27

12+ y ago56:27

56:27

"I can't go back now. I wouldn't if I could; not a step would I retrace…"By Richard Crowest

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Down Pens 8:35

12+ y ago8:35

8:35

Thanks… but no thanks.By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Elk 11:36

12+ y ago11:36

11:36

Bertie might rescue Dora from the elk, but who can rescue Bertie from his grandmother?By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Cat 34:34

12+ y ago34:34

34:34

It is not only the dead who haunt the living.By Richard Crowest

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A Defensive Diamond 9:53

12+ y ago9:53

9:53

Beauty is truth, and truth is optional.By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Story-teller 12:32

13y ago12:32

12:32

A stranger on a train spins a good yarn. Horribly good...By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Stalled Ox 11:37

13y ago11:37

11:37

Art exists in seeing the unexpected in the everyday: an ox in a morning room, for instance...By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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“And the Dead Spake...” 44:35

13y ago44:35

44:35

“Surely this is the strangest manner of song ever yet heard on the earth, this melody from the brain of the dead...”By Richard Crowest

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A Holiday Task 10:52

13y ago10:52

10:52

One’s memory often plays tricks. Sometimes on other people...By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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Clovis on Parental Responsibilities 6:17

13y ago6:17

6:17

“Her view of life seems to be a non-stop run with an inexhaustible supply of petrol...”By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Stake 8:34

13y ago8:34

8:34

You can always bet on a good meal at Mrs Attray’s. Or at least, you could...By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Forbidden Buzzards 9:29

13y ago9:29

9:29

or... Clovis and the Art of Defensive MatchmakingBy Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Quince Tree 7:31

13+ y ago7:31

7:31

'I think to have a quince tree and not to make quince jam shows such strength of character.'By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Dreamer 9:29

13+ y ago9:29

9:29

If department stores are temples of commerce, it's always respectful to cover your head.By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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Naboth's Vineyard 39:06

13+ y ago39:06

39:06

Something has come in to the house. Come in out of the rain...By Richard Crowest

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The Feast of Nemesis 8:20

13+ y ago8:20

8:20

In which Clovis puts the case for a season of ill will.By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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The Byzantine Omelette 9:28

13+ y ago9:28

9:28

A socialist socialite discovers that you can't make an omelette without breaking a strike.By Saki (H.H. Munro), read by Richard Crowest

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