This one is so good. I can feel all of us learning together. I appreciate the feminism and the psychoanalysis....

Happy Holidays Tony! I joined recently. 3 Miles Up did not seem finished to me. It was so good, yet it stopped at the climax. I thought maybe the little boy was a younger version of the old man. They should have seen, at the end, the village and villagers and joined them. Maybe back at their real home there obituary could have been read or an article, in a small text filled square, about their remains being found. Maybe even Sharon holding the paper reading it when the next travelers come. BTW, Please forgive typos, if any, I am not wearing my glasses. Also it is almost a year. My sincereist condolances on you mom. Hugs. 💝🙏🏽

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I cannot hardly wait..

Sounds like a coward to me.

Whoever is creating these images is killing it. Bravo. 👏

❤❤❤❤❤ this intro!! Can’t wait!

If I wasn't hungry before this story, I certainly am now 😅

Oh! I'm really looking forward to this! Thank you so much, Mr. Walker ✨️🎄✨️

Wow! Really looking forward to it! It will be my reward for working 2 solid hours with my professional organizer... wirh my chemo brain!

Wonderfully narrated! Thank you !

Great intro! Will be listening. 💜

Nicely read!

Oh my God I saw that title and by a female author…. I can’t wait! I mean it, I can not wait….. I guess I’ll have to though! lol Thanks Tony! ♥️❤️♥️

Ireland was in the middle of the Great Famine in 1843. Where on earth did these poor folk find all that food???

Sounds wonderful...looking forward to it

I just found your channel roughly a month ago and have been binging your readings! Your own stories have turned out to be among my favorites, thank you for all of your hard work and creativity. I loved this one, very creepy!

I don't have enough superlatives for this - it ticks all my boxes! May I ask, though...is "The Apple Tree" a musical/Hauntology Easter Egg? Xx

Thank God you have longer stories for sleep, so goodnight to you and everyone else sleep well 😴😴💤💤 from Australia 🇦🇺🦘

The whole series has been very enjoyable and thought provoking. Looking forward to more of the same . Thanks!

i havent seen many, if any, comments discussing themes, symbolism and interpretation so i thought id give it a shot. esp since this is such a beautiful story. This story is such a good representation of seggsual assault (idk if u can say that on yt lol) A wealthy woman, with a lovely suitor, meets a monster who changes the course of her life in one night. Despite never actually mentioning what happened, the concern, love and care her family tries to offer her and the loss of confidence in herself is just.. so beautifully portrayed here. Her reluctance to live with her sisters bc she feels like her mere presence will be a constant reminder of her trauma to those around her. she feels hideous and completely changed due to this traumatic event that she never quite recovers from. The scene where she mentions she saw his urge to murder and she got this unexpected bravery to calm this mad man down before he kills her is something many victims can relate to. many times she wished she could scream for help but felt like it would probably make things worse for her in this situation - its just so well written. Obviously this is just my interpretation of this. If i recall correctly, vampirism at this time was very popular for depicting “taboo” seggsual acts especially used as a way to take away agency and consent from victims (carmilla used this symbolism but i could be wrong) And themes of sx is not uncommon in gothic literature. what a great story and a great read!!

Definitely want to hear more. Dorian Gray could be an interesting one.

This is the first "grown-up" novel I had read when I was a little girl and Ill love it forever. I picked it from the school library because of the cover picture. It opened my world of literature. This narration puts me right there. Right in the story and right back-in-time in my own life. I saved it to listen to it forever. Thank you Tony.

Absolutely loving this. The whole presentation, images and ideas are fantastic. I hadn't thought about the concept of mirroring in Dracula before, but of course now it seems obvious. I hope you do more of these with other novels.

I really loved this story. And, as always, your telling of it. And I'll also say that this was one of my all time favorite afterwords of yours... and I always enjoy, and often love, your afterwords... even on the rare occasions you say something I don't agree with. But never mind that. A most wonderful experience on every front. And my sincere thanks are due, sir.

Great voice - is this AI or real - sounds so real and so nice.

You wish the priest would what

Why did lovecraft not write happy endings to his books where the powers of hell win the pain, suffering, death, extinction and souls of all life forms in the heavens and on earth. I thought lovecraft was supposed to be an evil Satanist type.

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You really do have one of the great reading voices of our time.

I loved this one.

This was like going past a terrible car accident and not being able to look away. I would absolutely listen to the next gazillion episodes.

Boy oh boy oh Boy !!! ❤ I just discovered Tony's 2 new channels including Great Detective Stories on Utube. What a great day ! 🤸🤸🤸 Here I was, finally sitting down to gather all the info to do taxes for 2024 but I first checked the internet (Great Ghost Stories Podcast of course..) and got wonderful news. I am thrilled to bits Tony. Thank you so much. Guess what ISN'T getting done today? Taxes can wait. I am going to listen to more great ghost stories with Tony narrating. Hooray. It is even raining, dreary and cold. We may even get snow tonight ☕ ❄️ - Oregon USA

Good narration.

Why are Christmas Ghost stories so much fun?

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Just discovered you did this series - excited to listen to all the lessons! Dracula is a book I try to revisit every year. It's hard for me to imagine any horror novel yet unwritten casting the centuries-long shadow of this singular work. While Stoker didn't invent the vampire, by creating an iconic character and compelling story that so vividly captured the spirit of his own time (in America, we would call that "The Great American Novel), he unwittingly turned a folk legend into a genre - even an industry. I'm certain he would be shocked by this, but revel in it, nonetheless. Why his work reverberates endlessly through the subsequent decades - Victorian England long since a distant memory - is absolutely worth studying. Well done, Tony! - DeWayne

Wonderful selection of stories and narration! These are great, and we end with "The Hound." Giving the first story another listen. I was doing Christmas cleaning and wrapping and missed something! Thanks!

Wonderful compilation! ❤

I wondered all through the story if Alice was herself the ghost of her ancestor and not Lovelock. At least until the end.

I think this is a text to speech AI narrator.