A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Amelia B Edwards

A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest is a Victorian adventure story about a young man wandering through Germany who finds himself on a dark night wandering through the ancient, mysterious and folk-lore haunted Black Forest. As you can imagine, he does not spend a peaceful night.
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[@ClassicGhost]

If you liked this you will certainly like The Grey Woman kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIPZYmeEfLiieck. Remember to subscribe and sign up for notification for our next thrilling story!

[@debbieramsey8933]

Superlative!

[@louiseselfe616]

Got that one saved up in my secret cache of "Tony Treats"! 😆

[@SueCooke]

It certainly shows I'm getting old, no more rock n roll style Friday nights..........instead, I'm enjoying a Magnum chocolate lolly, doing a jigsaw & listening to you Tony! Fantastic. Thank you!

[@ClassicGhost]

Sounds good to me

[@SueCooke]

@@ClassicGhost it'll be time to put the kettle on soon. Can't possibly move though as my cat is now asleep on my lap & my dog is asleep on my feet. Pure heaven! Have a great weekend Tony.

[@mariameere5807]

That means I’m old as I’m done with clubbing but my mum says I did enough for 30 lifetimes, but she may have a point as I ended up in rehab but it took a drug overdose to make me stop but after seeing the spirit world I knew that the best high is enlightenment and drugs, I tried them all cannot compare! I healed my liver without the new miracle cure- hepatitis c and it was bad so now I KNOW that all things are possible, I looked down at my own body and went into the light and I know there’s no hell as we learn from our mistakes and no judgment from non-physical- just powerful love! And we can have or be or do anything if you believe! Or just feel the feeling of having it and then you can test it for yourself! This is why I am obsessed with the paranormal now and when we die we leave the negative energy on Earth and this is what causes problems but it has no power in the light of the divine universal intelligence! Blessings 🙏 🕊🤍🕊

[@SJ-ss5bf]

That sound like a good night to me

[@walterfechter8080]

@@ClassicGhost -- I'm getting well along, but I can still Rock N Roll with the best of 'em! All I need is my obligatory 3 hours of sleep! Let's have at it! Motorhead Forever!

[@normaemanuel4975]

Most Excellent! I am saved! Thank you so much!

[@itgetter9]

This will be tonight's tale. I can't wait! Thank you, Tony!

[@creative2716]

Finally able to listen uninterrupted. 👍💋

[@Shasta31487]

Wonderful story and wonderful voice.

[@nancynickerson4341]

Enjoyed the story, and your commentary. Thanks Tony!

[@mariameere5807]

Perfect timing and amazing entertainment as usual Tony! It’s made my day getting a story from you! Enjoy your weekend! 🌟✨🧚‍♀️✨🌟

[@along5925]

I'm saving this for tonight, and I know I'm going to love it! Thanks for sharing it... I really enjoy all your work; it's so well done.

[@ClassicGhost]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@johnrichards2616]

Brilliant

[@silkeeberle8484]

I grew up in Odenwald ❤ and enjoyed this Story very much. Your German was pretty good! Thanks Tony.

[@ClassicGhost]

Thank you, Silke :)

[@chocolatefrenzieya]

Hope your mom gets well soon! Adopt the kitty! None of mine have ever scratched my furniture or peed around the house. That's what scratching posts and litter boxes are for. :)

[@terryIKE69]

Stellar tale! I love some horror & chills with an ending that is satisfying. I'll ignore the obvious plot hole that was beneficial to our heros but serial killers are known to keep a souvenir or two, so that aspect of the tale didn't bother me. Thanks for another great narration & story.

[@martiwilliams4592]

Love this tale, also this time around-vivid, expressive narration and entertaining commenrary. Much needed-- thank you, Tony!

[@ClassicGhost]

Thank you as always Marti

[@sharonwhiteley6510]

I am glad not to have heard this before staying in the Black Forest

[@walterfechter8080]

Many thanks, Tony Walker! Walking through a forest at night is a favorite pastime of mine. Keep up the great work!

[@Shineon83]

I just LOVE Amelia Edwards-and wish I could have known her….Not only an incredibly imaginative & talented writer-who always wrote (believably) as a man-but a fascinating, widely-travelled & multi-talented woman (whose friendship would never have been boring)….

[@alisonaustin7299]

Absolutely brilliant. Beautifully narrated, thank you

[@sugarfalls1]

I couldn't agree more and I hope the spirit of Amelia Edwards is thrilled that we are still enjoying her stories 130 years after her death! What a well written suspense story! I loved all the details and the characters! I loved listening to Tony's narration too. His voice is one that is easy on the ears and keeps your interest! Nicely done, Mr. Walker!

[@SlideRulePirate]

The fortification/siege sequence reminded me greatly of 'Rogue Male' by Geoffrey Household.

[@handsomedan1997]

This is the best channel of this kind of stuff. Great stories, Great Reader. Thanks again Tony!

[@shroomyk]

I love that you named the black cat Lucifer Sam. I can't believe I didn't think of that when I got my own black cat. I don't think I could resist bringing the little fella inside. What is a witch without her cats, afterall? Thanks for the stories, Tony. I don't know if it's the stories you choose or your narration specifically, but I always get some nice vivid mental pictures when I listen. They give me a feeling of hygge; coziness and comfort.

[@inisipisTV]

Reminds me of the villainous black cat "Lucifer" in the Disney film Cinderella that alway chase the mice Gus and Jaq. I used to have a black cat, God rest his soul. My Nephew just named him for me with the rather weird way name of "Cat-Man" since we have just watched movie Batman.

[@code-52]

Emilia B. Edwards life would make a great novel or movie.

[@louiseselfe616]

Aww you sound like the BEST dad! Your girls are very lucky to have you.

[@stardust949]

Very enjoyable Tony! Well read, as always, and a story I've never read before. Apparently my Great Grandfather was born in or around the Black Forest in Germany, so this was extra intriguing for me. This story's subject reminded me a bit of some of the old German "fairy tales" with its secretive and sneaky murderers---just more filled out. Thank you.

[@ClassicGhost]

It’s a lovely area

[@tricivenola8164]

Another great story well told, thank you. Male cats mark their territory. If your pussycat is neutered, he will not piss all over your house unless he is dying of old age, and by then you will forgive him.

[@karenwedemire6093]

I really enjoyed listening thanks for sharing 😊

[@333angeleyes]

I LOVED the positive ending. If this story was written today one of them surely would have die; at least if it was written here in the USA.

[@athos1029]

The plot holes you mentioned can be explained 1. The blunderbus is where it is because the brigands were overconfident. They got used to their victims being witless when they killed them and saw no reason to guard against what they saw as sheep when they saw themselves as wolves. 2. The stuff they kept was their version of savings for when things got lean. In the meantime they have a business that brings them victims, coin, and a cover why give up a good thing? Should the day come when they need or want to move on they have clothes to change their appearance, cash for traveling money, and stuff can be sold far away and a decent amount of time after the commission of the initial crime making it less likely that they would be caught. 3. Not setting the dogs on the protagonists can be explained by the brigands not wanting to put the dogs in harms way, some of the worst people I’ve ever known adore animals and would never harm them. There’s also the possibility that the dogs simply ran from the fire.

[@doodybird5766]

I really liked this story, you are a great narrator, Tony. Thank you for letting us listen in 😊

[@Firecracker66]

Bravo! Chilling

[@karensmith2204]

I too saved this one for bedtime Really loved it

[@Bbergster]

This one is awesome! Starting to realize how many I’ve missed or, more likely, fallen asleep during…. Capital!

[@juliadia007]

I think I enjoy your commentaryramblings more than the stories! Plus I love hearing about your patients.

[@ClassicGhost]

I have to be careful what I say of course

[@beckymartin1810]

Really enjoyed listening, especially as you speak about the story and bring life to the setting! Just joined Classic Poetry, will give it a listen!

[@ClassicGhost]

Wonderful! Thank you for doing that. It's got much less content than this channel so far.

[@joycebowen8958]

My new favorite!

[@cynthiapate9138]

You are correct about comforting landscape and characters. Thank you for this story.

[@manuelluisnavarro7701]

Thank you for your beautiful narration!

[@jeffjewett481]

Great story and narration plus the narrator’s commentary at the end.

[@gerry5134]

Great story well told. Enjoyed that ! Thank you Tony

[@jaisuryabanerjee]

Absolutely brilliant. The narration makes the tale come alive..

[@angelakyle4838]

Yay for the plot holes - the two friends escaped unharmed - a happy ending 😊. Re the omelette - did you HAVE to say ‘blood vessel’ 🤢….

[@ClassicGhost]

Hmm. It was probably an artery to be more specific

[@roxanavasilakis9435]

Thank you you so much 🌳🌳🌳🌳

[@09purpledyer]

I really liked the story but your rambling was even better.

[@Shineon83]

….What an incredibly engrossing tale ( so different from Amelia Edwards’ usual “ghostly visitation” yarns )….Not for the first time, I marvel over the sheer breadth of Edwards’ knowledge & experience : that a proper, Victorian woman could write so convincingly from a male viewpoint ( “ The small room would become my fortress”….”It took but a minute to check the dryness of the powder, to load & arm the blunderbuss”….”I would gladly kill him, leaving the world in a better state”…. An author’s biography is often as interesting to me as the stories they write. Edwards’ far-flung, solo travels and hobbies ( both of which were considered decidedly “unfeminine” in Victorian Britain ) add a fierce independence and a singular determination to the illustration of her character. I sense this same independence & drive in many of her characters, making her tales all the more compelling to me….Excellent selection.

[@nathangibbs7149]

I love the reader of this. Tony does such a great job. I've been through most of the catalog on Spotify, but I can't give positive feedback there. Amazing work across the entire podcast, please don't stop.

[@Rebecca-xy8bf]

You can rate it on Spotify.

[@nathangibbs7149]

@@Rebecca-xy8bf can't comment or provide passive feedback

[@possumaintdead]

I’ve never read a story set in the Black Forest where the landlord of the inn isn’t a murderer. The first one I remember from my youth was a Robert E Howard story, I think called The Rattle of Bones. Howard of course is a completely different sort of author. And all those Grimm’s fairy tales…

[@ClassicGhost]

I do a version of Hansel and Gretel on here. Don’t knok if you heard it?

[@possumaintdead]

@@ClassicGhost Don’t believe I have. I’ll look for it.

[@Deanoo7]

Brilliant, I find listening to your ramblings at the end as interesting as the stories!

[@theodorecalvin4214]

Thanks for and the story AND the ramble. And what a ramble ,,,,

[@ClassicGhost]

I can’t even remember what i said

[@carycary5824]

Great story and delivered very well!!!

[@J.DeLaPoer]

One wonders how much of this 'subgenre' was inspired by the case of the Bloody Benders... It was quite real and quite famous in this era (and after). It even inspired all manner of outright supernatural tales -- I could be wrong but I think you even did "They Bite" here, which drew directly on the Bender legacy. After all, according to the genuine facts of the case at least a couple of them escaped the posse and were never caught. Now that I think of it, I believe when the citizens investigated the Bender house they found the bloody weapons and several possessions of murdered travellers hidden there "in storage" just as you called a plot hole here 😁 Keeping trophies is a common serial killer thing; or perhaps they just didn't want to appear too suspicious selling/pawning other peoples' random expensive items locally.

[@stevebarber8501]

Well done sir! Enjoyed it very much .

[@jcristi321]

Tony, since I’m your friend… this was a good one, it took me awhile to hear it all. They walked through the forest so long with nothing happening I expected Bigfoot or Dracula to drag them away. Sometimes I prefer serial killers to something paranormal or supernatural. 😃 And I do enjoy listening to you talk. Of course the accent is different from what I hear in Oklahoma, but I most enjoy picking out the things that are the same, but different from our turn of a phrase. My favorite word of this story was settle. I know what that is, but it was the first time I heard it in context. And I could suddenly see it in my mind’s eye. I could never understand why it had that name until now. Obviously it’s a place to settle-or sit and rest-when you arrive at a public house. How clever. I am so sad about the Queen. Please accept my sympathies. My mom is 90 and we both enjoy watching Royal events and admiring her hats! Take care. Jan

[@ClassicGhost]

Hi Jan, I just saw this comment now. Nice to hear from you ;

[@uslines]

If your French is good or you find a version sub-titled, I would suggest watching the film " L'auberge Rouge": A similar theme.

[@rayswoop4947]

Awesome sauce 😁😁 luv these kind

[@mysterycrumble]

Cracking read son, loving your easy tones. Keep them coming!

[@ClassicGhost]

There’s loads :)

[@brandyjean7015]

Having the merry ramblers enjoying life, makes the horror of how quickly that can be snatched away, all the more realistic. And your willingness to repeat a Grimm's tale for the umpteenth time: is why you made the cut & are in your daughter's short list of good men.

[@PqV72MT4]

That was a great one!

[@jez6208]

Great story. I do like your little rambles at the end. I live near Durham so we pretty much get the same weather. I lived In Germany for 2 years back in the mid 80's. Army. They always did Christmas well. Maybe one day I'll go back. Anyway, cheers for all you do in helping an insomniac survive. 👍👍🍻🍺

[@clovelly1946]

Great reader,you are few on line,enjoying this.

[@ClassicGhost]

Very kind. Great second name too.

[@krishnasen397]

Hi Tony! It was great to listen to the story as narrated by you in your inimitable style. A very interesting story..At some point it had possibilities to become a ghost story ( when the travelers entered the inn, met the rough , inhospitable and secretive brothers and their sister with fear in her eyes.) But I was in for a very unpleasant surprise . The ending, in spite of some peculiarities, could have gone any way not suspected by the reader. I have enjoyed all the stories written by Amelia BE. Loved The Story of Salome and In the Confessional in particular. Also The Four Fifteen Express. Look forward to the next one. Many thanks

[@ClassicGhost]

As I was reading it the first time I wondered if there would be a supernatural element. Did you listen to The Grey Woman by Elizabeth Gaskell?

[@krishnasen397]

@@ClassicGhost not yet though I have read Elizabeth Gaskell as a student and later teacher of English literature and Language at CIE O and A levels. At college and University many of the 19th Century writers / poets both male and female were my favorites and I had some of them in my Special Papers along with Shakespeare and the Romantic poets. Going to listen to The Grey Woman this evening. Thanks again Tony . Take care

[@donaldmccleary9015]

This was good.

[@louiseselfe616]

Ooh, so you do a classic poetry Podcast? Well, I need to check that out pronto..! 😀

[@ClassicGhost]

link at the bottom of the youtube channel page

[@nasringohar2242]

Thanks!

[@ClassicGhost]

You are very kind. Thank you

[@mariameere5807]

Why do female authors from this period always make the protagonist or the hero male?!? It’s so much more common for them to do that! Or is it just me being paranoid? Anyway a fantastic amazing story! Fantastic has a different meaning nowadays as well! Used to mean more unbelievable than necessarily a good thing…. Thanks again! Extra blessings- except good things!✨🌟✨

[@stardust949]

well, Maria...are you under the age of 40? You don't recall what the "atmosphere" of this world was like 4 decades ago, let alone 130 years ago? Study some history. Read Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth" which was written in the 1800s and has a very prominent female protagonist----read what HER world was like.

[@mariameere5807]

@@stardust949 I will thank you for the recommendation! And I’m in my 30s now so yes, I wasn’t angry when I made that comment I think you misunderstood me!

[@pariscribe5245]

I wondered over the same thing and think that it was because you could thus create a character that could do almost anything in the story and move about freely without chaperone etc. This is the case also in her great "The 04.15 express" .

[@mariameere5807]

@@pariscribe5245 I just saw your comment now! I will keep an eye out for that one Paris! Is it on this channel yet? Don’t worry if you are busy but always looking for recommendations that are really good! Take care Angel girl! 🙏🇬🇧❤️‍🔥 🧚‍♀️❤️‍🔥🧚‍♀️❤️‍🔥🧚‍♀️❤️‍🔥🧚‍♀️❤️‍🔥🧚‍♀️❤️‍🔥🧚‍♀️❤️‍🔥🧚‍♀️❤️‍🔥🧚‍♀️

[@pariscribe5245]

@@mariameere5807 Thanks for your remark , if you cannot find any Amelia B Edwards on Tony's channel ,than try Bitesized audio Classics ! Stephen's recordings are in my view the only ones with top notch quality comparable to Tony's ... Bonne écoute !😇😙😏

[@maryeckel9682]

This reminds me of the Bloody Benders, a German immigrant family who ran a murder operation through their house near a westward trail.

[@stpancraschapel2136]

Splendid narration again Mr Walker, I really do enjoy your notes at the end regarding the text and the writer, thank you. Also, good to hear an alternative accent to RP English.

[@ClassicGhost]

Are you the chapel opposite Euston Station??

[@stpancraschapel2136]

@@ClassicGhost I am not. Actually I am not a piece of architecture at all, my name is Jason; I set up a video channel to promote the C13th Cistercian oratory in West Somerset I hire out as a furnished holiday let and YT insists I interact with everyone here as that building. But it's dedicated to the same cult! Essentially the early history of the Church of England is the history of the rise of the cult of the martyr Pancras, some of whose remains were brought to England when Rome's envoy, Augustine, landed at Canterbury in 597AD. But the several buildings around Euston were all a lot grander than my little pile in Washford. But not as cosy, I like to think! As much as I love the place, the very sensitive sometimes feel they are not as alone in the house as they might normally expect (including me, one long, long night a few years ago).

[@missdaisysunshine8633]

I was trying to figure out Google podcasts and added 2 dozen subs that might be interesting. Found yours 2nd or 3rd in and stopped. Have to wait til I finish EVERYTHING. YOU.HAVE. DONE. Before I can move on

[@ClassicGhost]

That’s hours and hours of stuff by now !

[@missdaisysunshine8633]

@@ClassicGhost Yup. Loving every minute!

[@andrewc.2952]

Oh God bless you, you're Deutsch is quite lovely.

[@ropeburnsrussell]

Get the kitty, she will come around.

[@ClassicGhost]

She won't. I assure you

[@ropeburnsrussell]

@@ClassicGhost then it's best to make friends with someone else's cat. Thanks for all the stories!

[@Isa-nh5ix]

Another wonderful tale, thank you Tony! With regard to the plotholes: yeah, we can forgive those. But given your possible explanation for plothole nr. 1, if they kill purely for the "pleasure" of killing - that would kins of also explain plothole nr. 2, no? If the aim is the kill and not the robbery, why simply poison them? Just a thought that went through my mind as i listened to your comments on the story, which i enjoy just as much as the story itself btw :-)

[@bethpemberton7980]

Theres a story abt an early 19th century American family who did this very thing! They killed travelers and stole their belongings. Cant remember what state. Just looked it up. The Bloody Benders of Kansas 1871 and 72. Weird, huh?

[@ClassicGhost]

They Bites by Anthony Boucher has an idea like this too

[@bethpemberton7980]

@@ClassicGhost didnt you read that one to us?

[@ClassicGhost]

@@bethpemberton7980 sure didn

[@loumarlow7295]

I have been trying for weeks to find your classic poetry chanel to subscribe but can't find it anywhere. Can you put a link? I think you tube is hiding it!🤔😅

[@ClassicGhost]

Done! kzbin.info/door/PdAFamaAyh2hp57DTPpUNQ

[@browniepudding8315]

Idc what you say. That’s a true story in my head lol

[@jowest7020]

Interestingly for me, she lived just around the corner for a while.

[@chocolatefrenzieya]

Is "thingy" the official term? xD

[@ClassicGhost]

Only surpassed by doodah

[@chocolatefrenzieya]

@@ClassicGhost I'm particular to thingamajig.

[@sonnetlikely]

It is moi again- can you please post a link to the classic poetry channel? I have searched and tried Google but the *only* thing that keeps popping up for me with your name attached is the Ghost stories podcast. I’m not sure why on earth I can’t seem to find it, but am really interested in hearing! Thank you so much!

[@ClassicGhost]

Imagine them making it so hard to find! Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaeqgH9oabh3es0

[@sonnetlikely]

@@ClassicGhost Ah! Thank you so much. Subscribed!

[@ClassicGhost]

@@sonnetlikely big love

[@susanmercurio1060]

Your description of Autocorrect is why I hate it so much. So much for AI.

[@evelanpatton]

SPOILER ALERT***My comment contains some divulging of plot content. Something about this story feels like a 20th century of horror story, almost a like an 80’s fright night flick or even an 2000-10 modern midnight movie. This writer was clearly very good at genre as it is timelessly current, and the plot of the hero’s story begins languid, then picks up pace like a river pushed into a gully, until the turn a corner to rest the character’s journey, but instead rapids after the current terms turns and now they both must paddle obsessively through a level 5 rapid to come out of the dangers restricting their flow and potentially tipping there boats towards the underworld- truly CAPTIVATING! Also, it seemed to me at the beginning that there might be something peculiar going on at the two character’s meeting. I almost wondered if the stranger could be a “questionable character of ill will”; then at the first murderous attempt by the true culprits I half expected our hero’s friend to be irredeemably poisoned, and yet, as the drama crescendos, the stranger awakens to life to [re]tell the tale of what happened the night these two saved their own day[s]. Lovely story. Fantastic read, again. I T thank you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@user-dl6ns1nf9x]

I think the doll was haunted maybe by an incubus since it was lifelike to Rebecca. Devilish to the young man. She was taught to be a lover but says she's never kissed anyone before she kissed him. She loves that doll and runs off with it. Why? Could I love a machine? No, I'd rather have a real man, not some soulless thing. So, my impression was the doll housed some demon that had control over her and drove him mad.

[@levoxsixty-nine6843]

You’re thinking of Western Superman, the lesser known man of steel with a West Country accent. Never really caught on. Can’t think why.

[@martiwilliams4592]

Ditto also this time around: "new" ears: "How you look at it, all depends on how you vote" :0) Where are the dogs? Ameiia B. knows: "Never kill dogs". Wonder what Jung would say. Masterful, Tony. Again, again , again. Thankyou!!!

[@ClassicGhost]

In the Yellow Canary story did you see how he made the villain kick a dog? That wasn't done by accident, oh no.

[@martiwilliams4592]

OOPS! Missed that one 🙃🤭! Better listen again☺Better listen again! Thanks, Tony👍👍👍

[@mjrchapin]

This was an interesting story but the narration was the same at the bucolic beginning as it was in the heat of battle, which dulls that section and doesn't generate suspense, nor does the big ending that ends rather quickly after a long listen.

[@renzo6490]

The preview segment that contains the line, 'everybody dies, don't they?' sounded to me like to opening lines of the story. But then, it became garbled and incoherent. It went on and on. I thought there was something wrong with the audio. I almost stopped listening. Think you should omit it.

[@ClassicGhost]

Ok. Noted

[@MrRatherino]

a good way to go to sleep..fill the hole w/ 4 dogs as the re connect to it incarnation of ye 4 murdered souls? also.interest in your poetry channel..please carefully explain how to connect

[@ClassicGhost]

Here is the poetry one kzbin.info/door/PdAFamaAyh2hp57DTPpUNQ. Hope you like it. Please subscribe if you do.

[@davidcolley7714]

It's OK picking holes in Edwards plot but perhaps you should concentrate on your literary shortcomings

[@ClassicGhost]

Of which there are many, of course, of course.

[@Dawghome]

Intro is not my favourite.....

[@ClassicGhost]

Is this the locked drawer intro?

[@alvindimes4729]

I'm sure you are a Geordie? 🙄

[@ClassicGhost]

+ALVIN DIMES nearly but not quite