The Old House on Vauxhall Walk by Charlotte Riddell

[@thurayya8905]

I love the intro. That's one of the many reasons why you are the best.

[@ClassicGhost]

It’s my new thing

[@Xzontyr]

Ah. Intro is good stuff.

[@jonehaney8939]

​@@ClassicGhost I may have mentioned this before, but it is worth mentioning again: Charlotte Riddell wrote a wonderful book, The Uninhabited House. You would have a field day reading/ performing it, especially the aunt's voice and accent. ( I know this, because you did such an outstanding job with all the voices and accents, from unhinged Mrs. Danvers to deaf, elderly relatives to slimy Jack Flavel in Rebecca!

[@jonehaney8939]

​@@ClassicGhost I think Charlotte Riddell was frustrated that there weren't more haunted house/ ghost stories to read, so she must have decided to just write them herself!😃

[@Boogie_the_cat]

I was first introduced to Charlotte Riddell's work from Simon at Bitesized Audio Classics. I enjoy her writing style and your narration does full justice to the subject matter. I hope you and everyone reading this has a spooky Halloween.

[@lymarie1974]

Appreciate you so much tony. Thank you for all the work you do.

[@ClassicGhost]

Thank you for taking the time to say that

[@ainemoroney9965]

Perfect! Rotting house in Ireland, Ghost, Unwitting young man, Narration And Post story thoughts (Felt very self conscious for a second as I was ironing, before all the bonfires are lit 😂). I thought it was the landlord/brother too!

[@amyjones8114]

Best story teller on KZbin.

[@ClassicGhost]

Thank you very much!

[@mitchsnow9719]

Faulkner summarized that idea you expressed about time beautifully: ""The past is never dead. It's not even past" in his Requiem for a Nun.

[@scathatch]

Yes a thoroughly engaging narrative, a ripping good yarn. Beautifully read as always.

[@joanieann6179]

Excellent story and narration Tony! ❤

[@franken-pattern]

I'm not ready for Halloween to be over! Thank you, Tony, for letting me stretch it just a little while longer ! 🎃🍂🖤🍂🎃

[@leonaheraty3760]

Excellent work Tony! I love these old haunted house stories. Charlotte Riddell is one of the best. Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃👻😊🍁

[@Shineon83]

…..I love the older classics. Good reading.

[@ClassicGhost]

thank you very kindly

[@ocsananox]

Loved the story and your narration. As for the "keyboard warriors", there is an old American saying, "Opinions are like assholes, every body has one." And you are right. If we can't agree to disagree and be polite in our debates, what's the use of talking? What's the use of having a civilized conversation? As my momma used to say to us as kids, "If you can't say something nice then don't say anything at all." Sound advice. What good does it do to hurt someone feelings or belittle their opinions just because they don't match yours? People who are like that, in my opinion, are boarder line fascist. The tow-the-party-line type of people who don't like the free movement of ideas. Now I'm getting political, so I'll back out of that. Anyway, great job as always, Tony. Look forward to the next one.

[@susanmercurio1060]

OMG, my mother said the same thing!

[@taostaosolgateresa575]

Thank you for your wonderful talent sharing treasures...I adore and look forward to your synopsis theories comments and general opinions gracias from Taos nm

[@Neriadea]

Just want to say that I very much enjoy your delivery of these stories.

[@williamfawkes8379]

I enjoyed this one. There was at various points, the feeling that the story was being watched in the flames of a sputtering fireplace.

[@emilybelzer5773]

I was just hoping for a new story, and it's Charlotte Riddell, no less! 💖🎉

[@MartiWilliams-r2z]

A fave of mine. Love Charlotte Riddell. Brilliant narration,commentary, as always, Tony. Thank you.

[@DenWell-SeedsOfChaos]

I enjoyed this story, it reminded me of that old Dickens story, you know the one. Hey, what if William was behind the bad guys coming back and he knew that key wasn't in the lock....? Just a thought.

[@DenWell-SeedsOfChaos]

Was I polite? Please don't belabour me. (Belabour: attack or assault (someone) physically or verbally. I had to use this new to me but very old word. )

[@gunners8487]

I’m so stoked to see you narrating this tale, Tony. I’m saving this for tonight-so glad you’ve chosen this story, it seems a bit underrated/undernarrated. Thanks again!

[@edf777]

BRILLIANT,,,,( really enjoyed your wee chat afterwards) ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ClassicGhost]

Glad you enjoyed it ! Thanks :

[@lyndabrennan4560]

Thank you Tony 👏👏👏

[@stalinlovsciafbifakemsmzio6674]

I love that AI has such a hard time rendering hands. Hands are easily THE most difficult thing to master when your drawing or using any other medium- till you stop and think about them. It helps to study the skeletal form for them and faces till one has had sufficient practice. It warms the cockles of me 'eart to see such collosal resources fail incessantly even when it "succeeds", wah wuh waah. GREAT story and chat ('bout to listen to latter on a lazy 'Suuuuuunday Mornin', lol), and many thanks, Tony.

[@stalinlovsciafbifakemsmzio6674]

PS I cry reading Shakespeare all the time, even for good things- I’m not keening or wailing ever, but tears start. People who get triggered and angry with YOU over these stories are literally brainwashed Marxist neobolsheviks and need to read about what happened to MY another's half of the family in Soviet Sleigh Lay bore camps and those that remained stuck behind the Wall or in the Soviet Bloc. They are utterly men tall. heF them. "It'll work THIS time"- well guess what, you've already got it as Vulturine Faux capitalism, where corporations control the gov IS the gov controlling corporations- how do you like it now? It'll only get worse unless we check this out of control BS. Cheers, T

[@darrylhunt1]

Great reading and performance as always Tony. Thank you!

[@ClassicGhost]

Thank you kindly

[@RingJando]

Splendid reading - grand story - Cheers Tony!

[@ClassicGhost]

Thank you

[@denisepeters8551]

Your voice is made for story telling. Brilliant.❤

[@ClassicGhost]

Thank you so much 😀

[@libertycowboy2495]

Always top notch. Great tale to listen to on Halloween...or Christmas!

[@lochlainnmacneill2870]

Yes, it’s easy to be brave from a distance.

[@susanmercurio1060]

Simply, I love your narration no matter what story you read.

[@edf777]

Thank you sir 😊❤

[@ClassicGhost]

Welcome!

[@imh9524]

Really enjoyed that! Thanks !

[@glosteiger2517]

Wonderful. But I would like to know more. She ended it too soon. Your narration as always superb.

[@KayBacci]

Thank you, Tony. A great story beautifully narrated. I listened to your interesting comments after the story, too.

[@donaldmccleary9015]

Great story and narration! Great picture and graphic for the story. I really enjoy this story. I completely missed the part about the "niece Sarah." I caught the second ghost, but I never heard her name mentioned. Time for another listen! The chat at the end of the story is awesome. I like the way you analyze and explain the story. The moral lessons are amazing. I like how William goes to bat for and out of his way to help a cast out son, who was always nice to him, of a higher social class. William also helps tremendously to amend the relationship between father and son. The embedded message about the implicit trust and confidence placed upon these "servants" is very strong. I like how the Admiral lets William waltz on in and talks to him about anything. Thanks!

[@ryanjohnson3615]

Cool spooky intro visual!

[@SouthernBelle1959]

I could almost feel the fog on my face.😮

[@jenniferlevine5406]

It's exactly what we came here for. Great story and your after talk is very interesting and yes a great message! Should I apologize if I agree? I'm Canadian so maybe that is (only one of mine) a flaw. Anyway, you bring great humour and approachability to these themes. Thanks for a great story today - much appreciated!

[@cassandraunheeded]

I keep trying that locked drawer…

[@Sarah-sf9fk]

Many thanks Tony. As always you help me through the long nights.. 💕🦋

[@trixie10199]

I love this story! Thanks for your wonderful narration!

[@user-zr3ok6xr9u]

that reminds me of your haunted cabin story, @NightTalesCreepyPast

[@thurayya8905]

Happy Halloween! 🎃🖤👻🧡💀

[@lilithrey3936]

Thank you Tony💕

[@ClassicGhost]

Any time!

[@susanstewart4184]

Thank you Tony this was amazing 😊

[@mariameere5807]

Bloody amazing! Great job ❤

Your reading voice is my favorite

[@amgroves76]

Very fond of ms riddells work, loved this one, thank you sir.

[@lunablue745]

Thanks for this one Tony! I was taken aback how much it seemed she lifted from A Christmas Carole. Unless she wrote hers first. I have to say that no other "ghost story" moves me as much as "A Christmas Carole." The transformation of Scrooge is so exquisite in terms of emotion and suffered trauma. Any story that has even a whiff of Dickens will be compared to it by me. It's a very high bar.

[@amandine512]

Beautiful as always.

[@frogdogink4415]

Well Done Sir! ✨️

[@patrickfloyd6277]

Always awesome man!

[@MaggieatPlay]

Excellent, Tony! Thank you!

[@Loonyupthecreambunandjam]

Just awesome x

[@rachael7060]

Lovely!❤

[@doc2146]

Thanks!

[@luciaprandlova]

Great intro Tony, love it ☺️👍 And I love the chat after the story, as always. In fact, if you didn't talk about the story, I would not have known what the heck was happening. Sorry to say but I cannot appreciate this author's writing. Plotholes, both the construction and characters make no sense. It's like reading a very rough story line that's still to be proprly written into a finished piece. Still, I apreciate you reading it very much. Thank you 💖💖💖

[@paulamalone493]

You’re my favourite ❤

[@nsob8897]

What wonderful timing youtube has. Just as you said "you may be someone who doesn't like stories interrupted with ads"... It flipped over to an ad for outdoors equipment with a cheesy generic guitar riff played in the background. I'd be annoyed if it wasn't so absurdly timely. Anyway, that was a nice little story. I like to hear the main character getting a bit of a payday after bracing up and pushing through their own fears to overcome a strange and somewhat difficult struggle.

[@MrsJanLong]

I've listened to this three times now and although I love the writing and the story as a whole, I find the last quarter of the story confusing. who is the second woman who chases the old lady off? are the burglars still looking for the loot and why haven't they been caught before - and why did they kill the old lady without asking her where the money was? seems to me the landlord definitely has something to do with the dirty deeds. Maybe I'm just missing some of the clues! But thank-you for another great reading :)

[@toscadonna]

I think the landlord lost it and unalived the old lady after she said no to lending money when asked again. So it wasn’t planned, so then he had to send in thugs to search for the loot, so he wouldn’t be easily implicated in the redrum.

[@SMichaelDeHart]

One of my creeds to live by is... As a once great US POTUS said... "Speak softly and carry a big stick!!" - Theodore "Teddy " Roosevelt, Jr.

[@bamorosocenteno]

Hi Tony, I saw you previously comment on funding for productions. Have you considered applying for grants? Arts foundations are good as they seem to seek more ways to engage different forms of art. Jerwood Foundation might be a good place to start. They might also be able to advise of others to ask.

[@ClassicGhost]

The arts people don't like me. Have you seen me?

[@Andrew-if3sd]

59:37 I'll be back, thanks Tony!

[@maryking8834]

I had a feeling these thieves had been in there all along. The weird noises the man’s wife heard were from them. They had been hiding in there- searching- At least that’s what I thought. Could be wrong

[@ClassicGhost]

You could be right too.

[@garybernstein3527]

I am not sure how the dead woman was redeemed.

[@ClassicGhost]

Miss Tynan's Ghost Miss Tynan's ghost represents unfinished business and the need for redemption from past sins. Her spectral presence expresses regret over her miserly behaviour in life, particularly her refusal to help others including her own family. Through Graham's discovery of her hidden wealth and the solving of her murder, she achieves a form of posthumous redemption.

[@CR-dr8ok]

Move over, Keith Morrison. ❤

[@Thomas-wn7cl]

👍

[@garybernstein3527]

In the Bible ghosts appear where ?

[@davidwilson9617]

Big one was when King Saul went to see the Witch of Endor. She summoned a spirit to give him guidance, and got the prophet Samuel. (Surprised both of them)

[@ClassicGhost]

that’s it

[@garybernstein3527]

Thanks​@@davidwilson9617

[@stewartlancaster6155]

40 mins

[@garybernstein3527]

Just passed 35 minutes into the narrative, the young man puts on the hat has bought. I did not understand what we got the money to buy this hat.

[@garybernstein3527]

Listening again apparently William got him some money from the landlord

[@ClassicGhost]

there you have it

[@ClassicGhost]

the hat is a symbol of course

[@gisellebaptiste]

Idk if I like this new format. The commentary feels a bit rushed so it's less conversational. Maybe it will grow on me. Love the narration though.

[@ClassicGhost]

I have decided to be more factual and mainly stick to talking about the story and issues it raises rather than giving commentary on my personal life. That’s just me becoming a tortoise and trying to protect myself from the minority people who have emerged who aren’t very nice and I don’t want to share my family life with them.

[@gisellebaptiste]

@@ClassicGhost totally agree with this. It always upset me to hear you speak of the nonsense those people say cause the hurt came out so plainly in your comments. I'm happy for that change especially as I like to listen to you so much. I guess it's just the change to the discussion partly because you said you were on a timer. I waited for the rambling but didn't get that. Not that the rambling needs to be into your personal affairs. I guess I felt you sticking to your notes and that's new so to get used to it I just listed to twice over. Looking forward to the next one.

[@alisonaustin7299]

That’s so sad, Tony. I loved listening to you talking about the dogs, your missus and your trips away. We’re the same age so loved hearing about your O and A levels(we studied the same books) and you love of Prog rock. Have you heard of Porcupine Tree? If not - listen to Fear of a Blank Planet I think it’ll be right up your street. 😃

[@ClassicGhost]

@@alisonaustin7299 Yes, I know Porcupine Tree and Godspeed You, Black Emperor! I like that stuff.

[@adrieanebowman4691]

Thanks!