Beyond The Door by J. Paul Suter

[@jenniferlevine5406]

Except to say thank you, not sure what to say. I am glad you carry on and your support for us your supporters, is wonderful.

[@ClassicGhost]

I appreciate that

[@Feedmequotes]

I listened to this on December 31st, 2024, and I smiled at the date. What you said at the end was much needed-even if I heard it before or had that conviction, it felt encouraging hearing it again. Thank you.

[@gailfattori6518]

Thank you for your encouraging words about sharing our creativity. I needed that. I've written two novels and started two more, but life, motherhood, loss all became a distraction, but now I'm afraid to try. Just thank you for the encouragement. I'll try not to give up. Keep these amazing stories coming. I can't wait to read yours.

[@thurayya8905]

I listened to one of your stories with "door" in the title a couple of days ago and now the algorithms are presenting me with all your door titles. I'm just going to flow with it 🚪.

[@ClassicGhost]

That’s funny!

[@ocsananox]

Thank you, Tony, for your encouraging words to us creatives. I'm a writer and an artist, I love what I do, but sometimes I find my inspiration flagging, I get depressed and then I can't create which makes me miserable. Your words prompting me to "keep on keeping on" and your story about your success with the internet inspire me. Thanks so much for your stories, I love them because I'm a true believer in ghosts and things that go bump in the night. I have authored paranormal short stories and am working on a novel right now along with trying to teach myself how to create using digital art. I too am older, 64, and sometimes wonder if I'm past it. Thanks again for your encouragement, I hope you are around for many more years.

[@ClassicGhost]

I know the feeling, but we’ve gotta do something while we’re living so we might as well write :)

[@krakow95]

I like these stories so much more than straight monster-creature horror/gore stories. It is much scarier when we ourselves are the monsters. Thanks.

[@bluegreenglue6565]

I really do enjoy stories that don't quite commit to an "answer," but for this particular tale I prefer to believe there is an actual spectral being in the well. It's grotesquely spooky to picture the gray shape, the horrid white fingers poking under the door. Delightful!!

[@terryIKE69]

A true chiller that enthralls while clinching you by your short hairs! Your narrative delivery invokes the terror- Thanks again, Tony!

[@gillrippingale1173]

I enjoyed the story! A good length to listen to while washing up! Even more, I enjoyed the chat! Glad things are going well with you and the podcast etc. Couldn't agree more with your musings on creativity. I've drawn pictures since childhood, but had to wait until my sons were grown to think about taking art seriously. I would never reach sufficient audience for my stuff without the Internet. It has enabled me to be self sufficient. Very hard work, but rewarding! I believe everyone needs a creative outlet. Storytelling and art is intrinsic, woven into our humanity, and the storyteller has always been valued. It's good that we still gather round to listen..😃

[@martiwilliams4592]

Really creepy, gripping! Love your narration, accents and amusing, interesting commentary. You are a true master. Thank you, Tony!

[@veronicapink4896]

Watching St. Patrick’s day 2024. My 2022 and every year since had been great! 🎉😊 I really enjoy your channel!

[@claudiaquintero2937]

It's two years since you posted this, but I needed to hear your message to creatives right now. Thank you. I'm so glad I found your podcast. I absolutely love your commentary and honesty. You are reading the material I love the most and doing a stellar job with it. I just had a painting rejected by a gallery. Your words sincerely helped me put that moment into perspective as I sat here, struggling with a new piece. Thank you

[@ClassicGhost]

Glad it was helpful! Dont let them grind you down . They’re just marketing people who think they’re artists

[@kathyorourke9273]

This story scared the shit out of me when I was 12 years old. Thanks.

[@chimerat8012]

And now?

[@kathyorourke9273]

@@chimerat8012 and now, not so much but at the end he says “the thing before me was not a dog!” I remember my hair standing on end. Hahahaha

[@chimerat8012]

@@kathyorourke9273 In the right circumstances I am sure , we would all be scared stiff again.😱

[@CleCleHavez]

I so appreciate the accents you do. You're very talented!

[@ClassicGhost]

Glad you like them! I like doing them but I've been spanked a lot for them too.

[@CleCleHavez]

People are all critics on the internet I suppose. But they really help me envision the story & I enjoy them. 😅

[@nancynickerson4341]

Yes, a very neat little story, thank you! Listening on a pleasant April evening in Nova Scotia.

[@mlsg8]

Visited Bear River and Digby several years ago one September. Loved the area...

[@cindychurch335]

I enjoyed this one! Always listen on a Saturday or Sunday morning with my coffee. Thank you Tony

[@ClassicGhost]

Nice to feel part of your routine

[@manuelluisnavarro7701]

Thank you, sir, for your beautiful narrations and your inspiring message at the end of this story.

[@peggyanderson9952]

Thank you for telling stories with a relaxing groove. ✌

[@coreyfaller2500]

Hi Tony! Popping in here on KZbin to say how much i love your channel! (I listen on Spotify) I appreciate how you read out the story, then give notes at the back end. Great work and highly appreciated! Best ghost story channel i have found!

[@ClassicGhost]

+Corey Faller ah Corey thank you and lovely to see you here

[@marycollins2163]

Very much enjoyed. However, the best part is what flowed from your soul at the end. Thank you for those thoughts.

[@ClassicGhost]

:))))

[@skeleczar]

Yay!!!! Thank you!!!

[@mariameere5807]

Thank goddess I found this! I missed the notification but I am happy to have this and Dracula in one day! Thank you Tony!💛✨💛

[@ClassicGhost]

+Maria Meere I finally got Dracula to work

[@mariameere5807]

@@ClassicGhost thank you so much! I love what I’ve heard so far! I never actually read it before! Thank you so much 😊

[@dawnfowler2194]

Awesome! I am so pleasantly surprised at just how "American" you are able to read stories by American authors. HOW do you do it?! The American accent you were able to read this story (and many others) sounded "American" to this AMERICAN!!! Brilliant! I love everything you read no matter what accent. Thank you for entertaining and giving an inclusive format for all of us ghost story nerds! Keep them coming, please!

[@ClassicGhost]

I get nervous. I have They Bite coming soon which has my American accent. I tried to do a western one but i lapsed in that one

[@anneh4940]

Brilliantly told. Thank you for another great reading.

[@susanmercurio1060]

It was creepy enough even if it was distanced. I wouldn't want to be any closer than I was, thank you very much.

[@violetfemme411]

Finally getting time to listen...hopefully uninterrupted. Hope all is well with those behind YOUR door 💜

[@christine7956]

I just reread this story and The Floor Above last night from the book H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales.

[@ClassicGhost]

Strange synchronicity:)

[@vintagebrew1057]

Thanks Tony. Would love to hear you read some of the R. Chetwynd-Hayes stories like The Elemental.

[@StoryVoracious]

Thanks Tony, listening on a crisp Autumnnal April morning in 2022, while trying to force myself to do household chores. As an unrequited creative person myself ( possibly ADHD definitely on the spectrum), I appreciate your kind words. I'm so happy for your success. I hope it continues and grows. Take care of your self, go veg but carefully, ( you'll crave carbs and coconut cream like crazy. Not healthy). But as always a little of what you fancy does you good. 🙏🏼

[@ClassicGhost]

Hi April. Your name month too. Odd for Me to think April can be autumnal. One of these days…

[@ClassicGhost]

Do you want to take the part of a barmaid in an audio drama i’m doing? Reply to [e-mail]

[@rachaelblessing5510]

This was excellent! Keep up the good work!

[@readg4fun]

Fantastic reading and explanation at the end; helped me a lot. Thank you.

[@sleethmitchell]

good solid tale. an important aspect of NOIR stylized narration is the wise-cracking humor in the face of absolute awfulness. the continuous smoking... all these things tend to distance the narrator from the horror facing him. which reinforces the proximity of the audience to that same horror, without the wisecracking, without the cigarette...

[@grannykiminalaska]

Well the murder?suicide? caught me off guard. Great story, love the background you add to it.

[@GradKat]

I’m not so convinced of the uncle’s innocence! Great story, well read. Why was the girlfriend so distraught? Was she pregnant?

[@ClassicGhost]

There is something fishy going on indeed

[@cathyhaynes2700]

I do like the story. Listening in April 2022

[@ClassicGhost]

Hi Cathy! It will soon be may

[@cathyhaynes2700]

@@ClassicGhost very soon.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Enjoyed your notes after. Especially at the end, regarding creativity. I appreciate that, as a creative. Regarding accents, as a first listener… Your regular accent is just great as it is, you don’t necessarily need to do an American accent for American tales. For narration, UK English is always great, even superior frankly! Your American narrator voice has a distinct New York Upper East Side sound to it, which may seem odd to Americans if the character isn’t specifically a New Yorker. But for non-Americans they won’t hear that difference. Like how Americans might do a British accent and sound like London in 1966, or Northerners because they listened to Beatles interviews. I think a lot of people in other parts of the world hear the Upper East NYC accent regularly in shows like Seinfeld, or other New York shows. That area has a strong Jewish population, which explains why so much great NYC comedy comes out with that accent. However, due to its connection to comedy (Seinfeld and Woody Allen spring to mind), that accent may seem out of place to Americans, for classic horror narration.

[@inisipisTV]

Nice creepy story. Though the plot reminds me heavily of M.R. James' The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, with a mysterious death and a guilty conscience, and the victim's strange account on a diary. Unsettling sounds and movements in the night time. We have furry dog instead of a cat. I always find the Arch-deacon's cryptic and disturbing writing the words "I must be Firm" over and over again in his diary probably inspired The Shinning "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"

[@ClassicGhost]

Glad you liked it. I do do James but lots of others have him covered

[@blixten2928]

Hey Tony! Do let us know if you decide to quit your job (although I know your patients would greatly miss you). I'll triple my subscription, I promise, just a drop in the ocean I know but goodness. Especially given your last and very inspiring, heart-felt encouragement to all young people hesitating on the brink of artistic creativity and mastery. You are a wonderful presence on the net!

[@ClassicGhost]

+blixten2928 aw thanks :) I am dropping my responsibilities bit by bit

[@hathorearthfyre]

Yep - Christopher Walken. I love it.

[@ClassicGhost]

I'd love to talk like Christopher Walken

[@geraldinetaeckens5873]

Love your American accent. It’s 2 1/2 years past when you recorded this and it is not winter it’s 95° in Seattle Washington. it makes me long for January. Thank you for the lovely encouragement about recognizing creativity whether somebody else recognizes it or not. You are just the sweetest man. Thank you for all you do. How many books have you recorded so far as of July 2024? Just curious. 53:21

[@ClassicGhost]

I have honestly lost count of them :) thanks for your lovely comments

[@donaldmccleary9015]

Great narration of a good but sad story. I think she killed herself, and the uncle may have tried to bury her. He did say, "it is my fault....I might as well have done it myself," and "The authorities would not understand." Remember, a bunch of pages were missing. Regardless, the author did a great job of hitting at a bit, not directly saying things. There's a bit of mystery in this one! I forgot to say, your background with the house, lights in the wibdows and doorway, shining moon, darkness, and tentacles is quite Lovecraftian. Thanks, Tony! Never stop what you do!

[@peachbottomparanormal3587]

Oohh good one! Creepy!

[@VickiNikolaidis]

I'm an American and I enjoyed your American very much!

[@ClassicGhost]

Very nice of you to say so. You are too kind. You actually are.

[@nobody8328]

Hell hath no fury...

[@jturtle5318]

I love your stories, but why did I listen to this before I have to creep down the steep, chipped concrete steps to the dirt floored basement to get the dahlias out tomorrow? LOL!

[@ClassicGhost]

Just be careful…

[@katrinamitchell0112]

Thankyou I thoroughly enjoyed this story.

[@danibissonnette1601]

This story reminded me of a combination of The Rats in the Walls by Lovecraft crossed with elements of The Musgrave Ritual by Conan Doyle.

[@ClassicGhost]

I don’t know a the Musgrave Ritual

[@OssamabinKenny]

OK I guess we’re not gonna be going to sleep tonight… nor tomorrow night.

[@paulthompson52]

Ooooh...great "creep" factor!!!

[@garybernstein3527]

You mentioned that modern writers like Stephen King don't use the framing story. King has in fact use the framing story on a couple of occasions in explored it in new and creative ways. In Crouch End, the author would appear to have a very effective use of framing story, and later incorporates the framing story into the main plot most effectively later. series based in a few of Stephen King's stories used of Crouch End, the eliminated the wonderfully creative framing story structure it must mean the fireworks effective work. King also use the framing story structure in The Breathing Method, which also is one of his most effectively written stories word by word in terms of style .

[@ClassicGhost]

You should do my notes :)

[@TheChugg11]

What's the beginning bit from? I recognise it from somewhere..."Everybody dies, don't they?" I've become addicted to your channel. Thank you so much for all your hard work. X

[@ClassicGhost]

+@TheChugg11 from psychomania

[@Tekel-Upharsin]

A great little story! I generally abhor ambiguous or inconclusive fictional story arcs, because I consider it a hallmark of lazy storytelling (i.e. what is the point in telling a fictional story if you aren't really telling the story?). I generally consider inconclusive story arcs ideal for non-fiction. But for fictional stories, where the author's power is godlike and absolute, there's rarely any reason for the author to leave an ending open to interpretation. Ambiguity rarely adds depth to the actual story. But that opinion of mine is by no means fully encompassing, and there are most definitely exceptions to be made, as is evidenced by this wonderful little story. It leaves the interpretation of the ending up to the reader (was he mad or was he haunted?), but in a humble way. It's a nice and simple bit of inconclusiveness without the arrogance of authored complexity.

[@stevecausey545]

That was fun and very visual... I went to a used book store that had mounted insects all over the walls...nope... All through the story I kept imagining those bugs rustling in the breeze....ughhh ..

[@ClassicGhost]

Pinned insects. Yuk

[@garybernstein3527]

A trivial point about something you free associated . I think it is not true that the Hobbit was almost not published when the Publishers editor saw it . Later the Lord of the Rings was almost not published--when the regular editor was away on vacation. a substitute editor decided not to publish it. The regular editor was desperate to publish it after he returned from vacation and had to beg the Tolkien to to let him publish it in spite of the substitute editor's error

[@ClassicGhost]

See above comment

[@karenanderson1808]

Your American accent was perfect! Very New York! I had to remind myself that you were actually English! 😊

[@ClassicGhost]

aww go on! I do practice but …

[@karenanderson1808]

@@ClassicGhost Truth!

[@toadyuk8391]

Hey Tony me again, hope you saw the comment I made around the “club” study smoking room, deep leather chairs, fireside and so forth all ready for when we eventually have a natter.

[@ClassicGhost]

I did see that. Let me have a photograph when you get it assembled.

[@claudiamarkellos3364]

That was creepy i loved it😊

[@thurayya8905]

Thank goodness. I was afraid it was going to be a giant insect from the sewers of New York, taking revenge.

[@stardust949]

Hmm~your voice for the bug scientist sounds a lot like John Malcovich!

[@ClassicGhost]

Well, I think that's a compliment. Unintended, but I'd quite like to talk like John Malkovich

[@allysonlewis1576]

OMG pinning the insects all over the place. Totally weird to start with. This was a very strange tale. Right to the very end of this weird story. This poor bloke for whatever reason was a tormented soul. And the sleep deprivation. No wonder he went totally insane. Poor man

[@jaromor8808]

Here's 1 vote in favor of reading in your natural voice and accent 👍

[@ClassicGhost]

The Stuwwelpeter is what ii really talk like

[@KristinChoruby]

AAAAAAAAAAGGHH not a well girl ghost! 😱 The only thing worse than well girls are creatures that come out of mirrors! Now I'll have to sleep with a light on...

[@ClassicGhost]

I’ve got a story about a mirror ghost

[@KristinChoruby]

@@ClassicGhost I know--I was afraid to brush my teeth after listening to The Entrance!

[@DestinyKiller]

​@@KristinChoruby hmmmm, I do hope nothing is lurking in your mirror tonight, muahahaha. Just kidding, I hope you get a full restful night of sleep 😊

[@KristinChoruby]

@@DestinyKiller Thank you so much for planting that suggestion in my head whilst I browse KZbin in the dark of night 😭🤣

[@DestinyKiller]

@@KristinChoruby you're very welcome 😁 lol I'm all seriousness hope you have a great night :)

[@rangda_prime]

Nice story and a great reading, but my man, you need to not diagnose main characters like that. Us autistic folks take enough flak as it is in real life without needing someone to come and try and make a character who drove his lover to suicide and then had a psychotic breakdown to be shunted onto the spectrum by some random storyteller on the internet.

[@ClassicGhost]

He was tho

[@rangda_prime]

@@ClassicGhost What an amazing answer.

[@ArchibaldBagge]

Dump the accent Tony, it's distracting.