The Eight-Mile Lock | L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace | A Bitesized Audiobook

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Story begins at 00:01:20. John Bell takes a summer holiday on a friend's houseboat, where he puts aside his ghost hunting to help with the search for some stolen diamonds; but he soon finds himself diverted into investigating a Thames lock-keeper's story of haunting by an uncanny, ghostly voice echoing across the river... This story is one of a series featuring John Bell, Victorian adventurer and "ghost investigator", which originally appeared in Cassell's Magazine between June and November 1897. Other stories from this series are available to listen via this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLi95qAoufCZLC2ixFiWF3flPkm1JhyCnJ Note for returning listeners: This is a new recording of one of my earliest stories for the channel, a re-upload to mark the completion of the John Bell series in October 2023. It will also be available to listen shortly as a complete video with re-mastered audio of all six stories. Narrated/performed by Simon Stanhope, aka Bitesized Audio. If you enjoy this content and would like to help me keep creating, there are a few ways you can support me (and get access to exclusive content): * Occasional/one-off support via Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/bitesizedaudio * Monthly support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bitesizedaudio * Visit my Bandcamp page to hear more of my performances of classic stories, and you can purchase and download high quality audio files to listen offline: bitesizedaudio.bandcamp.com/ * Become a Bitesized Audio Classics member on KZbin, from $1 / £1 / €1 per month: kzbin.infojoin

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Love the piano music at the beginning and end…it reminds me of my childhood in the ‘50s! Listen with Mother on the home service.😂 Like the stories too😊❤

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A wonderful story requiring a monumental effort of suspension of disbelief 😅

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