"The Upper Berth"(1885) is a short horror story masterpiece! This is one of the best and most scariest short Ghost stories of all time for sure!
@Oakleaf7004 жыл бұрын
I went to stay with a cousin Nikki in the country at age 9, and she read me this story...I LOVED it... Her mum died just the other day, bless her, aged 102.. sharp of mind and still active. This story will always remind me of happy days at 'Further Fields' Rest in Peace, Elizabeth xx
@1amjapan5 жыл бұрын
MR James brought me here 👍 awesome story, fabulous narration, many thanks
@whit26425 жыл бұрын
This is one of my FAVORITE classic scary stories! So hard to find. LOVE it.
@eleftheriaeleftheria33024 жыл бұрын
This old school horror story, is one of the 50 most scary stories of all time! It's very creepy!
@veil3374 жыл бұрын
This was my first introduction to Victorian Christmas ghost stories--love it.
@angelaf50406 жыл бұрын
Oh Richard Pasco! The best story narrator of all time! Thanks for sharing!
@Oakleaf7005 жыл бұрын
He really is good. Probably the best recording of this story by far. I loved this story as a child, the claustrophobic atmosphere of the bunk, and the description of the motion of the ship..Crawford must surely have been on a sea Crossing to have got it down so well.
@jerribee14 жыл бұрын
You can find him here on KZbin, playing Captain Erickson in a radio production of The Cruel Sea.
@Oakleaf7003 жыл бұрын
@@jerribee1 Thanks! Will look out for this.
@suzannecrooks68735 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable radio show enjoyed it very much
@angelachouinard45814 жыл бұрын
This is one of my all time favorites., both as a sea story and a ghost story. Thank you for uploading this excellent narration.
@spanglestein66 Жыл бұрын
Marvellous stuff❤
@beneelohim63226 жыл бұрын
When i was ~12 yrs old someone gave me a book of ghost stories. This story was included. When i read it,it scared me half to death...it was sooo spoooky!! I never forgot this story,but thought it was written by a dif author....Thanks for uploading!
@rickogden2045 жыл бұрын
I was 14 when I discovered this...I found it at one of my childrens book fairs
@h.calvert74435 жыл бұрын
Bene Elohim It wasn't by any chance Tales to Tremble By, was it? 'Cause that's where I got it from! Great little book. 👻
@pankajsowaddi5 жыл бұрын
Same . My sister got a book called ' great Stories in easy English ' . This story along with few from Saki , Oscar Wilde were included In that . What a great narration . Best use of KZbin
@Oakleaf7003 жыл бұрын
@@pankajsowaddi You Tube has some hidden gems for sure.
@granny13ad335 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this fascinating story. Creepy and fun. Thank you.
@romafroimchuk32945 жыл бұрын
What a story! Loved it!
@Oakleaf7005 жыл бұрын
It really is a classic..Am going to look for others by this narrator and by this author. I didn't realise how old it was, a 19th century story...1886!
@eddiemunster21964 жыл бұрын
To. Whom. That. Sails And. To. Whom Travels On Cruise Liners Take Heed of this story Because Ghosts do Exist AND YOU MUST LISTEN TO - THIS - STORY - PLAY YOU WILL ENJOY IT AS - I !
@ufosrus4 жыл бұрын
"Extraordinary" is as usual the classic adjective in British speech of yester years, followed by "Good Lord", "delighted" and "lovely." Does anybody in England still speak in that elegant manner anymore? Anyhow, more than the story, I am very impressed by the author, his eloquent and elegant writing style and look forward to reading or listening to other stories written by him.
@astonmartinbond00752 жыл бұрын
This should be made into a film or TV drama. It would be easy to adapt
@willmccormick9475 жыл бұрын
This is great. Many thanks for sharing this. Perfect narrationl
@BackToTheBlues4 жыл бұрын
I've always loved this tale, although written in 1885 there's nothing dated about it at all. F. Marion Crawford's grandson, H. Marion Crawford, became an actor, and played Dr. Watson (superbly, in my opinon) in a 1950's Sherlock Holmes series starring Ronald Howard as a young, enthusiastic Holmes still learning his trade.
@aaronaragon78384 жыл бұрын
Included in HP Lovecraft's definitive treatise on "cosmic fear".
@feralbluee5 жыл бұрын
a truly good story - the narrator was excellent. hearing a new, to me, author of a scary tale was enlivening - the same author always brings his own emotional qualities which can be very wearing if it's a depressing bent. thanks so much for this one - very enjoyable and a fun scary story :}
@eddiemunster21964 жыл бұрын
This is a great story it's a shame it was not longer. I had to stop 3/4 of the way through the story to put this comment in. We need more haunting plays just like this. This is 100% my speed.... So to the individual that uploaded it, please try to find more very similar to this play. You'll have me as a full-time subscriber and a full-time person to share your great plays. And thank you... I'll see you in the next haunting play.....
@DrDespicable4 жыл бұрын
This is not a play - this is a short story. If you want more, you needn't wait on our host. Just search for the author of this one, or M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, H.R. Wakefield, E.F. Benson, or other similar authors.
@aaronaragon78384 жыл бұрын
Alfred Hitchcock's ghost stories collection.
@frankhenry5874 жыл бұрын
100 years in the future and the protagonist would be kept awake by FB, KZbin videos and Pornhub
@Oakleaf7006 жыл бұрын
Thank goodness a male narrator! And English too. Phew.
@angelaf50406 жыл бұрын
His name is Richard Pasco. He's the best!
@rickogden2045 жыл бұрын
If you want horror narration only Sir Chrispoher Lee will do..But this guy is good
@Oakleaf7005 жыл бұрын
@@@angelaf5040 Thanks!...It is a real skill to be able to read stories well. I will look out for more of Richard Pascoe's work. Many years ago my cousin [a 14 yr old girl] read it to me [I was 9] and I loved it, but for a video, a male voice with correct pace and modulation is the best.
@Oakleaf7005 жыл бұрын
@@@rickogden204 I'll look out for Sir Christopher Lee too... Librivox do sterling work with volunteer readers, but many are amateurs, and the recording equipment may not be the best, If the voice has an American accent, {For a British story} or is the wrong gender for the story, or is read too slowly, it does get in the way of the story.
@thomfarrell95673 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Great insight👍
@sclerismockrey8506 Жыл бұрын
F M Crawford writes. Richard Pasco narrates. Cannot fail.
@julieburton1924 жыл бұрын
Who is the narrator? I seem to recognise his voice.
@HerrCrankzy4 жыл бұрын
It's the English actor Richard Pasco. I remember him from the movie Room At The Top and also many years later from Mrs. Brown. He died in 2014.
@chazbrennan96326 жыл бұрын
A very homoerotic horror story, with an intensely physical, cold, and fleshy ghost and an uncanny nighttime intimacy, almost a corpse-rape. The hero is also uncommonly macho and strong (a man other men admire) the setting is naval, and the story is told to men by a man, in a totally male setting.
@Oakleaf7005 жыл бұрын
Chaz, That is an interesting perspective, never seen this story as 'homoerotic' before.. but as a 9 yr old girl [when I first heard this story] I loved the claustrophobic element of being locked in a cabin with a creepy drowned being. On an Irish Sea night crossing in latter years, I was disappointed that there were no portholes in the cabins, just toughened unopenable glass 'windows' and the person in the upper berth was my son..I did tell him of this story.
@h.calvert31655 жыл бұрын
Chaz Brennan None of that makes it necessarily homoerotic. You must have some depraved fetish.
@steerpike665 жыл бұрын
@@h.calvert3165 The fact that you don't want to discuss it is, in the end, the most damning confirmation.