Chimes At Midnight by Paula Readman

Classic Ghost Stories Podcast - Tony Walker

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A new bride in an old house. Something stirs the spirits and they visit to right ancient wrongs. A new tale by an award-winning modern writer about a woman who returns from the grave. A classic story reminiscent of Marjorie Bowen and even Tim Burton.
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@anjasteinbauer6957 3 года назад

Exactly, I agree, great ghost stories without blood and gore are the very best.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you, Anja. None of my writing is gory, I leave to reader’s imagination

@deborahmcgee7970 3 года назад

That’s true

@Bambisgf77 3 года назад

@@paulareadman7478 thank you! Such a change from the majority of what is published of late. Much appreciated.

@waningmooncancer9628 2 года назад

👍

@elizabethcotton4659 13 дней назад

Imagination, is so much scarier x

@Miss-Herbs 2 месяца назад

Enjoyed the story and the narrative. My twin brother was only a day old when he died, I have always felt his presence. I live in a Victorian terrace built in 1864.

@rattyrachel4316 3 года назад

Loved the story - would not have guessed it was written by a current author. It sounded so Gothic! Enjoyed the interview with Paula Readman, as well! Great narration as always! Thank you, Tony! (Glad the sorry bloke got his just reward in the end!!!!) 🐀

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you, Rachel. Tony put me at ease

@rattyrachel4316 3 года назад

Paula Readman, thank you for your response! A real pleasure to hear from you personally! Best wishes on all your future endeavors...🐭

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

@@rattyrachel4316 you’re very welcome.

@sarahsamaria8283 3 года назад

The prose of the book is really poetic. Beautiful narration and atmospheric. Very evocative language. The wrestling of the black tafetta skirt. Could visualize her walking towards the house.

@janetcw9808 3 года назад

Really enjoyed both the story and the interview, Paula comes over as a lovely woman as well as being talented, she is interesting and enthusiastic. You have a good interviewing technique. Good wishes 🙏🏼 ❤️ 🍀 🗺️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Bless you, Janet. My husband tells people he has to sleep with one eye 👁 open. So maybe I’m not so lovely 😊🤣

@baljitsandhu5958 2 года назад

Love to chill in my bed listening to Tony Waler.... Amazing ...

@gigig2492 3 года назад

What?!!! I was so surprised to find out this story is contemporary! I thought there were no writers left capable of telling a good story without reducing it to base gore, sex, or foul language. Well done! Now if only movie producers could figure out that these are the stories that should be put on the screen. Thank you.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you so much, Gigi. I do use a little where necessary in my novels or short stories, but as a rule I’m not fond of over the top blood, sex or gore.

@gigig2492 3 года назад

@@paulareadman7478 I understand. I meant that today there is a lack of creativity in storytelling and a heavy reliance on the bad stuff. I look forward to reading your books! So glad to have found out about you through Tony’s channel. Thanks again, and I wish you the best.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

@@gigig2492 thank you so much. If you do read my novels I would be very interested to know your thoughts on them. Whether I succeed in telling my tale without unnecessary violence or shock horror. Of course my writing is to be shocking.

@dawndebraal747 3 года назад

So beautifully written, so well read. Loved it.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you, Dawn for listening to the reading. Tony has a chilling voice, it’s wonderful

@shadownet3d 2 года назад

Great story, great reading and great interview with the author. Thank you.

@MSYNGWIE12 3 года назад

Hi Tony, the great ghost stories follow the dictum, less is more, Paula understands this. The subtle. My favorite and still chilling are the original film with Julie Harris, The Haunting of Hill House- that booming, frightened me as a teen and still does. And The Changeling, with the inimitable George C. Scott- virtually no phenomenon- they borrowed the boom and I won't spoil the rest- for those who love this channel, The Changeling is on you tube, in full, for free, watch it, a marvelous film, what the genre is about. Forget The Texas Chainsaw Massacre silliness. As a person, ironically married to a psychiatric nurse, the fears you can't always name are the most terrifying...Thanks for another wonderful story with great well written, English! Namaste, Z

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you 😊 of course I do. As a children we are scared of the dark and our mind work overtime. 😒

@clarewilde972 3 года назад

Fascinating and informative interview with Paula. Lovely to hear her story, a local accent and her using so many local historical influences like Marriages & the witch trials. Thank you, Tony. Also with Paula on the gothic influence rather than the gore!

@amgroves76 Год назад

Chimes, darkly and sadly beautiful

@jaceek2030 3 года назад

Another horrific (in a delicious way) tale. So happy Ms. Readman had the inspiration! I don't believe I've I've said how much not only your narration, but your background info and chats really add to the wonderful ambience. Thank you, Mr. Walker.

@Tigz_Muldoon 3 года назад

Love a ghost story told from the ghosts point of view. Lovely narration and enlightening interview. Thank you Tony and Paula

@gjones7547 2 года назад

Beautifully written.

@seamusheinousproductions 3 года назад

I like the focus on living authors (yourself certainly included)

@Alkimza 2 месяца назад

The levitation incantation I heard was repeatedly saying, "light as a feather, stiff as a board".

@mariameere5807 Год назад

Omg I just saw this! How could I have missed it! I am loving this!!! 🌷🪷🌷

@martiwilliams4592 3 года назад

Thanks to both of you for entrancing us, painting images; senstive presentation with voice and words. Thank for your giving conversation. Informative and entertaining. Please continue what you do. (I too am a victim of New English--and New Math), so we are not alone.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you for listening, Marti. I’m so pleased you enjoyed it.

@martiwilliams4592 3 года назад

@@paulareadman7478 I`m the one who says thank you! Receive your book om the 17 may through my true true and Faitful Danish on-line book shop. You and Tony are putting ghost storys on the map here :=)

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Wow! Thank you so much I better write a few more. 😊 I’m busy working on my Granny Wenlock novel at the moment.

@martiwilliams4592 3 года назад

@@paulareadman7478 Really looking forward to meeting Granny Wenlock!! !! :0)

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

@@martiwilliams4592 The Funeral Birds novella is available on Amazon as ebook or paperback. It’s a short read. Demain publishing asked me to write a novel with the same characters. This is allowing me to explore the characters more and uncover more about Granny Wenlock and her past

@itgetter9 2 года назад

Lovely! And I adore the interview with Ms. Readman as well! Thank you

@rameyzamora1018 3 года назад

How enchanting that Paula appears ghostly in her images! Wonderful story well written & remarkably told.

@ClassicGhost 3 года назад

Yes, she is ghostly. Did you see her husband and cat appear?

@rameyzamora1018 3 года назад

@@ClassicGhost Brutus was easy to spot. Hubby around 30:00 a bit trickier, like the spirit he may well be.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you so much, Ramey. You have to get into the spirit of things 😉😂🤣 Tony reads beautifully.

@iluvknitting1965 2 года назад

Great narration and story.

@vanessavirtue5037 2 года назад

Love these kinds of ghost stories.

@DeWin157 3 года назад

Awesome story, Ms. Readman wrote a classic.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you so much, Dean.

@DeWin157 3 года назад

@@paulareadman7478 You're so very welcome :)

@asiddburrn Год назад

What a fantastic short story, very M.R James, I'll be listening to this again on Christmas eve. Well done Paula, this might be my favourite of your short stories.

@asiddburrn Год назад

Also, I really enjoyed the reading, very atmospheric.

@asiddburrn Год назад

Also The Art Of Levitation modified over the years as "Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board" and is noted in a scene in the 90's film 'The Craft'.

@martiwilliams4592 3 года назад

A delight to be able to meet both you inspiring people! Thank you! Please continue!

@martiwilliams4592 3 года назад

Have ordered Paula Readman's book over Saxo here in Denmark. Have several of yours, Tony, already :0)

@undeadondine1977 3 года назад

Good story, and really fascinating interview👍🙂 @ around 55:00 I didn't know (unsurprisingly) there was a British version of what we (here in my part of the U.S.) call "Light As A Feather Stiff As A Board". The version she played had an interesting chant (if it exists in the U.S.; I don't know of it). My friends and I played it as preteens (2 kids per side) with great success , even with the heaviest of my friends (who was pretty heavy). Anyway, finding out about the U.K. version was really cool, and the chant was far better than our just repeating " Stiff as a feather light as a board."

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you, Undead. Your version sounds more acceptable than the one we played which was very supernatural.

@annwebster4303 3 года назад

Thank you both for a great story and narration.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you so much, Ann for dropping by and leaving a comment

@melanieloveridge9137 3 года назад

What an inspiring interview (and story!) Have always wanted to attempt a ghost story and Paula has now inspired me to try :) Thanks both!!

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you, Melanie. Please have a go. Plenty of inspirational stories and buildings around.

@bradlyttle 3 года назад

Great reading Tony and a brilliant interview.

@Priscilla_Bettis 3 года назад

Very spooky story. I enjoyed it. Interesting interview. I've been following Paula's blog for awhile, but I still learned much more about the author today, good interview!

@ClassicGhost 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Good you managed to see her too :)

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you so much Priscilla for listening in and leaving a comment. I try to drop by your blog as often as I can.

@dmx5439 2 года назад

Thank you ,this was so inspirational...the story was BRILLIANT

@paulareadman7478 2 года назад

Thank you so much. I’m so pleased you enjoyed my story.

@theoriginalsuzycat 2 года назад

"The art of levitation" at my school was far grimmer, and the lines repeated around the person were :"she looks sick... she is sick... she's dying... she's dead... put her in the coffin... lift up the coffin". It did work.

@ClassicGhost 2 года назад

We never had anything like that. I feel robbed.

@theoriginalsuzycat 2 года назад

@@ClassicGhost I think it's a girl thing

@andreavander6197 3 года назад

Well done it has a good flow to this story. Tony Walker voice is made for listening , that makes the story more memorable ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you Andrea. Tony has an amazing voice you could listen to all day

@samanthabaker964 2 года назад

Well done .beautifully done to the author & narrator !

@ClassicGhost 2 года назад

Thanks for listening

@tonyakruid2095 2 года назад

Just happened upon this channel and I am loving it… I can’t stop listening and it’s 4 AM

@ClassicGhost 2 года назад

Im glad you found us. Remember to lie in tomorrow

@sarahsamaria8283 3 года назад

The prose of the book is really poetic. The atmosphe

@julietbenassi8680 3 года назад

That was a really infectious enjoyable interview x

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you Juliet. I really should calm down but I’m having amazing time with my writing at the moment. A local bookshop has just accepted my Stone Angels novel to sell. I’m still buzzing from that and to have Tony to read my work too. I’m in Author’s heaven 😊❤️

@cousinsister69 3 года назад

@@paulareadman7478 That kind of feeling can be really inspiring + energising for an author. I'm referencing the sense that you're spirits (haha) have been lifted, from your response here to Juliet. I trust you find this glorious high fruitful Paula Readman as I too am looking forward to more of your amazingly atmospheric + evocative works! From an Ossie fan! 👇💜🙃

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

@@cousinsister69 thank you so much, Birdy.

@Cinedragon 3 года назад

21:34 She explains exactly why I can read about creepy horror stories, but watching them brings me unease!

@ankab.troitsky2920 Год назад

We all need to get chills in our bones from time to time

@jaquelineturner6119 3 года назад

loved it thanks

@cousinsister69 3 года назад

Thank you Tony + Paula for a beautiful book + a terrific narration that did it justice. I delighted in sensing a shadowy + spooky ambience. Involving an elegant but ethereal lady. I am looking forward to your next well matched collaboration. From an Ossie fan! 👇💜🙃

@donaldmccleary9015 7 месяцев назад

Fantastic story and narration! Thanks!

@theodorecalvin4214 3 года назад

Thanks for a story with a shade of retribution. And the interview. I don’t know which I enjoyed more. It’s mind boggling that they didn’t teach grammar at that time. My grammar classes were so intense that I have emotional scars ....

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Hi Theodore, thank you for dropping by.

@cousinsister69 3 года назад

Oh my Theodore Calvin. If that wasn't sarcasm + I feel it wasn't, could you tell us more about that please? Wishing you + yours good health + happiness. From an Ossie down under! 👇💜🙃

@theodorecalvin4214 3 года назад

@@cousinsister69 I assume you refer to my school trauma. I was a kid in the 70s and 80s, attending suburban US public schools. I was told it was the best place to be, and believed it. Maybe it was. Regardless, I spent decades blaming myself for my “disastrous” life to follow, with every mistake echoing the voices of disappointment from teachers and coaches who (I can only hope) didn’t realize how destructive their admonishments for original and independent thinking/choice was on young egos. I’ve been slowly un-training myself from that. But meanwhile I’m a writer that doesn’t write, a musician that doesn’t play, and an adventure lover who wrestles with the wilds of driving to work under hopelessly endless debt. But at least I know grammar, so I have that going for me.

@wildwoodshyaro 2 года назад

Enjoyed the story and the interview. Very encouraging.

@gjones7547 2 года назад

Beautiful narration.

@lizbmusic11 3 года назад

Enjoyed that. Great to hear a story from the ghosts point of view. Putting things right. And a contemporary author. You are inspiring me to start writing again. Thank you.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you so much Liz. I’m so glad you’re writing again. If you need to promote your writing please drop by my blog and send me a request for a guest chat. I’m very happy to promote other writers. Please check out the chats there too.

@kelliryan464 2 года назад

Re listening to your lovely story after taking a break to purchase all your books and bookmarking your blog. Thank you for making safe gothic ghost stories. I put your Chimes at Midnight alongside Wilkie Collins' Lady in White. Thank you darling. You inspire me. Thank you Tony for showcasing a fine storyteller.

@paulareadman7478 2 года назад

Oh thank you so much,Kelli. You have taken my breath away! I never expected to see my name in the same sentence as Willkie Collins 😊

@kelliryan464 2 года назад

Dearest Paula, you evoked suspense, dread, compassion for the victim and anger towards a villain in fewer words than Wilkie Collins ever did. You will be included on the shelf with Wilkie Collins and M.R. James next to Wharton's ghost stories, Daphne du Maurier and Shirley Jackson. My library is my favorite room. You are wonderful company my dear.

@ClassicGhost 2 года назад

well deserved Paula.

@sparklemotion8377 3 года назад

What a treat!

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you Sparkle ✨

@mr.peevyshow1914 3 года назад

Old fashion ghost stories are the best.

@shirleypearl2166 Год назад

Definitely my cup of earl grey thanks to both of u 🙏💜🙏💜

@andrewkoastephens210 3 года назад

Thank you, Tony. That was a wonderful reading and a super interview. I look forward to learning more about Paula Readman.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you so much, Andrew.

@andrewkoastephens210 3 года назад

@@paulareadman7478 Your personal story is an inspiring one. It’s never too late to start! My own struggle with mild-dyslexia and another learning challenge were not recognised until my late 40s. I left school at 15. I’m working on a master’s degree now in my 50s.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

@@andrewkoastephens210 that’s brilliant! Congratulations, Andrew. I wish you all the success. It’s important to keep on learning new things and keep the mind active too.

@libertycowboy2495 5 месяцев назад

THAT was the ghost tale i was looking for!❤

@mariameere5807 Год назад

Actually I really really love this! It sounds familiar….. 🌻

@LTJC70 3 года назад

Hello all, received a recommendation for your channel today... Pleased I took a listen to the story think it was Dentwater Haunting... That story was excellent and extremely well read!! Starting The Chimes at Midnight next... Really enjoying these so far!!! Thank you and please continue the great work!!!

@ClassicGhost 3 года назад

Very good. I’m glad to have you here

@possumaintdead 3 года назад

Interesting interview and loved the story; reminiscent of Poe! Great reading, as always.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you

@chrispark1221 3 года назад

Ooh, we used to do the levitation thing in school breaks. I wish I could remember how we did it.

@ClassicGhost 3 года назад

Did it work?

@chrispark1221 3 года назад

@@ClassicGhost Yes.

@janetcw9808 2 года назад

Listened again 👍🏼 ❤️

@ClassicGhost 2 года назад

Did you see the cat again?

@nicoleporter6794 Год назад

Im sooo sick..every other noise hurts,lol But.... ahhhhhhhhhhhh Gonna sink right into this one Thank you!!!🌼🌼

@suzannemoodhe927 Год назад

Love your readings- great story!

@ClassicGhost 6 месяцев назад

Sorry I didn't thank you immediately. Thank you very much!

@nicoleporter6794 Год назад

Excellent elegant acrimonious revenge Oh yes This was beautifully written ❤️

@evelanpatton Год назад

Chant is: “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board.” We did this too. It did work. We also had a youthful seance & I “adopted” the spirit of the girl who hadn’t passed over. For several years, I carried her with my energy, until my Grandfather read my signature & intuited the attached spirit; & we then did a cleansing & releasing Ho’OponoOno (spelling?); a Hawaiian daily & deep chakra/auric/energetic cleansing ritual- we released the earth bound spirit. Not my first but it was really a familial spiritual experience! Thank you for your honesty & sharing. Such a lovely, amazing world we live in. Élan vital.

@tonietteh2015 Год назад

I 💜💜💜💜 this story 😻

@anamariacoelho1690 3 года назад

Brilliant interview from a Brilliant writer.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you Ana. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

@susanmercurio1060 2 года назад

Tony, you must be around the age of my children. They weren't taught grammar, either. They went to school in the 1980s.

@ClassicGhost 2 года назад

1970s. I left school in 1979

@70schild420 10 месяцев назад

👏👏👏👏👏👏

@shakeybill82 3 года назад

Brilliant as usual, but could you please boost the audio levels on this?

@ClassicGhost 3 года назад

Unfortunately once it’s posted I would have to delete it and repost. Is it the interview or the story? I could possibly send you an mp3

@teddydog6229 3 года назад

Lady Eleanor ? Was that a Kevin Ayers song ? Love the story and the interview and couldn’t agree with both of you. The first stories to frighten me were classic ghost stories. I dom’t put down blood and gore which has its place but mood and ambience and backstory is where the real terror lies. The cumulative effect of details that just seem off. A lot of the Victorian ghost stories are predictable for sure but so is the inevitability of the worst nightmares. You know it’s coming and can’t tear away no matter how much you may want. We didn’t learn in American public schools in the 70s either. They were warehouses for kids. Grammar ? Not a chance.

@ClassicGhost 3 года назад

Lindisfarne did Lady Eleanor. Old school all the way ;)

@teddydog6229 3 года назад

@@ClassicGhost Many thanks sir ! Kevin Ayers just didn't seem right and that's because his song was 'Lady Rachel'. As a fan of many years of Strawbs and Pentangle and Comus I should be much more up on my Lindsfairne. Just between you and me I even like the Incredible String Band though if you tell anyone I said so I'll deny it up and down. To sound exactly like the old fogey I am I can say they just don't make music like that anymore. And now it's off to my Classic Ghost Stories menu to find what you'll curdle my blood with tonight !

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you, Teddy. I agree. Each to their own. I just don’t write it myself.

@susanmercurio1060 3 года назад

I have written stories that just "came through me." I know what she means.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Great minds think alike, Susan. 😊Thank you for your comment

@jbos5107 3 года назад

I enjoyed this story very much. You are both so talented. Have either of you seen the youtube channel of Mark John Maguire called They Got Away With Murder? He does true crime videos but many of them are Victorian. I bet you could both get some inspiration from his work. He's super talented and like you Tony, a one man band. It's incredible how much great content lone youtubers create.

@ClassicGhost 3 года назад

I don't know that one. I will take a look

@juneroberts5305 3 года назад

I'm subscribed to TGAWM as well. One of my fav channels!

@rameyzamora1018 3 года назад

I just listened to the latest Maguire video & thought about how much I liked his voice - comparing him with my benchmark, which is Tony Walker.

@paulareadman7478 3 года назад

Thank you for dropping by, J. No I must check it out.

@jochaffey9659 2 года назад

I love the stories but thank goodness Paula Readman's mother burned the Oui Ja board!

@CharlieOkeson 3 года назад

Are you going to have talking at the end of all your narrations from now on??

@ClassicGhost 3 года назад

You mean interviews? I do that with living writers. When they're dead, you're stuck with me talking to myself.

@carollynnberwindscheffler398 20 дней назад

I believe i had a sister twin i have many symptoms of loss at birth

@WWZenaDo 3 года назад

@21:01 - it takes real skill to chill and frighten one's audience without resorting to the cheap tricks of blood, vomit, and excrement. Idiotic movies like "Alien" in which the writers/directors try to substitute grotesquerie, disgust and revulsion for genuine fear disgust me, and I definitely do not spend my money upon such rattle-brained efforts as those. Ah, but "The Blair Witch" - so much more frightening!

@WWZenaDo 3 года назад

Mmmm.... Delicious....!!!

@ClassicGhost 3 года назад

😋