Thank you to ALL, who are so dedicated to making sure these stories are accessible and free! I am a disabled veteran who struggles to slow my thoughts long enough to string more than 3hrs of sleep together at a time. These soothingly narrated, perfectly produced, scary as heck tales, provide the necessary haven for myself and so many others!

@m.6292

Жыл бұрын

These MR James stories are wonderfully slow & melodic. I'm a Brit, so grew up on his ghost stories at Christmas. Glad they are helping you. May I also suggest Brown noise. It is a combination of white noises, that your brain tries to figure out. Let me tell you, as a member of the "too many thoughts & not enuf sleep brigade", it works wonders. Have friends & family who use it now too. Good luck & take care mate.

@christopher5361

Жыл бұрын

Wow I can relate. I have the same story myself and it’s oddly comforting that someone else knows how it feels. I’m a disabled vet who struggles to sleep just a few hours a night.

@melanieomer9186

11 ай бұрын

Me too

@MossyMozart

8 ай бұрын

@itsstefjusstef9107 & @christopher5361 & @melanieomer9186 - Thank you all for your service; I am so sorry that it has left its mark on you. I am not a veteran, but just another person who finds sleep evasive.

@dianebenak4099

2 ай бұрын

@@melanieomer9186😊uuuuuu 😮😢yoyftororyoyioyiyiyyuihiiiiiyiiyyiyyiiioiiyyiyiyyioyoubfoyo I P P

Thank you again, a old man 73 Years old "in my dodderage " enjoy your perfect narration.

@kevallman7829

Жыл бұрын

LOAD OF BOLLOX

@kevallman7829

Жыл бұрын

BUT VERY VERY GOOD AND HAIRY BOLLOX IN MY MOST HUMBLE OF OPINIONS

@kevallman7829

Жыл бұрын

WHICH IN LAYMANS TERMS IS A MASSIVE COMPLIMENT. BOLLOX= FANTASTIC

@jackdare

Жыл бұрын

Dodderage catches us all!

@Gribbo9999

Жыл бұрын

I am 72 so my girlfriend is looking forward to a good rest next year.

Ooh, Mr Stanhope, you are spoiling us! 😉♥️

Extraordinary stories read by an extraordinary actor, if possible I seem to enjoy these stories even better the second or third time, just brilliant, many thanks Simon 🇦🇺👍👻

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thank you 😊 I do love listening to you at night soooo much better than TV thank you for sharing your awesome gift

@taliabee8661

Жыл бұрын

Soooo much better than the tv!

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

@Sloan Frakes And thank you for the coffee earlier, I really appreciate your support!

@cimmaronstrings

11 ай бұрын

@@BitesizedAudio😂🎉

@cimmaronstrings

11 ай бұрын

❤🎉😂😂 0:30 😂😂 0:30 😂 0:30 😂❤🎉🎉

@cimmaronstrings

11 ай бұрын

🎉I’m a huge 🎉believer 😅🎉

An absolute gem of a channel. You always do accents in a natural way. Your narration is so smooth and professional. People try too hard to sound creepy or have an over the top tone of voice. You always keep it classy and I can tell you have great love and respect for these works. These on a cool summer night with a cold one hits the spot like no other

@LazyIRanch

10 ай бұрын

For me, I feel like I'm hearing these stories told to me directly by the protagonist who experienced these otherworldly events, in another era. I know what you mean by the readers who "try too hard to sound creepy". I find those unlistenable. Simon is a masterful storyteller.

I live in Japan and here midsummer is the traditional time for ghost stories. I think the idea is that scary stories give us a chill which helps us through the warm nights. Thank you for this interesting collection, very well read as always.

@heidirobinson6432

6 ай бұрын

And we are so scared we have to sleep with our sister😂

@alanhughs461

5 ай бұрын

My grandfather was so scared he also had to sleep with my sister and I 👻👻👻👻

Thank You 🙏, what a wonderful way to spend an summer evening listening to you tell these stories again . God Bless you for not giving up. I’ve been praying 🙏 you’d still be able to share with us .

I'm from Germany and find it very helpful to listen AND read the stories to improve my Englisch abilities. Thank you very much!🤗

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

I always enjoy your readings - thank you

Hi Simon, wonderful as always, no other story teller on KZread or anywhere else can compete with you .Fingers crossed that all is now settled with KZread 🙄

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks carrie-ann. Fingers, toes and anything else that can be crossed, crossed!

@Sandra-ww6oz

Жыл бұрын

@Andrew Phillips 🎵🎶 What's your game now can anybody play?🎶🎵 Ah Andrew, I couldn't resist 😘

@lf5438

Жыл бұрын

I enjoy listening to Imagination Theater's Sherlock Holmes. It is my favorite version to listen to. I don't even have to follow the story, the voices are soothing. That being said, I am delighted to be able to listen to these stories. Thank you for these wonderful stories. Listening to your marvelous voice is a wonderful gift.

I've listened to your wonderful readings of "The Sand Walker" and "The Upper Berth" many many times... (Also a big M R James fan.) Thanks for many hours of enjoyment.

Oh wow, 3 of my favourite ghost stories of all time in one compendium!

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful, glad to hear that! I have to ask: what are your top three? My personal favourites are The Upper Berth and A View from a Hill, but I like the others too of course...

It's almost like having a time machine. You really bring these stories to life Mr. Simon.

What a welcome respite from the heat and the usually predictable day to day activities. Like a tall, cool glass of water just when one needs it most. Best wishes from all of us! 🐱

@rougemont9553

Жыл бұрын

Very well said!

@minzygreen1167

Жыл бұрын

​@@rougemont9553 absolutely!

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a lovely comment Rachel. And I'm especially glad to see that your comment has come through on this one. Best wishes to you and the gang

@jonshepherd2550

Жыл бұрын

Could do with some of that heat now

@RogerMcWilliams

10 ай бұрын

L😅

Thanks so much .for all your wonderful uploads and hard work 💕💕💕

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

You're most welcome, thank you Hermione

@hermione9445

Жыл бұрын

@@BitesizedAudio Thank YOU .💕

A wonderful revisiting of old friends by a wonderful narrator .as always my thanks .RNK.

A wonderful treat, thank you Simon!

M R James was brilliant. He could write a ghost story that both amusing and frightening.

Nice! Thanks, Simon.

Perfect choice of ghostly tales! 💀

The perfect mix for a sultry night. Thank you so much.

I actually adore when you present a anthology like this, I listen all evening the go to sleep listening

A midsummer night's dream come true.

Really looking forward to this when I get around to it. Almost 4 hours of content? Fantastic.

Nice one Simon this will help me through my insomnia .Many thanks

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help

Perfect length for my night time listening pleasure.. Wonderful way to drift off into the land of snoozes, lol.. Cheers BSA.!! So glad you're back.!! 😴🇦🇺👌🏻💯...

Bravo, Mr. Stanhope !! More, please.

I really really really really really enjoyed every single one of those stories! Well chosen! Many thanks and blessings!☮️💜☯️

A wonderful gift to your listeners; thanks! :)

What a lovely surprise for the summer solstice! Thank you so much 💞

Honestly I think Simon is pretty awesome at storytelling. Now I’m not a tech guy, how do I support him financially? I figured it out. Thanks Simon for a great Chanel.

Thank you Simon! Great stories. And I love the creepy tinkly music between each one! Beverly🌹

Thank you so much for all your work on this channel. Your reach spreads far and wide. From a listener in Australia.

Thank you, Simon. I really enjoy your work.

The Maze: the 16th-century prose comes alive in your hands. I really feel the passion of the original preacher. Wonderful to listen to over and over. THANK YOU.

Of course a chill can come on a summer's night

LOVE this channel!! Concise, interesting narration, and crystal-clear audio. I fall asleep being transported to another place and time...well done, old chap!

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly

Absolutely perfect for a Sunday after a busy weekend and busy week! Thank Christ you’re still here Simon! One of my favourite things on KZread is this channel! And I have given up television for KZread! So that is a very big compliment!☮️🤍☯️

For a chilling tale, read The Witch of Prague by F. Marion Crawford. Thanks for the upload.

Meghan, I am a transformational life coach. I specialize in women and PTSD. What you experienced was 100% "normal" in your situation. Ideal? No. Expected? For sure. Your entire system was overloaded and your family was included. That was hard on you... You put a good amount of effort into keeping your family healthy, physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally. You felt like you were all under attack and you felt too weak to "fight", which triggered fear in your thoughts and your ill, tired body responded in kind. Anxiety is not weakness, it is the result of remaining strong for too long without reprieve. There is a great reason the Bible gives us a lot of comforting verses for the sick. You have an amazing support system, for sure. God has bless you so richly! The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace If you want to talk, I am here. I do remote coaching, via phone and video chat.

What a treat. Absolutely wonderful listening to these.

Love your narrations of these stories, especially the ghost stories!!! Thank u for all of your hard work!!!

This was wonderful Simon. I especially loved the 1st story. (I'm a sucker for M.R. James) And I really love your choice of music. Lovely. 😊

“It was the acme of summer…”🌹

An immensely enjoyable selection of carefully chosen stories being well read, old top.

These are all delightful and creepy stories! Thank you for making my summer horrible in the best possible way. Happy Solstice!

What an absolute treat! :D

Oh my, this is a gift! Thanks so much, Simon, for this wonderful video. My evening entertainment is taken care of. :)

Thank you Simon 💖

I love the sandwalker! It’s scary, and also pretty funny.

What am absolute treat! Thank you Simon, you really are spoiling us!

Thank you. Listening in December, feeling nostalgic about summer.

I have listened to these singly many times. Your narration is always excellent! The choices are perfect for summer solstice. I also love the music you’ve added in.

Love these stories on summer nights

WOOOOOO! :D Thanks Simon! I'm glad you're back

Thanks!

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support, much appreciated!

@KiKiabout

Жыл бұрын

Sweet... :)

Fantastic collection. Thank you!

I first read this in 1958 when I was 8, it scared me to death

Wonderful idea Simon, thank you 😊

How marvelous to hear the different voices you do. Getting the chills 😳indeed!

I'm thoroughly impressed with this anthology of ghost stories. Each story, from 'A View from a Hill' to 'Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance,' is hauntingly good. Thank you!

Thank you so much for reminding me of these stories. I have listened to them all in the past individually, and it has given me much pleasure to hear them again, as read with your beautiful diction and careful rendering of each character.

Fabulous.

what i actually like even more than the stories is, that the level of music and talking, are all on the same level. Since i listen with headphones.

You cannot beat a big, fat, dollop of the maestro. The more the merrier. ❤

Yay Simon! I get very excited when I see that little light on my subscription.

Hearing these stories gave me goosebumps. Yet I'm still passionate about it every night, have you seen how terrible its appeal is :D . Thank you!

I love the into music

MR James has always scared me to death 👻💀

@Mike8981

11 ай бұрын

Are you a ghost then?

@earthcat

11 ай бұрын

@@Mike8981 More of a shadow 👤

@Mike8981

11 ай бұрын

@@earthcat That’s even more scary!

@earthcat

11 ай бұрын

@@Mike8981 I am near 70 years old...scary is my currency.

I refer to these as 'ghost snacks'..tasty and wonderful. Hubby is retired merchant marine, so the Upper Berth story is particularly appealing. Thanks and cheers from New Orleans.

A fantastic and artful narration. Perfect for M.R. James, time and setting. Subscribed and looking forward to more.

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing, and for your kind comments. I hope you enjoy some of the other stories on the channel, and more to come...

i absolutely love the Sandwalker; your narration is always perfect. You always put me right there in the scene; so much so, that sometimes months afterwards, I can't remember whether or not I watched the story or listened to it as an audiobook. Perhaps it's just me, but there have been times I didn't realize it, until I saw a filming of the story, and wondered why the people look so different. In my mind, these stories become so real, it is akin to watching them. Wonderful job on the voices as well.

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

What a lovely comment, thank you so much!

Lovely mix! 😎 Thanks for 'remastering' 🤓🙏

We are enjoying your narration. Modulation, sound, style, volume, all of it, very nice. Thanks. And please continue with the good work! Cheers from your newest subscriber.

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing Donna, and for your kind comments. I hope you enjoy listening to some of my other uploads, and more to come

oh my god this is what I've been waiting for, a 2+ hour video!

Thank you

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening!

This is fantastic. Thank you so much Simon 😊

Many thanks from my home in Colditz Saxony Germany 😊....I am the last English Man living in Colditz 😊

I just found this channel! It’s amazing!! Thank you for wonderful stories!

👍👍👍👍👍one of my favs

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Which one in particular? (I'm always interested to know which are listener favourites)

@mijiyoon5575

Жыл бұрын

@@BitesizedAudio All of these + these: *The Aluminum Dagger & The Naturalist at Law* by *Austin Freeman*

Love these stories summer nights

Love the music. "A View" is easily in my top 5 MR James, superbly thought through and so little anthologised thank you for the excellent reading. If you believe it we were read "The Upper Berth" by our substitute teacher in 3rd year juniors. I was aged 9 and terrified but it was clearly the start of something big as I am now a weird fiction addict,collector and aficionado. This is very good. Glad I have found you.

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Gosh, that's a bold choice for classroom reading at nine!

@thewildbirds6070

Жыл бұрын

@@BitesizedAudio I know. Mrs Thomas, now deceased. Read to us from the Fontana, Armada and Pan anthologies. Good taste, but there is a time and a place. No?

Great reader. Sounds like Peabody and Sherman

My first tuning in - you Sir can narrate like no one else out there in KZread Land - your accent is drop dead gorgeous- consider this a proposal if marriage as I am a totally smitten kitten 😘😉

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sandra, I'm very flattered! Alas, I'm already married...! Thanks so much for listening, and for joining as a channel member, much appreciated

Love all of these and I must have listened to The Sand-walker at least half a dozen times as well as to the other three. Your narration of each one brings them to life so thank you for that.

An excellent choice of stories.

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Danny, appreciated

Thank you. Loved it.

I am wide awake now. Thank you.

Great as usual ! Though getting better and better . Many Thanks !

Thanks

The early English ghost stories are the finest.

Having traversed the maze myself, I can confirm the central sun dial always reads - '3 am'...

Very enjoyable as per usual, I particularly enjoyed “Mr Humphreys and his inheritance”.

Perfect drama.listen to radio drama every night

Best narrator by far I’ve ever come across. You’re putting heart and soul as well as accuracy and annunciation. Your intonation is perfectly natural and carries one away in an instance into the moment, the landscape, the mood and scent of the time and place. It’s an absolute pleasure listening!

@BitesizedAudio

10 ай бұрын

What a lovely comment, thank you so much Anja

Thank You!

Any time is ghost story time.

When you first put this up i was in hospital. Now things have caught up I wanted to let you know I really appreciate this longer anthology. My summer rather disappeared but these are equally good for a September day spent packing summer things and pulling out the fall and winter. Great selection.

@BitesizedAudio

Жыл бұрын

Glad to know you enjoyed it Angela. I seem to remember The Upper Berth was one of your personal favourites (as it is mine). Sorry to learn you've been in hospital, I hope you're feeling better now. Best wishes

Great stories, well told. Thank you