Ahhh thank you! People forget that Stoker wrote more stories, this is another of my favourites! 🇬🇧💚

@rohanquinby3188

2 ай бұрын

Indeed, I had forgotten. This is salutary!

@sarge4455

Ай бұрын

Ah ha-it was he who forgot

A new story! I haven't commented much, only a couple of times, but I'm listening to everything you've shared. Thank you so much, especially now as I'm in a lot of physical pain and your voice is comforting and familiar even if I wouldn't be able to take in the story 😊 and the rambles are necessary!!

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. I hope your pain eases

Thank you Tony. Just paying my dues to the algorithm gods!

I can't tell you how much I appreciate your fine work, dear Tony. I'd never heard this story, and I really found it to be fascinating. Stoker's attention to detail makes it more fully realized. ❤

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

Another great reading! Would you consider doing "Wailing Well" by M.R. James. I am new to your channel, so if you have already done that one, then I will try to find it. I listen to a lot of these old ghost stories, and they don't really scare me. But, the "Wailing Well" still makes me quicken my pace after an evening walk, even years later.

Yes, brand new and I can't wait to hear!

I listened to a short story with a main character named Ivan, and it was pronounced three different ways - stress on first syllable, stress on second syllable, and twice it was pronounced "even." When I pointed that out in the comments, someone explained it was AI.

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

So many narrations are AI these days

Thanks, Tony! Good story. Well narrated.

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks Tony. Love these ghost stories.

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening

Cut out the tea! Okay, but I'm keeping the opium😂.

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

yeah the opium is fine

@user-qj6wj5kz3x

2 ай бұрын

👍😂😂

New Story! Yay!

I LOVE THE THIS STORY!!! Thank you for reading it again!!!! You’re the best Tony!!

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening

Love your voice, don't let the whiners ruin your day.

I love this story! Awesome to hear your version of it now, I'll be back to this more than once.

Malcolm Malcolmson! lol Thanks Tony! Great way to start the weekend and only uploaded one hour ago! Now that's hot off the press! :) Now who didn't know you could muti-purpose a book of logarithms?!

Waw, dych chi'n gynhyrchiol iawn!

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

yntydwi?

Happy birthday Tony! I agree, your reading of Dracula is THE BEST NARRATION. Also loved Lady Ducayne 🙌

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!🤩

Great story and narration! I do not like this judge. I saw the judge reference at the beginning and got it mixed up with J.S.'s story at first. I realized this was a different story a few minutes in. By the way, your narration of both stories is excellent. I like them both immensely. Fantastic job, my friend. I'm looking forward to more. I like the discussion of tea at the end. I replaced my evening "whiskey(s) during audiobook" with tea. Remember what I said about the hecklers. Tell them to go play marbles in the road. AI voices always sound off to me. Sounds like feedback on a radio in the background or a voice on the radio garbled by interference. Plus, the lack of any accent, regional dialect, or inflection drones me out and puts me to sleep.

This one s my favorite..must have listened to this a 100 times on Bytesized Audio channel🤣 lovely narration there too

Thank you Tony!!❤ 🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟 I'm still in the middle of moving 🏡 house and the stress has been getting to me!! (*Definitely Not putting Anything into Storage Ever*!) However, I've been soothed by listening to you and must say a big "Thank You Tony!" for your awesome Narrations!! Namasté 🙏🕊️💞 Andréa and Jasper. ...XxX... Ps ~,Paws McThievery, aka Jasper Mutt ~has been listening very intently with me and,,, as I have mentioned, ~he's now totally convinced he is Famous!! So Thank you so very Much for this as well,,, Jasper is getting on a little now,, & He's Partially Retired from being a Support /Assist Dog, so he really Appreciates his new found Fame!😊 ❤🐕‍🦺 💞 Peace Bro! See you around the Eden sometime!!!✌️🕊️

I've heard a number of readings if this story but, may I say, this is the definitive for me. Don't know what it is you've got, but you've got it, and it's good.

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

You made my morning 🌅

Ah yes this is a good story! That horrifying rat!

This one stayed with me for a couple of days! Super creepy, love it

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Hi :)

I listened to Tony talking about AI, as an American I have read my fair share of Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov have a healthy fear of AI. As far as your haters( Tony) Haters gonna hate! You are one of my favorite podcasts, I love your stories and look forward to them in my ears.

Not only do I love this story (I have a book that has a really creepy illustration of the judge), but you answered the question I had about tea🙂. Thank you

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Who knew tea was so evil ?

Haven’t been able to listen for a few days love this 😍 your channel is the best and has changed my sleep

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

For the better I hope

Love this one sooo much' probably about the 10 th time I have listed to it!! Cheers Bram and classic ghost stories thanks mate...

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening

I don't think you can cut the innkeeper, because it serves the rule of three (three locals that do not like that he's staying at the house). Also, the dancing rats are obviously the souls of the hanged people by that judge. They are trying to help the student, and flee and stay silent when the huge rat/judge appear. Thank you very much for this narration. I did not know the story (frankly, I did not know there were short stories by Stocker, now I need a collection to fill that gap :D)

Wonderfully creepy. Stoker did more than just Dracula and this is a beauty

Damn it I thought that the villagers would get there in time and save him. Those other rats worked hard to ring the bell but to no avail. A great story Tony. Thank you. I would like to become a patron but don’t know how to arrange it. I live in England . I’ve listened to loads of your work and I have had hours of brilliant tales.

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

www.patreon.com/barcud Yes the rats worked hard

I always did like this story ............................🦇 🌹

It's time for a midnight snack and this story... 🥞📖💖

One ive never read. Wonderful 🎉❤

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

Was he suffering from an addiction? And the rats were his demons ? And ultimately he lost with his only battle with the only choice suicide 😕 your voice is perfect for brams stocker book! Thank you thank you!

Really good story, I think your reading and voice acting makes every story better

Thank you Tony! Wow, I thought you were in your forties from your voice! Awesome KZread channel by the way!

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

In my heart I’m in my 40s

Oh my gosh, that story freaked me out.I hate rats and mice lol

❤❤ ur voice is beautiful.

Great reading

@ClassicGhost

Ай бұрын

Thank you

Fangtastic narration! You know fang and Bram... Nevermind. I need to drink a lot more black tea! As far as AI, no, I want the real voice with the emotions and the ever so tiny error here and there that makes me smile because it's kind of cute and makes you real to me. I wish I could word that better but my thoughts and words don't play well together...

@AndreaDingbatt

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯 Agreed with You! I'm a big Fang of Tony's Work Too!!🙂👍 I Especially agree about the AI Voice~Apps,,,,🫤 and how much better it is for Tony to Read to us!!❤😊 And,,, in my Honest and Humble Opinion, ~Tony's Voice is Absolutely 💯 Perfect for the Ghost Stories.🫣 (and Other Narrations!!) When I listen to Tony, it's as though a Friend is Reading to me, ~and This is Far Better than AI, or anyone / anything else in helping me to Really get Into, and Truly to ~"Hear the "Bones"of these Ghoulishly- Ghastly and Ghostly Tales of Terror!👀 I hope you are having a good weekend and have a wonderful week ahead of you!!🙂👍 Namasté 🙏🕊️💞 Andréa,🤠 and Best Friend~The one and Only, (Drum Roll Please!!) The Infamous ~*Jasper Mutt*🐺, (aka, Paws McThievery!) 🐾🐾😊 ...XxX....

I loved this one. A bleak ending, indeed. 😬

Love your voice!!! Beautiful!

@ClassicGhost

29 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Wonderful story, thank you!

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening

Love the stories Tony thank you😊

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

I wonder who first came up with the literary notion of paintings or portraits being a sort of portal for things to come through, and for changes in what you're viewing to be predatory or be foreshadows of danger? This story is a good example, although I don't understand why the student character didn't just leave. Ah well. Thank you Tony, never read this or heard it before.

Great story! I’ve never heard this one. Brilliant narration as always. Thank you!

Great old story read by a fantastic narrator. Good job! I’m a new subscriber and love your voice and reading style. Thank you! You’re right about AI and robot voices. I can’t listen to them because the mispronunciations kick me out of the zone.

@ClassicGhost

Ай бұрын

Welcome 🙏

A favorite. Just as gripping, captivating narration also this time around. Love re-listening to your interesting, informative, very necessary " ramblings". I never touch tea, am now warned and stick to coffee . You are a true artist through your vivid, expressive narration. Pour on Gothic! The more the better! Much appreciated, Tony. Again, thank you!

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Yes strong coffee is safer than devilish tea

@martiwilliams4592

2 ай бұрын

;0) !@@ClassicGhost

Tony the ai might be able to copy a voice, but your cozy ramblings are irreplaceable! Its what I like about the Old Horror Readings scene like Horror Babble you mentioned, everyone feels like a person sharing their interest and its nice

I love haunted house stories, especially when they are read by you! I happened upon an audiobook of the novella "The Uninhabited House" by Charlotte Ridell ( not sure if I spelled her last name correctly), and it was very good. However, the narrator's voice bothered me! I thought your voice would be perfect... and you would enjoy doing the Scottish accent of the belligerent but hysterically funny aunt as much as we would enjoy hearing it!😄

The dead don't come back to life: they never left.

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

I’d like to think so

Don't forget the real Judge Jeffries! Didn't James feature Jeffries once? Was this Jeffries and I missed it? Stoker's prose sounds more modern than one would expect. Well, maybe not modern per se, but dry compared to say Kipling or James. Stoker sounds more like a 20th Century writer than the 19th Century man that he was for the most part.

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

No, I think you’re right. He sounds like the forerunner to modern fiction - as does Conan Doyle at times I think?

@JimBagby74

2 ай бұрын

Yes. Very straightforward. Not quite Hemingway levels of arid, but hardly "purple".

I felt like the rats were trying to ring the bell near the end because they didn't like the judge either

@crg4183

2 ай бұрын

The rats tried to save the guy ...............😮

This one I have actually read. Yes it is a bit meh, but I liked how it didn't demonise all the rats, they were playful and were the vehicles of hope in this story. I like rats. ( okay not overrunning my home but in general ). This was another reminder of why I don't paint portraits; you never know what those buggers will get up to in the future! Very pertinent and timely chat about AI, because it is a *thing* now, love it or hate it. I love that English is the natural enemy of AI narration. It can't tell minute of time from minute size, and many other vocal traps of our wonderful pantechnicon of a language. Love your work Tony. AI narration doesn't hold much truck with me. Take care. 😊

Thanks

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

I like The Judge”s House. It’s not LeFanu, but I really loved the ‘creepy old house’ buildup. Please do a Walter de La Mare. Do ‘Seaton’s Aunt.’ Your vocals would be amazing with de La Mare

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

+@TheTeacher1020 I’ve done All Hallows and From The Deep and I think The Listeners is here somewhere . But yes I shall Seatons Aunt maybe quite soon 🔜

Very interesting comments by he reader.

I am seriously floored that people leave nasty comments for you!

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

lol. they leave nasty comments for everyone because they’re nasty

lol Good thriller

This one of my favourite haunted house stories, the first time I heard it read it creeped me out so much. And i was fun to learn that there was more to Stoker than Dracula or the Lair of the White Worm. Would you consider reading The Coat by A E D Smith or The Underbody by Alison V Harding?

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

i will look into them

Riddell

tea dust 🧹

Just as the great rat was the judge, I imagined the multitude of the other rats who feared him were all of his victims, bound to the judge and the instrument of their demise.

1.08. I want to respectfully disagree. I've been using Temu, and most of the stuff, honestly, is just fine. When I do have a problem, they refund me immediately. I'm using Temu items to upgrade my entire house, whereas before I couldn't even dream of doing this. Of course, I might have low standards compared to some.

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

I will revisit and review my hasty conclusion:))

A.I. art as a tool, is fine. Using it to specifically mimic other artists, using it to make items and charge the same price as either an original or hand drawn piece - questionable and at times illegal. Since people are using specific authors to 'make' new content within that authors universe, or flat out take content to write their own papers for studies... also not on the up-and-up. Comparing A.I. art to digital art programs is.... not really on a similar path. Key-word triggers and actually knowing how digital brushes behave, getting the settings for your tablet, mouse, or screen to have the right sensitivity, and having color concept and theory is still needed to make something from scratch - and to properly push different styles/esthetics. A.I. can't and doesn't recognize that as of yet, and doesn't care. If it's fed intentionally bad or corrupted data, it isn't going to know.

Am I crazy in thinking that the language of this story is reminiscent of Dickens? I hate when the well meaning protagonist meets a terrible end.🐀

NIce story teling but you tak too much on the side, nagging more.

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

don’t listen to that bit. switch it off

@boum62

Ай бұрын

Actually I enjoyed the post reading narrative.

I listen to you on both KZread and Patreon. You and Simon Stanhope are my favorites. AI is bad. You can always tell what it is. I love your talks afterward; just like having a friend in the room! edit: as someone who has had many rats as pets over the years, I always loved the rats in this one! They try to help Malcolm at the end.

@chuzzthefuzz1908

2 ай бұрын

Tony Walker and Simon Stanhope are my favourites as well!

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

They do and we should have said that rats get a bad press but here they are on the good guys’ side