I'd rather hear an American story read in a British accent, than a British story read in an American accent. Illogical, perhaps but there it is. Your accent and voice are very pleasant to listen to, and that's the main thing.

@bilindalaw-morley161

3 ай бұрын

I agree

What a wonderful thing to stumble across and almost forgotten favorite character and then add a wonderful and well spoken voice reading it! A nice little treasure!

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I never gave the accent a second thought and I'm American. You are such a good reader. I love Hildegarde and hope there are more.

I like your accents because you do them incredibly well which highlights good listening & observational skills....am so beyond bored of whiny trolls making you feel bad for a hard earned skill that enriches your story telling

@classicdetective

4 ай бұрын

thank you

@christabedwin

3 ай бұрын

Well said, Silvana!

Your accent is fine. If you find a blockbuster west coast accent or New York accent on another voice actor, fine. Otherwise, I think you know your fans here like your voice and we are good with your voice reading a story set in LA-San Francisco-New York. Anyone complaining needs to go away and contemplate their own life.

@christabedwin

4 ай бұрын

Well said!!

@ChrisWitt-hl7wu

3 ай бұрын

No, no, no! Please do not denigrate your American accent. It's flawless! I get such a kick listening to you narrate something using it, (especially these vintage, "noir" detective pieces), knowing that it's another manifestation of your storytelling skills.

@jillwilson9482

3 ай бұрын

I love your voice. Please don't worry about anything, your story telling is excellent!

@maryalice5357

3 ай бұрын

#1 I listen BECAUSE of your natural voice . #2 What a hoot. Atlantic city is the American Riviera. Especially since Donald Trump "developed " it.

@GCBGIRL

3 ай бұрын

Are you Tony walker?

Txs very much, love the Penguin Pool murder, admire Hildegarde, this sort of story, now called a cozy mystery has become an industry of its own

Thanks for the conversation at the end , so funny, love these dramas, its all i listen to, no tv just you tube

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! Good to have you here!

I really like this one! It begins immediately ominous. Turns tragic and sad, then some humor and exciting drama. It reminds me of the dear late Dame Angelia Lansbury and her show, "Murder She Wrote." But good on Angela, her character may have been older and single, she certainly didn't lack for suiters!💖

I loved your story telling and your singing voice was fantastic please don't change ❤

100 viewers in the first hour. 94 of them had broken fingers😂. Hit the "LIKE" button, people!

I really enjoyed this! As for accent, any accent can be an American accent. We are a country of immigrants with HUGE varieties of regional dialects. That's just part of what makes us who we are. Use whatever accent you think will enhance the story. 😊

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

I LOVE Hildegard Withers stories!! Wish you'd do more of them! BTW, there were about 5 or 6 movies made in the 1930s with the fabulous Edna May Oliver as Hildegard and James Gleason as Inspector Piper. They are extremely entertaining and tons of fun to watch.. Turner Classic Movies plays them every so often.

@canuckyukyuk9164

4 ай бұрын

I totally agree. I'm also an Edna May Oliver fan. Love the movies (with Edna May, not Zazu Pitts or Helen Broderick).

@classicdetective

4 ай бұрын

I'll check it out!

@MrsWilberforce2

4 ай бұрын

​@@canuckyukyuk9164Agreed. Love Zasu in just about everything else she did but Edna May *IS* Hildegard Withers, lol!

Tony, i loved it ! Ive been waiting for the masters voice, and what a story! Right up your alley. Best to the dogs

@classicdetective

4 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Read in your own voice, please! It’s lovely. I enjoy listening to you read no matter what it is. ❤

Loved it!

I am particularly loving your cozy chat at the end of the story, this Canadian early morning at 20 below zero. I love this detective and I love your thoughts on her. One response I had to your cozy chat (among many but I'll keep this brief) was that with Inspector Jap, I have the feeling that he's mostly very competent and just incompetent on the cases where he needs Poirot. I think some of the early stories portray him reaching out just on occasion. :) However, well-observed on the trope, I think many of us have noted how ludicrous it occasionally is that the police can't get anything right and the amateur does. I guess the fact it's a bit of nonsense just lets us enjoy it. Interesting notes on accents, and, love your normal voice best

Absolutely wonderful 🎉🎉

Glad I accidentally stumbled upon this treasure. What I have already covered is good. There is quite a bit more to enjoy.

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Excellent

Love your voice and your treatment of the story! Keep up the good work!

This was a new one for me, thank-you!

@classicdetective

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Thoroughly enjoyable as usual. Accent no problemo 😊

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Your English accent is fine. I for one enjoy listening to your voice in whatever accent. Your readings are very well done. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.

@classicdetective

29 күн бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

I prefer your own voice and accent than a put on or even an authentic American accent..

Very entertaining story, no jars to be heard, the opening had me hooked! The poor canary got a rough deal....

@ainemoroney9965

3 ай бұрын

And... YOU SING!!! 😁

Your narration suited this story & enjoyed this!

@classicdetective

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

EXCELLENT! Love the story and your narration ❤❤❤❤❤

Excellent. I had seen the HW movies and was greatly impressed by this reading. I like your added information about info about author history. As a slight American correction, the city of Albany is pronounced All bany.

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

This is an excellent story and it is read very nicely Thank you for sharing

I'm really loving ❤ these! Thank you soo much!!!!!🎉🎉

@classicdetective

2 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome

I loved this! Great voice and cadence and a great story!

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

Great narration...and a great read...enjoyed it much...thanks! knitted a sock whilst listening..

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

I’ve got another story coming so you can knit the other

Love this tale also this time around. expressive, vivid, masterful narration. Much appreciated, Tony. Thank you.

I almost didn't listen because I thought it was going to be an American voice, so happy I was led down the listening path by your voice. It was just what I needed to bring me out of the blues...Thank you.

You can sing! ❤ 💯♥️ And I loved it! I never used to bother with American stuff and now I like it and likewise when it comes to movies! Both British and American plus European (well I adore French film’s) and after that either Norwegian or all Scandinavian trendy crime films or a good gothic Italian horror! Period drama and modern….. my taste has expanded and I can’t explain why, although occasionally, I will get in the mood of something quite specific! Sometimes you just know exactly what you want and other time’s you accidentally come across a gem! You Tony are a gem too! 🌟🌟🌟✨✨✨✨✨

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Thank you.

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Very well done. Kind of like Columbo detective

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Wait til the next one

Thrilled to see you began another channel! Love your reading style and mysteries, so no brainer for me.

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Lovely to have you along

I enjoyed the story very much. As some others have said, ignore the haters. They always seem to think they know what is best for everyone. They don't.

@classicdetective

2 ай бұрын

I appreciate your support

Your voice and tempo are excellent. Nothing too overdone.

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

I enjoyed this so-much, as I do all of Your readings; in My opinion the choices You made to not try to use an American accent, but to use speech patterns typical of film-detective in the ‘film noire’ genre, worked wonderfully! …Great work!!! I’m so glad to have stumbled onto another of Your story podcasts, as I’ve enjoyed Your Ghost-story channel many times. I would suggest that one way to help this channel grow would be to mention it, during Your comments on the other channel; though I’m certainly happy to share links to this one.😉 Many-Thanks for bringing this Author and female Character to Our attention; I’d not heard of her them before, and will gladly look for more! ‘Take-Care’!

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

very welcome

Excellent - got me through the mindlessness of painting a room. I’d like to give a shout out for Sergeant Cuff in The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868), who got it a bit wrong. A real classic. Many thanks.

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

They all get it a bit wrong. They should leave it to the amateurs now, like the Facebook Detectives.

Very good.

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I was delighted to come across a Hildegarde Withers story. James Gleason and Edna May Oliver were great in the three early 30's movies. I believe KZread suggested this to me because I search out those movies and also good mystery stories. Your narration is wonderful. You have a new fan. Thank you.

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

IMO Everything sounds Better with a British or non american accent! I'm an American & stand by my opinion!

great

Nice singing voice

There are 10K views but only 5.7K subscribers? Hit subscribe people! This guy is good!

I just stumbled upon you, for me you spoke just right. I do not like when a male narrator's go too high and squeaky when speaking in the woman's part. Not too fast, but fast enough i did not fall asleep. The book you read from, concluded nicely, i do not like when i still have questions left unanswered, or if i guess the solution too quickly. Voices from the past, Margret Rutherford would be Top of my List, i bet would have been wonderful, to listen to her reading mystery books.

accents employed in dramatic presentations, tend toward overly dramatic. maybe we americans prefer comfy stereotypes. your speaking voice is very natural. never caused any distraction to the story.

Woohoo ❤❤

Agreed. Your accent was not a problem at all

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

Yes, thank you, LOVE the English accents you do &, I don't get irrate if you do a US accent, but I have to say I am so relieved you have decided not to do them... there are just sooooo many & mostly they are awful & in the least, awful to listen to. I am an Australian in case that matters ... Have a chuckle about that!

@classicdetective

2 ай бұрын

I only ever did one story with an Australian accent on the classic Ghost podcast. I did attempt another by Hume Nisbet, but I gave up

@annicoyne2983

2 ай бұрын

@@classicdetective Send me a link, don't think I have heard you do Aus accent... we are varied, though not compared to UK😆

@ClassicGhost

2 ай бұрын

@@annicoyne2983 kzread.info/dash/bejne/m4agtKl_kcu7dbA.html

Yes, where is the fearless Tony Walker who personalizes the storytelling experience by being AUTHENTICALLY REAL- “flaws” & all; though, as a long subscriber, I get upset that those few complaints (who need to go elsewhere) are kind of “spoiling” the example/sample of your talents. It’s less the accent & more the cadence & intonation that REALLY MATTERS! When I come to your channel, I WANT to hear your level of storytelling- & truth be told NOT JUST EVERYBODY has the “storytelling it” factor! Tony Walker DOES! Cheers, 🍄

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Nice of you to say that . I deleted that nasty comment anyway and will soon forget it

Narration was great, and you can carry a tune! In the after story narrative, it seemed you made a distinction between English and British. So dumb Midwesterner question, what is the difference?

@siusaidhchaimbeul5499

4 ай бұрын

Short answer: At present, Britain includes nations in addition to England.

@classicdetective

4 ай бұрын

Exactly. I do t believe there is a ‘British’ accent as such

@siusaidhchaimbeul5499

4 ай бұрын

@@classicdetective So many English accents. By contrast, we Canadians have only a few.

Thanks for the chat afterwards. I agree about accents. Readings are better with the appropriate one. I could read Dorothy L Sayers or Georgette Heyer but not any of Rebus or heaven forfend Under Milk Wood. Is there any chance of A Blunt Instrument by Georgette Heyer at all? 🙏

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

I think it's possible as she died in 1974

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Then however I see it's 331 pages long. So... It's too long. Sorry.

@daftirishmarej1827

3 ай бұрын

@@classicdetective thank you so much for even checking. I wasn't expecting that! Maybe I should do it myself? Boh

15/3

I enjoy your "normal" narrating accent. As an American, I probably would have been caught up in listening to you practice a "New York" accent and would not have enjoyed the story as much. I would much rather hear your reading voice and imagine the setting - wherever in the world it might be - than deduce it from the accent you are using. That being said, I do enjoy the stories you read in vernacular. I have no idea where exactly in the UK (is that still an ok name to use?) the accent calls home, but I have confidence that you do.

@classicdetective

Ай бұрын

I think we still call it the UK. Who knows what it might be in the future? We shall all be dissolved in the rain at this rate though

I had to up the speed on this.

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Really funny because someone else commented I was going too fast. But maybe you're referring to that and joking!

I’m hope I’m putting this across correctly. So many detective stories set in Europe for example, are read by English actors and I think they are so much better that way. Perhaps with comedy one could use the local accents effectively. One thing that will make me stop listening is an American narrating an English classic such as any Agatha Christie novel. Why don’t we hear many Georges Simeon stories ? Maigret is such a great fictional detective . Your accent is great, don’t listen to any naysayers.

@jotrimble7688

4 ай бұрын

I have listened to a ,out of Maigret stories. They are out there.

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

I’ve done one Simenon on here but he is great

Listened for the first time today. Loved the story, but....sorry to say, my head was reeling. Especially when listening to that very interesting 'conversation' at the end. You took off like an express train, like you couldn't wait to finish. Please SLOW DOWN. I'm English, born and bred, so the accent wasn't a problem. But as the story progressed, my mental image was that of a gobbling turkey. I don't 'dislike', but I'm sitting on the fence regarding a 'like'. Slow down dear boy, Slow down. Think about your listeners. (You can take this post down after you've read it, as I wouldn't like to influence new listeners. But please, take heed. Don't sacrifice quality over quantity. You have a lot of talent.)

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

I need to reply to this comment to make it go away from my feed

... but it's pronounced "Awl" bany, not "Al" bany.

@classicdetective

Ай бұрын

Yes. you’re not the first to point that out

I love you, but Albany, the capital of New York State, is pronounced ALL- bany, not a flat A.

@classicdetective

3 ай бұрын

Yeah but if i lived there I’d call it Albany.

@footfault

3 ай бұрын

If you lived there, you'd be pronouncing it the American way, with the "Al" part of "Albany" as ALL. Trust me! @@classicdetective

@ClassicGhost

3 ай бұрын

no i would refuse . I would remain Cumbrian

@footfault

3 ай бұрын

Ha, ha, you're such a good sport! We could go on about Woolfardisworthy, Cholmondeley et al., but I totally balk at saying "sin-jin" for "St. John."@@ClassicGhost

@ClassicGhost

3 ай бұрын

@@footfault I’m only joking obviously. I would fall in with the crowd