Best Richard Crowest Podcasts (2024)

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Ghost Stories read by Richard Crowest 0:10

1+ y ago0:10

0:10

“I'm delighted to announce a new series of ghost story readings from E F Benson and other authors. Search YouTube for Ghost Stories read by Richard Crowest.”By Richard Crowest

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James Lamp 33:16

1+ y ago33:16

33:16

“I woke again with the sense that there was something creeping up to the house, like the fog that was now thick outside my window, and seeking admittance.”By Richard Crowest

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The Step 34:53

2y ago34:53

34:53

“With a sudden sinking of his heart, he heard behind him the step which he thought he had silenced for ever.”By Richard Crowest

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The Flint Knife 28:47

2+ y ago28:47

28:47

“I went to sleep at once, and from dreamlessness awoke suddenly to a consciousness of terror and imminent peril.”By Richard Crowest

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Outside the Door 19:52

2+ y ago19:52

19:52

“Terror, that was slowly becoming a little more definite, terror of some dark and violent deed that was momently drawing nearer to me held me in its vice.”By Richard Crowest

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The House with the Brick-Kiln 28:23

3y ago28:23

28:23

“At that moment I saw the face of Fear; my mouth went dry, and I heard my heart leaping and cracking in my throat.”By Richard Crowest

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The Shuttered Room 32:45

3y ago32:45

32:45

“All was not well with the house: in some strange manner the shadow that had come between her closed eyes and the sun as she sat on the garden-bench had entered, and was establishing itself more firmly day by day.”By Richard Crowest

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In the Tube 35:00

3+ y ago35:00

35:00

“I could not stir, I could not speak. I could only strain my ears for the inaudible and my eyes for the unseen, while the cold wind from the very valley of the shadow of death streamed over me.” (Note: this story features a suicide.)By Richard Crowest

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Gavon’s Eve 27:52

3+ y ago27:52

27:52

“Then suddenly I saw something black move in the dimness in front of me, and against the grey foam rose up first the head, then the shoulders, and finally the whole figure of a woman…”By Richard Crowest

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The Temple 39:55

4y ago39:55

39:55

“I am sure that no phantom of the dead that die not could have evoked so unnerving a terror.”By Richard Crowest

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Mrs. Amworth 36:39

4y ago36:39

36:39

“I tell you that vampirism is by no means extinct now. An outbreak of it certainly occurred in India a year or two ago.”By Richard Crowest

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How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery 37:12

4+ y ago37:12

37:12

“Every guest on his arrival in the house is told that the long gallery must not be entered after nightfall on any pretext whatever.”By Richard Crowest

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The Thing in the Hall 29:53

4+ y ago29:53

29:53

“In the shadows in the corner of my room there sits something more substantial than a shadow.”By Richard Crowest

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The Sanctuary 49:44

5y ago49:44

49:44

“Then the sense of nightmare began, for his two companions, gripping him tightly, pulled him along towards it, and he struggled with them knowing there was something terrible within.”By Richard Crowest

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A Tale of an Empty House 29:56

5+ y ago29:56

29:56

“An odd uneasiness came over me, for I had been so certain that the house was uninhabited.”By Richard Crowest

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For the Duration of the War 10:59

5+ y ago10:59

10:59

“It was there, among the gooseberry bushes and beneath the medlar trees, that the temptation to the perpetration of a great literary fraud came to him.”By Richard Crowest

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The Cupboard of the Yesterdays 8:40

6y ago8:40

8:40

“War is a cruelly destructive thing.”By Richard Crowest

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The Purple of the Balkan Kings 7:29

6+ y ago7:29

7:29

“Luitpold Wolkenstein drank his coffee, but the flavour had somehow gone out of it.”By Richard Crowest

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Machaon 36:24

6+ y ago36:24

36:24

“At that moment the memory of the séance the evening before, about which up till now I had somehow felt distrustful and suspicious, passed into the realm of sober fact…”By Richard Crowest

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The Image of the Lost Soul 6:19

6+ y ago6:19

6:19

“There floated up to him, through the noise and bustle of the Cathedral world, a faint heart-aching message from the prisoner in the wicker cage far below.”By Richard Crowest

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The Dance 31:08

6+ y ago31:08

31:08

“Soft as the fall of a single snow-flake, fear settled on his heart…”By Richard Crowest

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Spinach 39:49

6+ y ago39:49

39:49

“Find it and have it buried, and then I shall be free from its dreadful presence.”By Richard Crowest

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Hyacinth 13:50

6+ y ago13:50

13:50

“‘Children with Hyacinth’s temperament don’t know better as they grow older; they merely know more.’”By Richard Crowest

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The Oversight 10:19

6+ y ago10:19

10:19

“‘Intensive bear-gardening was Sir Richard’s description of the whole affair, and I don’t think he exaggerated.’”By Richard Crowest

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The Sheep 12:54

7y ago12:54

12:54

“‘I’m afraid I lost touch with the audience rather over that remark,’ said the Sheep afterwards.”By Richard Crowest

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The Occasional Garden 9:33

7y ago9:33

9:33

“‘It’s too large to be ignored altogether and treated as a yard, and it’s too small to keep giraffes in.’”By Richard Crowest

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The Seven Cream Jugs 12:48

7y ago12:48

12:48

“This particular scion was known by the ignominious and expressive label of Wilfrid the Snatcher.”By Richard Crowest

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Shock Tactics 11:36

7y ago11:36

11:36

“‘Don’t forget the jewels. They are a detail, but details interest me.’”By Richard Crowest

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Morlvera 10:32

7+ y ago10:32

10:32

“They were the sort of toys that a tired shop-assistant displays and explains at Christmas time to exclamatory parents and bored, silent children.”By Richard Crowest

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“And No Bird Sings” 32:24

7+ y ago32:24

32:24

“The only live thing that lurked here was that monstrous, mysterious creature of evil.”By Richard Crowest

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The Bull 10:46

7+ y ago10:46

10:46

“Now, the man of pigments was going to be shown a real picture, a living model of strength and comeliness."By Richard Crowest

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Fate 11:03

7+ y ago11:03

11:03

“There are occasions when one must take one’s Fate in one’s hands. Rex took the lamp in his.”By Richard Crowest

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The Bus Conductor 21:22

7+ y ago21:22

21:22

“Just room for one inside, sir…”By Richard Crowest

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The Mappined Life 9:42

7+ y ago9:42

9:42

“‘We are just so many animals stuck down on a Mappin terrace…’"By Richard Crowest

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The Hedgehog 12:36

7+ y ago12:36

12:36

“‘I sometimes think these garden-parties are a mistake.’"By Richard Crowest

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Mark 10:36

8y ago10:36

10:36

“‘A friend of mine said only the other day that he would as soon think of going into the tropics without quinine as of going on a visit without a couple of Mark Mellowkents in his kit-bag.’"By Richard Crowest

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Excepting Mrs. Pentherby 12:18

8y ago12:18

12:18

“‘The hand that rocks the cradle rocks the world, in a volcanic sense.’"By Richard Crowest

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The Threat 10:36

8y ago10:36

10:36

“‘In the process of recapture the birds learned a quantity of additional language which unfitted them for further service in the Suffragette cause.’"By Richard Crowest

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Canossa 9:55

8y ago9:55

9:55

“‘And may the Lord have mercy on the poll...’"By Richard Crowest

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Monkeys 37:52

8+ y ago37:52

37:52

“A-pen-ara curses any who desecrates or meddles with her bones…”By Richard Crowest

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Quail Seed 14:17

8+ y ago14:17

14:17

“‘We might be living in the Arabian Nights,’ said Miss Fritten, excitedly."By Richard Crowest

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The Interlopers 14:16

8+ y ago14:16

14:16

“A man stood one winter night watching and listening, as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle."By Richard Crowest