In the Tube | A Ghost Story by E. F. Benson | A Bitesized Audio Production
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2019
- An atmospheric tale from the early days of the London underground at the start of the 20th century. A traveller on the last tube train home has a series of unsettling and inexplicable experiences, but are they shadows of the past - or the future?
A new, original recording of a classic public domain text, read and performed by Simon Stanhope for Bitesized Audio.
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Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) is best remembered today for his social satires of the 1920s, the Mapp and Lucia stories. However in his lifetime he was perhaps more famous for his many "spook stories" (as he liked to call them) which he composed regularly for publication in periodicals - usually Hutchinson's or Pearson's magazines - from the mid 1890s through to the 1930s. He was a friend and contemporary of M. R. James, the most celebrated of 20th century ghost story authors, and was a member of the Chitchat Club, the Cambridge University literary society where James would read aloud his ghost stories to a select few. E. F. Benson's own output of supernatural tales encompasses an unusually wide and adventurous range of styles and themes, including stories of vampires, homicidal spirits, monstrous creatures, as well as satires of charlatan mediums.
Historical note: London Underground history buffs will know that the tube station at the centre of this story, Dover Street, is now known as Green Park. Designed by Leslie Green, Dover Street station opened in 1906 as part of the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, receiving its current name in the early 1930s when the station was refurbished as part of a series of changes to the Piccadilly Line - changes which also included the closure of a number of stations on the line, notably Down Street (in between Piccadilly Circus and Dover Street/Green Park) and Brompton Road, the home station of Anthony Carling in this story (in between Knightsbridge and South Kensington).
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Having spent much time traveling the London tube late at night I can appreciate the strange place it can be at that time...... thanks for another excellent story....
Now this is funny. I just finished watching a documentary called 'Ghosts of the Underground' on another channel which has employees of the underground ie the 'Tube' and their paranormal experiences. Plus they tell you about the churches, graveyards etc that were bulldozed out of the way to make way for the various Tube lines.
Beautifully read, thank you for posting this. E.F Benson is my favourite author of ghost stories - although M.R. James is undoubtedly the master of the genre, there are so few stories, compared to Benson.
For anyone not familiar with E.F. Benson, he was the son of an Archbishop of Canterbury - an austere man, whose sons grew up in awe of him. E.F.B also wrote the glorious Mapp and Lucia books. One of his brothers also wrote, and had a collection of ghost stories published.
Thanks Hannah, glad to know you enjoyed it. Yes, I hope to record some A. C. Benson at some point too (as well as more from E. F. of course)
@@BitesizedAudio I am enjoying your E.F. Benson stories and look forward to your A.C. Benson - having in the past enjoyed reading R.H. Benson's The Light Invisible and The Mirror of Shallott stories: have you considered any of them? It would be a treat to hear one narrated by you, rather than merely in 'my mind's voice'!
London underground good setting for ghost stories, good story. 👻👻
I think that this may be the best ghost/ paranormal story ever .
Just wonderful! Thank You. 🌹
Thanks for listening Bears Lake
It's always a strange mixture of emotions when I listen to this one. I cry, because it terrifies me; but I laugh, because I realise how much I love you!
Thank you.
An apology of quantum physics so artfully applied, here. Thank you so much. 🙏🏽🛰 poetic and just.
Thanks John, good to hear from you
Thank you so much for this, I’ve heard a very shortened and inferior version which has made me avoid it!!! But hearing the proper full version,I realise what a brilliant story it really is!!✊
Thanks Julie, glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for sharing, there may be millions of spooky stories on RUclips, but so many aren’t my style and of the high quality you upload on your channel. I always look forward to listening to your audiobooks and many times in fact listen to the same ones over again.😍
Many thanks for your kind feedback, much appreciated.
I'm similar. If I'm not in the mood then I don't listen. My moods change. Go forth and be you.
I love these uploads, I would never have come across, nor had I done so, chosen to read any of these stories, so my mind has been opened, and that is always a positive thing
Terrific . E F Benson is so good at creating an atmosphere out of seemingly ordinary things.
I’m a fan of Benson and a member of the E F Benson Society, but the members like to concentrate on Mapp and Lucia. However, I love Fred’s dark side and this was superbly read and satisfyingly spooky. Thank you very much.
No way! THIS person also wrote Mapp and Lucia??! I’m a fan of M &L, but THIS is superior.
Thank you for sharing!
One of E.F. Benson's best stories in my opinion. And you gave it such a wonderful read.
Thanks Buya, kind of you to say so. I'm preparing more E. F. Benson at the moment....
These stories are so well read, and such a perfect length, not hours and hours long. What an enjoyable listen this was! Thanks so much. I subscribe, absolutely.
Thanks for subscribing, and for your lovely feedback.
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A wonderful story, beautifully told. The Room In The Tower by Benson is also a very spooky story.
Thanks Cary. Yes, that's a great story, and it is on my list for recording in the near future
Thank you Thank you These are all wonderful!
Glad you like them, thanks Andy
Wonderful thank you for your hard work.
Very well read sir. Thank you
I love these and which you could put them out daily. It's interesting that the 19th and early 20th century writers ended their stories so abruptly. I often find myself cuing the video to the final minute or two to make sure that the story is actually over ... especially in this tale!
Agreed! Though I never thought of it like that! It’s like I am just listening along fully immersed and all the sudden - THE END- ! 😜 well done as always Simon!
Great writer and narrator working together yanking our feelings about - magic!
Bravo 👏🏻 Your readings are glorious and appreciated 🍂 Thank You 🍂
Thank you Frances!
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This my third story this morning ( I was up very early ) and they have all been very good , thank you
These stories are so good, and so well narrated .
Thank you!
Marvelous! Thank you!
Thanks Emily!
Kept me riveted until the end thank you
I love your videos so much. I work with insurance and these videos help my day immensely. Thank you.
Glad to be of service! Thanks for listening
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This story is quite deep . . . unlike most other ghost tales from the period.
Excellent... Thank you!
Great story. And nicely narrated as always.
An extremely unusual and fascinating story. The Tube is so haunted there have been documentaries with testimony from people who worked there. This story is also haunting, to say the least!
Spookily good! Thanx!
this was a good one, love them, perfectly delivered again! Gx
So cool that he described with "and behind that, another beginning, and another beginning, and another..." infinity of existence _and_ fractals of the Mandelbrot set. _In the tube_ was published 1 year before Mandelbrot was born.
Superb! Your rendering of Benson's beautiful and perfectly cadenced prose brings out all the fascinating genius of this chilling tale, surely one of the greatest 20th century ghost stories in its eeriness but also in its depth. The opening reflections on time remind me of the opening of The Magic Mountain and they run through the tale like a leitmotif until the very end. I've now listened to it three times...and that won't be the last. Thank you again!
You're most welcome! Also, thank you so much for your "coffee" contribution today, and your kind comments. Best wishes
Love your selections. Just found you. Just subbed. TYVM.
Thanks for subscribing, and for taking the time to comment, much appreciated
I discovered your channel very recently, much to my delight. The stories are masterpieces of the genre & very ably read. Please keep them coming thick & fast. Diolch yn fawr.
Croeso! Glad you found the channel, and great to know you enjoy the stories. Will certainly keep them coming as regularly as I can (hoping to upload the next in the coming days). Thanks for listening, and for your kind feedback
What a wonderful story. I just love your stories and the narrations.
This is one of my all time favorite ghost stories. The way it begins with the discussion of time, and its meaning. And then...the events..and the..slippage...
I feel so extremely privileged to have stumbled upon your channel Bitesized Audio. Absolutely brilliant & so well read. Thank you Simon. 🥰
Thank you for your lovely comment Sue C, I'm very glad you stumbled here too! I hope you enjoy the rest of the stories, thanks for listening
Me too 😊
Wonderful, again. Well chosen, beautifully delivered.
Wonderful accompaniment to my family history research! Thanks. Great narrative. :)
Glad you enjoyed it - what an engaging occupation, I hope you make some interesting discoveries!
I found this story quite enjoyable for a number of reasons. First, the narration was perfect as usual, kudos Simon. Secondly it reminded me how I had so enjoyed “ghost” stories as a child, a teen and a young man. Later though, I found myself living “ghost stories”. They were remarkable experiences. The first few times were a bit scary, but once I got used to such interactions, I completely lost my fears and merely interacted with my visitors to act on their behalf. These experiences were among the most satisfying of my life.
Gripping facinating story, Thank you!
Brilliant! I love these fireside narrations of supernatural occurrences in general and this one has the added attraction of some fascinating digressions on time, eternity and human death. Thank you for such a diverting listen and you do read so beautifully.
Thanks Keith, much appreciated!
Gish its been a while since I listened to your stories, like finding an old friend.
Welcome back!
Thank you, again.
This has been my favourite reading to date. Thank you.
Another good reading. Thanks.
Thank you 😷
Enjoyed. Each apparition is different. I suppose depends on the person.
Love E.F. Benson. His brother wrote some very good novellas and short storiestoo. No writers today can match these writers that created the genre. A reader can make or break a book or a story you add to these tales with your readings. Both story and Reader are most excellent. Thank You very much!!
Thanks DC
Both his brothers wrote some really cracking stories - but E.F. was more prolific.
DrDespicable could you tell me their names? Please and thank u?!
Martin White Benson, Arthur Christopher Benson ,Edward Frederic Benson.
Thanks Digital Concepts. There's also R. H. Benson (Robert Hugh), isn't there? I've read a couple of his ghost stories in the past but not sure if I've read any of A. C.'s - I need to refresh my memory of the Benson family output! Lots of potential material for future recordings....
♥️love these...thank you.
me again Thank you 😷
Great story told by a master narrator Simon S. Hope 😂
I hope I spelled hope right.🤔
Thank you!
I always love these, but there are a particular few where Simon deploys his "quiet, slow, dream-like" voice. Wood of the Dead and Was It An Illusion? also I think Room in the Tower I place in this category. Either peaceful-introspective or mysterious-sinister but smooooth either way. Oh also The Bus Conductor.
Down in the tube station at midnight....
No no no. He was shown the act in order for him to take advantage of the opportunity to stop it!
Oh... it's just a story 😉
I really enjoy this era’s story telling style, the ghost-stories in particular, but I never feel satisfied with the endings. It’s as if someone whisks away my plate before I’ve finished eating.
Ah yes, crisis intervention from the days of "throw a bucket of ice water over 'em, and if that doesn't help, malaria". I really like the cold wind of desolation notion, though I wish it really was that specific and spooky wind preceeding a train on the Picadilly line. I also rather dislike all these gentlemen, even if the narrator's passivity is somewhat understandable due to being hauled out of his philosophical comfort zone without warning. Still, my vague indignance with them rather than the author speaks to the quality of the work. Thank you for your excellent acting and reading to me.
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Nobody' exist, but only' for a moment.
Look at this fantastic video of Simon on vimeo - vimeo.com/239593768 So handsome and such a great actor! In a perfect world, we'd be having tea and biscuits and a great convo! Thank you Sir Stanhope!!
Nice time for a mystery! “They Never Found a Body” ruclips.net/video/7pfXLyAvS08/видео.html
right here on YT under “Claude Chabot Presents” AND a curious little radio fantasy comedy, “A Trip to the Moon” starring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners, as well as two unique ghost stories. If you don’t want to click the link just search “Claude Chabot presents” on RUclips.
@@hudsony777 Merci Claudio or Claude! Are you Cladio de Rochefoucault or Claude Chabot? Joyce Randolph was Trixie! How great! Thanks very much! I'll have to check it out and give you a thumbs up!
@@sugarfalls1 Yes, it really is "Trixie" in this. It was fun working with Joyce. She's a friend of another actor in the comedy whom I knew. You should recognize Joyce's (older) voice. I do hope you enjoy and I hope I earn the thumbs up.
It just occurred to me, the narrators voice and diction reminds me of the narrator on "Rocky and Bullwinkle" cartoons.
I checked into it, and the narrator of the cartoons, both new & old, have an American accent, NOT british. Very interesting that commenters are saying that it sounds the same. Doesnt even have the same timbre. 🤔
@@shellchenonceau6987 Narrator of Rocky and Bullwinkle was famous American actor William Conrad!
Sort of abridged calvinism like that of George Macdonald. Time is not a line or mere quantity. Future holds the quality of that wich is possible. Past
, of that wich is factual. Present, of that wich is actual. Yet calvinism itself denies that Future is Just the Domain of that wich is possible, therefore, no freedom, and also no choice, for hell as well.
Sounds like a midnight freshman bull session…
38 : 06 The texture of actuality...
...might be... реальность на ощупь...who knows...?
Nice time for a mystery! “They Never Found a Body” ruclips.net/video/7pfXLyAvS08/видео.html
right here on YT under “Claude Chabot Presents” AND a curious little radio fantasy comedy, “A Trip to the Moon” starring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners, as well as two unique ghost stories. If you don’t want to click the link just search “Claude Chabot presents” on RUclips.
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Please, What is the name of the narrator?
Hello Tania, I'm the narrator... my name is Simon Stanhope, and I've narrated all the stories on this channel. This is one of my very earliest efforts - more recently I introduce myself on camera at the start of the stories:
www.youtube.com/@BitesizedAudio/videos
Can you tell us, please, who is doing the narration?
Apologies for the delayed reply... All the stories on this channel (so far) are narrated by me. My name is Simon Stanhope, I'm a UK-based actor and voice over artist. Thanks for listening.
@@BitesizedAudio You have such a wonderful, well-bred voice. It's a delight to listen to such amazing voice-acting. Thank you for sharing.
Very kind of you to say so, thank you!
@@BitesizedAudio Thank *you* - and please accept my apologies for my own delay in replying. I very much enjoy your performance/narration, and I hope that you're getting enough work professionally to continue this marvelous work. And you're welcome - you make listening a pleasure.
Wtf why he spitting at the beggining tho why he gotta give me a existential crisis im trynna go to bed
What do you mean? Sounds unkind & nasty, but I may be mistaken.