The other day I put on your video Ghost Stories You May Have Missed, over 6 hours of great storytelling, with the stories back to back and no commentary following. I can’t tell you how much I missed your talk after the story. I adore your stories and find your voice soothing and comforting, but almost half the pleasure was lost without you chatting to me at the end. I’ve often heard you say that many complain about your talking after the story is done and I just wanted to tell you what a difference it makes to me.
I listened to this on Substack yesterday, and I'm thrilled for a re-listen today 😊 Thanks for all of the gloriously relaxing hours that you have given me (and all of us!) 😊
Beautifully Narrated Tony!! ~ Thank you very much, yet again, for your Superb Work and Wonderful "Blethering"!! Gratefully appreciated by the Entire Dingbatt Family now!! Namaste,../\,.. Andrea and Critters. ....XxX....
Great story and narration. This is a very unique and well-written story. No blood or gore, and a good old-fashioned ghost story. I keep trying to solve the map in my head! Thanks!
Excuse me?? You are aware this is a channel that's 99.99999% only 19th century & early 20th century tales right?? Sooooo there's no blood and gore in 99.99% of those stories presented. Your opinion is an uneducated pointless one. Good grief!
Really good story and great narration, as always. I think that it was quite sympathetic to the old lady, and I liked the way Walter dLM praised her lovely home and needlework. It clearly contrasted her with the grasping nephew.
It's a folk game in Japan to tell ghost stories in a room lit only by candles, and to extinguish each candle as the person holding it tells their story-- when the last candle goes out, a blue light is supposed to appear in the room, indicating that a ghost or yokai was summoned by all the stories.
@@MoonLitChild I'm absolutely in awe of both Japanese and Scandinavian folk lore, myths and legends. There's quite a few modern Japanese legends too that put the wind up me. They do it so well
This was such a wonderful story to narrate! So well-done! Spoiler… …I thought the main character was about to tear the paper to shreds- but then the flame. Brave, good, true man- he made the right and proper choice! He released her (and the hapless Walter Beverly!). What a beautifully narrated tale. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment- I’m going to replay the story again right now. Bravo, Tony!
Using the phrase "reading for the vibes" from the story sums up what I've been looking for in ghost stories. As I get older, ghost stories have a lot more revelence to me. The "vibes" are a part of what I get from Robert Aickman, Elizabeth Bowen, and M.R. James. Thanks for helping me see the obvious!!
Ooh. I couldn't help picking up the vibe of Norman Bates! 🎻🎻🎻🚿🔪 But no! 😂. That's just me. This is another thuroghly enjoyable narration, story and analisis. Thanks Tony.
I thought Norman Bates as well, even though that is a much more psychologically complex relationship. Interesting, though, to think about Psycho in relation to this story, in that Hitchcock, through a single location and a moment of horrible violence, changes a modern tale of crime and pursuit into a gothic horror story… I very much enjoyed this story and Tony’s sterling narration.
All the vibes, and his style is really lovely. I cherished a book of his poems as a child. I remember there was one I couldn't understand, reading it with such determined contemplation over and over, and remaining perplexed. Thank you Tony.
Walter De La Mare knew how to paint the scene with words. I love how he expresses the isolated setting of the abandoned house quietly through soft moon light as "mist of the garden white as milk and trees standing like phantoms above the drenched grasses" 😊
A very fine, well crafted fabric of unease. I love de la Mare’s style, and this one is just as fine as "All Hallows", that you’ve read with so much passion a while ago.
@@reneelascala5050 Coup de bol, les gens ont rédécoré et ça n’avait PAS SERVI. Comme neuf, sommier et matelas refait à l’ancienne. Je suis très reconnaissante, ça faisait longtemps que je cherchais. Faut dire que j’attends toujours le truc que j’ai dansa la tête...😉
@@StoryVoracious Just a 150 year old bed with high bords... was very lucky, the mattress and box spring all new but made in the old way. Took me ages to find the one I loved in my budget. Waiting was worthwile. They are quite common in France and people sell them because they are unfit to meet modern style. I love what Brits call "victorian furniture"...
Excellent Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect Narration ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❤ Mr. Walker, In your journey of narrating stories, compilations and books, Have you kept track of how many you have narrated so far? ❤
Yes! I read that book as well, and still have it in my library. I always thought it would make a good movie (or better yet, miniseries). I'd love to see the team that did the Little Dorrit and Bleak House miniseries adapt it.
Enjoyed this so much, and your chat afterwards, but it totally threw me when I thought you said: "...so he dressed up as an ANT." 🤣🤣 'Reading for the vibes' is a perfect summation 👍
I really enjoyed this tale, the narration is perfect & your analysis afterwards really interesting. It takes me back to my English Literature lessons at school, where we had to discuss our interpretation of the Author's story. Thank you so much!
The thing that first sprang to my mind was that there was buried evidence that the individual inheriting the house was in fact the son of his ‘aunt’ and his father.
Unusual ghost story. Thank you for discussing it afterwards. If the old lady disliked Walter so much, why not leave her estate to the nephew she did like 'on the other side of the family'. But then, there would be no ghost story !
Transmigration of the soul was a common belief among spiritualists and a theme explored by some Victorian ghost story writers ...De La Mare was definitely influenced by those kinds of stories here.
There is only one problem with the story. The gentleman had already started digging in the grove and the home owner might come across that and still find the hidden money. But I'm satisfied that the home owner would never even think to lift a finger, let alone a shovel, to find the treasure of his dreams.
Not sure I have much of a vibe from this, other than shades of Psycho. Perhaps Beverly has a bit of shame in his averice, allowing the shade of his aunt inside? Is she even named in the story? There are hints that Beverly is in need of some cash, which is primarily why he is staying in the house. Which, I think, is why Aunt Anonymous objects to his presence: he doesn't love the house and she did. Whatever the treasure is, is immaterial (not sure that this is a pun, so I won't apologize for the use). I think if Beverly could even figure it out on his own, the aunt might give up, but she feels someone helping him isn't playing fair. At any rate, since the clue is gone, no one is getting anything, until someone decides to do a little gardening or no one gets anything when a parking lot appears on top of it.
Yes a blue flame. You should try asking a none American, none Muslim who has studied science beyond kindergarten level to explain why a flame burns blue.
The other day I put on your video Ghost Stories You May Have Missed, over 6 hours of great storytelling, with the stories back to back and no commentary following. I can’t tell you how much I missed your talk after the story. I adore your stories and find your voice soothing and comforting, but almost half the pleasure was lost without you chatting to me at the end. I’ve often heard you say that many complain about your talking after the story is done and I just wanted to tell you what a difference it makes to me.
I listened to this on Substack yesterday, and I'm thrilled for a re-listen today 😊 Thanks for all of the gloriously relaxing hours that you have given me (and all of us!) 😊
Ooh, just in time for bed!!! Nitey, all 😊
Gonna pull the duvet over my head! (Which may annoy the dog).
Beautifully Narrated Tony!!
~ Thank you very much, yet again, for your Superb Work and Wonderful "Blethering"!!
Gratefully appreciated by the Entire Dingbatt Family now!!
Namaste,../\,..
Andrea and Critters. ....XxX....
Great story and narration. This is a very unique and well-written story. No blood or gore, and a good old-fashioned ghost story. I keep trying to solve the map in my head!
Thanks!
Excuse me?? You are aware this is a channel that's 99.99999% only 19th century & early 20th century tales right??
Sooooo there's no blood and gore in 99.99% of those stories presented.
Your opinion is an uneducated pointless one. Good grief!
Evening sorted. Thank you Tony.
Really good story and great narration, as always. I think that it was quite sympathetic to the old lady, and I liked the way Walter dLM praised her lovely home and needlework. It clearly contrasted her with the grasping nephew.
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Thanks Tony looking forward to this
Captivating, vivid narration, thought-provoking commentary also this time around. Much appreciated, Tony. Thank you.
Excellent! Thank you, Tony. A very pleasant way to spend a too warm Oregon afternoon.
I love your discussion of the -- your insight is thought-provoking. Thank you 🎉.
"The flame flowed soft and blue." A candle burning blue is the sign of a ghostly presence in American folklore. Maybe folklore in general too.
Also, Sting does that when orcs are close :)
Makes sense considering methane gas burning on marshes since ages was spotted by various cultures.
It's a folk game in Japan to tell ghost stories in a room lit only by candles, and to extinguish each candle as the person holding it tells their story-- when the last candle goes out, a blue light is supposed to appear in the room, indicating that a ghost or yokai was summoned by all the stories.
@@MoonLitChild 😧 won’t be playing that game, 😮but thank you
@@MoonLitChild
I'm absolutely in awe of both Japanese and Scandinavian folk lore, myths and legends.
There's quite a few modern Japanese legends too that put the wind up me. They do it so well
This was such a wonderful story to narrate! So well-done!
Spoiler…
…I thought the main character was about to tear the paper to shreds- but then the flame. Brave, good, true man- he made the right and proper choice! He released her (and the hapless Walter Beverly!). What a beautifully narrated tale.
I thoroughly enjoyed every moment- I’m going to replay the story again right now. Bravo, Tony!
Using the phrase "reading for the vibes" from the story sums up what I've been looking for in ghost stories.
As I get older, ghost stories have a lot more revelence to me. The "vibes" are a part of what I get from Robert Aickman, Elizabeth Bowen, and M.R. James.
Thanks for helping me see the obvious!!
This is a new one to me, and has an intriguing name to boot.
This will be my bedtime story tonight. 😻🐈😻
Ooh. I couldn't help picking up the vibe of Norman Bates!
🎻🎻🎻🚿🔪
But no! 😂. That's just me.
This is another thuroghly enjoyable narration, story and analisis.
Thanks Tony.
I thought Norman Bates as well, even though that is a much more psychologically complex relationship. Interesting, though, to think about Psycho in relation to this story, in that Hitchcock, through a single location and a moment of horrible violence, changes a modern tale of crime and pursuit into a gothic horror story…
I very much enjoyed this story and Tony’s sterling narration.
@@Stratollac The dressing up and possession aspect made me think of Psycho too! Beautifully read as always by Tony.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought of Psycho.
The Homestead is also very Gothic. But no orchard or quincunx.
I did, too 😂.
All the vibes, and his style is really lovely. I cherished a book of his poems as a child. I remember there was one I couldn't understand, reading it with such determined contemplation over and over, and remaining perplexed. Thank you Tony.
I’m pleased that you like it
Walter De La Mare knew how to paint the scene with words. I love how he expresses the isolated setting of the abandoned house quietly through soft moon light as "mist of the garden white as milk and trees standing like phantoms above the drenched grasses" 😊
A very fine, well crafted fabric of unease. I love de la Mare’s style, and this one is just as fine as "All Hallows", that you’ve read with so much passion a while ago.
Thank you, Tony
I really liked this one, a good balance of spooky and mysterious and a bit of wry humor (Aunt dressing up as nephew )
Trying my new 150 years old ”lit bateau" ( boat bed) with it’s newly stuffed woollen mattress. And your story!
J’ai envie de ton nouveau matelas💚
en laine🐑🤍
Oh! How wonderful! I have always wanted one.
I have never known anyone who has even heard of them, and you have one.
Enjoy every moment in it. 😊
@@reneelascala5050 Coup de bol, les gens ont rédécoré et ça n’avait PAS SERVI. Comme neuf, sommier et matelas refait à l’ancienne. Je suis très reconnaissante, ça faisait longtemps que je cherchais. Faut dire que j’attends toujours le truc que j’ai dansa la tête...😉
@@StoryVoracious Just a 150 year old bed with high bords... was very lucky, the mattress and box spring all new but made in the old way. Took me ages to find the one I loved in my budget. Waiting was worthwile. They are quite common in France and people sell them because they are unfit to meet modern style. I love what Brits call "victorian furniture"...
Here in Australia they would be very rare.
Excellent Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Perfect Narration ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❤
Mr. Walker,
In your journey of narrating stories, compilations and books,
Have you kept track of how many you have narrated so far? ❤
i have them i think in the library : it’s nearly 500
Reminds me of Norman Bates dressing up as his mother in Psycho.
Ditto, ditto, thanks so much, Tony. You`re the best.
I have insomnia tonight. Enjoyable story---mainly for your voices of the characters. Enjoyed the ramble more, lol!
Tony, I love your commentary at the end almost as much as the stories!
i'm glad you do. You will know I get complaints but the majority seem to enjoy. Thank you for commenting
Enjoyed, and enjoyed your analysis.
Another excellent narration and good ghost story.
Glad you enjoyed it
Ready to get scared 😱
I read Charles Palliser's The Quincunx too! At 800 pages it was quite an investment but I loved every page.
A nice take on the Dickensian style, 👀
Yes! I read that book as well, and still have it in my library. I always thought it would make a good movie (or better yet, miniseries). I'd love to see the team that did the Little Dorrit and Bleak House miniseries adapt it.
Thank you sir 😊❤
Enjoyable tale made more enjoyable by your excellent narration.
Thank you kindly!
I can't recall experiencing a literary jump scare before. Thanks, Tony! 😨
Enjoyed this so much, and your chat afterwards, but it totally threw me when I thought you said:
"...so he dressed up as an ANT."
🤣🤣
'Reading for the vibes' is a perfect summation 👍
I really enjoyed this tale, the narration is perfect & your analysis afterwards really interesting. It takes me back to my English Literature lessons at school, where we had to discuss our interpretation of the Author's story. Thank you so much!
Thank you very much!
The thing that first sprang to my mind was that there was buried evidence that the individual inheriting the house was in fact the son of his ‘aunt’ and his father.
In the game the banishers the ghosts are held to the mortal realm by an anchor; perhaps the portrait acts as an anchor for the aunt.
Thank you Tony. 🎃👻😊
THIS was a great ghost story! A good story through & through. 👌
Unusual ghost story. Thank you for discussing it afterwards. If the old lady disliked Walter so much, why not leave her estate to the nephew she did like 'on the other side of the family'. But then, there would be no ghost story !
Horror hinges on vibes more than most genres I think. Even if it’s more character driven, vibes are crucial to a good horror story.
I've read the huge novel Quincunx by Charles Palliser but this should be interesting.
I haven't heard this wonderfully written tale in decades. Stellar narrative here, Tony. Best. W My cat ("Charlie") sends greetings. 😺
Hello, Charlie 😽
@@ClassicGhost 📖😺
Transmigration of the soul was a common belief among spiritualists and a theme explored by some Victorian ghost story writers ...De La Mare was definitely influenced by those kinds of stories here.
Sir, you have the perfect voice for ghost stories. Tony Walker, you could read the phone book and it would be utterly mesmerizing.
That's my next video Aardvark to Accolade
Ya dancer! New upload, triffic
just in time for lunch
The way you say "wheezy" at around 4:20 is similar to Stewie from Family Guy's "cool whip" lol
There is only one problem with the story. The gentleman had already started digging in the grove and the home owner might come across that and still find the hidden money. But I'm satisfied that the home owner would never even think to lift a finger, let alone a shovel, to find the treasure of his dreams.
Enjoyed this
Couldn't help but think of Professor Severus Snape dressed as Neville Longbottom's Aunt(boggart)
Perhaps J K got the inspiration from this story? (subconsciously)
@@ClassicGhost who knows, I enjoy both Walter de la Mare and JK Rowling. Thanks for the narration.
I am a man set free
Until the drink gets the better of me
I wonder if this story was any inspiration for Robert Bloch when he wrote 'Psycho' ?
😮🕯️do you think such a personal code of honor, chivalry, exists to the same standard, today, in anyone? 🤔
me obviously
What’s in the box. What’s in the box.
What is this "folk stories" you speak of,is it another of your channel's Tony?if so I've never come across it.Hope you+yours are all good+well
+@craigoliver8712 if you look at the bottom of the youtube channel page you will see a link
Perhaps the love was not unrequited? Perhaps it was even fruitful. Stranger things have happened within families and been hidden.
The narrator sounds like the wonderful actor & reader, Benedict Cumberbatch!
Sir Thomas Browne 'The Garden of Cyrus'
Is this from 30's or 20's, be good to have a few from 60's an earlier
1906
The juxtaposition of a car and candle made me wonder, too.
How about The Lost Stradivarius ny John Meade Falkner
This story influenced his later work, Seaton's Aunt.
Walter of the Sea?
I disagree strongly with the narrators decision.
But then, I would.
A strange man who sides with a grasping ghost rather than his friend.
Not sure I have much of a vibe from this, other than shades of Psycho. Perhaps Beverly has a bit of shame in his averice, allowing the shade of his aunt inside? Is she even named in the story? There are hints that Beverly is in need of some cash, which is primarily why he is staying in the house. Which, I think, is why Aunt Anonymous objects to his presence: he doesn't love the house and she did. Whatever the treasure is, is immaterial (not sure that this is a pun, so I won't apologize for the use). I think if Beverly could even figure it out on his own, the aunt might give up, but she feels someone helping him isn't playing fair. At any rate, since the clue is gone, no one is getting anything, until someone decides to do a little gardening or no one gets anything when a parking lot appears on top of it.
Yes a blue flame. You should try asking a none American, none Muslim who has studied science beyond kindergarten level to explain why a flame burns blue.