This is a Father Brown mystery. One of many short stories featuring the crime solving priest that Chesterton wrote. Can you guess who the murderer is?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/curiousmurmurs/support

Dearth's Farm by Gerald Bullett

Feb 7th, 2021 33m 15s

A story of soul transference and the faults of man when his base desires rule.Gerald Bullett was a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/curiousmurmurs/sup

Keeping His Promise By Algernon Blackwood

Jan 31st, 2021 35m 55s

Beware the promises you make in jest. For you never know when it will come back on you in a most horrific and haunting way. A disturbing story by Algernon Blackwood who was a broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer,

The Murder Of The Mandarin by Arnold Bennett

Jan 24th, 2021 26m 44s

Does the occult exist and can you tap into it by just acknowledging it? One woman find herself wrapped up in the mystery woven by the two men who love her and rule her.Bennett was an English author and prolific writer, he completed 34 novels,

The Ghoul Of Golders Green - Part 4

Jan 20th, 2021 20m 5s

An excellent tale by Michael Arlen. It's a longish story and so it will be told in four parts.Arlen has a very sly and witty sense of humour in this story but that doesn't detract from the chilling descriptions of murder and references to Jack

The Ghoul Of Golders Green - Part 3

Jan 19th, 2021 43m 34s

The Ghoul Of Golders Green - Part 2

Jan 18th, 2021 12m 8s

The Ghoul Of Golders Green - Part 1

Jan 17th, 2021 16m 4s

Episode 8 - The Other Sense by J. S. Fletcher

Nov 22nd, 2020 30m 6s

A psychic boy thought insane, but only he can see the ghost and solve the mystery of why it has appeared. But will anyone believe him?Fletcher was a prolific writer who wrote over 200 books on various subjects. He is probably best known for hi

Episode 7 - Ghost Of Honour by Pamela Hansford Johnson

Nov 15th, 2020 19m 47s

No ghosts are better than ghosts. When you can't have that when staying with friends, the having a ghost with honour is surely better than a ghost without honour. But does that honour mean anything if the ghost has taken particular dislike to y

Episode 6 - The Coat by A. E. D. Smith

Nov 8th, 2020 21m 44s

This chilling tale is the stuff of nightmares. Indeed Smith dreamt this one night and quickly wrote it down for us all to enjoy. Not much is known about Smith other than he was born in Liverpool in 1881, served in WW1 and that he lived in Scotl

Curious Murmurs - Episode 5 - The Dancing Partner by Jerome K. Jerome

Nov 1st, 2020 17m 34s

A grim, almost steampunk imagining from Jerome K. Jerome. This author, best known for Three Men In A Boat and being a light-hearted writer, shows another side of his personality with this story, a twisted dark side.--- Support this podcast:

Halloween Special - Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe

Oct 31st, 2020 27m 15s

From one of the great figures of Horror, this short story from Edgar Allan Poe will make you recoil and wince. Perhaps the brutality will make you want to stay indoors tonight on this Hallows eve. Or perhaps you will rejoice in this gothic mast

Curious Murmurs - Episode 4 - The Diver by A. J. Alan

Oct 25th, 2020 20m 25s

A comic anecdote with a portent of doom. Leslie Harrison Lambert known in public as A. J. Alan, was an English magician, intelligence officer, short story writer and radio broadcaster. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.co

Curious Murmurs - Episode 3 - The Green Light by Barry Pain

Oct 18th, 2020 16m 14s

A sinister story of murder and a descent into madness. Barry Eric Odell Pain was an English journalist, poet and writer and was one of the best at telling dark stories.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/curiou

Curious Murmurs - Episode 2 - Power of the Air by J. D. Beresford

Oct 11th, 2020 19m 20s

An unsettling story to make you fear the darkness. Written by John Davys Beresford an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror and ghost story genres.--- Support this podcast: https:/

Curious Murmurs - Episode 1- Laura by H. H. Munro

Oct 4th, 2020 15m 6s

A short whimsical tale of petty vengeance and reincarnation. Written by British author Hector Hugh Munro who wrote under the pseudonym of Saki. The story first appeared in the Morning Post and it was later collected in the 1914 anthology Beasts