The Gardener by E F Benson

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Classic Ghost Stories Podcast - Tony Walker

Classic Ghost Stories Podcast - Tony Walker

5 місяців тому

Hugh and Margaret Grainger rent a lovely old house near a golf course. At the bottom of the garden is a mysterious, well-kept thatched cottage that appears unoccupied. However, a visitor senses a strange presence within and occasionally sees lights or figures inside. Margaret, fascinated with communicating via planchette, starts receiving odd messages from an entity calling himself "the gardener."
He announces a desire to enter the main house, catapulting the Graingers into disturbing events. The empty cottage is not so empty after all, and the gardener's unseen presence brings terror to the once-idyllic home.
Through the planchette, Margaret has unlocked a portal between worlds, allowing a malevolent spirit access into the realm of the living.
Now the Graingers must confront the implications of meddling with forces beyond their understanding.
I was sent the anthology The Dead of Winter
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By profile books. The Gardener by E F Benson is one of ten classic winter ghost stories in that anthology edited by Cecily Gayford.
Thanks to Profile Books for the copy they sent me.
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 109
@connieohara7301
@connieohara7301 5 місяців тому
I love ❤ your channels sooooo much. I can't get enough. I've listened to every story on every channel multiple times. Thank you for all of your hard work. Need more LATE NIGHT RADIO please. They're my favorite because it's just you talking.
@AmandaLee-in2yl
@AmandaLee-in2yl 5 місяців тому
My weekend starts here thank you for all your hard work
@jeanetteshaw4573
@jeanetteshaw4573 5 місяців тому
It's always like Christmas when your stories pop-up! So excited🎉🎉🎉😊
@deirdrelegg1160
@deirdrelegg1160 4 місяці тому
Wow. This reminds me of the stories we used to listen to on the radio as kids. I especially loved hearing a page being turned in the background and the words ! Classic writing was an art form so thank you. Food for the ears😊
@Boogie_the_cat
@Boogie_the_cat 5 місяців тому
Oh yeah! This'll be tonight's bedtime story. I'm happy to hear another Benson story i was not familiar with.
@wmritchey1101
@wmritchey1101 5 місяців тому
I've missed these books (I've never read but should have! ) thanks
@PippaAT
@PippaAT 5 місяців тому
A 'budget' was a term for a large amount of writing, so I imagine she had a pile of letters to post. I enjoyed this story.
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
I didn't know that! Thank you.
@PippaAT
@PippaAT 5 місяців тому
It was also the name of a small leather bag, so a lady might say, "I have written an absolute budget of letters, and must needs get it in the mail."
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
@@PippaAT very interesting!
@DevonExplorer
@DevonExplorer 2 місяці тому
Ah, that's interesting. Thanks, PippaAT. I did think it might have been because, as the wife of a landowner, she would have the household accounts - or budget - to deal with. Great to learn something new. :)
@allysonlewis1576
@allysonlewis1576 5 місяців тому
I love EF Bensons writing. You bring these stories to life beautifully. Thank you
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
My pleasure!
@jessisage4708
@jessisage4708 5 місяців тому
Oooh! Love Benson and you reading well anything!
@reneelascala5050
@reneelascala5050 5 місяців тому
Just the thing to keep me at the moonlit evening’s efforts: mincemeat, orange curd, candied peel-all from scratch🎄🏡❤️With proper mixed spice too😊
@ruthtodd6022
@ruthtodd6022 5 місяців тому
Perfect timing! Thank you!
@lunablue745
@lunablue745 5 місяців тому
Yea! A wonderful weekend gift! Still waiting for some snorkeling.🐾😁
@stardust949
@stardust949 5 місяців тому
I loved your description of a "cozy", not too horrifying---and the same, but slightly different. Pretty much, yes. Lately I've had to walk away from so many different shows because I can't withstand them, for whatever reason. This story was pretty good. The whole 'planchet' thing brought back memories of when I'd do Ouija board when I was young. Playing about with The UNKNOWN. *spooky laughter*
@TheCrone
@TheCrone 5 місяців тому
Oh yeah , perfect!
@lyndabrennan4560
@lyndabrennan4560 5 місяців тому
Nice, thank you x
@rzarco01
@rzarco01 5 місяців тому
Beautifully done, Tony, just beautifully done. You hit the nail on the head in your post narrative monologue when you describe the story as "cozy" with just enough Gothic chill to make it interesting. What a great choice and a lovely read!
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Glad you enjoyed it
@joycebowen8958
@joycebowen8958 5 місяців тому
I am loving it ❤ Also... the thumbnail picture reminds me of Rasputin the mad monk.😆
@THEPAGEBURNER1979
@THEPAGEBURNER1979 5 місяців тому
Thanks Tony 😂
@kerrieross3425
@kerrieross3425 4 місяці тому
You have now become my reward, after finishing my assignments, which, unfortunately means I don't get to hear you much anymore, I better work harder and faster :D. It gives me something to work towards.
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 4 місяці тому
You don’t have to wait though :)
@Robert-A-R
@Robert-A-R 5 місяців тому
This sounds like it’s gonna be a good un. Asante sana
@violetfemme411
@violetfemme411 5 місяців тому
Ohhhh yeah! 💜
@veradennis7502
@veradennis7502 5 місяців тому
Like Kitty below, it was great to hear a 'new' Benson story! Plus - that's a brilliant old photograph, and perfect for this tale.
@tracibrown6431
@tracibrown6431 5 місяців тому
Thanks!
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 3 місяці тому
Sorry I didn't thank you immediately. Thank you very much! Thanks Traci
@susanmercurio1060
@susanmercurio1060 5 місяців тому
Okay, Tony, you deliciously terrified me! Thank you! I would rather have you read the stories to me than to read them from the book.
@babs675
@babs675 3 місяці тому
Do love your chat at the end of each story. ❤
@Westeross
@Westeross 5 місяців тому
Beautifully read - thank you 👍🏻🇦🇺👍🏻
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Thank you kindly!
@SevenPlanets777
@SevenPlanets777 5 місяців тому
Hi, discovering your channel.. So many great stories and authors! Clark Ashton Smith and authors from Weird Tales magazine wrote great stories. I searched your vids for Seabury Quinn to no avail. If you don't know his stories, they're perfect for your channel. Another great source of stories is Alfred Hitchock's countless anthologies with silly names, but some stories are just excellent. Cheers!
@cavecavecavecave5295
@cavecavecavecave5295 5 місяців тому
Beautifully narrated, a joy to listen to.
@Michael-qm3xe
@Michael-qm3xe 5 місяців тому
Thanks Tony
@martiwilliams4592
@martiwilliams4592 5 місяців тому
Elegant, gripping also this time around. Again, Tony, Masterful. Thank you.
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Thanks again
@Thomas-wn7cl
@Thomas-wn7cl 5 місяців тому
When I first listened to you channel, I was not too keen on the podcast aspect. Well, it has really grown on me and I enjoy both part quite bit. Thank you.
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Glad you do. Some people don't but that's fine too. I don't go round their houses and use tongs to force them to listen.
@Thomas-wn7cl
@Thomas-wn7cl 5 місяців тому
@ClassicGhost Your psychological, historical, philosophical, and social observations create a very articulate description of the world we inhabit.
@annicoyne2983
@annicoyne2983 5 місяців тому
excellent narration, great story too.
@katyvdb5993
@katyvdb5993 5 місяців тому
Very enjoyable, and I like the way the end is tinged with pity and compassion. I wonder if you are familiar with E F Benson's 'Lucia' novels? In those, he has a wonderful time being very, very funny at the expense of his characters who dabble in the occult, including the planchette ('Lucia in London'). A completely different approach from his many ghost stories!
@snowysnowyriver
@snowysnowyriver 5 місяців тому
Excellent! Thank you! You have a voice made for narration of classic tales. 😊
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Thank you :)
@beckymartin1810
@beckymartin1810 5 місяців тому
Good story and the analysis was enlightening. Thanks Tony!
@MrsWilberforce2
@MrsWilberforce2 5 місяців тому
Loved this one! It was super creepy and super entertaining! Great choice! (All these exclamation points!)
@lsb9073
@lsb9073 4 місяці тому
Thanks for the story Just a detail, around 3:29 InEXorably ✔️ InexORably X 😊
@JennyLane8666
@JennyLane8666 3 місяці тому
Thank you for introducing me to "old E. F.", he has become one of my favourites. That was Perfectly Splendid!
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 3 місяці тому
Splendid. I dont think he’d go as far as spiffing
@deegeraghty9426
@deegeraghty9426 4 місяці тому
Thank you for this ghost story.😊
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 4 місяці тому
Thanks for listening
@hughoxford8735
@hughoxford8735 3 місяці тому
Brilliant. Inexorably has the emphasis on the ex.
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 3 місяці тому
:)
@leonaheraty3760
@leonaheraty3760 3 місяці тому
Thank you Tony! 😊
@geraldinestone2274
@geraldinestone2274 2 місяці тому
What a wonderful discovery to find your channel. This is the first video I have listened to. I look forward to working my way through the other videos.
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 2 місяці тому
Welcome!
@Cat_festation
@Cat_festation 5 місяців тому
Highly descriptive and immersive; I truly enjoyed this one.
@susanotway7875
@susanotway7875 5 місяців тому
A great one! Thanks Tony.
@roxyabrooks864
@roxyabrooks864 5 місяців тому
This is an unexpected post-holiday treat! Thank you for your wonderful stories!
@joannemorris4451
@joannemorris4451 4 місяці тому
I'm liking E.F. more and more. The picture is creeepy. Thanks
@donaldmccleary9015
@donaldmccleary9015 5 місяців тому
Great story and narration! This story has Benson written all over it. Thanks!
@vanillasuncherries
@vanillasuncherries 5 місяців тому
Excellent job Tony!!❤
@dougalbutchy2596
@dougalbutchy2596 5 місяців тому
Most enjoyable, thank you!
@michaelfagan1823
@michaelfagan1823 5 місяців тому
Tony thanks very much for these downloads best wishes Micky F😎🙏☯️
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Thanks Micky
@kathleenellenford4816
@kathleenellenford4816 5 місяців тому
Beautifully done!
@KristinChoruby
@KristinChoruby 5 місяців тому
Oh no, Planchette returns!
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
:)
@anjavonpfeil4312
@anjavonpfeil4312 5 місяців тому
Nicely read. It sounded like you were relating your own story.
@Bebecat477
@Bebecat477 5 місяців тому
Great story. I enjoyed it immensely. Thank you.
@angelaroberts2803
@angelaroberts2803 5 місяців тому
Well read tony.Thank you.I enjoy your talk after.
@user-ei7sd1xz1u
@user-ei7sd1xz1u 5 місяців тому
Just joyened you all
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
welcome
@meese9140
@meese9140 5 місяців тому
The old timey sexism KILLS ME 😂These dudes: we must not let Margaret know we suspect the house is haunted it would frighten her. Margaret, who communes with the dead nightly: you guys will never guess the fucked up murder suicide Lord Ashfield just told me about! Isn’t that crazy? You KNOW that were she alive today, she’d be one of those gals who eats lunch while watching forensics files 😂
@robertcook2572
@robertcook2572 5 місяців тому
Language
@lisap.1826
@lisap.1826 5 місяців тому
❤❤❤😂😂😂
@gunners8487
@gunners8487 5 місяців тому
Fabulous reading, thanks for bringing this tale to life, Tony.
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Thanks for listening
@lowrispooner2279
@lowrispooner2279 5 місяців тому
Wonderful thank you so much
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Welcome!
@ropeburnsrussell
@ropeburnsrussell 5 місяців тому
Just to aide your market research, i will listen to a chapter a week, but i wont invest 4 hours or more at a clip. Thats only me, of course. I liked this story, sort of standard script but quite well done. I will never use a planchette,ever.
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Fair enough!
@moviedude1850
@moviedude1850 5 місяців тому
This one has the creepy factor. Absolutely love it!
@thurayya8905
@thurayya8905 5 місяців тому
Margaret's budget may be for charity work and unpaid, as a good upper-class wife might dabble in for the thanks of the neighborhood. I'm not quite sure why Hugh doesn't want his wife to know what has happened. It can't be to protect her, as she has the best handle on the spirit world. It seems to me that he feels like it would give her the upper hand in the situation and he is more uncomfortable with that than the ghost.
@paskj1
@paskj1 5 місяців тому
Thanks
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 3 місяці тому
Sorry I didn't thank you immediately. Thank you very much!
@lisap.1826
@lisap.1826 5 місяців тому
40K subscribers 🎉🎉🎉! Congrats Tony! ❤
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
you noticed! i was asleep when it happened. i’m a bit dazed by it all
@sujataorang9090
@sujataorang9090 5 місяців тому
Quality content + consistency, loving your channel ❤❤
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Thanks very much!!
@SC-jh9qp
@SC-jh9qp 5 місяців тому
I was expecting a Jump-Scare right at the end there.
@Rickkennett143
@Rickkennett143 5 місяців тому
Hasn't Hugh Grainger turned up in other Benson stories?
@SC-jh9qp
@SC-jh9qp 5 місяців тому
The Bus Conductor.
@EnCryptedClassicHorror
@EnCryptedClassicHorror 5 місяців тому
He's in a few I think. "And No Bird Sings" is also Hugh Grainger.
@thurayya8905
@thurayya8905 5 місяців тому
Thanks! His name sounded very familiar, but thought it was just me.
@meganmcnelis7136
@meganmcnelis7136 5 місяців тому
I've only known a planchette to be moved without any kind of mechanical power, so it's interesting to hear him call it a "machine." Perhaps he's referring to it being "powered" by a supernatural force? 🤔
@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz 5 місяців тому
I missed like FIVE videos that are stories I haven’t read or heard… can you say: “BONANZA”? LolfrknL. Cheers, Tx tons, T.
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Welcome as always
@ThomasAllan-up4td
@ThomasAllan-up4td 3 місяці тому
This stuff would bore anyone to a mind-numbing standstill..if not to death. Too wordy.
@mrblaxto
@mrblaxto 5 місяців тому
Reading is too cheerful for my taste, loses its creepiness for me. I feel it's a real pitfall of some narrators to inject too much personality into stories, I don't care for it.
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 5 місяців тому
Noted. Thanks for popping by and sharing your opinions
@connieohara7301
@connieohara7301 5 місяців тому
I love ❤ your channels sooooo much. I can't get enough. I've listened to every story on every channel multiple times. Thank you for all of your hard work. Need more LATE NIGHT RADIO please. They're my favorite because it's just you talking.
@Su-Jo
@Su-Jo 5 місяців тому
Same! I listen to Late Night Radio over and over again, it's that good!
@allisonjones3064
@allisonjones3064 10 днів тому
Thanks!
@scoutrifle6827
@scoutrifle6827 5 місяців тому
Thanks!
@ClassicGhost
@ClassicGhost 3 місяці тому
Sorry I didn't thank you immediately. Thank you very much!
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