60 acast.com Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon https://www.thedungeons.com/london/en/ en Merlin Entertainments ghost stories,story,London dungeons,true crime The London Dungeon Merlin Entertainments For those of you who like a little scare… but prefer the tingly kind to the kind that is on the news; Welcome to Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon.


Every Monday evening, we will be reading the ghost stories of yesteryear, for you to listen to at your pleasure. Maybe a bedtime story?


Coming soon we have classics from the grandfather of gothic horror – Edgar Allan Poe, to stories from 1917 including Dagon, by H. P. Lovecraft.


For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter; @LondonDungeon or visit our website at www.thedungeons.com/London 


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]]> For those of you who like a little scare… but prefer the tingly kind to the kind that is on the news; Welcome to Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon.


Every Monday evening, we will be reading the ghost stories of yesteryear, for you to listen to at your pleasure. Maybe a bedtime story?


Coming soon we have classics from the grandfather of gothic horror – Edgar Allan Poe, to stories from 1917 including Dagon, by H. P. Lovecraft.


For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter; @LondonDungeon or visit our website at www.thedungeons.com/London 


Twitter: twitter.com/londondungeon

Instagram: instagram.com/londondungeon/

Facebook: facebook.com/londondungeonofficial


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]]> false The London Dungeon info+5eb02196e9ebddb802b5f031@mg-eu.acast.com 5eb02196e9ebddb802b5f031 ghost-stories-from-the-london-dungeon episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5eb02196e9ebddb802b5f031/1588601263228-77792ea5fd1fc3a063824225c268ee68.jpeg https://www.thedungeons.com/london/en/ Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:24:31 GMT 9:03 5eff318f64ca9c3d6388074b false https://shows.acast.com/ghost-stories-from-the-london-dungeon/episodes/the-highwayman-by-alfred-noyes 5eff318f64ca9c3d6388074b 5eb02196e9ebddb802b5f031 the-highwayman-by-alfred-noyes full 1 4 A tale of love and loss this week; written in 1904, The Highwayman is a romantic ballad. Set in the England of King George III, the poem tells the story of a highwayman, who has fallen in love with an innkeeper’s beautiful daughter and the betrayal that follows.


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]]> A tale of love and loss this week; written in 1904, The Highwayman is a romantic ballad. Set in the England of King George III, the poem tells the story of a highwayman, who has fallen in love with an innkeeper’s beautiful daughter and the betrayal that follows.


For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter; @LondonDungeon or visit our website at www.thedungeons.com/London 


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]]> The Man of Science – Jerome K. Jerome The Man of Science – Jerome K. Jerome Mon, 08 Jun 2020 18:00:20 GMT 14:18 5ed90b33b6b51c1e48f6ba10 false https://shows.acast.com/ghost-stories-from-the-london-dungeon/episodes/the-man-of-science-jerome-k-jerome 5ed90b33b6b51c1e48f6ba10 5eb02196e9ebddb802b5f031 the-man-of-science-jerome-k-jerome full 1 5 The Man of Science – Jerome K. Jerome


This week, our story is The Man of Science. It is a short ghost story with some comic elements by the British author Jerome K. Jerome, first published in the September 1892.


The story's titular character, and protagonist, comes to believe that a skeleton which he has recently acquired is that of his old enemy, who died before fulfilling his greatest desire... to kill the scientist.


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]]> The Man of Science – Jerome K. Jerome


This week, our story is The Man of Science. It is a short ghost story with some comic elements by the British author Jerome K. Jerome, first published in the September 1892.


The story's titular character, and protagonist, comes to believe that a skeleton which he has recently acquired is that of his old enemy, who died before fulfilling his greatest desire... to kill the scientist.


For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter; @LondonDungeon or visit our website at www.thedungeons.com/London 

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]]> Darkness, by Lord Byron Darkness, by Lord Byron Mon, 25 May 2020 18:00:11 GMT 6:18 5ec7ad0df67e346d2b73c355 false https://shows.acast.com/ghost-stories-from-the-london-dungeon/episodes/darkness-by-lord-byron 5ec7ad0df67e346d2b73c355 5eb02196e9ebddb802b5f031 darkness-by-lord-byron The year without summer full 1 3 Welcome back, this week: Darkness – by Lord Byron.


We take a turn into the natural world this week, with Darkness, a poem by Lord Byron. Written in July 1816, when the largest volcanic eruption on record cast darkness across much of north-east America and northern Europe. 


It was known as The Year without Summer. This darkness inspired Byron to tell an apocalyptic story of the last man on earth…


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]]> Welcome back, this week: Darkness – by Lord Byron.


We take a turn into the natural world this week, with Darkness, a poem by Lord Byron. Written in July 1816, when the largest volcanic eruption on record cast darkness across much of north-east America and northern Europe. 


It was known as The Year without Summer. This darkness inspired Byron to tell an apocalyptic story of the last man on earth…


For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter; @LondonDungeon or visit our website at www.thedungeons.com/London 


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]]> Dagon, by H. P. Lovecraft Dagon, by H. P. Lovecraft Tue, 19 May 2020 18:00:26 GMT 15:22 5ec3def259f03547f4085aa4 false https://shows.acast.com/ghost-stories-from-the-london-dungeon/episodes/dagon-by-h-p-lovecraft 5ec3def259f03547f4085aa4 5eb02196e9ebddb802b5f031 dagon-by-h-p-lovecraft full 1 2 Back again for another dark tale? This week’s story is Dagon, by H. P. Lovecraft, written in July, 1917. 


The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who plans to commit suicide after having been washed up on the shore of a very strange land, inhabited by even stranger creatures. He escapes the land, but not the memories that he tries so hard to suppress…


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]]> Back again for another dark tale? This week’s story is Dagon, by H. P. Lovecraft, written in July, 1917. 


The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who plans to commit suicide after having been washed up on the shore of a very strange land, inhabited by even stranger creatures. He escapes the land, but not the memories that he tries so hard to suppress…


For more fun content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter; @LondonDungeon or visit our website at www.thedungeons.com/London 

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]]> The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe  The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe  Mon, 11 May 2020 18:00:06 GMT 12:14 5eb42bd5e332dca218209199 false https://shows.acast.com/ghost-stories-from-the-london-dungeon/episodes/the-tell-tale-heart-by-edgar-allan-poe 5eb42bd5e332dca218209199 5eb02196e9ebddb802b5f031 the-tell-tale-heart-by-edgar-allan-poe full 1 1 The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe


For those of you who like a little scare… but prefer the tingly kind to the kind that is on the news; Welcome to Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon.


Each week we will be reading the ghost stories of yesteryear, for you to listen to at your pleasure. Maybe a bedtime story?

We start with classic this week, the grandfather of gothic horror – Edgar Allan Poe, and The Tell-Tale Heart.


For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter or visit our website www.thedungeons.com/London 


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]]> The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe


For those of you who like a little scare… but prefer the tingly kind to the kind that is on the news; Welcome to Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon.


Each week we will be reading the ghost stories of yesteryear, for you to listen to at your pleasure. Maybe a bedtime story?

We start with classic this week, the grandfather of gothic horror – Edgar Allan Poe, and The Tell-Tale Heart.


For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter or visit our website www.thedungeons.com/London 


Twitter: twitter.com/londondungeon

Instagram: instagram.com/londondungeon/

Facebook: facebook.com/londondungeonofficial


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]]> <![CDATA[Classic horror stories & poems coming soon ]]> Mon, 04 May 2020 15:38:49 GMT 0:45 5eb025b4b6e879875e51864e false https://shows.acast.com/ghost-stories-from-the-london-dungeon/episodes/coming-soon 5eb025b4b6e879875e51864e 5eb02196e9ebddb802b5f031 coming-soon Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon trailer 1 For those of you who like a little scare… but prefer the tingly kind to the kind that is on the news; Welcome to Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon.


Every Monday evening, we will be reading the ghost stories of yesteryear, for you to listen to at your pleasure. Maybe a bedtime story?


For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter; @LondonDungeon or visit our website at www.thedungeons.com/London 


Twitter: twitter.com/londondungeon/

Instagram: instagram.com/londondungeon/

Facebook: facebook.com/londondungeonofficial

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]]> For those of you who like a little scare… but prefer the tingly kind to the kind that is on the news; Welcome to Ghost Stories from The London Dungeon.


Every Monday evening, we will be reading the ghost stories of yesteryear, for you to listen to at your pleasure. Maybe a bedtime story?


For more content, find us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter; @LondonDungeon or visit our website at www.thedungeons.com/London 


Twitter: twitter.com/londondungeon/

Instagram: instagram.com/londondungeon/

Facebook: facebook.com/londondungeonofficial

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