Christmas Ghost Stories

Jon Briggs
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Since Victorian times, Christmas has traditionally been the time of year to gather around a log fire, turn the lights down low and indulge in a Ghost Story. Every year - journalist and broadcaster Jon Briggs (also known as the original voice of Siri on your iPhone in the UK) has recorded a haunted tale - thrilling enough to freeze your mulled wine and send shivers down the back of Santa's neck. These tales of the supernatural are collated here for your delectation and delight from 2015 onwards. You will remember to come back next Christmas...won't you?

Episodes

  1. SEASON 1, EPISODE 12 TRAILER

    Something Wicked this Way Comes....

    A Ghost Story is not just for Christmas..... To subscribe to Fireside ghost stories - just click this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2595373/subscribe ↗️ Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    2 min
  2. Christmas 2025 - Slay Bells Ring... Are You Listening?

    12/24/2025

    Christmas 2025 - Slay Bells Ring... Are You Listening?

    How time flies - another year has passed and it is time for another Christmas Ghost Story.  If you are new to us - Welcome - and if you have followed us for a while - you are very welcome back. We have a first for you this year because this year's tale is an original - never seen or heard - or indeed read until now. It also includes original music from my nephew - Sam.   Set in that narrow hour before midnight, when bells wait in their towers and houses hold their breath. It is a story of echoes rather than apparitions, of something unfinished, and of a presence that does not return to haunt — but to be heard.  The Bells of Marlowe House is told in the best Victorian traditions - with music composed and recorded by my amazing nephew - Sam Gold - who you can find here: @samgold_music. Jon Briggs is a journalist,  broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK ("Daniel" on all Apple devices) or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show.  Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost stories; https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    1h 15m
  3. Christmas 2024 - Little Chance of a Silent Night

    12/24/2024

    Christmas 2024 - Little Chance of a Silent Night

    We are celebrating 10 years of scary Christmas fireside entertainment! This year we reveal the goings on inside Number Ninety. If you have ever toyed with the idea of spending a night in an already haunted house, here is a cautionary tale. First published in 1890 and written by the Irish author B.M.Croker - a women who could boast that the prime minister - William Gladstone - was among her readers.  Jon Briggs is a journalist,  broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show.  Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost stories; https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    33 min
  4. Christmas 2023 - We Wish You a Scary Christmas

    12/24/2023

    Christmas 2023 - We Wish You a Scary Christmas

    Thank you for taking the time to download and listen to this year's scary festive tale. It's a real cracker this year- and you don't even have to wear the paper hat! The Tale of the Monkey's Paw in it's original form, as written by W.W. Jacobs, is a "3 wishes" story with a cautionary tale enclosed. Although subsequently made into several films, the original story remains the scariest and the best. Jon Briggs is a journalist,  broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show.  Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost stories; https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    31 min
  5. Christmas 2022 - Do You Hear What I Hear?

    12/24/2022

    Christmas 2022 - Do You Hear What I Hear?

    I'm so pleased you have returned for this year's Christmas Ghost Story. Written by  a master of the supernatural - Algernon Blackwood. We last read his work in 2015. As well as being a prolific ghost story writer, he also happens to be a master of my own profession - broadcasting. In this year's tale, our hero is a 4th year student at Edinburgh University - but his hours of peaceful study are about to be rudely interrupted...  Jon Briggs is a journalist,  broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him via  http://www.jonbriggs.com Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost stories; https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    37 min
  6. Christmas 2021 - God Rest Ye Frightened Gentlemen

    12/24/2021

    Christmas 2021 - God Rest Ye Frightened Gentlemen

    Welcome back for this year's Christmas Ghost Story. Written by  William Wymark Jacobs in 1897, an author best known for his horror story The Monkey's Paw.  This story reveals the tale of Jerry Bundler and the long term effects of his visit to a tavern,  that still casts a shadow over revellers celebrating Christmas 80 years later.... Jon Briggs is a journalist,  broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him via  http://www.jonbriggs.com Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost stories; https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    22 min
  7. Christmas 2020 - Something Old and Something Grue-some

    12/24/2020

    Christmas 2020 - Something Old and Something Grue-some

    This year's Christmas Ghost Story is E. Nesbitt's "John Charrington's Wedding"  from 1891. The story of a bride  and bridegroom that you will never forget.... Jon Briggs is a journalist,  broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.com Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost stories; https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    21 min
  8. Christmas 2019 - Widow Without You...

    12/24/2019

    Christmas 2019 - Widow Without You...

    This years Christmas Ghost Story is "Father Macclesfield's Tale" by R.H.Benson. Written in 1907, the priest tells his tale of a widow and her haunted house... Jon Briggs is a journalist,  broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.com Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost stories; https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    20 min
  9. Christmas 2018 - Father Christmas is Dying to Meet You.

    12/24/2018

    Christmas 2018 - Father Christmas is Dying to Meet You.

    This years Christmas Ghost Story is "The Shop of Ghosts". Written in 1909 by G.K. Chesterton, it first appeared in London's Daily news, where our narrator enters a toy shop to find Father Christmas is dying... Jon Briggs is a journalist,  broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.com Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost stories; https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    14 min
  10. Christmas 2017 - Frightful Furniture

    12/24/2017

    Christmas 2017 - Frightful Furniture

    This year's Christmas Ghost Story is by Charles Dickens. It is titled "Mr Testator's Visitation"  and was written in 1860.  Have you ever wondered about the history of the furniture in your home? No? You might need to take a second look..... Jon Briggs is a journalist,  broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.com Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost stories; https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    12 min
  11. Christmas 2016 - Hide and Spook...

    12/24/2016

    Christmas 2016 - Hide and Spook...

    This year's Christmas Ghost Story is "Smee". Written by A.M.Burrage and originally published as part of a collection in the book Someone in the Room in 1931. A game of hide and seek will never seem the same again... Jon Briggs is a journalist,  broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.com Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost stories; https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    21 min
  12. Christmas 2015 - Don't Get the Sack...

    12/24/2015

    Christmas 2015 - Don't Get the Sack...

    This year's Christmas Ghost Story is "The Kit Bag" . Written by Algernon Blackwood in 1908. A court case ends - but the evidence presented at the trial hasn't been finished with yet.... Jon Briggs is a journalist,  broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.com Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost stories; https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss Click on the link to subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2595373.rss We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    29 min

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About

Since Victorian times, Christmas has traditionally been the time of year to gather around a log fire, turn the lights down low and indulge in a Ghost Story. Every year - journalist and broadcaster Jon Briggs (also known as the original voice of Siri on your iPhone in the UK) has recorded a haunted tale - thrilling enough to freeze your mulled wine and send shivers down the back of Santa's neck. These tales of the supernatural are collated here for your delectation and delight from 2015 onwards. You will remember to come back next Christmas...won't you?

Information

  • Creator
    Jon Briggs
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Jon Briggs’ Christmas Ghost Stories
  • Show Website
    Christmas Ghost Stories

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