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A Podcast to the Curious - The M.R. James Podcast A Podcast to the Curious - The M.R. James Podcast
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4.9 • 140 Ratings
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... dedicated to the Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of M.R. James.
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Episode 98 – The Nature of the Evidence by May Sinclair
M.R. James said that sex had no place in a ghost story. But was he right? This episode we attempt to answer this question and more, as we cover The Nature of the Evidence by May Sinclair, a tale from 1923 about a couple who just want to enjoy their wedding night. Is that too […]
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Episode 97 – Mark Gatiss’s Lot 249
Hold on to your mummy! This episode Mike and Will discuss Mark Gatiss’s recent Ghost Story for Christmas TV adaptation Lot 249, as well as the Arthur Conan Doyle short story it is based on. Show notes: Watch it online! (BBC iPlayer) If you are in the UK you can watch it on BBC iPlayer […]
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Episode 96 – The Real and the Counterfeit by Louisa Baldwin
This episode, Mike and Will grab their literary toboggans and gallop joyously out into the snow, only to be hit in the face by a terrifying fictional snowball in the form of Louisa Baldwin’s The Real and the Counterfeit! Big thanks as ever to Debbie Wedge for providing the readings for this episode. Looking for […]
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Episode 95 – The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin
Who would win in a fight between a man and a bed? Find the answer to this question and more in our new episode on The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin! Also, if you like emotionally-repressed Victorian husbands, you will not leave disappointed. Show notes: Louisa Baldwin (1845–1925) (Wikipedia) Louisa was a member of […]
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Episode 94 – Exploring Eleanor Scott with Vicky Margree and Dan Orrells
This episode we speak with two experts to better understand Eleanor Scott and her story Randall’s Round, Dr Vicky Margree and Prof Dan Orrells. We discuss what’s known about Eleanor Scott, her time at Oxford University in the early 1900s and the role of gender, folklore and imperialism in her writing. Vicky is a specialist […]
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Episode 93 – Count Magnus Awakens
A BBC Ghost Story for Christmas is thankfully as traditional as quaffing eggnog and leaving out a carrot for Rudolph. And what a treat, as this year Count Magnus made the Black Pilgrimage onto our screens. But has Mark Gatiss been naughty or nice? We give you our verdict. Show notes A recent interview with […]
Customer Reviews
“A Podcast to the Curious”
Outstanding and very much to be recommended, indeed I have just recently recommended it to new readers of M.R. James. There are always more people discovering his stories.
Perfect!
This is what a podcast should be: beautifully produced, with witty, intelligent and clever hosts, and fascinating subject matter. I have been a huge fan of M.R. James’ ghost stories for more than 50 years, and this podcast has reignited my delight with the stories. Having listened to all of the significant episodes on this show, I am now watching a recently acquired DVD of Ghost Stories for Christmas and I’m listening to all the episodes again. Wonderful fun!
Fantastic podcast- so excited you’re back
Update: continues to be fantastic, and I will listen as long as you are doing them. My sisters are sold on them, I don’t think there’s a day in which I don’t listen to a new or old episode. What I really love is the clear friendship, the genuine niceness of it all despite it being about ghosts and things like that. a
There is a new episode! Thank you. I listen to the old episodes again and again, I am working my way through all the google maps and other link suggestions, have bought the BBC DVD compilation, also bought A Pleasing Terror, have the golf article, and even listen to the stories while solo backpacking. That actually got spooky.
Adore the occasional references to Blackadder and Dad’s Army, and Allo Allo, Wodehouse etc. it is as if you have all the cultural references of my youth. 42 anybody?
Saving the new episode for my birthday (tomorrow). Just wish I could buy a T-shirt.
Keep up the good work!