New Ghost Stories
David Nixon
Discover Britain's lost ghost stories. Author David Paul Nixon has spent over a decade collecting supernatural horror stories that have never been told before. Are these tales of madness, lies, or self-deception? Or could they be the real thing? The only way to find out, is to listen.
A new uncanny tale lands on the 15th of every month. You can listen to each ghost story in any order, but always reserve your judgement until you've heard all the way to the end.
A new uncanny tale lands on the 15th of every month. You can listen to each ghost story in any order, but always reserve your judgement until you've heard all the way to the end.
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Novel of the White Powder by Arthur Machen (Bonus 10)
New Ghost Stories
05/14/24 • 45 min
“By the power of that Sabbath wine, a few grains of white powder thrown into a glass of water, the house of life was riven asunder and the human trinity dissolved”
I’ve moved the annual summer bonus episode up in the schedule to give me more time to work on the season finale. Alas, I’ve only just about managed to put this episode out on time, nevermind start on the next one. Oh well, finger’s crossed things will still stay on schedule.
The story I’ve chosen is a weird fiction classic by Arthur Machen. In some ways this is a more traditional supernatural genre narrative than some of his strange and debauched classics like The White People and The Great God Pan. But the gruesome transformation in this tale has always particularly stuck in my mind.
Patrons help to keep this UK horror podcast going. If you'd like to become one, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
I’ve moved the annual summer bonus episode up in the schedule to give me more time to work on the season finale. Alas, I’ve only just about managed to put this episode out on time, nevermind start on the next one. Oh well, finger’s crossed things will still stay on schedule.
The story I’ve chosen is a weird fiction classic by Arthur Machen. In some ways this is a more traditional supernatural genre narrative than some of his strange and debauched classics like The White People and The Great God Pan. But the gruesome transformation in this tale has always particularly stuck in my mind.
Patrons help to keep this UK horror podcast going. If you'd like to become one, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
23 - Opening Doors
New Ghost Stories
10/14/22 • 55 min
They broke in. They made it their home. And then the building fought back.
Season three of our supernatural podcast begins with a scary story from the 1980s. It’s about squatters, people who believed in a different way of life. Not everyone will agree with their actions or their politics. What I doubt is that anyone would think that the horror they faced was in any way deserved.
If you'd like to support this real UK horror podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Season three of our supernatural podcast begins with a scary story from the 1980s. It’s about squatters, people who believed in a different way of life. Not everyone will agree with their actions or their politics. What I doubt is that anyone would think that the horror they faced was in any way deserved.
If you'd like to support this real UK horror podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Laura by Saki (BONUS #3)
New Ghost Stories
09/01/21 • 10 min
Laura hasn't many days left to live. If she gets reincarnated, what sort of animal will she be? An extra bonus story I recorded for my birthday.
Patrons can enjoy an additional story - just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Short, sharp and cutting, Saki - aka Hector Hugh Munro - could do more in under three thousand words, than most writers could achieve in 30 thousand. His biting satires would sometimes feature supernatural or uncanny themes as part of his macabre critiques of Edwardian society and culture.
If you'd like to support this strange but true podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Get your copy of New Ghost Stories Volume Three - https://amzn.to/3DCiyhH
Patrons can enjoy an additional story - just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Short, sharp and cutting, Saki - aka Hector Hugh Munro - could do more in under three thousand words, than most writers could achieve in 30 thousand. His biting satires would sometimes feature supernatural or uncanny themes as part of his macabre critiques of Edwardian society and culture.
If you'd like to support this strange but true podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Get your copy of New Ghost Stories Volume Three - https://amzn.to/3DCiyhH
Bonus - A reading for The Daily Ghost
New Ghost Stories
03/25/21 • 4 min
I did a reading recently for The Daily Ghost, who writes a ghost story for every day of the year. He's raising money for First Story, a charity that promotes creative writing in schools. In this story, two ex-soldiers go hunting at night for a vicious beast. Find out more at patreon.com/dailyghost
09 - Studio Flat
New Ghost Stories
02/28/21 • 38 min
Just four walls and one window. It’s cramped. It’s claustrophobic. And the view is absolutely terrifying.
A lot of scary stories begin with someone moving into a haunted house. But as housing costs have risen, and our living spaces have gotten smaller, it was inevitable that the supernatural should occur in increasingly confined spaces. You might apply stone tape theory to a sinister case like this one. Where a traumatic event seems to have been recorded in a certain place, and is now replaying over and over again.
If you'd like to support this UK horror podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Take a look at New Ghost Stories Volume Three - https://amzn.to/3DCiyhH
A lot of scary stories begin with someone moving into a haunted house. But as housing costs have risen, and our living spaces have gotten smaller, it was inevitable that the supernatural should occur in increasingly confined spaces. You might apply stone tape theory to a sinister case like this one. Where a traumatic event seems to have been recorded in a certain place, and is now replaying over and over again.
If you'd like to support this UK horror podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Take a look at New Ghost Stories Volume Three - https://amzn.to/3DCiyhH
08 - Blind
New Ghost Stories
01/31/21 • 63 min
He’s manipulative. He’s abusive. And he talks to himself in the dark. Will she leave him before he totally loses his grip?
Injustice and guilt are behind many supernatural stories. Spirits from the past return to enact revenge on the living for horrific and evil acts in many classic tales. And even though these are scary stories, there’s something comforting about that. Because these stories are a kind of wish fulfilment. We hope that the cosmos can unleash retribution upon those who have acted against us and others. That no one ever really gets away with their crimes. Perhaps this true account proves that to be true.
If you'd like to support this real horror podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Take a look at New Ghost Stories Volume Three - https://amzn.to/3DCiyhH
Injustice and guilt are behind many supernatural stories. Spirits from the past return to enact revenge on the living for horrific and evil acts in many classic tales. And even though these are scary stories, there’s something comforting about that. Because these stories are a kind of wish fulfilment. We hope that the cosmos can unleash retribution upon those who have acted against us and others. That no one ever really gets away with their crimes. Perhaps this true account proves that to be true.
If you'd like to support this real horror podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Take a look at New Ghost Stories Volume Three - https://amzn.to/3DCiyhH
Green Tea by Sheridan Le Fanu (BONUS #1)
New Ghost Stories
01/01/21 • 70 min
Dr Hesselius, a practitioner of ‘metaphysical medicine’, relates the case of the Reverend Mr Jennings, a genial clergyman with a not-too-genial travelling companion.
The Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu is one of the all-time great authors of ghostly tales and is cited as an influence by great supernatural authors such as M.R. James, Henry James, and E.F. Benson. A master of gothic atmosphere, his stories today are remarkable for their psychological dimensions, seeming almost Freudian in their probing of human behaviour. His creepy tales can also be surprisingly progressive. Some of his most famous stories deal with the interior lives of adolescent women, subtly hinting at their sexual development, and the injustices that the world enacts against them.
If you'd like to support this haunting podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Tags: tradition ghost story, Classic ghost story, gothic, horror, Irish ghost story, haunting, gothic literature.
The Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu is one of the all-time great authors of ghostly tales and is cited as an influence by great supernatural authors such as M.R. James, Henry James, and E.F. Benson. A master of gothic atmosphere, his stories today are remarkable for their psychological dimensions, seeming almost Freudian in their probing of human behaviour. His creepy tales can also be surprisingly progressive. Some of his most famous stories deal with the interior lives of adolescent women, subtly hinting at their sexual development, and the injustices that the world enacts against them.
If you'd like to support this haunting podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Tags: tradition ghost story, Classic ghost story, gothic, horror, Irish ghost story, haunting, gothic literature.
06 - The Call of the Sea
New Ghost Stories
11/29/20 • 59 min
They met every summer. Their love for each other grew and grew. And then in a flash, it was all over.
There is something gothic about the British seaside on a grey day, especially when it’s off-season. Case no. 70 is a slow-burner. There won’t be any jump scares early on in this episode. But the ending packs the kind of gut-punch that few uncanny tales do.
If you'd like to become a patron, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Take a look at New Ghost Stories Volume Three - https://amzn.to/3DCiyhH
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Tags: Haunted, Haunting, Nostalgia, Seaside, British Seaside, Doomed Romance, Supernatural, Gothic, Sea, Sand, Beaches.
There is something gothic about the British seaside on a grey day, especially when it’s off-season. Case no. 70 is a slow-burner. There won’t be any jump scares early on in this episode. But the ending packs the kind of gut-punch that few uncanny tales do.
If you'd like to become a patron, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Take a look at New Ghost Stories Volume Three - https://amzn.to/3DCiyhH
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Tags: Haunted, Haunting, Nostalgia, Seaside, British Seaside, Doomed Romance, Supernatural, Gothic, Sea, Sand, Beaches.
04 - The Black Clock
New Ghost Stories
09/30/20 • 49 min
We discover why all the clocks in the clock museum stop at 4:30 every day. And it’s going to give a young boy the fright of his life.
This spooky story is one of only a few historical horror stories in my archive. It takes place a century ago in a small village, and it could have its roots centuries earlier. It may appeal to fans of M.R. James due to its antiquarian setting, but unlike his classic ghost stories, this story may not be fiction.
If you'd like to support this paranormal podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Take a look at New Ghost Stories Volume Three - https://amzn.to/3DCiyhH
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Tags: Haunted, Haunted House, Gothic, Haunted Places, Haunted Museum, Ghost Story, Haunted Clock, Timeslip, Scary Story, Real Ghost Stories, True Ghost Story
This spooky story is one of only a few historical horror stories in my archive. It takes place a century ago in a small village, and it could have its roots centuries earlier. It may appeal to fans of M.R. James due to its antiquarian setting, but unlike his classic ghost stories, this story may not be fiction.
If you'd like to support this paranormal podcast, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Take a look at New Ghost Stories Volume Three - https://amzn.to/3DCiyhH
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
Tags: Haunted, Haunted House, Gothic, Haunted Places, Haunted Museum, Ghost Story, Haunted Clock, Timeslip, Scary Story, Real Ghost Stories, True Ghost Story
37 - Travel Safely
New Ghost Stories
02/15/24 • 46 min
When you’re getting ready to go to the airport, the last thing you need is an unexpected knock at the door. And a stranger who refuses to leave.
There’s probably never really a good time to come face-to-face with the supernatural, but there are definitely worse times than others. This is a rare ghost story that manages to be both a reminder and a premonition – it reveals a frightening event from the past, and provides a terrifying warning of what might happen if one family can’t find a way to change.
Patrons help to keep this UK horror podcast going. If you'd like to become one, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
There’s probably never really a good time to come face-to-face with the supernatural, but there are definitely worse times than others. This is a rare ghost story that manages to be both a reminder and a premonition – it reveals a frightening event from the past, and provides a terrifying warning of what might happen if one family can’t find a way to change.
Patrons help to keep this UK horror podcast going. If you'd like to become one, just visit https://www.patreon.com/newghoststories
Find more ghost story content on my Substack - https://newghoststories.substack.com/
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FAQ
How many episodes does New Ghost Stories have?
New Ghost Stories currently has 60 episodes available.
What topics does New Ghost Stories cover?
The podcast is about Fiction, Society & Culture, Drama, Personal Journals and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on New Ghost Stories?
The episode title '26 - Kept Overnight' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on New Ghost Stories?
The average episode length on New Ghost Stories is 47 minutes.
How often are episodes of New Ghost Stories released?
Episodes of New Ghost Stories are typically released every 30 days.
When was the first episode of New Ghost Stories?
The first episode of New Ghost Stories was released on Jun 20, 2020.
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