Tales Told When the Windows Rattle

Tales Told 2.10 The Signal-Man

The genius of Charles Dickens shines in this dark and disturbing tale about glimpses of the future, the limits of human comprehension, and a railroad worker whose actions spell life or death. This classic ghost story is included in After the End of the Line: Railroad Hauntings in Literature and Lore, available from Brom Bones Books. Learn more about it at: https://brombonesbooks.com/catalog/after-the-end-of-the-line/

Tales Told 2.09 Houdini Slept Here

"Attempting to mask our client’s identity would be foolhardy, since this magician is internationally recognized for escaping from handcuffs, padlocked chains or trunks, and almost any other kind of restraint. Many years will have to pass before readers no longer recognize the personage known as Harry Houdini." -- Lida Bergson This reading comes from Help for the Haunted: A Decade of Vera Van Slyke Ghostly Mysteries, by Tim Prasil. For more information on this book -- and on the the entire Vera Van Slyke Ghostly Msytery series -- visit https://brombonesbooks.com/catalog/vera-van-slyke-ghostly-mysteries/

Tales Told 2.08 The Pot of Tulips

Does dying mean it's too late to repair the damage done to those left behind? Maybe not -- if you find help from someone who has studied the occult. The first of Fitz-James O'Brien's supernatural mysteries featuring Harry Escott, this tale can be found in From Eerie Cases to Early Graves: 5 Short-Lived Occult Detective Series. Find out more about this anthology here: https://brombonesbooks.com/catalog/from-eerie-cases-to-early-graves/

Tales Told 2.07 Under the Sheer-Legs

A sheer-legs is a huge tripod used to hoist up steam locomotives for repairs beneath. A slip of a chain, and someone can be crushed to death. That happens in this tale — and then a phantom appears under the sheer-legs. What terrible secret does it want to reveal? This story comes from After the End of the Line: Railroad Hauntings in Literature and Lore. More information is available here: https://brombonesbooks.com/catalog/after-the-end-of-the-line/

Tales Told 2.06 Another Victorian Ghost Hunt

James John Hissey was a travel writer who kept a sharp eye out for haunted sites. But he struggled to fulfill his dream of witnessing a real ghost. Will his efforts to spend a night in a reputedly haunted house in Holton Holgate, England, pay off? This reading comes from The Victorian Ghost Hunter's Casebook, and more information about it is here: https://brombonesbooks.com/catalog/victorian-ghost-hunters-casebook/