Scene 37 - Ghost Stories

First broadcast in 1981, this is a great radio play adaption of the novel --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karenina60/support

Hugh Whitemore's dramatisation of Ian Fleming's 1958 novel. James Bond is sent to investigate a strange disappearance on the island of Jamaica.  A distinguished cast, headed by Toby Stephens and David Suchet, takes part in this 'radio movie' of Ian Fleming's 1958 novel, dramatised by Hugh Whitemore.  Bond is sent to investigate a strange disappearance on the island of Jamaica, and discovers that the heart of the mystery lies with a sinister recluse known as 'Dr. No.' Another chance to hear this classic Bond adventure. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karenina60/support

Ghost Stories By MR James --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karenina60/support

Harold Brighouse manages to extract the maximum of comedy from a farcical situation. Zack is the half-witted son of a wedding purveyor whose cheerfulness and good-heartedness are a greater asset than his brother's crafty greed, and the 'story shows in most amusing fashion how he eventually wins self-respect. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karenina60/support

Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence. Maureen and Veronica are brought together by a troublesome dog. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karenina60/support

Theo is a very old Teddy Bear. He remembers being bought in Harrods in 1908 by a father to quieten his young son, even though he feels that small boys should not have such toys. When the boy is older, Theo goes with him to the western front in World War ... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karenina60/support

A tip-off from an informant and help from a retired hit man clue McCloud in to the existence of a hit man famed for leaving no traces of his crime, and reveal the nature of his target -- an honest businessman with an extreme talent for abrading everyone in his path. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karenina60/support

Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. In both the criminal case files and contemporary journalistic accounts, the killer was called the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karenina60/support

The Haunted Man and The Ghost Bargain The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, A Fancy for Christmas-Time (better known as The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain or simply as The Haunted Man) is a novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1848. It is the fifth and last of Dickens's Christmas novellas. The story is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves, harking back to the first in the series, A Christmas Carol. The tale centres on a Professor Redlaw and those close to him. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karenina60/support

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque, sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karenina60/support