Fireside Ghost Stories
Fireside Ghost Stories originated from my annual Christmas Ghost Stories, when listeners told me they would prefer not to wait a whole 12 months until the next scary story.
I’m Jon Briggs, and once a month I now gather those listeners back to the fire for a monthly ghost story, written and read as these tales once were: slowly, intimately, and with room for unease to settle. These are stories of voices that return, places that remember, and moments where something is almost explained but never fully resolved.
If you first found these stories at Christmas and felt they lingered with you enough to want more, Fireside Ghost Stories is where that tradition continues.
Episodes
13 episodes
A Michaelmas Hiring
Michaelmas. The old quarter day when accounts were settled, contracts ended and the country’s servants gathered at the mop fair hoping to be hired for another year. At Wychgate, the boys and girls stand waiting with the...
A sneak preview of what's in store in August...
Yes it's the Glorious 12th of August we are celebrating this month. Fireside Ghost Stories is growing - and all thanks to our subscribers. Here's the August story in a sneak preview so that you can sample this month's story before...
A Most Inglorious Twelfth
It is the Glorious Twelfth — the most celebrated date in the shooting calendar. On a great Edwardian moorland estate, the guns are assembled, the hides are manned, and everything is exactly as it should be.Except that it isn't.
The Debt Came Due
Hidden among the papers of a vanished nineteenth-century farmer lies a diary never meant to be read. It tells the story of one extraordinary harvest, an ancient stone at the edge of a lonely field, and a promise made in despair th...
Nine Twelve
A Midsummer Ghost Story In the summer of 1878, a grieving gentleman arrives in a quiet Sussex village in search of peace.Instead, he finds a path that appears only on Midsummer Eve, a watch that refuses to move beyon...
Where Are You?
A quiet English village. A perfect spring. When Daniel Mercer leaves London in search of silence, he finds it - along with something else, buried just beneath the surface.As May Day approaches, the villag...
The Sea Cannot Climb Stairs
It's April - and our latest Fireside Ghost Story is here. Something is stirring in the deepest waters of the Atlantic, but will it receive an answer?To subscribe - and hear this episode in full - click here:
The Reply from the Deep
This April... The sea remembers.As scientists attempt to map the wreck of the Titanic using deep-sea sonar, a long-silent connection begins to stir once more. In a house not far from where the ship first sailed, an old family reli...
Is The Worm Moon Turning?
So what's in store for you for March? This is a sneak preview of The Worm Moon. Things may be making a turn for the worse....To subscribe - and hear this episode in full - click here:
The Worm Moon
The Worm Moon is the traditional name for the full moon that appears in March.As winter loosens its grip and the ground begins to thaw, earthworms reappear in the soil — drawing birds back to the land. The moon marking that thaw b...
Heartbroken in February?
Want to know how we're going to mark Valentine's Day? Here's a quick preview of Always Yours!To subscribe - and hear this episode in full - click here: https://www.buzzs...
Come and Sit by the Fireside...
Welcome to Fireside Ghost Stories. Here's what we have in store for you... To subscribe please click this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2595373/subscribe ↗️
Always Yours - A Valentine's Ghost Story
Every Valentine’s Night carries its own expectations.This one carries a warning.A quiet house.A message that feels too intimate to be a coincidence.And a name written as though it has always belonged to someone else.As...
