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Things I Took From the Dark

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Things I Took From the Dark

By: Reece Shearsmith
Narrated by: Reece Shearsmith
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'Reece is a brilliant, funny tour guide into the world of arcane, strange phantasmagoria. I absolutely loved it!' Jon Ronson

An absolute treat. Enter at your own peril!' Diane Morgan

For decades, Reece Shearsmith has been collecting terrible things, from our world and beyond, from the coffin of a vampire to pickled hands used in witchcraft, haunted paintings and mummified mermaids. Some of them he found. Some of them found him. But they all reside here in his museum, carefully stored and waiting for their stories to be told.

Through the lens of these items, Reece tells his own story, from a terrifying nighttime visitation on a council estate in Hull, via haunted inns and uncanny creatures that hovered around the edges of the League of Gentlemen, to the benevolent teaspoon poltergeist of the Inside No. 9 tour.

Things I Took From the Dark is a memoir like no other. You'll come away knowing the author far better - but the exhibits are quite keen to meet you, too...©2026 Reece Shearsmith (P)2026 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Haunted Fantasy Funny Thought-Provoking Paranormal
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This book was a great read. Lots of fascinating stories 👻 Narration by Reece Shearsmith was wonderful.

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Liked everything about this book. I’m not normally a biography/memoire fan, as I find them too self indulgent. But this is neither, this is something completely different and I really enjoyed it.

Only audiobook that warranted a second listen. Outstanding. Thank you, Reece

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I was entertained and enthralled from start to finish. Some folklore tales I’m familiar with, and others that were new to me. Told with Reese’s enjoyable wit and with his vast experience to provide some wider perspective. Highly recommended.

Really enjoyable series of spooky short stories

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spooky king of Hull did it beautifully. gentle, spooky, familiar & nourishing, for a monster kids soul.

spooky king of Hull did it beautifully

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Amazing narration. Hope a second book comes. I would love to hear more of his childhood and what makes him so quirky. Fantastic

Hope a second book comes, fantastic

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