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Christmas Ghost Stories

Christmas Ghost Stories

By: Jon Briggs
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Since Victorian times, Christmas has traditionally been the time of year to gather around a log fire, turn the lights down low and indulge in a Ghost Story. Every year - journalist and broadcaster Jon Briggs (also known as the original voice of Siri on your iPhone in the UK) has recorded a haunted tale - thrilling enough to freeze your mulled wine and send shivers down the back of Santa's neck. These tales of the supernatural are collated here for your delectation and delight from 2015 onwards. You will remember to come back next Christmas...won't you?

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Episodes
  • Christmas 2024 - Little Chance of a Silent Night

    Christmas 2024 - Little Chance of a Silent Night
    Dec 24 2024

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    We are celebrating 10 years of scary Christmas fireside entertainment! This year we reveal the goings on inside Number Ninety. If you have ever toyed with the idea of spending a night in an already haunted house, here is a cautionary tale. First published in 1890 and written by the Irish author B.M.Croker - a women who could boast that the prime minister - William Gladstone - was among her readers.

    Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show.


    We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com
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    32 mins
  • Christmas 2023 - We Wish You a Scary Christmas

    Christmas 2023 - We Wish You a Scary Christmas
    Dec 24 2023

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    Thank you for taking the time to download and listen to this year's scary festive tale. It's a real cracker this year- and you don't even have to wear the paper hat! The Tale of the Monkey's Paw in it's original form, as written by W.W. Jacobs, is a "3 wishes" story with a cautionary tale enclosed. Although subsequently made into several films, the original story remains the scariest and the best.

    Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show.

    We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com
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    30 mins
  • Christmas 2022 - Do You Hear What I Hear?

    Christmas 2022 - Do You Hear What I Hear?
    Dec 24 2022

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    I'm so pleased you have returned for this year's Christmas Ghost Story. Written by a master of the supernatural - Algernon Blackwood. We last read his work in 2015. As well as being a prolific ghost story writer, he also happens to be a master of my own profession - broadcasting. In this year's tale, our hero is a 4th year student at Edinburgh University - but his hours of peaceful study are about to be rudely interrupted...

    Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com

    We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via http://www.jonbriggs.com
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    36 mins
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I loved the background noises. All the episodes are very enjoyable and I look forward to 2025

His voice has so much depth and cadence

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This has a horrible echo on it. I presume it’s all the way through, but I didn’t stick around to find out. Much better rendition of the tale on YouTube (minus the awful echo). See also Bitesized audio channel for similar (non echoey) ghost stories!

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The stories are fine but the production and is awful. The music is far too loud and drowns out the narration in places and the whole thing sounds tinny. The narrator tries hard but the performance comes across as hammy and has the tone of a spoof documentary in the vein of Brass Eye. I gave up a little way into the second story.

Poorly produced

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