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Christmas Ghost Stories

by Jon Briggs

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A sneak preview of August on Fireside Ghost Stories...

August 9, 2026 · 4 min

So the collection is building on Fireside Ghost Stories and our listeners are growing. If you'd like to know what's happening this month - with the Glorious 12th looming - have a listen to this sneak preview. To subscribe - and hear this…
For lovers of the mysterious and the dark....

July 19, 2026 · 2 min

Thank you for being a Christmas Ghost Story fan - this is a slightly different venture that I've just launched - and I think you might enjoy it. It's all about Witches! You can find Witches, Truth, Trials and Terrors wherever you get your…
What You've Been Missing!

April 3, 2026 · 2 min

Now you don't have to wait a whole 12 months - join me for my Fireside Ghost Stories every month.... To subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories - just click this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2595373/subscribe ↗️ Send me a text - I love…
Something Wicked this Way Comes....

February 13, 2026 · 2 min

A Ghost Story is not just for Christmas..... To subscribe to Fireside ghost stories - just click this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2595373/subscribe ↗️ Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where…
Christmas 2025 - Slay Bells Ring... Are You Listening?

December 24, 2025 · 1 hr 15 min

How time flies - another year has passed and it is time for another Christmas Ghost Story. If you are new to us - Welcome - and if you have followed us for a while - you are very welcome back. We have a first for you this year because…

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Christmas 2024 - Little Chance of a Silent Night

December 24, 2024 · 33 min

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…
Christmas 2023 - We Wish You a Scary Christmas

December 24, 2023 · 31 min

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…
Christmas 2022 - Do You Hear What I Hear?

December 24, 2022 · 37 min

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…
Christmas 2021 - God Rest Ye Frightened Gentlemen

December 24, 2021 · 22 min

Welcome back for this year's Christmas Ghost Story. Written by William Wymark Jacobs in 1897, an author best known for his horror story The Monkey's Paw. This story reveals the tale of Jerry Bundler and the long term effects of his visit…
Christmas 2020 - Something Old and Something Grue-some

December 24, 2020 · 21 min

This year's Christmas Ghost Story is E. Nesbitt's "John Charrington's Wedding" from 1891. The story of a bride and bridegroom that you will never forget.... Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him…
Christmas 2019 - Widow Without You...

December 24, 2019 · 20 min

This years Christmas Ghost Story is "Father Macclesfield's Tale" by R.H.Benson. Written in 1907, the priest tells his tale of a widow and her haunted house... Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him…
Christmas 2018 - Father Christmas is Dying to Meet You.

December 24, 2018 · 14 min

This years Christmas Ghost Story is "The Shop of Ghosts". Written in 1909 by G.K. Chesterton, it first appeared in London's Daily news, where our narrator enters a toy shop to find Father Christmas is dying... Jon Briggs is a journalist…

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About the show

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?