There's nothing like a picturesque ghost story, is there? What's that? Join me for tonight's tale and find out! Let us float over lush landscapes and escape into gnarly orchards... that are haunted? Gasp! This is an easier, but still mysterious, ghost story set in a sleepy New English countryside. This tale, "The Haunted Orchard" by Richard Le Gallienne, is read in a soft voice and backed by eerie and wistful piano background music.

Trick or Treat? Happy Spooky Season, Friends and Fiends! I do hope you consider today's storytelling a treat! I'm so excited to share it with you, as it is kinda creepy in the "Coraline" "Other Mother" kind of way! I do believe Neil Gaiman (author of "Coraline") took some inspiration from this particular creepy tale. Join me as we follow the two "good" sisters, Blue Eyes and The Turkey, as they try their best to impress a strange bedraggled girl with a most curious and unique peardrum! This enigmatic and aloof wanderer will only let the girls see the tiny dancing man and woman inside it if they are very bad. Truly bad. Naughty and terrible beyond belief! This understandable upsets their sweet real mother, and she threatens to leave them to The New Mother, who has glass eyes and a long wooden tail, if they do not change their behavior! Will they turn out good? Will they be bad enough to see the dancers from the pear drum girl? Is this New Mother just as bad as Coraline's Other Mother? We shall see, right now, in this Coraline origin story of sorts! This tale, "The New Mother," by Lucy Clifford, is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's short story! "Reaching Out, Floating Cities, Relent, Magic Forest, Blue Feather, Reaching Out, Constancy Part 2" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale is by Lucy Clifford. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above). This episode originally released on YouTube on 10/13/2020 https://youtu.be/RHtVZ-5437c See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trick or Treat! Welcome, friends and fiends, to the final part of our Spooky Season reading of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow!" (aka, the Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane story!) Join me as I read Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Part 4! Tonight everything comes to a head. We finally meet the infamous Headless Horsemen of legend, and it's up to you to decide if what happens is true or not. Depends on who you ask, really! The country wives would tell you fairy folk and demons had worked magic on the ill-fated night that Ichabod Crane and Gunpowder tried to outrace the Headless Hessian, but good old Brom Bones would probably just chuckle! Hmm. Wonder why that is Brom?! Got Katrina Van Tassel all to yourself now? Also, just where and why is there a smashed pumpkin near the church graveyard? All this and more are (finally!) revealed in tonights story! This tale, Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's spooky story, and are ready for a whole host of other ghost stories as well!

The opal is October's birthstone, but do you know how it was made? Well, get comfy and cozy for tonight's romantic fairy tale bedtime story. You may not get the answers you seek, but I promise you're in for an emotional rollercoaster of a fairytale.

Trick or Treat! Welcome, my friends and fiends, FEASTY HOLLOW! Err... to our Spooky Season read of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow!" (aka, the Headless Horseman lore) Join me as I read Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Part 3! Tonight we finally get to the spooky ghost stories that haunt the little village of Sleepy Hollow. Old wives tales, headless horsemen, and so many other spooky specters populate tonights telling! Also, of course, and again, FOOD. Heaps and bounties and abundances of autumnal foodie descriptions. So, again, have a snack close at hand! OH! We also learn that Ichabod Crane is an exceptional dancer? Either that or his tall lanky form looks quite unlike any other dancer! This tale, Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's spooky story, and are ready for a whole host of other ghost stories as well!

Feeling cozy? In the mood for a Halloween Frolic? Love "Over the Garden Wall?" This story is for you! Join me for "A Tale for Halloween" read in a soft spoken voice. We'll meet the leader of the festivities, the Pumpkin King, all of the other dancing vegetables, some wonderful witches and their cat familiars, and Babette and Antone, who are about to have a Halloween party like never before! So, get comfy and cozy, summon your own familiars, grab a hot cider or tea, light some candles, wrap yourself up in a warm quilt, and follow me into a most festive Halloween story!

Trick or Treat! Welcome, friends and fiends, to MORE Spooky Season! Curious what happens next in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? (You know, the Headless Horseman story?) Me too! Join me as I read Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Part 2! Tonight we learn all about Ichabod Crane's beloved, Katrina Van Tassel, and her love (and, therefore Icabod's rival) Brom Bones! He seems to me to be essentially Gaston, but that's just my take! OH YES. This evening's story has FOOD. Heaps and bounties and abundances of autumnal foodie descriptions. Welcome to Feast-y Hollow I suppose? So, you know, have a snack close at hand? This tale, Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's spooky story, and are ready for a whole host of other ghost stories as well!

In the mood for something a bit on the spooky side? Join me for tonight's ghost story, "From The Tomb," if you dare! Set in an idyllic bathhouse resort, two strangers with a mysterious past pique their fellow bathers' attention - in a creepy, "touched-by-death" sort-of-way. The strangers then recount their horrendous ordeal... and then go about their merry way?! This tale, Guy de Maupassant's "From The Tomb," is read in a soft voice and to some light and eerie background music. I hope you enjoy this evening's chilling short story!

Welcome, friends and fiends, to SPOOKY SEASON! I figured we'd start this one off right with a classic and haunting story! Join me as I read Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Part 1! We get to see just what makes this neck of the woods so enchanting... and so haunting! And, along the way, we'll get so many festive descriptions of our favorite season: AUTUMN! We'll also learn all about Ichabod Crane: A schoolteacher from Connecticut who, after my own heart, just loves all the sweets the season has to offer! We'll also meet Katrina Van Tassel, Brom Bones, the Headless Horseman, and food. A LOT of food. This tale, Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's spooky story, and are ready for a whole host of other ghost stories as well!

Have a bunch of thoughts keep you up or worried? Well, at least it's not the voice of death whispering to your soul! (At least, I hope it's not?) We've got a two-for tonight - part fairytale, part ghost story! How fun! This tale, "The Voice of Death," is read in a soft voice and set to some eerie and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's spooky fairy tale!

Get comfy and cozy and snuggle up for this regal autumn story! Prince Autumn is read in a soft-spoken voice and set to wistful music. So, grab a hot cider or cocoa, pick up some knitting and follow me into tonight's ASMR storytime!

Hello midnight friends, fiends and night owl supremes! Tonight we read the feathery iconic poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. If suddenly you hear a tapping, open wide the door to this mysterious visitor from the Night's Plutonian Shore. Get some tea, get comfy, and stay spooky, my friends!

Join me as we journey once more into whimsical wonderland and say farewell to the Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter, March Hatter, Dormouse (Door Mouse?!), Poor Old Bill, and oh so many more beloved characters. But this is not goodbye! Oh no, not at all! Wonderland, it turns out, is only an eyelid away! This reading, "Chapter 12: Alice's Evidence," from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's chapter 12 and wrap up of Wonderland!

Some fairytales are silly and cruel. This story is a mix, but we've got cats and magic! So, get comfy and cozy for tonight's calming fairy tale bedtime story, spoken softly. Join me for tonight's fool's journey with a dull Prince, dog, cat, KING OF SNAKES, enchanted watch, be-spelled princesses, good luck and ill fortune! This fairytale bedtime story, "The Enchanted Watch," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music.

Hungry? DON'T TOUCH THE TARTS! Unless you want to be involved in a non-sensical trial that lasts entirely too long, has questionable procedures, focuses on the wrong things... and honestly just don't eat the Queen of Heart's tarts. Not worth it! Join me tonight as I read Chapter 11 of Alice in Wonderland: "Who Stole the Tarts?" It's punny and odd and of course, every bit as whimsical as you'd expect Wonderland to be! This tale, Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland, Chapter 11: Who Stole the Tarts?" is read aloud in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's whimsical chapter!

Chittering chattering voices keeping you up at all hours? Let's get Grimm! In the tale of The White Snake, our protagonist eats an interesting dinner, sets out on some interesting missions and encounters so so many animals. Some of which he is kinder to than others. (Seriously, this guy either saves them or condemns them... nothing in between!) This tale, the Brothers Grimms' "The White Snake," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's fairy tale!

Tonight we continue our adventures in Wonderland, as we listen to the Mock Turtle's story, see their and the Griffon's dance (The famous Lobster Quadrille!) and hear a few depressingly sung songs to boot! I'm so sorry! Alice sorta kinda learns some tact - finally?! I'm not sure why, but this chapter makes me hungry for some beautiful soup! This story, Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 10: The Lobster Quadrille" is read in a soft voice, with some commentary, and set to some light and soft background music.

What if you could have unlimited power, riches, and a whole kingdom OR could turn back time 90 years and be youthful again? Of course there’s a cost: You’d need to swap your skin with either an ancient queen’s or a rough shepherd’s. Would you do it? In this twisted old tale, we get much deeper than skin deep into this very question! Friends and fiends, summon your familiars, get comfy and cozy, grab a mug of your favorite tea, and follow me! This story, "Peronella" is from a collection of Giambattista Basile's fairy tales, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, commentary (as I am a human with thoughts and tangental information, and not an auto-generated robot), and creative commons music. "Teller of Tales and Morning" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Too much buzzing in your skull to sleep?! Let's get Grimm! Join me for tonight's travails among the sun, moon, and even the stars! We follow one girl on her quest to find the seven ravens and restore them to their proper place in the world, a daunting task for which she feels inexplicably compelled to complete. This tale, the Brothers Grimms' "The Seven Ravens," is read in a soft voice and to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's short story!

Tonight we continue our bizarre and whimsical adventure in Wonderland! After a (not so subtle) suggestion from the Queen of Hearts, Alice is whisked away by the Gryphon to visit the Mock Turtle, and hear their story! Ah, in so much as it is a story? At least she got to escape the pointy chin of the Duchess anyway. This Chapter, Chapter 10 from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland - The Mock Turtle's Story," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's episode!