A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins

Classic Ghost Stories

Tony Walker

Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

4.9 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Step back in time to Victorian Paris, a city of mystery and intrigue, where danger lurks around every corner and secrets are hidden behind every closed door. In this podcast episode, you will be transported to the heart of the City of Lights, where a thrilling tale of suspense and intrigue awaits."A Terribly Strange Bed" is a little gem of a story, published in 1852 by the master of suspense himself, Wilkie Collins. The story follows the protagonist, who is bored of his usual respectable haunts and decides to venture into a low down gambling den, where he begins to win, and win, and win. However, as the night wears on, our protagonist finds himself caught up in a web of danger and intrigue that he could never have imagined. The stakes become higher and higher, until he finds himself in a situation where his very life is at risk.So, if you're in the mood for a thrilling tale of danger and intrigue, look no further than "A Terribly Strange Bed." This little gem of a story is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat, and remind you why Wilkie Collins is considered one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era. New Patreon Request Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREE Support the showVisit us here: www.ghostpod.orgBuy me a coffee if you're glad I do this: https://ko-fi.com/tonywalkerIf you really want to help me, become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/barcudMusic by The Heartwood Institute: https://bit.ly/somecomeback Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody dies, don't they?
0:10.5	Everybody come back, isn't that so?
0:14.4	A terribly strange bed by Wiki Collins.
0:20.4	Shortly after my education at college was finished,
0:24.3	I happened to be staying at Paris with an English friend.
0:27.7	We were both young men then, and lived, I am afraid, rather a wildlife,
0:32.8	in the delightful city of our sojourn.
0:35.9	One night we were idling about the neighbourhood of the Palais Royal, doubtful to what amusement
0:40.9	we should next betake ourselves.
0:43.4	My friend proposed a visit to Frascartes, but his suggestion was not to my taste.
0:49.1	I knew Frascartes, as the French saying is, by heart, had lost and won plenty of five-franc pieces there,
0:56.7	merely for amusement's sake, until it was amusement no longer, and was thoroughly tired, in fact,
1:03.5	of all the ghastly respectabilities of such a social anomaly as a respectable gambling-house.
1:10.6	"'For heaven's sake,' said I to my friend,
1:13.9	let us go somewhere where we can see a little genuine,
1:17.1	blagged, poverty-stricken gaming,
1:19.6	with no false gingerbread glitter thrown over it all.
1:23.6	Let us get away from fashionable Frascartis
1:26.4	to a house where they don't mind letting in a man with
1:29.0	a ragged coat, or a man with no coat, ragged or otherwise.
1:33.6	Very well, said my friend, we needn't go out of the Palais Royale to find the sort of company
1:38.3	you want. Here's the place just before us, as blagged a place by all reporters you could possibly wish to see.
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