Episode 11: The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs

Classic Ghost Stories

Tony Walker

Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

4.9 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The Monkey’s Paw was written by an English author W W Jacobs and published in 1902 in his collection The Lady of the Barge. "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw (The Monkey's Paw)""The Lady of the Barge""Bill's Paper Chase""The Well""Cupboard Love""In the Library""Captain Rogers""A Tiger's Skin""A Mixed Proposal""An Adulteration Act""A Golden Venture""Three at Table"The Monkey's Paw is the only one to have survived. It seems to have caught the public's imagination and that is perhaps because it is an archetypal morality tale and has themes of not tempting fate and being too proud, themes that go back to Ancient Greek theatre.Jacobs was born in London in 1863 and died in London during the Second World War in 1943. He was most known as a comedy writer in his time, but he also wrote #horror stories#, the most famous of which is this one: The Monkey’s Paw.As we seem to have some interest in the political views of our writers, we note that his wife was a Suffragette (votes for women in the UK) and he had left wing views as a young man but as an older man described himself as ‘conservative and individualistic’The Monkey’s Paw has been made into a film a number of times, first in in 1915, 1923, 1933, and in 2016. In 1928 it was made into a radio play and again 1988 which was rebroadcast in 1993 and then another version read by Christopher Lee was made in 2004! It’s a classic morality tale: don’t trust genies or other supernatural agents who promise you wishes, because it will all go wrong. Usually it’s because the wish twists things in a malevolent way like in this one, or the Genie or Mephistopheles takes you at your literal word. They’re always out to trick you, don't you know.https://amzn.to/2LhO9vy (The Monkey's Paw on Amazon)https://www.patreon.com/barcud (Support the show) (https://www.patreon.com/barcud)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	The
0:07.0	The The Monkeys Poor by W.W. Jacobs
0:29.8	1. Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of the
0:39.9	Burnham Villa, the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were
0:45.8	at chess, the former who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting
0:51.6	his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils, that it even provoked
0:56.0	comment from the white-haired old lady, knitting placidly by the fire.
1:01.4	"'Hark at the wind,' said Mr. White, who, having seen a fatal mistake after it was too late,
1:07.0	was amiably desirous of preventing his son from seeing it.
1:11.0	"'I'm listening,' said the latter, grimly surveying the board as he stretched out his hand.
1:16.5	"'Check! I should hardly think that he'd come to-night,' said his father,
1:20.6	with his hand poised over the board.
1:24.0	"'Mate,' replied the son.
1:26.2	"'That's the worst of living so far out,'
1:28.5	"'bolded Mr. White with sudden and had looked for violence.
1:31.7	"'Have all the beastly slushy out-of-of-the-way places to live in.
1:35.5	"'This is the worst.
1:37.1	"'Pathways are bog, and the roads are torrent.
1:39.9	"'I don't know what people are thinking about.
1:42.1	"'I suppose, because only two houses in the road are let,
1:45.3	they think it doesn't matter. Never mind, dear, said his wife soothingly, perhaps you'll win the
1:51.2	next one. Mr. White looked up sharply just in time to intercept a knowing glance between mother
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