S02E61 The Piano by Tony Walker

Classic Ghost Stories

Tony Walker

Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

4.9 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

A short Christmas Ghost story. A couple move into an old house, a house whose foundations go back centuries. Once in there they begin to suspect it's haunted. A short, sweet ghost story for Christmas where a couple get an opportunity to remember things that have been forgotten.If You Appreciate The Work I’ve Put In HereIf You Appreciate The Work I’ve Put In HereYou could buy me a coffee https://ko-fi.com/tonywalker (https://ko-fi.com/tonywalker)Become a Patronhttps://www.patreon.com/barcud (https://www.patreon.com/barcud)And you can join my mailing list and get a free audiobook: https://bit.ly/dalstonvampire (https://bit.ly/dalstonvampire)Music By The Heartwood Institutehttps://bit.ly/somecomeback*** (https://bit.ly/somecomeback***)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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The piano, written and read by Tony Walker.
0:05.0	Rain at Christmas, Amanda said.
0:09.0	The letting agent turned her head.
0:12.0	It's not quite Christmas. Maybe we'll get snow yet.
0:16.0	The woman stood at the top of a flight of one sandstone steps that led to the front door of the old house in Abbey Street.
0:24.8	As we climbed, the cathedral bells peeled out.
0:28.6	Practicing for the Christmas service, I suppose, I said, following them up.
0:32.4	We first viewed the house on the damp dog day in early December.
0:36.6	Drizzle and darkness wreathed Carisle. But I hoped there was
0:40.5	still time for a winter wonderland. Amanda turned at the door and grinned at me. She loved the
0:46.5	house. The fabric of the building was far older than its Victorian façade. In this part of the
0:53.0	city, the house foundations went back centuries,
0:56.8	maybe even to the Romans. A six-month let, isn't it, Mr. Hutching? I nodded. It was pricey,
1:04.2	but the company were paying. They had a contract on an engineering project for flood defences.
1:10.0	I was a lead engineer, not the choicest job
1:13.3	in the company, but I'd volunteered because I was born in Carlisle and not been back since I left,
1:19.4	aged six. She struggled with the key in the lock. The letting agent, a red-headed woman in her mid-forty
1:26.4	said, full of character, finally getting it open.
1:31.2	As we entered, the house had a presence.
1:34.7	A hush inhabited the vestibule like the place was a concert venue waiting for the performance to begin.
1:41.2	In the hallway, Amanda glanced around, head tilted up, eyes wide. It was old.
1:48.2	Dickensian almost. A picture hung on the wall. Who's that? Amanda pointed. The current owner's
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tony Walker, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Tony Walker and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.