The Ghost of the Cross-Roads by Frederick Manley

The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast

Tony Walker

Science Fiction, Fiction, Drama

4.9 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On a stormy Christmas night in Ireland in 1843, a warm peat fire blazes inside Andy Sweeny's simple home while a fiddler plays jigs and reels for those gathered. Suddenly, a piercing cry is heard from the darkness outside—a cry of anguish, a cry for help! Against his wife's advice, Andy Sweeny opens the door. A stranger, breathless and pursued by shadows, stumbles across the threshold. He falls to the floor, and as the party-goers help him up, he asks one haunting question: "Do you believe in ghosts?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On your mast.
0:02.0	Yes sir.
0:03.0	Bake.
0:04.0	We're back in the nation's favourite tent.
0:05.0	Let's do this.
0:06.0	And it's packed with a fresh batch of famous faces.
0:09.0	As long as it's edible, I'd be happy.
0:12.0	Do you want chalk trying my key.
0:14.0	How can it be?
0:16.0	The great celebrity baker for Stand Up to Cancer on Channel 4.
0:19.0	Stream now.
0:20.0	The new £5 pound meal deal from McDonald's.
0:23.5	Get a cheeseburger or mayo chicken, medium fries,
0:26.3	four McNuggets and a medium soft drink for guess what?
0:29.2	That's right, five pounds.
0:32.0	It's not called the £5 meal deal for nothing.
0:35.6	From 11am.
0:36.6	Not available on delivery.
0:37.5	Carbonated soft drink upgrade fees apply.
0:39.1	Participating restaurant's subjects availability.
0:41.0	Do you believe in ghosts?
0:44.1	On a stormy Christmas night in Ireland in 1843,
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