The Lodger in Room 16 by David Dixon

Classic Ghost Stories

Tony Walker

Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

4.9 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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The Lodger in Room 16 by David Dixon In a faded guesthouse perched on the edge of an unnamed northern town, Room 16 has always had its secrets. When an elusive lodger, rumoured to work in the local cemetery, takes residence, reality begins to fray at the edges. The residents soon discover unsettling truths—each revelation more absurd and disturbing than the last. As it becomes clear that the lodger has always been there, predating even the current landlord, the occupants find themselves trapped in an escalating nightmare, haunted equally by their quiet desperation and the uncanny presence behind Room 16’s door. Dixon's chilling tale captures the grim absurdity and psychological unease of modern British horror, where dread seeps through the mundane, and the most disturbing terrors are those quietly entrenched within. ⭐ Join my Patreon ⭐ https://patreon.com/barcud Go here for a library of ad-free stories, a monthly members only story and early access to the regular stories I put out. You can choose to have ghost stories only, or detective stories or classic literature, or all of them for either $5 or $10 a month. Many hundreds of hours of stories. Who needs Audible? Or, if you'd just like to make a one-off gesture of thanks for my work https://buymeacoffee.com/10mn8sk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.3	Hello, I am Tony Walker and I am the host of the classic ghost stories podcast and this week I'm going to be reading for you, The Lodger in Room 16 by David Dixon.
1:02.8	There is nothing artificial about me, nothing intelligent. I am human, all too human. I'm a long way from the singularity.
1:24.1	The Lodger in Room 16 by David Dixon.
1:28.3	There was something rather odd about the lodger in room 16, and Mr. Feath didn't think he could stand any more of it.
1:37.3	Right now, he was stooped at the keyhole of his next-door neighbour like a huge bald-headed bird looking for worms.
1:45.3	But all he could see was the corner of a crude, hefty wooden table which told him nothing
1:50.5	he did not told him on many previous inspections.
1:54.9	His innate timidity restricted his investigations to the daylight hours when he knew the
2:00.2	lodger must be out, and it was only during these hours when he knew the lodger must be out,
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