The Middle Toe of The Right Foot by Ambrose Bierce

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Classic Ghost Stories Podcast - Tony Walker

2 жыл бұрын

The Middle Toe of The Right Foot by Ambrose Bierce is a classic story of a haunted house written by the master of American fiction Ambrose Bierce who disappeared mysteriously. Southern Gothic, anyone?
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@andreamontgomery5431 8 күн бұрын

Keep the stories coming!

@michami1979 2 жыл бұрын

As a Welsh person I can confirm that it's always raining 🤣

@ClassicGhost 2 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough when I was there a couple of weeks ago it was sunny! (sometimes)

@clareelliott8348 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! 🤣

@mariameere5807 2 жыл бұрын

Ireland too, it rains 🌧 every single day even in summer you get one shower! Now I live in London but my memories of childhood in New York was of such extreme weather that it’s unbearable once you’ve had a taste of the weather over here! I’ll never complain of rain again after the last time I went there to visit family! Seriously! And indoors the air conditioning is freezing 🥶 lol

@annabellreads 2 жыл бұрын

This was always one of my favorites by Bierce because of the sheer hilarity of having a knife fight in the dark to... well, to do anything other than accidentally stab yourself, really. Seems like something Lord Byron would invent. Hope you're having a great time in Wales!

@ClassicGhost 2 жыл бұрын

Very good point. A knife fight in the dark!

@halmycroft194 2 жыл бұрын

Listening now - I enjoyed Bierce's little nod to Shakespeare in the early line about a giant's strength, there's sometimes a real economy of expression in referencing other works :)

@soundsilence2604 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this one very much. Bierce leaves a breadcrumb trail of hints that become glaring in hindsight. Why did Mounton return? Perhaps because of the court action taken by Brewer on the property. Perhaps Mounton hoped to reclaim the property either for monetary gain or concealment of his crimes.

@franhead3824 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully written!

@bluegreenglue6565 2 жыл бұрын

Another great Bierce story, and one that would lend itself easily to placement in an old-school horror anthology film (the kind that gave you the creeps but also made you laugh). Thanks very much, and do enjoy your time in Wales.

@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz 2 жыл бұрын

Why the HELL would ANYONE, either cruelly break off an engagement with someone missing a toe, or even MORE insanely, murder their wife and children because of it? This makes absolutely ZERO freaking sense to me. ALSO; once they recognized HIM, wouldn’t HE have recognized THEM, and therefore AVOIDED a fight with any of them? Happy Camping, happy camper.

@MSYNGWIE12 2 жыл бұрын

Have a great time camping in Wales Tony! Hope you have excellent weather too. Namaste Holly Golightly

@Bebecat477 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the superb storytelling!

@Carlos_DK 2 жыл бұрын

Great reading! I've always had a soft spot for Mr Bierce 👍

@toniyoung8474 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful reading as always.

@mijiyoon5575 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! This title grabbed my *instant* attention

@allisonjones3064 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore tony walker, especially stories written by him, are some of the best he narrates.,This was first of all stories shared that I was completely underwhelmed and disappointed by…seemed ridiculous banal ending

@Elder-Witch299 2 жыл бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed the twists in this one. Mind you, the way they were talking about women they should have all been locked in the house! Thank you for making me aware of this very talented author. Hope you're enjoying the camping in God's country.

@soundsilence2604 2 жыл бұрын

I understood the youngmen's banter to be a deliberate setup of Mounton. At the story's end, the author notes that King recognised Mounton and informed the others of his presence.

@Elder-Witch299 2 жыл бұрын

@@soundsilence2604 Yes I realise that, but it still doesn't sit right with me.

@Eisenhower42 Жыл бұрын

So delighted to hear this - well done, Tony! Ambrose Bierce is one of the most interesting characters in American literature, and certainly one of my favs. I could listen to you read story after story of his.

@ClassicGhost Жыл бұрын

+DeWayne Hayes it was you partly that led to me reading this one

@blixten2928 2 жыл бұрын

Bierce is always a winner!!

@martiwilliams4592 2 жыл бұрын

Really creepy story. M. certainly deserved getting scared to death. Serves him right! Thank you, Tony, for your usual masterful word-images narration and interesting and amusing commentary.

@itgetter9 2 жыл бұрын

Love it! Also, regarding your commentary on doing that range of accents . . . Have you seen the film "The Trip"? Your commentary reminded me of these exchanges between friends in that film.

@stardust949 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for reading an Ambrose Bierce I haven't read myself---enjoyed it thoroughly. But as for Ambrose coming back and "saving" us, LOL!!! Have you ever read his 'Devil's Dictionary'? Probably his most famous work? A more literate and highly cynical epistle of drollery there is not! Unless his soul has done some major transformative work towards kindness and altruism, we'd best not look to good old Bierce for saving.

@split-wb7bg 2 жыл бұрын

I think I suggested this to you, but my memory isn't a steel trap anymore...

@ClassicGhost 2 жыл бұрын

You did. I think I do reference you in the notes making a lame joke about whether 23Split23 is your real name- which it may be

@split-wb7bg 2 жыл бұрын

@@ClassicGhost it definitely has a meaning, but it's not my name.

@split-wb7bg 2 жыл бұрын

@@ClassicGhost I have another suggestion, 'The Cat Jumps' by Margaret Bowen. Read to just get the overview of the story, then read it again to pick up on her humor, and a nice little bit of alliteration.

@libertycowboy2495 2 жыл бұрын

It's pronounced "boo-ee" knife. Otherwise, great tale!

@roringusanda2837 2 жыл бұрын

Ive only ever heard anyone say bo-wee.

@ClassicGhost 2 жыл бұрын

Actually Boo-ee represents the Gaelic ‘buidhe’ from which it comes meaning a yellow haired person

@thurayya8905 10 ай бұрын

I believe shirts are thrown aside in a fight because they reduce mobility and, in the cinema, it shows off sweaty muscles, which look better than a ripped shirt. In the story, I think Bierce does it so that the onlooker who sees the wagon and describes it, allows us to realize it is someone from the fight.

@joannemorris4451 Жыл бұрын

It's boo-wee. Jim Bowie fought at the Alamo. The knife is named after him. Also there is a small town in SE Arizona called Bowie.

@scottheathco7323 2 жыл бұрын

bowe ee knife..not bow wow..think english long bow

@ClassicGhost 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't it famous because David Bowie used it while recording Ziggy Stardust?

@scottheathco7323 2 жыл бұрын

@@ClassicGhost that's funny..it's famous because a doctor made a knife for his brother..one night his brother basically got into a bar fight..the fight carried over to a sandbar in south eastern texas where jim bowie used the knife hus brother the doctor had given him to basically cut a man in half with one blow I think it's actually called the sandbar massacre Bowie knives were subsequently outlawed and killing a man with one carried a harsher sentence than shooting a man