To mark Halloween here’s a ghost story to chill your soul told by first-timer Colin Urwin on Oct 30 2020 when the theme was Fear.
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Three stories & a mini-story from Pádraig recorded Oct 21 when the theme was The Last Time: prepare to have your heartbroken by Katherine Galvin; prepare to have your ribs tickled by Cathy Shannon; prepare for the unexpected with Matthew Mercier. Paul is your host.
From the 2019 archives, three stories featuring travel (sigh): Malachí O’Doherty witnesses a cremation in India; Lydia Hodgins is welcomed to Detroit; Nigel McKinney risks death in Thailand. Paul is your host.
Two stories from two tenx9 regulars: Richard O’Leary makes a performance-enhancing deal with the Virgin Mary; Paul Hutchinson is caught between the hunter and the knitter. Paul is your host.
Three fantastic stories from three brilliant women told via Zoom, 23 September when the theme was Nerves: Corks’s Sinead Garry & the nun who broke into cars; Baltimore’s Connie Phelps & a horror story with police; Glasgow’s Gyda Meeten on first days on the wards. Pádraig makes an appearance. Paul is your host.
Fiona Malloy told this story when the theme was It’s a Small World in July 2020 illustrating perfectly that you can go nowhere but you'll know someone.
Reliving our Black Box evenings, three “vintage” stories: Eddy Baker meets his namesake, Eddy Baker; Paul Hutchinson develops an intimacy with his in-laws; Jim Livingstone has a religious experience after a day at the races. Pád makes an appearance. Paul is your host.
Three Zoom stories & a little bonus: first-timer Killian Faith-Kelly cures his hangover; Karen Lane is told no cure is needed; Karen Hetherington addresses a troubled history for which there is no cure; Pádraig reveals the soup to cure the autumn chill. Paul is your host.
First-timer Connie Phelps joined us from Baltimore, USA with this amazing but harrowing story of violence in the home and the role of those who’re supposed to protect. The theme was Home from Home and it was told on 26 August 2020. Padraig introduces Connie.
Recorded on July 8th via Zoom when the theme was Small World: Helen McClements remembers a tragic time when she was far from home in New Zealand; Helen Killick reconnects with the past in a graveyard on Orkney. Paul is your host.