M. R. James's ghost stories: podcast with folklorist Jacqueline Simpson

[Extollager]

This podcast

Episode 53 – Jacqueline Simpson interview - A Podcast to the Curious – The M.R. James Podcast

is a pleasure to listen to. Dr. Simpson is past president of the Folklore Society and editor of several prized folktale collections in my library, such as an excellent volume of Scandinavian tales. She loves James's stories and is a superlative interviewee. Listen to how engaged she is with a ghastly sequence in James's "Count Magnus"!

 

[Phyrebrat]

A Podcast to the Curious is essential listening. After The Faculty of Horror, it’s my favourite.

Everyone should listen to these!

pH