I love the quality of these recordings. The narrators are excellent, and the stories are engaging. It is so much fun to listen to actors I’ve enjoyed so much throughout my life.
I've not heard Roger Daltrey read before. I'd never have guessed it was him reading Carter's First case. Absolutely terrific‼️💗 I have really enjoyed these stories. Thank you. 🎉🎊💥💕
I have narcolepsy as well .... cant read stories ... but I can listen ... tired and sleepy are two different things . .. have to close my eyes ... but my brain is awake!
Creating a good short story has to the most difficult task for any writer. Bravo to those who succeed! I would love to know the name of the Author for "Photo Finish"? What a marvelous story! This was also well read. I stressed over Derek's race to get to Nick? Then relieved at Nick's discovery of the figure? Then once again shocked at the very ending! A Rollercoaster ride of emotions hit me so fast at the end making this a real gem. Only a top notch author can do this. I really liked Bill Oddie's voice too.
I'm an American from Philadelphia who now lives in the South and understood all those bloody British actors. This is pretty modern speech, as opposed to something like the Edwardian and Victorian British speech, like Wooster & Jeeves.
Just found this channel,,,, very impressed with Leslie's narration it's a shame he didn't have a crack at the Phillip Marlowe story's I think he'd have been great 👍 ....
Perhaps it's because of the strong accents of the readers in stories #3 and #8, but I'm having trouble understanding the endings. #3: So the husband finds the wife unconscious upon the grass, after she dug a bit of the turf to begin her flower bed? And the Spirit of the former owner harmed or killed her? Was that the "big reveal?" Just that the spirit was keeping the 2 new owners from harming "his" yard? #8: I didn't understand the ending at all. The Husband needed to steal his wife's coat so that he could sell it? Or why did the husband need the coat for the weekend? I didn't understand. They both paid Carter, but why did the husband need the coat?
Yes, That's what I got from the story too. You aren't the only one who has trouble with some English dialect. It depends on their accent? What part of England they're from?
Listened to the first 2 stories, beautifully read by Sachs and Mills. But the stories were rubbish, a total waste of time. The endings were so disappointing....is this why they are called "Unfinished Business ?"...
The story is about a man named Mallow who sent a letter to Jim Baxfield, our protagonist, to confess to a murder and explain why he did it. Basically Mallow had a sister who was an actress. She fell under the attack of a very harsh theatre critic named Jeffrey Marsh. Marsh absolutely loved getting negative attention from actors and directors for basically being the reason their careers were on the line. In other words, Marsh was a huge self-centered jerk who wrote "poison pen letters" (which is basically hate mail) to actors and directors. As a result of these insults that ruined her reputation and self-confidence, the sister ended up committing suicide. Mallow blamed Marsh for his sister's death and began to send him threatening letters whose words were cut out and pasted from Marsh's own reviews. When Marsh turned up dead no one cared and everyone actually rejoiced. As it turns out, Mellow was the one that killed him but the crime went unsolved. How did he do it? Well, after sending Marsh threats, Mallow pretended to be a huge fan and sent him a letter with his (Marsh's) picture and asked him to sign it and send it back. From what I understand, the envelope was coated with a poison (where you lick it?) which would gradually kill Marsh. But since the letter with the signed picture was sent back to Mallow using the same envelope, the evidence was not found with Marsh's corpse (by then it has been sent back to Mallow). Thus, the police couldn't make an arrest. So he got away with it for years, until now.
Excellent stories and narrators/actors. Wow! Haley Mills and Robert Daltrey!
I love the quality of these recordings. The narrators are excellent, and the stories are engaging. It is so much fun to listen to actors I’ve enjoyed so much throughout my life.
Thanks Lisa!
Agree--super professionally done!
I've not heard Roger Daltrey read before. I'd never have guessed it was him reading Carter's First case. Absolutely terrific‼️💗 I have really enjoyed these stories. Thank you. 🎉🎊💥💕
These audiobooks are amazing
Only thing that helps me fall asleep
Thank you ever so much for uploading
Love these stories, beautifully narrated by great actors. Thank you.
Excellent reading of riveting stories. Thank you for uploading.
🌲🌝☘️
Thank You for the awesome video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Our pleasure!
Thanks for putting links to each story.
Great narrators and production! You folks rock!
Andrew Sachs, such an incredible talent. Under appreciated for certain. Thank you, Andrew.
What rubbish. Andrew Sachs was a respected and fully appreciated actor.
I have narcolepsy as well .... cant read stories ... but I can listen ... tired and sleepy are two different things . .. have to close my eyes ... but my brain is awake!
Creating a good short story has to the most difficult task for any writer. Bravo to those who succeed! I would love to know the name of the Author for "Photo Finish"? What a marvelous story! This was also well read. I stressed over Derek's race to get to Nick? Then relieved at Nick's discovery of the figure? Then once again shocked at the very ending! A Rollercoaster ride of emotions hit me so fast at the end making this a real gem. Only a top notch author can do this.
I really liked Bill Oddie's voice too.
Thank you so much.......
Great reading pals. Great work. More of this. Thanks.
I'm an American from Philadelphia who now lives in the South and understood all those bloody British actors. This is pretty modern speech, as opposed to something like the Edwardian and Victorian British speech, like Wooster & Jeeves.
Great stuff. I wish sometimes I stayed awaked to hear the whole story. Maybe some day.
I am having terrific sleeps mind you!!!
Many thanks! Xx
lynne henderson if it’s really good I have to play it several times lol.
Thanks so much! What a delightful listen.
@Short Stories Your channel is great. Can't believe I just discovered you. Definitely a new favorite.
Just discovered you, many thanks
Thanks for this👍
Gave this another try and loved it. Thanks so much!
Thanks a Million for this great work of art..
Great!
Wish they made stories for today . I heard most plays forty years ago when I first worked . Now I’m retired .
Do you have to put so many adverts on this though? I really love the lot of recordings but really about 5 or 6 adverts in the first 2 stories?
Just found this channel,,,, very impressed with Leslie's narration it's a shame he didn't have a crack at the Phillip Marlowe story's I think he'd have been great 👍 ....
Leslie Grantham narrating Philip
Marlowe Los Angeles based detective stories. ?!?! Maybe Barbara Windsor could do Jane Austen ??
Yes, great stories and with commercials every 30 seconds, how could they be any better...weee.
Well read, but poor endings to most stories.
I just found this channel. Thank you.
James bolam the voice on Hayley mills phone!
Should be titled : Tales Very Much As Expected.
Perhaps it's because of the strong accents of the readers in stories #3 and #8, but I'm having trouble understanding the endings.
#3: So the husband finds the wife unconscious upon the grass, after she dug a bit of the turf to begin her flower bed? And the Spirit of the former owner harmed or killed her? Was that the "big reveal?" Just that the spirit was keeping the 2 new owners from harming "his" yard?
#8: I didn't understand the ending at all. The Husband needed to steal his wife's coat so that he could sell it? Or why did the husband need the coat for the weekend? I didn't understand.
They both paid Carter, but why did the husband need the coat?
Yes, That's what I got from the story too. You aren't the only one who has trouble with some English dialect. It depends on their accent? What part of England they're from?
....the book is called 'Unfinished Business" for a reason!
Brill, thanx!
Joss 'Aukland'? Who he?
Who understood what "Unfinished Business read by Hayley Mills" was about? Really didn't get it or was it just falling asleep to the radio !!!!
Another 2 adverts before the end of the 2nd story that's 7 or 8 and not even 2 stories finished
Brought thank you I have Narcolepsy your story's make my falling asleep very hard
Bruce ... you do not understand narcolepsy ... idiots are self evident
Too many ads.
1:00:59
why are there no author credits?? People worked hard to write these stories.
Author credits are spoken at the start of each story ‼️
Why no author credits ? Probably because the " writers " of these
trite , plodding unimaginative pieces of pap are too ashamed to
claim ownership..?
Wow ads on CZcams are getting longer and longer.
The endings to these stories are woefully dreadful, and utterly disappointing and unsatisfactory.
The only mystery is how they got
various well known actors to do the narration for this twaddle.?
Must've been a charity thing...?
Ruined by ads
I didn't understand the ending of the sixth one.
Too much publicity breaks killed the stories
Nice stories but too many adverts breaking the flow of it.
Adverts are coming on constantly spoiling the stories??
Listened to the first 2 stories, beautifully read by Sachs and Mills. But the stories were rubbish, a total waste of time. The endings were so disappointing....is this why they are called "Unfinished Business ?"...
Great stories and narrators apart from Roger Daltrey who spoke way to fast! Shame about the constant Adverts!
Can i ask who is the author?
Que?
No good 3rd story and within a couple of minutes another advert
Didn’t finish all 8 because the first two were so bad 😡
2nd story doesn't flow as neatly as the first. A little too verbose ie unless we need to know why she is in Florida on holiday.
After the second story just gave it up listening, really unfinished and irritatingly too much ad breaks the stories. Wasted my time...☹️😕😡
The number of ads are ridiculous. Makes these stories unlistenable.
My Google assistant sent me here
Poison pen. What was that about
The story is about a man named Mallow who sent a letter to Jim Baxfield, our protagonist, to confess to a murder and explain why he did it. Basically Mallow had a sister who was an actress. She fell under the attack of a very harsh theatre critic named Jeffrey Marsh. Marsh absolutely loved getting negative attention from actors and directors for basically being the reason their careers were on the line. In other words, Marsh was a huge self-centered jerk who wrote "poison pen letters" (which is basically hate mail) to actors and directors. As a result of these insults that ruined her reputation and self-confidence, the sister ended up committing suicide. Mallow blamed Marsh for his sister's death and began to send him threatening letters whose words were cut out and pasted from Marsh's own reviews.
When Marsh turned up dead no one cared and everyone actually rejoiced. As it turns out, Mellow was the one that killed him but the crime went unsolved. How did he do it? Well, after sending Marsh threats, Mallow pretended to be a huge fan and sent him a letter with his (Marsh's) picture and asked him to sign it and send it back. From what I understand, the envelope was coated with a poison (where you lick it?) which would gradually kill Marsh. But since the letter with the signed picture was sent back to Mallow using the same envelope, the evidence was not found with Marsh's corpse (by then it has been sent back to Mallow). Thus, the police couldn't make an arrest. So he got away with it for years, until now.
Too many adverts spoil the story telling
Ruined by so many adds.
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Imiuiiiiiii mmm r
Ads, ads, ads ..... $$$$$$$! 😵💫😤🤪
are you guys out of business? nothing new in six months as far as i can tell.