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Sarah Raad's avatar

Actually SNORTED with laughter at that modern interpretation of the story! I agree! Totally sick of his shit!! 😂

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

I hesitate to even mention it given the circs but I overheard a BIZARRE conversation in the Men's Pub. Gonna do some Googling and see what I can find out.

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Siân CD's avatar

What an entertaining Tiny Christmas you are having 🤣 try not to freak yourself out tonight ! I do it all the time listening to the Uncanny podcast. Whhhhhhy do we do this to ourselves??? 😳 Merry Christmas Eve Melissa x

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

And to you!

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June Girvin's avatar

When I listened yesterday, it was clearly a male voice calling 'Evie', but it did sound like the way you'd call a dog, rather than someone desperately calling for help....

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

EXACTLY. Though no long drawn out 'Eeeeeeeevie' or whistling for her, I guess.

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June Girvin's avatar

Maybe it was someone calling a reluctant small child???? I'd rather any explanation than the ghostly one....and now I shall worry about you, worrying about the voice....

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

CERTAINLY didn’t see a child on the beach.

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Linda Clark's avatar

Hope you have a brilliant night in the mens pub! Can’t wait to hear about it! 😊 x

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

Men's pub was terrible, though I did overhear a very interesting conversation!

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Linda Clark's avatar

Tell us more! 🤣

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Heather Stanley's avatar

I'm not going to sleep AFTER READING THESE COMMENTS

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Rob's avatar

I enjoyed that. I like to think I’m fairly sensible, but at night in unfamiliar surroundings I can easily scare myself shitless, especially if I was on my own.

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

I am teetering on the edge of exactly this.

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Rob's avatar

We recently stayed in a chalet on a cliff top in Cornwall, out of the 5 chalets there we were the only one occupied and it was very quiet indeed at night. I didn’t sleep well until I knew what every creak and clonk was, fridge turning on and off, wind rattling the extractor fan flaps, you name it. Final straw was waking suddenly to a slight noise by the bedroom window and our normally laid back dog rushing to the front door barking hysterically. Next morning the lawn was all dug up so I assumed the scary nocturnal visitor was a hungry badger. I’m almost 75 but I still let my overactive imagination get the better of me sometimes. Hope you have a peaceful night and a happy Christmas Day.

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

Haha, I can picture this so clearly! Here, the fridge buzzes, the bathroom door clicks, there's a skylight that rattles, the wind roars in the chimneys (calm now) and there's some other knocking noise I can't identify. Ah well, old houses!

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Peter's avatar

OK this is actually scaring me slightly

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

Oh don't you start.

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Hope Fuller's avatar

Yesterday when I listened to the man calling for his dog it sounded like "Phoebe". But after reading the story I'm hearing the ghost of Thom calling over and over for "Evie" 😱

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Siân CD's avatar

Oh my gosh ! Yes, I'm laughing yet haunted at the same time 🤣😳😩

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

I REFUSE TO BE KILLED BY A SMUGGLER GHOST ON CHRISTMAS DAY

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

Oh my god DON’T. 😱😱😱

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Jane Duke's avatar

I've just gone back and listened again, and you know....it *could* be Evie 😬

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Deborah Gaudin's avatar

Oh Melissa, it was definitely Evie! M. R. James would be taking notes. Also, Rob says he didn't hear anything ......

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

Feeling a bit weird about all this now! Insomnia not helping... ah well. Merry Christmas!

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Jane Duke's avatar

Glad to see you made it through the night! Merry Christmas x

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Archie The Wonder Dog's avatar

Earlier I dithered over whether he was calling for Phoebe or Hebe but decided that he was unlikely to be calling for a shrub on a cliff top. Now I know different and he was calling for Evie.

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Jane Duke's avatar

I do actually know a teenage girl called Hebe, but I am now a convert to Evie 😬

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

I CAN’T LISTEN NOW, I’M AT THE PUB

oh god oh god

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Jane Duke's avatar

Part of my wants you to ask if anyone else has ever heard it and part of me VERY MUCH DOESN'T 😱

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

No way am I asking people at the #MensPub

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Jane Duke's avatar

*me not my. I am apparently too freaked to type 🙄

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Robin Jones's avatar

Hello just to say how much I’m enjoying your writing. I’m rooting for you in the men’s pub, you scoring 180 at darts and then trashing all comers at pool.

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

GOALS

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

Ah that's very kind, thank you for following along - and Merry Christmas!

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