In Series 4, Episode 8 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Naomi Ryan as we discuss 'Martin's Close' by M.R. James
Naomi Ryan is a barrister. After completing the BCL at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, she taught criminal law to undergraduates at St Hilda’s College Oxford and University College London before embarking on her career as a criminal barrister. She both prosecuted and defended before moving to work for as a civil service. She has worked for an array of prestigious departments, including the Attorney General’s Office, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Court of Appeal, and she continues to work as an advisory barrister on criminal matters. When she isn’t advising on criminal matters, she delivers talks on the more macabre side of legal history. She is a regular feature at London’s Month of the Dead festival, and can often be found addressing museums and other legal and supernatural organisations on the topic of ghost law. She plans to finish her book on the subject next year.
Find Naomi on Instagram @spooky_barrister
The Ghost Story Book Club: Christmas Special Live-Stream
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Date: Thursday 7 December, 7pm (UK time)
Guest: Mike Muncer (from The Evolution of Horror)
Texts: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) and The Ash Tree (1975)
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Christmas Special: with Mike Muncer - 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' (1974) and 'The Ash Tree' (1975)
Ten Christmas Ghost Stories
'The Upper Berth' by F. Marion Crawford: with Nathan Ballingrud
'Berenice' by Edgar Allan Poe: with Leon Craig
LIVE SPECIAL: The Woman in Black (1989 adaptation) with Prof. Catherine Spooner & Andrew Michael Hurley
'The Giant Wistaria' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman: with Dr. Emily Vincent
'The Striding Place' by Gertrude Atherton: with Caroline Bird
'The Hated House' by Celia Fremlin: with Kirsty Logan
'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' by M.R. James: with Will Maclean
'Man-Size in Marble' by E. Nesbit: with Rachel Fairburn
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'The Lady's Maid's Bell' by Edith Wharton: with Rhianna Dhillon
Christmas Special: with Mike Muncer - 'The Stalls of Barchester' (1971) and 'Lost Hearts' (1973)
'The Room in the Tower' by E. F. Benson: with James Swanton
'They' by Rudyard Kipling: with Emily Klassen
'The Cicerones' by Robert Aickman: with Andrew Michael Hurley
'The Lost Ghost' by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: with Becky Darke
'The House with the Brick-Kiln' by E.F. Benson: with Louise Blain
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