Since Victorian times, Christmas has traditionally been the time of year to gather around a log fire, turn the lights down low and indulge in a Ghost Story. Every year - journalist and broadcaster Jon Briggs (also known as the original voice of Siri on your iPhone in the UK) has recorded a haunted tale - thrilling enough to freeze your mulled wine and send shivers down the back of Santa's neck. These tales of the supernatural are collated here for your delectation and delight from 2015 onwards. You will remember to come back next Christmas...won't you?
A sneak preview of August on Fireside Ghost Stories...
So the collection is building on Fireside Ghost Stories and our listeners are growing. If you'd like to know what's happening this month - with the Glorious 12th looming - have a listen to this sneak preview. To subscribe - and hear this episode in full - click here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2595373/subscribe ↗️ Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing ...
19 Jul 2026
For lovers of the mysterious and the dark....
Thank you for being a Christmas Ghost Story fan - this is a slightly different venture that I've just launched - and I think you might enjoy it. It's all about Witches! You can find Witches, Truth, Trials and Terrors wherever you get your podcasts or simply click on the link: www.witchespodcast.com Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you f...
3 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
What You've Been Missing!
Now you don't have to wait a whole 12 months - join me for my Fireside Ghost Stories every month.... To subscribe to Fireside Ghost Stories - just click this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2595373/subscribe ↗️ Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for ...
13 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
Something Wicked this Way Comes....
A Ghost Story is not just for Christmas..... To subscribe to Fireside ghost stories - just click this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2595373/subscribe ↗️ Send me a text - I love hearing what you think of these stories and knowing where you're from! We think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your support and coming back every year. To follow Jon on social media just look for @voiceofsiri or @voiceofsiruk. You can contact him via h...
24 Dec 2025
Christmas 2025 - Slay Bells Ring... Are You Listening?
Send us a text How time flies - another year has passed and it is time for another Christmas Ghost Story. If you are new to us - Welcome - and if you have followed us for a while - you are very welcome back. We have a first for you this year because this year's tale is an original - never seen or heard - or indeed read until now. It also includes original music from my nephew - Sam. Set in that narrow hour before midnight, when bells wait in their towers and houses hold their bre...
24 Dec 2024
Christmas 2024 - Little Chance of a Silent Night
Send us a textWe are celebrating 10 years of scary Christmas fireside entertainment! This year we reveal the goings on inside Number Ninety. If you have ever toyed with the idea of spending a night in an already haunted house, here is a cautionary tale. First published in 1890 and written by the Irish author B.M.Croker - a women who could boast that the prime minister - William Gladstone - was among her readers. Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know ...
24 Dec 2023
Christmas 2023 - We Wish You a Scary Christmas
Send us a textThank you for taking the time to download and listen to this year's scary festive tale. It's a real cracker this year- and you don't even have to wear the paper hat! The Tale of the Monkey's Paw in it's original form, as written by W.W. Jacobs, is a "3 wishes" story with a cautionary tale enclosed. Although subsequently made into several films, the original story remains the scariest and the best. Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him bet...
24 Dec 2022
Christmas 2022 - Do You Hear What I Hear?
Send us a textI'm so pleased you have returned for this year's Christmas Ghost Story. Written by a master of the supernatural - Algernon Blackwood. We last read his work in 2015. As well as being a prolific ghost story writer, he also happens to be a master of my own profession - broadcasting. In this year's tale, our hero is a 4th year student at Edinburgh University - but his hours of peaceful study are about to be rudely interrupted... Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcas...
24 Dec 2021
Christmas 2021 - God Rest Ye Frightened Gentlemen
Send us a textWelcome back for this year's Christmas Ghost Story. Written by William Wymark Jacobs in 1897, an author best known for his horror story The Monkey's Paw. This story reveals the tale of Jerry Bundler and the long term effects of his visit to a tavern, that still casts a shadow over revellers celebrating Christmas 80 years later....Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the ...
24 Dec 2020
Christmas 2020 - Something Old and Something Grue-some
Send us a textThis year's Christmas Ghost Story is E. Nesbitt's "John Charrington's Wedding" from 1891. The story of a bride and bridegroom that you will never forget....Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.comWe think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for ...
24 Dec 2019
Christmas 2019 - Widow Without You...
Send us a textThis years Christmas Ghost Story is "Father Macclesfield's Tale" by R.H.Benson. Written in 1907, the priest tells his tale of a widow and her haunted house...Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.comWe think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - so thank you for your suppo...
24 Dec 2018
Christmas 2018 - Father Christmas is Dying to Meet You.
Send us a textThis years Christmas Ghost Story is "The Shop of Ghosts". Written in 1909 by G.K. Chesterton, it first appeared in London's Daily news, where our narrator enters a toy shop to find Father Christmas is dying...Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.comWe think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishin...
24 Dec 2017
Christmas 2017 - Frightful Furniture
Send us a textThis year's Christmas Ghost Story is by Charles Dickens. It is titled "Mr Testator's Visitation" and was written in 1860. Have you ever wondered about the history of the furniture in your home? No? You might need to take a second look.....Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.comWe think we are the on...
24 Dec 2016
Christmas 2016 - Hide and Spook...
Send us a textThis year's Christmas Ghost Story is "Smee". Written by A.M.Burrage and originally published as part of a collection in the book Someone in the Room in 1931. A game of hide and seek will never seem the same again...Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.comWe think we are the only annual podcast in the world - pub...
24 Dec 2015
Christmas 2015 - Don't Get the Sack...
Send us a textThis year's Christmas Ghost Story is "The Kit Bag" . Written by Algernon Blackwood in 1908. A court case ends - but the evidence presented at the trial hasn't been finished with yet....Jon Briggs is a journalist, broadcaster and voice over. You may know him better as the original voice of Siri in the UK or the BBC's Weakest Link quiz show. You can contact him at http://www.jonbriggs.comWe think we are the only annual podcast in the world - publishing every Christmas Eve - ...
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