Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
A compilation of five classic tales of suspense with a shared theme of haunted vehicles from the early days of the combustion engine, by authors including E. F. Benson, Arthur Conan Doyle, J. B. Harris-Burland and A. J. Alan. See below for a list of stories and timestamps. Curated and narrated by Simon Stanhope for Bitesized Audio.
Note: these stories are available individually on the channel if you prefer to listen that way, but I've taken the opportunity while compiling this anthology to re-edit and remaster the older recordings. (Note: as they were recorded episodically you may notice a slight variation in acoustic/audio quality between stories.)
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction and list of contents
00:01:09 The Dust-Cloud, by E. F. Benson
00:36:30 How it Happened, by Arthur Conan Doyle
00:45:58 Lord Beden's Motor, by J. B. Harris-Burland
01:19:40 My Adventure in Norfolk, by A. J. Alan
01:37:29 The Bus Conductor, by E. F. Benson
02:03:04 Credits, thanks and further listening
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About the stories:
00:01:09 The Dust-Cloud, by E. F. Benson
In the aftermath of a tragic motor accident in Norfolk, stories abound locally of strange visual and auditory phenomena. Can there really be such a thing as a ghost motor car? Our narrator is intrigued by the legend, but has no particular intention to visit the scene himself...
00:36:30 How it Happened, by Arthur Conan Doyle
"It was foolish, no doubt, to begin to learn a new system in the dark. But one often does foolish things, and one has not always to pay the full price for them..."
00:45:58 Lord Beden's Motor, by J. B. Harris-Burland
A hard man was Ralph Strang, seventh Earl of Beden, but it was not until he purchased a 12-horsepower Napier motor-car that the villagers really began to consider him possessed of a devil...
01:19:40 My Adventure in Norfolk, by A. J. Alan
An isolated cottage, a car broken down in the snow, and the stranded driver acting most mysteriously: Alan's attempt to help a damsel in distress lead him into a very extraordinary – and ghostly – adventure...
01:37:29 The Bus Conductor, by E. F. Benson
Two friends, one a believer in the supernatural and the other a sceptic, talk about a night they spent in a "haunted" house, which brought no results. But then the sceptic surprises his friend by telling of a very strange experience which happened to him a year earlier...
Original recordings © Bitesized Audio 2022–25; this compilation © Bitesized Audio 2026
A compilation of five classic tales of suspense with a shared theme of haunted vehicles from the early days of the combustion engine, by authors including E. F. Benson, Arthur Conan Doyle, J. B. Harris-Burland and A. J. Alan. See below for a list of stories and timestamps. Curated and narrated by Simon Stanhope for Bitesized Audio.
Note: these stories are available individually on the channel if you prefer to listen that way, but I've taken the opportunity while compiling this anthology to re-edit and remaster the older recordings. (Note: as they were recorded episodically you may notice a slight variation in acoustic/audio quality between stories.)
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction and list of contents
00:01:09 The Dust-Cloud, by E. F. Benson
00:36:30 How it Happened, by Arthur Conan Doyle
00:45:58 Lord Beden's Motor, by J. B. Harris-Burland
01:19:40 My Adventure in Norfolk, by A. J. Alan
01:37:29 The Bus Conductor, by E. F. Benson
02:03:04 Credits, thanks and further listening
If you enjoy this content and would like to help me keep creating, there are a few ways you can support me:
* Occasional/one-off support via Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/bitesizedaudio
* Monthly support on Patreon: patreon.com/bitesizedaudio
* Donate via PayPal: paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=HMMUWZ7URN26A
* Visit my Bandcamp page to hear more of my performances of classic stories, and you can purchase and download high quality audio files to listen offline: bitesizedaudio.bandcamp.com
* Become a Bitesized Audio Classics member on YouTube, from $1 / £1 / €1 per month:
youtube.com/c/BitesizedAudioClassics/join
About the stories:
00:01:09 The Dust-Cloud, by E. F. Benson
In the aftermath of a tragic motor accident in Norfolk, stories abound locally of strange visual and auditory phenomena. Can there really be such a thing as a ghost motor car? Our narrator is intrigued by the legend, but has no particular intention to visit the scene himself...
00:36:30 How it Happened, by Arthur Conan Doyle
"It was foolish, no doubt, to begin to learn a new system in the dark. But one often does foolish things, and one has not always to pay the full price for them..."
00:45:58 Lord Beden's Motor, by J. B. Harris-Burland
A hard man was Ralph Strang, seventh Earl of Beden, but it was not until he purchased a 12-horsepower Napier motor-car that the villagers really began to consider him possessed of a devil...
01:19:40 My Adventure in Norfolk, by A. J. Alan
An isolated cottage, a car broken down in the snow, and the stranded driver acting most mysteriously: Alan's attempt to help a damsel in distress lead him into a very extraordinary – and ghostly – adventure...
01:37:29 The Bus Conductor, by E. F. Benson
Two friends, one a believer in the supernatural and the other a sceptic, talk about a night they spent in a "haunted" house, which brought no results. But then the sceptic surprises his friend by telling of a very strange experience which happened to him a year earlier...
Original recordings © Bitesized Audio 2022–25; this compilation © Bitesized Audio 2026
