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Swings by Adam Thorpe

Episode 3 of 3

Howard is alone when he visits a deserted playground. Then something starts making a squeaking noise. Read by Kenneth Cranham.

"Yes, the ghosts you see at night, they're the souls - the auras, if you like - of good people who didn't deserve to die. That's why they're full of regret, and frightening. Ghosts we see in broad daylight are the ones whose death were right and fair - they've been redeemed by death. They were evil while alive..."

Series of commissioned stories aiming to present ghosts or ghostly happenings in the cold light of day.

Will something 'unexplained' be as as scary then?

Adam Thorpe's tale is read by Kenneth Cranham

Producer Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.

15 minutes

Last on

Sun 25 Aug 202400:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Thu 18 Aug 201115:30
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