A Podcast to the Curious - The M.R. James Podcast

Episode 96 – The Real and the Counterfeit by Louisa Baldwin


Listen Later

This episode, Mike and Will grab their literary toboggans and gallop joyously out into the snow, only to be hit in the face by a terrifying fictional snowball in the form of Louisa Baldwin’s The Real and the Counterfeit!

Big thanks as ever to Debbie Wedge for providing the readings for this episode. Looking for a last-minute Christmas gift to please the M.R. James fan in your life? Why not head over to Debbie’s Redbubble store and pick up an awesome Jamesian Wallop, Barchestering, or No Diggin’ ‘Ere t-shirt?

Show notes:

  1. More on Louisa Baldwin in our last episode
  2. We covered The Weird of the Walfords back in the summer, and included a lot more biographical details about Louisa Baldwin.
  3. Long Galleries (wikipedia)
  4. A lot of the action in this story takes place in a long gallery, a popular architectural feature of many stately homes in England.
  5. George’s banjo (authorama.com)
  6. Like Lawley in this story, George in Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat was also a keen banjo player, much to the displeasure of his friends. Similarly, in Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, Bertie’s insistence on playing the banjolele is what finally drives Jeeves to leave Bertie’s service (albeit temporarily).
  7. Other haunted abbeys (nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com)
  8. In this episode, Mike mentions a number of old houses in England that are, like Stonecroft, said to be haunted by ghostly monks.
  9. Tobogganing at Funchal (carreirosdomonte.com)
  10. The city of Funchal in Madeira is famous for providing toboggan-like basket rides from the Mount Church on the hill, down into the town.
    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    A Podcast to the Curious - The M.R. James PodcastBy A Podcast to the Curious - The M.R. James Podcast

    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9

    4.9

    153 ratings


    More shows like A Podcast to the Curious - The M.R. James Podcast

    View all
    Odd Lots by Bloomberg

    Odd Lots

    1,897 Listeners

    The Bugle by The Bugle

    The Bugle

    3,730 Listeners

    No Such Thing As A Fish by No Such Thing As A Fish

    No Such Thing As A Fish

    4,880 Listeners

    Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James (1862 - 1936) by LibriVox

    Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James (1862 - 1936)

    32 Listeners

    Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast by Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

    Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

    353 Listeners

    THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST by ADAM BUXTON

    THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

    1,224 Listeners

    Classic Ghost Stories by Tony Walker

    Classic Ghost Stories

    528 Listeners

    The Supermassive Podcast by The Royal Astronomical Society

    The Supermassive Podcast

    316 Listeners

    The Ancients by History Hit

    The Ancients

    3,238 Listeners

    The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

    The Rest Is History

    14,672 Listeners

    Gone Medieval by History Hit

    Gone Medieval

    1,832 Listeners

    Not Just the Tudors by History Hit

    Not Just the Tudors

    2,040 Listeners

    Plain English with Derek Thompson by The Ringer

    Plain English with Derek Thompson

    2,288 Listeners

    Kermode & Mayo’s Take by Sony Music Entertainment

    Kermode & Mayo’s Take

    327 Listeners

    After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal by History Hit

    After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

    1,084 Listeners