Supernatural Episodes

This is the final episode of season 8’s story ‘The Impressions’. I talk about the City of London where the story takes place, the sources for the different characters and an interesting theory about what some people believe could explain ghosts. And finally I’m going to introduce you to my next project. 🎧 To get the best experience of this story, listen with headphones. Image from Edward Penfield by rawpixel. Theme music: 'Sugar Cane Rag' by Scott Joplin. Additional music Daddy_s_ and SegeQua...

Felicity Appleby's plan to have the building belonging to the London investment bank Ruff, Tumble and Bounderby declared a building worth preserving by the Historical Building Association means the re-entry into her life of Aiden Duchenny, an ex-boyfriend. Will he help her, or will that entail a price that nobody should expect her to pay? 🎧 To get the best experience of this story, listen with headphones. Image from Edward Penfield by rawpixel. Sound effects courtesy of Pixabay. ...

Felicity Appleby has promised to help the Impressions, the peculiar inhabitants of the investment bank she works at near St Paul's Cathedral, find a way to stop the building they inhabit being torn down. But how will that be possible when other people hardly ever notice them? Could Felicity's old boyfriend Aidan Duchenny - also known as Aidan the Douchebag - help her find a way? 🎧 To get the best experience of this story, listen with headphones. Image from Edward Penfield by rawpixel. ...

Felicity Appleby has a job she hates in the London investment bank Ruff, Tumble and Bounderby. The only plus side is the bank's beautiful 19th century building and its location in the City of London, near St Paul's Cathedral. However, after bumping her head on a cupboard door, Felicity finds that the building is home to a whole other group of people, the Impressions, who badly need her help. Can she help them survive the 21st century? 🎧 To get the best experience of this story, listen with hea...

Mr Hickson is making a pot of money from his new property development at Brancaster Towers and it’s a nice place for him to hide his mistress, Roxanna. But who is behind the mysterious door in the West Tower? And what are they looking for from Hickson? This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2010 Music by Pixabay and JuliusH, Pixabay. Photo by Antonio Dillard from Pexels

Things are so bad for Cuthbert Trill he has decided to end it all. He's lost his job, his wife's run off with his best friend, and now a wave has just washed his glasses out to sea. Still, he could probably manage to drown himself if it wasn't for the annoying stranger on the beach who wants to interview him for a job. Why won't they understand that this is not the right moment? This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2015.

Derek Ebdon is an art forger of such exceptional skill that the experts find it impossible to tell if a work is created by him or by one of the old masters. But one day he buys a book with occult powers, and things start to go badly wrong. This story was first written for Business Spotlight in 2017. Music: A Hand In The Dark - Underbelly & Ty Mayer Image by Jazella from Pixabay.

Colin Sutherland is starting to panic. A strange encounter with the fox when the family is out driving, and cryptic messages left on the answering machine from Inspector Hüttl in Frankfurt about his ex-mistress Yasmin Tilki, give him the feeling of being trapped. But instead of asking for help from Flora and the children, he lashes out at them, driving them away. Then a noise outside in the dark makes him think he might at least be able to deal with Princess Jasmine … Photo by Alex Andrews...

Colin's behaviour has become increasingly peculiar after a phone call from Inspector Hüttl of the Frankfurt police and the repeated appearances of a mysterious fox his children have named Princess Jasmine. Over Christmas itself, things seem to calm down, until the family has to drive along a quiet, foggy road late at night ... Photo by Erik Mclean from Pexels

Colin Sutherland has flown back to Ireland from Frankfurt for Christmas with his family. But all is not well: his ex-mistress has disappeared in mysterious circumstances and the police are now looking for her. Meanwhile an anonymous postcard with a picture of the Hotel in the Süd Tirol they stayed in together has arrived at his home. The fact that his garden is visited at night by a fox shouldn’t be a big deal, so why does it upset Colin so much? And then Inspector Regina Hüttl from the Frank...

Meet Colin Sutherland: rich and successful with a loving wife and two adorable children. He’s got everything worked out … or has he? Photo by Pixabay

SUSPENSE: Successful corporate lawyer Henry Fist is having a well-deserved drink as he relaxes on his well-deserved holiday on the Cayman Islands when he gets a visit from a young admirer of his work, Nick Mephistopolous. Is Henry about to get something else well-deserved? This story was first published by Business Spotlight in 2016. Photo by energepic.com from Pexels

HUMOUR: What do you know about the people in your company? I mean, what do you REALLY know? Nick Samuel is asked to explore the diversity of employees at Topfood plc so his boss, JJ, can win an award. But what Nick finds out is really not at all what JJ is expecting. This story appeared in Business Spotlight in 2011.