Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:59 The Story begins 00:29:03 Credits, thanks and further listening This story is one of a series featuring Thorpe Hazell, "the railway detective", originally published in The Royal Magazine in 1905. If you'd like to hear more of Thorpe Hazell's cases, they are collected in this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLi95qAoufCZLvCU7wSz3kSgiKfLkxe3XH.html
Thank you, Simon. I really still like the new format with the music and the added information on the authors and the stories. I know it's a lot of added work but always look forward to the finished product!
"Ever and anon" is a wonderful expression. I really do appreciate old-school prose. Thanks very much for another enjoyable story. Reasons to smile are precious. : )
Thank you Simon! I had never previously known of this author before finding your channel, and I love his stories - I suppose I could actually find them to read for myself...but who wants to do that when I can listen to your perfect performances (and crochet cat blankies at the same time)! Another gem, many thanks 😺
LOL 👏👏👏! Loved it Simon! It's so funny that in spite of whatever else is going on, he's preoccupied with his stomach. You do such a remarkable job of distinguishing voices between characters. And I too, very much like the intro music; it sets the mood for the whole story. You're the best and I adore you! ❤
It’s great you are providing information about the authors. My father was a very popular DJ here & he has told me about having to do the same thing about the bands or artists that he was featuring on his show back in the beginning. Love listening to you anyway Simon! ♥️♥️♥️😎🇦🇺✌️
addicted to your voice, presentation and enunciation . thank you for an articulate attractive presentation that gives much pleasure. Thank G-d for narrators that delight the ear..👏
Oh I'm so happy to see this one, to notice it today! It was one of the two or three you uploaded when I had covid and I just couldn't get my head around even the simplest plot I guess it's the clearest way to explain it. I've heard~and now completely understand!~ that covid can be a bit of a different experience for different people. I would absolutely have to agree that, to date, it's a very individual thing. Four family members of mine including myself, all had it at roughly the same time, in two households, and we all had a substantially different illness, which all seemed to have different phases . One of my issues was for several days, being simply unable to follow a story or even someone talking to me and found I didn't have the energy to even care. That was pretty bad I have to say. If there's such a thing as covid depression, I had it for sure, in the middle there for a while I'm just so grateful that that part is over and I am what I can only think of as pretty much myself again, and I'm so happy you were here for me on the other side. You do so much for your audience, so much you probably never anticipated the extent of it, or could have done.. Thank you again for being here and doing what you do, because it's a unique gift you've got there, and that you share it as you do, is very wonderful.
Wonderful tale! I was wondering what the trick would be and pleasantly enough, it was something very clever but plausible, instead of those 'rabbit out of the hats' resolutions. Thank you! Always a delight to see you've posted.
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Oh what an excellent story. It has all my favorite attributes. An amateur detective, a railroad mystery, stolen documents, diplomatic crisis and foreign intrigue topped off with an unexpected twist and impeccably performed. The background information adds a lot to the story. I knw the author from his novels but didn't know about his earlier short stories. I hope you do another one for us.😊😊
Glad to know you enjoyed it. I've done four stories from this series to date - if you haven't heard the other ones, they're available on this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLi95qAoufCZLvCU7wSz3kSgiKfLkxe3XH.html
Thank you, Simon. Another fine story...love all the Whitechurch railroad stories. It is wonderfully read...you get better, it seems, as you read these magnificent, well-written stories! I appreciate your selection of excellent, talented authors.
Thank you, Simon. I really enjoyed this recording. I'm curious as to the source of the strange dietary and exercise regimes that Thorpe Hazell practices.
Another treat for us all, thank you so much also the yarn on Sputastic was brilliant, please leave your coffee link as haven’t sent you a coffee for months,you must be gasping,be a terrible shame to loose that wonderful voice✊♥️
There are still heritage railways in Britain. They carry schoolchildren and shoppers from rural areas, and some have events like teas. West Somerset Railway will let you drive a goods train, for a fee. It's a lot of fun.
Yes, I've recorded four to date by this author: I've put them together in a playlist which I'll add to as and when I record any more: ua-cam.com/play/PLi95qAoufCZLvCU7wSz3kSgiKfLkxe3XH.html
18th comment 👍 The Affair of the German Dispatch Box =(307 Nothing can Stop What's Coming/Carefully Consider My Words/Do You Want to Know a Secret/I Am the Risen and Returning King/Sudden Destruction Shall Come) #SimonSays #JFKJR #BitesizedAudio #LoveWins although it will LOOK as if we do lose!
Hmm, this was published in December 1905. Doyle's Adventure of the Second Stain was published in December 1904. I think Whitechurch would get the Victorian equivalent of a UA-cam strike.
Ha! Yes, fair point... although it might be argued that Doyle had already copied himself with the Second Stain, as it was also his second story about a stolen government document, after The Naval Treaty in 1893. And of course there was Poe's 'The Purloined Letter' (1844) which predates them all...
@@BitesizedAudio yes, anytime a rudimentary fishing pole is involved, you know it's going to be a wild ride! As always, thank you, Simon. Wonderful storytelling. A criminally underrated art these days.
Excellent narrative. Good story. Though I find it just a hair fabricated. Too many discrepancies. I just happened to work voluntarily for Naval Intelligence for a very short time. Also I took a few semesters of psychology in college and a US Government crash course of the same. Since you made no reference of what time of the twentieth century I'm assuming early nineteen hundreds. This was far to simple and his guards were incompetent fools. Either way very entertaining read.
Thank you for your comment Ernest, much appreciated. In terms of the date of the story, it was published in 1905 (where I'm able to find it, I put the original publication details in the video description) but of course in the narrative it says that the events happened some years earlier and belong to the realm of obsolete diplomatic crises, so perhaps an approximate date would be early 1890s?
Quite so! I believe that the dangers of smoking weren't really understood until the 1950s, and even then it took some decades for it to be widely understood by the public. Prior to that smoking was even prescribed as a health benefit/medication sometimes!
Thanks for reaching out. I'm always happy to take suggestions for collaborations or stories to read, although I can't commit to anything in the near future as I've got quite a heavy workload lined up for the months ahead. If you have any specific proposals, do feel free to contact me with details via the email address on the 'About' page of the channel.
@@BitesizedAudio I am very sorry, Mr. Simon. I am unable to find the mail address. It will be very kind of you if you write it down once in the comment box. Thank you.
I'm very sorry to know that. I do strive to find the least jarring music I can within the limits of the UA-cam creator library, usually something fairly quiet and classical in style, but reasonably appropriate for the particular story where possible. I don't underscore the story itself, I'm just using musical interludes to separate the introductions from the narratives. If you'd prefer to listen to the stories unadorned by any music you can find the original recordings on my Bandcamp page: bitesizedaudio.bandcamp.com
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:59 The Story begins
00:29:03 Credits, thanks and further listening
This story is one of a series featuring Thorpe Hazell, "the railway detective", originally published in The Royal Magazine in 1905. If you'd like to hear more of Thorpe Hazell's cases, they are collected in this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLi95qAoufCZLvCU7wSz3kSgiKfLkxe3XH.html
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Thank you, Simon. I really still like the new format with the music and the added information on the authors and the stories. I know it's a lot of added work but always look forward to the finished product!
Yes me too!✊♥️
I know right……..he always adds context to the author …..I’ve learned something new every time
I love the Thorpe Hazell mysteries that I’ve heard so far and hope to hear more in the future!
Amusing,very entertaining! Thank you for introducing us to Whitechuch! Smiled at your enjoyable presentation--love the German accent!
Thank you 😘 perfect listening with a glass of wine, watching the sun go down. Can forget all the madness in the world.
The madness continues in 2023 😢
"Ever and anon" is a wonderful expression. I really do appreciate old-school prose. Thanks very much for another enjoyable story. Reasons to smile are precious. : )
They'll never ever change
Thank you Simon! I had never previously known of this author before finding your channel, and I love his stories - I suppose I could actually find them to read for myself...but who wants to do that when I can listen to your perfect performances (and crochet cat blankies at the same time)! Another gem, many thanks 😺
My little cat approves of your supplementary activity and begs purrmission to leap into the middle of it.
Simon u r absolutely brilliant. I am always so excited when a new story comes up. Thank u so much xxx
You're welcome! Thanks for your support Kate, much appreciated
Sleight of hand is a useful skill! ❤️Thank you for another entertaining story performed flawlessly. ❤️
LOL 👏👏👏! Loved it Simon! It's so funny that in spite of whatever else is going on, he's preoccupied with his stomach. You do such a remarkable job of distinguishing voices between characters. And I too, very much like the intro music; it sets the mood for the whole story. You're the best and I adore you! ❤
I love stories like this. Thank you Simon!
It’s great you are providing information about the authors. My father was a very popular DJ here & he has told me about having to do the same thing about the bands or artists that he was featuring on his show back in the beginning. Love listening to you anyway Simon!
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Thanks
A great opportunity to sit back, enjoy and be entertained. No politics, insanity or lack of common sense.
Just relaxing entertainment.
Thanks! MR James FTW
Thank you!
The stories you tell are wonderful Simon and your voice is so soothing.l can't get enough of both.❤️
So kind of you to say, and thank you for your very generous support!
Hi from New Jersey 🙂 seeing family here...just getting in bed and listening 💜 Thank you.
This is another brilliant detective from Victorian times,an entire genre I’m only aware of because of you, much appreciated ✊♥️
addicted to your voice, presentation and enunciation
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thank you for an articulate attractive presentation that gives much pleasure. Thank G-d for narrators that delight the ear..👏
Thank you!
Such a refreshing clarity, and straightforward ingenuity. I find this sort of tale is like a balm to my turbulent thoughts.
What a lovely comment, thank you William!
Thank you Simon.
Quite excellent! Thank you
Thanks for another read. I love trains, but have only been on trains in the USA.
What a delightful story! Thank you Simon for another great reading
Great fun Thank you 👍
Most excellent read thank you again sir
Thanks. Excellent 👏👏👏as always 👍
Just brilliant! Thank you Simon I wait for your stories until dark or rainy please carry on🇬🇧🏴🇬🇪🇫🇴🏴
Oh I'm so happy to see this one, to notice it today! It was one of the two or three you uploaded when I had covid and I just couldn't get my head around even the simplest plot I guess it's the clearest way to explain it.
I've heard~and now completely understand!~ that covid can be a bit of a different experience for different people. I would absolutely have to agree that, to date, it's a very individual thing. Four family members of mine including myself, all had it at roughly the same time, in two households, and we all had a substantially different illness, which all seemed to have different phases . One of my issues was for several days, being simply unable to follow a story or even someone talking to me and found I didn't have the energy to even care. That was pretty bad I have to say. If there's such a thing as covid depression, I had it for sure, in the middle there for a while
I'm just so grateful that that part is over and I am what I can only think of as pretty much myself again, and I'm so happy you were here for me on the other side. You do so much for your audience, so much you probably never anticipated the extent of it, or could have done..
Thank you again for being here and doing what you do, because it's a unique gift you've got there, and that you share it as you do, is very wonderful.
Sorry to hear you've been under the weather... I had it myself back in the spring, and it's not pleasant! I do hope you're recovering well now
Perfect Saturday night bedtime story, enjoyable and not so scary as to keep me up. Thank you.
A delightful bit of criminality. Very English.
Thank you!!!!
Glorious - as always - thank you
Wonderful tale! I was wondering what the trick would be and pleasantly enough, it was something very clever but plausible, instead of those 'rabbit out of the hats' resolutions. Thank you! Always a delight to see you've posted.
Another great one...even before I listen to it! Greetings from "Mayberry," North Carolina.
Brilliant! Great story, beautifully told. Thank you muchly 😊xx
I love listening to Simon's performances, because it is more than narration.
I am a proud monthly member of his buy me a coffee plan.
You can be too!
Together, we can keep this wonderful channel going.
Please, join the club, you'll never miss the price of a coffee.
Details above. ^
Yes! Well said!
Thanks so much for your support!
Very slick recovery! simple but effective, thank you for this tale most enjoyable
Oh what an excellent story. It has all my favorite attributes. An amateur detective, a railroad mystery, stolen documents, diplomatic crisis and foreign intrigue topped off with an unexpected twist and impeccably performed. The background information adds a lot to the story. I knw the author from his novels but didn't know about his earlier short stories. I hope you do another one for us.😊😊
Glad to know you enjoyed it. I've done four stories from this series to date - if you haven't heard the other ones, they're available on this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLi95qAoufCZLvCU7wSz3kSgiKfLkxe3XH.html
*THX Simon*👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for another great story Simon. 💕😊
Very good story nice ☝️
What a delightfully wacky character Hazell presents! 🤣
One of my favorite channels!!
Thank you kindly!
Adore... Thank You!
I love these stories ❤️
Thank you, Simon. Another fine story...love all the Whitechurch railroad stories. It is wonderfully read...you get better, it seems, as you read these magnificent, well-written stories! I appreciate your selection of excellent, talented authors.
Thank you!
never heard this one before! i dig it
Always a joy. ❤
Good evening Simon, just wanted to say hello 😊 thanks for another excellent video. The new intro is a great addition, plus really digging the music!!
Thanks Felene, appreciated 👍
Thank you, Simon. I really enjoyed this recording. I'm curious as to the source of the strange dietary and exercise regimes that Thorpe Hazell practices.
Delightful.
Wunderbar ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Another treat for us all, thank you so much also the yarn on Sputastic was brilliant, please leave your coffee link as haven’t sent you a coffee for months,you must be gasping,be a terrible shame to loose that wonderful voice✊♥️
Thank you Julie, much appreciated! You can find me at: www.buymeacoffee.com/bitesizedaudio
Cute story!
Wow. This was first printed one hundred and seventeen years ago. .
Beautiful ❤️
Thank you
Trains must have been fantastic things back then
There are still heritage railways in Britain. They carry schoolchildren and shoppers from rural areas, and some have events like teas. West Somerset Railway will let you drive a goods train, for a fee. It's a lot of fun.
Good story but I fell asleep. I'll listen again tonight.
I have that effect on people sometimes!
How delightful. Thankyou! Have you anymore by this author? 😀
Yes, I've recorded four to date by this author: I've put them together in a playlist which I'll add to as and when I record any more: ua-cam.com/play/PLi95qAoufCZLvCU7wSz3kSgiKfLkxe3XH.html
You lookвstunning, dear Simon.
18th comment 👍 The Affair of the German Dispatch Box =(307 Nothing can Stop What's Coming/Carefully Consider My Words/Do You Want to Know a Secret/I Am the Risen and Returning King/Sudden Destruction Shall Come) #SimonSays #JFKJR #BitesizedAudio
#LoveWins although it will LOOK as if we do lose!
It's quite nice to see you. It's like we've met. I like that. I hope we are friends. You help me to be happy.
Family friendly, like me 😍
Hmm, this was published in December 1905. Doyle's Adventure of the Second Stain was published in December 1904. I think Whitechurch would get the Victorian equivalent of a UA-cam strike.
Ha! Yes, fair point... although it might be argued that Doyle had already copied himself with the Second Stain, as it was also his second story about a stolen government document, after The Naval Treaty in 1893. And of course there was Poe's 'The Purloined Letter' (1844) which predates them all...
Hmm. I can't help but think there might've been an easier way to switch the boxes. 🧐
Perhaps less fun though!
@@BitesizedAudio yes, anytime a rudimentary fishing pole is involved, you know it's going to be a wild ride! As always, thank you, Simon. Wonderful storytelling. A criminally underrated art these days.
Thanks to Thorpe Hazell WW1 was postponed 9 years...
Excellent narrative. Good story. Though I find it just a hair fabricated. Too many discrepancies. I just happened to work voluntarily for Naval Intelligence for a very short time. Also I took a few semesters of psychology in college and a US Government crash course of the same. Since you made no reference of what time of the twentieth century I'm assuming early nineteen hundreds. This was far to simple and his guards were incompetent fools. Either way very entertaining read.
Thank you for your comment Ernest, much appreciated. In terms of the date of the story, it was published in 1905 (where I'm able to find it, I put the original publication details in the video description) but of course in the narrative it says that the events happened some years earlier and belong to the realm of obsolete diplomatic crises, so perhaps an approximate date would be early 1890s?
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Simon, in your opinion, is a Vegetarian diet ok? Vegan is too far for me right now. Love you! #SimonSays 💙😊🤠🎤 #JFKJR
Thorpe Hazell, so into body health, actually smokes?? Just an observation. Perhaps at the time the perils were not we'll known....
Quite so! I believe that the dangers of smoking weren't really understood until the 1950s, and even then it took some decades for it to be widely understood by the public. Prior to that smoking was even prescribed as a health benefit/medication sometimes!
Hello, Mr. Simon! This is Ranodripto Seal from India. I am a writer as well as a voice over artist. Can I work with you?
Thanks for reaching out. I'm always happy to take suggestions for collaborations or stories to read, although I can't commit to anything in the near future as I've got quite a heavy workload lined up for the months ahead. If you have any specific proposals, do feel free to contact me with details via the email address on the 'About' page of the channel.
@@BitesizedAudio I am very sorry, Mr. Simon. I am unable to find the mail address. It will be very kind of you if you write it down once in the comment box. Thank you.
Perfect story but for the tapioca pudding ( 🤢 )
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Krieg in German means war! Subtle, huh? LOL🙃
I find the music jarring, but many noises bother me.
I'm very sorry to know that. I do strive to find the least jarring music I can within the limits of the UA-cam creator library, usually something fairly quiet and classical in style, but reasonably appropriate for the particular story where possible. I don't underscore the story itself, I'm just using musical interludes to separate the introductions from the narratives. If you'd prefer to listen to the stories unadorned by any music you can find the original recordings on my Bandcamp page: bitesizedaudio.bandcamp.com
So I've been sharing this I hope you like it
#RyanGooseling shorts
Thanks for sharing Granny Kim
Shades of ac doyle
Thanks