To Prove An Alibi | L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace | A Bitesized Audiobook

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  • Опубліковано 24 лис 2024

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  • @BitesizedAudio
    @BitesizedAudio  Рік тому +24

    Story begins at 00:01:20. Arthur Cressley returns from making his fortune in Australia to take possession of his historic family seat, Cressley Hall in Derbyshire. He confides his fears about the sinister legend surrounding the Cressley heirs to John Bell, the "ghost exposer" - are supernatural forces at work, or could Cressley be the victim of a more material plot? *Warning* Some comments below may reference the plot and suggest spoilers.... read with caution.
    Narrated/performed by Simon Stanhope, aka Bitesized Audio. If you enjoy this content and would like to help me keep creating, there are a few ways you can support me (and get access to exclusive content):
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  • @SpuktasticAudio
    @SpuktasticAudio Рік тому +33

    What a marvellous job you made of conveying the desperate urgency to reach Cressley Hall timeously. I was having palpitations! But then, cher Simon, your artistry always gives me palpitations! ❤

  • @christabedwin
    @christabedwin Рік тому +26

    So much suspense in this one, I’m nervous the whole way through about what’s going to happen and if the hero will save the day. I often fall back asleep during many of the stories but this one actually put a pit of nervousness in my tummy!

    • @BitesizedAudio
      @BitesizedAudio  Рік тому

      Sorry to keep you up! I hope you managed to get some sleep in the end after all the drama...

    • @dianesleeman5940
      @dianesleeman5940 7 місяців тому

      Yes. A real cliffhanger but it ended rather lamely alas. The result of two authors perhaps?

  • @CrowSkeleton
    @CrowSkeleton Рік тому +6

    Gosh, this story was exciting! I'm very glad to have it read to me with your dramatic flair and acting skills, I don't think I'd have got half as much immersion from it in print...when an ancestral tryst with the Devil and secret passages in the pannelling are just by-the-ways, a story can easily wobble over into silliness.

  • @anthonysokolsky6210
    @anthonysokolsky6210 Рік тому +15

    Never read this classic before but it was beautifully narrated!

  • @JustSayin916
    @JustSayin916 Рік тому +6

    Oooo! All the necessary factors for suspense: an ancient family hall, a curse, gold from Australia! Perfect!

  • @ginabeena6757
    @ginabeena6757 Рік тому +11

    Another wonderful Bell story🥳 Thank you so very much!❤️

  • @markmiller7761
    @markmiller7761 Рік тому +1

    What a wonderful story and narration!

  • @Frenchblue8
    @Frenchblue8 Рік тому +7

    I couldn't ask for more~ although I love ALL of your detectives, Simon, these are the authors of what I still feel is my very favorite story, the Eight Mile Lock, following Dr. Bell on yet another guaranteed wonderfully arcane, yet truly suspenseful tale of mystery and adventure is hard to beat.
    Thank you thank you!💙

    • @BitesizedAudio
      @BitesizedAudio  Рік тому +2

      So glad to know that, @Frenchblue8. Sadly this is the last in the series, but now I've finished the whole cycle I'm going to put them all together as a complete video, to come in the next week or two, all being well. In fact I've had to re-record a couple of the older ones because the audio wasn't compatible for the compilation (for various boring technical reasons), so I had to do a new version of 'The Eight-Mile Lock'. The old one is still available, but if you'd like to try the new one it's available here: ua-cam.com/video/D12opIaC7v0/v-deo.html

    • @Frenchblue8
      @Frenchblue8 Рік тому +1

      @@BitesizedAudio Really!?!? Unbelievably, I am actually in the perfect moment to enjoy it right now, LOL what are the odds! Unfettered joy, and many thanks! 💙

  • @willamsandell1082
    @willamsandell1082 Рік тому +4

    Wow! What a story! I was on pins and needles all through the story !

  • @stephaniealeman8522
    @stephaniealeman8522 Рік тому +12

    Such a good story and so well narrated with the various voice choices for the characters- so smoothly transitioned ! Always a pleasure Simon to hear you work your craft so well! 🙏🏽

  • @MrMrsmcd
    @MrMrsmcd Рік тому +9

    Thankyou so much Simon, i am struggling with sleep due to a long and lingering cold so this is just the tonic i need. 😊

    • @Frenchblue8
      @Frenchblue8 Рік тому +1

      I had TWO long and lingering colds in the last 13 months. They call them covid-19. Assume you done a test?
      Anyway my sympathies, for I have been there, and yes the stories are the only thing that guarantee my rapid falling out, each and every night without fail. Hope you find it so as well and that you feel more yourself soon.
      Simon is a treasure, thoroughly beyond compare!

    • @BitesizedAudio
      @BitesizedAudio  Рік тому +1

      @MrMrsmcd Glad to help! Get well soon...

    • @MrMrsmcd
      @MrMrsmcd Рік тому

      @Frenchblue8 yes, tested several times, all negative. I am good now, hope you are also.

  • @patriciajrs46
    @patriciajrs46 Рік тому +1

    I need some calm, British, cheeky phrases. They make me feel better.
    Thank you and blress you, Simon.

  • @rebeccawoolfolk5377
    @rebeccawoolfolk5377 Рік тому +17

    That was a good story! Well done. I could feel the urgency as he was getting closer and closer to the time the train was leaving.

    • @BitesizedAudio
      @BitesizedAudio  Рік тому +2

      Glad to know you enjoyed it! Thanks Rebecca

    • @BeautifulEarthJa
      @BeautifulEarthJa Рік тому +2

      Listen! I couldn't listen to anything that was happening cause I'm thinking 'he's gonna miss the train!' Lol

  • @simoneclift3155
    @simoneclift3155 Рік тому +4

    Absolute perfection in time for bed. Thank Mr Stanhope. 😊

  • @hossenfeffer8383
    @hossenfeffer8383 Рік тому +4

    Thank you so much for another perfect performance. Superb.🇨🇦

  • @sueforgan7713
    @sueforgan7713 Рік тому +5

    Thank you Simon for a great story and your superb narration 😊

  • @suitov
    @suitov Рік тому +1

    Sweetest love story I've heard this week! What a trio of villains - and their unseen accomplice, and their strange music-box!

    • @namrathaprasad2954
      @namrathaprasad2954 Рік тому +1

      Yes love❤❤❤that's what came to my mind, when I sensed the desperation to save a good looking -innocent not damsel 😂😂😂

  • @TheNerdygirl91
    @TheNerdygirl91 11 місяців тому

    I was on the edge of my seat the entire story!

  • @SusanMarie3
    @SusanMarie3 Рік тому +1

    Curled up warm in bed with cold rain outside - ready for a story ❤

  • @rosemaryclarke2348
    @rosemaryclarke2348 Рік тому +17

    More lovely stories from you, how wonderful!

  • @kathleenellenford4816
    @kathleenellenford4816 9 місяців тому

    Marvelous listening! Thank you!

  • @lisathompson1477
    @lisathompson1477 Рік тому +2

    Just wonderful, you have eased my mind on many occasions. I thank you.

  • @Melody-cp9pq
    @Melody-cp9pq Рік тому +1

    I very much enjoyed this story. O my goodness, you had me bitting my lip. Hoping he would make it in time. I like listening to your voice. When I have a hard time sleeping I find you and you make me relax and l am out. I wish the people around could do that. Thank you.

  • @Gumblina1
    @Gumblina1 Рік тому +1

    Thank you ❤ You truly bring these stories to life. A true talent.

  • @irenabevans3411
    @irenabevans3411 Рік тому +2

    Superb tale, gripping right until the end, brilliantly narrated as ever, Thank You Simon

  • @PrimoLife2
    @PrimoLife2 Рік тому

    Thank you again for your perfect productions of the vintage stories!

  • @mariameere5807
    @mariameere5807 Рік тому +1

    Wow I am so grateful for these Simon‼️
    Enjoy the rest of your weekend… you deserve the very best❗️
    ♥️✨👑✨♥️

  • @rstephens9834
    @rstephens9834 Рік тому

    What a treat! Another wonderful narration.

  • @snipehunter4771
    @snipehunter4771 Рік тому +6

    Your narration perfectly brings out the atmospheric charms of this clumsily structured genre effort. I’m fascinated by its resemblance to “A Terribly Strange Bed” by Wilkie Collins, which of course you know and have read. That seems to have been published much earlier and Collins is much craftier, in my opinion. Funny that both stories give the game away in their titles. Thanks for reading both!

  • @susanotway7875
    @susanotway7875 Рік тому

    A wonderful listen! Thanks Simon.

  • @lyndaa7560
    @lyndaa7560 Рік тому

    Brilliant as usual Simon, Many thanks xx

  • @caroleastwood9386
    @caroleastwood9386 Рік тому

    Marvellous stuff Simon. Thank You

  • @clairegreenaway9653
    @clairegreenaway9653 Рік тому

    Really enjoyed this one!Thanks so much Simon 😍

  • @athenaathena1307
    @athenaathena1307 Рік тому

    Great work. Many Thanks Simon 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉🎉

  • @rex-up9ln
    @rex-up9ln Рік тому

    Loved this over! More of Meade & Eustace, please!

  • @lauralaladarling3775
    @lauralaladarling3775 10 місяців тому

    Excellent Simon as always! Bravo. ❤❤

  • @crystalclear6864
    @crystalclear6864 Рік тому +2

    Yea another bitesized! Thanks. Sanity restored

  • @janicetaylor9026
    @janicetaylor9026 Рік тому

    Thoroughly enjoyed this one Simon thank you 😊

  • @taliabee8661
    @taliabee8661 Рік тому

    Worth waiting for on this grotty evening! ❤❤

  • @patriciaramsey5294
    @patriciaramsey5294 Рік тому +1

    Thank you. Just the thing to wrap up a great day.

  • @smythharris2635
    @smythharris2635 Рік тому

    Excellent tale, thank you Mr S.

  • @beverlyadams7205
    @beverlyadams7205 Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much Simon! Wonderful story!💕💕💕

  • @kpcraftster6580
    @kpcraftster6580 9 місяців тому

    Amazing - thank you! I agree with the other commenters - the ominous suspense was so powerful, and you brought it home so finely! Interesting to compare the backstory, with "Barrington Cressley, one of the most abandoned libertines of that time", and that of The Hound of the Baskervilles published four years later! (Also interesting to see the advertisements for Guy Boothby's Dr. Nikola books in the back of the Master of Mysteries book publication, given the Australian connections in the plots of various stories you have recorded.)

  • @northernlights8126
    @northernlights8126 Рік тому

    What a thrilling story, excellent narration.

  • @sonjawells4265
    @sonjawells4265 Рік тому

    Thank you so very much. You are extremely talented!❤

  • @ImCarolB
    @ImCarolB Рік тому

    I am a devoted fan of L.T. Meade and other female mystery writers!

  • @ArchibaldBagge
    @ArchibaldBagge 10 місяців тому

    Simon, you remain the master. Beautiful reading.

  • @stephaniestevenson6335
    @stephaniestevenson6335 Рік тому

    Thank you for the excellent tale!

  • @CharlieOkeson
    @CharlieOkeson Рік тому +1

    Oooh, I love your new intro graphics, Simon 😊😂. Thanks so much for the new story, with Arthur Cressley. ✌️

  • @williamhagen2792
    @williamhagen2792 Рік тому +1

    Stanhope delivers another fine story.

  • @mrmeowmeow710
    @mrmeowmeow710 Рік тому

    1 hell of a story loved it👍👍

  • @stutzbearcat5624
    @stutzbearcat5624 Рік тому +1

    Oh this is great!!! 👍

  • @YvonneWilson312
    @YvonneWilson312 Рік тому

    Another story and an L.T. Meade one at that - just perfect! Thank you so much, Simon.

  • @vickif.4645
    @vickif.4645 Рік тому +1

    What a wonderful surprise to see this new one! Beautifully narrated, as always. Thanks, Simon!

  • @dianestevens3150
    @dianestevens3150 10 місяців тому

    Wonderful,wonderful,wonderful! I am 82 years old, having a glass of wine and listening to this great story. Your voice is very lovely. Thank you so much

    • @BitesizedAudio
      @BitesizedAudio  10 місяців тому

      Thank you kindly, best wishes and thanks for listening

  • @alanhughs461
    @alanhughs461 Рік тому

    Excellent as always

  • @barbarascott3231
    @barbarascott3231 Рік тому

    Nothing better to relax to on a chilly Northeastern night❤

  • @januzzell8631
    @januzzell8631 Рік тому

    Such a treat :) thank you

  • @dominiqueshaw7359
    @dominiqueshaw7359 Рік тому +1

    Yea another one. I check every day. Hope you are doing well as you ready yourself for the theater.

  • @emilymann1175
    @emilymann1175 Рік тому +1

    You are so good to us, thank you!

  • @tammyb8742
    @tammyb8742 Рік тому

    Excellent story!

  • @gailhawkins5609
    @gailhawkins5609 Місяць тому

    Loved to listen to these while I work.

  • @gordonandtamarakirkham543
    @gordonandtamarakirkham543 Рік тому

    What a great story! Thank you, Mr. Simon, for a superb presentation!

  • @michelstrogoff99
    @michelstrogoff99 Рік тому

    Superb reading as always

  • @cuthbert2546
    @cuthbert2546 Рік тому

    Another superb story made even better by your narration, Simon. Your passion for the era shows itself through the excellent selection of stories and authors. And you've introduced me to authors I'm not familiar with : you have broadened my horizons! Thank you.

  • @graciaschlafly7183
    @graciaschlafly7183 8 місяців тому

    Please more regular mysteries for UA-cam. I think I’ve heard all that you’ve recorded so far.

  • @marisadallavalle393
    @marisadallavalle393 Рік тому

    Thank you, Love you!

  • @rhondaroberts9581
    @rhondaroberts9581 9 місяців тому

    Oh boy, i liked this one very much!

    • @BitesizedAudio
      @BitesizedAudio  9 місяців тому

      Glad to know that, thanks for listening Rhonda

  • @DreamingCatStudio
    @DreamingCatStudio 5 місяців тому

    Excellent story and superb reading. Thank you!

  • @cindymonk6994
    @cindymonk6994 10 місяців тому

    Thanks you so much!

  • @jaidebrooke5946
    @jaidebrooke5946 Рік тому

    What brilliance. ❤

  • @julielevinge266
    @julielevinge266 Рік тому

    Really enjoyed this story so much, was desperate for Bell to get there in time to save Cresley as obviously some dastardly plot was afoot!
    Wonderfully narrated as usual.✊♥️

  • @lisakillz1853
    @lisakillz1853 Рік тому

    that was exciting! thankyou

  • @sugarfalls1
    @sugarfalls1 Рік тому

    When you do your recordings in a sound proof studio, you can really tell the difference! Well done, Simon! 💖💖💖💖 Oh, the plot to this ending is really good! Great pick!

  • @kathleenellenford4816
    @kathleenellenford4816 9 місяців тому

    Thank you !!

  • @kimmyrick1950
    @kimmyrick1950 5 місяців тому

    Thank you Simon another lovely story thank you

  • @donnarogers7732
    @donnarogers7732 5 місяців тому

    I really would love to hear more Ernst Brahmas Max Carrados books. I love your narrations of all the authors. You calm my nerves.💛🙏

  • @sandrapeach4990
    @sandrapeach4990 Рік тому

    Really good thank you.

  • @BeautifulEarthJa
    @BeautifulEarthJa Рік тому

    Love this pair

  • @cassandraseven3478
    @cassandraseven3478 Рік тому

    A rousing good tale.

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 Рік тому

    I like these *Meade / Eustace* stories Thank You *Simon* much appreciated

    • @BitesizedAudio
      @BitesizedAudio  Рік тому +1

      Glad you like them! Sadly this is the last in the series. I'm aiming to post the whole sequence in the next week or two

  • @PippaAT
    @PippaAT Рік тому +1

    You have the best voice in the country. I am still waiting for Diary of a Nobody, as you could capture the petty entitlement perfectly. Having said that, I could listen to you reading out the phone book. (Do phone books still exist?)

    • @BitesizedAudio
      @BitesizedAudio  Рік тому +2

      Very kind of you to say, Pippa, thank you! I do have 'Diary of a Nobody' on my list, in fact it's pretty much top of my list for if and when I have time to do something a bit longer (the short stories are just easier to fit in around other work commitments). I'm quite booked up for the next few months, but after that... well, rest assured I'll keep it in mind!

    • @PippaAT
      @PippaAT Рік тому

      ​@@BitesizedAudioOh, such happy news!

  • @nesapanjalingam704
    @nesapanjalingam704 5 місяців тому

    A really good story ! Thank you 🤗

  • @IsiLipsch
    @IsiLipsch Місяць тому

    I thought it was Presley Hall! 😅 until I saw the story description. Very suspenseful and well narrated

  • @evelanpatton
    @evelanpatton Рік тому

    On the edge of my seat.📚📖
    A thought: might this be the ruffian’s precursor plans before setting about a specialized but similar plan, though the new one fleecing quite a few gambling men?
    Kind of like a Wilkie Collins or…(?)

  • @shainakhan7162
    @shainakhan7162 Рік тому

    Fantastic 👍

  • @chrissy529
    @chrissy529 Рік тому

    😮What a story.

  • @oriana5623
    @oriana5623 Рік тому +1

    Yay! Thank you. ❤

  • @TedaR
    @TedaR Рік тому

    Hello handsome, sorry it's been awhile. Hope all is well with you & yours. Do take extra care in these dark days. Tysm as always! Prayers & blessings my friend! ♥🙏✌ your sister in Christ, near Nashville

    • @BitesizedAudio
      @BitesizedAudio  Рік тому +1

      Lovely to hear from you Teda, I hope you're keeping well? I thought I'd missed seeing your comments recently. Anyway, a good few stories for you to catch up on, welcome back!

  • @doctordashiell
    @doctordashiell Рік тому

    I love your British voice.

  • @earthcat
    @earthcat Рік тому

    Perfect.

  • @Rg-hc6or
    @Rg-hc6or 9 місяців тому

    Thanks!

    • @BitesizedAudio
      @BitesizedAudio  9 місяців тому

      Thank you for the super thanks, much appreciated 🙏

  • @elizabethstewart12
    @elizabethstewart12 Рік тому

    Thanks, yet again!

  • @jimmillward3505
    @jimmillward3505 Рік тому

    loved this story

  • @katiekoo8149
    @katiekoo8149 Рік тому

    Wonderful narration 👏👏👏👏

  • @leriava
    @leriava Рік тому +1

    Another good one ❤

    • @john-r-edge
      @john-r-edge Рік тому +2

      I think they all are. Cannot recall any duds.

  • @judikingsman6132
    @judikingsman6132 4 місяці тому

    ❤ another re-listen

  • @betweenprojects
    @betweenprojects 10 місяців тому

    Thanks

    • @BitesizedAudio
      @BitesizedAudio  10 місяців тому

      Thank you for the super thanks! 🙏

  • @blixten2928
    @blixten2928 Рік тому +1

    Hey! This is fun. Check out, on the same theme, "A terribly strange bed" (I think it's called). The Parisian version!

    • @januzzell8631
      @januzzell8631 Рік тому +1

      I wonder which came first :)

    • @blixten2928
      @blixten2928 Рік тому +1

      @@januzzell8631 It was Wilkie Collins wrote the first. So I agree, one wonders!