The Underground Ghost

by John Berwick Harwood

Genres: Classics, Audiobook

Audible Audio

About the author

John Berwick Harwood was an English writer, best known for his ghost stories. He wrote many (usually anonymous) stories and articles, some of them about his experiences in China. He contributed short stories to Once a Week, Cassell's Family Magazine, Blackwood's Magazine and the Cornhill Magazine. He wrote about twenty novels and several Christmas horror tales.

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5⭐

[Forked Radish · Rating 4 out of 5]

A salty subterranean setting serves up a supernatural spine-tingler.

[Mortisha Cassavetes · Rating 5 out of 5]

When a man wanders off deep inside the salt mine, he finds a young lady to help him find his way out or does he? A chilling tale that I Highly Recommend!

[Arimi Reads]

Not much is known about this author, which peaked my interest.

Final Verdict
A lot in common with other tales of this time. I listened to a Youtube retelling of this story. Narrated by Simon Stanhope.

"No flare of torches, but the steady gleam of a lamp."
A young man relates his story of getting lost in a salt mine, when he comes across a spectre- who I find bizarre- referring to her as a damsel, when she's rescuing you. Just take the help that's been accepted (he eventually does, but referring to your rescuer as a damsel, is ridiculous.

[Punk Pup · Rating 2 out of 5]

The deep mine/cave descriptions in this were pretty but the ghost story was pretty meh :3

[SapphireFox · Rating 3 out of 5]

As made available by Simon Stanhope at Bitesized Audio Classics on YouTube and Bandcamp