The Ghost of Jerry Bundler

by W.W. Jacobs, Charles Rock

Excerpt from The Ghost of Jerry Bundler
Somers. Haunted or not haunted, the fact remains that no one stays in the-house long. It's been let to several tenants since the time of the murder, but they never completed their tenancy. The last tenant held out for a month, but at last he gave up like the rest, and cleared out, although he had done the place up thoroughly, and must have been pounds out of pocket by the transaction.
Malcolm. Well, it's a capital ghost story, I admit, that is, as a story, but I for one can't swallow it.

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1908

About the author

William Wymark Jacobs was an English author of short stories and novels. Quite popular in his lifetime primarily for his amusing maritime tales of life along the London docks (many of them humorous as well as sardonic in tone). Today he is best known for a few short works of horror fiction. One being "The Monkey's Paw"(published 1902). It has in its own right become a well-known and widely anthologized classic.


~Literary Works

Many Cargoes (1896)
The Skipper's Wooing (1897)
Sea Urchins (1898) /aka More Cargoes (US) (1898)
A Master of Craft (1900)
The Monkey's Paw (1902)
The Toll House (1902)
Light Freights (1901)
At Sunwich Port (1902)
The Barge (1902)
Odd Craft (1903) : contains The Money Box, basis of Laurel and Hardy film Our Relations (1935)
Dialstone Lane (1902)
Captain's All (1905)
Short Cruises (1907)
Salthaven (1908)
Sailors' Knots (1909)
The Toll House (1909)
Ship's Company (1911)
Night Watches (1914)
The Castaways (1916)
Deep Waters (1919)
Sea Whispers (1926)

Reviews

[PinkPanthress · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just needed to listen to something while writing some (to me at least) important correspondence this noon… so this was a very welcome distraction in between writing messages and mails.

The eponymous Jerry Bundler was a highwayman, a pickpocket. The operative word being was… and now a group of men sitting together and drinking talk about him…

I enjoyed it quite well (even though this took less than 19 minutes to listen to), and if I could I would give this short story 3.5 Stars… [you hear me GR???]

Just in case you want to either read or hear this story here are the 2 links.
For your ears -> Jerry Bundler @ Youtube
For your eyes -> Jerr Bundler

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is a ghost story, I admit, but unfortunately it is one I cannot swallow.

In short, it's a story about a group of grown men sitting around telling ghost stories to creep each other out. As bedtime rolls about, they all decide to share rooms, except one who claims to not be afraid. One of the other men thinks he'll get a good scare out of said man and dons a costume and pretends to be the ghost of Jerry Bundler. In the end, the man sneaks in, scares his friend and is shot.

For me, just a lot of dialogue. Not much atmosphere. And a bunch of ignorance. Not impressed.

[Shaun A.I.C. Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Ghost of Jerry Bundler is an incredibly well-written book, effortlessly painting vivid images in the reader's mind. Highly recommend!

[Sumit Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

am so excited to read this book

[Timothy Morrison]

“Our imagination flies -- we are its shadow on the earth.”
― Vladimir Nabokov

[D · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining listening 🔰😀

Not what I was expecting from W. W. Jacobs, it is a play very entertaining. Give it a try. Enjoy listening 🎶 to a play. 🏡😊🔰 2022

[S. Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short play from Jacobs about ghost stories and "playing the fool" in mixed company, with an alternate ending for the squeamish.

[Forked Radish · Rating 3 out of 5]

That certainly didn’t end well.

[Lou Hughes · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a brilliant ghost story about a group of men sharing their own ghost stories.