My Adventure in Norfolk by A J Alan

From Classic Ghost Stories by Tony Walker

May 8, 2026 · 43 min · Season 7

About this episode

A man encounters a mysterious woman while driving in Norfolk on a snowy night.

A man drives out to the Norfolk Broads one February night to look at a holiday bungalow. Snow is falling. The marshes are silent. Not even the waterfowl are stirring. Then, close to midnight, headlamps appear on the road — a car has broken down, and a young woman is alone with an engine that won't start. He does what anyone would do. He helps. He offers whisky. He thinks nothing of it. But there is something not quite right about her. Something in the way she watches the road behind her. Something in the way she keeps to the shadows. "My Adventure in Norfolk" by A.J. Alan, first collected in Good Evening, Everyone!, published by Hutchinson in 1928. The story was originally broadcast live on the BBC in the mid-1920s. A.J. Alan was the pseudonym of Leslie Harrison Lambert, a senior intelligence officer who worked at Bletchley Park and served as Vice-President of the Magic Circle. He broadcast only a handful of stories each year and never revealed his true identity to the public during his lifetime. The Classic Ghost Stories Newsletter — short essays on the genre, odd discoveries, and recommendations. Free, fortnightly. Subscribe: https://www.classicghost.com/#/portal Become a…

People in this episode

Host: Tony Walker

Topics covered

ghost stories
Norfolk
mystery
adventure
historical fiction

Keywords

ghost stories
Norfolk Broads
A J Alan
mystery
adventure
Bletchley Park
1920s

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC, Hutchinson, Magic Circle, Classic Ghost Stories Newsletter