Quia Nominor | A Forgotten Cambridge Ghost Story | A. C. Benson

An obscure Cambridge ghost story from 1913, Quia Nominor tells the unsettling tale of John Byron, a vain and unpopular Fellow of Magdalene College whose encounter with a performing bear leads to an extraordinary supernatural ordeal. Originally published anonymously under the initial “B.”, the story is now known to be the work of Arthur Christopher Benson, the Cambridge scholar and friend of M. R. James. In this reading, Christopher Halton also explores the remarkable historical parallel with Lord Byron, who famously kept a bear at Trinity College in 1807. Welcome to Haunted Tales of Darkness, where forgotten classic ghost stories are rediscovered and given the audience they deserve. Story: Quia Nominor Author: Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925), writing as “B.” First published: Magdalene College Magazine, June 1913 Narrator: Christopher Halton 0:09 - Introduction 2:55 - Main Story 19:38 - Epilogue If you enjoy classic supernatural fiction, please like the video and subscribe. Haunted Tales of Darkness seeks out not only celebrated ghost stories, but also obscure authors and forgotten tales lost to history—and still worth hearing. If you would like to help support future work, you can now support the channel directly via Patreon. Your support is important to my continued existence.   / chrishalton   #GhostStories #ACBenson #CambridgeGhostStories #HauntedTalesOfDarkness #MRJames #ClassicHorror #LordByron