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Bizarre stories from a peculiar place. On the edge of the West Cliff in Bournemouth UK, balanced between sea and land and sky, the twisting paths and dark pine trees inspire strange stories of the strange folk who have inhabited that weird place. A new story every week from the pen of master story-teller Peter John Cooper. Funny, sad, murders, spirits and the down right ordinary. Commuting to work, drifting off to sleep, making breakfast, there’s a story for you here.
I live on the cliff top. I’m looking out across Poole Bay to the English Channel and the world beyond. This is a mysterious in-between sort of place, not only the meeting of sea and land and the sky but also a shifting, joyful, melancholy realm where nothing is permanent and reality and fantasy collide. I’m Peter John Cooper and I’ve made my living for the past fifty years telling stories. In this podcast I’m going to share some of them with you. They’re not all about this clifftop place, of course, but they all come from that strange in between world of the imagination. Let’s go inside, make a cup of tea and I’ll tell you today’s tale.
The Year of the Dolphins - Peter John Cooper‘s Weird Tales from Bournemouth #49 You may have always wanted a dolphin for a pet. They're always smiling aren't they. But you may have forgotten when there was a craze for keeping dolphins and things didn't turn out as expected. We saw it all from up here on the West Cliff.
Halloween Horror - Peter John Cooper‘s Tales from the Cliff Edge #48 It was the most gruesome, despicable, inexplicable, cold blooded crime ever to confront any police officer in the course of their duties. And the fact that it happened in sleepy, supposedly family friendly Bournemouth only serves to underline the grimness of the case with blood. A gruesome story specially written for Halloween by Peter John Cooper #Bournemouth #WestCliff #Halloween
Chance - Story #47 - Peter John Cooper‘s weird stories from Bournemouth It’s when luck suddenly turns against you that it becomes dangerous. It’s like a big dog that lollops amiably at your heels until, one day, it goes mad and tries to tear your throat out. It’s like the sea. A storm that blows up out of nowhere. Another chilling story from #PeterJohnCooper #Bournemouth #WestCliff #StoryTelling
Giants don't fit in to our modern world. Even the Council doesn't have the appropriate forms. The latest of Peter John Cooper's Tales from the Cliff Edge. #Bournemouth #WestCliff #Story Why not check out all the other 45 stories from Tales from the Cliff Edge?
