Crowefoot Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:27:06 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2322746 en-us © 2026 Crowefoot yes 9cdced5c-530c-52cd-a7a1-2c502750cd18 Richard Montgomery episodic false A series of ghost stories as told by the author of the bestselling Crowefoot murder mystery novels.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Richard Montgomery https://storage.buzzsprout.com/p5qd7tqisspta7gf1oo8fxr76q4x?.jpg Crowefoot https://www.buzzsprout.com/2322746 Unquiet Island Story - WOOL BLINDNESS Unquiet Island Story - WOOL BLINDNESS Farm kids Zoe and Billy think it's great fun when some hugely overgrown sheep are brought in for shearing. But as the layers come off, very sinister secrets are revealed. A deeply disturbing rural tale.

Read by Heather Howard.

You can read/listen to more Australian ghost stories in the Unquiet Island collection and sample chapters from the novel Unquiet Island at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

(You can also read ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party)

]]> Farm kids Zoe and Billy think it's great fun when some hugely overgrown sheep are brought in for shearing. But as the layers come off, very sinister secrets are revealed. A deeply disturbing rural tale.

Read by Heather Howard.

You can read/listen to more Australian ghost stories in the Unquiet Island collection and sample chapters from the novel Unquiet Island at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

(You can also read ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party)

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-19923593 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0400 1440 full false THE CITY OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT - CHAPTER TWO THE CITY OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT - CHAPTER TWO In this fantasy adventure story 19th century explorers discover a lost Australian civilization that exists off the map, outside known time and space. 

CHAPTER TWO: Jacques, the professor and their companions make first contact with the inhabitants of the city. Their civilization and their powers of magic are unlike anything anywhere else in the world and the intruders are not welcome. Will Jacques live to tell the tale? 

THE CITY OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT is available to read in full on Amazon Kindle. Available for free on Kindle Unlimited

]]> In this fantasy adventure story 19th century explorers discover a lost Australian civilization that exists off the map, outside known time and space. 

CHAPTER TWO: Jacques, the professor and their companions make first contact with the inhabitants of the city. Their civilization and their powers of magic are unlike anything anywhere else in the world and the intruders are not welcome. Will Jacques live to tell the tale? 

THE CITY OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT is available to read in full on Amazon Kindle. Available for free on Kindle Unlimited

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-18229047 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0500 1825 full false THE CITY OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT - CHAPTER ONE THE CITY OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT - CHAPTER ONE In this fantasy adventure story 19th century explorers discover a lost Australian civilization that exists off the map, outside known time and space. 

CHAPTER TWO: Jacques, a young officer in the Napoleonic navy voyages around the world to the newly discovered continent of Australia. His friend. Professor Massu, discovers the fossil a huge carnivorous kangaroo and persuades Jacques to lead the search of a live one in within Australia's vast, undiscovered interior.

THE CITY OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT is available to read in full on Amazon Kindle. Available for free on Kindle Unlimited

]]> In this fantasy adventure story 19th century explorers discover a lost Australian civilization that exists off the map, outside known time and space. 

CHAPTER TWO: Jacques, a young officer in the Napoleonic navy voyages around the world to the newly discovered continent of Australia. His friend. Professor Massu, discovers the fossil a huge carnivorous kangaroo and persuades Jacques to lead the search of a live one in within Australia's vast, undiscovered interior.

THE CITY OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT is available to read in full on Amazon Kindle. Available for free on Kindle Unlimited

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-18263087 Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0500 1951 1 full false UNQUIET ISLAND NOVEL - CHAPTER TWO UNQUIET ISLAND NOVEL - CHAPTER TWO The first chapter of the novel explaining how I collected my collection of Australian ghost stories - a journey that turned into a ghastly horror story all of its own. 

Chapter 2: The sinister Angus Kidd tells us the first horror story for my collection and then our flight threatens to fall off the end of the world!

You can read/listen to my Australian ghost stories in the Unquiet Island collection and sample chapters from the novel Unquiet Island at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

(You can also read ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party)

]]> The first chapter of the novel explaining how I collected my collection of Australian ghost stories - a journey that turned into a ghastly horror story all of its own. 

Chapter 2: The sinister Angus Kidd tells us the first horror story for my collection and then our flight threatens to fall off the end of the world!

You can read/listen to my Australian ghost stories in the Unquiet Island collection and sample chapters from the novel Unquiet Island at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

(You can also read ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party)

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-18229006 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:00:00 -0500 591 full false UNQUIET ISLAND NOVEL - CHAPTER ONE UNQUIET ISLAND NOVEL - CHAPTER ONE The first chapter of the novel explaining how I collected my collection of Australian ghost stories - a journey that turned into a ghastly horror story all of its own. 

In Chapter One I describe how I met my First Australian, the sinister Angus Kidd, on the grueling flight down under.  

You can read/listen to my Australian ghost stories in the Unquiet Island collection and sample chapters from the novel Unquiet Island at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

(You can also read ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party)

]]> The first chapter of the novel explaining how I collected my collection of Australian ghost stories - a journey that turned into a ghastly horror story all of its own. 

In Chapter One I describe how I met my First Australian, the sinister Angus Kidd, on the grueling flight down under.  

You can read/listen to my Australian ghost stories in the Unquiet Island collection and sample chapters from the novel Unquiet Island at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

(You can also read ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party)

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-18228990 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 07:00:00 -0500 1437 1 full false INFORMANT SALOME INFORMANT SALOME This week's story has a French flavor. A Parisian detective reactivates a female informer who has been missing for years. Where exactly has she been and where is she getting her uncannily accurate new information from?

You can read/listen to more ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/


]]> This week's story has a French flavor. A Parisian detective reactivates a female informer who has been missing for years. Where exactly has she been and where is she getting her uncannily accurate new information from?

You can read/listen to more ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/


]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-18228978 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 01:00:00 -0500 2115 full false The Silk Noose - Sample Chapter - Harriet's Dance The Silk Noose - Sample Chapter - Harriet's Dance A sample chapter of the Crowefoot Murder Mystery novel The Silk Noose. Glasgow, Scotland 1863.  Unworldly Harriet is rescued by the mysterious, charismatic Edward Crowefoot. 

Read by Rebecca Wilkie


Read or listen to more Crowefoot chapters or read/listen to a great selection of ghost stories at www.crowefoot.com

]]> A sample chapter of the Crowefoot Murder Mystery novel The Silk Noose. Glasgow, Scotland 1863.  Unworldly Harriet is rescued by the mysterious, charismatic Edward Crowefoot. 

Read by Rebecca Wilkie


Read or listen to more Crowefoot chapters or read/listen to a great selection of ghost stories at www.crowefoot.com

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-18021532 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 06:00:00 -0400 660 full false Unquiet Island Story -THE UNCANNY CAMEL QUEEN OF THE LITTLE SANDY Unquiet Island Story -THE UNCANNY CAMEL QUEEN OF THE LITTLE SANDY A helicopter crashes in the remote Australian desert leaving Michelle alone and injured. She is approached by a strange woman leading a camel train who shows no sign of wanting to help rescue Michelle. She seems to have more sinister intentions. Read by Shelby Cork. 

You can read/listen to more Australian ghost stories in the Unquiet Island collection and sample chapters from the novel Unquiet Island at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

(You can also read ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party)

]]> A helicopter crashes in the remote Australian desert leaving Michelle alone and injured. She is approached by a strange woman leading a camel train who shows no sign of wanting to help rescue Michelle. She seems to have more sinister intentions. Read by Shelby Cork. 

You can read/listen to more Australian ghost stories in the Unquiet Island collection and sample chapters from the novel Unquiet Island at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

(You can also read ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party)

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-16903858 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400 1431 full false The Silk Noose Chapter 2: A Crowefoot Mystery Novel The Silk Noose Chapter 2: A Crowefoot Mystery Novel Fiona, the Duchess of Clyde, returns from a trip around the world. On her homecoming she receives correspondence from an old friend who pleads for help regarding her persecution at the hands of the mysterious Edward Crowefoot.

Chapter 2 of the latest Edward Crowefoot mystery. Read by Rebecca Wilke.

You can read/listen to more Silk Noose chapters, ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party, at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/


]]> Fiona, the Duchess of Clyde, returns from a trip around the world. On her homecoming she receives correspondence from an old friend who pleads for help regarding her persecution at the hands of the mysterious Edward Crowefoot.

Chapter 2 of the latest Edward Crowefoot mystery. Read by Rebecca Wilke.

You can read/listen to more Silk Noose chapters, ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party, at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/


]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-16543581 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0500 1155 full false The Silk Noose (A Crowefoot Mystery Novel) Chapter One. The Silk Noose (A Crowefoot Mystery Novel) Chapter One.       In this, the second Edward Crowefoot mystery novel, a serious of sinister events transpire in Glasgow, Scotland, 1863. But what is the mysterious Crowefoot's role in instigating them. Is he hero or villain?

You can read/listen to more Silk Noose chapters, ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/



]]>       In this, the second Edward Crowefoot mystery novel, a serious of sinister events transpire in Glasgow, Scotland, 1863. But what is the mysterious Crowefoot's role in instigating them. Is he hero or villain?

You can read/listen to more Silk Noose chapters, ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/



]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-16395985 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0500 1485 full false The Secret Visitation The Secret Visitation A supernatural encounter on Christmas Day sets life and death events in motion around the world and across centuries.

You can read/listen to more ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/




]]> A supernatural encounter on Christmas Day sets life and death events in motion around the world and across centuries.

You can read/listen to more ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/




]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-16329652 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0500 3472 full false Slaughter Music Slaughter Music I relay the terrifying Scottish-American ghost story told to me in an airport bar. The tale of ghastly bagpipe music that follows a cursed family down the centuries and across continents.

You can read/listen to more ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> I relay the terrifying Scottish-American ghost story told to me in an airport bar. The tale of ghastly bagpipe music that follows a cursed family down the centuries and across continents.

You can read/listen to more ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-16072250 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:00:00 -0500 2567 full false The Dismal Crossing The Dismal Crossing         In the colonial Dutch East Indies, beauitiful young Anneke takes the night ferry to Bali to meet her married lover. Onboard, she meets a mysterious stranger who makes her a dreadful promise.

You can read/listen to more ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party at:

https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]>         In the colonial Dutch East Indies, beauitiful young Anneke takes the night ferry to Bali to meet her married lover. Onboard, she meets a mysterious stranger who makes her a dreadful promise.

You can read/listen to more ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery, The Drowning Party at:

https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-15940991 Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:00:00 -0400 1569 full false The Rough Wooing of Derek van den Bogaerde The Rough Wooing of Derek van den Bogaerde The movie star Dirk Bogarde recounts a terrifying episode from his teenage years in Scotland. He decides to spend his last night in Glasgow in a notorious haunted house...a house that threatens to keep hold of him forever.
ADULTS ONLY.

You can read/listen to more ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery The Drowning Party) at:

https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> The movie star Dirk Bogarde recounts a terrifying episode from his teenage years in Scotland. He decides to spend his last night in Glasgow in a notorious haunted house...a house that threatens to keep hold of him forever.
ADULTS ONLY.

You can read/listen to more ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection, as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot, murder-mystery The Drowning Party) at:

https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-15900952 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:00:00 -0400 2670 full true Mark versus the Monster Mark versus the Monster Mark meets a damsel in distress. Lucinda desperately needs him to save her from her shapeshifting husband. Or does she? Listen in to this encounter and decide for yourself who is the real monster.

You can read/listen to more at ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party) at:

https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Mark meets a damsel in distress. Lucinda desperately needs him to save her from her shapeshifting husband. Or does she? Listen in to this encounter and decide for yourself who is the real monster.

You can read/listen to more at ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party) at:

https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-15773634 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0400 2519 full false Unquiet Island Story - THE ACCUSING FEATHER Unquiet Island Story - THE ACCUSING FEATHER In Perth, Australia, during the first world war, the white feather was a symbol of cowardice. After the war, for one young woman it becomes a symbol of terror - and revenge! A spirit returns to terrify someone who carelessly destroyed a life.

You can read/listen to more Australian ghost stories in the Unquiet Island collection and sample chapters from the novel Unquiet Island at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

(You can also read ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party)

]]> In Perth, Australia, during the first world war, the white feather was a symbol of cowardice. After the war, for one young woman it becomes a symbol of terror - and revenge! A spirit returns to terrify someone who carelessly destroyed a life.

You can read/listen to more Australian ghost stories in the Unquiet Island collection and sample chapters from the novel Unquiet Island at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

(You can also read ghost stories from the Crowefoot's Lair collection as well as a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder-mystery The Drowning Party)

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-15676407 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0400 766 full false The Coffee Ritual The Coffee Ritual A girl has a gift for her friend - some VERY exotically created coffee.
Except...this present is more of a curse than a gift - from a girl who knows revenge is best served fresh-brewed.

To read/listen to more stories like and to listen to the first chapter of the first Edward Crowefoot mystery The Drowning Party, go to 









https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> A girl has a gift for her friend - some VERY exotically created coffee.
Except...this present is more of a curse than a gift - from a girl who knows revenge is best served fresh-brewed.

To read/listen to more stories like and to listen to the first chapter of the first Edward Crowefoot mystery The Drowning Party, go to 









https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-15669593 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:00:00 -0400 977 full false An Argument About a Giraffe An Argument About a Giraffe Hayley attends her regular meeting with her psychiatrist. She has a recurring dream she needs to get to the bottom of. But, perhaps, she should have left its significance stay hidden.
This one is a real shocker!!
To read/listen to more stories like and to listen to the first chapter of the first Edward Crowefoot mystery The Drowning Party, go to  
https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Hayley attends her regular meeting with her psychiatrist. She has a recurring dream she needs to get to the bottom of. But, perhaps, she should have left its significance stay hidden.
This one is a real shocker!!
To read/listen to more stories like and to listen to the first chapter of the first Edward Crowefoot mystery The Drowning Party, go to  
https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-15619341 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:00:00 -0400 1705 full false A Cannibalistic Heat A Cannibalistic Heat Scotland 1907. When Beatrix receives a bedwarmer as a present from her vindictive mother-in-law she presumes the gift is a peace-making gesture. But the heat from the strange warmer impregnates her bed with something frightening, something evil, something...HUNGRY!

Read this story and read/listen to other great stories like it (as well as the opening chapter of the first Edward Crowefoot novel The Drowning Party) by visiting   https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Scotland 1907. When Beatrix receives a bedwarmer as a present from her vindictive mother-in-law she presumes the gift is a peace-making gesture. But the heat from the strange warmer impregnates her bed with something frightening, something evil, something...HUNGRY!

Read this story and read/listen to other great stories like it (as well as the opening chapter of the first Edward Crowefoot novel The Drowning Party) by visiting   https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-15580767 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400 1264 full false The Night Suitor The Night Suitor Three young ladies in Edwardian Scotland gossip about a love affair...until some new information reveals the horrifying nature of this romance. 

Read this story and read/listen to other great stories like it (as well as the opening chapter of the first Edward Crowefoot novel The Drowning Party) by visiting:   https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Three young ladies in Edwardian Scotland gossip about a love affair...until some new information reveals the horrifying nature of this romance. 

Read this story and read/listen to other great stories like it (as well as the opening chapter of the first Edward Crowefoot novel The Drowning Party) by visiting:   https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-15501529 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:00:00 -0400 1194 full false Audiobook Uncompleted Audiobook Uncompleted In this story from CROWEFOOT'S LAIR, I play you this real-life recording of an audiobook that turns horrific. The actress discovers her fate resembles that of the beautiful heroine in the gothic novel she is narrating.

You can read the terrifying transcript, along with many other ghastly tales, at:

https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> In this story from CROWEFOOT'S LAIR, I play you this real-life recording of an audiobook that turns horrific. The actress discovers her fate resembles that of the beautiful heroine in the gothic novel she is narrating.

You can read the terrifying transcript, along with many other ghastly tales, at:

https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Richard Montgomery Buzzsprout-15428471 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0400 1566 full false The Chastised Heart The Chastised Heart Listen to the first of the stories I tell from my sinister, Scottish mansion - Crowefoot's Lair. Here I tell my origin story - the haunting by a ghost that forces me to live forever in this gothic mansion telling you my tales.  I pursued the ghost of Edgar Allen Poe and learned to be careful what to wish for.

You can read this story at:   https://www.crowefoot.com/
you can also hear more audio stories, watch video stories and read/listen to a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder mystery: The Drowning Party

]]> Listen to the first of the stories I tell from my sinister, Scottish mansion - Crowefoot's Lair. Here I tell my origin story - the haunting by a ghost that forces me to live forever in this gothic mansion telling you my tales.  I pursued the ghost of Edgar Allen Poe and learned to be careful what to wish for.

You can read this story at:   https://www.crowefoot.com/
you can also hear more audio stories, watch video stories and read/listen to a sample chapter of the Edward Crowefoot murder mystery: The Drowning Party

]]> Richard Buzzsprout-15321739 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0400 832 1 1 full false The Drowning Party (A Crowefoot Mystery Novel) Chapter One The Drowning Party (A Crowefoot Mystery Novel) Chapter One A sample chapter of the first of my Crowefoot Mystery Novels - THE DROWNING PARTY.

In Glasgow, Scotland. When a church minister foolishly enters the dangerous slums, he encounters a charismatic, young man. But why does the strange Mr Crowefoot take such an interest in him?

You can read this sample chapter and lots of short ghost stories at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> A sample chapter of the first of my Crowefoot Mystery Novels - THE DROWNING PARTY.

In Glasgow, Scotland. When a church minister foolishly enters the dangerous slums, he encounters a charismatic, young man. But why does the strange Mr Crowefoot take such an interest in him?

You can read this sample chapter and lots of short ghost stories at:
https://www.crowefoot.com/

]]> Richard Buzzsprout-15321723 Sun, 30 Jun 2024 04:00:00 -0400 1937 full false