Presenting a short story that appeared in the Weird Tales publication, just over 100 years ago. It was the first story by author Herman F. Wright, who was never heard of ever again...

Ignoring warnings of a curse, the 47th Count of Wrightstone goes to spend time in his historic family castle. If he's lucky, he might merely LIVE to regret it. But if the curse is real, an even worse fate awaits him...

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Have you ever been in a room, and things seem... "off" somehow? It happened to a genial school teacher, on holiday. There was something "wrong" with the room he was given, and he couldn't put his finger on what it was. The answer proved to be more terrifying than he could have ever imagined...

This is The Occupant of the Room by Algernon Blackwood. Narrated by Andy David Jones.

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Enjoy this creepy story by Edith Wharton: An art enthusiast gets the chance to see something truly precious: A rare da Vinci that only a handful of people have ever seen. But it seems the old man letting the enthusiast look at the painting, has a hold on it that might transcend life itself...

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A woman, isolated and locked away in a room "for her own good", starts to become obsessed with the creepy old yellow wallpaper on the walls. And is there someone - or someTHING - lurking inside that wallpaper?

This is The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Narrated by Andy David Jones.

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The favour was simple enough: Head to the house, and pick up the bedside table clock. But when she went there, the clock - which should have long-stopped working - was still ticking. Who had wound it up? And that other sound: Were they still in the house...?

A simple, yet chilling little tale from W. F. Harvey. Narrated by Andy David Jones.

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We've all been mistaken for someone else. In this story, H. P. Lovecraft taps into a real terror: being mistaken for death.

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A terrifying unabridged short story by Algernon Blackwood. A student, cramming before his exams, had a clear message to his friends: No interruptions. But one old 'friend' clearly didn't get the message...

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Some stories are frightening because the darkness is seen through the most innocent eyes of all: The eyes of a child. This is the full audio production - unabridged - of M. R. James' masterpiece.

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MUSIC:

Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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