Gathered here are some of the world's finest, most frightening, long-forgotten tales of ghosts, demons, monsters and other hideous creatures of the night. So, lock the doors, turn down the lights, and listen to these terrifying stories. If you dare...
A fantastic involving story, that best to enjoy while relaxing, with no distractions...A former sea captain recounts (to an unknown friend) of how he came to inherit the house he now lives in and the terrifying way he has to live alongside blood-curdling screams in the night.
Philanthropist John Burley inherits an old country mansion and intends to convert it into a convalescent home. His wife reminds him of the suicides that had happened there by previous inheritors, and convinces him to spend a night there to dispel these rumours...
While his brother is lost at war, a man begins to suffer strange events with his eyesight...
While hiking through the French Alps, two travellers become victim to local superstition...
A shell-shocked Canadian soldier, receiving treatment in England, becomes lost in a thick London fog on his way to his Doctor. Are the figures he sees in the gloom real or unreal...?
At a house party, An amateur ghost hunter convinces another guest to explore the haunted barn...
As the creator, narrator and producer of In The Seance Room, I am now beginning to share my stories of strange and supernatural events that have happened to me throughout my life. Some sad, some downright scary, these tales wont fail to entertain.
A once kind an affectionate man succumbs to alcohol and terrorises and tortures his beloved cat. After killing it, he regrets his actions and searches for a replacement, but not is as it seems when he brings home a likeness of his former pet...
Dr Jekyll is a kind, well-respected and intelligent scientist who meddles with the darker side of science, as he wants to bring out his 'second' nature. He does this through transforming himself into Mr Hyde - his evil alter ego who doesn't repent or accept responsibility for his evil crimes and ways. This text (C) BBC.
Animals instinctively know their natural enemy. According to this tale, Ericsen believes that humans have that instinct, too...
This episode goes hand-in-hand with my new YouTube channel. Search for In The Seance Room over there at YouTube, if you want o see who's been telling you stories for the last three years.A guest at a ghost story party in the country begins to understand the secrets of his young Hostess and 'The Haunted Room' she has prepared for him...
A surveyor's clerk from London travels to the country to meet with a client, but before he does, he is interrupted...
A classy and mysterious ghost story from Dickens.A small stretch of railway line appears to have a spirit visitor...
On a holiday to Switzerland, a teacher finds that his single room is a bit crowded...
On a writer's retreat, a journalist finds his inspiration muddied by external forces...
A hauntingly heartbreaking ghost story of lost love.
An English traveller discovers the forces of Native American spirits in this classic tale of Man and Nature.
Major Reese and Doctor Reese spend an evening with their enigmatic sailor friend Big Ericsson at his rundown bungalow on the seafront. The happy and laughter-filled day comes to a haunting end when Ericsson becomes overpowered by one of his 'sea fits'.
The Doctor tells those huddled around his fireplace of the terrifying events that he witnessed whilst in his lodgings as a student in Edinburgh.
On a Moose-hunting expedition to the Canadian backwoods, Simpson and his hunting party encounter the horrendous and frightening spectre of the wild spirit that lurks within the huge and untamed wilderness.
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a Doctor and his murderous alter ego.
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a Doctor and his murderous alter ego.
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a Doctor and his murderous alter ego.
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a Doctor and his murderous alter ego.
A short, creepy yarn, telling the story of a proud Father's deep anger at not having his wish for a sole heir; and the curious events that happen to his twin boys on their 21st Birthday.
Thompson spends the weekend at a friend's house-party. He thinks he is the only person who is staying his room. He is wrong...
An Englishman in Egypt forgets the words of a clairvoyant...Read by Marc Carter-Wall.
After fifteen years, a man keeps his promise to his sweetheart; to come back and marry her. His passions and doubts tell the story of his short journey from the train station to the white gate where she said she would wait for him...Read by Marc Carter-Wall
The Victorians knew of this pest long before we did...Read by Marc Carter-Wall.
Do childhood promises stand the test of time? One man is soon to find out...
A beautifully sensitive and sad ghost story by Algernon Blackwood, set in England's West Country.Read by Marc Carter-Wall.Series Music Credits:"air-prelude" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"bittersweet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"nervous" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"magic-forest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"lightless-dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"dark-world" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"medusa" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"the-dread" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"long-note-one" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"giant-wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"this-house" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"decay" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
PART 2. The supernatural visitors make their murderous wishes known...Read by Marc Carter-WallSeries Music Credits:"lightless-dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"dark-world" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"medusa" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"the-dread" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"long-note-one" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"giant-wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"this-house" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"decay" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
PART 1. Isolated on a Canadian lake, a man witnesses the spirits that haunt there...Read by Marc Carter-WallSeries Music Credits:"lightless-dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"dark-world" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"medusa" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"the-dread" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"long-note-one" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"giant-wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"this-house" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"decay" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
A man and his aunt attempt to try and endure a night in a haunted house...A wonderfully spooky tale by the great Victorian Horror-meister Algernon Blackwood.Read by Marc Carter-Wall.Series Music Credits:"lightless-dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"dark-world" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"medusa" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"the-dread" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"long-note-one" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"giant-wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"this-house" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"decay" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
An English Schoolteacher, on holiday in the Swiss Alps, encounters the feelings of uncertainty in a hotel room occupied by a missing climber. A classic ghost story by Algernon Blackwood.
A chance encounter, on a railway track, leads to frightening and mortal revelations... A classic Ghost Story by the great Charles Dickens.
Please note that there are two references to "Negro" characters within the recording. I have chosen to retain these elements in order to maintain the integrity of the original text as a whole. The story's derogatory mention of "Negro" is indicative of the unfortunate and racially unjust social scene of the author's time and, while being wholly unjustified in today's society, it highlights how outdated attitudes have changed for the better and continue to do so. MCW.
The headless phantasm of a beautiful woman becomes one man's obsession...
After returning to the scene of a strange haunting, a presence has started to take victims...
The stories continue of the ghostly goings-on at a friend's farm.Read by Marc Carter-Wall.Adapted from Some Haunted Houses of England and Wales by Elliot O'Donnell.Music:"deacy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"unlight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"the-dread" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
A restful week away proves to be full of ghostly happenings...
A tale of a beastly ghost at a family farm
A walk in the Welsh valleys, turns sinister for a traveller...A WELSH ghost story.Discovered, edited and read by Marc Carter-Wall. From "Some Haunted Houses , by Elliot O'Donnell" originally published in 1909.Disclaimer: No copyright infringement is intended. All texts used are believed to be in the public domain.
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