The scariest story in this series so far:A man moves with his family to a house on an island in the middle of a lake. His dog won't enter the house. His maid feels a presence in there. His son starts sleepwalking and his wife reveals something about her past that makes him terrified for his family's safety.Maybe it wasn't a good idea to be totally surrounded by water.

The Great Old Ones are stirring. In the Virtual Reality Game Darkworlds, it's 1927 in Paris and something weird is happening in the Bois de Boulogne. Fresh from the terrors of London, Adam Harker is sent to play again and fathom the secrets of gameworld Paris. But this time, he's got something growing in his head.

Traditional Christmas Ghost Stories with a twist in the tail. Perfect to read on a dark winter's night while wrapping presents. These modern ghost stories are written in the best tradition of ghostly tales. Ideal for reading by the lights of the Christmas Tree.Enjoyable, atmospheric and very human stories that are guaranteed to bring a pleasurable chill to your Christmas atmosphere

In the shadow of World War II, in the heart of Yorkshire, Edward Smith, a diligent librarian, embarks on a unique cataloguing assignment at the secluded Hackthwaite Hall. The estate's owner, Dr. Lovegrove, a retired industrial chemist, reveals an unexpected obsession with the arcane art of alchemy, claiming to have conjured a supernatural creature of impossible powers.Smith's initial amusement and skepticism dissolve as eerie phenomena begin to haunt the hall's ancient walls, and he...

Sixteen supernatural stories set in the county of Cumbria. The collection includes classic ghost stories such as A West Cumberland Coalmine, modern horror stories such as The Derwentwater Haunting and The Highest Inn in England, stories based on local legends such as The Mallerstang Boggle and The Little Man of Carlisle and some folk-horror themed stories such as The Grizedale Forest Wedding.Tony Walker is the narrator of The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast.

YouTube has grown into an influential social media platform. What started out as a fun medium of introducing the world to three-dimensional interaction has now turned into a powerful tool of marketing. Just like in every other social media channel, the secret to success is getting a following or audience to broadcast your videos to. The more views you get, the more popular your videos will be and the greater success you will have in ranking highly in the search results.Nowadays, pe...

Sixteen supernatural stories set in the county of Cumbria. The collection includes classic ghost stories such as A West Cumberland Coalmine, modern horror stories such as The Derwentwater Haunting and The Highest Inn in England, stories based on local legends such as The Mallerstang Boggle and The Little Man of Carlisle, and some folk-horror themed stories such as The Grizedale Forest Wedding.Tony Walker is the narrator of The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast.

Retirement…whose idea was this anyway!And where in the world are you going with it?Today, millions of hard-working Americans frantically search for that dream retirement like Granddad once enjoyed.You know how it’s supposed to go; land a secure job with a big company, work hard for thirty or forty years, then, on that magic day, you retire with a guaranteedpension income and plenty of “mailbox money,” compliments of Social Security. If your retirement dream looks like this, wake up...

A tale of the New Forest in England where Mr and Mrs Bittacy settle after years abroad. A painter with a certain talent for painting trees awakens something in the old man and he takes to wandering deep in the forest. Mrs Bittacy with her strong, Christian values is appalled by the ancient woodland spirits that her husbands seems to seek out. She loves him and wants to protect him from the ancient force of the forest. But will her love and faith be enough? Algernon Blackwood was a man of m...

The classic Christmas story by Charles Dickens. Evil, old Ebeneezer Scrooge has been a skinflint all his life. His only friend and partner died and he didn't mourn, he only used it as an opportunity to strike a deal. Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. Each of them shows Scrooge scenes intended to make him change his evil ways.A Christmas Carol is possibly Dickens's most famous work, though there are so many to choose from.A Christmas Carol was published in 1843 on 19 Decem...

The story is a double play: is it the story of a woman going mad, or a woman possessed by something evil? We begin to suspect that the narrator’s apparently caring husband John, may not be as caring as she thinks. Is he trying to control her? We know that Charlotte was much concerned with the emancipation of women and them achieving financial independence, so is the character of John an echo of this?The horror in the story revolves around the Yellow Wallpaper and like many of us, sh...

On 10th August 1901, two English women walked into the past. This is a documented true story that was extensively researched by the women who experienced this timeslip.During a visit to the Palace of Versailles, on the anniversary of the French Revolution, two ordinary women saw the French Queen, Marie Antoinette, sitting in the gardens in front of them, along with nobles, gardeners, houses, bridges and stones that when they went back, were no longer there.Backed up by a de...