175 - The Hand by Guy de Maupassant

175 - The Hand by Guy de Maupassant

From the French master of short fiction, Guy de Maupassant, a tale of terror concerning a very gruesome memento - a mummified human hand!

174 - The Dabblers by WF Harvey

In this show we have a tale from W. F. Harvey. A story set in a rainy June at an old boarding school that is home to an ancient mysterious custom carried out once a year by a secret society - the Dabblers!

173 - The Haunted Dolls House by MR James

To bring a chill to your summer nights, a classic ghost story from the great M. R. James, the tale of a most unusual antique dolls' house and what occurs when the clock strikes one...

172 - An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House by Sheridan Lefanu

Continuing our haunted house season, we have a tale from Sheridan Lefanu, regarded by MR James as the greatest writer of all ghost stories. And in this little chiller from 1862, Lefanu anticipates the found footage genre, with a tale that reads exactly like a real life witness account of a haunting.

171 - The Judges House by Bram Stoker

As well as creating Dracula, Bram Stoker wrote some fantastic macabre tales and one of the most sinister is the story of The Judge's House...