Haunted Places: Ghost Stories
Flickering lights… Clanging metal… A sudden, cold rush of air… Parcast Network’s all-new original series is here—and with it, the scariest, most hair-raising ghost stories ever imagined. Join Alastair Murden as he reaches into the cob-webbed collection of ghost stories from all over the world and brings to life a new, heart-racing tale every Thursday. Haunted Places: Ghost Stories is a Spotify Original from Parcast.
Latest episodes
Feb 11, 2021 • 36min
The Old Nurse’s Story
After her employers tragically die, a young nursemaid pledges to keep their little girl safe. But when they're sent to live at the family’s old ancestral estate, her charge becomes entranced by the ghost of another little girl whose presence reveals a dark family secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 4, 2021 • 36min
The Captain of the Pole-Star Pt. 2
After the Pole-Star’s Captain Craigie descends into madness and disappears, Doctor John Ray must keep the crew’s spirits up while searching for their leader… and the spirit that may have taken him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 28, 2021 • 35min
The Captain of the Pole-Star Pt. 1
In Arthur Conan Doyle’s bone-chilling maritime thriller, a young doctor on a whaling ship investigates ghostly visions that are somehow linked to his captain’s dwindling sanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 21, 2021 • 34min
White Cap
Young Embla never sees her irksome friend Baldur without his floppy white cap. One night, in a moment of exasperation, she takes it from him. But she does not yet realize who exactly she has stolen from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 14, 2021 • 35min
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot
In this hair-raising Western tale from American author Ambrose Bierce, a crooked deputy in a one-horse town attends a duel in a haunted house… and faces a ghost from his past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 7, 2021 • 36min
The Apparition
A French aristocrat agrees to help a friend, but the simple favor ensnares him in a nightmarish horror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 17, 2020 • 33min
Pliny the Younger’s Ghost Story
It’s the Western world’s first recorded account of a haunted house, and it proves that even the most logical men can be thrown by the appearance of the supernatural… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 10, 2020 • 32min
The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi
From Greek-Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn comes the Japanese story of a blind priest with a talent for music. When a mysterious samurai asks him to perform for a high-ranking noble, the priest is eager to accept… and unwittingly falls into a supernatural trap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 3, 2020 • 36min
The Miserere
From Spanish Romantic author Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, this is the 1862 tale of a murderous musician who believes his key to salvation lies within the ruins of a church haunted by a ghostly choir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 26, 2020 • 33min
The Wind in the Rose-Bush
In this American tale by Mary Wilkins Freeman, a teacher visits the home of her niece and begins to suspect that the girl's domineering stepmother is hiding a deadly secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
