Haunted Places: Ghost Stories

After leaving the home of a peculiar scientist, James Murray is accompanied by the scientist's servant to catch a mail coach that will take him home. As the two men travel through the snowy moors to meet the coach, they make a strange and sinister discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a young man becomes lost in a blizzard during a hunting trip, he finds shelter in the home of a reclusive scientist whose supernatural beliefs make for unsettling conversation…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dive into a haunting Bengali folktale where a husband finds his seemingly perfect wife transformed by dark forces. The chilling transformation blurs the lines between love and neglect, culminating in emotional confrontations with a ghostly doppelgänger. As a healer enters the narrative, themes of love, loss, and identity emerge amid the eerie backdrop of domestic life. This tale reveals the complex interplay of fear and the search for happiness, highlighting the sinister undercurrents that can overshadow even the most intimate relationships.

Inspired by writer Robert Hunt’s telling of a classic folktale, this is the story of a lovelorn woman who is taken on a terrifying horseback ride by a spectral vision of her long-lost beau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of famous English horror writer M.R. James’ most classic tales, A School Story follows a teenage boy in boarding school as he slowly becomes aware of a dark presence that's stalking his Latin teacher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Based on a tale by 19th century author Edith Nesbit, this is the story of a lovesick man who would do anything to marry the woman of his dreams… dead or alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Annie spends the summer at her Aunt Mary’s home in St. Rules, she becomes transfixed by the window across the way. Every time she looks at it, it reveals something new. But is any of it real? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the early 20th century author Algernon Blackwood comes a chilling story of how an innocent mistake subjected a young man to an otherworldly encounter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Starting October 1st, Parcast Network is summoning the scariest ghost stories ever imagined. Join Alastair Murden as he resurrects fictions from all over the world, bringing to life a new heart-racing tale every Thursday. These stories may not be real—but that doesn’t make them any less spine-chilling. New episodes air every week on Thursday. Listen to Haunted Places: Ghost Stories free on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices