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The Catherine Crowe Library

The Catherine Crowe Library

Written by: Catherine Crowe
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Enter the shadowed world of Catherine Crowe, where drawing rooms conceal mysteries, servants know more than their masters, and the boundary between the seen and unseen is never quite secure.

The Catherine Crowe Library presents her books in full, restoring to life the strange tales, social intrigues, crimes, hauntings, and hidden histories that made Crowe one of the most intriguing literary voices of the nineteenth century.

Come, then, and listen, for there are more things in the quiet house, the darkened chamber, and the human heart than daylight readily reveals.
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Episodes
  • Ghosts And Family Legends; A Volume For Christmas - Round The Fire: First Evening (The Lover's Farewell; The Appointment Kept)

    Ghosts And Family Legends; A Volume For Christmas - Round The Fire: First Evening (The Lover's Farewell; The Appointment Kept)
    Sep 26 2026
    In which a company of friends settle to exchange personal and credibly attested stories of ghostly visitations and spectral phenomena, setting the stage with an account of a poignant and mysterious apparition connected to love and loss. They then proceed to consider a puzzling tale from the Scottish Highlands concerning a man who appears after his supposed drowning, prompting reflections on belief, superstition, and the curious inclinations of different social classes.
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    19 mins
  • Ghosts And Family Legends; A Volume For Christmas - Preface: Round The Fire

    Ghosts And Family Legends; A Volume For Christmas - Preface: Round The Fire
    Sep 21 2026
    In which the author reflects upon a wintry gathering in a stately northern mansion, where a grave misfortune prompts a circle of guests to muse upon life's fleeting nature and the mysteries that bridge the present with the beyond. From sceptics and believers alike, a rich array of personal ghostly experiences and ancestral legends are shared, lending a curious charm to the Christmas fireside discourse.
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    4 mins
  • Ghosts And Family Legends; A Volume For Christmas - Round The Fire: Fourth Evening (Rehearsals, etc; Prophetic Dreams)

    Ghosts And Family Legends; A Volume For Christmas - Round The Fire: Fourth Evening (Rehearsals, etc; Prophetic Dreams)
    Oct 14 2026
    In which a series of uncanny experiences and premonitory dreams are recounted, weaving together apparitions, spectral processions, and warnings from beyond the ordinary sphere of sight and sense. These narratives gently suggest the delicate, mysterious interplay between the waking world and that of shadows, where familiar figures and distant voices may offer uneasy portents or subtle counsel.
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    20 mins
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