The Thing in the Upper Room

By Arthur Morrison

Attwater, a poor, struggling English artist living in Paris, opts to rent a cheap apartment despite its haunted reputation. The room had remained unoccupied for years due to its grim history, but Attwater convinces himself that it is mere superstition that lies behind its notoriety. But as ghastly nightmares and an inexplicable feeling of exhaustion begin to take their toll, he realizes the source of the room’s ill repute may lie in more than just idle talk.

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Number Ninety

By B.M. Croker

At a Christmas dinner party where a discussion of ghosts has taken prominence, one particularly skeptical guest, John Hollyoak, brazenly ridicules the idea of haunted houses and boasts that he would happily spend a night in one. The party’s host takes up the man’s challenge and arranges for him to stay at a local haunted house of “desperate reputation,” known only to us as…Number Ninety.

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Number 17

By Edith Nesbit

In the lounge of their hotel, a group of traveling salesmen relax around the fire after dinner, where the conversation has turned toward the subject of ghosts. When one particularly savvy guest relates his own personal and quite gruesome experience with the supernatural, his fellow travelers’ growing unease is soon turned upside down by its shocking conclusion.

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The Shadow in the Corner

By Mary Elizabeth Braddon

When Michael Bascom, a reclusive scholar of scientific research, is informed by his man servant of the need to hire additional domestic help, a recently orphaned young girl, Maria, is procured to fill the role. But Maria, unaware of the dark and disturbing lore surrounding the old house, soon begins to fall prey to its insidious influence.

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Note: Contains references to suicide.

The Old House in Vauxhall Walk

By Charlotte Riddell

After a bitter argument with his father, a young man, homeless and penniless, wanders aimlessly through the dark, rainy streets of London. He is offered shelter for the night in an old, abandoned house by a former family servant, and while there, he experiences harrowing supernatural visions that reveal the story of a miserly old hag who was murdered for her hidden fortune. Determined to uncover the truth behind these dark hallucinations, he embarks upon a dangerous and life-changing quest.

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The Terrible Old Man

By H.P. Lovecraft

Three robbers plan to break into the house of a reclusive, eccentric old man to steal his reputed stash of Spanish gold and silver. They soon discover, however, that their frail intended victim is in possession of much more than a hoard of treasure.

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The Empty House

By Algernon Blackwood

A young man accepts an invitation from his intrepid aunt to explore a notorious old house where, a century ago, a servant girl was murdered by her jealous suitor. But as the two of them make their way through its dark, empty rooms, their adventure soon becomes a battle for their own sanity as the forces of evil around them begin to close in.

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Welcome to Victorian Gothic: The Hauntings, an anthology of classic Victorian horror stories as you've never heard them before. Become immersed into their spine-chilling, eerie worlds through the use of spatial and binaural sound design, placing you directly in the ghostly heart of things.

Not simply narrated, these episodes bring all of the action and characters to life in an unnerving three-dimensional environment. Headphones are strongly recommended.

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