A ghostly tale set in Norfolk by R. H. Malden, who was not only inspired by MR James but also a close friend.

It's All Hallows Eve and we are visiting the little village of Meadowsend where the locals grow nervous around the end of October. For here there are many whispered stories of old ghosts and folklore horrors, strange things are seen in the shadows, and voices call out of the night

In this show, as a prelude to Hallowe'en, we read a very haunting poem, All Souls by Edith Wharton.

In this show, an eerie tale from E Nesbit - set in the month of October, a stay with friends at an ancient country house takes a turn for the macabre...

A haunting tale from the great M. R. James, concerning something dark and vampiric unleashed while renovating an old cathedral...

In this show we delve into the lurid world of the penny dreadful, with the opening episode of Varney the Vampire, the gothic horror saga with an undead antihero which thrilled Victorian audiences.

A little fireside chat with Mr Jim, who has some good news about his battles with lung cancer

At the height of summer, as something deep in the soil stirs, one old tree's leaves are already turning red - find out why in this seminal tale of folk horror from Ulric Daubeny!

A cycle of sonnets detailing weird dreams of a strange alien world of the Cthulhu Mythos, written by Duane W. Rimel, with guidance from both H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith.

The second part of a strange tale unearthed from the mysterious vaults of the Great Library of Dreams - a memoir of boyhood summer in a very different 1970s... one where the dead walk!