"The Empty House" tells of Jim Shorthouse, who accompanies his aunt to an old house where, a century ago, a servant girl was thrown to her death from a balcony by a jealous stableman. The house has lain unoccupied other than for brief periods ever since. Unoccupied, but perhaps not ... empty.

My thanks to Graham Walmsley for the marvellous opening and closing themes he has composed for the podcast.

Graham is the creator of the role playing game 'Cthulhu Dark' and you can find him on Twitter @grahamwalmsley

I am delighted to open the second season of my podcast with this cautionary tale from the compendium "The Private Life of Elder Things"

"Devo Nodenti" tells of Peggy Connings, who made a decision over half a lifetime ago which had unforeseen and terrible consequences.

My heartfelt thanks go out to the author herself, who has very kindly given me permission to read her wonderful story for you. As well as being an accomplished novelist under both her own name and others, Keris is an associate editor with Chaosium and over the last year has been developing the new edition of 'Cthulhu by Gaslight.' You can find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/kerismcd

I'd also like to thank Graham Walmsley for the marvellous opening and closing themes he has composed for the podcast. Graham is the creator of the role playing game 'Cthulhu Dark' and you can find him on Twitter @grahamwalmsley

A visitor to the Italian Riviera has a dark foreboding about the villa in which they are staying. Then, that night they experience a most unusual dream - or is it a dream?

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Our narrator, an Englishman travelling through Germany from Munich on the last day of April is warned not to return late to his hotel. Despite this, the young man leaves his carriage at a crossroads to head in the direction of a mysterious abandoned village.

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Our narrator arises the following morning to learn more of the Château d’Ys and its inhabitants

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Our narrator finds himself lost on the moors of Brittany in north-western France, where he encounters a mysterious stranger.

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Following the death of his sister, Roderick Usher's mental condition deteriorates still further. Our narrator attempts to cheer his spirits by reading him a classic tale of adventure and romance.

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After learning of the rapid decline in his sister's condition, our narrator spends time with the master of the House of Usher and grows ever more concerned by his increasingly eccentric behaviour. 

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An unnamed narrator arrives at the ancient mansion owned by a boyhood companion, Roderick Usher, from whom he has recently received a letter. Usher is suffering from an illness and hopes that seeing his old friend will lift his spirits once more.

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