I did a reading recently for The Daily Ghost, who writes a ghost story for every day of the year. He's raising money for First Story, a charity that promotes creative writing in schools. In this story, two ex-soldiers go hunting at night for a vicious beast. Find out more at patreon.com/dailyghost

Just four walls and one window. It’s cramped. It’s claustrophobic. And the view is absolutely terrifying.

A lot of scary stories begin with someone moving into a haunted house. But as housing costs have risen, and our living spaces have gotten smaller, it was inevitable that the supernatural should occur in increasingly confined spaces. You might apply stone tape theory to a sinister case like this one. Where a traumatic event seems to have been recorded in a certain place, and is now replaying over and over again.

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He’s manipulative. He’s abusive. And he talks to himself in the dark. Will she leave him before he totally loses his grip?

Injustice and guilt are behind many supernatural stories. Spirits from the past return to enact revenge on the living for horrific and evil acts in many classic tales. And even though these are scary stories, there’s something comforting about that. Because these stories are a kind of wish fulfilment. We hope that the cosmos can unleash retribution upon those who have acted against us and others. That no one ever really gets away with their crimes. Perhaps this true account proves that to be true.

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Dr Hesselius, a practitioner of ‘metaphysical medicine’, relates the case of the Reverend Mr Jennings, a genial clergyman with a not-too-genial travelling companion.

The Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu is one of the all-time great authors of ghostly tales and is cited as an influence by great supernatural authors such as M.R. James, Henry James, and E.F. Benson. A master of gothic atmosphere, his stories today are remarkable for their psychological dimensions, seeming almost Freudian in their probing of human behaviour. His creepy tales can also be surprisingly progressive. Some of his most famous stories deal with the interior lives of adolescent women, subtly hinting at their sexual development, and the injustices that the world enacts against them.

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His home is flooded. Christmas is ruined. Now a ghost from the past has returned, to remind him where it all went wrong.

Our chilling ghost story for Christmas this year is about a man who has reached a crossroads in his life. It’s natural to be reflective in the festive season; another year is almost over, and we all find ourselves reconnecting with friends and family past and present. Some years, we may find ourselves thankful for all that we have. Some years we many look back with regret, and see only uncertainty ahead.

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They met every summer. Their love for each other grew and grew. And then in a flash, it was all over.

There is something gothic about the British seaside on a grey day, especially when it’s off-season. Case no. 70 is a slow-burner. There won’t be any jump scares early on in this episode. But the ending packs the kind of gut-punch that few uncanny tales do.

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Tags: Haunted, Haunting, Nostalgia, Seaside, British Seaside, Doomed Romance, Supernatural, Gothic, Sea, Sand, Beaches.

In the midst of a mental breakdown, one man’s demons take on a terrifyingly real form. And they wait for him every day, at Liverpool Street Station.

Some ghost stories cut to the bone more than others. This is a very personal story about someone in crisis. It's conceivable that what occurs is an extrapolation of that crisis, a kind of terrifying fantasy they’ve made in their mind. And that’s frightening enough. If what they’ve seen and experienced is real, and exists in the centre of London, then who knows how many victims there have been, and how many more could fall victim to this horror.

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Tags: Ghost story, Scary Story, Haunted Trains, London Underground, Frightening, Creepy, Weird, Mental Health, Depression, Fear, Posession.

We discover why all the clocks in the clock museum stop at 4:30 every day. And it’s going to give a young boy the fright of his life.

This spooky story is one of only a few historical horror stories in my archive. It takes place a century ago in a small village, and it could have its roots centuries earlier. It may appeal to fans of M.R. James due to its antiquarian setting, but unlike his classic ghost stories, this story may not be fiction.

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A childish prank gets increasingly intense, putting a mother and her daughter in danger.

Case 50 is a haunted house case that takes us out to the Cornish coast, where a young mother must protect herself and her daughter against a paranormal force that may be mischievous, but it presents a real danger to them both.

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Tags: Scary child, Ghostly, Creepy kid, Spooky game, Pedophobia, evil spirit, mischievous spirit, Wicked child, evil kid, Paranormal, Cornish horror, Cornwall, ancient, paranormal, Trick or treat.

She calls every night. The message is always the same – she needs to be rescued. But she may be dead already.

Case 47 is a rarity in my supernatural archive. This is a horror story that ends with a little ray of hope, although there’s a still a great deal of terror to experience before you get there. Is this a case of fiction overtaking the facts? Only you can decide. I'm so happy I gave up my landline.

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