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Thank you for joining Storylink Radio as we Countdown to October!!

Everyday this month we will release a new Eerie & Uncanny Tale of Haunts, Ghosts, and Suspense as we Countdown the days to October! Then starting October 1st we will begin the final Countdown to Hallowe'en itself with 31 Tiny October Tales. We also have hundreds more stories of all genres here on the Podcast, and on our Youtube Channel – youtube.com/StorylinkRadio

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And now, sit back and enjoy tonight's tale…

THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM (1917) by Algernon Blackwood An Englishman on vacation in the Swiss Alps, attempts to reserve a room at a quiet village inn, only to discover there are no vacancies. He is later offered a room that is 'in a sense engaged', and the rumors voiced by the inn's porter regarding the possible fate of the previous occupant excite his imagination.

THE HAUNTED DOLLS HOUSE (1923) by M. R. James An antiques dealer named Dillet acquires a beautiful antique dolls' house for a relatively low price. The dolls' house comes complete with dolls which represent servants and a family made up of two children, a father, a mother and a grandfather. At one o'clock in the morning, Dillet sees a ghostly drama play out in the dolls' house.

ZOMBIES! The Grave Gives Up (1924) by Jack D'Arcy

Gordon Lane gets a phone call from his fiancée pleading for help. The catch is that said fiancée was killed in a car crash two weeks earlier. Lane, who works for the county attorney's office, is able to get the call traced, and discovers that it came from the caretaker's house in the cemetery where his late fiancée is buried...

Dracula - retold (1897/2004) by Bram Stoker/Ian Edward Transue This classic tale opens with Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian noble, Count Dracula. This special retelling is abbreviated for your listening enjoyment.

The Dead Travel Fast by Bram Stoker & Gottfried Bürger

Restless spirits abound, from those who cannot go to their rest, to those who WILL not. And some poor souls who didnt even know they were scheduled for departure. Oh, there is no one crankier than someone rudely awakened on the wrong side of the dirt!

The Upper Berth (1886) by F. Marion Crawford

The story takes place aboard a transatlantic ocean liner. A passenger named Brisbane is puzzled when the steward behaves oddly while taking his luggage to his stateroom, number 105. In the middle of the first night, Brisbane is further perplexed when his roommate suddenly leaps down from the upper berth and runs out of the cabin. In the morning, Brisbane learns that his roommate has gone overboard – and was the fourth consecutive occupant of the same upper berth to do so.

Ancient Fires (1923) by Seabury Quinn Jules de Grandin is an occult detective created by Seabury Quinn for Weird Tales. Alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, he fought ghosts, werewolves, devil worshippers, monsters, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave! Tonight, in the tale Ancient Fires, Grandin and Trowbridge are engaged to investigate strange happenings at a grand old mansion and we discover that love can survive even the greatest sacrifice.

The Bride of Frankenstein (1925) by Guy Preston

After recovering from injuries sustained in the mob attack upon himself and his creation, Dr. Frankenstein falls under the control of his former mentor, Dr. Pretorius, who insists the now-chastened doctor resume his experiments in creating new life. Meanwhile, the Monster remains on the run from those who wish to destroy him without understanding that his intentions are generally good despite his lack of socialization and self-control. Tonight's story, written by Guy Preston, was derived from the 1935 screenplay of the same name, and was published and released at the same time as the movie. That movie "monsterpiece" was created by James Whale, and is widely considered the best film of the "golden age" of horror cinema. Cue the lightning . . .

Was It A Dream? (1903) by Guy de Maupassant

When it was quite dark, I left my refuge and began to walk softly, slowly, inaudibly, through that ground full of dead people, and I wandered about for a long time,