When your soul is parted from your body, what - or who - will you haunt?

And will that haunting come from a love that spans the boundary of life and death - or from a seething, unending hate?

Today’s story is The Dead Man’s Tale, by Willard E. Hawkins, and was originally published in Weird Tales’ inaugural issue in 1923 - making it a product of its time.

This episode also includes the first iteration of a new segment on the show, called Ask the Cryptic Consultant.

For content warnings, show notes, or to submit your own query for the Cryptic Consultant, visit samanthascathe.com .

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenightstories.substack.com