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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving · 2 parts

Ichabod Crane takes the wrong road home. Two tellings: a modern one, and the full story as a Halloween special.

Both are free.

Howl's Moving Castle: The Witch's Halloween Masquerade

Harriet Pennick, after Diana Wynne Jones · 6 parts

A black envelope sealed in orange wax turns up at Sophie's flower shop. The Witch of the Waste is holding a masquerade. Costumes mandatory.

Parts 2 to 6 are for members.

Grimm Fairy Tales

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · 54 parts

The old tales, one at a time. One is about a boy who leaves home to find out what the shivers are.

3 are free. 51 more are for members.

The Lilac Letters

2 episodes

Eleanor finds a box of old love letters in the garden shed, written to a woman she has never heard of. A gentle mystery in an old house.

Members get it without the intro.

The House at 3:47

6 parts

A house on Bellweather Lane that sits slightly outside of time, and the people who find their way to it.

Parts 2 to 6 are for members.

Clara Lennox’s Compendium of Spectres

2 parts

Dr Clara Lennox catalogues ghosts for a living. She gets off the ferry on a Scottish island with a manuscript, a rival, and a ginger cat who has hated the trip since Oban.

The full audiobook is for members.

The Landlady

Roald Dahl · 28 min

Billy Weaver gets off the train in Bath and finds a boarding house that looks exactly right. A short one.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs · 14 parts

The whole book, from the prologue on.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde · 15 parts

The portrait gets older so that Dorian does not have to.

Parts 2 to 15 are for members.

Interview with the Vampire

Anne Rice · 17 parts

A vampire sits down and tells his own story. A long one.

Parts 2 to 17 are for members.

Anthology of Gothic Poems

Poe, Rossetti, Blake and Plath · 11 parts

The Raven, and three more. Short ones, for nights when a whole chapter is too much.

4 are free. 7 more are for members.

Dracula

Bram Stoker · 12 parts

Read a chapter at a time. Chapter one is the journey out to the castle.

Parts 2 to 12 are for members.