Haunted Places: Ghost Stories

Laura gets to know her mysterious houseguest. And as their bond deepens, Laura finds herself strangely attracted to Carmilla’s increasingly odd behavior... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Decades before Bram Stoker’s iconic creation dug its fangs into the cultural consciousness, another vampire emerged from the ether: Carmilla. Today begins our four-part retelling of Joseph Sheridan La Fanu’s 1872 novella, in which a gesture of hospitality brings a nightmare to life… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two sisters from London find their relationship tested when they spend the summer in the country. The elder is fascinated with a mysterious couple who lives in the woods, while the younger is sure they are dangerous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A discontent Englishman entertains a well-traveled acquaintance. But their evening takes a dark turn when his comrade leaves behind an artifact from his adventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A narcissistic German artist breaks off his engagement as soon as wealth and fame beckon. But after a gruesome tragedy strikes, he realizes his ex-fiancée still has quite the hold on him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a young teacher rents a room in an old house, she learns her sweet old landlords are hiding a terrible secret…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dyson seeks Agnes's husband for an explanation about her death. Was it natural? Or was it murder... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the death of his childhood friend Agnes, Dyson believes he spotted her alive in the window of her home. But when the medical examiner shows him the body, Dyson is left with more questions than answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a traveler spends the night at an abandoned temple, he meets a beautiful woman, only to learn that she's bound by the devil. In order to save her, he'll need the help of a Taoist priest with some very peculiar weapons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A young man's friend goes missing in the scariest place imaginable: right near the Strid, a small creek that will pull you under, and never spit you out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When their elder sister dies, the youngest Mallow sister contemplates her own mortality, while the middle sister plans to make the most out of their inheritance. Even if that means involving a ghost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This classic by F. Marion Crawford covers one man’s account of a transatlantic journey where his bunkmate in the upper berth is never seen again. Is room 105 really cursed or has it merely been an unfortunate set of circumstances? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Nina experienced a horrific fall, she was taken to the best doctor in town. But neither patient nor doctor was ready to admit the truth: Nina was just a doll. And after she was repaired and ready to return home, she refused to leave him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this 1859 tale from Fitz-James O’Brien, a soldier recounts facing an indescribable horror in a haunted boarding house. Years after the encounter, he is still held by the grip of both terror… and guilt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The rafters learn that the only way to fight the willow spirits is to ignore them… but they must endure horrors too unfathomable to turn away from in their fight to make it off the island. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Algernon Blackwood’s classic tale, two rafters on the Danube River wash up on a strange island. It’s overgrown with dense willows… and the spirits within those willows are out for blood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A young psychiatric nurse moves in with an older couple who have suffered a terrible loss. They’re a haunted pair, but as the nurse is about to discover, the strange ghost that pursues them is a vehicle from beyond the grave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Owen’s tutor learns why Owen quit the military, and decides to support him. But first, the tutor will have to help him survive one last night at the family estate… and escape the ghosts of his family’s past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a bright young military trainee named Owen Wingrave decides to abandon his family legacy and quit the army, his tutor is called to the family estate to change his mind. What the tutor doesn’t know is that Owen’s ancestral home hides an eerie secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A professor goes on a beach holiday with a close friend, only to become terrified when a dark, faceless figure takes chase. As the two men investigate this supernatural horror, they must also confront their own complex relationship.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Scottish medical student robs graves for the good of science, so his professor will have bodies to dissect. But soon, he’s forced to graduate from grave-robbing to murder… and the ghosts that come with his guilt are truly terrifying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this tale from E.F. Benson, a skeptical London detective investigates a murder at a seance. But it won’t be easy to cuff a culprit when his prime suspect is a supernatural one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From a poet and novelist largely considered to be the founder of modern Russian literature, The Queen of Spades is Alexander Pushkin’s eerie tale of a simple card game, and the lengths one soldier goes to win it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A childless woman who is curious about motherhood gets more than she bargained for when she takes care of her old friend’s children… and a ghostly presence monitors her every motherly move. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this folk tale from Mexico City, a rich and powerful Don moonlighting as a serial killer confesses his crimes to a priest. The penance he's given appears surprisingly light, but the punishment is far more twisted than he realizes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices