Dark Holidays — Stories Various

Feeling a chill amidst the warmth of the season? Sensing a shadow lurking behind the tinsel and lights? Experience the darker visions hidden within our brightest holiday. Come listen to the water ghost’s story as she spends Christmas Eve haunting Harrowby Hill. Listen as Charles Dickens examines the figure which haunts “The Signalman,” and Edgar Allan Poe details the secret of “The Oval Portrait.” You’ll shiver as “The Monkey’s Paw” twitches grimly in the cold and enjoy Mark Twain’s fascinating yarn about a ghostly giant warming himself at the fireplace.Sixteen unabridged tales of spirits to playfully darken the holidays and add chill to a winter’s night:The Traveller by R. H. BensonThe Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick BangsThe Oval Portrait and The Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeA Ghost Story by Mark TwainThe Wolf by Guy de MaupassantThe Adventures of the German Student by Washington IrvingThe Monkey’s Paw by W. W. JacobsFrom the Tideless Sea by W. H. HodgsonMadam Crowl’s Ghost by J. S. Le FanuThe Canterville Ghost by Oscar WildeDoctor Heidegger’s Experiment by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Old Nurse’s Story by Mrs. GaskellThe Black Veil and The Signalman by Charles DickensSelecting a Ghost by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleRead by Tom Casaletto, Sandra Burr, Leanor Reizen, Jim Bond, Roger Dressler, and Michael Page