Haunted Places: Ghost Stories

The Signal-Man insists that Jack will die on the railway next, but Jack is unconvinced. When he returns to the station to take care of his strange new friend, he finally finds out the truth behind the Signal-Man’s prophecies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this Victorian tale from Charles Dickens, a man named Jack has a deathly fear of England’s railway system. While waiting for a train, he meets the station’s strange Signal-Man… who has a dark, supernatural tie to Jack’s tragic family history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A young soldier named Shen follows a woman wearing a red shenyi until he learns her identity — and her deathly mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a young Englishman discovers that the French estate he wants to purchase is haunted by a pack of ghost dogs, he delves into the estate’s origins and learns the tragedy of the dogs’ deceased owner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A scrappy young chai seller in British-occupied India has the opportunity for a dream job at a local hospital… but only if he can defeat the spirit of an angry English soldier who possesses the body of an innocent young patient. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While paying a visit to an old friend, a woman glimpses the specter of a young child that her hosts cannot see, and discovers a tragic family secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A woodchopper in Japan recounts the most frightening winter of his life to his wife, only to find there may be unintended consequences for sharing his story… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In William Sharp’s 19th-century tale, a young man visits a family friend’s home and learns the tragic fate of the beautiful woman next door. As night falls and objects in the house come to life, he begins to form a suspicion… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Malcolm cannot deny that something eerie is happening at the Judge’s house, from the skitter of animals inside the walls to the appearance of a gigantic, terrifying rat. But he’s determined to study all night anyway… even when the Judge himself comes calling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bram Stoker’s eerie tale follows a Cambridge astronomy student who needs a quiet place to study for the toughest exam of his life. He rents an old house in a little town, but the superstitious locals warn him that the home is haunted by the evil judge who owned it… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After her employers tragically die, a young nursemaid pledges to keep their little girl safe. But when they're sent to live at the family’s old ancestral estate, her charge becomes entranced by the ghost of another little girl whose presence reveals a dark family secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the Pole-Star’s Captain Craigie descends into madness and disappears, Doctor John Ray must keep the crew’s spirits up while searching for their leader… and the spirit that may have taken him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Arthur Conan Doyle’s bone-chilling maritime thriller, a young doctor on a whaling ship investigates ghostly visions that are somehow linked to his captain’s dwindling sanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Young Embla never sees her irksome friend Baldur without his floppy white cap. One night, in a moment of exasperation, she takes it from him. But she does not yet realize who exactly she has stolen from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this hair-raising Western tale from American author Ambrose Bierce, a crooked deputy in a one-horse town attends a duel in a haunted house… and faces a ghost from his past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A French aristocrat agrees to help a friend, but the simple favor ensnares him in a nightmarish horror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s the Western world’s first recorded account of a haunted house, and it proves that even the most logical men can be thrown by the appearance of the supernatural… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From Greek-Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn comes the Japanese story of a blind priest with a talent for music. When a mysterious samurai asks him to perform for a high-ranking noble, the priest is eager to accept… and unwittingly falls into a supernatural trap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From Spanish Romantic author Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, this is the 1862 tale of a murderous musician who believes his key to salvation lies within the ruins of a church haunted by a ghostly choir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this American tale by Mary Wilkins Freeman, a teacher visits the home of her niece and begins to suspect that the girl's domineering stepmother is hiding a deadly secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After leaving the home of a peculiar scientist, James Murray is accompanied by the scientist's servant to catch a mail coach that will take him home. As the two men travel through the snowy moors to meet the coach, they make a strange and sinister discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a young man becomes lost in a blizzard during a hunting trip, he finds shelter in the home of a reclusive scientist whose supernatural beliefs make for unsettling conversation… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Based on an Indian folktale recorded by the Reverend Lal Behari Dey, this tale follows a husband whose domestically challenged bride turns into the perfect housewife... at a demonic cost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inspired by writer Robert Hunt’s telling of a classic folktale, this is the story of a lovelorn woman who is taken on a terrifying horseback ride by a spectral vision of her long-lost beau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of famous English horror writer M.R. James’ most classic tales, A School Story follows a teenage boy in boarding school as he slowly becomes aware of a dark presence that's stalking his Latin teacher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Based on a tale by 19th century author Edith Nesbit, this is the story of a lovesick man who would do anything to marry the woman of his dreams… dead or alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Annie spends the summer at her Aunt Mary’s home in St. Rules, she becomes transfixed by the window across the way. Every time she looks at it, it reveals something new. But is any of it real? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the early 20th century author Algernon Blackwood comes a chilling story of how an innocent mistake subjected a young man to an otherworldly encounter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Starting October 1st, Parcast Network is summoning the scariest ghost stories ever imagined. Join Alastair Murden as he resurrects fictions from all over the world, bringing to life a new heart-racing tale every Thursday. These stories may not be real—but that doesn’t make them any less spine-chilling. New episodes air every week on Thursday. Listen to Haunted Places: Ghost Stories free on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices