Listen to a Ghost Story

9 original CURSED stories with transcripts, plus 10 case files from real haunted places. Available recordings are labelled; invented fiction is never presented as history.

• Legend / folkloreCinematic · sudden scares~2 min · The Schooner Hotel, Alnmouth, Northumberland

  The Unreturned Key

  A guest returns a key. Something upstairs refuses to check out.

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• Legend / folkloreCinematic · sudden scares~2 min · Jamaica Inn, Bolventor, Cornwall

  The Last Order

  One drink remains untouched. The person waiting for it has no reflection.

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• Legend / folkloreTraditional tale~2 min · Ancient Ram Inn, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire

  The Empty Chair

  A visitor finds that the oldest thing in a house is not always its timber.

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• Legend / folkloreCinematic · sudden scares~2 min · Whitby, North Yorkshire

  The Hundred and Ninety-Ninth Step

  A girl counts the steps to the abbey. The steps count back.

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• Legend / folkloreCinematic · sudden scares~2 min · Pendle Hill, Lancashire

  The Witness on the Ridge

  A walker stays too late on the hill and is asked to give evidence.

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• Legend / folkloreCinematic · sudden scares~2 min · Old Town, Edinburgh

  The Last in Line

  On a tour beneath the bridge, someone keeps stepping on your heels.

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• Legend / folkloreTraditional tale~2 min · Berry Pomeroy, Devon

  The Lady Who Waits

  A gentle, mournful fireside tale of a sister who was never forgiven.

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• Legend / folkloreTraditional tale~2 min · Xochimilco, Mexico City

  The Dolls Keep Watch

  A quiet tale of a boatman, a canal and a thousand glass eyes.

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• Legend / folkloreTraditional tale~2 min · Any quiet house, tonight

  The House That Listens

  A bedtime tale for the moment the lights go off.

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