A gentleman stops by a lonely railway signal box on a walk and engages its troubled custodian in conversation. But the Signal-Man’s story is far stranger and its outcome more peculiar than the narrator could have ever anticipated.The Signal Man is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known. Sound Design by Kirsty Gillmore. With music by Benedict Edwards.  A B7 Media Production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A mysterious and apparently deadly river intrigues and haunts a pair of friends with a fascination for the afterlife. The Striding Place  is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known. Sound Design by Kirsty Gillmore with music by Benedict Edwards. A B7 Media Production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gilman’s famous story features an un-named young woman, newly married and in possession of a “nervous disposition” who fixates on the yellow wallpaper in her room, part of the house her husband has taken for a few weeks to speed her recovery. But there’s little chance of that. The wallpaper isn’t just ugly and unsightly; something seems to be lurking behind it.The Yellow Wallpaper is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known. With music by Benedict Edwards.  Produced by B7 Media. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A classic tale from American master of horror Edgar Allan Poe advises that wealth, excess and self-imposed isolation are no defence against the inevitable march of time. Though for the Prince Prospero, it may come somewhat sooner when an uninvited guest makes an appearance at his grand festival. The clock strikes, the orchestra falls silent, the revelries cease and the masked-figure begins his deadly work.The Masque of the Red Death is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known. With music by Benedict Edwards. A B7 Media production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John makes up his mind to marry May Forster, the prettiest young woman in the village. Desperately in love, he is determined that not even death will prevent him from doing so.John Charrington's Wedding  is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known. With music by Benedict Edwards.  Sound Design by Kirsty Gillmore.Produced by B7 Media. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A wretched individual in perpetual isolation longs to see the world outside the walls of his home. Finally daring to leave, he encounters others for the first time – and is baffled by their response to him. Finally he discovers an object that reveals the true horror behind his confinement.The Outsider is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.