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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gave life to the modern ghost story style and inspired the genre's most famous contributor, M. R. James. Gathered together for the first time are Le Fanu's complete ghost stories in 30 extraordinary recordings. A manuscript from the collection of the late Rev. Francis Purcell, an Irish country priest whose interests extended to the gathering of old local legends. …
Cherringham – a quiet town in the Cotswolds. Nothing ever happens there, or so it seems – until one morning a woman's body is found in the river. A terrible accident, according to the police. But is this true? Sarah believes there must be more to it. In Jack, a former NYPD homicide detective, she finds a partner who is willing to start investigating with her. They soon find out that things…
"The Call of Cthulhu" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, in February 1928. The story's narrator, Francis Wayland Thurston, recounts his discovery of various notes left behind by his great uncle, George Gammell Angell, a prominent Professor of Semitic languages at Brown University in …
It is a winter's evening in the historic university town of Cambridge at the end of the nineteenth century. In college rooms, a group of friends gathers. A fire flickers in the grate and, silently, Montague Rhodes James places a lighted candle by his chair, shuffles his papers, and begins to read… So the classic ghost stories of M. R. James were presented to the world. Now, in this definitive…
A Cornucopia of the Best New MysteriesIf you're a fan of The Best American Mystery Stories series, Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales by P. D. James or Her Body and Other Stories by Carmen Maria Machado, you'll love The Book of Extraordinary Amateur Sleuths and Private Eye Stories.Collected by one of the genre's eminent editors, Maxim Jakubowski: One of the best mystery books of the…
Edmund and Mary Wilder are very much in love. But the death of their young son, Tommy, has shattered their family. Edmund is determined to bring them back together, drawing on the only bit of strength he has left-his love for Mary and their daughter, Stephanie. But Mary sinks deeper into depression while little Stephanie's anger grows. Edmund flounders in his attempts to rescue his family fro…
John Sinclair – A new audio drama series: blockbuster cinema for your ears only: a breathtaking mixture of gothic horror and fast-paced action paired with an audio-rich atmosphere. Produced internationally in London and Los Angeles with Andrew Wincott as John Sinclair, Anthony Skordi, Emma Tate, Dan Mersh, Charlotte Moore, Nico Lennon and many others. John Sinclair: Hell's best entertainment …
Two Cherringham locals, roaming a farm with metal detectors, discover an amazing treasure – a silver Roman plate worth millions. They must share the reward with both the farmer and the owner of the land, the formidable Lady Repton, but there will be plenty for everyone. That night, while the village pubs do a roaring trade, archaeologist Professor Peregrine Cartwright offers to keep the plate safe…
Tomika McNeal is the catalyst who brings three friends back together long after high school in this classic whodunit. Murder at Uncle Candyman's Grocery begins in 1982 when Tomika is arrested for murder. Flash back to 1959 when the three main characters are seniors in high school. The teens – Jonathan McNeal, Vivian Brown, and Lynda Meyers- forge a lifetime friendship. Vivian is shy and afrai…
Murder in paradise. In beautiful Tuscany, life seemed like a golden paradise with the picturesque rolling hills, the luscious food and wine, and the warmth of the local people. Then they found the body… Hilary Wright finds Ettore Fagiolo, a flamboyant local real estate agent, floating in Nigel and Robin Proctor's ugly, pink swimming pool. When the magistrate in charge of the case declares Ett…
John Sinclair – A new audio drama series: blockbuster cinema for your ears only: a breathtaking mixture of gothic horror and fast-paced action paired with an audio-rich atmosphere. Produced internationally in London and Los Angeles with Andrew Wincott as John Sinclair, Anthony Skordi, Emma Tate, Dan Mersh, Charlotte Moore, Nico Lennon and many others. John Sinclair: Hell's best entertainment …
В старинном замке на юге Швеции заканчивается работа над серией телепрограмм для проекта «Летний дворец». В последнюю ночь, накануне национального праздника Янов день, творческий коллектив отмечает завершение съемок. После бурной вечеринки в передвижной телестудии находят убитой ведущую программы Мишель Карлссон. Гибель любимицы публики, звезды телеэфира вызывает громкий общественный резонанс. Реп…
THE SIGN OF THE TOOTH: A BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG WOMAN ENTERS 221B BAKER STREET. HER FATHER, HIS CLOSEST FRIEND, AND A YOUNG MEDICAL STUDENT HAVE ALL DIED IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS Each body was found soon after death but with rigor mortis already set in. She believes they were murdered and seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes. The mystery that led to their deaths began fifteen hundred years ago when the sacred…
Auf Hawaii wütete 1899 die Pest, 1900 in San Francisco. Angst vor einer landesweiten Pandemie macht sich breit. Im Hafen New Yorks, direkt am Hudson, kündigt sich die Ankunft des «Schwarzen Todes» an. Professor Van Dusen glaubt aber nicht so recht daran, er vermutet Blendwerk dahinter. Die Denkmaschine nimmt es mit einem Gegner auf, der immer einen Schritt vorauszuplanen scheint und auf Menschenle…
In den Tiefen des Loch Morar hauste Ogur, ein gewaltiges Ungeheuer, die Seelen der Menschen waren seine Nahrung. Und wer über den See fuhr, riskierte sein Leben. Schon viele waren spurlos verschwunden. John Sinclair sollte dem Spuk ein Ende bereiten-aber es kam anders-.. Das Kult-Comeback der Hörspiel-Legende: Die originalen Klassiker von Tonstudio Braun digital überarbeitet!