Classic Ghost Stories
Five partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell. Including "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-Tree", "The Rose Garden", "Wailing Well" and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad".
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1.The Mezzotint
25-12-198614mMr Williams, the curator of an university museum, purchases a modest engraving of a country house. But a black tint in the corner of the picture seems to resemble a figure and it m...
- Ep 2
2.The Ash-Tree
26-12-198614mA witch condemned to death places a curse upon the Ash tree at the hall of her accuser that stretches down through the centuries and through the generations to invade the life of t...
- Ep 3
3.Wailing Well
28-12-198614mA group of Scouts on an excursion are strictly told not to go near an old well that has been marked with a red circle on their maps. However, one disobedient boy pays no heed to th...
- Ep 4
4.Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad
29-12-198614mAn academic on holiday discovers a whistle amongst the remains of a monastery of the Knights Templar. It has the legend "Who is this who is coming?" engraved upon it in Latin. He w...
- Ep 5
5.The Rose Garden
30-12-198614mMrs Anstruther wants to convert a neglected corner of her property into a rose garden. She tells her gardener to remove the old seat and an old post it was attached to. This unleas...
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