Victorian Gothic: The Hauntings

Number Ninety By B.M. Croker At a Christmas dinner party where a discussion of ghosts has taken prominence, one particularly skeptical guest, John Hollyoak, brazenly ridicules the idea of haunted houses and boasts that he would happily spend a night in one. The party’s host takes up the man’s challenge and arranges for him to stay at a local haunted house of “desperate reputation,” known only to us as…Number Ninety. Find out more at our website: http://www.thehauntingspodcast.com If you'd like us to continue producing episodes in this series, please consider becoming a sustainer by joining our Patreon community at: https://www.patreon.com/mindseyepodcasts or at our Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/mindseyepodcasts  

Number 17 By Edith Nesbit In the lounge of their hotel, a group of traveling salesmen relax around the fire after dinner, where the conversation has turned toward the subject of ghosts. When one particularly savvy guest relates his own personal and quite gruesome experience with the supernatural, his fellow travelers’ growing unease is soon turned upside down by its shocking conclusion. Find out more at our website: http://www.thehauntingspodcast.com If you'd like us to continue producing episodes in this series, please consider becoming a sustainer by joining our Patreon community at: https://www.patreon.com/mindseyepodcasts or at our Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/mindseyepodcasts

The Shadow in the Corner By Mary Elizabeth Braddon When Michael Bascom, a reclusive scholar of scientific research, is informed by his man servant of the need to hire additional domestic help, a recently orphaned young girl, Maria, is procured to fill the role. But Maria, unaware of the dark and disturbing lore surrounding the old house, soon begins to fall prey to its insidious influence. Find out more at our website: http://www.thehauntingspodcast.com If you'd like us to continue producing episodes in this series, please consider becoming a sustainer by joining our Patreon community at: https://www.patreon.com/mindseyepodcasts or at our Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/mindseyepodcasts Note: Contains references to suicide.

The Old House in Vauxhall Walk By Charlotte Riddell After a bitter argument with his father, a young man, homeless and penniless, wanders aimlessly through the dark, rainy streets of London. He is offered shelter for the night in an old, abandoned house by a former family servant, and while there, he experiences harrowing supernatural visions that reveal the story of a miserly old hag who was murdered for her hidden fortune. Determined to uncover the truth behind these dark hallucinations, he embarks upon a dangerous and life-changing quest. Find out more at our website: http://www.thehauntingspodcast.com If you'd like us to continue producing episodes in this series, please consider becoming a sustainer by joining our Patreon community at: https://www.patreon.com/mindseyepodcasts or at our Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/mindseyepodcasts  

The Terrible Old Man By H.P. Lovecraft Three robbers plan to break into the house of a reclusive, eccentric old man to steal his reputed stash of Spanish gold and silver. They soon discover, however, that their frail intended victim is in possession of much more than a hoard of treasure. Find out more at our website: http://www.thehauntingspodcast.com If you'd like us to continue producing episodes in this series, please consider becoming a sustainer by joining our Patreon community at: https://www.patreon.com/mindseyepodcasts or at our Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/mindseyepodcasts