The ghost of Halverdene never takes the same shape twice, but it can always be relied upon to appear should you sleep in the garden bedroom, and it especially likes children...

This episode is Part 1 of 2.

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835 - 1915) was a well-known and successful author in Victorian England, yet her stunning short ghost stories have mostly gone unremembered.

Each week this podcast will share one of these classic gothic gems.

Read and recorded by Holly Creed

Additional sound and original music by Abigail Macmillan

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