Nothing ever changes at lonely old Wildheath Manor, until a new maid named Maria arrives...

T/W: This story features themes of suicide.

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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