The Haunting Stories: Recent Episodes
Carol Hobbs
Let me haunt you gently with classic, old and sometimes forgotten horror stories. Updates every Tuesday.
In this podcast you will hear the short stories written by the founders of horror literature as well as the lesser-known pieces written by people of color and indigenous authors over the last centuries.
Contact me: bycarolhobbs@gmail.com
A quiet evening, a warm dinner. A murder and no weapon. A full house and no suspect. How was it done? Listen and see for yourself.
A young man is looking for a place to stay in. What can go wrong once he finds a surprisingly cheap and good offer? Only everything. Only all.
A rendition of a classic fairy tale only now it is a monster who meets a monster. Or, maybe, there was no monster?
She comes with the rain, with the tears, with the water. Just a bad dream until a moment it isn't. Just a ghost story until it isn't.
The black box, the slips of paper and the circle of people. About a ritual in which each year a small village engages.
When the axe of the woodman falls on the grounds of the former palatial residence of the Karnsteins, everyone turns to the general transfixed with the ominous atmosphere. Will the axe hit something or someone that day? Listen and see.
The story continues and, as it does, its elements seem to click into places, everything becoming more and more real.
General tells the story of what led to his ward's death. Can it be that there are some strange, similar aspects in it?
Who does the general mourn for? How the bereavement influences the suspicions that start to form?
The doctor's visit bring more questions than answers. As the unease grows, Laura's illness is more pronounced.
The main characters start their descending. Into love or into darkness? Or maybe both? Listen and see.
AKA, the one in which you start to see glimpses of your lover in old portraits. Can it be something more than those glimpses? Listen and see.
The funerals, the saunters and something lovely blossoming. What can that be? Listen and see.
When something changes in the air and, suddenly, both of them start to acknowledge the feeling of attraction towards the other... Will they be able to act on it? Listen and see.
A mysterious, lifeless girl enters the scene as if she was dead already. Maybe she is? Listen and see.
If you want to meet gorgeously murderous female counterpart of Dracula, I encourage you to listen. Will Carmilla's both soothing and deadly presence haunt you the way it does the protagonist? Listen and see.
Let the night mail coach carry you on his wings of death into the night. Who is he and where he may be possibly going? Listen and see.
What mystery stands behind the oval portrait? Can it be similar to the one of Dorian Gray? Listen and see.
The mysterious shop hides many diabolic secrets. Will it swallow the ones who enter? Will it ask them to pay unforgivable price? Listen and see for yourself.
Three droplets of blood, one chopped head and a forgotten bride. Listen and see if you find it disturbing.
A tale of three sisters and a secret bloody chamber. Will the heroine save herself in this one? Listen and see for yourself.
Some say that fairy tales are the scariest. Listen to this one about the dark wood, brave women and cannibals and see for yourself.
A story which needs no introduction. Listen and enter with me the mind of a mad murderer.
Will the owner succeed in his attempt to heal the haunted house and console the ghost of a boy? Listen and see.
About different reasons which may cause the hauntings. Will the owner discover them all? Listen and see for yourself.
The owner of the house wants to discover the secret of its ghost. Will he succeed? Listen and see.
What happens when the owner enters the haunted house for the first time? Will his courage be enough? Listen and see for yourself.
What if you come into possession of a haunted house? Would you like to live in it? Would you like to meet its ghosts? Would you live there alone or rather try to find a company? Listen and see for yourself what the character in Charlotte's story did.
What happens when fear enters the hearts of even the bravest people? Listen and see for yourself.
Are you ready to play with the spider-like woman? Be careful what you wish for because you may get just the opposite.
Missing person, ghosts, woods, limbs, water... Maybe even some internalized homophobia? Check out for yourself.
Fangs, ghosts, beasts, physicians and old houses... Will the bell ring and save Staley? Listen and see.