The Devil's Kiss
by Stephen Dunstone
Broadcast 21 October 1996, The Monday Play
Rebroadcast on Radio 4 Extra, 27 January 2013
A storyteller holds a pub crowd spellbound with the tale of a medieval Yorkshire village that defied the Devil, bringing on it
Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
128K
A spectacular production of this classic tale. Meticulously adapted from the book by Washington Irving, Colonial was determined to stay true to the mood and flavor the story is famous for.
The Colonia
BBC World Service
Thirty Minute Theatre
Haunted - 26 Shows
Late 1970s to Mid 1980s
The best of the Best. These tales are from authors like Algernon Blackwood, Bram Stoker, Agatha Christie, J.B Priestley, Wilkie Collins, HG Wells, Ray Bradbury. Isa
Read more…The Gothic Imagination: DRACULA
New Version for 2012
The Gothic Imagination on Radio 4 and 4 Extra, is reclaiming original gothic creations from the clichés they have become, and introducing a few new works into the canon.
DRACULA
1/2: Launching a
Read more…The Strangers' Will
by Sarah Hall and Dominic Power
First broadcast: Sunday 17 February 2013, Drama on 3
A supernatural thriller set in an eerie hotel in the Lake District. Dramatist Dominic Power and award-winning novelist Sarah Hall combine to cre
The Ghost Writer
By Diana Carter
SNT 14.5.1983
32K
Carey Arnold had been an enormously successful author of thrillers before his unexplained death in 1975. The air of mystery around
him only increased when another manuscript, unmistakably his wo
The White Lady
by R. E. T. Lamb
SNT 1976-06-19
Simon arrives for breakfast and meets with the General. He is perturbed at seeing a ghost the previous night telling the General that he is leaving because of it. He said he saw the ghost three times
The Understudy
by Jo Anderson
Directed by Adrian Bean
SNT 19.02.1994
192K
An actor's obsession with a bizarre murder in Victorian theatreland sparks bizarre complications and a deadly confrontation.
With:
John............ Nigel Anthony
I'll Walk Beside You
By Robert Holles
SNT 18.7.1981
Sarah Badel/Brenda Bruce/John Rowe
80K
A lovely little tale of death, possession and more death. It starts with a lovely old woman saying that you said you would always walk with me, but it lo
Not sure if this ongoing series has been posted here before (a quick search in Horror and Suspense revealed nothing). So, here it is. Quite fun and well-done if you are into the zombie genre.
Description:
For Army Reserve Soldier Michael Cross, the
Read more…There have been two versions of this work produced by the BBC. The first was a four-part adaptation; the second was a Saturday Play.
VERSION ONE (1993):
The Woman in Black
Susan Hill
1993
Eel Marsh House stands tall, gaunt and isolated, surveying the
The Girl Who Didn't Want To Be...
by Frederick Bradnum,
With Simon Cadell, Joanna David and Christopher Benjamin
Produced by Jane Morgan
Broadcast 16 September 1978 and 26 January 1980, Saturday Night Theatre
128/44; 82.1 MB; sound quality very g
The Catchmere Fugitive
By John Ashe
SNT 1977-07-16
Richard Morant/Kim Hartman
128K
There is not much information on this tale. I listened to it and it is a scary little tale involving possession. If anyone has any more information on this please
Read more…The Terraced House
by Frederick Bradnum
Broadcast 8 March 1994, 14.00, Thirty Minute Theatre
A ghost play.
He'd thought of putting a sign in the front window saying ``Attention! Lonely! Do Come in!'' But you can't be sure that you'd get the cal
Dracula
In this new reading, Michael Fassbender, Gillian Kearney, James D'Arcy and James Greene read the various diary accounts of the four main characters of Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray, Dr. Seward and Dr. Van Helsing to relate the epic legend of t
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