Step into the haunting world of M.R. James with 'Count Magnus,' a chilling audiobook that will send shivers down your spine. As one of James's most renowned ghost stories, this eerie tale follows the journey of Mr. Wraxall, an antiquary with a morbid fascination for the past. When he stumbles upon the name of Count Magnus de la Gardie, a notorious historical figure, Wraxall's relentless curiosity leads him to uncover a malevolent secret lurking within the dark corridors of a Swedish manor. Expertly narrated, this atmospheric masterpiece will transport listeners into a realm of ancient horrors, where the line between history and nightmare becomes dangerously blurred.
This collection of three ghost stories, by master of the genre M. R. James, first appeared in 'A Warning to the Curious' published in 1925. James wrote 'The Haunted Dolls' House' in 1923 on a commission from Queen Mary who wanted miniature books from the most popular writers of the day to include in the library of her doll's house at Windsor Castle. Antique dealer Mr. Chittenden has an exquisite example of a doll's house in his shop. After a little haggling he manages to offload it onto one of his regular customers, a collector called Mr. Dillet. It becomes abundantly clear that Chittenden and his wife are all too glad to see the back of it, as whosoever owns the dolls' house is subject to supernatural visions every morning at one o'clock. Also included in this collection are 'An Evening's Entertainment' and 'A Neighbour's Landmark'.
The Ultimate Ghost Stories Collection is a fully-indexed collection of classic ghost stories, read by three Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by Henry James, M.R. James, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, and Washington Irving.
- The Turn of the Screw, Henry James
- x14 M.R. James Stories - Canon Alberics Scrap-Book; Lost Hearts; The Mezzotint; The Ash-tree; Number 13; Casting the Runes; Count Magnus; Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad; A Warning to the Curious; A View From a Hill; A Neighbour's Landmark; The Uncommon Prayer-Book; Wailing Well; The Fenstanton Witch.
- x4 Edgar Allan Poe Stories - Morella; Ligeia; The Mask of the Red Death; The Oval Portrait.
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving
- The Empty House, Algernon Blackwood
- How It Happened, Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Fullness of Life, Edith Wharton
- The Signalman, Charles Dickens
H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, and M.R. James: The Ultimate Collection is a fully-indexed collection containing over 75 stories and poems from the three most beloved horror and ghost writers in modern literature. Read by three Audie-winning narrators, the titles included here are:
Edgar Allan Poe
- A Descent into The Maelstrom; A Tale of Jerusalem; A Tale of the Ragged Mountain; Eleonora; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Gold Bug; The Hop Frog; The Masque of Red Death; The Murders in Rue Morgue; The Mystery of Marie Roget; The Oblong Box; The Oval Portrait; The Pit and the Pendulum; The Purloined Letter; The Tell-Tale Heart; The Raven; To Helen; Ulalume; A Dream Within a Dream; Annabel Lee; The Haunted Palace; Alone; Dream Land; Eldorado; The City in the Sea; The Bells; A Valentine; A Sonnet to Science
M.R. James
- The complete collection of M. R. James' Ghost Stories, including Lost Hearts; The Mezzotint; The Ash-tree; Number 13; Count Magnus; Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad; The Treasure of Abbot Thomas; A School Story; The Rose Garden; The Tractate Middoth; Casting the Runes; A Warning to the Curious; and many more.
H.P. Lovecraft
- The Colour Out of Space; The Dunwich Horror; The Whisperer in Darkness; The Haunter of the Dark; Call of Cthulhu; The Rats in the Walls; From Beyond; Dagon; At the Mountains of Madness; In the Vault; The Shadow Over Innsmouth; The Dreams in the Witch House
This audiobook is an unabridged collection of all M.R. James' ghost stories, including stories from Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, More Ghost Stories, A Thin Ghost and Others, and A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories. It is expertly read by award-winning narrator, Jonathan Keeble.
The collection includes:
Track 2: Canon Alberics Scrap-Book
Track 3: Lost Hearts
Track 4: The Mezzotint
Track 5: The Ash-tree
Track 6: Number 13
Track 7: Count Magnus
Track 8: Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad
Track 9: The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
Track 10: A School Story
Track 11: The Rose Garden
Track 12: The Tractate Middoth
Track 13: Casting the Runes
Track 14: The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
Track 15: Martin's Close
Track 16: Mr Humphrys and His Inheritance
Track 17: The Residence at Whitminister
Track 18: The Diary of Mr Poynter
Track 19: An Episode of Cathedral History
Track 20: The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance
Track 21: Two Doctors
Track 22: An Evening's Entertainment
Track 23: A Warning to the Curious
Track 24: A View From a Hill
Track 25: A Neighbour's Landmark
Track 26: The Uncommon Prayer-Book
Track 27: The Haunted Dolls' House
Track 28: Wailing Well
Track 29: There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard
Track 30: Rats
Track 31: After Dark in the Playing Fields
Track 32: The Experiment
Track 33: The Malice of Inanimate Objects
Track 34: A Vignette
Track 35: The Fenstanton Witch
Track 36: Appendix
A young antiquary and archaeologist named Paxton is on vacation in the south-east coast of England when he hears the legend of the three holy crowns. According to the legend, England was kept safe from being invaded when three crowns were buried long ago at sites near the coast. One of the crowns was later dug up, one is now beneath the sea but one still remains buried in the earth and keeps England safe from invasion. Members of a family named Ager long guarded the site where the crown was buried. When the last surviving member of the family, William Ager, died at the age of 28, the crown was left without a living guardian. Paxton finds out where the crown is buried and digs it up. He soon comes to regret doing so.
'A Warning to the Curious' first appeared in print in the literary journal London Mercury in August 1925. It was republished later the same year as part of the anthology A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories. It has previously been adapted for TV in the BBC series A Ghost Story for Christmas.
A young, scientifically-minded college professor finds an old bronze whistle while exploring the ruins of a Knights Templars' preceptory. That night, he blows on the whistle and a vision comes to him of a dark expanse with a lonely figure in its midst. The sound also appears to call up a gust of wind, but the sensible professor dismisses it as a coincidence. More strange incidents follow, however, to shake his disbelief in the supernatural.
'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' is named after a 1793 poem by Robert Burns. The story was read at a Christmas gathering in 1903 then published the following year as part of the anthology Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. It has previously been adapted for radio and television.
An association rejects a paper entitled 'The Truth of Alchemy.' The author of the paper, Mr. Karswell, does not take the rejection well. After his appeals fail, he begins to make inquiries about the expert behind the decision. The expert, Edward Dunning, soon begins to experience strange and disturbing events. He eventually becomes convinced that Karswell has placed a curse on him.
'Casting the Runes' was published in 1911 as part of the anthology More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. It has been previously been adapted for film, television, and radio.
While traveling abroad, a young academic (Anthony D.P. Mann) discovers that the inn in which he is staying, harbors a dark secret: A mysterious room that appears after midnight, and within - a foreboding presence. What sinister entity lurks behind the door to room number 13? Featuring Peter Davison (Doctor Who, All Creatures Great & Small) and Terry Wade, with an original music score by Brent Holland.
First published in 1904, Count Magnus is a classic paranormal tale written by M.R. James, an author considered to be the originator of the modern age ghost story. Though popular in written form, his stories were in fact designed to be read out loud - something he would do every Christmas in his role as housemaster to young boys boarding at Eton school. In this particular story, a traveller in Sweden stumbles upon the history of a mysterious and ominous figure, Count Magnus. Apparently the count went on a 'black pilgrimage', the details of which are discovered by the traveller in an alchemical textbook. However, it might not be the best of ideas to go poking around in the history of such a mysterious man...
First published in 1895, Lost Hearts is a classic paranormal tale written by M.R. James, an author considered to be the originator of the modern age ghost story. Though popular in written form, his stories were in fact designed to be read out loud - something he would do every Christmas in his role as housemaster to young boys boarding at Eton school. In this particular story we meet Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy who is sent to stay with his much older cousin, Mr Abney, at a remote country mansion. His cousin is a reclusive alchemist, obsessed with making himself immortal. Stephen is repeatedly troubled by visions of a young gypsy girl and a travelling Italian boy, but what could they be trying to tell him?
First published in 1911, A School Story is a classic paranormal tale written by M.R. James, an author considered to be the originator of the modern age ghost story. Though popular in written form, his stories were in fact designed to be read out loud - something he would do every Christmas in his role as housemaster to young boys boarding at Eton school. In this particularly story - itself set at a boarding school - a Latin teacher is troubled by unusual phrases from the dead language that start to show up among the work he sets his students; something about the phrases remind him of a dark secret from his past...
