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As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.

Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, introducing 16 tales of detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes.

Since the first appearance of a vampire in Robert Southey’s Thalaba the Destroyer, we mortals have endured a morbid fascination with these peculiar creatures of the night. They come in many forms: charming and seductive; ghastly and terrible. Join us as we explore a number of classic yarns concerning the various guises of the vampire, from Aleksey Tolstoy’s horrifying description of a vampiric family to Robert E. Howard’s tale of a creature loosed from bondage after having been buried for over three centuries. Thank the gods these creatures are fictitious…aren’t they?

This collection of tales transports the listener to a time when staircases creaked in old manor houses, and a candle could be blown out by a gust of wind—or by a passing ghost. Penned by some of the greatest Victorian novelists and masters of the ghost story genre, each comes to life in this vivid rendition.

A Live Clubhouse Recorded Morning Show Converted Into A Daily Podcast with a panel of hosts, stage members and a live interactive audience that communicates with text through a live chat. This podcast covers daily hot topics covering news, culture, entertainment, politics and controversial perspectives. Allowing random members from our audience to participate in the conversation without prior screening promotes an edgy approach to how topics are covered. Hosts are not responsible for the individual ideas of our stage participators.

This personal guide offers engaging insight for preventing home improvement fraud caused by malicious men and women operating online posing as home service contractors. By means of virtual facades they manage to swindle scores of app and social network users in our time. Don't let them get the drop on you. Learn more about 'ghost contractors,' working each conceivable social network, and about how you can detect and avoid them. Let them have the nightmares, instead.

Do you occasionally hire home service contractors to deliver on special projects at your home? How have they performed? Whether perfectly or otherwise, if you're a homeowner in the US, or close to being one, this exclusively personal anti-fraud guide can enable you to sharply enhance your hiring acumen. Do it even better.