Classic Ghost Stories

1986 • 1 Season • Ended

Five partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell. Including "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-Tree", "The Rose Garden", "Wailing Well" and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad".

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Episodes

E1. The Mezzotint

14 min

Mr Williams, the curator of an university museum, purchases a modest engraving of a country house. But a black tint in the corner of the picture seems...

E2. The Ash-Tree

14 min

A witch condemned to death places a curse upon the Ash tree at the hall of her accuser that stretches down through the centuries and through the gener...

E3. Wailing Well

14 min

A group of Scouts on an excursion are strictly told not to go near an old well that has been marked with a red circle on their maps. However, one diso...

E4. Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad

14 min

An academic on holiday discovers a whistle amongst the remains of a monastery of the Knights Templar. It has the legend "Who is this who is coming?" e...

E5. The Rose Garden

14 min

Mrs Anstruther wants to convert a neglected corner of her property into a rose garden. She tells her gardener to remove the old seat and an old post i...