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It’s not the 1930s you were taught. Trench fighting of "The Great War" has raged on for decades. During the carnage of a German/Russian counter-offensive, Pvt. Pepper witnessed the slaughter of his comrades. When death presses in on him, he is saved by a mysterious Knight with a magical shield.

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.

Mr Wraxall, uno scrittore benestante, intraprende un viaggio in Scandinavia per scoprire il mistero del mausoleo in cui è sepolto il Conte Magnus e dove nessuno può entrare. Una produzione audio da brivido con musiche inquietanti e suoni, che ti condurranno tra gli oscuri meandri della pazzia, del sadismo, del crollo nervoso imminente e dell’assassinio.

Montague Rhodes James is cited as perhaps the greatest English writer of ghost stories, an opinion few would disagree with. His classic story ‘Whistle and I’ll Come to You My Lad’ exquisitely reveals how a young professor on holiday chances on a buried whistle and folklore becomes terrifying fact.

Aswarby Hall, 1811/12: Der Waisenjunge Stephen wird zu einem weit älteren, entfernten Verwandten auf ein Herrenhaus auf dem Land geschickt, um fortan dort zu leben. Es dauert nicht lange, da hat der Junge unheimliche Begegnungen in dem alten Haus, die ihm Rätsel aufgeben...

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 27 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Mitternachtsweg", "Das Traktat Middoth", "Der weiße Wolf von Kostopchin", "Der Kapitän der Polestar".

Als Mr. Dillet, ein Sammler von Antiquitäten, im Gebraucht-Waren-Laden des Ehepaars Chittenden ein viktorianisches Puppenhaus entdeckt, ist er sich sicher, dass er es haben muss.

England 1895: Unheimliche Dinge ereignen sich in einer der berühmtesten Bibliothek des Landes. Der junge Mr. Garrett versucht, Licht in die mysteriösen Vorkommnisse zu bringen...

London 1899: Edward Dunning hat über ein Vortrags-Exposé zum Thema Die vielen Gesichter der Alchemie aus der Feder eines gewissen Mr. Karswell, der dem Vernehmen nach selbst Alchemie und okkulte Künste praktiziert, eine ungünstige Einschätzung verfasst.

An einem Sommertag des Jahres 1929 erzählt Victor Anderson seinem Cousin von einem unheimlichen Erlebnis, welches er in der dänischen Stadt Viborg im historischen Hotel Goldener Löwe während eines Forschungsaufenthaltes in der Stadt hatte...

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 18 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Stimme in der Nacht" von William Hope Hodgson, "Schwarze Krallen" von Robert E. Howard, "Der Eschenbaum" von M.R. James und "Markheim" von Robert Louis Stevenson.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 26 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Verlorene Herzen", "Mrs. Amworth", "Das ägyptische Parfüm", "Allerseelen".

Montague Rhodes James was born on 1st August 1862 and, as M.R. James, is best known to the general public as a writer of remarkable ghost stories. He was also a medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge and later of Eton College. James dismantled and did away with many of the existing concepts of ghost stories. Instead his stories were placed in a more realistic and contemporary setting.

Die Gruselkabinett Box 37 beinhaltet die Hörspiele Das unheimliche Puppenhaus, Der rote Raum, Die Höllenfahrt des Schörgen-Toni, Im Labyrinth der großen Pyramide.

Die Gruselkabinett Box 35 beinhaltet die Hörspiele Aus finsterer Tiefe, Die Ratten in den Wänden, Der Rabe, Runenzauber.

Em julho de 1969, o mundo parou para assistir à primeira pessoa a pisar na superfície de outro corpo celeste que não a Terra. Você já deve ter ouvido a frase que Neil Armstrong disse naquele momento: “É um pequeno passo para um homem, um grande salto para a humanidade.” Discreto e avesso a discussões, Armstrong foi alçado ao estrelato no instante em que deu aquele primeiro passo na Lua. A mítica em torno do homem se expandia conforme o mundo inteiro acompanhava a saga que definiria a nossa história.