Ghost Stories

The Cock-crow
A cloud hung over the bishopric--the ancient patrimon...

Vision Of Cromwell
A vision that I had presently after the king's dea...

The Pig In The Dining-room
Mrs. Atlay, wife of a late Bishop of Hereford, dreamed ...

The Unfortunate Priest And Dead Body
In a province of Prussia, a man being dead, was carri...

The Dog O' Mause
Account of an apparition that appeared to William Souta...

The Scar In The Moustache
This story was told to the writer by his old head-maste...

The Diary Of Mr Poynter
The sale-room of an old and famous firm of book aucti...

Mystery Of The Coins
Dr. Funk was especially anxious to have an opportunity ...

Mr Beecher Appeased
"When what seemed to be Mr. Beecher's embodied spirit a...

The Old Nurse's Story
I set out one evening for the cottage of my old ...

ARTHUR MACHEN

Dr Duthoit's Vision
I knew a fine specimen of an English abbe when I was at school at Hereford. This was Dr Duthoit, Prebendary of _Consumpta per Sabulum_ in Hereford Cathedral, Rector of St Owen's, bookworm and, chiefly, rose-gr...