Haunted Earth Films & Television (2025)

12/09/2025

“The Story of Salome” by Amelia B. Edwards first appeared in Temple Bar magazine, Volume 20, April 1867, a popular British literary periodical of the Victorian era. It was later reprinted in several collections, including: A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest (1868) — Edwards’s own anthology of short stories. Numerous ghost-story anthologies from the later Victorian and Edwardian periods were published throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The narrator, an English traveller in Venice, visits the city with a friend named George. George becomes enamoured with a young Jewish woman named Salome, whom he meets in a small curiosity shop run by her uncle. Captivated by her beauty and charm, George arranges to meet her again, but Salome never appears.

Later, George falls gravely ill. On his deathbed, he asks his friend to find Salome and tell her of his love. The narrator searches Venice and learns that Salome died of illness several months earlier—well before George ever arrived in the city.

Realising that George must have met Salome’s ghost, the narrator is left haunted by the encounter and by the tragic, impossible love between the living and the dead.

“The Story of Salome” by Amelia B. Edwards first appeared in Temple Bar magazine, Volume 20, April 1867, a popular British literary periodical of the Victori...

10/09/2025

"The Three Sisters", was originally published in 1914 in the collection Night Watches.
Set on a damp, dismal autumn evening, the story begins with the deathbed of Ursula Mallow, the oldest of three reclusive sisters sharing a lonely home by the marshes. With strange fervour, she demands that her room be locked and never disturbed — and ominously warns that she will return after death to claim her sisters when their own time comes. Her passing sets the stage for creeping dread and dark family drama: Tabitha, cold and greedy, resents the inheritance that Eunice, kind-hearted and altruistic, plans to donate to a children's hospital. Tabitha's avarice spirals into obsession, haunting, and fear. As eerie phenomena grip the house and guilt mounts, Ursula’s promise becomes horrifyingly real. The story builds to a chilling climax of supernatural revenge and tragic consequences — revealing how unresolved familial bonds and greed can unleash unimaginable terror.

"The Three Sisters", was originally published in 1914 in the collection Night WatchesSet on a damp, dismal autumn evening, the story begins with the deathbed...

08/09/2025

“In Kropfsberg Keep” by Ralph Adams Cram was first published in Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories (1895), a collection of six Gothic ghost tales. That book was Cram’s only work of supernatural fiction—he is otherwise best known as an architect and writer on medievalism.

The story is a Gothic horror tale set in the remote Tyrolean Alps. A group of travellers, caught in a storm, take shelter in the ruined Kropfsberg Keep, an old castle with a sinister reputation. As night falls, they experience an eerie atmosphere filled with dread and supernatural suggestion. Strange occurrences hint at the lingering presence of evil forces tied to the castle’s violent past. Ultimately, the story emphasises the haunting persistence of medieval cruelty and corruption, suggesting that places of great wickedness retain a malignant power that outlives their creators.

It’s a classic example of Cram’s blending of medievalism, architecture, and supernatural horror.

“In Kropfsberg Keep” by Ralph Adams Cram was first published in Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories (1895), a collection of six Gothic ghost tal...

07/09/2025

“The End of the Party” is a short story by Graham Greene, first published in 1929 in The London Mercury. It’s one of Greene’s early works, often anthologised because of its tightly constructed psychological tension and dark ending.
The story follows nine-year-old twins, Francis and Peter Morton. Peter is strong and confident, while Francis is nervous and timid, particularly afraid of the dark. They are invited to a children’s party at a large house. Francis dreads the traditional game of “Hide and Seek in the Dark,” which he has been forced to play before.

During the game, the children scatter to hide. Francis, terrified by the darkness, desperately seeks out his twin brother Peter. When he finds him, Francis clings to Peter’s hand in relief. But ....

“The End of the Party” is a short story by Graham Greene, first published in 1929 in The London Mercury. It’s one of Greene’s early works, often anthologised...

06/09/2025

Edith Wharton’s “The Triumph of Night” was first published in 1914 in the collection Tales of Men and Ghosts (published in New York by Charles Scribner’s Sons).

The story follows Mr. Faxon, a young man travelling to a remote New England town where he has been invited to spend the holidays with the affluent Lavington family. On his way, he meets Frank Rainer, a genial young man who is Lavington’s ward.

When they arrive at the grand house, Faxon begins to sense something uncanny. He notices a strange, shadowy presence hovering near Mr. Lavington — a figure no one else seems to see. This apparition grows more oppressive, appearing whenever Faxon looks at his host.

Despite the warmth of the household, Faxon feels increasingly disturbed. He eventually realises that the shadowy figure is a kind of omen of death, haunting Lavington.

Edith Wharton’s “The Triumph of Night” was first published in 1914 in the collection Tales of Men and Ghosts (published in New York by Charles Scribner’s Son...

03/09/2025

"The Ebony Frame," a captivating short gothic story by Edith Nesbit, was first published in 1893 in the Illustrated London News.

When a weary journalist inherits a Chelsea house and fortune, he believes his luck has finally turned. But hidden among the dusty relics of his aunt’s attic lies a darkly carved ebony frame—and within it, a portrait whose eyes seem to follow him with unsettling intensity.

The discovery awakens a love older than memory itself, a passion that bridges centuries, war, and even the fires of damnation. Yet such devotion demands a terrible price.

Is it madness, a dream, or a reality more dangerous than either?

"The Ebony Frame," a captivating short gothic story by Edith Nesbit, was first published in 1893 in the Illustrated London News. When a weary journalist inhe...

02/09/2025

"Phantas" was first published in Nash’s Magazine in February 1910, and it was later included in Oliver Onions’s 1911 short-story collection Widdershins.

Aboard the sinking 18th-century galleon Mary of the Tower, Captain Abel Keeling experiences a surreal vision of a steam-powered warship from the future—commanded by one of his descendants. Is it a prophetic glimpse across time, or the fevered dream of a dying man?

"Phantas" was first published in Nash’s Magazine in February 1910, and it was later included in Oliver Onions’s 1911 short-story collection Widdershins.Aboar...

01/09/2025

“Miss Mary Pask” was first published in Pictorial Review in April 1925 and later collected in Wharton’s 1937 volume Ghosts.

This eerie tale begins when an American painter, recovering from illness, accepts an invitation to visit an old acquaintance, Miss Mary Pask, in a remote French seaside village. The setting is windswept, lonely, and almost dreamlike — perfect for unsettling revelations. When he finally reaches her cottage, their strange and intimate conversation makes him question not only her isolation but her very existence. Wharton masterfully builds unease through atmosphere and suggestion, leading to a chilling twist that leaves the narrator — and the reader — uncertain about the boundary between life and death.

“Miss Mary Pask” was first published in Pictorial Review in April 1925 and later collected in Wharton’s 1937 volume Ghosts.This eerie tale begins when an Ame...

29/08/2025

First published in The Strand Magazine in December 1913, under the byline “E. Bland”—a pseudonym used by Edith Nesbit. Later identified as The Haunted House (1913) by E. Nesbit, confirming both authorship and date.
Young William Desmond, returning to England after six idle years abroad, stumbles upon an intriguing advertisement seeking investigators for mysterious phenomena at “a Haunted House.” He accepts, expecting curious thrills of the supernatural. But the house—isolated, disused, and oppressively still—hides a far darker secret than ghostly echoes. Desmond collapses from blood loss after a strange encounter, and under the attentive care of his host, Mr. Wildon Prior, gradually recovers... only to awaken to horror, realising he’s been deliberately drugged and tormented. Beneath the rectory lies a crypt tied to gruesome rituals—where science has veered into madness. A lethal confrontation unfolds in the dank crypt, and a shocking revelation of what haunts this house will leave your breath caught, wondering: Was it ghost, science, or sheer terror that nearly destroyed him?

First published in The Strand Magazine in December 1913, under the byline “E. Bland”—a pseudonym used by Edith Nesbit. Later identified as The Haunted House ...

28/08/2025

"Smee" was first published in Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine, December 1929 and later appeared in the collection, `Someone in the Room` (1931)
On Christmas Eve, at a festive gathering after dinner, the host—leaning into suspense—declines to join a post-meal game of hide-and-seek. Instead, he recounts a ghostly twist played out years earlier in a sprawling, dimly lit house. This version of hide-and-seek, dubbed “Smee”, becomes sinister when an extra, unnamed presence joins the game in the dark—illuminated only by a whispered name that no one should know.

"Smee" was first published in Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine, December 1929 and later appeared in the collection, `Someone in the Room` (1931)On Christmas Eve, a...

27/08/2025

When young governess Florence Chasty takes charge of a precocious seven-year-old boy in a wealthy household, she expects nothing more than a routine teaching post. Instead, she begins to sense an uncanny presence in the schoolroom: a lingering fragrance, a red stain on her teacup, a disquieting intimacy in her pupil’s manner. What begins as unease sharpens into the suspicion that she is haunted—perhaps even possessed—by a shadow of the future, a ghostly forewarning of passion, scandal, and entrapment.

A subtle, chilling tale, Poor Girl blends Elizabeth Taylor’s delicate prose with the eerie ambiguity of a ghost story, evoking comparisons to Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw.

When young governess Florence Chasty takes charge of a precocious seven-year-old boy in a wealthy household, she expects nothing more than a routine teaching...

26/08/2025

First published in The London Mercury, December 1935. The short story was later included in The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories (1986).

On a country road, Lord Arglay senses time behaving oddly—slowed, stretched, disorienting. He encounters a remote house where smoke billows from the chimney, yet no fires burn inside. Within, an emaciated and grotesque figure frantically gnaws on its own wrist. Overwhelmed by heat and hate, Arglay feels urged to "make a ladder of himself" to serve the creature. As the intensity heightens, Arglay bursts out crying, "Now is God; now is glory in God," leaving readers to wrestle with whether this marks a descent into hell—or an epiphany of divine presence and salvation.

First published in The London Mercury, December 1935. The short story was later included in The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories (1986).On a country road...

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