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The Captain of the Pole-Star Pt. 2 Feb 04, 2021

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After the Pole-Star’s Captain Craigie descends into madness and disappears, Doctor John Ray must keep the crew’s spirits up while searching for their leader… and the spirit that may have taken him.

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The Captain of the Pole-Star Pt. 1 Jan 28, 2021

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In Arthur Conan Doyle’s bone-chilling maritime thriller, a young doctor on a whaling ship investigates ghostly visions that are somehow linked to his captain’s dwindling sanity.

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White Cap Jan 21, 2021

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Young Embla never sees her irksome friend Baldur without his floppy white cap. One night, in a moment of exasperation, she takes it from him. But she does not yet realize who exactly she has stolen from.

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The Middle Toe of the Right Foot Jan 14, 2021

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In this hair-raising Western tale from American author Ambrose Bierce, a crooked deputy in a one-horse town attends a duel in a haunted house… and faces a ghost from his past.

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The Apparition Jan 07, 2021

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A French aristocrat agrees to help a friend, but the simple favor ensnares him in a nightmarish horror.

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Pliny the Younger’s Ghost Story Dec 17, 2020

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It’s the Western world’s first recorded account of a haunted house, and it proves that even the most logical men can be thrown by the appearance of the supernatural…

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The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi Dec 10, 2020

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From Greek-Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn comes the Japanese story of a blind priest with a talent for music. When a mysterious samurai asks him to perform for a high-ranking noble, the priest is eager to accept… and unwittingly falls into a supernatural trap.

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The Miserere Dec 03, 2020

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From Spanish Romantic author Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, this is the 1862 tale of a murderous musician who believes his key to salvation lies within the ruins of a church haunted by a ghostly choir.

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The Wind in the Rose-Bush Nov 26, 2020

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In this American tale by Mary Wilkins Freeman, a teacher visits the home of her niece and begins to suspect that the girl's domineering stepmother is hiding a deadly secret.

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The Phantom Coach Pt. 2 Nov 19, 2020

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After leaving the home of a peculiar scientist, James Murray is accompanied by the scientist's servant to catch a mail coach that will take him home. As the two men travel through the snowy moors to meet the coach, they make a strange and sinister discovery.

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