A Thin Ghost and Others (Version 2)

M. R. James (1862 - 1936)

A collection of short stories involving the supernatural. This is the fourth collection of ghost stories published by the author - following Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary.
Notes: The Latin phrase "Ibi cubavit lamia" can be translated as "There the vampire lay".
A "bedstaff" is a wooden pole at the side of a bedstead, to prevent the bedclothes from slipping off the bed.
(Summary by Peter Yearsley)

Genre(s): Published 1900 onward

Language: English

Keyword(s): horror (225), supernatural (80)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The residence at Whitminster Peter Yearsley
00:58:56
Play 02 The diary of Mr. Poynter Peter Yearsley
00:26:56
Play 03 An episode of cathedral history Peter Yearsley
00:40:12
Play 04 The story of a disappearance and an appearance Peter Yearsley
00:32:44
Play 05 Two doctors Peter Yearsley
00:21:00