TUESDAY, October 22nd at 7pm: THE SPOOKY CLASSICS - E.F. Benson

Caledonia presents ghostly stories from some of the classics of the genre.  Each week features a different author associated with tales of the macabre, Gothic, or plain old spooky.

THIS WEEK: 
E.F. Benson

Best known for his "Mapp & Lucia" series of tales, Edward Frederic Benson was a prodigious and productive English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. He also was a keen hand with ghost story.

Caledonia presents Benson's THE FACE and more,  live on Stream.

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SATURDAY, December 29th, 2pm at The Dickens Project: EVEN MORE GHOST STORIES!

Our final installment of 'tween the holidays ghostly tales takes us into broad territory, spanning two centuries

VT Torvalar and Kayden Oconnell share an assortment of tales from a variety of sources:

My Own True Ghost Story by Rudyard Kipling

Staying the night in a rather sinister old dâk-bungalow, a man hears the 'unmistakable' sound of a game of billiards being played in the non-existent room next door - a strange game in India at the time of the Empire.  

The Ghost by Guy de Maupassant

A man does his friend a favor, and comes to regret it.

Between the Lights by E.F. Benson

An unusual gothic horror story, written in 1912 and set in the sunlight rather than the dark and taking place on the day before Christmas. A tale of looking back and the healing power of Christmas. A prime example of the British tradition of Christmas ghost stories.

Mrs. Davenport's Ghost by Frederick P Schrader 

A medium gets more than he bargained for.

Presented live in voice, in Dickens Square.

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WEDNESDAY, October 10th at 7pm: A HAUNTING WE WILL GO, with E.F. BENSON

“The narrator, I think, must succeed in frightening himself before he can think of frightening his reader…”   
~ E.F. Benson

Caledonia presents E.F. Benson’s “How Fear Departed From the Long Gallery.”

In the competition for Britain’s most haunted house, Church-Peveril beats Hogwart’s Shrieking Shack by several lengths of shrouding linen. Master Anthony, for example, still rides his mare up the front staircase many a night, while great-great-grandmama Bridget occasionally conducts “vague business” by a bedroom fireplace. Don’t speak to her, for she led a “sultry” life, cutting relatives’ throats and disemboweling herself with the axe used at Agincourt.

The present day Peverils are more inclined toward country sports and merriment than the nefarious deeds of their ancestors. But there’s one ghost—or rather three—whom even the Peverils fear.

Join us 'round the fire in The Glen and set your time of day to Midnight, as Cale presents this story, first published in the author's 1912 collection, The Room in the Tower and Other Stories.

Teleport to The Glen from the Library 
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