Dark Tales By Shirley Jackson

There's something nasty in suburbia. In these eerie and unsettling tales: a village ritual turns dark; the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek; a summer lake house becomes a prison; an elderly woman is brought down by her own gossip; and a nightmarish dream becomes reality. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson, nothing is as it seems, and nowhere is safe.

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01The Summer People20241216There's something nasty in suburbia. In these eerie and unsettling tales, the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek; a summer lake house becomes a prison; an elderly woman is brought down by her own gossip; and an unsettling dream becomes reality. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson, nothing is as it seems and nowhere is safe.

Today: When a New York couple decide to stay on at their lake house after Labor Day, the reaction from the locals is unexpected...

Abridged and produced by: Justine Willett

The first of five deliciously dark short stories from the US queen of gothic horror.

When a couple decides to stay on at their lake house after summer, the locals' reaction is unsettling... The first of five deliciously dark tales from the US queen of gothic horror

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02The Possibility Of Evil20241217There's something nasty in suburbia. In these eerie and unsettling tales a village ritual turns dark; a summer lake house becomes a prison; the daily commute turns into a terrifying game of hide and seek; and a nightmarish dream becomes reality. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson, nothing is as it seems, and nowhere is safe.

Today: a seemingly harmless elderly woman takes it upon herself to root of the evil she sees lurking in her village....

Abridger: Rowan Routh

Producer: Justine Willett

The next of five deliciously dark short stories from the US queen of gothic horror.

A seemingly harmless elderly woman takes it upon herself to root out the evil in her village, in the next of five unsettling tales from the US queen of gothic horror.

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03Paranoia20241218Today: the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek in Manhattan...

Abridged and producer by Justine Willett

The next of five deliciously dark short stories from the US queen of gothic horror.

The daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek in Manhattan, in the next of five spine-tingling tales from the US queen of gothic horror, read by Sara Kestelman.

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04The Bus20241219Today: a bus trip home on a dark and rainy night turns into something nightmarish...

Abridger: Rowan Routh

Producer: Justine Willett

Deliciously dark short stories from the US queen of gothic horror, read by Sara Kestelman.

A long bus trip home on a dark and rainy night turns into a nightmare, in the next of five spine-tingling tales from the US queen of gothic horror, read by Sara Kestelman.

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05 LASTThe Lottery20241220

In the last of five deliciously dark tales from Shirley Jackson, the ‘US Queen of Gothic Horror', Sara Kestelman reads her most famous and indeed infamous story, 'The Lottery'.

Regarded as one of the most controversial stories of all time, 'The Lottery' provoked a slew of hate mail on its 1948 publication, but has since become one of the most anthologised stories of all time.

As a small American village gathers for its annual ritual, emotions are rising....

Writer: Neglected during her lifetime, Shirley Jackson is now known as one of the greatest horror writers of the twentieth century for her unsettling short stories of the horrors lurking beneath the veneer of suburban domesticity. She's perhaps best known for her short story, ‘The Lottery', as well as for her gothic horror masterpiece, The Haunting of Hill House.

Abridged and produced by Justine Willett

One of the most controversial stories of all time from the US queen of gothic horror.

In one of the most famous and infamous stories of all time, a small American village gathers for its annual lottery, with emotions rising.... Sara Kestelman reads.

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