Flickering lights… Clanging metal… A sudden, cold rush of air… Parcast Network’s all-new original series is here—and with it, the scariest, most hair-raising ghost stories ever imagined. Join Alastair Murden as he reaches into the cob-webbed collection of ghost stories from all over the world and brings to life a new, heart-racing tale every Thursday. Haunted Places: Ghost Stories is a Spotify Original from Parcast.
Latest episodes
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1 h 04
Disappearance at the Vatican: The Orlandi Case
What happens when a teenager goes missing in the world’s smallest, and supposedly safest, country? Emanuela Orlandi’s sudden disappearance remains the only missing person’s case in…
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39 min
Afterward
An American couple buys a house in England that locals warn is haunted. But instead of feeling fearful, Ned and Mary are excited by the prospect of ghostly company. That is, until…
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33 min
The Shadow
Years have passed, but Margaret Eastwich still remembers the phantom of Mill Croft Lane with a haunting clarity. She shares her grim tale with three young sisters. By the end of it…
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34 min
From the Dead
After tragedy befalls the Marsh family, a moody and mercurial husband is given one last chance to prove that he cares for his ill-fated wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi…
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40 min
The Lady's Maid's Bell
Edith Wharton’s first ghost story follows a young lady’s maid by the name of Alice Hartley. When Alice takes a job at a desolate mansion, she becomes ensnared in the somber mysteri…
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36 min
Man-Size in Marble
A newly married painter doubts a local superstition until it lands at his door on All Hallows Eve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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37 min
The Beckoning Fair One
A novelist is struck with inspiration after he moves into a new apartment. But as his mind brings his new protagonist to life, his muse draws him further into madness. Learn more a…
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35 min
The Hell Screen Pt. 2
Yoshihide gets to work painting a realistic depiction of Hell, dragging his apprentices into a vortex of suffering. When his masterpiece is nearly complete, the artist arranges for…
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34 min
The Hell Screen Pt. 1
Yoshihide is the greatest artist Japan has ever known. He’s always been a tortured soul, but his latest project is bringing him straight into the depths of depravity. Learn more ab…
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39 min
The Music of Erich Zann
After a gloomy metaphysics student moves into a strange neighborhood, he’s entranced by the music he hears every night. When he seeks its source, he finds a terrified virtuoso with…
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34 min
The Raven
After losing his lifelong love, a grieving widower locks himself in his apartment and shuts out the world. His sadness is all-consuming. But one night, a midnight visitor interrupt…
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36 min
The Masque of the Red Death
Privileged soon-to-be doctor Robert Robeshire escapes to his wealthy cousin Prospero's island to escape a deadly plague. Hundreds live there and go on with life as if there is no e…
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34 min
The Tell-Tale Heart
Taking care of the ailing and elderly has taken its toll on Philip Langdon. While he insists on his sanity, proof of his deteriorating mental health lies beneath the surface. Learn…
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39 min
The Fall of the House of Usher
Sickly and desperate, Roderick Usher calls upon a childhood friend to join him in his ancestral home. There, the weight of the Usher family’s wicked legacy threatens to overwhelm t…
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43 min
Best of 2021: At the Seance
As we look ahead to the new year, we want to take one last chance to say thank you for the year that was — and present our "Best of 2021"! Please enjoy this episode from Mediums, o…
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1 h 09
The Lost Nativity: An Apocryphal Christmas Tale
Dark, sweeping, and brimming with cosmic significance — this is the nativity story as you’ve never heard it before. Join us for a pulse-pounding tale sourced from ancient texts and…
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35 min
A Strange Christmas Game
Two impoverished siblings think they've been handed a Christmas miracle when they inherit an estranged uncle's country home. But once they move in, they realize it’s more like a Ch…
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32 min
The Service of the Dead
When a young woman loses her sister to a tragic accident, she goes to an early morning church service to pray. Only, the service she stumbles upon is unlike any other. And she may…
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32 min
Thurnley Abbey
A hot-headed writer is invited to a former friend's English manor. There, he finds a somber house inhabited by a strange darkness...that his quick temper unwittingly provokes. Lear…
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44 min
Superstitions: Wishbone
Everything can change in a snap. In this Thanksgiving special from Superstitions, a Spotify Original from Parcast, breaking the wishbone can change your luck and your life… in wond…