418 | Short Story: The Thirteenth Bell (Advan...

Title: Twelve Minutes to LandingLevel: Intermediate (B1-B2)DescriptionFlight attendant Sofia Navarro has seen storms, crying babies, and one passenger who tried to open the emergency door by mistake. But nothing prepares her for the evening both pilots of Flight 214 become sudden ...  Afficher plus

Title: The Weight of Seven WindsLevel: Advanced (C1-C2)DescriptionOn the thirty-first morning of the Great Calm, eighty-four ships sit helpless on a sea as flat as beaten tin. The water barrels are nearly empty, the sails hang like laundry, and the priests say that the seven brot ...  Afficher plus

Do you believe in curses? Do you think that misfortune is random? Or can be caused by someone? Today’s episode is all about curses. First, Sapphire tells the tale of a legendary Japanese creature who is created from a curse. Then, a young girl discovers what’s haunting her mother ...  Afficher plus

In this short fiction piece, a young woman becomes convinced she is being haunted by an alternate reality and takes desperate measures to cast the intruder out. 

The heir of a cursed estate attempts to find a way to outsmart the Water Ghost of Harrowboy Hall

The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall [1894] by John Kendrick Bangs

Dracula wasn’t the only frightful fiction conjured by Irish author Bram Stoker… In this retelling of “The Judge’s House,” a Cambridge student is overcome with curiosity — then dread — as he faces an evil man’s terrifying legacy. Listen to Part 1 right here, then search “Haunted P ...  Afficher plus