Holiday Ghost

In A Christmas Carol a mean old man named Ebenezer Scrooge sits at his office on a cold Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers with cold because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating. Scrooge's nephew, Fred, visits him and invites him to a Christmas party, as he does every year. Two gentlemen drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution to their charity. Scrooge reacts to both his nephew and the two gentlemen with bitterness and venom. Later that evening, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley.

These tales of holiday hauntings will bring a bit of cheer--and fear--to your holiday season! Are you ready to curl up with some hot cocoa, a warm blanket, and real accounts of spooky holiday hauntings? Then this is the audiobook for you! From poor souls who moved into haunted houses to demonic encounters, poltergeist activity, and more, these eerie stories will bring a bit of boo! to your merry and bright festivities. Holidays are a happy time of year, but hauntings don’t take the holidays off.

In spite of the assurance of the villagers that the otherworldly pranksters will have their fun and then leave, the new owner of the Faulkner Castle hires Tony to come to Scotland and install a state-of-the-art security system. Tony doesn’t believe in ghosts, and the job seems like a perfect opportunity to take some time away from White Eagle, so he talks to Tess, and they agree to make the trip. Fun is had by all until Tess spots her dad in a local pub and realizes that something more than they originally thought might actually be going on.

In this sequel to Dream of Me, Josie Litton pursues the romantic and political affiliations between the Saxons and the Norse at the end of the ninth century. When the Saxon lord Hawk agrees to take a Norse bride, he finds an unexpected affection for his enigmatic and fiery fiancée, Lady Krysta...

"Canto di Natale" è una delle opere più famose e popolari del genere fantastico. È un romanzo breve del 1843 dove Scrooge, un ricco avido, egoista e solitario, riceve la visita durante la notte della Vigilia di Natale, dallo spirito del defunto socio in affari, per convincerlo a cambiare vita e portarlo ad apprezzare le piccole grandi gioie della vita, tramite l'aiuto di tre fantasmi: il Natale passato, il Natale presente ed il Natale futuro.

Christmas needn't only be about good cheer. The audiobook includes four festive tales of the supernatural, apocalyptic, and blood-sucking variety - an antidote for anyone who occasionally finds Christmas overly sentimental or commercialized and likes to escape to somewhere darker.

Shortly after arriving at Castle Mount School, young Crystal realizes something ghostly is going on. She learns of a ghost of a baron who haunts the school's castle ruins has managed to escape his ghostly prison in the body of "Megan". It is up to Crystal and her new friends to stop the ghost from carrying out his deadly revenge, and to save Megan and the School before it's too late.

Christmas, the happiest time of year. Plum puddings, candy canes, carols by the fireside. But outside, the mist lies deep and still. Frost gnaws at your fingertips. Shadowy forms lurk in the evergreens. It’s the season for ghost stories.

House flippers Jack and Juniper agree to lend and help prep their latest purchase - the Doctor's House, an old Victorian mansion - to act as the eerie setting for the town's Halloween bash. They're expecting to find missing floor boards and pesky bats, not the ghostly specter of the murdered doctor's wife. But when the head of the council is found stuffed in a trunk in the attic, it appears history is repeating.

Mattie died horribly nearly 100 years ago, swept away in a flood while her pa tried to kill her with a huge axe. Now she is stuck in the little town with buckets of water pouring over her all the time. She's not even allowed in the graveyard. Nate was dragged to live in the little, hick town by his mother. All he wants is to get back to his friends and his dad back in Boston. Mattie can't find her body. She only has eight days to find it or she is banished to the Badlands forever. Nate can see Mattie. He's the first person in a long time who can. He's not that thrilled about it.

For all its merriment, Christmas can also bring melancholy-and in Magic Springs, Idaho, Mia finds that the season has brought her an unhappy ghost who's pulling poltergeist-style pranks to get her attention. When she demands an explanation, the ghost just sends a message: Ask Mary Alice-that is, Mia's beloved Grans, who's been training her to develop her witchy talents. If anyone can figure this out, it's Grans . . . even if she still hasn't managed to free Mia's cat from a previous spell that she cast.

Ada, Iggy, and Rosie are ready for the most super sleepover ever. They've got their sleeping bags, pajamas, a moon nightlight, and a dino-snore machine. This will be Iggy's first sleepover at his house, so his dad helps brainstorm ideas for what to do at the sleepover. They can play games like ping-pong, eat yummy popcorn, and even tell spooky stories! They want to start with a game of ping-pong, but the ping-pong table is in the basement—and Iggy warns them that the basement is haunted...or at least he thinks it is. But he's never actually gone down there because it's too spooky.

Beth Williams leads a lonely existence, going to work, then returning to her flat to watch TV, eat, and sleep – the same routine on repeat, day after day. It’s a loneliness she nurtures, finds comfort in, even, except at Christmas, a time of dread. Then comes an invite, an offer from an old friend, to join him for "The Damned Season" at his house on an island off the coast of Anglesey, for Christmas with a difference. Intrigued as well as desperate, Beth accepts, arriving there a few days before Christmas Eve.

We know the story of Scrooge, but we don't know what happened to Jacob Marley on that fateful Christmas night when Scrooge was visited by three ghosts. This is the tale of Jacob Marley. He was in Hell for seven years, and this was his chance to redeem his soul. Jacob's mom wanted out of this life and wanted peace. Jacob's son was very angry at the world. Jacob's former wife was in disarray. How was Jacob going to salvage what was left of his family on this very Christmas night as a ghost?

Kate and Jackson - the girl who talks to ghosts and the Protector - are back in a sixth supernatural adventure. All is calm, all is bright? Not in the little house in Nightridge, Vermont. Jackson’s plans for a quiet, uneventful Christmas with Kate are dashed when three spirits decide they have important messages for him - messages that unfortunately can’t wait. As he learns crucial lessons from his past and present, the spirit of his future has a bigger bombshell in store: The fate of the entire world may rest upon his reluctant shoulders.

Death has come twice to Ravenbank, a remote community in England’s Lake District, each time on Halloween. Just before the First World War, a young woman’s corpse was found, with a makeshift shroud frozen to her battered face. Her ghost - the Faceless Woman - is said to walk through Ravenbank on Halloween. Five years ago, another woman, Shenagh Moss, was murdered, and again her face was covered to hide her injuries.

Ebenezer Scrooge, described as "a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner," is certainly no lover of the Christmas season.

Nine ghost stories that capture the spirit of Christmas. The Christmas tree lights, the carol singers, and the shadows that wait out in the snow. Traditional ghost stories written in the true spirit of Christmas. Chilling tales with a twist that will kindle the true spirit of Christmas in your hearts. Ghosts that emerge from the snow, doors that eat you, spirits that beg you to do them a service. Perfect to listen to on a dark winter's night. This book will convince you that the dead do return, and they do so on Christmas Eve!

It's Christmas Eve at 221-B as Doctor Watson reads A Christmas Carol to his friend, and to us! In this all new, full-length, and unabridged One Voice Recordings production, listeners will enjoy his lusty-yet-reverent telling of Ebenezer Scrooge's moral redemption and return to the joyful possibilities within the human race

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