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A Ghost Story for Christmas

Season 1
Gather round the fire for a series of chilling Christmas tales featuring seasonally supernatural stories from Charles Dickens MR James and more.
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  1. S1 E1 - The Stalls of Barchester
    December 23, 1971
    45min
    TV-14
    The discovery of a mysterious box in a library leads a scholar to piece together a chain of events leading to the murder of an archdeacon.
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  2. S1 E2 - A Warning to the Curious
    December 23, 1972
    50min
    TV-14
    A man comes to a Norfolk seaside town looking for an ancient crown he thinks is buried nearby - and local legend foretells disaster if it is moved.
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  3. S1 E3 - Lost Hearts
    December 24, 1973
    35min
    TV-14
    MR James' tale of an orphan boy sent to stay with his cousin Mr. Abney an alchemist obsessed with his quest to acquire immortality.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
    December 22, 1974
    37min
    TV-14
    Chancing upon a clue to the location of an ancient treasure a scholar and his young protégé set about unraveling the mystery of the evil Abbot Thomas.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Ash Tree
    December 22, 1975
    32min
    TV-14
    Man of leisure Sir Richard soon feels the unearthly presence of his dead uncle after inheriting his his stately home and property.
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  6. S1 E6 - The Signalman
    December 21, 1976
    38min
    TV-14
    Set on a lonely stretch of railway at the mouth of a foreboding tunnel Andrew Davies adapts Charles Dickens' tale of rationalism versus superstition where a man is visited by a spirited traveler.
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  7. S1 E7 - Stigma
    December 28, 1977
    32min
    TV-14
    When a couple move into a remote country house in the middle of a stone circle they hire workmen who disturb an ancient menhir unleashing a supernatural force.
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  8. S1 E8 - The Ice House
    December 24, 1978
    34min
    TV-14
    Recently divorced Paul seeks sanctuary at a country retreat run by a sinister brother and sister in John Bowen's story. Does the Ice House hold a secret or is it as they say just ice?
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  9. S1 E9 - A View from A Hill
    December 22, 2005
    39min
    TV-14
    In this chilling tale by MR James an archaeologist makes an unsettling discovery when he is sent to authenticate a collection of old artifacts.
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  10. S1 E10 - Number 13
    December 21, 2006
    40min
    TV-14
    Greg Wise heads the cast in a chilling new adaptation of MR James's classic ghost story where bizarre events take place at a local hotel.
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  11. S1 E11 - Whistle and I'll Come to You
    December 23, 2010
    52min
    TV-14
    While exploring a graveyard on the East Anglian coast an academic finds a strange bone whistle that unleashes terrifying forces.
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