Haunted, Tales of the Supernatural: The Decoy, by Algernon Blackwood

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The BBC World Service's reliable (though not reliably catalogued) 'Haunted: Stories of the Supernatural', ran for several years in the early 1980s and has since had a second life on Radio 4 Extra. Providing adaptations of tales old and new, it's an excellent supply of macabre tales...

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If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.

Holly Wraiths on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Holly-Wraith...