With equal parts Gothic horror, paranormal mystery, and psychological suspense, The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice, an 1878 "sensation novel" by Wilkie Collins, has gained considerable traction over the past 147 years. This short novel, first serialized in Belgravia Magazine, June-November 1878, then published that same year in book form with Collins' My Lady's Money, The Haunted Hotel was viewed as a minor, mid- to end-career work by the famed author of The Moonstone, The Woman in White, and "A Terribly Strange Bed," despite having remained in print for nearly a century and a half. The Haunted Hotel is also something unique among the books and stories by Collins: it has a true supernatural element, rather than one that could be explained rationally. Today, it is considered "a classic ghost story that will leave you questioning every shadow."
In this ghostly tale of murder and insurance fraud, young Agnes Lockwood was engaged to Lord Montberry when the scheming Countss Narona "steals" him from her. The countess marries Montberry and they honeymoon in Venice in a palace turned haunted hotel, where Montberry takes ill and dies. Agnes travels to Venice to Venice to find out what had happened and becomes embroiled in a chilling mystery where "ghostly apparitions and chilling visions reveal a tragic past."
Neither the best nor the most complex story by the author, still it remains great fun.
Detective Radio dramatizes timeless detective and mystery stories of the past. I'll probably link to more episodes in the future. This episode first aired on February 22 of last year.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdHBi8czFv8
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