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This library is home to curious things. Strange tales. Unanswered questions. Stories that linger longer than they should.

Hosted by Colin Morgan (Merlin, Belfast) with guest host Katie Leung (Harry Potter, Bridgerton), The Haunted Library invites you deep into the stacks to hear works of classic horror brought to life, from Gothic novels to pulpy penny dreadfuls.

The library boasts the most extensive and unnerving of collections. Here you’ll find novels including The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, The Turn of the Screw, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Carmilla and The Invisible Man, as well as short stories by authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker and M.R. James.

Some tales begin with a mystery, others with a bargain that should never have been struck, and a few with something stirring in the dark. You’ll encounter haunted houses, hidden secrets, dangerous ambitions, ghosts, monsters, uncanny apparitions and impossible transformations.

Two new episodes every week.

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This podcast is produced by BBC Studios, a commercial company that is wholly owned by the BBC. No money from the licence fee was used to create this podcast. The money BBC Studios makes is re-invested to help fund the BBC.

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  1. Frankenstein: Part 6

    As the pursuit of justice gives way to tragedy, Victor is forced to watch the consequences of his actions unfold in silence. Tormented by guilt and convinced he bears responsibility for a growing chain of suffering, he withdraws from those

  2. Frankenstein: Part 5

    A shocking message from home shatters Victor's fragile peace and draws him back to Geneva. There, in the midst of grief and a violent storm, he comes face to face with a sight that confirms his darkest fears. Yet as suspicion falls elsewher

  3. Frankenstein: Part 4

    Victor finally achieves the goal that has consumed him for years, but the moment of success quickly turns to horror. Terrified by what he has brought into the world, he abandons his creation and descends into illness and despair. As his dev

  4. Frankenstein: Part 2

    Victor Frankenstein begins his tale. Looking back on an idyllic childhood in Geneva, he recalls the family and friendships that shaped him, as well as the restless curiosity that set him apart. As his fascination with the mysteries of natur

  5. Frankenstein: Part 3

    Far from home and consumed by a hunger for discovery, Victor throws himself into his studies with relentless determination. As he probes the boundary of life and death, an extraordinary possibility begins to take shape: the power to animate

  6. Frankenstein: Part 1

    The enthusiastic letters of sea captain Robert Walton turn ominous as arctic ice and crushing loneliness close in. The discovery and rescue of a half-frozen stranger puts an end to his despondency, but as the stranger listens to Walton’s bu

  7. Jekyll and Hyde: Part 6

    Jekyll's experiment has unleashed consequences he can no longer control. Spiralling towards catastrophe, he races to hold on to his identity before it is lost forever. But some doors, once opened, cannot be closed again. Set in the foggy, c

  8. Jekyll and Hyde: Part 5

    At last, Dr Jekyll tells his own story. Driven by a lifelong struggle between respectability and desire, he pursued a dangerous line of inquiry into the nature of the human soul. But what if the boundary between good and evil is more fragil

  9. Jekyll and Hyde: Part 4

    A locked door is broken open. A body is discovered. And among the papers left behind lies an account that threatens everything Utterson thought he knew. Across London, old certainties begin to crumble as an impossible story emerges from the

  10. Jekyll and Hyde: Part 3

    For a time, Dr Jekyll seems transformed, emerging into society with renewed purpose and warmth. Then, without warning, he retreats once more behind locked doors. Their mutual friend Lanyon has discovered a terrifying truth that he refuses t

  11. Jekyll and Hyde: Part 2

    Dr Jekyll insists everything is under control. But when a shocking act of violence rocks London, suspicion falls upon the elusive Mr Hyde. As evidence mounts and questions go unanswered, Utterson begins to wonder whether his old friend is h

  12. Jekyll and Hyde: Part 1

    Lawyer Gabriel Utterson hears a troubling tale about a man named Hyde. When he discovers that Hyde stands to inherit the fortune of his esteemed friend Dr Jekyll, a mystery begins to take shape. Who is this unsettling stranger, and what hol

  13. The Haunted Library: Trailer

    This library is home to curious things. Strange tales. Unanswered questions. Stories that linger longer than they should. Hosted by Colin Morgan (Merlin, Belfast) with guest host Katie Leung (Harry Potter, Bridgerton), The Haunted Library i

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