• The Dead Valley - Unpleasant Dreams 76

  • Mar 12 2025
  • Length: 30 mins
  • Podcast

The Dead Valley - Unpleasant Dreams 76

  • Summary

  • Cassandra Harold is back on Unpleasant Dreams this week narrating the short story "The Dead Valley" by Ralph Adams Cram. Cram's reputation as a writer stems solely from six stories published in Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories. "The Dead Valley" is his most well-known and frequently reprinted tale, which H.P. Lovecraft later praised for its masterful use of atmosphere and description to evoke a haunting sense of regional horror. Content Warning: This story includes the death of a dog, which some listeners may find upsetting. Please listen with care. "The Death Valley" was published in 1893 and is in the public domain. -- Jim Harold Media LLC respects writers' intellectual property. All fictional stories on Unpleasant Dreams are in the U.S. public domain, published before 1928. For more on public domain and copyright, visit the Cornell University Library's guide on public domain: https://copyright.cornell.edu/publicdomain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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