Uncanny Tales

Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer, born in Italy and educated in the USA. He also studied at the universities of Cambridge and Heidelberg. He was a prolific writer in many fields but it was his novels that were most popular, commanding a large following. His stories of the macabre and supernatural are very highly regarded.

Roy Macready reads five of them from Uncanny Tales:

• The Dead Smile
• The Screaming Skull
• Man Overboard!
• For the Blood is the Life
• The Doll's Ghost

Public Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready