Best spooky stories for Halloween

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky night in.

We have rounded up the best spooky stories for Halloween, from haunted house thrillers to classic Stephen King horror.

Spooky Books

Carrie – Stephen King
Carrie White is no ordinary girl, Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis.
To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie – the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues.
But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her.

Mexican Gothic – Silvia Moreno-Garcia
In Mexican Gothic, Noemí Taboada is a young and wealthy socialite, who receives a concerning letter from her newly-married cousin, Catalina. Catalina has written asking for help. She sees ghosts and believes that her husband, Virgil, is poisoning her. Virgil Doyle comes from a once-wealthy family that has run out of money.
Noemí heads up to High Place, a mountainside mansion where the Doyles reside. Before long, she starts having visions, hallucinations and dreams of a golden woman in the walls. Meanwhile, in town, rumors abound about the cursed Doyle family and their sordid past. In this atmospheric and creepy tale, Noemí finds herself faced with the secrets hidden in this inhospitable place and among this strange family.

Dracula – Bram Stoker
When Jonathan Harker is summoned to the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania for a real estate transaction, he does not know he is entering the lair of the bloodthirsty vampire, Count Dracula. And then what follows is a race to stop Dracula from spreading his curse beyond Transylvania. The tale of Dracula unfolds through various letters, diary entries, and newspaper clippings.

The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson
Soon to be a 10 episode Netflix TV series. Four seekers have arrived at the rambling old pile known as Hill House. Dr Montague, an occult scholar; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Luke, the adventurous future inheritor of the estate; and Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman with a dark past.

Spooky DVDs
        

Take a look the the full list of spooky stories here or check out the spooky eAudiobooks available on Borrowbox and Libby

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