Show Notes
"The Empty House" tells of Jim Shorthouse, who accompanies his aunt to an old house where, a century ago, a servant girl was thrown to her death from a balcony by a jealous stableman. The house has lain unoccupied other than for brief periods ever since. Unoccupied, but perhaps not ... empty.
My thanks to Graham Walmsley for the marvellous opening and closing themes he has composed for the podcast.
Graham is the creator of the role playing game 'Cthulhu Dark' and you can find him on Twitter @grahamwalmsley
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