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A 50 minute unabridged audiobook (audio short story).Man rents secluded and haunted house to find time to be alone and study. Lots of rats. Creepy story but fairly tame and anticlimactic. It was okay.
Very atmospheric and spooky ghost story. All of the descriptions and tension, I felt like I was right in front of that fire, listening to the scurrying rats with the student.
Charles van BurenOne of Bram Stoker's best storiesDecember 9, 2019Review of Kindle editionPublication date: December 6, 2017Language: EnglishASIN: B077ZH38QH52 pagesThe Judge's House is considered by many to be Bram Stoker's greatest short story and one of Britain's finest ghost stories. It was first published in the December 5, 1891, special Christmas issue of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News weekly magazine. In 1914, it was published in the collection, Dracula's Guest and Other Weird...
First review : 3 starsWell, it wasn't that frightening being a Bram Stoker story, not even a single chill, but the end wasn't what I expected, which made it for the three stars!Second review: 4 starsI still don't find it that creepy but I guess it's just because I am safe in my house with my family.When you put yourself in the student's shoes, I think that the situation changes dramatically! 🤤👻
A short classic ghost story by the author of Dracula.
There at the end of the rope of the great alarm bell hung the body of the student, and on the face of the Judge in the picture was a malignant smile.
Spooky. A Good ol’ classic spooky tale. A student in England decides he needs a little quiet time for him to study, and ends up in a very old house that hasn’t been inhabited for years. Strange and mysteries things happen. Let me just say this, I fucking hate rats. Read: 08/04/20191st rating: 4 starsGenre/sub-genres: Horror/ClassicCover: 1 starPOV: Single - 3 person (Malcolmson)
OMFG! Was this scary!..My skin went crawling at the appearance of the judge, finally. And how terrible an outcome for Malcolm!..And rats! Those goddamn rats! Never hated them more. Now that I think of it, perhaps, this story with the prominent presence of those creepy rodents was the inspiration behind the ratly horror in Stephen King's 1922...Must read! Must read!
A beautifully written horror that will give you chills. Stoker has always been one of my favorite writers ever since I read Dracula, and when I saw this, I had to give it a try. I decided not to read the description and loved that I knew nothing about it. So I will not tell you about the story, in case you'd like to do the same. All the way up until the end, I was constantly surprised, and wasn't quite sure how things would end. Loved it. Highly recommended.
If rats and mice didn't scare me enough before this short story sure did the trick. Pick this one up if you're looking for a quick scare. The ending was not expected. Loved it!
Free download available at Project Gutenberg. This short story was published after Stoker's death.Malcolm Malcolmson discovers the truth of 'absurd prejudices' which have accrued around an empty property.Stars Nigel Havers as Malcolmson, Nancy Nevinson as Mrs Dempster and Jane Thompson as Mrs Witham. With David Timson and Alexander John.Dramatised by Patricia Mays.Directed by Derek Hoddinotthttps://archive.org/details/TheJudges...
Neglecting the tales that he hears about a former judge's house, a student still decides to stay there for a while to 'get away'. Soon he realises that he's made a big mistake...
Horror writing at its finest! Creepy!
So fun. Bram Stoker is a great writer of classic ghost stories in the vein of Sheridan Le Fanu, presaging the likes of MR James and Algernon Blackwood. This story is short but sweet. Wish it had been the middle of the night when I read it instead of a bright summer day but that's my own fault. Maybe I'll re-read it at the witching hour sometime.
Malcomson needs time for his studies and rents a deserted old house. It was once owned by a mean judge. At late hours he always hears rats in the wainscot. Besides he's irritated when he sees an extremely large rat near the cord for the alarm bell. That cord has a very eerie pre-history and plays an important part in the later part of the story. An extremely eerie gothic tale by the old master. I liked the plotting and the fine crafted character. Also the characterization of the judge is extreme...
This story remains as creepy now as it did when I first read it as a teenager. It is still my favorite work by Bram Stoker.An online copy of the story can be found here (ignore the picture. It's for a different story.) In addition, an audiorecording can be found copy of the story can be found here.
Although this is quite a short story it is as full of gripping tension, foreboding and anticipation as you would expect from Stoker. It follows a young student who rents an old empty house in a small English village for peace and quite so he can study. Unfortunately that's not quite what he gets as the house is invested with rats...and something/someone else. This story will certainly make you think the next time your looking at the photographs of people past if you go a-wandering through the ro...
"There at the end of the rope of the great alarm bell hung the body of thestudent, and on the face of the Judge in the picture was a malignant smile."I didn't know Stoker wrote short tales and now I want more!
I read this (in The Oxford Book of Ghost Stories) for my ghost stories English class and loved it. It's exactly the kind of scary stories I like. Since it's told in the present from his perspective, the reader has no idea whether the character lives or dies like many of the other ghost stories we've been reading this class. Definitely recommend this to anyone who is a fan of scary stories.
This was super creepy! I am happy to have enjoyed this one as I wasn't a super fan of Dracula. Who knew?
