Ghost Stories for Christmas Season 2022 Episode 1 - Count Magnus

Airdate: 2022-Dec-23

Episode summary:

Sweden, 1863. A country not much visited by Englishmen. An exception is the inquisitive Mr. Wraxhall, whose innocent rummaging through the archives of the noble de la Gardie family takes a sinister turn.Wraxhall becomes fascinated by the long-dead founder of the dynasty, the fearsome Count Magnus, a tyrannical ruler who dabbled in alchemy and who once made a strange journey to the Holy Land on most unholy business. Despite the warnings of his hosts, Wraxhall is drawn ever deeper into the Count's dark world and discovers that the dreaded aristocrat may not lie easy in his tomb...

About Ghost Stories for Christmas series:

Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of four half hour ghost stories all based on stories by M.R. James. 'The Stalls of B...Show more >