The Face In The Darkness // A Ghost Story
Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
Deep Dive
Why did the Heart Starts Pounding podcast choose to share a ghost story during the holidays?
The podcast revived an old tradition of sharing ghost stories during Christmastime, which was once a common practice before electricity. It aims to bring back the lost tradition of gathering around and sharing spooky tales.
What is the main story featured in this episode?
The episode features a rendition of Charles Dickens' ghost story 'To Be Read at Dusk', which tells the tale of a woman haunted by a horrifying face she saw in her dreams.
What are some of the bonus episodes available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts?
Bonus episodes include topics like Missing 411, Cursed Paintings, Creepy Games, and the Dark and Morbid History of Nursery Rhymes.
What will the next episode of Heart Starts Pounding focus on?
The next episode will be an end-of-year reflection, sharing data on the show and its listeners, and recommending darkly curious documentaries and movies.
Where did the story of the haunted woman take place?
The story takes place in Aspen, Colorado, at the top of a mountain where resort workers and a woman experience strange occurrences.
What did the woman see in her dreams that haunted her?
The woman saw a face of a man dressed in all black, with black hair and a neat gray beard, who appeared reserved and secretive in her dreams.
How did the woman react when she saw the man from her dreams in real life?
When she saw the man, Philip D'Lambra, at a dinner party, she fainted immediately, as his appearance matched the face from her dreams.
What was the significance of the statue in the sculpture garden?
The statue was of a young woman, and the artist's name engraved on it was 'Delambre', which was the same name as the man who haunted the woman's dreams.
What was found in the wine cellar that linked to the haunting?
In the wine cellar, a painting was discovered of a man dressed in all black with a reserved and secretive air, which matched the description of the face from the woman's dreams.
What happened to the woman and the man, Delambre, at the end of the story?
Neither the woman nor Delambre were ever seen again after the night of the Hollywood party, and the last footage of Delambre showed him arriving but not leaving.
- Annual holiday ghost story tradition
- Focus on Charles Dickens' "To Be Read at Dusk"