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1. The Experiment

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Dr Montague conducts an experiment at Hill House - and Eleanor is the first to take part. Gothic horror read by Emma Fielding.

Anthropologist Dr John Montague is recruiting for a supernatural experiment.

When Eleanor Vance arrives, she soon falls under the malevolent spell of Hill House - with its history of terror and violence...

Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror - first published in 1959.

Abridged in 8-parts by Alison Joseph.

Read by Emma Fielding.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in October 1997.

15 minutes

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