01 - Old Ladies by Hugh Walpole

Step back in time to Polchesters Pontippy Square, where an old, weather-beaten house perched on a rock above Seatown was home to three old ladies. This creaking, rain-soaked dwelling, shrouded in the mystery of years gone by, is the backdrop for a tale of fear, manipulation, and cruelty. Penned by Walpole in the 1920s, The Old Ladies is a chilling exploration of the darker side of human nature, centered around the tragic tale of a timid spinster exploited and ultimately terrorized to death by a ruthless widow.