Questa gelida serie trasporta i lettori nei sinistri paesaggi della campagna inglese, dove dimorano antichi segreti e spiriti inquieti. Ogni episodio approfondisce l'orrore psicologico, creando magistralmente un'atmosfera di crescente terrore e fenomeni inspiegabili. Unisce sapientemente le sensibilità gotiche con il terrore soprannaturale, lasciando una duratura impressione di disagio. Preparatevi per un viaggio nell'oscurità dove il passato non riposa mai e continua a perseguitare i vivi.
Few attend Mrs Alice Drablow’s funeral just the undertakers with shovels and one Mr Arthur Kipps, solicitor from London. He is to spend the night in Eel Marsh House, the place where the old recluse died amidst a sinking swamp, a blinding fog and a baleful mystery about which the townsfolk refuse to speak. In the 'Backstory' discover more classic ghost stories and some real-life ones too.
Autumn 1940, World War Two. Bombs are raining down, destroying the cities of Britain. The evacuations begin, and soon children are being taken to the country for safety. Teacher Eve Parkins is in charge of one such group. The children are scared and Eve does her best to calm them, but the truth is that she too is haunted by a personal tragedy she cannot put behind her. Their destination is Eel Marsh House. Desolate and forlorn, it is situated on a causeway and is sinking into the treacherous tidal marshes that surround it. Far from home and with no alternative, Eve and the children move in. But soon it becomes apparent that there is someone else in the house with them, someone Eve can't see but who is far more deadly than any number of German bombs...The Woman in Black