The Ash Tree & The Wailing Well by M. R. James – A Reading

The Ash Tree & The Wailing Well by M. R. James – A Reading

Friday 19 December 2025

Times: 6.00pm / 8.00pm

Prices: £10 per person

Venue: Moyses Hall

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Friday 19 December 2025, 6.00pm


Friday 19 December 2025, 8.00pm


This event is promoted by West Suffolk Heritage in partnership with Kudos Memorabilia

Event details

Cut it down... it shall never be inhabited... her young ones also suck up blood...

The ancient estate of Castringham Hall holds many mysteries. Why do the windows rattle on windless nights? Why do guests in the west-facing bedroom rarely survive the night? And what exactly has taken up residence in the old ash tree...?

This Christmas, Bring Out Your Dead returns to the atmospheric Undercroft at Moyse's Hall, for a reading of this spine-chilling ghost story by the undisputed master of the genre.

'The Ash Tree' will be read in a double-bill alongside 'The Wailing Well' - in which Stanley Judkins, terror of the Eton Scout Troop, comes face-to-face with a terror of his own.

For anyone whose Christmas isn't complete without a good ghost story!

Promotional material background image by Amanda Slater, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 Generic license

Promotional material design by Bring Out Your Dead.

Times: 6pm-7.20pm and 8pm-9.20pm
Tickets: £10 per person
Booking: Essential - use the 'Book now' buttons or call 01284 758000
Venue: Moyse's Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds

This event is promoted by West Suffolk Heritage.

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