There have long been rumours of ghosts at the rectory, but these are given new strength when the new rector and his family move out after only a couple of days.

First of two parts read by Miles Jupp.

An occasional series of stories from life’s murkier places.

Series Four: Tales from the collection A Spot of Folly by Ruth Rendell.

Ruth Rendell was one of the UK’s most prominent crime writers. Best known for her Inspector Wexford books, she also wrote psychological novels as Barbara Vine. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a life peer. She died in 2015. A Spot of Folly, a collection of previously unpublished stories, was published in 2017.

Producer: Jeremy Osborne

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk productions and first broadcast in January 2019. Show less