A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, with Sir Christopher Lee

"The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" is a ghost story by English writer M. R. James, originally published in 1910. It is included in his collection More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. This Film Sir Christopher Lee stars in this fine 1971 BBC adaptation of a chilling and fearful tale of intrigue, murder and the haunted Stalls of Barchester Cathedral. While cataloguing the collections of Barchester Cathedral library, a scholar, Dr Black (M R James) stumbles across an intriguing box of papers belonging to former Archdeacon Haynes. In it, he discovers a hidden history of blood guilt and macabre supernatural revenge. Technical Note The original source was uploaded in a slightly squashed and letterboxed aspect ratio. I have been unable to correct this without severe vertical cropping. Instead, I have used AI to increase quality to HD.