{"id":288000,"date":"2025-08-15T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/288000\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T04:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:00:08","slug":"death-in-the-dusk-%f0%9f%8c%ab%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%8f%b0%f0%9f%94%aa-a-haunting-mystery-by-virgil-markham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/288000\/","title":{"rendered":"Death in the Dusk \ud83c\udf2b\ufe0f\ud83c\udff0\ud83d\udd2a A Haunting Mystery by Virgil Markham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fjHOZ08RtAg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n**Step into the Shadows of Highglen House&#8230;** \ud83c\udff0\ud83c\udf2b\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>In the eerie October of 1925, amidst the misty valleys of Wales, a grand wedding is set to unite Sean Cosgrove and American heiress Paula Lebetwood. The ancient mansion of Highglen House stands as the venue, its walls whispering tales of old. \ud83c\udf83\ud83d\udc8d<\/p>\n<p>**A Chance Encounter**<\/p>\n<p>Lost in the dense fog, antiquarian Alfred Bannerlee stumbles upon this secluded gathering. Welcomed in to regain his bearings, he becomes an unwitting guest in a house teeming with secrets. \ud83d\udcda\ud83c\udf2b\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>**Unfolding Mysteries**<\/p>\n<p>As the celebrations progress, a series of bizarre events ensue:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **Mysterious Notes:** Each incident is accompanied by cryptic messages signed &#8216;Parson Lolly&#8217; \u2013 a figure from local legend believed to harbor a centuries-old grudge against Highglen&#8217;s original owner. \ud83d\udcdc\ud83d\udc7b<br \/>\n&#8211; **Chilling Apparitions:** Guests report sightings of ghostly figures roaming the halls. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc7b<br \/>\n&#8211; **Sinister Sounds:** Unexplained noises echo through the night, keeping everyone on edge. \ud83d\udd0a\ud83c\udff0<\/p>\n<p>**A String of Murders**<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere thickens with dread as guests begin to meet untimely and gruesome ends. The line between myth and reality blurs, and paranoia grips the inhabitants of Highglen House. \ud83e\ude78\ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n<p>**Can the Mystery Be Solved?**<\/p>\n<p>With danger lurking in every shadow, Alfred Bannerlee must delve deep into the mansion&#8217;s dark history to uncover the truth behind &#8216;Parson Lolly&#8217; and stop the killer before it&#8217;s too late. \ud83d\udd75\ufe0f\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u23f3<\/p>\n<p>**Dive into this Gothic masterpiece by Virgil Markham, where every page turn reveals a new terror.** \ud83d\udcd6\ud83d\udc80<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 **Don&#8217;t miss out on more classic tales of suspense and horror!** Subscribe now: [https:\/\/bit.ly\/ClassicGhostTales](https:\/\/bit.ly\/ClassicGhostTales) \ud83d\udd14<br \/>\n-\ud83c\udff0 A Sicilian Romance \ud83c\udf19 [https:\/\/youtu.be\/OJRs-PuexpA]<br \/>\n-Death in the Dusk \ud83c\udf2b\ufe0f\ud83c\udff0\ud83d\udd2a A Haunting Mystery by Virgil Markham [https:\/\/youtu.be\/fjHOZ08RtAg]<br \/>\n**#GothicMystery #HauntedMansion #ClassicCrime #VirgilMarkham #ParsonLolly #HighglenHouse #WelshLegends #MurderMystery #VintageThriller #GhostlyTales #1920sMystery #FoggyNight #AntiquarianAdventures #LegendaryCurse #EerieEncounters #SuspensefulReads #ClassicLiterature #MysteryNovel #HauntingStories #BookLovers #LiteraryClassics #SpookyReads #HistoricalFiction #MustRead #BookRecommendation**<\/p>\n<p>**Navigate by Chapters or Titles:**<br \/>\n00:00:32 Chapter 1.<br \/>\n00:39:27 Chapter 2.<br \/>\n00:54:36 Chapter 3.<br \/>\n01:19:32 Chapter 4.<br \/>\n01:47:34 Chapter 5.<br \/>\n02:09:28 Chapter 6.<br \/>\n02:37:23 Chapter 7.<br \/>\n03:04:51 Chapter 8.<br \/>\n03:24:50 Chapter 9.<br \/>\n03:46:34 Chapter 10.<br \/>\n04:08:41 Chapter 11.<br \/>\n04:24:46 Chapter 12.<br \/>\n05:02:09 Chapter 13.<br \/>\n05:20:31 Chapter 14.<br \/>\n05:38:21 Chapter 15.<br \/>\n05:54:08 Chapter 16.<br \/>\n06:22:45 Chapter 17.<br \/>\n06:35:41 Chapter 18.<br \/>\n06:49:04 Chapter 19.<br \/>\n07:07:02 Chapter 20.<br \/>\n07:25:42 Chapter 21.<br \/>\n07:48:38 Chapter 22.<br \/>\n08:14:41 Chapter 23.<br \/>\n08:32:42 Chapter 24.<br \/>\n08:48:34 Chapter 25.<br \/>\n09:20:55 Chapter 26.<br \/>\n09:49:17 Chapter 27.<br \/>\n10:10:44 Chapter 28.<br \/>\n10:28:48 Chapter 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Step into the Shadows of Highglen House&#8230;** \ud83c\udff0\ud83c\udf2b\ufe0f In the eerie October of 1925, amidst the misty valleys <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[115672,128570,114620,124231,119879,96178,143057,143055,143054,124223,2037,124224,143058,128568,114611,143056,115676,115673,124232,111069,124226,124234,125515,2657,143053,124227,124225,3414],"class_list":{"0":"post-288000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hand-care","8":"tag-1920s-mystery","9":"tag-antiquarian-adventures","10":"tag-book-lovers","11":"tag-book-recommendation","12":"tag-classic-crime","13":"tag-classic-literature","14":"tag-eerie-encounters","15":"tag-foggy-night","16":"tag-ghostly-tales","17":"tag-gothic-mystery","18":"tag-hand-cream","19":"tag-haunted-mansion","20":"tag-haunting-stories","21":"tag-highglen-house","22":"tag-historical-fiction","23":"tag-legendary-curse","24":"tag-literary-classics","25":"tag-murder-mystery","26":"tag-must-read","27":"tag-mystery-novel","28":"tag-parson-lolly","29":"tag-spooky-reads","30":"tag-suspenseful-reads","31":"tag-three---ac-r","32":"tag-vintage-thriller","33":"tag-virgil-markham","34":"tag-welsh-legends","35":"tag-ytccon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}