Bram Stoker

The Judges House Bram Stoker

The Judge's House" is a classic ghost story by the Irish author Bram Stoker. The story was first published in the December 5, 1891, special Christmas issue of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News weekly magazine. It was later republished in Drais considered one of the best English ghost stories (apart from his reputation earned by writing Dracula). If you are terrified of rats, don't read this story! It is along the same vein as Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street. You may also enjoy our collection of Halloween Stories.cula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914). The short story has since appeared in many anthologies. In the story, a student arrives in a small town looking for a quiet place to stay while preparing for his examination. Making light of the local superstitions, he moves into an old mansion where a notorious hanging judge once lived. He is comfortably settled and engrossed in his work when, in the middle of the night, he is visited by an enormous rat with baleful eyes. As soon as the giant rat appears, other rats that infest the old house fall silent. When the great rat returns on the second night, the student begins to feel uneasy. He soon learns why the locals fear the Judge's House.