The Last Séance [short story]

by Agatha Christie

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Previously published in the print anthology Double Sin and Other Stories. Raoul Daubreuil insists his fiancée give up her activities as a talented and successful medium when they marry. However, he agrees to attend what is to be her last séance--with Madame Exe. But even Raoul can't foresee the tragedy ahead.… (more)

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Quite a spooky little short story for Halloween, about a medium scared of her powers who is exploited by a customer desperate to make contact with a deceased daughter. Only why is this included in a mammoth collection of Miss Marple short stories when she is not in it? (

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john257hopper | Oct 31, 2021 |

Raoul Daubreuil insists his fiancée give up her activities as a talented and successful medium when they marry. However, he agrees to attend what is to be her last séance—with Madame Exe. But even Raoul can't foresee the tragedy ahead.

Short story about a medium who reluctantly does one last séance, with tragic results. I found the story captivating with some creepy supernatural elements, and an abrupt, strange ending. But I still enjoyed it. Another good one to read around Halloween. (

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Double Sin and Other Stories by Agatha Christie

The Labours of Hercules [and] Double Sin by Agatha Christie (indirect)

The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories by Herbert van Thal

Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown by Agatha Christie

Stories of the Macabre by Denys Val Baker

The Last Séance: Tales of the Supernatural by Agatha Christie

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Ladies of Horror: Two Centuries of Supernatural Stories by the Gentle Sex by Seon Manley

The Mystery Book by H. Douglas Thomson

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The Last Séance [short story]

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The Stolen ghost

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Raoul Daubreuil crossed the Seine, humming a little tune to himself.

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This work is for the single short story. Please do not combine with anthologies of tales using this story as a title.
First published in the USA in Ghost Stories magazine, November 1926, and as "The Stolen Ghost" in The Sovereign Magazine, March 1927

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Previously published in the print anthology Double Sin and Other Stories. Raoul Daubreuil insists his fiancée give up her activities as a talented and successful medium when they marry. However, he agrees to attend what is to be her last séance--with Madame Exe. But even Raoul can't foresee the tragedy ahead.

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In: Agatha Christie, Double Sin & other stories

From the Queen of Suspense, an all-new collection of her spookiest and most sinister stories, including an Agatha Christie story never before published in the USA, The Wife of Kenite!

For lovers of the supernatural and the macabre comes this collection of ghostly and chilling stories from legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. Fantastic psychic visions, specters looming in the shadows, encounters with deities, a man who switches bodies with a cat—be sure to keep the light on whilst reading these tales.

The Last Séance gathers twenty stories, some featuring Christie's beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, in one haunting compendium that explores all things occult and paranormal, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.

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