William Hope Hodgson, an English author, collected occult detective
short stories under the title Carnacki the Ghost-Finder. The Grey Room,
a chamber in an old mansion, was the scene of a gruesome murder many
years ago. He underestimates the strength of the manifestation, and he
spends a wretched, terrifying night within his electrified pentacle. In
Ireland, a derelict home exhibits paranormal activity, including what
seems to be blood falling from the roof. Carnacki assembles a team of
strong neighborhood guys and many dogs for the investigation. According
to a Celtic tradition, a court jester was once burned to death while
whistling in the fireplace of the chamber. The chamber is then
completely destroyed, with all of its components being burnt in a blast
furnace inside of a protective pentacle that features an old Celtic
inscription. There is a female firstborn for the first time in seven
generations, and her fiancée has just had her arm shattered by an
unidentified attacker. Carnacki looks into a haunting that has occurred
at his mother's home. The tenant informs Carnacki about the house's
enigmatic past and rumours of a ghostly woman. Carnacki spends the night
at the chapel dressed in armour, his camera at the ready to capture any
enigmatic occurrences. He had been hearing strange noises all night.
