Ghosts of the Silent Hills

Stories Based on True Hauntings

By: Anita Krishan

Narrated by: Riya Mukherjee

The dead do not rest till they get what they want. You have arrived in the hills. In here, you are surrounded by dense, menacing forests, enveloped in a deadly silence... You never know what lurks here in the cold, dark night. Do not walk alone after sunset in the hills. A beautiful woman in white haunts the Lonely pathways, looking to enchant and ensnare men... All the people who died in accidents here... They say you hear their screams at night. And the deserted lodges sitting amidst lush greenery and calm streams... Spirits lie in wait here, ready to prey on the living. There are sceptics who did not heed these warnings. They tried to rationalize what they saw, what they felt. But when they came face to face with the beings that they believed didn’t exist, they couldn’t run away anymore... Ghosts of the Silent Hills is a collection that will make your nights a little scarier, encompassing the very best spine-chilling stories based on true hauntings.

©2019 Anita Krishnan (P)2022 Audible, Inc.

A new world of horror

Indian horror stories are new to me and this is a wonderful anthology of stories

Greate

Amazingly written story and the narrator did an amazing job. I enjoyed listening to every story and couldn't put my tablet down. Very amazing felt like I was in each spin chilling tell.

Loved the narrator!!

These stories are super scary, I loved the narrator so so much!! Great book for spooky season!!

A Little Girl’s Mission…

Most of the stories were good but A Little Girl’s Mission was a solid horror story. I could see it being expanded into a movie.

“True” ghost stories from India

I enjoyed these stories. It’s a collection if “true” ghost stories, many of which seem to have been passed down in the author’s family. A lot of them date from the early days of India’s independence, when there was not a lot of infrastructure, reliable phone service or electricity, especially in rural areas. Being stuck in the middle of nowhere because your bus has broken down, or being unable to drive a sick person to the hospital because the road is blocked, were common occurrences. The sense of isolation is palpable.

The theme of the “virgin ghost” (a young woman who has died unmarried and is searching for a husband among the living) is present in several of the stories. I’d encountered this theme in East Asian stories and horror movies, but didn’t realize it was common in India too. Ghosts that take revenge for violent deaths (especially traffic accidents that recur at the same spot) are another theme. In general, the ghosts are much more malevolent than in Western stories.

Since these are “as told to” stories, family history, or urban legends, rather than literary stories written for publication, the endings sometimes seem abrupt or anticlimactic.

The narrator does a good job of making the stories come to life; she gives the impression of a grandmother relating family history to the younger generation. Her accent sounded authentic, and if she mispronounced a word here and there (like “chasm” with a hard “ch”), it only added to the flavor of the narration.

Riveting stories and fantastic narration

The stories come alive like a film to the mind’s eye. Riya does full justice to the narration - emotions, voice modulation for the different characters so much so that we can build the character/features of the people.

Definitely worth a read and listening to the audio version.

I Gave It a Try, But the Narrator Was Over-The-Top

It was more voice acting than narrating. I gave it a try, but couldn't get back the two hour mark.