Suffolk is spooky and this Halloween we thought we'd look at some of our spookiest locations.
Who better to help with that than famous author of ghost stories, MR James, who grew up in Great Livermere, near Bury St Edmunds, where his father was rector at the local church?
The stories of M.R. James have never been out of print since they first appeared in 1904, and have been repeatedly adapted for Christmas TV.
Simon Loxley, a graphic designer and longtime MR James fan, says James was inspired by the county's atmospheric landscapes and wild coastlines.
In a new book called A Geography of Horror, Mr Loxley sets out the Suffolk locations that are the backdrop for the spooky tales.
Aldeburgh
In A Warning to the Curious M.R. James renames Aldeburgh as Seaburgh.
The disguised seaside resort town, which James knew well, plays host to an archaeologist who unearths an ancient Anglo-Saxon crown and is pursued by its ghostly guardians.
Features of the town that we know today, for instance The White Lion Hotel - known as The Bear in the story - are still visible, but other details of Aldeburgh such as the train station and several windmills have since vanished.
Felixstowe Ferry
Old Felixstowe and Felixstowe Ferry play host to one of M.R. James' best known stories Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad.
Again, the town has been renamed - as Burnstow this time - but, James wrote in his preface, "I had Felixstowe in mind".
The popular story has twice been adapted for TV by the BBC. However, despite the story being set in Suffolk the 1968 adaptation, called Whistle and I'll Come To You was filmed near Waxham in Norfolk.
Gt Livermere
M.R. James' childhood home features in the last work he ever published, called A Vignette.
The semiautobiographical story is set at the rectory in Great Livermere (now called Livermere Hall), where James grew up.
In the story, a boy becomes increasingly scared of the wood, called 'the plantation' next door for some unknown reason. The story is widely believed to have been based on a genuine experience of James' childhood.
Melton and Bredfield
Felixstowe again features under the pseudonym Burnstown in the story The Tractate Middoth.
But two more rural locations may also feature.
The story focuses on a mysterious black clad clergyman, who is covered in cobwebs, and his search for a book.
Part of the story is a chase from a country house in a village called Bretfield - thought to be Bredfield - and a train station, around three miles away - thought to be Melton.
Thorpeness
Described only as being set "in Suffolk, near the coast", Mr Loxley believes the short story Rats is actually set in Thorpeness.
He argues that it is only here that a portion of road follows the coast, as James' describes in his story.
The short story is one of the few M.R. James stories that has not been adapted for TV.
For more information on Mr Loxley's book, click here.
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