Fan CastingThe Haunting of Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson is known as the queen of literary horror, but her own life was as complex and darkly fascinating as her fiction. "The Haunting of Shirley Jackson" dives deep into the psyche of a woman whose own fears, desires, and eccentricities inspired a genre and left an indelible mark on American literature. Throughout four riveting episodes, this miniseries unveils the mysterious, often misunderstood, world of Shirley Jackson, played by an actress with the depth to bring her to life. Each episode centers around a significant period in Jackson’s life, weaving between her isolated New England mansion and the haunted worlds she created on paper. Through both the terrifying and mundane details of her domestic life, audiences experience her inner battles: a challenging marriage with literary critic Stanley Hyman, societal pressures to conform to the idealized 1950s suburban life, and her fraught mental health—all while she conjures ghostly, often grotesque stories that seem to mirror her own reality.