"The Red Room" is a short Gothic story written by H. G. Wells in 1894.
A main character chooses to spend the night in an allegedly haunted room, coloured bright red in Lorraine Castle.
Despite vague warnings from the three infirm custodians who reside in the castle, the narrator ascends to "the Red Room" to begin his night's vigil.
As the narrator's fear intensifies, he stumbles onto a large piece of furniture (possibly the bed), and ricochets off the walls in a blind panic, hitting his head and eventually falling unconscious.
The caretakers, who find him in the morning, feel vindicated when the narrator agrees that the room is haunted.