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#238 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
Debunking the Old Building
Everyone calls Elysium Tower cursed, but the new night guard Sean Stone does not believe it.
NetShort · 26 episodes · about 1.3 h
FreeEp 1–4on NetShort
Locked22of 26 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Elysium Tower carries a reputation for being cursed, yet night guard Sean Stone takes the job anyway. He relies on folklore and sound reasoning, and finds the hauntings to be human-made traps rooted in old grudges. When Jay Yates moves in while looking for relatives, the building's old tales point to a family secret buried for generations.
Thriller & mysteryspooky whodunitskeptic hero
Who will like it: viewers who liked a clever skeptic who strips the ghost stories off a haunted building.
Main characters
- Sean Stone: night security guard who debunks the hauntings
- Jay Yates: newcomer searching for family in the tower
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 4 free. Grey: 22 locked. About 1.3 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 26
- Free
- 4
- Locked
- 22
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 26 | 4 | 22 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 26 episodes is longer than 4% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 4 free episodes is fewer than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 15% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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- Languages
- Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
- App tags
- Mystery
- NetShort
- 2.0K likes, 2.1K followers
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