The Playground of Satan is a Gothic horror novel written by Beatrice Baskerville. The story revolves around a young woman named Helene who travels to a remote village in Austria to work as a governess for the children of Countess Radna.

Upon her arrival, Helene finds that the children are strange and withdrawn, and that the Countess and her retinue are equally mysterious and unnerving. The village itself is shrouded in darkness and secrecy, and Helene soon discovers that it is haunted by an a...