Classic tales of supernatural horror and suspense are brought to life in this series of audiobooks featuring the works of E.F.Benson, Saki, H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, and more. Fans of the creepiest, spookiest podcasts will thrill to the immersive retellings of these nightmarish short stories from the vaults of terror, complete with compelling narration, sound effects and music. As told by the mysterious Jasper L'Estrange, EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast is your new home for scary st ...
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When a married couple chance upon a delightful cottage that is being let as a holiday home, it seems too good to be true. Is it? This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βDEBORAHβ by Josephine Tey (1929).You can hear me discuss this story by becoming a channel member and listening to an upcoming epβ¦
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Visiting her twin sister at her new home in the isolated backwater of Thrubend Edge, a woman becomes drawn into a sinister web of madness and local folklore.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βSHUCKβ by Rebecca Lloyd (2008). Read by permission of the author. For more information about Rebeccaβ¦
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"Lot No. 249" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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A medical student at Oxford University becomes embroiled in a sinister mystery when he is introduced to a neighbour whose interest in Egyptology is about to spiral out of control.This original recording is an audio presentation (with sound effects and music) by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βLot No.249β by Rudyard Kipling (1892).πππππππππβ¦
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"The Mark of the Beast" by Rudyard Kipling
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Following a night of drunken excess, an Englishman in India desecrates a temple, angering a leper priest. Soon after, he begins behaving very oddly. Has he succumbed to a disease or is there something more mysterious at work? Strickland of the police determines to find out.This original recording is an audio presentation (with sound effects and musβ¦
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"The Singular Death of Morton" by Algernon Blackwood
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Two friends hiking in the French hills of the Jura bordering Switzerland have a strange encounter with a mysterious girl at a derelict farmhouse. But why does she seem to follow themβ¦and what is the secret of La Chenille?This original recording is an audio presentation (with sound effects and music) by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Sβ¦
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A boy and his father pay a visit to a tiny shop in the heart of London, one that sells magic tricks and curiosities β and promises βgenuine magicβ. The boy is at once entrancedβ¦but the father becomes increasingly unnerved by both the shop and its mysterious ownerβ¦ This original recording is an audio presentation (with sound effects and music) by Jaβ¦
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In Reelfoot Lake, a backwoods bayou of the American South, lives an outcast freak β a lonely swamp dweller whose fishy features have earned him a strange moniker. Mystery and local superstition surround him, but when the Baxter brothers seek their revenge will they uncover the truth about the one they callβ¦βFish Headβ.This original recording is an β¦
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Staying in a village while his motorcycle is repaired, a traveller learns of an horrific episode in the villageβs recent past as well as the localsβ fear of the surrounding forest. His curiosity piqued, he decides to investigateβ¦This original recording is an audio presentation (with sound effects and music) by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horrorβ¦
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"The Curious Adventure of Mr. Bond" by Nugent Barker
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A lost traveller finds refuge in a desolate upland inn. At first he is grateful for the hospitality of the innkeeper and his wife, but the peculiar behaviour of the Sasserach brothers begins to make him feel increasingly uneasy.This original recording is an audio presentation (with sound effects and music) by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror.β¦
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"The Haunted Saucepan" by Margery Lawrence
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A bachelor is delighted to find a flat with a βfleabite rentβ in the St. Jamesβs district of London. It seems too good to be true. But when queer things happen in the kitchen he begins to suspect he is sharing the place with more than just his faithful valetβ¦This original recording is an audio presentation (with sound effects and music) by Jasper Lβ¦
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"Crewe" by Walter de la Mare
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One night, in the desolate waiting room at Crewe, a stranded train passenger hears the strange story of how the former servant to a country vicar ended up sleeping rough at the station.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βCreweβ by Walter de la Mare (1929).You can hear me discuss this story byβ¦
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When a young girl starts talking to an imaginary friend, her adoptive mother becomes increasingly unsettled. Itβs almost as if she can really see him. But who is this Harry? And, more importantly, what does he wantβ¦?This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βHarryβ by Rosemary Timperley (1955).You cβ¦
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Staying with their aunt and uncle during the school holiday, a boy and his two brothers experience the slowly unfolding horror that begins with the unearthing of a long forgotten tomb.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βCurfewβ by Lucy M. Boston.You can hear me discuss this story by becoming β¦
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"The Lonesome Place" by August Derleth
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In August Derlethβs classic short story a man is forced to recall the lurking fear that dogged him and his friend in their childhoodβ¦the dark and unnameable horror that dwelt in the Lonesome Place.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Lonesome Placeβ by August Derleth (1948).You can hear meβ¦
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Urged by his friend to tell the story of a particularly disturbing case, Dr Xavier βBillyβ Cole recounts the strange events surrounding a mutual friend who becomes convinced he is being shadowed by a sinister and beastly alter egoβ¦This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βHybridβ by L.A. Lewis (193β¦
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"Behind the Wall" by Violet Jacob
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Visiting the town of Shorn for a weekend of golf, a young man sees more than he bargained for when peering through a hole in an old wall. Gradually, he begins to uncover part of the townβs dark history.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βBehind the Wallβ by Violet Jacob (1910).You can hear meβ¦
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"Green Thoughts" by John Collier
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An orchid collector plants a strange and exotic specimen in his hothouseβ¦with unfortunate consequences.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βGreen Thoughtsβ by John Collier (1931).You can hear me discuss this story by becoming a channel member and listening to a future episode of The EnCrypted β¦
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An adulterous man finds himself driven to murder β and thinks he has plotted the perfect crime. But soon his carefully ordered world begins to unravel...This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βBreakdownβ by L.A.G. Strong (1929).You can hear me discuss this story by becoming a channel member and lβ¦
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"The Fifteenth Green" by Margery Lawrence
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Invited to share his story at Saundersonβs Round Table, a golfer provides a terrifying account of an old fisherman, a vengeful curse, and the mystery of The Fifteenth Greenβ¦ This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Fifteenth Greenβ by Margery Lawrence (from βNights of the Round Tableβ, first pβ¦
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"The Grey House" by John Metcalfe
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When old Hammond finds himself one night driven to a mysterious house by a phantom taxi cab, he determines to try and find the Grey House again by any means necessary.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Grey Houseβ by John Metcalfe (first published 1925).You can hear me discuss this storyβ¦
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"The Wood of Living Trees" by G. Ranger Wormser
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From the moment Manners is first introduced to a charismatic Russian named Andreyvich, he develops an intense distrust of the man. But why does he feel they have met before? And what is the dark secret of The Wood of Living Trees?This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Wood of Living Treesβ bβ¦
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"The Story of The Inexperienced Ghost" by H. G. Wells
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One evening at the Mermaid Club, Clayton shares his strange supernatural encounter of the night before. But has he learned too much from his conversation with a ghost?This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Story of the Inexperienced Ghostβ by H.G. Wells. First published in The Strand Magazinβ¦
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"The Bowmen" / "Out of the Earth" by Arthur Machen
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In 1914 Arthur Machen published βThe Bowmenβ, a patriotic supernatural tale intended to boost the morale of British soldiers fighting in the trenches and those at home who had heard reports of the horrors of warfare. However, much to his consternation, Machenβs story was taken as fact by a public who desperately wanted to believe and spawned the leβ¦
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Two debauched noblemen seek refuge in the cottage of Goody Boyle one stormy night. When they find out that her home is the last resting place of a mutual enemy β Richard Horne β and his corpse is in the next room, they decide to play a diabolical joke. But just who will have the last laugh in Marjorie Bowenβs classic tale of cruelty, revenge, and wβ¦
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"An Experiment of the Dead" by Helen de Guerry Simpson
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When Reverend Dionysius Luan asks to visit his cousin who is in prison awaiting execution, the solicitor begins to wonder whether he has an ulterior motive. This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βAn Experiment of the Deadβ by Helen de Guerry Simpson (1938).You can hear me discuss this story by bβ¦
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"The Next Heir" by H. D. Everett
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A Canadian soldier journeys to England in response to an advertisement seeking the heir to his ancestral home Quinton Court. On visiting his cousin, a strange and invalid antiquarian, he uncovers dark secrets and begins to question whether he should accept the mantle ofβ¦the next heir.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrβ¦
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"Forgotten Harbour" by Gordon Hillman
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America's foremost authority on poltergeists, the indomitable Cranshawe, is called in to investigate the mysterious occurrences at a fogbound coastal town. But who, or what, is behind the strange sights and sounds, and will Cranshawe crack the case before yet another tragedy strikes Forgotten Harbour?This original recording is an audio presentationβ¦
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"The Same Dog" by Robert Aickman
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The lives of a young girl and boy are changed irrevocably following an encounter with a strange dog at a mysterious house. But what really happened that day, and was it (as Mary suggests) a βhaunted houseβ? This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. You can hear me discuss this story by becoming a Paβ¦
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"The Black Stone Statue" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
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The resident of a rundown boarding house becomes intrigued when a familiar face comes seeking a room. The man has returned from South America with a strange story and even stranger cargo. But will it be his undoingβ¦?This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Black Stone Statueβ by Mary Elizabethβ¦
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"Grey Sand and White Sand" by Helen de Guerry Simpson
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ANNOUNCEMENT: I have receive comments (admittedly by only one user) that the podcast does not play for them. I have received no other reports of this and I have not personally experienced any playback failure when trying on a few different podcast platforms. Please comment or email me if you've had any playback problems. They might be out of my conβ¦
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"The Hall Bedroom" by Mary E Wilkins Freeman
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The landlady of a boarding-house relates the strange history of the third floor hall bedroom through the journal left by its latest tenant: a man in town to βtake the watersβ who becomes convinced that there is something unusual about his lodgingsβ¦This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Hall β¦
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"Oh, Whistle and I'll Come To You, My Lad" by M. R. James
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Professor Parkins is spending the winter holiday improving his golf at the seaside town of Burnstow when he makes a strange discovery at the site of an old monastery. But what is the secret of the whistle he finds? And when he blows into it has he roused more than the wind?This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for Enβ¦
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"The Horror of Abbot's Grange" by Frederick Cowles
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When a married couple take up residence at Abbotβs Grange, the husband has reservations about the place, especially when he learns about its dark history. But during their housewarming party, events take a sinister turnβ¦This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Horror of Abbotβs Grangeβ by Fredβ¦
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"The Breakdown" by Marjorie Bowen
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On his way to spend Christmas with his friend, a man is stranded when the train does not run. Deciding to complete his journey on foot, he soon becomes lost and finds refuge in a desolate tavern, βThe Wishing Innββ¦This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Breakdownβ by Marjorie Bowen (circa 192β¦
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"The Last Laugh" by D. H. Lawrence
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A group of young people are out and about one snowy night in Hampstead, Northwest London, when strange laughter and mysterious voices seem to be changing both themselves and the world around them. This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Last Laughβ by D. H. Lawrence (1925).You can hear me disβ¦
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"Mrs Raeburn's Waxwork" by Lady Eleanor Smith
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Stranded in a rainy manufacturing city and in need of money, a down-on-his-luck actor accepts a job at Mugivanβs Waxworks. But when dusk falls, the wax figures in the chamber of Curiosities and Horrors seem to take on a life of their own, and one in particular begins to exert a powerful influence over the hapless attendant.This original recording iβ¦
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"Field with Five Trees" by Hugh Walpole
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When their previously happy marriage becomes strained, an author considers an affair? But could he ever leave his beloved Mary? And what is the secret of the five trees that stand in the field beyond their cottage?This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βField with Five Treesβ by Hugh Walpole (193β¦
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"The New Mother" by Lucy Clifford (plus Bonus Story)
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Two children are encouraged to misbehave by a mysterious girl in the village. Their mother warns them what will happen if their naughtiness persistsβ¦***STAY TUNED AT THE END FOR A BONUS STORY***This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe New Motherβ by Lucy Clifford (1882).You can hear me discussβ¦
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"Strange Bedfellows" by Jasper L'Estrange
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Staying at a hotel on a business trip, a middle-aged man has a variety of bizarre experiences. But who is the old woman in the elevator...and will he survive the night?This is an original story written and read by Jasper L'Estrange for the EnCrypted Horror Podcast.****BONUS CONTENT****As a Halloween treat, the main story is followed by a discussionβ¦
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"The House in the Wood" by John Hastings Turner
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When Robbie McClaren suggests that they should go for a walking holiday in the Savernake Forest, his friend thinks itβs a good idea. But the mysterious house they find there is only the first strange discovery of the trip.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe House in the Woodβ by John Hastβ¦
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"The Horror-Horn" by E. F. Benson
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While on holiday in the Swiss Alps, a man learns of a race of subhuman cave dwellers supposedly live on the Ungeheurehorn β The Horror-Horn. He dismisses these rumours as local superstition, but was he right to? This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βThe Horror-Hornβ by E. F. Benson (1922).You cβ¦
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While travelling through βunadministered territoryβ in Southeast Asia an Englishman is forced to spend the night at an abandoned and dilapidated jungle rest-house. However, his qualms about the place prove well-founded when the bungalow begins to reveal a gruesome history.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCβ¦
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"Scoured Silk" by Marjorie Bowen
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Elisa Minden is due to be married to a wealthy scholar Humphrey Orford. But as the wedding day draws near she starts to wonder about Mr Orfordβs first wife, who died twenty years before, and begins to unravel a mystery. This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. βScoured Silkβ by Marjorie Bowen (1918β¦
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"The Childish Thing" by John Metcalfe
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The death of the Hewson family's housemaid prompts eight-year-old Dulcie to explore the woodshed. The curious wax figurine she finds there, hidden amongst the rubbish, both fascinates and unsettles her. But could there be more to this childish thing than first meets the eye...?This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange foβ¦
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"Jack Werrett, The Flood Man" by Rebecca Lloyd
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Dr Megan Wood thinks the Georgian house on the edge of a desolate Norfolk marsh will be the perfect place for her research into local churches. But the strange behaviour of her two new landladies hints at an even stranger secret - one that puts her in unwitting peril! This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCryptβ¦
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"Whittington's Cat" by Lady Eleanor Smith
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When a lonely young man's obsession with the Christmas pantomime takes a sinister turn those closest to him begin to worry about his sanity. This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. "Whittington's Cat" by Lady Eleanor Smith (1934). πππππππππππππππ Please support my work... Researching, reading, re-β¦
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The written record of a 17th-century murder trial takes an unusual turn when witnesses relate seemingly supernatural occurences. But through their testimonies the true circumstances of Ann Clark's death are gradually uncovered. This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. "Martin's Close" by M.R. Jamesβ¦
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"The Funeral March of a Marionette" by John Metcalfe
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Young George and his older brother Alfie decide to make some money for themselves with a "penny for the Guy" on the eve of Bonfire Night. But as darkness closes in on this snowy night, London is full of strangeness and foreboding - and Alfie becomes increasingly uneasy.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypβ¦
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"The Real and the Counterfeit" by Louisa Baldwin
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When the sceptical Hugh Armitage learns of Will Musgrave's desire to see the ghost that haunts his ancestral home, he decides to have a spot of fun at his friend's expense. This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. "The Real and the Counterfeit" by Louisa Baldwin (1895). πππππππππππππππ Please suppoβ¦
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A lost traveller finds refuge at the home of a blind man on Christmas Eve. But is all as it seems...or is it a case of "the spider and the fly"? This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. "The Spider" by F. McDermott (1951). πππππππππππππππ Please support my work... Researching, reading, re-reading, β¦
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