EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast

In Reelfoot Lake, a backwoods bayou of the American South, lives an outcast freak – 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 call…”Fish Head”. This original recording is an audio presentation (with sound effects and music)...

Staying in a village while his motorcycle is repaired, a traveller learns of an horrific episode in the village’s recent past as well as the locals’ fear of the surrounding forest. His curiosity piqued, he decides to investigate… This original recording is an audio presentation (with sound effects and music) by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “The Child” by L.A. Lewis (1934). You can hear...

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. “The Curious Adventure of Mr. Bond” by Nugent Ba...

A bachelor is delighted to find a flat with a “fleabite rent” in the St. James’s 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 valet… This original recording is an audio presentation (with sound effects and music) by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “The Haunted Sauc...

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. “Crewe” by Walter de la Mare (1929). You can hear me discuss this story by becoming a channel member and listening to a fu...

When a young girl starts talking to an imaginary friend, her adoptive mother becomes increasingly unsettled. It’s almost as if she can really see him. But who is this Harry? And, more importantly, what does he want…? This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “Harry” by Rosemary Timperley (1955). You can hear me discuss this story by becoming a Patr...

In August Derleth’s classic short story a man is forced to recall the lurking fear that dogged him and his friend in their childhood…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. “The Lonesome Place” by August Derleth (1948). You can hear me discuss this story by becoming a Patreon patron...

Urged by his friend to tell the story of a particularly disturbing case, Dr Xavier “Billy” Cole recounts the strange events surrounding a mutual friend who becomes convinced he is being shadowed by a sinister and beastly alter ego… This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “Hybrid” by L.A. Lewis (1934). You can hear me discuss this story by becomin...

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 town’s dark history. This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “Behind the Wall” by Violet Jacob (1910). You can hear me discuss this story by becoming a YouTube channe...

An orchid collector plants a strange and exotic specimen in his hothouse…with unfortunate consequences. This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “Green Thoughts” 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 Postmortem (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

An adulterous man finds himself driven to murder – 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. “Breakdown” by L.A.G. Strong (1929). You can hear me discuss this story by becoming a channel member and listening to a future episode of The EnCrypted Po...

Invited to share his story at Saunderson’s Round Table, a golfer provides a terrifying account of an old fisherman, a vengeful curse, and the mystery of The Fifteenth Green… This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “The Fifteenth Green” by Margery Lawrence (from “Nights of the Round Table”, first published 1926). You can hear me discuss this story...

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. “The Grey House” by John Metcalfe (first published 1925). You can hear me discuss this story by becoming a channel member and listening to a...

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. “The Wood of Living Trees” by G Ranger Wormser (first published 1918). You ca...

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. “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” by H.G. Wells. First published in The Strand Magazine (March 1902). You can hear me discuss this stor...

In 1914 Arthur Machen published “The Bowmen”, 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, Machen’s story was taken as fact by a public who desperately wanted to believe and spawned the legend of The Angels of Mons. His 1915 short story “...

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 – Richard Horne – 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 Bowen’s classic tale of cruelty, revenge, and witchcraft. This original recording is an audio pre...

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. “An Experiment of the Dead” by Helen de Guerry Simpson (1938). You can hear me discuss this story by becoming a channel member and listening to episode...

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 of…the next heir. This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “The Next Heir” by...

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 presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horro...

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 undoing…? This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “The Black Stone Statue” by Mary Elizabeth Counselman (1937). You can hear me discuss this...

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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 “take the waters” who becomes convinced that there is something unusual about his lodgings… This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “The Hall Bedroom” by Mary E Wilkins Freeman. James (1903)....

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 EnCrypted Horror. “Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come To You...

When a married couple take up residence at Abbot’s 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 turn… This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “The Horror of Abbot’s Grange” by Frederick Cowles (1936). You can hear me discuss this...