EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast

Welcome  to the EnCrypted Classic Horror HALLOWEEN SPECIAL..."The Night of 1000  Ghouls"!  A reclusive man living in an isolated cottage is visited by  some trick-or-treaters who ask him to tell them...A SCARY STORY... This  audio presentation features three short stories by Frederick Cowles  taken from his collection "Horror At Abbot's Grange". The individual  s...

Visiting his late entomologyst uncle's house, a man learns about the sinister events leading up to his relative's untimely death. This  is an audio presentation of "Beyond The Door" (1923) written by Paul Suter. It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted:  The Classic Horror Podcast. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 Please support my work Researching,  reading, re-...

The wife of a playwright stays in a dilapidated farmhouse while her husband  works on his latest play. But she is horrified by the old woman who  lives there...and the skull that must never be moved. This  is an audio presentation of "Unburied Bane" (1933) written by N. Dennett. It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange  for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. 💀💀💀...

While on honeymoon, a man returns to home to find his wife has been attacked by a travelling salesman. How far will he go to take his revenge? This is an audio presentation of "Revenge" (1947) written by Samuel Blas. It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. This episode also contains a preview of the latest Patron-only exclusive story on Patreon....

Boozy Warwick regales his friend with the macabre and gruesome tale of a concert violinist who keeps visiting his manicurist even though his hands are slowly rotting away.  This is an audio presentation of "His Beautful Hands" by Oscar Cook, read by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast.  "His Beautiful Hands" was first published in 1931.   💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀...

A collection of haunting and spooky poetry for UK National Poetry Day  2021. Read by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror  Podcast.  National Poetry Day is the UK's annual celebration of poetry. Running order:  0:00 THE LISTENERS by WALTER DE LA MARE  2:10 LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI by JOHN KEATS  4:40 THE HAUNTED by JOHN MASEFIELD  10:59 HAUNTED HOU...

In an effort to win back his unfaithful wife, an upper-class Englishman joins an expedition to follow the Uraricoera River in South America. Things quickly go awry, however, and when he is rescued by an English-speaking man living among Shiriana Indians he considers himself lucky...at first. This is an audio presentation of "The Man Who Liked Dickens" (1933) written by Evelyn Waugh. It is narrated...

An  Oxford student, Heyling, visits a village in the Cotswolds for a  restful break...but what is the truth behind the folk song and dance practiced in the old market square, and what is the secret of the ancient barrow in the field? This is an audio presentation of "Randalls Round" (1929) written by Eleanor Scott. It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Class...

After a yacht catches fire and Paterson swims to the safety of a desert  island, he soon finds out he is not the first castaway to wash up on its  shores. But what is the secret of the island? And why do NO SHIPS  PASS...? This is an audio presentation of "No Ships Pass" (1932) by Lady Eleanor Smith. It is narrated  and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic H...

An injured army major falls in love with his nurse, but, when he goes to stay with her family at her ancestral home, he finds their behaviour strange to say the least.  What secret are they all hiding, and why is no one allowed to spend the evening...outside the house? This is an audio presentation of "Outside The House" (1920)  written by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor. It is narrated and produce...

"Whodunnit" writer Amelia Cramphorne seeks to engineer a love-match between two eligible singletons in her village - but starts to have second thoughts when she suspects that handsome Peter Chance has sinister motives. But is life imitating art or art imitating life in this strange tale? In his essay "Stories I Have Tried To Write", the master of the antiquarian ghost story, M.R. James, outlined s...

An unsuccessful novelist harbours a bitter resentment towards a literary rival. But when his supposed nemesis visits his lakeland home, why does he feel strangely compelled to take him to visit the inky black waters of The Tarn? ***I RE-UPLOADED THIS AFTER SOMEONE KINDLY POINTED OUT THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES WERE MISSING! HERE'S THE COMPLETE EPISODE*** This is an audio presentation of "The Tarn"...

A vintage radio special of EnCrypted, returning once again to the whimsical uncanny shaggy dog stories of A.J. Alan. In "The Dream", Alan recounts the strange recurring dream he has had since childhood. But what can it all mean...? Nottingham-born A.J. Alan (real name: Leslie Harrison Lambert) was a performing magician, radio ham, volunteer coastguard radio operator, and  naval intelligence o...

A young man inherits an intricate miniature castle and a mysterious lens  - along with the promise of wealth and power if he unlocks its secrets.  But legend also tells of a curse on "Lost Keep"...  This is an audio presentation of "Lost Keep", a classic weird story by  L.A. Lewis. It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for  EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast....

A spinster takes pity on a handsome young stranger who has fallen on hard times. But will she regret inviting this charming man into her beautiful London home?  This is an audio presentation of the 1933 short story "The Silver Mask" written by Hugh Walpole. It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for the EnCrypted Classic Horror Podcast. Please support my work Researching, reading, r...

A wife has a terrifying vision that leads her to fear for her  husband's safety and her own sanity. But is the vision a manifestation of her husband's anxieties - or something far worse? This is an audio presentation of "The Man With No Face" by Gertrude Minnie Robins (a.k.a. Mrs Baille Reynolds). It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. Plea...

Two sisters decide to play a spooky prank on their rationalist male neighbour - but what strange and malevolent entity has their scheming woken up?  This is an audio presentation of "With and Without Buttons" by Mary Butts, first published (posthumously) in 1938. Please support my work Researching, reading, re-reading, recording, mixing, uploading, promoting each of these short story audio pr...

An impoverished student in France becomes enchanted by the music of a mute viol player, Erich Zann. But what is the secret of Erich's haunting  music? And why does he confine himself to the lonely garret that overlooks the Rue d'Auseil? This is an audio presentation with music and sound effects of "The Music of Erich Zann" by H.P. Lovecraft. It is narrated and produced by Jasper  L'Estra...

A woman forced to rest by her physician husband becomes fascinated and repulsed by the ghastly yellow decor of her room. But is there really something that creeps behind the wallpaper - or is she losing her mind?  This is an audio presentation of the classic story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. Plea...

A mysterious new species of killer squid begin appearing off the Devonshire coast - with terrifying consequences - in this classic horror story by H.G. Wells.  This audio presentation is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange. Please support my work: Like what I do? Give me the fuel I need to create :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/encryptedpod https://ko-fi.com/encryptedpodcast NEW! Becom...

A mysterious stranger delivers a doll to the house of a retired Colonel who immediately calls for it to be destroyed. Instead, his neglected young daughter takes the doll as a plaything. But the governess and the house servants begin to believe the doll has a mind of its own... Please support my work: Like what I do? Give me the fuel I need to create :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/encryptedpod ht...

Are our lives predetermined? A father is anxious to see into the future to find out what his son will achieve...but what is the meaning of the bizarre vision he glimpses in a crystal ball?  This is an audio presentation of the 1921 short story "Young Strickland's Career" by J.D. Beresford, from the collection Signs and Wonders . Please support my work: Like what I do? Give me the fuel I need...

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A man called John Dangerfield has been arrested for a spate of eye-gougings, but the motorcycling monk who visits him recognises the prisoner as a London spiritualist. Why does Sydney Jackson claim to be John Dangerfield? And what has inspired his dark and bloody crimes? This is an audio presentation of "Eyes for the Blind" by Frederick Cowles. It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for...

A vicar and his two daughters go to stay at a parsonage in a remote English village. When the eldest daughter sees an old red-brick house in an overgrown part of the woods she grows curious about the house and its occupants. But what is the secret of the house at Brickett Bottom. This is an audio presentation of "Brickett Bottom" by Amyas Northcote, first published in the collection In Ghostly Com...