"The Pratts" by Jasper L'Estrange
A dysfunctional family stopping at a roadside café experience a series of increasingly bizarre and unsettling events in this darkly comic st...
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EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast
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...
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20 of 200 episodes"The Blood Fetish" by Morley Roberts
A dying anthropologist in Africa sends a mysterious artefact to a sceptical scientific rival. Will Simcox Smith make a convert of A. J. Hayl...
"A: B: O" by Walter de la Mare
Two friends with shared interest in antiquities believe they have discovered buried treasure. But what they unearth was meant to stay buried...
"The Smoking Leg" by John Metcalfe
When an injured lascar is taken in by a whiskey-sodden doctor in colonial Burma, it sets in motion a bizarre and remarkable sequence of even...
"'Look Up There!'" by H. R. Wakefield
On a recuperative sojourn in Italy, a civil servant becomes fascinated by two fellow guests – one who always looks upand his silent companio...
"The Four-fingered Hand" by Barry Pain
The four-fingered hand is a vision that has haunted generations of the Brackley men. But is it some kind of warning...? And, if not, then wh...
"Out of the Sea" by A. C. Benson
The priest of a small seaside village becomes embroiled in the nightmare of a wealthy family who believe themselves to be tormented by a mon...
"The Face" by E. F. Benson
Hester has everything - good looks, good health, a loving family. But she is troubled by a recurring dream she has had since childhood. But...
"Twitch" by Jasper L'Estrange
An old man spies on his neighbours - with dangerous repercussions.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for...
"The Gorgon" by Clark Ashton Smith
A grieving traveller in twentieth century London, drawn to morbid curiosities, encounters a mysterious old man with an extraordinary claim.T...
"Spud" by Jasper L'Estrange
WARNING: This story contains mild swearing and some adult themes.A rift develops between two adolescent boys when their friendship with a se...
"Willard's Curios" by Rebecca Lloyd
A woman becomes intrigued by the strange activity of the Willards and their children.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jas...
"Waxworks: A Mystery" by W. L. George
Seeking shelter from the run, a courting couple find themselves in an apparently abandoned "Waxworks" and become startled by its chamber of...
"Mr Tallent's Ghost" by Mary Webb
A bored barrister, stranded by rain in a lonely mountain inn, meets the oddly persistent Mr Tallent who proceeds to read to him. Years later...
"The Moaning Lily" by Emma Vane
A renowned botanist starts behaving strangely when he returns from an expedition to Brazil.This original recording is an audio presentation...
"The Magnet" & "Rose Rose" by Barry Pain
Two more short stories by Barry Pain. In "The Magnet" (1901), the Reverend Ingram Shallow becomes obsessed with the recent train crash that...
"The End of a Show" and "Not on the Passenger-List" by Barry Pain
Two short stories by Barry Pain. In "The End of a Show" (1901), a quack showman has the opportunity to perform an act of charity. In "Not on...
"The Twelve Apostles" by Eleanor Scott
A wealthy American by the name buys the supposedly haunted Barton Cross Manor and, with the help of the local vicar, begins to unearth a sto...
"The Dead Remember" by Robert E. Howard
A cowboy believes himself to be cursed after he commits a terrible atrocity.This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Est...
"His Unconquerable Enemy" by W. C. Morrow
After an Indian rajah's servant commits a shocking act of violence the rajah condemns him to an extreme punishment meant to keep him restrai...