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.

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About the episode:   

"Lost Keep" by L.A. Lewis. First published in 'Tales of the Grotesque: A  Collection of Uneasy Tales' (Philip Alan), 1934. Out of print for a long time, the collection is now available from  Shadow Publishing (https://www.shadowpublishing.net/product-page/tales-of-the-grotesque-a-collection-of-uneasy-tales)   

Credit where credit's due:   

Incidental music: 

The Old Ones by Scott Buckley (Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au) Link: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/the-old-ones/ Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   

Supernatural by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4446-supernatural License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license  

The Ghost Castle by Frank Schröter Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6602-the-ghost-castle License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license  

Sound effects:  All  sound effects sourced at Freesound.org  

The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by  Anchor.       

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