I hope you indulge me with this reading of a charming seasonal story by Hugh Walpole that is mysterious, maybe, but not in any way horrific... This heralds my upcoming season of Christmas ghost stories.

Faced with economic uncertainty and personal strife, Christmas seems a very gloomy prospect for everyone, including the wealthy Winsloes. But the arrival of a mysterious stranger, whose personality harks back to less cynical times, has a magical effect on the family and those around them.

This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. "Mr. Huffam" by Hugh Walpole (1933).

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About the story:

"Mr. Huffam" by Hugh Walpole. First published in The Strand magazine, December 1933.

Credit where credit's due:

Theme  music:  The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International  (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

The following music was used for this media project:

Sound effects:  All  sound effects sourced at Freesound*.

*Used with the following licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

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