A well-travelled seaman is hired by a mysterious individual known as The Schoolmaster to take him and his ship through hellish waters to Cape Wrath on an apparently scientific expedition. But Captain Ballister and his ragtag crew soon begin to realise that their voyage on The Mainz Psalter could well be their last...

This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "Le Psautier de Mayence (The  Mainz Psalter" was written by Jean Ray (1931), translation by Lowell Blair.

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About the story:

"The Mainz Psalter" by Jean Ray. First published in The Revue Belge, June  1931. Later translated and collected in "Ghouls In My Grave" (pub.  Berkeley Medallion, 1965). Translation by Lowell Blair.

Credit where credit's due:

The following music was used for this media project:

by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Music: Countdown by Alexander Nakarada

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4865-countdown

Sound effects: All  sound effects sourced at Freesound.

https://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/540633/ *

*This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

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

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