Two friends hiking in the French hills of the Jura bordering Switzerland have a strange encounter with a mysterious girl at a derelict farmhouse. But why does she seem to follow them…and what is the secret of La Chenille?

This original recording is an audio presentation (with sound effects and music) by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “The Singular Death of Morton” by Algernon Blackwood (1910).

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About the story:

"The Singular Death of Morton” by Algernon Blackwood. First published in The Tramp magazine, December 1910. Later collected in “Dracula’s Brood: Rare Vampire Stories by Friends and Contemporaries of Bram Stoker” (1987, ed. Richard Dalby, pub. Crucible).

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Music used : “BATS” composed and produced by Vivek Abhishek

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Music used : “CREATURE" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"

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Music used : “CALLING THE DEAD" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"

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Sound effects: All sound effects sourced at Freesound*

*Used with the following licence: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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

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