Sitting down to dinner on Christmas Eve, the Marriner family are pleasantly surprised when Christmas “waits” pay them a visit, singing carols at their door. But when they refuse Mr. Marriner’s money the family begins to wonder what they want.

This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. “THE WAITS” by L. P. Hartley (1961).

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About the story:

"The Waits” by L. P. Hartley. First published in “Two for the River” by L. P. Hartley (1961, pub. Hamish Hamilton).

Music credits:

Thanks to @VivekAbhishek (https://www.youtube.com/@vivekabhishek) for permission to use the following tracks:

CURSED MUSIC BOX

Music used : "CURSED MUSIC BOX" composed and by "Vivek Abhishek"

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LONELY

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THE ORPHAN

Music used : "THE ORPHAN" composed and 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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