"Decay" by J.C. Moore

Old Mr. Cotter decides to celebrate his birthday with a walk in the woods of his rambling country estate. But do the trees seem to mimic his own mood? And what surprises await him in the youngest wood?

This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "Decay" by J.C. Moore was first published in 1934.

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About the story:

"Decay" by J.C. Moore. First collected in "Great Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror: Third Series" (ed. Dorothy L. Sayers), pub. Gollancz, 1938.

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 Dread by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4491-the-dread
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Water Prelude by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4610-water-prelude
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Giant Wyrm by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3807-giant-wyrm
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Sound effects: All sound effects sourced at Freesound.

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

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