"A School Story" by M.R. James

EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast

A man remembers a series of curious incidents from his time at private school - in this classic short story by M.R. James. This is an audio presentation of "A School Story" by M.R. James (from "More Ghost Stories"). It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast.

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About the episode:

"A School Story" by M.R. James, first published in 1911 in More Ghost Stories (a.k.a. More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary) published by Edward Arnold.

Credit where credit's due:

End 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/

Incidental music:

Road to Hell by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4297-road-to-hell
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Ominous by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4162-ominous
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Sound effects:

https://freesound.org/people/mjh997/sounds/202050/*
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All other sound effects sourced at Freesound.org

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