"Brokehaven Lighthouse" by M.R. Cosby | Strange fiction | Audio presentation

[@EnCryptedHorror]

I hope you enjoy this strange story by M.R. Cosby. If you do, check out the book ( www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1716084253/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_2YENE9M38CVTHGS6VFMY?dplnkId=2f9b371a-255d-4ebe-9274-2a5a40a98854&ref_=d6k_applink_bb_dls ) or find out more at www.martincosby.com - and if you enjoy the video, leave a LIKE, a COMMENT etc. Caution: some loud noises 🚗

[@snowysnowyriver]

That left so many questions!! The author left us on a knife edge. 😮

[@terryIKE69]

A fever dream of a story- makes one think & feel- narrated by a master storyteller. Beautiful and mysteriously unusual

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Terry! Yes, definitely dreamlike. Glad you enjoyed 😊

[@jimreid963]

Well that really was a chilling tale. I was riveted to this brilliant production , a rare treat in audio listening.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Jim.

[@JohnSmith-ek8rj]

This is a good one. I'm not familiar with M.R. Cosby but you just convinced me to buy his short story collection "Dying Embers." Slight spoilers: Some of my favorite "ghost stories" involve mental illness. The Yellow Wallpaper or the Turn of the Screw. Being haunted by a ghost would be terrifying, but haunting yourself would be like being in Hell.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks John! And thanks for checking out M.R.'s book (a few of the stories in that volume touch on mental illness).

[@mizfeldy]

Beautiful, bone chilling story. Reminds me of Aickman with a touch of Ligotti. It works as a ghost story, a mystery, a parable, a translucent character study, and a travelogue of the topography of dementia. Your narration is perfect, as usual.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Brilliantly summed up, mizfeldy. Definite shades of Aickman and Ligotti...and, yes, "the topography of dementia", absolutely 👍

[@CarlotaZimmerman]

Absolutely hints of Aickman & Ligotti!

[@evazauner]

yeah, ligotti came into my mind too

[@padminiramaswamy294]

This was so soulful and depressing....but in a beautiful way. I loved your narration so much...it was perfect!

[@bluegreenglue6565]

Alas! Poor Stanley. Quite a sad and eerie tale, made most enjoyable by excellent production details as always. Thank you so much.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thank you, Blue! You're welcome 👍

[@johnrichards2616]

Easily the best and most imaginative stories on KZbin that I’ve come across. And with your narrative,different accents plus’ some really good and imaginative stories of your own you could go a VERY long way. Even the stories you haven’t written,there off the beaten track and really enjoyable. Thank you.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks John, I do aim to give people a bit of variety 😁

[@violetfemme411]

I don't know how I missed this one, but going over your channel lists I realized I hadn't heard it. Oh MAN..so disconcerting and disturbing! I really loved it and will have to listen a few more times in future 💜

[@johngreene7928]

I'm off to bed..... Spot on jasper👌

[@EnCryptedHorror]

I heard you brushing your teeth so thought I'd better upload something quick 👍

[@stevenknab4709]

Oh man your voice is terrific. So happy to have found this gem of a channel 😁

[@evazauner]

oh my gosh, what a story.... and the reading is perfect! why havent i found this channel sooner? and the stories you choose are extraordinary!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed 🙏

[@suzannemoodhe927]

Thank you for the amazing reading 🙏🙏🙏

[@JakeHkd2]

Spoilers Below: Great narration and good story, I'm unsure if the protagonist killed his wife and now has some sort of mental issue or if he developed it after killing his wife. I also got the feeling that perhaps he's being haunted by his wife. His own also seems to know something happened to his mom.

[@waningmooncancer9628]

I can feel the elderly man's words and the situation like I was there. You know the misses is dead, and remorse, and loneliness are eating away at him. So sad....

[@EnCryptedHorror]

It was sad, wasn't it? I found the telephone call quite heartbreaking.

[@waningmooncancer9628]

@@EnCryptedHorror Yes, it was. I've worked with the elderly, and this put me in their shoes.

[@DreamingCatStudio]

Amazing portrait of mental and emotional confusion capturing the surreal mixture of internal and external realities. Also a mystery. Suspenseful. I was anxious for many reasons. Thank you!

[@donaldmccleary9015]

Great story and narration! So much to say, but I do not want to divulge any spoilers... Thanks!

[@jasonfx28]

Crikey, Mate! You handled that Down Under accent flawlessly, convincing but not exaggerated! 🫶🏻🇦🇺🦘 This story was a crescendo of dread, from the phone call to the description of the flat to the eventual arrival at the lighthouse! Like a runaway locomotive, it never slowed or lost steam! Hats off to both author and narrator! 🌊

[@mariameere5807]

Yay!!!! An amazing narrator/writer and an amazing writer! Simply can’t wait! Thank you Jasper, this will make my night!🕊🤍🕊

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Too kind, Maria! Thank you for commenting 🙏

[@-Reagan]

You saved my sanity by uploading today.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Glad to help 👍

[@Rhonda-dk3zv]

Enjoy how you keep me on edge 😮Thank you

[@GaryColemanNC]

Wonderful... Thank you!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Gary 🙏

[@CarlotaZimmerman]

Wow…just wow! I listened to this on a beautiful early June afternoon in my garden, and, despite the bucolic setting, by the end, my skin was crawling. That ending was perfection. So. Damn. Great! I enjoyed every second of this tale, thank you, Jasper you just keep getting better! 🖤⚰️

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Carlota! Glad you enjoyed it. It was a thrill to narrate this story.

[@lauraJP76]

Thank you!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

You're very welcome 👍

[@1969lumbee]

@ 4:04 "The wind lifted the wipers from the screen". In what kind of rain was he driving? In my forty years of driving in all kinds of weather, I have never heard of that happening. That is tornado weather! lol. Love the stories, wonderful narration.

[@carolrios9216]

Jasper, you must know how I feel about your writing and performance. I don't think I have told you my opinion on your story selections: you are absolutely the best. Never a bad pick!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Carol! Sometimes I look back and think "why did I do that one?" Overall, it's a bit of an odd collection of stories, but I only ever pick one if I think it has something particular to recommend it. Glad you enjoy them 😊

[@AudioBard]

Excellent audio narration and storytelling, sir! Bravo 👏Subscribed, Liked etc.

[@bidoofmania]

This story was absolutely amazing!!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Good one, isn't it? Thanks Alex 👍

[@bidoofmania]

@@EnCryptedHorror of course!

[@annetteeggett2802]

Sad! Spooky! Tense to the nth degree. And that end. Need to Re listen. Thank you ! ❤

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Good one, wasn't it 😊 Thanks Annette 🙏

[@annetteeggett2802]

@@EnCryptedHorror brilliant

[@blixten2928]

So lovely! And will certainly check out the site ou recommend below. Thanks for widening the sources of our enjoyment. Take care of yourself during what seems to be a rainy, cool Spring (good for the crops).

[@EnCryptedHorror]

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed 😊

[@kimmcintyre935]

Great story Mate👍✌️😎

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks mate 😉

[@nancynickerson4341]

Very creepy! Thank you Jasper.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

You're welcome! Thanks Nancy 👍

[@Kojoanna]

Good job🥰

[@TeethToothman]

Frack yes! ☠️🫀☠️

[@MSYNGWIE12]

Very creepy, loved your Aussie accent to. " Ghosts" of lost life and love and expectations- our only volunteer, hmm. Is karma at work ? This tale is something like that of John Metcalfe I thought. Resigned to his fate... Another atmospheric tale, great sound effects too and I mentioned your Aussie accent. What is it about the lighthouse, it's isolation, the legends of the creatures of the sea and the seduction of sailors? And the music! You always choose such brooding or " starry" music- your theme reminds me of The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker- a spooky, briney story about devotion- ? Thank you. Bravo and Namaste ( ah Rebecca - the book, The Trains Don't Stop Here is already in my basket! )

[@EnCryptedHorror]

The lighthouse...one job to do...to protect...now in disrepair. A caretaker who was careless. Like that line in Kubrick's film of "The Shining"..."You've *always* been the caretaker." Yes, I enjoyed doing this one. Lots to chew over.

[@andreac5724]

Great story

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Andrea, glad you liked it 👍

[@TheMarauderOfficial]

Ten minutes I’m in desperately sad, good stuff 👍

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Marauder.

[@samanthabaker964]

This was fabulous. Hell of a good Australian accent too! Xcllntly done(as always)

[@lizbmusic11]

Both sad and chilling. You've got the Oz accent just right. It's kinda like our New Zealand accent but more twangy (if that makes sense). They say "feesh n cheeps". We say "fush n chups".

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks FreeSoul. I've been enjoying saying "fush n chups". I just need a New Zealand horror story now (preferably involving fish and chips).

[@lizbmusic11]

@@EnCryptedHorror with tomato sauce lol We have some dark history over here and a few ghost stories

[@mijiyoon5575]

TS 18:50 nice so nice music score & the scene gets ...creepy good

[@EnCryptedHorror]

I wanted it to sound like a scene from a Hitchcock thriller 🙂

[@mijiyoon5575]

@@EnCryptedHorror It works 👍

[@mijiyoon5575]

@@EnCryptedHorror It works & this is on my re~listen list

[@damiancarroll2918]

As an Australian I would like to commend you on your accent. You have a real knack. Some words were a bit off. Seems there is a struggle with where we have R sounds (at times we’re the R doesn’t even exist.) Eg Work Walk But all together very good good job and great story!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Damian, very kind of you. And thanks for the accent tip. (In the last story I even struggled with words in an English accent so it's a thing 😆😂) Glad you enjoyed 👍

[@damiancarroll2918]

Great work

[@jez6208]

Ripper!😊

[@frankmcgovern5445]

Maggie… you get yours, girl.

[@wesleypresley1000]

Great story. Could someone each time in the comments explain what has actually happened. In this one,had Stanley killed his wife and hid her behind the small door at the lighthouse?

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Hi wesleypresley1000, with "weird" stories I'm often not sure what has happened since it's left ambiguous. What you said was certainly my interpretation (or one of them) and I suppose it was the ending I tried to suggest with my reading, but I can't honestly say it was the author's intention. With Stanley an unreliable narrator because of his dementia, it may be that he has simply returned to a location that feels emotionally closer to his (dead/missing?) wife, perhaps.

[@wesleypresley1000]

@@EnCryptedHorror Thanks so much. Yes,I did think myself that Stanley may have had dimentia because of the absence of his wife at his flat all through the story. Keeps our minds ticking over if nothing else😉 ATB mate.

[@craigoliver8712]

​​@@EnCryptedHorrorThe fact the fisherman referred to seeing him arrive with Maggie but leave alone was kind of telling, perhaps they had argued about the crash that killed their first born as Stanley did refer to how Maggie had never brought up the subject asserting blame on Stanley himself before but then I also got the feeling their son knew his mother was dead. Excellent story+top quality narration (sorry just noticed comments are from a couple of years ago,maybe you'll still see it so I'll leave it)

[@juliadia007]

That was really good and really sad but I DONT GET IT!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Haha! I can't say I always get the stories, and I don't say I have the solution to this one. A bit like Robert Aickman stories, there may not even *be* a solution. I *do* have some theories and ideas if you'd like to hear them...?

[@juliadia007]

@@EnCryptedHorror yes, I’d love to hear them!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

@@juliadia007 Okay...before I give my take, two things struck me. There's a reference to a sign reading "To the lighthouse" which seemed too specifically worded not to be an allusion to the Virginia Woolf novel which deals with time, loss, death - also themes in this story. Secondly, I noticed some interesting things about weather in the story (the rain stopping as soon as Stanley gets out of the car) which I wondered whether they were deliberate inconsistencies like the continuity errors in that film "Shutter Island", letting you know that something's not right, that we are seeing some events through an unreliable narrator's perspective, or hopping between time periods. I suppose I read the story two ways. The dark version of events I have is that Stanley is a widower, how recent we don't know but possibly for some time. He's started having falls (bump on the head) and becoming forgetful. He mentions the past seeming more real than the present. What happened in that past? At some time after his son left home and it was just Stanley and Maggie, she (younger than him) started finding other interests and he felt left out. Resentment formed between them (partly owing to the unresolved trauma of losing their firstborn in the car accident) that came to a head one rainy day when they went to the lighthouse. There was an argument. She blamed him for everything. He hit her with a poker, killed her, hid her in the cellar behind the locked door. This wasn't weeks ago, but years ago. Up until this point she has been missing, presumed dead. As he aged and became more senile he has forgotten/suppressed the memory of this misdeed. But when he returns to the lighthouse and suffers a heart attack he is able to reach her ghost through a mobile phone with no connection. I don't suppose it matters why the room has his and Maggie's belongings in it. Maybe they're there because he's dying and crossing over into the spirit world. Maybe his fate is to finally face up to what he has done. Alternatively, this is a "something-going-on-in-the-mind" story. He doesn't kill Maggie at the lighthouse. They went there - to this place that had childhood significance for him - and had the argument about how the car crash was his fault - the argument that is essentially replayed over the radio static in the car. The all-seeing fishermen saw him come back from the lighthouse alone, not because he killed her, but because of the schism between them. Maggie was effectively the keeper of the memories and their things (including keeping the memory of the accident and their firstborn son), Stanley tried to run away from it, bury it, lock it away in a secret room with a key...eventually finding himself in an apartment in a residential care complex with no memories (literally, as well, as he starts to become forgetful). In this reading, I suppose, the ending could even be hopeful because he is reunited with Maggie in death. Other things I noted: static on the radio, feedback whine of the hearing aid, town called Nullingham - possibly from the electrical term in which (I think) combined signals have a nulling effect. I'm out. What did you make of it?

[@markvines7308]

Good job with the accent with one minor error. We Aussies pronounce words like "glass" and "class" more like "glarse" and "clarse". ass is arse 😁

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Haha! Actually like I would normally say those words then 😆. I didn't go to the Dick Van Dyke Accent School for nothing 😜. Thanks Mark, I'll try and keep it in mind for my next trip down under.

[@craigoliver8712]

We English do say arse,we never say ass

[@annetteeggett2802]

Roll on bedtime ❤

[@mijiyoon5575]

This has shades of: Secret Window by Stephen King ... this is a re~listen for me 🤔

[@EnCryptedHorror]

One of King's best short stories, I think. Long time since I read it

[@mijiyoon5575]

@@EnCryptedHorror Truly awful what happened to that poor guy

[@rebeccalloyd6681]

👍👍👍

[@EnCryptedHorror]

👋

[@Tipi_Dan]

Very creepy.

[@oraghallaigh4421]

No audio :/

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Check your settings? It's playing fine for me and no one else in the comments has reported audio problems.

[@oraghallaigh4421]

@@EnCryptedHorror I also looked at the most recent comments to see if it was just me. I even tried on my phone, and it's totally silent. Not sure why? But it is a just me situation, I'll see if I can figure it out.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Weird...🤔

[@ritamartin4782]

What a horrible story. Cringe worthy.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Oh.

[@carolinapopovic2129]

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