"The Swaying Vision" by Jessie Douglas Kerruish | Scary stories | Audiobook

[@EnCryptedHorror]

This one ticks two of my criteria for the channel. It's a rare one and it contains a great set-piece. Hope you enjoy.

[@waningmooncancer9628]

Excellent work, as usual. How you did the French accent so well is beyond me. Thoroughly creepy, no, more like terrifying. The combination of your reading and the way it's written makes it seem plausible.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

@@waningmooncancer9628 Having committed to do character voices and accents back when I started this channel, I must admit to a terrible sinking feeling whenever there are long speeches delivered by heavily-accented characters (like the Frenchman in this one). If it was in the slightest convincing I have only (as many Brits do) the ancient BBC sitcom "Allo Allo" as my go-to reference point for a French accent 😆

[@waningmooncancer9628]

@@EnCryptedHorror Great job winging it! You're funny 😂, but there's no two ways about it, you are talented. Damn good reading.

[@waningmooncancer9628]

Jasper, I just had a thought: The Mainz Psalter by Jean Ray. I'm backing up my bets 'cause I'm asking Ian Gordon, too.😆 I read the story, loved it, and your voice would do wonders for it. PLEASE 🥺🥺🥺 Did I sugar coat my request enough?😁😁😁 Take care.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

@@waningmooncancer9628 Oh yes, that's a very good story. And I actually have a copy of it (which always helps). It's on the list.

[@ImCarolB]

My goodness, our Jessie has an unusual imagination. I looked her up and was pleased to see that one of her stories was made into a movie before she died.

[@itswickedsweet4409]

I had the opportunity to see that painting and it was so large, it reached the ceiling. In a low lit room it was ghastly.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Yes, I had a look online. Gruesome detail...😱

[@timothyfurmidge2206]

Well that was quite brilliant, what a great and spine chilling storey that was, I have only recently heard of the Medusa and what happened to the crew and passengers on that raft.....Thanks Jasper, more of these types of storey would be great 👍 Cheers Tf.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Timothy! Glad you liked it.

[@missusdash989]

Wonderfully written. Wonderfully produced. Wonderfully read. Kudos.

[@agmac50]

These opening notes send a shiver up my spine...splendid stuff Sir!

[@ClassicGhost]

Envious of your videos. You always thank your supporters which is a tribute to your good manners and decency. As always, great voice.

[@waningmooncancer9628]

Saw your comment and thought I would say "hi". I hope you are doing very well and I will be listening to The Catacombs soon. Take care.🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Tony! And thanks for the kind words in the coda to your Catacombs video. You sent a few more listeners my way which is such a big help. Hope all is well with you! 😊

[@jeffreese1828]

Great tale , well told !! 💀🎱💀

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Jeff!

[@simonkeys17]

Another fantastic story brought to life so skillfully. Thank you so much.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Simon 👍

[@JennyLane8666]

My word, but this was chilling! Brilliant performance Monsieur L'Etrange!

[@donaldmccleary9015]

Great story and narration! That was excellent! Thanks!

[@terryIKE69]

A sensational & utterly beastly ghost story. Good ole chap Stukeley, the OG Ghostbuster

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Busting makes him feel good.

[@julielevinge266]

Just had a mega listen to your channel,so many stories that I can’t stop playing. Think I need treatment for addiction😉your narration is perfect,not over the top,just enough tension to keep you on the edge. ✊😊

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Great! So pleased you're enjoying the channel. I'm sure I go over the top sometimes. It's part of the fun though 😄

[@thurayya8905]

That was a strange little tale, well-told!

[@lux.illuminaughty]

Good morning(here)/afternoon(there)😁 Jasper 🙋

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Hello whatever time it is 👋

[@justineparker2775]

Every day that you post a video immediately becomes an infinitely better one!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Aww, that's so nice to hear. Thanks Justine!

[@clairegreenaway9653]

Wow!! Really spooky!!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Claire!

[@rosiemcnaughton9933]

New one to me. Thank you, Jasper!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

You're very welcome, Rosie. I like to find one that'll be new to people.

[@hilaryeales1268]

Jasper!! I've had such a tough day, drinking tea, snacking and stuck to the box watching Wimbledon, I haven't spoken to a soul. But now here you are, to rock me to sleep, perfect end to a perfect day xx 💙💚💛💜

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Tea, snacking and tennis on the telly...? Sounds like torture 😉

[@gohboy56]

I just can't understand how anyone can fall asleep listening to narrations of spooky tales, esp, a "scary" voice like that of Jasper( you know what I mean J) Only channels with soothing music and very soft voices make me sleep, and unfortunately, when I listen to Guided Meditation!

[@hilaryeales1268]

I'm on a lot of medication lol 😉

[@bobbymarcum772]

I love the ahminuss tuba music clips you edit in, like in the mainz psalter as welk has the same tuba. It reminds me of a great 3 master leaving the harbor and saying "we are off to sea!!! Argh!!!"

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Haha! Yes, I think I've used this on nearly every sea tale I've done. It's brilliant!

[@alisonduffy6206]

Bless you, Jasper. I was too tired tonite for anything except lying in the dark and listening to an utterly beastly tale. Thanks!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

I keep dropping off in the armchair at the moment, no matter what time of...zzzz 😪

[@bluegreenglue6565]

Wow. What a thrill this one was -- certainly chill-inducing and I imagine one that it would be most fun to listen to among a group of friends in a darkened room lighted only by a couple of well-placed candles. Thanks so much for your attention to nuance, and for all the time you put into each of these tales for us. Have a splendid day.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

You too, Blue! Yes, I thought the description of the particular haunting in this story marked it out.

[@louisequigley5874]

Great story one of my favourites 😜😱😱😱😱

[@taliabee8661]

Ooh, holy guacamole (as da yoof said in my day!) That was fabulous….thank you, kind Sir. It certainly made cleaning the fridge much better 😉😀♥️

[@EnCryptedHorror]

It's a warm one here. I might make room in the fridge just to get into it.

[@taliabee8661]

I’d say I’d join you but it seems a bit presumptuous! 😉🤣🖤

[@mijiyoon5575]

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[@FigofFae]

You’ve done it again! Wonderfully, creepy story, amazingly presented, and with a perfectly gruesome end! Shivers!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Lilith! Glad you enjoyed.

[@markuk7935]

Shiver me timbers! What a great story. Thank you. 👏

[@EnCryptedHorror]

You're welcome! 👍

[@mariameere5807]

You’ve done it again! Amazing choice and amazingly done- I love a female author and a good British period tale…. Ticks all the box’s for my taste! Thank you so much Jasper! Perfect day to listen to this as well- so hot out! (Celtic blood- give me mild weather with scattered showers any day! Lol ☮️🤍☯️

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Glad it cooled you down. It's great to see sunshine and blue skies though...I just need to be anywhere but inland...🥵

[@mijiyoon5575]

@@EnCryptedHorror We are baking in the triple digit temps here in the US Heartland & the ground is cracking open b/c it has not rained since mid June. One good thing we don't have to mow brown dead grass!

[@libertycowboy2495]

Very nice❤

[@whousay]

Very good

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks Eileen! 😊

[@thisisdavid2]

do you know if her story "the badger" is in public domain? this was excellent and I'd love to hear you read that one, just a thought :)

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Unfortunately, I rely on online sources like Internet Archive and the ilk and I'm having trouble tracking this story down. Will keep a lookout, David.

[@thisisdavid2]

@@EnCryptedHorror thanks Jasper I really loved this story :)

[@stephaniestevenson6335]

I always get excited when I see a new video, which is why it took a couple of hours to hear...I dropped and broke my phone. Anyway, it's together again! Thanks for my daily dose of creepiness, I can Rest In Peace...

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Ohno! Oops! Glad you got to hear it in the end 😊

[@MSYNGWIE12]

Merci beaucoup! I deleted 4 comments- sleep deprived equals, "stunned" at my age...I thoroughly enjoyed the new channel you plugged and signed up and yes, he does indeed have a most appealing mustache! Think of all the maintenance though! I'm looking forward to his, obviously I forgot his name, sorry...I can't imagine how he'll find more unique tales than those you put your labor into- like this one- all the bells and whistles- I have to confess to avoiding your channel, my loss, for ages, because of sound effects as they usually grate on already frayed nerves- now I seek them out! You've spoiled other narrators for me - you know what and how to use them to enhance not annoy- I'd miss them if you stopped - they are like that "spoonful of sugar" enticing as cake- I can't stop thinking of Roald Dahl's greedy children- Willy Wonka, cakes, candy! Means I'm getting a megrim- I much prefer megrim to migraine- grim they are...Off to Gerricault's masterpiece, The Raft of the Medusa and perhaps, if headache permits, a viewing of R.Polanski's REPULSION, with the most appealing, Catharine Deneuve- he cleverly chose an actress so beautiful almost breakable like those dainty dustcatchers some women collect- well known English pottery- not my "bag" - her physical attributes were, how would Freud put it- the gist is- something in our mind rails against misery like a mental breakdown, perceived as "ugly" not ever therapeutic- well psychotic breaks aren't "pretty" I can't explain, but people do prefer, as several of your tales have told, the good looking and get their feathers in a state if a nervous breakdown should dare touch "those goods"- I watched a contemporary sort of knock-off, which I didn't enjoy and was hoping you had done a version of it as it seems to be related to the incubus and succubus folkloric- I AM babbling, sorry. Thank you, merci beaucoup is applicable here- I got a bit of a giggle of your French accent, not Peter Sellers as Clousseau - logically that wouldn't have worked here. How do you find these gems? Thank you for drawing deserved attention to the new channel- the mustache IS divine, but think of the maintenance! Namaste. ( I need caffeine and sugar to satisfy my monster, my megrim- I apologize for dead-ends, half- thoughts...The Raft of the Medusa, I miss my "uni" daze...oh do I...I "reread " The Catcher in the Rye, as somebody uploaded it- I liked it. Really. Really! And I found out Edith Nesbit was a very interesting woman, not just, "flat" E. Nesbit- what a "bohemian" ! The Fabian Society! I think Tony covered her life- my memory ever since those vaccinations....Sincerely H. Golightly, Traveling

[@EnCryptedHorror]

As always, so much to unpack and respond to here, anonymous...so I'll just confine myself to: Catherine Deneuve! Oui, oui. Formidable. (See also: Françoise Hardy)...and Edith Nesbit, a fascinating and surprisingly radical life.

[@earndoggy]

One of my many times great great maternal grandfather came over on the Mayflower. His first name was Stukely.

[@gohboy56]

Due to my efforts at house hunting in this dreadfully hot weather, I am lagging behind my listening hour. I do always click on Like for I believe you can't ever produce contrariwise! Then it is saved to a playlist. Thus I am listening to this tale July 29th. BTW who on earth would name a boat " Medusa?"

[@EnCryptedHorror]

The French 😁

[@gohboy56]

@@EnCryptedHorror You come up with such great funny answers, I have to smile even tho I am ticked off at somewhere people. Glad you are around🙏🤟

[@EnCryptedHorror]

@@gohboy56 Good luck with the house hunting! Hope you can find some place you'd like to call home 🤞

[@evelanpatton]

Missing you.

[@ritamartin4782]

Jessie was a great weaver of different ways to get perfection.

[@arthur52353]

Sounds a little like Vashta Nerada from Dr. Who.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

I had to go online and jog the memory on that one...but, yes.

[@gohboy56]

Channel growing and number of views really high too.

[@earthcat]

😱💖🙏

[@EnCryptedHorror]

😊👋

[@johncochrane2707]

Fantastic tale, brilliant reading.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Thanks John!

[@aarondutil3077]

I disagree…I love a good pig ‘n a poke.

[@EnCryptedHorror]

So I've heard 😉

[@maryeckel9682]

Oh, holy Géricault

[@mijiyoon5575]

I listened to this while watching the moon set from my window ...atmosphere ...It made me believe in haunted lumber😉seriously I really enjoyed the protection spell they cast w/ the birch limb broom ... I would use it🏚🪄

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Haunted lumber, yes. It certainly had me casting my mind back to some of the bodged carpentry repairs I've done around L'Estrange Towers...😱

[@mijiyoon5575]

@@EnCryptedHorror 🤣