"The Horror of Abbot's Grange" by Frederick Cowles | Spooky stories | Read by Jasper L'Estrange

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  • Опубліковано 16 гру 2024

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  • @EnCryptedHorror
    @EnCryptedHorror  Рік тому +36

    Hello! Here's some pulpy schlock horror from the pen of Fred Cowles. CONTENT WARNING: 🐶 Puppy peril 📢Occasional loud noises. NOTE FOR CHANNEL MEMBERS: I'll be uploading the Postmortem episode for this story tomorrow (because I haven't recorded it yet...busy, busy, busy...you know). Hope you enjoy. See you on Christmas Eve. Stay spooky - J.

    • @seanmurphy6480
      @seanmurphy6480 Рік тому +3

      NICE ONE JASPER..I CATCH IT AFTER MIDNIGHT..SEASONS GREETINGS TO YOU..THANKS MISTER 🥸👍

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  Рік тому +2

      ​@@seanmurphy6480You're welcome...and seasons greetings to you too 🎄

    • @waningmooncancer9628
      @waningmooncancer9628 Рік тому +3

      Thank you, Jasper L'Estrange 😊 Please take the time to take care of yourself. Have a Merry and a Happy❣️🎁🎄✝️

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  Рік тому +6

      Thank you! After Christmas I'll be taking the rest of the year off 😁. Happy Christmas to you and yours 🎄🧑‍🎄🎁

    • @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
      @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz Рік тому +3

      Lol, perfect description.

  • @robertjensen3786
    @robertjensen3786 10 місяців тому +14

    Jasper is hands down the best horror narrator/artiste/storyteller on the web. He puts so much more of his genius into his creations. Kudos to you Jasper!

  • @irenabevans3411
    @irenabevans3411 Рік тому +6

    Superb tale & well narrated, just the right amount of spookiness in the voice to give a chilly atmosphere

  • @CloudburstAI
    @CloudburstAI Рік тому +3

    I listen with the headphones on, and my oh my, the sound, especially the music, gives me serious shivers. Wickedly good. 😈

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  11 місяців тому

      The best way to listen! Glad you enjoyed 👍

  • @annmarieray3922
    @annmarieray3922 Рік тому +4

    I loved this story,and the way it was read,and the sound effects was like I was there ... excellent narrator..

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  11 місяців тому

      Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed 🙏

  • @212gloreUP
    @212gloreUP 7 днів тому +1

    When told not to mess with anything - just don’t!
    The story is so simple but the narration makes it so very entertaining. I would have never finished the story if I read it myself.

  • @SandyBrrr
    @SandyBrrr Рік тому +9

    Pure awesomeness! A touch of "Room in the Tower" and a smidgen of "Thurnley Abbey" delivered perfectly. Again.

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much 🙏

    • @awnaur0no919
      @awnaur0no919 10 місяців тому +1

      stokers "tha judges house" too, wit tha vampire hiding/xisting within a portrait

  • @jennamarie966
    @jennamarie966 11 місяців тому +4

    Brilliantly done, Mr. L'Estrange. Brilliantly done 👍

  • @frankedwards2784
    @frankedwards2784 Рік тому +6

    Another piece of great story telling by Jasper and a fabulously spooky yarn. Great stuff.

  • @terryIKE69
    @terryIKE69 Рік тому +9

    Is there anything better than a ghastly tale with the word "Horror" in the title narrated by Jasper of EnCrypted Horror fame? I think not!! Cheers!

  • @SandyBrrr
    @SandyBrrr 9 місяців тому +1

    This one has quickly become a must-hear for me. Your creation of atmosphere is spine-tingling. The music immediately takes you there. And that evil laugh goes right through me. At least once a day. That's my prescription.

  • @manuelluisnavarro7701
    @manuelluisnavarro7701 5 місяців тому +2

    Terrifying story! It was the manner of narration.

  • @maryeckel9682
    @maryeckel9682 2 місяці тому +3

    Poor puppy 😢 they needed cats to fight a vampire!

  • @quinnoshaughnessy
    @quinnoshaughnessy Рік тому +8

    nothing like an old-fashioned English story involving old houses and chapels, vicars, rites and gloomy weather. even better when the weather out-side is equally as gloomy as in the story. : )

  • @violetfemme411
    @violetfemme411 Рік тому +5

    Wow...that was truly creepy! Awesome job with not only the narration but all the creepy sound effects. Thank you for the nightmares Jasper 😧

  • @lyndaa7560
    @lyndaa7560 11 місяців тому +2

    The story & narration were both very spooky & scary, loved it. Many thanks xx

  • @flappyturtlesnatch
    @flappyturtlesnatch Рік тому +3

    Your narration and story selection are fantastic. Thanks a bunch

  • @spews1973
    @spews1973 Рік тому +4

    This dropped at a quarter to midnight my time. Excellent listening for a "midnight dreary" in the "bleak December". And perfectly filled the 45 minutes I had before bedtime.

  • @YvonneWilson312
    @YvonneWilson312 Рік тому +10

    Cripes! This was a gloriously spooky story - not one that I had come across before, either. Really enjoyed every sinister second, just what I needed tonight. Thank you for this very welcome and much appreciated early Christmas gift!

  • @donaldmccleary9015
    @donaldmccleary9015 11 місяців тому +2

    Amazing story and narration! Fantastic job! Terrifying and wonderful story.
    We all meed a friend like the Benedictine. He knows to get it done!
    Your channel is awesome!

  • @WilliamTuckwell-r8b
    @WilliamTuckwell-r8b Рік тому +3

    Supercharged gothic fun. The country manor with the spooky history, the worrisome servant and the cold, dark and gloomy chapel with a burial vault that mustn’t be opened after dark! Wow, he fired both spooky barrels at us. Thanks for taking me somewhere else during my treasured lunch break.

  • @jackyhawkins1895
    @jackyhawkins1895 Рік тому +7

    I was going to save this for later, but the title lured me in. Now the evening meal is late, but there's only me to please. Fantastic story, read beautifully as always . Thank you 😊

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  Рік тому +1

      You're very welcome! Thank you Jacky 🙏

    • @michaelgreaves2375
      @michaelgreaves2375 Рік тому +2

      I don't know how many times Jasper has done that to me. I swear I will save it for later, but often fail because I listen to the first sentence. No Regrets!

    • @jackyhawkins1895
      @jackyhawkins1895 Рік тому +1

      @michaelgreaves2375 A little of what you fancy does you good 🤭

  • @bobbymarcum772
    @bobbymarcum772 10 місяців тому +1

    Oh my Jasper, excellent EXCELLENT Vampire laugh at 15:21!!! How many takes did you require for that one?!?! It chilled me blood!

  • @jacquelineharrod6386
    @jacquelineharrod6386 6 місяців тому +2

    Well, l am glad l listened to this in daylight! Thank you for terrifying us.

  • @jentinkers1316
    @jentinkers1316 Рік тому +9

    Absolutely amazing story and narration. I love the more frightening and original type of Vampire’s as opposed to the Hollywood Vampire’s they make these days!!

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  Рік тому +2

      Yes, usually a lot of sulky emo teenagers, the modern vampires. What's scary about that? 😆

  • @hilaryeales1268
    @hilaryeales1268 Рік тому +3

    Blimey, the background music gave me the creeps, straight away and then, when the dead man walked down the stairs..........that one really frit me, Jasper!!!

  • @Story-Voracious66
    @Story-Voracious66 Рік тому +2

    Again you take us into our perfect, spooky place, with your brilliant soundscapes.
    I see Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Richard Attenborough.
    Atmosphere laid on in spades.
    Thank you Mr LeStat... I mean LeStrange. 😁
    Hear you later.
    Happy Bah Humbug!

  • @jasonfx28
    @jasonfx28 2 місяці тому +1

    Simply incredible. Your channel is a hidden gem!

  • @jared1870
    @jared1870 Рік тому +2

    Monsieur L'Estrange, how kind of you to have me to your house with a tale to cause my blood to run cold, even if the tale is pulpy schlock horror and my blood was already cold. You know how to brighten up a chap's holiday season. Merci bien.

  • @mariameere5807
    @mariameere5807 Рік тому +4

    Thank you so much ❤❤❤

  • @Robert-A-R
    @Robert-A-R Рік тому +2

    That was a good un - I think an extra strong cocoa is in order to get me off to sleep now though. Cheers Jasper 🙏🏻

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  Рік тому +1

      One weapons grade hot chocolate coming right up... ☕️🔥

    • @Robert-A-R
      @Robert-A-R Рік тому

      @@EnCryptedHorror Thanks for the offer sir - what a considerate soul you are 🤗

  • @gunners8487
    @gunners8487 Рік тому +2

    A really engaging narration bringing to life a ghastly old tale full of atmosphere. Your pacing is perfect, your narration voice really suited to the pieces you read and perform. Thanks.

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  11 місяців тому

      Thank you for your very kind comment! 🙏

  • @thelastsausage635
    @thelastsausage635 11 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely marvellous!!!!
    I’m hooked👍🏼❤️

  • @taliabee8661
    @taliabee8661 Рік тому +2

    Flippin’ ‘eck…good stuff for Sunday teatime 😀♥️☕️

  • @Cthulhuismyhero
    @Cthulhuismyhero Рік тому +2

    I love seeing you will be uploading a new little gem for us. I'm like a little kid anticipating a new toy or trip to an amusement park. And you never disappoint. So insanely talented. Thank you for making my day!!! ❤❤😊

  • @rosiemcnaughton9933
    @rosiemcnaughton9933 Рік тому +2

    Excellent! Thank you, Jasper! Creepy indeed. 😱

  • @divine.damage
    @divine.damage Рік тому +1

    You're so good! Love you Mr. L'Estrange. Thank you for these mini masterpieces! ✨;🌙

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  Рік тому

      You're welcome! And thank you very much for listening! 🙏

  • @michellebastiani6470
    @michellebastiani6470 Рік тому +2

    I just finished your guest narration on Tony's new channel and it was SUPERB. Now this a couple hours later!? Many thx Jasper 🖤☠️

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  Рік тому +1

      You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed! That story on Tony's channel has done very well! 😱 23K views in a week!!

    • @michellebastiani6470
      @michellebastiani6470 Рік тому +1

      @@EnCryptedHorror Yes I know! I was so excited to see how many new people were introduced to the mystic cryptic Jasper L'Estrange 🪄☠️🖤🆒

    • @lastofthe4horsemen279
      @lastofthe4horsemen279 Рік тому +1

      ​@@EnCryptedHorrorCant wait to check that out you two are my favorites.

  • @alexandruoprea.6020
    @alexandruoprea.6020 Рік тому +2

    This story really gave me the creeps for some reason. I wasn’t expecting to like it so much. This is one of those stories i will revisit from time to time. Great work. Thank you for sharing and for all the effort put it into :)

  • @StephenSinclair-d6n
    @StephenSinclair-d6n Рік тому +2

    Loved this Jasper. 🎉🎉🎉

  • @lesleykaygosson315
    @lesleykaygosson315 Рік тому +1

    Fantastic Story ❤
    Perfect Narration ❤

  • @jenford7078
    @jenford7078 Рік тому +3

    Amazing! Gave me goosebumps, vampires, yuck!

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 Рік тому +2

    🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎁🎀A delicious gift for us from *Jasper*

  • @TheBlackDogChronicles
    @TheBlackDogChronicles Рік тому +1

    After I finish work today, this is the first thing I am going to enjoy focusing on. I love the work of this channel. Thank you for all your hard work and diligence to delight us!

  • @marisaera2353
    @marisaera2353 Рік тому +1

    Enjoyed it very much. Thank you.

  • @seanmurphy6480
    @seanmurphy6480 Рік тому +2

    FROM THE FIRST WORDS .SOUNDS LIKE A BOWLING 🎳 BALL CRUISING DOWN THE ISLE. TOWARDS A....STRIKE ..HAHAHA NICE ONE THANKS MISTER J.LE .S. ❤

  • @jez6208
    @jez6208 Рік тому +2

    Excellent

  • @seanmurphy6480
    @seanmurphy6480 Рік тому +2

    ELEY NUMBER 6 ..A LEFT AND RIGHT...A BRACE 4 BOXING DAY .WELL DONE SIR 🧐👍

  • @munderpool
    @munderpool 11 місяців тому

    Excellent! This should be made into a film. A pity Christopher Lee is no longer available.

  • @williamfawkes8379
    @williamfawkes8379 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for the warning of puppy peril, I appreciate it, as that is one thing that can get me right in my core. I begin the story now, with trepidation, and hope that only humans will come to harm. Let's face it, dogs are the best people.

  • @carolel2851
    @carolel2851 10 місяців тому

    I thoroughly enjoyed that...glad l wasn't listening in the dark..😮...l have subscribed 👍

  • @nanettehickey4270
    @nanettehickey4270 5 днів тому +1

    There's always that one guest that ruins the party ...

  • @babs675
    @babs675 10 місяців тому

    Well read. Thank you.😊

  • @seanmurphy6480
    @seanmurphy6480 Рік тому +2

    Compliments To your Gamekeeper ❤

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn Рік тому +2

    An excellent reading and this story is full of…..authentic details 😄👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Listening to you in my box…until sunset..was wonderful 😊 Well done my friend…a great work of art👍👍….I should know…….🧛🏻

  • @larrybills1564
    @larrybills1564 Рік тому +2

    Good one! Loved it.

  • @heathermoulds73
    @heathermoulds73 10 місяців тому +1

    Poor Wolf! 😮 I don’t like when they hurt the animals, I even feel sorry for Cujo 😂

  • @zenamorgan1754
    @zenamorgan1754 11 місяців тому +1

    I love stories about vampires. This one was great.

  • @annetteeggett
    @annetteeggett 10 місяців тому +1

    Listening for prob 5th time. I think we should crowd fund rights to this and Smee for future Xmas ghost stories 😀👻❤️

  • @davidandrews8963
    @davidandrews8963 29 днів тому

    Got to make this into a drama or film Scared the chuff out of me Thankyou Now Im about to listen and watch as the fabulous Christopher Lee tells the tale of A warning to the Curious 💀☠️👽👹🙏

  • @Kojoanna
    @Kojoanna 9 місяців тому +1

    Good story

  • @THEPAGEBURNER1979
    @THEPAGEBURNER1979 Рік тому +2

    Awesome o yea

  • @karensmith2204
    @karensmith2204 11 місяців тому +1

    Scary good

  • @craigoliver8712
    @craigoliver8712 7 місяців тому +1

    You sound like Sean Pertwee,i enjoy your narration it is "top notch" (i do not know how good Pertwee's narration is)

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  6 місяців тому

      I found this... ua-cam.com/video/68tpCpDOsyA/v-deo.htmlsi=2VXUvvmp7A__qiNR

  • @XadrumLtd
    @XadrumLtd 11 місяців тому

    What a great story. Another reminder of how many neglected writers there are who deserve an airing.
    Did he do much else?

  • @leebennett1821
    @leebennett1821 Рік тому +1

    Thanks

  • @Robert-A-R
    @Robert-A-R Рік тому +1

    I’m looking forward to bedtime now 🙏🏻

  • @Boogie_the_cat
    @Boogie_the_cat 10 місяців тому

    Oh no, puppy peril! I can't have that IRL, but for a story...okay, if we must.
    But when will authors and scriptwriters realize that most of us would rather a human character be harmed than an animal?
    Oh, well, things are just the same these days with the MPAA classifying 'violence to humans' as not as explicit as violence to animals or fake animals like hippogriffs and gremlins.
    I have to say the production values and narration are top notch here. Well done.👍🏾👍🏾🧛🏽

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 Рік тому +1

    🥂cheers

  • @chrizzbenyon3993
    @chrizzbenyon3993 11 місяців тому +1

    It were reet Hammer that one!

  • @davidandrews8963
    @davidandrews8963 Місяць тому

    LOOKS LIKE BASKERVILLE MANOR LOVELY GAFF 🕊️🌎💫♥️

  • @karend1757
    @karend1757 Рік тому +1

    I really liked this story. Except for the killing of the poor dog. Well, and the guy too but he opened the chapel though right?

  • @sams5963
    @sams5963 10 місяців тому +1

    How many howling dogs did you listen to before choosing the one in the story?

  • @shelleymarquis2887
    @shelleymarquis2887 11 місяців тому

    A story has a beginning, a middle and an end. These old ones do.😊
    The modern ones don't have endings. I asked my wife what's going on and she told me the endings are done by online discussions.
    Apparently the discussion begins as soon as the story doesn't end.🤔
    I guess the authors don't have an ending in mind and must wait and see what the public thinks.
    This is so foreign and deeply
    unsatisfying to me, I must have arrived from somewhere else.
    These stories that lack endings are so much like life, why bother to read them. I'm escaping from uncertainty, duh. Keep giving me the endings so I'll know what happened... I'm a drowning woman clutching at razor blades. 😮

  • @Pushbike1894
    @Pushbike1894 10 місяців тому +1

    As usual superb. What is it with these Victorian authors and their necessity to kill animals in their tales? On hindsight although huge advancements in science and technology during their tenure they were a horrible lot.

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  10 місяців тому +1

      Hi Michael. Regarding the question of animals being killed or hurt in stories, it's not something that bothers me as much as it seems to bother some readers/listeners. It's all fictional, after all, but I know some find it very upsetting. As to "the why", I'm sure there are many learned folk out there who have examined the overuse (?) of domestic animal deaths in stories of this vintage, but I have a theory and perhaps it even shows Victorian/Edwardians in a better light...
      I think they were very sentimental about pet animals, particularly dogs. And I think, while this might not come across always in the writing, the slaughter of a beloved dog actually carries a lot of emotional weight. In this story, it is the earliest indication that the human characters are dealing with something especially malign...because, if not truly evil, how could it slaughter the family dog?
      From a purely mechanical narrative point of view, though Victorians were, by all accounts, dog lovers, they don't yet think of them as I hear people today ("fur babies"), so there's a dog death first before we ramp it up to a human death.
      That's my thought about it anyway. My heart does always sink when I read a story and the pet animal dies, just because I know it upsets people.

    • @Pushbike1894
      @Pushbike1894 10 місяців тому

      @@EnCryptedHorror hello jasper and you’ve delighted me with a reply. I think you make perfect sense there and in the context of the stories that does ring true and certainly adds a certain depth of sorrow to the tale. Keep up the excellent work and there’s no one I can bring to mind who read audible stories delivered the way you do. Superb.

  • @CoLLectiNgCAtS-q2q
    @CoLLectiNgCAtS-q2q 3 місяці тому

    I love these tapes, but I can't do animals hurt or killed. Does dog die in this story? I want to finish it but stopped when dog howling in terror.
    Just say skip or finish. Thanks!!!❤😊😊😊

  • @RSEFX
    @RSEFX 9 місяців тому

    What's with all these writers having their characters' pet dogs get killed? This story, and LET LOOSE and THE HOUSE AND THE BRAIN?---and there are others, many from this lot of in-kind stories. Very off-putting.

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  9 місяців тому

      It's a story.

    • @RSEFX
      @RSEFX 9 місяців тому +2

      @@EnCryptedHorror Of course it's a story. I mean it's a tiresome cliche----or to use the current day cliche-,, "low-hanging fruit"---to try to create horror. I guess you coul say a lot of these stories are riddled with cliches of one type or another, but this one just comes across, to me, uninventive an a calculation
      But I love your readings. Among the very best voices out there doing this kin of work. I din't mean to take away from that. It was about the original authors' choices.
      I really erred in not saying, at least, thank you for the your storytellings.

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  9 місяців тому

      These days, in horror films, they usually tend to spare the pet animals, I've noticed, to spare the sensitive pet-loving viewer rather than avoid a cliche. It becomes another kind of cliche. The family pet has a sort of narrative armour. You know the producers won't dare off the pet, sometimes reducing the suspense. The whole house explodes, nearly all the human cast have been slaughtered, immolated, mangled, but they'll have a shot of the dog rejoining the surviving humans so we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Oh thank goodness.
      It's amusing to me that the on-screen murder of young children seems to go in and out of fashion. I think it's back in at the moment.
      I know the dead animals upset a lot of listeners. It's never bothered me but since doing this channel my heart always sinks when I read a story I'd like to do here and the pet dies!
      Perhaps it is a cliche, but like you say, most of the stories contain well-worn tropes (or, in some cases helped start those tropes).
      Some people think it suggests cruelty on the part of these writers, symptomatic of a less humane age. My own thought, FWIW, is that Victorians and Edwardians were sentimental about animals, perhaps more generally and overtly so than previous generations, so the death of a pet (even of a frankly non-descript dog like Brian in Let Loose or the one in this story) is meant to carry emotional weight. It lets us know that there's a threat without having an excessive human body count (which these stories generally don't), probably a result of conventions at the time. That changed not so very long after, but I fear (even if I try to avoid them), while us audio horror narrators continue to mine the stories of the late 19th/early 20th century, we may yet have a few Rovers and Mogs to mourn...
      The occasional four-legged fate aside, glad you mostly enjoy the channel! And thanks for commenting 😊

    • @boxfox2945
      @boxfox2945 8 місяців тому +1

      It's like startrek the red shirt, always gets it. So is horror & it's dog's 😅

  • @evelanpatton
    @evelanpatton Рік тому +2

    Jasper YOUr uploads are like 🎄🎁🪄 (Christmas gift magic) all year long! Having you return to YT this year made it better! I’ve not put you on a pedestal, but you never disappoint; in actual FACT, your productions are so incredibly talented that I feel as though I’ve been to a proper film from the storytelling dramatic expression stimulating my own personal imagination. You are such a special connection to a genetic lineage that has been watered down, expanded out, & cut off by the ancestors migrating; so your work literally speaks to an empty longing in my heart & your work fills it with a FANtastic glow! I wish BLE$$ING$ of wealth, health, & happiness! 🪭📮🪄🪆📕🗣️📖

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much Evelan! I do want my listeners to think they've seen a film. Sometimes...for whatever reason...the results aren't quite what I was aiming for, but I hope they are always entertaining and/or interesting.
      Comments like yours reassure me that I'm not wasting my time 🙏

  • @davidandrews8963
    @davidandrews8963 28 днів тому

    Come on and open up this is superb All you wet blankets listen to this and grow something Anything will do Fabulous story Steven king eat your heart out seriously this is great ❤🎙️🏟️🎸🔭🍫☁️🤑

  • @joedge6142
    @joedge6142 Рік тому +1

    Oh no not puppy peril 🫣 I may fall asleep while listening because I won't have time till bedtime and I'm jiggered.

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  Рік тому +2

      Don't you think this time of year is absolutely knackering...?! 😆 I start every evening with big plans and keep dropping off. The other night I fell asleep with sellotape in my hands...

    • @joedge6142
      @joedge6142 Рік тому +1

      @@EnCryptedHorror 😆 Absolutely, I'm just falling forwards with momentum, I daren't stop or I'll be done and I won't get started again.