An EnCrypted Christmas: "Thurlow's Christmas Story" by John Kendrick Bangs

<p>Henry Thurlow is commissioned to write a Christmas ghost story for &nbsp;The Idler magazine, but when he is struck by a bout of writer's block an &nbsp;unlikely solution presents itself.</p> <p>💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀</p> <p><strong>Please support my work...</strong></p> <p>Researching, reading, re-reading, recording, mixing, uploading, &nbsp;promoting each of these short story audio presentations takes many hours &nbsp;- possibly more than you'd imagine. &nbsp;You can say thank you in the following ways:</p> <p><strong>Patreon: </strong><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://www.patreon.com/encryptedpod</a></p> <p><strong>YouTube channel membership: </strong><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://www.youtube.com/c/EnCryptedClassicHorror/join</a></p> <p><strong>One-off donation:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/encryptedpod</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://ko-fi.com/encryptedpodcast&nbsp;</a></p> <p><strong>Get in touch!</strong></p> <p>I &nbsp;like to hear from listeners, so feel free to reach out to me on the &nbsp;&nbsp;socials. &nbsp;If you want to discuss the show, talk business, or have any &nbsp;&nbsp;ideas for stories you'd like to hear in future episodes, contact me: &nbsp;encryptedpod@gmail.com</p> <p>💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀</p> <p><strong>About the episode:</strong></p> <p>"Thurlow's &nbsp;Christmas Story" (a.k.a. "Thurlow's Ghost Story") by John Kendrick &nbsp;Bangs. First published in Harper's Weekly, December 1894. Later &nbsp;collected in "Ghosts I Have Met And Some Others" by John Kendrick Bangs &nbsp;(pub. Harper &amp; Brothers, 1898).</p> <p><strong>Credit where credit's due:</strong></p> <p>Incidental music:</p> <p>Theme &nbsp;music: &nbsp;The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au &nbsp;Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International &nbsp;(CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> <p>The Chamber by Kevin MacLeod<br> Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4486-the-ch