"Grim Nightmares: Two Tales of Terror by Theodora Benson & Algernon Blackwood"

<p>Two selections from the 1935 anthology "My Grimmest Nightmare". In &nbsp;'Room 2000 Calling' a high society beauty receives a late night call &nbsp;from an ex-lover...with unexpected consequences. In 'By Water' a man &nbsp;doesn't think a fortune teller's warning of death will come true in &nbsp;Egypt.</p> <p>This &nbsp;is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for &nbsp;the EnCrypted &nbsp;Classic Horror podcast. Contains sound effects and musical elements</p> <p>💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀</p> <p><strong>Please support my work...</strong></p> <p>Researching, reading, re-reading, recording, mixing, uploading, &nbsp;&nbsp;promoting each of these short story audio presentations takes many hours &nbsp;&nbsp;- possibly more than you'd imagine. &nbsp;&nbsp;You can say thank you in the &nbsp;following ways:</p> <p>Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/encryptedpod</p> <p>YouTube channel membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnCryptedClassicHorror/join</p> <p>One-off donation: https://ko-fi.com/encryptedpodcast</p> <p>Get in touch! &nbsp;I 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;&nbsp;encryptedpod@gmail.com</p> <p>💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀</p> <p>About the story:</p> <p>"Room &nbsp;2000 Calling" by Theodora Benson &amp; "By Water" by Algernon &nbsp;Blackwood, first published in the anthology "My Grimmest Nightmare" &nbsp;edited by Lady Cynthia Asquith, published by Unwin Brothers, 1935.</p> <p>Credit where credit's due:</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>Dark Walk by Kevin MacLeod<br> Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3612-dark-walk<br> License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license</p> <p>Desert Caravan by Aaron Kenny<br> Music pr