"The Ash Tree" by M.R. James

<p>In 1690, the county of Suffolk is wracked with a fear of witches - but when Mrs Mothersole is accused of witchcraft by the lord of Castringham Hall and hanged for her supposed crimes was she really a witch? And what was the meaning of her final words: "There will be guests at the hall?"&nbsp;</p> <p>Jasper L'Estrange reads another short story for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast - bringing tales of supernatural horror and suspense to life with compelling narration, music and sound effects.</p> <p>If you enjoy this content please consider liking, subscribing, commenting, sharing, supporting - and helping this podcast grow!&nbsp;</p> <p>Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/encryptedpod</p> <p>You can also contact me directly: encryptedpod@gmail.com</p> <p><strong>About the episode:</strong></p> <p><strong>"The Ash Tree" </strong>by M.R. James was first collected in <em>Ghost Stories of an Antiquary</em> (Edward Arnold, 1904).</p> <p>Theme music:</p> <p><em>The Black Waltz</em> by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> <p>Incidental music:</p> <p><em>Pagan Cross</em> by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com &nbsp;(https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/pagan-cross) (Used with the &nbsp;following licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)</p> <p><em>This House</em> by Kevin MacLeod<br> Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4525-this-house<br> License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license</p> <p><strong>Sound effect attributions:</strong></p> <p>https://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/65795/*</p> <p>https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352513/*</p> <p>https://freesound.org/people/straget/sounds/419504/*</p> <p>https://freesound.org/people/straget/sounds/419504/*</p> <p>https://freesound.org/people/tosha73/sounds/530920/*</p> <p>https://freesound.org/people/j_o_j/sounds/363016/*</p> <p>https://freesound.org/people/Keith%20Selme