EnCrypted Horror - narrated by Jasper LEstrange | "The Mainz Psalter" by Jean Ray | Classic weird tales | Original audio presentation @EnCryptedHorror | Uploaded August 2022 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
A well-travelled seaman is hired by the mysterious Schoolmaster to sail his ship through hellish waters to Cape Wrath on an apparently scientific expedition. But Captain Ballister and his ragtag crew soon begin to realise that their voyage on The Mainz Psalter could well be their last...

This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "Le Psautier de Mayence (The Mainz Psalter)" was written by Jean Ray (1931). This translation by Lowell Blair.

0:00 Intro music
0:22 Thus spoke Ballister...
2:03 Clandestine meeting at the Merry Heart Tavern
11:52 Incident at Big Toe Bay
19:58 Sea sickness?
22:26 Conversation on the eighth day
27:58 Journey into the Nth dimension?
33:39 Poor Walker
39:10 The underwater city, and what came next
47:14 Skeleton crew?
53:58 The instruction from Duke ____
59:03 Adventure on The North Caper
1:05:37 The blasphemous beast
1:08:20 End music outro

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About the story:

"The Mainz Psalter" by Jean Ray. First published in The Revue Belge, June 1931. Later translated and collected in "Ghouls In My Grave" (pub. Berkeley Medallion, 1965).

Credit where credit's due:

Theme music: 'The Black Waltz' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Countdown by Alexander Nakarada
Free download: filmmusic.io/song/4865-countdown
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Artist website: serpentsoundstudios.com

The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Hidden Truth by Rafael Krux
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Artist website: orchestralis.net

The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Mary Celeste by Kevin MacLeod
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Artist website: incompetech.com

Sound effects: All sound effects sourced at Freesound.

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*This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor.

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