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EnCrypted Horror - narrated by Jasper LEstrange | "The Vertical Ladder" by William Sansom | Classic horror stories | Audiobook @EnCryptedHorror | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
Young Flegg accepts the dare of climbing to the top of a disused gas tower. As his climb goes on and on, however, he becomes increasingly panicked.

This is an audio presentation of "The Vertical Tower" by William Sansom (1946). It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Classic Horror.

"The Stories of William Sansom" is available to buy from various outlets including Amazon: amazon.co.uk/dp/0571279554/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_9ZJD865SA1QR5ZY0C3ZB

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About the episode:

"The Vertical Ladder" by William Sansom. First published in Good Housekeeping magazine, November 1946. It was first collected in "Something Terrible, Something Lovely" by William Sansom (1948, pub. Hogarth Press).

Credit where credit's due:

Theme music: The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Incidental music:

Very Low Note by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4581-very-low-note
License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Spc X2x (Unseen Presence) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6738-spc-x2x-unseen-presence-
License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Sound effects: All sound effects sourced at Freesound.

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

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