"The Story of The Inexperienced Ghost" by H.G. Wells | Audio narration

"The Story of The Inexperienced Ghost" by H.G. Wells | Audio narration | Classic ghost stories

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EnCrypted Horror - narrated by Jasper L'Estrange

Күн бұрын

One evening at the Mermaid Club, Clayton shares his strange supernatural encounter of the night before. But has he learned too much from his conversation with a ghost?
This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror of “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” by H.G. Wells. First published in The Strand Magazine (March 1902).
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About the story:
"The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost” by H.G. Wells. First published in The Strand magazine, March 1902. Later collected in Twelve Stories and A Dream (pub. Macmillan & Co., 1903).
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Пікірлер: 66

@EnCryptedHorror 3 ай бұрын

Hello everyone! Here, as promised, is a whimsical, darkly comic tale by H.G. Wells..."The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost". Hope it gives you a chuckle, and maybe a chill here and there. Cheers!

@waningmooncancer9628 3 ай бұрын

Hello, Monsieur L'Estrange! It's great to hear you inimitable tones grace another creepy tale 😉Thank you, as always, for sharing your talent with us!

@shelleymarquis2887 2 ай бұрын

This is a second listen through for this story as a preface to the brand new story. When I'm accused of having a negative outlook on the future, I tell the accuser I'm simply HG Wells to everyone else's Jules Verne. If I keep hitting on these humorous stories, I'll have to come up with a new response. The "Are you a member?" routine is pricelessly British. Do British women have clubs they can retreat to from the whinging of men? I certainly hope so. We all need a retreat, where we're a member, of course. 😏

@violetfemme411 3 ай бұрын

That first "boo" was absolutely priceless 🤣 💜

@woolybullybananapeel8642 3 ай бұрын

Happy belated birthday!🥳 Thank you Jasper!🐙

@EnCryptedHorror 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! That's very kind 😊🙏

@donaldmccleary9015 3 ай бұрын

Great story and narration! Fantastic job! Love the fireplace in the background. Thanks!

@stephaniestevenson6335 3 ай бұрын

Excellent tale Jasper, I enjoyed it thoroughly! The creepy factor was wonderful!

@thehangingparsiple5692 3 ай бұрын

Ah, love Wells's short stories. The 'hand passing' is a feature of mesmerism, made popular by poor old Franz Mesmer, who was later discredited for what later became hypnotism. However, "hypnosis relies on sound and words to induce a state of trance, whilst mesmerism uses very few words and can automatically promote a state of trance. The mesmeric trance state is different from the trance state that results from verbally induced hypnosis. Mesmerism is helpful for psychosomatic conditions, whereas hypnosis is effective for habits and behavioral changes, and leaves the subject open to suggestion." Charles Dickens learned the art of mesmerism and mesmerised a lady in the audience at one of his readings within a few 'hand passes'. Apologies for sounding like an AI bot here, lol. Loved this Jasper - PLEASE can we have Wells's Magic Toyshop? 🙏

@thurayya8905 3 ай бұрын

"Are you a member?" How very upper class posh!

@GingerTomMom 3 ай бұрын

That was fun! Thanks.

@shadownet3d 3 ай бұрын

Hi Jasper, it has been a while since I have been able to sit and listen to one of your narrations. And, wow, did I pick a good one. Thank you! I always enjoy your presentations.

@joereilly8028 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Jasper enjoyed that one very much

@Story-Voracious66 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Jasper, another skilled production, perfectly understated. This is one of my favourite ghost stories, if not my absolute favourite. Such an accomplishment of excellent writing. It is so difficult to encapsulate atmosphere,comedy, drama and a great punchline, into a short story. I’d say that it is definitely my favourite Wells story. There is a tint of Lamb House in it’s style, that flavour of James and Benson. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

@spews1973 3 ай бұрын

After being sick for a fortnight, I'm glad to be back in the land of the living and able to enjoy ths gem. What a lot of fun t was.

@amandalee215 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful stuff. Thank you Jasper

@shelleymarquis2887 3 ай бұрын

Bravo bravo bravo! Nuff said. 😮

@juliadia007 3 ай бұрын

Great story and narration. Thank you!

@rohanquinby3188 3 ай бұрын

I love Wells, and I love you.

@northernlights8126 3 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable.A pleasing hint of dread in this story.Jasper, your voice acting skills and narration are second to none.

@alisonduffy6206 2 ай бұрын

Beautifully read Jasper, thanks so much.

@EnCryptedHorror 2 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@CPWebster 3 ай бұрын

A most entertaining and engaging dramatisation, thank you! I once had a similar experience to Clayton, at least similar in that I was a lone guest in an old place and saw... something. I was on some university business in Germany and had been put up in an old 'Schloss' owned by the institution I was visiting, and I happened to be the only guest in the rather imposing place. Like Clayton, on the first evening, I had had a drink (I had been out to dinner with 'mein host') so I was fortified and did not mind in the least being there alone. Of course, such an admission that I had had a drink allows instant dismissal of what was to come, and perhaps such a dismissal is justified. Either way, I got to my room, settled down in bed, and was soon reading. And then I started to nod. You know that half-awake, half-asleep moment certain books can so readily induce. I put the book down and decided to turn off the bedside light and call it a day. And then, turning to the lamp, I saw a face, right in front of me and very close. I did not see anything else, just an insubstantial, bearded face. I'm ashamed to say that my reaction was rather more prosaic than Clayton's but perhaps more instinctive. I punched at the face with a shout of "Bugger off!". I say 'at the face' because my fist simply passed through and struck the wall. The face had vanished and I sat there for a few moments metaphorically scratching my head. Then I lay down and fell asleep. I had put it down (probably correctly) to a hypnagogic hallucination. All I know is that I was not 'bothered' any further save that I had grazed the knuckles of my right hand against the wall :)

@thehangingparsiple5692 3 ай бұрын

Loved your story. I had a similar experience when I was a child. I was up past my bedtime, and trying to read by the landing light coming in through the crack of my door. I was getting drowsy, and just about to put down my book, when my mum came in. Only she was dressed in a long white gown and somehow managed to give off an aura that lit up the room (sounds INCREDIBLY corny, I know!). She drifted slowly around my room and picked up various things of mine to study, and smiled at me but never replied when I spoke. The whole experience lasted a good five minutes. After she drifted out, I crept downstairs understandably scared, and there was my mum watching telly in normal clothes, no long white gown to be seen. 👻

@thurayya8905 3 ай бұрын

I am sure that next time, the ghost will know to keep himself at a more appropriate distance. But, maybe he was just shortsighted.

@CPWebster 3 ай бұрын

@@thurayya8905 yes :) and were it a real ghost, then I behaved rather like a typical British lager lout!

@northernlights8126 3 ай бұрын

@CPWebster, thank you for sharing your story.I’m not sure I would have been so brave.I think I’ve seen a ghost but I’m not 100% sure.I will share it if you want.It left me puzzled rather than scared because it happened out of doors.

@CPWebster 3 ай бұрын

@@northernlights8126 yes go on, share it :)

@violetfemme411 3 ай бұрын

Just lying down early and so happy you're here too 😁💜

@rosiemcnaughton9933 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jasper! Well done! 😵‍💫

@rickmills4801 3 ай бұрын

Good evening, Jasper! Hope you're doing well. The ritual on the hearth-rug immediately called to mind a rather ominous statement from (if I remember correctly) The Golden Dawn: "By Words and Symbols are all powers awakened, or RE-Awakened".

@user-cf2np4gd9l 3 ай бұрын

Love the oak paneling and the smoking descriptions. Made me want to reach for my velvet burgundy smoking jacket and pipe!

@Andrew-if3sd 10 күн бұрын

Thanks Jasper for this curio, 10 20 am here , cant sleep...

@briandouglasahern7067 2 ай бұрын

That was a good one! I expected it to be a lively and humorous tale, but did not anticipate the suspenseful turn it took. Well done!

@jackyhawkins1895 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@mijiyoon5575 3 ай бұрын

"I say," *Jasper* chose a good one🧜‍♀🧜‍♀🧜‍♀🧜‍♀🧜‍♀

@trixie10199 2 ай бұрын

You have such a wonderful voice! Thank you 🙏

@EnCryptedHorror 2 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

@cathrinewhite7629 3 ай бұрын

This reminds me of a book I read "The Magical Passes" by the infamous Carlos Castaneda. It was a series of movements (or mudras) that one does in order to move from one place to another. I don't think it was to different dimensions, but to pop in to other places in the world. I might try to find it again & see if it works!😅

@LucicPower 3 ай бұрын

I love Carlos and the little green man Mescalito

@thurayya8905 3 ай бұрын

Maybe it does if you do mushrooms first.

@MarianneOrent 3 ай бұрын

Loved it! Thank you!❤

@4362mont 3 ай бұрын

Sorry you don't get more likes, you deserve them!! Thx!!

@StephenSinclair-d6n 3 ай бұрын

Essence of quirky. 😊

@THEPAGEBURNER1979 3 ай бұрын

The man is 1 of a kind😮😅 Must get a 2nd listen 😂

@LucicPower 3 ай бұрын

I'm still waiting for the Beetlejuice story " The inexperienced ghost with the most '

@shelleymarquis2887 3 ай бұрын

If we end up haunting familiar places because we're drawn to a certain type of building, I'll be haunting a raucous 1950s honky tonk, outside the respectable city limits, of course, because I love a low down juiced up crowd and good old and some new country music and the smell of stale beer, whiskey and blood from good natured slobber knockers. I'll be behind the bar. These places I once heard described as "a hook, jab and a pour bar". Worked one, in life, with a sign on the wall "Fights every night ... No TV". All my friends will be there in alcoholic heaven where we can drink all we want without bad consequences.😅

@EnCryptedHorror 3 ай бұрын

Sounds great! Save me a seat at the bar 😁🍻

@leebennett1821 3 ай бұрын

He really tried but his Spirit just wasn't in it

@neilgodfrey6578 3 ай бұрын

"Assailed by a frog".

@Carlapomeroy-fx5jb 3 ай бұрын

😁

@mijiyoon5575 3 ай бұрын

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@leebennett1821 3 ай бұрын

The Ghost was about as scary as a piece of toast

@EnCryptedHorror 3 ай бұрын

Is that a Des'ree reference? 😄🎵

@LucicPower 3 ай бұрын

They called him HG cuz he was addicted to mercury 😅

@csj9619 3 ай бұрын

I don't get it

@LucicPower 3 ай бұрын

@@csj9619 HG is the chemical abbreviation for Mercury and addiction to it is Mad Hatters disease

@LucicPower 3 ай бұрын

HG is the chemical abbreviation for Mercury @@csj9619

@LucicPower 3 ай бұрын

HG=Mercury @@csj9619

@elstongunn4277 3 ай бұрын

@@csj9619 it’s the chemical symbol for mercury.

@joedge6142 3 ай бұрын

Spoiler Alert A proper ghost story, imagine if you could pop off by doing a series of movements and gestures, I can imagine someone slipping on the ice like that guy in the video, arms and legs going all over and popping off accidentally 😂