"The Real and the Counterfeit" by Louisa Baldwin | Read by Jasper L'Estrange

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  • @EnCryptedHorror
    @EnCryptedHorror  ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Hello! Here's a reading of a classic Christmas ghost story by Louisa Baldwin from waaaay back in 1895. I hope you enjoy it.

    • @tonyeden8381
      @tonyeden8381 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Excellently presented Sir 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @waningmooncancer9628
      @waningmooncancer9628 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bless you Jasper L'Estrange. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Big, big hugs to you all. 🕊️🕊️🕊️✝️
      Did. He. Have. To. Die? Couldn't his hair have gone stark white from the frightening experience? And there I was laughing at him thinking he was looking into a mirror; knowing full well it was the ghost he didn't believe existed.
      Love your musical additions, and sound effects, as well as your expertly portrayed characters. Very well done Monsieur L'Estrange 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Waning Moon Cancer Thank you - and Happy Thanksgiving to you too! The fact that he died was one of the things I appreciated about the story. It was a really bleak and chilly full-stop to an otherwise rather jolly story, and it caught me by surprise when I first read it.
      Glad you enjoyed.

    • @waningmooncancer9628
      @waningmooncancer9628 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EnCryptedHorror Yes, I did, and always do enjoy your work. All of the happiness and fun seemed to me a foreshadowing of a sorrowful ending. The young lady's trepidation of something going wrong was another good clue. Even so, I was hoping to be wrong.
      Thank you for this gift, you're awesome Jasper.🕊️🕊️🕊️✝️

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tonyeden8381 Thank you 😊

  • @Shineon83
    @Shineon83 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Stories from this era-written before WWI came and obliterated both innocence and empire-seem to always contain a certainty & an optimism about “society” and “our” way of life…..
    How very fortunate were those lucky enough to have experienced such an age….

  • @gosianutjob9578
    @gosianutjob9578 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a fabulous tale! Mister L'Estrange, your voice is like warm honey.

  • @johnthorpe8341
    @johnthorpe8341 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yours is the voice of honeyd toast sunshine n ice cream-Cold winter walks footsteps crunching on sparkling snow-a voice for all seasons-THANK YOU JASPER

  • @terryolsson4145
    @terryolsson4145 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Good one Mr L'Estrange, as usual. Your eerie stories are always compelling, but I am as much addicted to your wonderful haunting voice. Thanks again.

  • @thehangingparsiple5692
    @thehangingparsiple5692 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is so deliciously atmospheric. I love the author's description of the moonlight, the darkening of his eyes, the powdering of his face. Both simply done but I was there with him looking out over the graveyard.
    Masterfully told as ever. You really are an absolute legend ❤

  • @user-Tn2Dn
    @user-Tn2Dn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You have the most wonderful voice. So glad I found your channel! ❤

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much - and welcome to the channel 👋

  • @mariameere5807
    @mariameere5807 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you 🙏 in hospital that’s my bed neighbour- we both enjoyed it and she is 92 going on 17 mentally!

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Being in hospital is never nice. Hope you are doing okay (as well as you can be, at any rate) 🙏💐

    • @mariameere5807
      @mariameere5807 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EnCryptedHorror thank you 🙏

  • @SusanMarie3
    @SusanMarie3 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent!!!! Thanks so much for

  • @JennyLane8666
    @JennyLane8666 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh, that was fabulous! Dunno how I missed that one. Thank you, J! Your excellent performances always leave me shivering.

  • @blixten2928
    @blixten2928 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    JOY! You've uploaded a new one!!! Great!!! And it's SOOOO 1895. The banjo and singing: straight Jerome K. Jerome!

  • @unclevlad3357
    @unclevlad3357 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That one ended more horror that expected - was expecting more of a joke ending.
    You put just the right amount of sound effects to enhance the story without taking away from your wonderful voice.

  • @rneustel388
    @rneustel388 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, what an excellent reading of a ghost story that’s always given me the heebie jeebies! 😱

  • @clareelliott8348
    @clareelliott8348 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was great although I wasn't expecting that exact ending! Thank you as always Jasper and loved the use of the Carol of the Bells too

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautifully read! 👏👏👏👏👏👏Nothing like a…good ghost…story 👻 It entertains while I repose…until…the sunset…comes 🌅 🧛🏻😉

  • @ScullyPop
    @ScullyPop ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't believe I'm just finding your channel. A fellow narrator!

  • @bluegreenglue6565
    @bluegreenglue6565 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ah the best laid plans, eh? I can only imagine how the surviving friends would explain what they had seen. : o And that poor young lady who had made the costume! This truly is a tale with an unhappy ending all around. Well told, and lots of fun though. Thank you!

  • @navelriver
    @navelriver ปีที่แล้ว +1

    An excellent performance of a great story! I felt I was there!

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Indeed, I did enjoy this ... *TY Jasper*

  • @donaldmccleary9015
    @donaldmccleary9015 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing story and narration!
    I like this a lot. I really enjoyed it. The naysaying and insufferable friend strikes again.....
    As always, the music and background sounds are amazing. I love the sound of the crunching snow when people walked through the snow.
    Making a sled or toboggan out of a wine box is awesome. Great idea!
    The description of the night outside when Armitage played the prank is amazing. Timeless description of nature.
    Great job!

  • @Arwcwb
    @Arwcwb ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's a great story - thank you.

  • @JT_Soul
    @JT_Soul ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent reading.

  • @stephaniestevenson6335
    @stephaniestevenson6335 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was a totally unexpected surprise because I understand how busy you are! Thanks again Jasper!

  • @nancynickerson4341
    @nancynickerson4341 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent! Thank you Jasper.

  • @-Reagan
    @-Reagan ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow 🤩 Wonderfully voiced, Jasper!! So excited for this! Happy Turkey Pardon Day 🦃 🏳 from the States!

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Happy Turkey Pardon Day 😄 You've just reminded me, I must start boiling the collard greens 🍴

    • @mijiyoon5575
      @mijiyoon5575 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@EnCryptedHorror 😲🍽

  • @stephaniestevenson6335
    @stephaniestevenson6335 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OMG! I never heard this one and it was EXTREMELY EERIE! I bow to your expertise.

  • @rosiemcnaughton9933
    @rosiemcnaughton9933 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First rate, Jasper! Thank you so much! 🦃

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  ปีที่แล้ว

      No problem, Rosie. Glad you enjoyed 😊

  • @ruthhase-gutierrez9830
    @ruthhase-gutierrez9830 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your voice is wonderful, but also eerie. It gives me the shivers. I'm not sure what to think of it.

  • @briandouglasahern7067
    @briandouglasahern7067 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was superb! You are truly an excellent narrator. Thank-you for posting!

  • @jared1870
    @jared1870 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All these great holiday horror stories. You will make this my best Christmas yet. Thank you.

  • @clairegreenaway9653
    @clairegreenaway9653 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks so much Jasper!!Just right for bedtime 🥱

  • @earthcat
    @earthcat ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for all your hard work 🌺

  • @andreac5724
    @andreac5724 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great story

  • @clare218
    @clare218 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you.

  • @trevorthelen9231
    @trevorthelen9231 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent work!

  • @alisonduffy6206
    @alisonduffy6206 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thoroughly enjoyable Jasper, thank you for yet another tale enhanced by your brilliance. It makes me remember another tale about a long gallery, which everyone had to leave by midnight. Only one guest fell asleep and ....... Can you tell me the name of it?

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  ปีที่แล้ว

      That's E.F. Benson's "How Fear Departed the Long Gallery" I believe. Thanks Alison 😊

    • @alisonduffy6206
      @alisonduffy6206 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EnCryptedHorror That's the one (with Fear in the title). I found it read by Tony Walker, whom I used to listen to until I lost my heart to L"Estrange. Thanks Jasper, and take care of yourself.

  • @juliadia007
    @juliadia007 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun story. Where do you dig up all your amazing sound effects??? I was hoping the story would turn a bit more Wodehousian where the young female of the species is decidedly more Diabolical.

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would have been a great twist to the tale! The sound effects I mostly get from Freesound (a creative commons site where people upload sound effects and recordings). Every now and again I can't find what I'm after and have to create something myself.

  • @tonyeden8381
    @tonyeden8381 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yippeeeeeeee ❤️👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @bethcastagnoli2911
    @bethcastagnoli2911 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still listening. ❤

  • @pisiata3651
    @pisiata3651 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The poor girl that made the monk s cloth..she must regret it all her life. 😮😯😲

    • @EnCryptedHorror
      @EnCryptedHorror  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Although she could have cheered herself up with "I told you so..." 🤭😁

  • @surjitkumar2468
    @surjitkumar2468 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First

  • @evelanpatton
    @evelanpatton ปีที่แล้ว

    👻Perfectly🤍🖤🤍Ghostly!👻
    💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️💀
    Thank you for this excellent Christmas Ghost Story you’ve shared with us❣️ Once again, your voice is so engaging, it leads your listener into the writer’s imagination, and we gladly follow your lead down the otherworldly rabbit hole. The ancient craft of storytelling still churns the milk into butter. Oh, the WONDERS of modern technology in the hands of L’Estrange gifted man; whoa-if I had bread to give thē for your efforts I would, but for now, a word or two to say, “hey, you are very good”!
    🤍🎟🎪🎭🎄📚📕📖🗣🕳🐇