When Mel Rutland murders a love rival he gets the woman, but is tormented by guilt. However, returning to the scene of his crime, he makes a shocking discovery...


This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for  EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "The Living Shadow" by Rene Morris (1964).


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About the story:


"The Living Shadow" by Rene Morris. First collected in "The  Fifth Pan Book of Horror" (ed. Herbert Van Thal, pub. Pan Books).


Credit where credit's due:


Theme  music:  The Black Waltz 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


The following music was used for this media project:

Music: Dissonance by Tim Kulig

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9321-dissonance

License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Artist website: https://timkulig.com/albums


The following music was used for this media project:

Music: Ominous Forces  by Rafael Krux

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/5372-ominous-forces

License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Artist website: https://www.orchestralis.net/


The following music was used for this media project:

Music: Countdown by Alexander Nakarada

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4865-countdown

License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/



The following music was used for this media project:

Music: Creepy Piano Ambience by Tim Kulig

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8725-creepy-piano-ambience

License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Artist website: https://timkulig.com/albums


Sound effects:  All  sound effects sourced at Freesound*.


*Used with the following licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


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


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