"Decay" by J.C. Moore

Old  Mr. Cotter decides to celebrate his birthday with a walk in the woods  of his rambling country estate. But do the trees seem to mimic his own  mood? And what surprises await him in the youngest wood? This  original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for  EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "Decay" by J.C. Moore was first published in 1934. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 Please support my work... Researching, reading, re-reading, recording, mixing, uploading,   promoting each of these short story audio presentations takes many hours   - possibly more than you'd imagine.   You can say thank you in the  following ways: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/encryptedpod YouTube channel membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnCryptedClassicHorror/join One-off donation: https://ko-fi.com/encryptedpodcast You can now also say THANKS with a SUPER THANKS! Get in touch!  I like to hear from listeners, so feel free to reach out to me on the   socials.  If you want to discuss the show, talk business, or have any   ideas for stories you'd like to hear in future episodes, contact me:   [email protected] 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 About the story: "Decay"  by J.C. Moore. First collected in "Great Stories of Detection, Mystery  and Horror: Third Series" (ed. Dorothy L. Sayers), pub. Gollancz, 1938. 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 Dread by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4491-the-dread License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Water Prelude by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4610-water-prelude License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Giant Wyrm by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3807-giant-wyrm License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Sound effects:  All  sound effects sourced at Freesound. The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀