"The Hands of Mr. Ottermole" by Thomas Burke

An East End community is terrorised by a serial killer with a seemingly  supernatural ability to disappear. When the local police fail to  apprehend the murderer, a plucky journalist steps in to solve the  mystery This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for  EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "The Hands of Mr. Ottermole" was written by Thomas Burke (1931). Coming soon: "The Mainz Psalter" by Jean Ray. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 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] Sincere thanks to everyone who has subscribed and listened to the show! And thanks also to those who have kindly become Patreon patrons, YouTube channel members, or tipped me via Ko-Fi. I know how times are hard for a lot of people at the momen, which makes it all the more appreciated. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 About the story: "The  Hands of Mr. Ottermole" by Thomas Burke. First published in "The  Pleasantries of Old Quong" by Thomas Burke. Pub. 1931, Constable &  Co. Credit where credit's due: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Eastminster by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3693-eastminster License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com Music: Parsemoth by Dave Deville Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8230-parsemoth License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.davedevillemusic.com/ Music: Nothing Left by Dave Deville Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8547-nothing-left License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.davedevillemusic.com/ Music: Monster Reveal by Dave Deville Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8936-monster-reveal License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.davedevillemusic.com/ Sound effects:  All  sound effects sourced at Freesound. https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/336598/* https://freesound.org/people/Noise%20Cuisine/sounds/47098/* https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/242537/* https://freesound.org/people/MAJ061785/sounds/85560/* *This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License. The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀