"The Meerschaum Pipe" by L.A. Lewis

A widower retires to a country house that was once occupied by a  serial killer. His hopes of a quiet life are quickly dashed when there  is another murder in the village. Is a copycat on the prowl? This is an audio presentation of "The Meerschaum Pipe" by L.A. Lewis, first  published in 'Tales of the Grotesque: A Collection of Uneasy Tales'  (Philip Alan), 1934. Out of print for a long time, the collection is now  available to buy in paperback from Shadow Publishing  (https://www.shadowpublishing.net/product-page/tales-of-the-grotesque-a-collection-of-uneasy-tales) If you'd like to learn more about the author, may I suggest the following blogs: http://desturmobed.blogspot.com/2016/01/la-lewis.html https://themenaceofobjects.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/l-a-lewis-tales-of-the-grotesque/ 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 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: "The Meerschaum Pipe" by L.A. Lewis, first  published in 'Tales of the Grotesque: A Collection of Uneasy Tales'  (Philip Alan), 1934. 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/ Road to Hell by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4297-road-to-hell License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Ghost Story by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3805-ghost-story License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The House of Leaves by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4496-the-house-of-leaves 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. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 Disclaimer: I try and play fair with this channel, recording stories  that are in the public domain or which I believe to have fallen out of  copyright. If I am mistaken please contact me and I will remove the  video. I am a small channel and do not make any profit from running it.  My recordings are intended to pay tribute to these great and sometimes  overlooked stories and authors.