A writer receives an unexpected letter in which a lowly chairmaker confesses to a bizarre and disturbing trangression. This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "The Human Chair" was written by Edogawa Ranpo (1925). ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ 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] ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ About the story: "The Human Chair" by Edogawa Ranpo, first published in 1925. This translation uncredited in my edition (?). Collected in "Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination" by Edogawa Ranpo (pub. Charles E. Tuttle, 1956). 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: Eastern Thought by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3692-eastern-thought License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com Music: The Night - GuZheng - Luna Li by Shaoqing Luna Li Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/5071-the-night-guzheng-luna-li License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.SQLuna.com/ Music: Asian Drums by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3386-asian-drums License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com Spider's Web by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4406-spider-s-web License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Music used : "HE SINGS AT NIGHT" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek" Music link : https://youtu.be/A8mDPTdmLcsSUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3qumnPHFollow on Facebook : https://bit.ly/33RWRtPFollow on Instagram : https://bit.ly/2ImU2JV Sound effects: All sound effects sourced at Freesound. https://freesound.org/people/nojuan/sounds/457284/* https://freesound.org/people/drotzruhn/sounds/405207/ * *This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License. The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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