I hope you enjoy this brilliant story by M.R. Cosby (which the author has very kindly allowed me to read on the channel). I'll be recording another of his in the near future. If you're inspired to check out his work, his collections "Dying Embers" and "The Trains Don't Stop Here, and Other Strange Adventures" are available to buy in paperback and Kindle formats 🔌🔌
This is a winner! The feeling of menace is there almost from the beginning. I first thought of The Twilight Zone, but as it went along. it reminded me of The Shadow Over Innsmouth in places. Hopefully the author will let you read more stories.
Yes, I picked up on the Aickman comparison too. The crossing over the line from the commonplace to the strange, but the line was never there in the first place...
Good story...! ..all my ancestors were Irish coal miners in Pennsylvania through out the 1800 s.they were part of the Molly McGuire's, a secret society that fought the corrupt mine owners. One of the first attempts to unionize, the Pinkerton Detective Agency hung 11 of the fighting Mollys in public in 1877. Very close to my history, cause some of my scofflaw predecessors were sent to the prison colony of Australia. This is really one of the top 2-3 story channels. Give all the young people trying my best respects, but storytelling is mans oldest skill.
Well, that was fresh. Very enjoyable, permeated by the feeling that nothing was real. It was like a dream. There were a few seemingly significant but unexplained aspects to the story too, like the twins (Mike and the station master) and the fact that the protagonist appeared to be identical to Ben. I shouldn't be surprised if the author dreamed this and then just wrote it down afterwards.
Omg, Jasper I have checked and I just realised that I missed your last notification! Now I get the pleasure of listening to 2 of your amazingly done productions...... Absolute masterpieces! I am overjoyed! That is honestly how much I love the paranormal and your particular unique portrayal of the stories that have stood the test of time! Thank you a million times!! 🌟✨👑✨🌟
Ye gods this was perfect claustrophobic small town horror. Beautifully read Jasper and brilliantly menacing Australian accents. This will live with me for while 😱
Brilliant tale and narration. I looked up "The Trains Don't Stop Here" before reading your pinned post, as 1. I'm nosy like that and 2. I'm learning my lesson on reading posts whilst listening to the story due to spoilers.😆 'Dying Embers' has rave reviews, congrats to Mr. Cosby! I'm now trying to decide whether to buy it for my Kindle or as an 'old-fashioned physically hold it in my hand' book. Also eagerly awaiting your future narratives..both from Mr. Cosby's book and in general.
This started out by reminding me of where I grew up ("we look after ourselves" and "no need to get outsiders involved" were two common phrases), and then, quite quickly, started to sound like a rightful descendant of the movie Wake In Fright. Excellent use of claustrophobia and isolation overlapping each other, and the narration really did it justice. It's a good Australian accent, all things considered - and far less irritating than the weird accents used in a some Australian movies (Russell Crowe in Romper Stomper springs to mind, also John Jarratt in Wolf Creek). Actually, this story is far more menacing than the Wolf Creek series 😄 Well selected and well narrated. Thank you, Jasper 😁
I found a song to fit this tale: 'I hear the train~a~comin' .... it's rollin' round the bend & I ain't seen the sun shine since I don't know when'* ... 🙄
Spoilers... There's more going on here because it's deliberately a dream-like story, but the ending basically has the man as a human canary in the coal mine...in a cage with a mirror (like a canary) and a plume of orange hair.
😃 I was just thinking about it again and it's mentioned that the traveller's friend also has a plume of red hair and he's described as the more adventurous of the pair. And everything that happens to the main guy happens to his friend first. So he's like the canary in the coal mine to the canary in the coal mine. Or something 😆
@@EnCryptedHorror I wondered if it could be also...that the friend was also the narrator - perhaps the friend had never existed, and the narrator has, in psychological stress, 'split' himself? And only comes to that recognition when confronted with his reflection? You can also see the constant sinkholes as a a metaphor of what's happening in the narrator's mind. The smallish townspeople might also suggest folklore kobolds or gnomes that live in the earth as miners. Strange, wonderful story.
@@GrandOldMovies Yes, the idea that they were one and the same did occur to me. I hadn't thought of them as being folkloric creatures though, that's an interesting idea. I loved this story. Sometimes I hold back from doing stories I don't quite "get" because I feel I should be able to field questions 🤣 but sometimes the sheer weirdness (or dreamlike quality) is the point.
Very scary 😳 😬. But...all stories involving my fellow Britons gap year stories to Australianewzealandandthoseplaceswerenotracistaboutbutweworrytheyeatdogs - are very scary. Partly because if the British middle-class were aliens 👽 that would be the "face hugger" stage.
Thank you for the belly laugh... I'm still pondering whether or not my amusement is racist? Here in the US of A thingshavebecomeveryconfusingandIwouldhatetogetthechadsandkarensonmyass.
@@violetfemme411 Dear Violet, I am kind and free of infection 💜. But....seriously don't worry as modern life is a bit like some parts of Christianity. Because everything is forbidden everything is allowed. Those people Will just get pissed off with you no matter what you do. Basically like God you have to be a Republican chick (in UK Torry bird) in the morning (old testament) and a woke Democrat chick (UK Labour bird) in the afternoon (new restaurant). Then you'll be fine 🙂. As an alternative enjoy good stories and wine. That's what I do. Glad you laughed 🤣.
@@skerriesrockart I keep trying to write a reply that doesn't sound either overly defensive (but why should I care that you don't like a story I didn't write?) or disparaging about the genre (I've said before on here that if I only selected supernatural stories I thought were perfectly constructed and 100% explainable I would have to stop at about ten) so I'll leave it at this. I don't regard them as plotholes because I don't think it's that kind of story.
I hope you enjoy this brilliant story by M.R. Cosby (which the author has very kindly allowed me to read on the channel). I'll be recording another of his in the near future. If you're inspired to check out his work, his collections "Dying Embers" and "The Trains Don't Stop Here, and Other Strange Adventures" are available to buy in paperback and Kindle formats 🔌🔌
Wow, the most bizarre story I've heard in a long time, very entertaining though and beautifully read as always. 😊
Excellent! To me, this story has echoes of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery".
Absolutely. The herd-like crowds...
Made me think of "The Hospice" by Robert Aikman.
@@afterschok6627 Especially the piles of glutinous food 🙂
Fantastic story 👍
That was chilling.
Absolutely astonishing!!!
Complex and terrifyingly subtle at the same time. And brilliantly narrated as usual 💜
Thank you, Violet!
This is a winner! The feeling of menace is there almost from the beginning. I first thought of The Twilight Zone, but as it went along. it reminded me of The Shadow Over Innsmouth in places. Hopefully the author will let you read more stories.
Well, as it happens... 👀
With Australia opening its borders to foreigners after Covid, Jasper shares his recent vacation there. Thanks, Jasper!
Still got coaldust in my sandals.
🤣🤣🤣
@@EnCryptedHorror 😲
The crazy brokrn down atmosphere ,heat and dust ,slime and grit,as well as the phenomenal sound effects made this a most unsettling tale .
Thanks
Thank you kindly 🙏
Awesome story and narration!
Thanks!
Eerie & unsettling, but compelling to the nebulous end. (Reminiscent of Robert Aikman)👍 The narrative production was deft & polished, as always!
Yes, I picked up on the Aickman comparison too. The crossing over the line from the commonplace to the strange, but the line was never there in the first place...
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Good story...! ..all my ancestors were Irish coal miners in Pennsylvania through out the 1800 s.they were part of the Molly McGuire's, a secret society that fought the corrupt mine owners. One of the first attempts to unionize, the Pinkerton Detective Agency hung 11 of the fighting Mollys in public in 1877. Very close to my history, cause some of my scofflaw predecessors were sent to the prison colony of Australia. This is really one of the top 2-3 story channels. Give all the young people trying my best respects, but storytelling is mans oldest skill.
I havd found myself in a rural village or three...they definitely have their own high strange vibe
Well, that was fresh. Very enjoyable, permeated by the feeling that nothing was real. It was like a dream. There were a few seemingly significant but unexplained aspects to the story too, like the twins (Mike and the station master) and the fact that the protagonist appeared to be identical to Ben. I shouldn't be surprised if the author dreamed this and then just wrote it down afterwards.
High quality. Great presentation!
Really intriguing, and of course so very well told and produced! I too was reminded of Robert Aickman, and that's rare.
Omg, Jasper I have checked and I just realised that I missed your last notification! Now I get the pleasure of listening to 2 of your amazingly done productions...... Absolute masterpieces! I am overjoyed! That is honestly how much I love the paranormal and your particular unique portrayal of the stories that have stood the test of time! Thank you a million times!!
🌟✨👑✨🌟
You're welcome a million times.
@@EnCryptedHorror 🤣
Ye gods this was perfect claustrophobic small town horror. Beautifully read Jasper and brilliantly menacing Australian accents. This will live with me for while 😱
Thanks Gwen.
Agreed!
Brilliant tale and narration. I looked up "The Trains Don't Stop Here" before reading your pinned post, as 1. I'm nosy like that and 2. I'm learning my lesson on reading posts whilst listening to the story due to spoilers.😆
'Dying Embers' has rave reviews, congrats to Mr. Cosby! I'm now trying to decide whether to buy it for my Kindle or as an 'old-fashioned physically hold it in my hand' book. Also eagerly awaiting your future narratives..both from Mr. Cosby's book and in general.
Glad you enjoyed it, Jacee!
Absolutely loved it. The air of something just not quite right sets the seen from the first few sentences. SUPERB. ✌🖤👻☠
Thanks Michelle. Glad you enjoyed.
I thought initially, seeing the title, that it was industrial action by the NUR.
Excellent story, and your reading, along with the subtle-but-effective sound effects really brought the chills!
Thank you, Scout Rifle!
Good one! 🔥
This started out by reminding me of where I grew up ("we look after ourselves" and "no need to get outsiders involved" were two common phrases), and then, quite quickly, started to sound like a rightful descendant of the movie Wake In Fright.
Excellent use of claustrophobia and isolation overlapping each other, and the narration really did it justice.
It's a good Australian accent, all things considered - and far less irritating than the weird accents used in a some Australian movies (Russell Crowe in Romper Stomper springs to mind, also John Jarratt in Wolf Creek).
Actually, this story is far more menacing than the Wolf Creek series 😄
Well selected and well narrated. Thank you, Jasper 😁
Very enjoyable.
I luv everything to do w/trains & your sound effects are wonderful here 🚂
I love a train choo. I mean, too.
@@EnCryptedHorror I live where I hear one daily though it is over 8 miles away 🚂
@@EnCryptedHorror 🚂🚂
This is a great story.
Yes, I enjoyed it too, Arwcwb. Love the locale as well, very different.
Oh a new story ... can't wait to comment on it...kidding ... I'll try to listen more thoroughly this time 👂👂I'm ALL ears
This pairs very nicely with my recent diet of Adam Nevill. Wonderfully creepy. Can’t wait for that 1st novel. 🐥🥃🥳
Yes, I can see that. I've read a couple of Nevill's. I remember really enjoying 'The Ritual'.
I found a song to fit this tale: 'I hear the train~a~comin' .... it's rollin' round the bend & I ain't seen the sun shine since I don't know when'* ... 🙄
I was going to quip, "So don't sleep on trains in Australia? Got it. Thanks." But it turns out my hair is entirely the wrong color.
Haha, yes. And, remember, as they used to say on here: "Gingers do have souls."
For now...
Horrible. In a very good way. So unsettlingly. Creeping unease and dread. Thank you again 👻
Well I'm missing something... I don't understand the ending?
Spoilers...
There's more going on here because it's deliberately a dream-like story, but the ending basically has the man as a human canary in the coal mine...in a cage with a mirror (like a canary) and a plume of orange hair.
@@EnCryptedHorror it's one of those simple but deep kind of thing lol
😃 I was just thinking about it again and it's mentioned that the traveller's friend also has a plume of red hair and he's described as the more adventurous of the pair. And everything that happens to the main guy happens to his friend first. So he's like the canary in the coal mine to the canary in the coal mine.
Or something 😆
@@EnCryptedHorror I wondered if it could be also...that the friend was also the narrator - perhaps the friend had never existed, and the narrator has, in psychological stress, 'split' himself? And only comes to that recognition when confronted with his reflection? You can also see the constant sinkholes as a a metaphor of what's happening in the narrator's mind. The smallish townspeople might also suggest folklore kobolds or gnomes that live in the earth as miners. Strange, wonderful story.
@@GrandOldMovies Yes, the idea that they were one and the same did occur to me. I hadn't thought of them as being folkloric creatures though, that's an interesting idea. I loved this story. Sometimes I hold back from doing stories I don't quite "get" because I feel I should be able to field questions 🤣 but sometimes the sheer weirdness (or dreamlike quality) is the point.
Hi everyone
Is Jasper alright???
His is the only voice that draws me into each story
🤷♀️
Bacon & tators yum ... 🥓🥓🥓🍟🍟🍟
Ikr? Gotta have some!!
The more glutinous the better, eh? 🍽
@@EnCryptedHorror Yep😁
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They turned him into a bird??
No, I don't think so.
Very scary 😳 😬. But...all stories involving my fellow Britons gap year stories to Australianewzealandandthoseplaceswerenotracistaboutbutweworrytheyeatdogs - are very scary. Partly because if the British middle-class were aliens 👽 that would be the "face hugger" stage.
Thank you for the belly laugh... I'm still pondering whether or not my amusement is racist? Here in the US of A thingshavebecomeveryconfusingandIwouldhatetogetthechadsandkarensonmyass.
@@violetfemme411 Dear Violet, I am kind and free of infection 💜. But....seriously don't worry as modern life is a bit like some parts of Christianity. Because everything is forbidden everything is allowed. Those people
Will just get pissed off with you no matter what you do. Basically like God you have to be a Republican chick (in UK Torry bird) in the morning (old testament) and a woke Democrat chick (UK Labour bird) in the afternoon (new restaurant). Then you'll be fine 🙂.
As an alternative enjoy good stories and wine. That's what I do.
Glad you laughed 🤣.
@@stephensinclair3771 🥂🤙✌
Can I just say...I love my subscribers ❤ 🤪 Smartest crowd on RUclips 😄
@@EnCryptedHorror "Birds of a feather"....Take it Stephen....! 🎤
Not a good story
Each to their own. I saw merit in it.
@@EnCryptedHorror there certainly was some merit in it but the number of glaring plotholes and glitches ruined it for me..
@@skerriesrockart I keep trying to write a reply that doesn't sound either overly defensive (but why should I care that you don't like a story I didn't write?) or disparaging about the genre (I've said before on here that if I only selected supernatural stories I thought were perfectly constructed and 100% explainable I would have to stop at about ten) so I'll leave it at this. I don't regard them as plotholes because I don't think it's that kind of story.