Thanks....a lot. I may never sleep again. Considering my rather outrageous five playlists and albums, I'll have to take very careful internal inventory; lest there be hidden within a dormant tendency to taxidermy musicians.... Thanks again for increasing the number of my grey hairs.😱😬😲
I can't be the only one who listens to the channel and find that Jasper's original works sit quite comfortably beside the classic readings, like old friends at a pub.
Masterfully written and beautifully told, this is by far my favourite story on your channel so far. It is exquisitely well done. It makes me wonder whether you yourself are an avid concert goer. If not, the convincing portrayal of the main character is very surprising, if not in part drawn from real inspirations.
Hi Huw! Thanks for commenting. I attended a couple of concerts recently that gave me the idea for this story - the idea of some people being on display, others almost invisible. Not an avid concert goer these days, but absolutely a music lover. Hopefully the similarities to the title character end there 😉😆
Hey Huw! I sure miss Jasper's stories, and hope he's back again one day soon. Looking forward to your latest as well. Cheers to you both, and thank you for sharing your amazing talents with us 💜
I found your channel today. Idk why it hadn't been recommended to me before! I was lured in by H.P. Lovecraft's Cold Air 💙 and spent the rest of the day exploring other stories. I'm happy to say it got better and better with each one, but this is by far my favorite one yet! Another commentator said your story fit right in with the classic horror stories you read, and I have to wholeheartedly agree with them. This was both beautifully written and unbelievably unnerving. I equally liked and hated the mc... rooted for him, and wanted him to fail. Can't wait to hear more of your stories!
Thank you, Island Girl. Glad you've finally found the channel and really pleased to hear you liked the story. It was "fun" to explore a dark and conflicted character.
“Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane." This was creepily excellent. One of those cases in which I kept thinking, "I hope that a deus ex machina intervenes and that she escapes.", but ... (shudder)
I'm two years late but WOW, you've outdone yourself here jasper. Yet I haven't even explored half of your originals! I better catch up NOW. I love your play of words and found myself rooting for the narrator when I'm not supposed to lol. And the ending where he finally "completed" his collection because he's a completist was just artfully perfect ❤ My favorite instruments are actually the cello and the violin which made this even sweeter
What a wonderfully creepy story, never saw that coming. This would make great horror film. Reminds me of a “Tales of the Unexpected” story where a landlady kills and uses her taxidermy skills to keep her young gentleman guests from leaving. All very attractive young men of course! Now we know what his “hobby” was!
Fuckinelll Jasper!! What an absolute masterpiece!! I've discovered your channel on Spotify and I'm addicted to it. How cool is that by far the best story I've heard is your own composition!! It's got it all, suspense, creeping horror, sadness, tragedy plus it keeps the reader on edge to the very end. You know you could maybe expand on this character, do more short stories, even a novel. He's a cross between Hannibal Lector and Reynolds Woodcock from Phantom Thread!
oh wow ! I have listened to this story 5/6 times and every second has had me gripped.!!, Jasper, you have a wonderful gift for narration and voice acting....thank you so much for this upload and congratulations on such a creative piece of writing.
What a story. Takes people watching to new and quite disturbing depths. Excellent work 👌 In many ways I could empathise with the music lover. I have gotten to know the entire lives of strangers, their dreams and disappointments, in the time it takes to drink my coffee in a cafe, and I've fallen in love with and married quite a few men while waiting for trains or buses. Sometimes it leaves me with a strange sort of sadness.
Once again, you have surpassed yourself, Jasper, with a story of your own which shows what a multi-talented person you are! This was SO creepy, the insight into murderous obsession so well crafted. I hope you will one day write a book of your own collected stories - I'm sure I'm not the only one of your subscribers who would buy it!
Thanks Susan! Very kind of you to say. I should very much like to publish something one day. I feel like I would have to write ones that you haven't heard before on the channel, however, and unfortunately I can't stop sharing them here first 😆
@EnCrypted Classic Horror - with Jasper L'Estrange I'd buy it even if they'd appeared on the channel - there is a difference in reading a story and listening to it and both are pleasurable in their own right. Anyway, best of luck with all you do!
@@EnCryptedHorror I hope you do put together a collection of your work. Like Susan I have no problem reading stories with which I'm familiar...especially those written by masterful storytellers. I easily place you in that category. Maybe you, Huw and Tony Walker should collab on a book? I guarantee it would be a huge success. We miss you, and hope you're recharging that brilliant battery 💜
It's a great pleasure listening to Jasper, also it was wonderful to discover his talent for crooked stories like this. Beautiful work. Have a great year, keep on growing
I loved this story, wanted so much for it to end happily. Knowing it wouldn't gave me extra dread. Bravo Jasper - again. This was exceptional in every way. Awed by your talents. (Was Howard a taxidermist as well?)
Jasper does it again! You had me wondering what dire fate would be in store for the hapless talented cellist but I had no idea this villain was so deranged..pity, I was almost , almost I say starting to have a bit of sympathy for him. I detest psychos with oodles of money. Now there is a poor motherless little child out there because this talented but o so warped man had to satisfy his urges. Great story, O Maestro, and I have been meaning to comment on Sweeny Todd 5, but you are spinning them out faster than I can Marshall my thoughts.💯❤❤🙏👍
Thank you so much for sharing such a beautifully written story - definitely spooky when needed and I loved the sounds included. You’re so very talented! ☺️
Of all the ghost and horror stories I listen to on RUclips (probably a hundred by now) this was actually the scariest and most interesting. You kept the suspense going from beginning to end without ever making it obvious exactly what was going to happen. Bravo!!! 👏👏👏
Brilliant Story ,,, I could see that being dramatised it reminded me a lot of an old "Tales Of The Unexpected " episode ( Roald Dahl sitting in his chair on a Sunday night) , ,,, 10/10 thoroughly enjoyed it sir 👍
"The bland good looks of a catalogue model." I have been groping my whole life for this specific description. Jasper, you clever devil 👿 Soulmates know each other by vibe...not by looks.
Wonderful story. All the way to the ending I wanted to "ship" them, a la Clarice and Hannibal. Perverse maybe, but a dark and twisted romance has an allure.
So excited to hear this! I have been away I have missed you and your stories and this is a major, major treat!!! Thank you so much for amazing entertainment as usual!!🌟❤️🔥🌟
Sorry to hear that, Levon. That's a real-life nightmare. I suppose part of the horror of it is the fact that, unless we hide ourselves away, we have no control over who sees us and the attachments they form.
@@EnCryptedHorror sadly the incel 'community' of frustrated, self-professed 'ugly' men are growing in their virulence and destructive intent. Let’s hope none discover this marvellous story, and get ideas! I’m bombarding your channel, I apologise. I simply can’t get enough of your content!
Perfectly wonderful! Hope beyond hope in the climax, then the dark reveal. While listening, I had to retune my violin, as my dog had knocked it off the stand in a fit of over-enthusiastic wagging. I hope someday I will be a good player -- but perhaps, not TOO good. ; ) Thanks very much for another great story.
Thanks Blue. Hope you're feeling better. Good luck with the violin too! I can get a tune out of a few instruments but that one has always struck me as really difficult.
@@EnCryptedHorror Thank you, sir. I've entered the horrific sore throat phase, apparently, but am still up at 5 to go to work today (needs must, I suppose). The violin IS difficult, which is why I gave up in my youth and took up flute instead. : D Now, I guess, I'm just at a point where I do a thing only because I want to and not for the validation or approval of people around me (which is good, because I'm sure my upstairs neighbors want to strangle me at times). Have a splendid day!
You're one talented dude , Jasper ! I thought the whole ensemble a triumph ! Though I had an almost spot on idea of the finale , because of the hints dropped throughout , I was (almost) hoping nothing would happen ..... you had such a beautifully written and performed little drama going that I was all in ! And then.... A+ , pal , really good stuff ! Thanks ! 💀🎱💀
First of all once again you have delivered a great new story for us. Eerie from the first sentence. Also, I have been worried about you and my other favorites ever since youtube decided for no good reason to screw Simon over. I have moved my support for him to Patreon, and will follow Encrypted anywhere you go.
I'll get on my hobbyhorse about it 😆 It makes no sense to me. It has an audience. Some of these channels have 100K subs or more. RUclips makes money. The creators get their share. They're uploading stuff that's in the public domain or so old and forgotten about that it might as well be. No one's getting hurt by it. So why would they care? The content only really gets served to people who would want it anyway...so it's not taking eyeballs from hair tutorials and reaction videos. It's either...a misunderstanding. I think if you sound as good as a professional audiobook they think you've just uploaded an audiobook. Or it's playing safe...you might be breaching copyright but we can't be bothered to check so we'll demonetise you just to be on the safe side... Or they don't want to share the ad revenue and they come after these story channels because it's still small fry really. Or...IDK...they just don't like this content for some reason?
@@EnCryptedHorror It's just so frustrating, channels like yours are such a great escape from the realities of the crazy real world, and youtube just doesn't care. Just another component of big brother now. Lol, I remember when google's motto was "do no harm".
Great story and narration. Fantastic job on writing this. Octvia's ring tone is the same as the alarm on my phone. When I heard it, I shot out of my seat. I was thinking, "What the heck! I have no alarm set for this late at night!" I can only imagine what that room held! I do have a guess!
@@EnCryptedHorror You seriously have some extraordinary talent. I don't know what all it entails, but if you've not checked into publishing your original stories, you certainly should. I can only see your channel growing by leaps and bounds. 🙏😊
I love Modigliani so...with your "pen" how can we go wrong- ! we fans lucked out this month- two original, "L'Estrange" tales! I am already lost in my time zone- I hope you don't mind if I play mental dress up and pretend I am at L'Opera Paris, a cherished building- I shall be Anna Pavlova for an hour or so! Namaste (I had ro rush back home to fetch an article I always carry in my reticule, one of Patrick Suskind's very rare fragrances, those distinctive base notes! I pride myself on my keen sense of smell! Only the connoisseur!) I wrote my perfume etc comments before finishing and now, well, I must say, BRAVA! No one ever noticed that man in the John Fowles novel either, did they? Him and his butterflies- I loved this- !!!!! Swan Lake will never be quite the same-
@@EnCryptedHorror I think I "devoured" each novel at least 3x and his poetry too. I have - I think, if I didn't lend it, a book about his beloved Lyme Regis- hope I spelled it correctly, bought on an sort of "holiday browse" - Montreal or Toronto- and still, Terence Stamp, ( he was sitting near me at your concert, I do hope he sought therapy, poor Miranda locked in her dungeon dreaming of sky and essays! One of the most chilling performances Stamp ever gave and he initially didn't want the part! A certain kind of "horror" a thriller, IMHO nobody- name a few if I am unawares- can make films with power like that like, no gore, no histrionics or awful score, low budget? Maybe, William Wyler- I must say Mr. Stamp never quite matched that performance - his eyes- his sulky good looks but his ego?! I AM babbling, misplaced my current "favorite" fragrance- Eau du Linament No. 3! Patrick Suskind - did he write anything else? I stayed up all night for that book- EVIL- a channel on here I follow did a feature on an American serial killer who didn't make perfume but -how do I word it- his proclivities make him Number 1 on my list of such people- I watched "Blow Up" yesterday- David Hemmings lived up to his potential unlike Mr. Stamp- Swinging London, how I long for a magic flying carpet time machine, it renders one invisible and VACCINATED against Black Plague- shudder here, those drawings of the surgeons in their plague masks- truly horrifying - first time I saw an illustration when a child - actually they still "creep me out" Peanut, Wild at Heart- Lynch fan or "oh no, not THAT dribble again!"! Twin Peaks did go into overkill- media types do that with a "winner" don't they- I never watched Laura, blah, blah, and I DO dig Mr. Lynch- John Hurt was my fav Brit actor of his generation, The Elephant Man, should have won 3 Oscar's IMHO- Nighthawk at Tom Waits' Diner again- seeing my physician tomorrow- no more pills I shall yell, " shrillingly" tablet wants to insert, shilling...ah me, I am fed up with peculiar hours- I AM DELIBERATELY BABBLING, partner has diabetes and needs his rest and it was Victoria Rules the Waves Day yesterday- fireworks- not many, rained out- I don't enjoy them as nowadays they've cut back and don't have the Americans "lust" for patriotism- I was on a beach in New England, one summer ( not as much fun as your seaside town! Sand though not rocky- it happened to be 4th of July! Independence from those appalling tyrants! Colonialism! Tea tax, we'll show you- I detest, armies, colonialism, racism, over zealous patriots- you know the type- I DO INDEED love my country- I can freely criticize it! Not vote, yep, not voting, had it, the same, all politicians- may start out with "good intentions " but....In Maine, on July 4 they pulled out all the stoppers? Need caffeine I.V.- the fireworks were accompanied by classical ? Music- now here I get mixed up, Aaron Copeland- or George and Ira Gershwin- do they HAVE A GREAT CLASSICAL COMPOSER? And probably- detest this "cat", John Philip Sousa- not keen on parades ( well the mimes in Blow Up were a sort of mini parade- and all 5 anti-nuke protestors- chubby, majorettes with "helmets" and NO, I DOUBT I COULD TWIRL A STUPID BATON! As Groucho Marx said to Margaret Dumont: "hello, I must be going..." ( YES, I LOVE THE MARX BROTHERS BUT ALSO THE GOONS, THE CARRY ON ____'S AND MONTY AND HIS PYTHONS AND Tony Haancock, poor Tony, have you seen The Rebel? A favorite when I miss more than usual my " uni" days- your attitude to the plain or ugly, in this most wonderful tale- how long did it take you to write it-? Do much rewriting? No, you don't need too Mr. Genius! Do you also play an instrument and paint? As you know I am homely as the mud fence - cruel mothers are monsters in disguise, I can't remember where I was going- your attitude to the "plain girl" the man lacking fashion model bone structure- tend to look vacuous- not Terence Stamp or David Hemmings or David Bailey the innovative fashion photographer- THANK YOU, INSERT CURTSEY HERE, I STILL LOVE, VISITING HOURS, BEST BUT.....( I am still embarrassed too because I missed the obvious in the tale about what bad people do in an innocuous place- the inherent darkness- Namaste ( have you seen my reticule? Are you sitting on it? I DO own one and used it- shouldn't have, I destroyed the exquisite peach colored silk and the Victorian petticoat- perfect summer skirt- yep, antique garments should be worn I believe but....) If you DO correspond with Tony, please tell him, I feel GUILTY AS HELL- I still love his channel and his voice and his stories-
This is a fabulous story and so excellently narrated. I have a suspicion you might be a genius. 🙂 Are you familiar with the band Porcupine Tree or it’s creator, Steven Wilson?
Thanks Alison, glad you enjoyed. And I am familiar with The Porcupine Tree. I can't say I know a lot of their stuff, but I did have the album "Stupid Dream".
@@EnCryptedHorror I feel it ranks amongst your best. Strange and fickle can be some viewers 🤔 but perhaps there is an explanation that will not be the result of the slings and arrows of outrageous what not.
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Thanks....a lot. I may never sleep again. Considering my rather outrageous five playlists and albums, I'll have to take very careful internal inventory; lest there be hidden within a dormant tendency to taxidermy musicians....
Thanks again for increasing the number of my grey hairs.😱😬😲
I can't be the only one who listens to the channel and find that Jasper's original works sit quite comfortably beside the classic readings, like old friends at a pub.
Thanks Gurgamo! Very kind of you 😊
100% Agree 💜
Agree. Nice analogy
Agree!!
I find his stories are more than match for some of the canonical ones he reads. Really impressed.
Masterfully written and beautifully told, this is by far my favourite story on your channel so far. It is exquisitely well done. It makes me wonder whether you yourself are an avid concert goer. If not, the convincing portrayal of the main character is very surprising, if not in part drawn from real inspirations.
Hi Huw! Thanks for commenting. I attended a couple of concerts recently that gave me the idea for this story - the idea of some people being on display, others almost invisible. Not an avid concert goer these days, but absolutely a music lover. Hopefully the similarities to the title character end there 😉😆
Hey Huw! I sure miss Jasper's stories, and hope he's back again one day soon. Looking forward to your latest as well. Cheers to you both, and thank you for sharing your amazing talents with us 💜
I didn't want the story to end, you are amazing.
That was deliciously spine tingling, thank you Jasper.
Oh good, glad you enjoyed 🙏
I found your channel today. Idk why it hadn't been recommended to me before! I was lured in by H.P. Lovecraft's Cold Air 💙 and spent the rest of the day exploring other stories. I'm happy to say it got better and better with each one, but this is by far my favorite one yet!
Another commentator said your story fit right in with the classic horror stories you read, and I have to wholeheartedly agree with them. This was both beautifully written and unbelievably unnerving. I equally liked and hated the mc... rooted for him, and wanted him to fail. Can't wait to hear more of your stories!
Thank you, Island Girl. Glad you've finally found the channel and really pleased to hear you liked the story. It was "fun" to explore a dark and conflicted character.
“Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane." This was creepily excellent.
One of those cases in which I kept thinking, "I hope that a deus ex machina intervenes and that she escapes.", but ... (shudder)
I'm two years late but WOW, you've outdone yourself here jasper. Yet I haven't even explored half of your originals! I better catch up NOW.
I love your play of words and found myself rooting for the narrator when I'm not supposed to lol. And the ending where he finally "completed" his collection because he's a completist was just artfully perfect ❤ My favorite instruments are actually the cello and the violin which made this even sweeter
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed. I have a trainee violinist and trainee...erm...viola-ist (?) at home so half way to a full quartet myself 😄
@EnCryptedHorror You're a completist 😂
Not only a first rate narrator but also an excellent writer.
Thank you kindly.
What a wonderfully creepy story, never saw that coming. This would make great horror film. Reminds me of a “Tales of the Unexpected” story where a landlady kills and uses her taxidermy skills to keep her young gentleman guests from leaving. All very attractive young men of course! Now we know what his “hobby” was!
Fuckinelll Jasper!! What an absolute masterpiece!! I've discovered your channel on Spotify and I'm addicted to it. How cool is that by far the best story I've heard is your own composition!! It's got it all, suspense, creeping horror, sadness, tragedy plus it keeps the reader on edge to the very end. You know you could maybe expand on this character, do more short stories, even a novel. He's a cross between Hannibal Lector and Reynolds Woodcock from Phantom Thread!
Thanks Dan! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Like the Woodcock comparison 😁🪡
Blimey, glad I chose the drums
Haha! 😆
Just climbed into bed ready to put my headphones on. Excellent, this was posted 5 minutes ago.
Serendipity! Thanks 1970sthrowback 🙏
oh wow ! I have listened to this story 5/6 times and every second has had me gripped.!!, Jasper, you have a wonderful gift for narration and voice acting....thank you so much for this upload and congratulations on such a creative piece of writing.
Thank you, Vikki! Very kind of you to say 😊
Brilliant story, you’re good at writing as well as reading 😊
You wrote it? Excellent story! Loved 'dead time'. Great observations... That tense and anxious way mothers hover over kids...
Thank you, Rebecca 🙏
Come into my parlor said Norman Bates...Well, being beautiful isn't always that great, apparently! Well, done, Jasper! You are a master!
Thanks Rosie, yes I did stray into "Psycho" territory, didn't I? If you're going to pinch, pinch from the best, I suppose 😆
@@EnCryptedHorror LOL
I had almost forgotten that this was a horror story... until the ending.
Very good!
Thanks Alex, I was hoping to keep people guessing with this one, so that's good news 😊
What a story. Takes people watching to new and quite disturbing depths. Excellent work 👌
In many ways I could empathise with the music lover.
I have gotten to know the entire lives of strangers, their dreams and disappointments, in the time it takes to drink my coffee in a cafe, and I've fallen in love with and married quite a few men while waiting for trains or buses.
Sometimes it leaves me with a strange sort of sadness.
Once again, you have surpassed yourself, Jasper, with a story of your own which shows what a multi-talented person you are! This was SO creepy, the insight into murderous obsession so well crafted. I hope you will one day write a book of your own collected stories - I'm sure I'm not the only one of your subscribers who would buy it!
Thanks Susan! Very kind of you to say. I should very much like to publish something one day. I feel like I would have to write ones that you haven't heard before on the channel, however, and unfortunately I can't stop sharing them here first 😆
@EnCrypted Classic Horror - with Jasper L'Estrange I'd buy it even if they'd appeared on the channel - there is a difference in reading a story and listening to it and both are pleasurable in their own right. Anyway, best of luck with all you do!
@@EnCryptedHorror I hope you do put together a collection of your work. Like Susan I have no problem reading stories with which I'm familiar...especially those written by masterful storytellers. I easily place you in that category. Maybe you, Huw and Tony Walker should collab on a book? I guarantee it would be a huge success. We miss you, and hope you're recharging that brilliant battery 💜
Jasper keeping music Evil... Another brilliant original story by the talented Mr L'Estrange, superbly creepy and wonderfully produced.
Thanks John. Glad you enjoyed 👍
"And so, I have found....other uses for my hands." Uh-oh, sounds like this tale isn't going to end well for someone!
He could have turned out to be a brilliant masseuse 🤷♂️
Just perfect. This is one to which I keep coming back again and again. Chilling.
It's a great pleasure listening to Jasper, also it was wonderful to discover his talent for crooked stories like this. Beautiful work. Have a great year, keep on growing
I loved this story, wanted so much for it to end happily. Knowing it wouldn't gave me extra dread. Bravo Jasper - again. This was exceptional in
every way. Awed by your talents. (Was Howard a taxidermist as well?)
Don't tell everyone 🤐 Thanks Alison! Glad you enjoyed the story.
I recall another story about a collector who had a special relationship with his mother...😱
That was seriously creepy!
So many red flags that we ignore due to politeness, poor girl. It felt so real 😮
Jasper does it again! You had me wondering what dire fate would be in store for the hapless talented cellist but I had no idea this villain was so deranged..pity, I was almost , almost I say starting to have a bit of sympathy for him. I detest psychos with oodles of money. Now there is a poor motherless little child out there because this talented but o so warped man had to satisfy his urges.
Great story, O Maestro, and I have been meaning to comment on Sweeny Todd 5, but you are spinning them out faster than I can Marshall my thoughts.💯❤❤🙏👍
Thank you, so pleased to hear you liked the story 👍
Thank you so much for sharing such a beautifully written story - definitely spooky when needed and I loved the sounds included. You’re so very talented! ☺️
Thank you, Lady Amelia! Very kind of you 🙏
Eeeee Jasper! Gooseprickles! It started with "where to place the bolt" and continued right through "so nice to look at." Thank you for all of it!
Thanks Lux! It was fun to play this particularly creepy character 💀
Captivating fom beginning to horrifying end. Will see and hear classical music concerts in the future with fear and trembling...Thank you!!!!!👍👍👍
Perfect timing!
Of all the ghost and horror stories I listen to on RUclips (probably a hundred by now) this was actually the scariest and most interesting. You kept the suspense going from beginning to end without ever making it obvious exactly what was going to happen. Bravo!!! 👏👏👏
Thank you so much. High praise indeed 🙏. I'm very glad you liked it 👍
Well written and well read. Great work, thank you.👍😊
Thank you, Caroline 😊
Brilliant Story ,,, I could see that being dramatised it reminded me a lot of an old "Tales Of The Unexpected " episode ( Roald Dahl sitting in his chair on a Sunday night) , ,,, 10/10 thoroughly enjoyed it sir 👍
Thanks Brian. Used to love a bit of TOTU 😁
Vivid horror brilliantly written and excellently told.
Thank you!
Fabulous, Lust & Horror, simply Wonderful...& with your Voice...💗
Thank you, Tree 🙏
"The bland good looks of a catalogue model."
I have been groping my whole life for this specific description. Jasper, you clever devil 👿
Soulmates know each other by vibe...not by looks.
Thanks Earthcat! 😊
Wow 👌 and I could listen to your voice all day its very soothing... really enjoyed this jasper ❤
Thanks Free Spirit! Glad to hear it 😊
Genuinely unsettling....which is rare and quite special.
Thanks Scout!
Oh my….this was fantastically creepy story, and it’s the way your tell them. Thank you 🦋
Thanks Jude 😊
Wow Jasper very unsettling tale. Loved it
Great to hear! Thanks Joe 🙏
Wonderful story. All the way to the ending I wanted to "ship" them, a la Clarice and Hannibal. Perverse maybe, but a dark and twisted romance has an allure.
Thanks Anne. Yes, it hadn't occurred to me when I was writing it, but there is a bit of the Clarice and Hannibal thing going on.
Just listened again. A consummate masterpiece. Come back soon!
I will! 😁
A wicked & remarkable delight, well-crafted and compelling... Loved it!
Thank you, Terry! That's great to hear 😊
Eerie yet excellent!
So excited to hear this! I have been away I have missed you and your stories and this is a major, major treat!!! Thank you so much for amazing entertainment as usual!!🌟❤️🔥🌟
We've missed you too, Maria! Welcome home 😊
Wow. Perfectly executed.
Thank you, Andrea! Glad you enjoyed it.
This was absolutely fantastic. Congratulations on such a wonderfully written story.
Thank you! So glad you liked it 😊
A symphony of reasonable madness. Thank you.
As someone who’s been stalked on two occasions, I found this utterly terrifying. Well done, Mr L’Estrange, you creepy devil, you!
Sorry to hear that, Levon. That's a real-life nightmare. I suppose part of the horror of it is the fact that, unless we hide ourselves away, we have no control over who sees us and the attachments they form.
@@EnCryptedHorror sadly the incel 'community' of frustrated, self-professed 'ugly' men are growing in their virulence and destructive intent. Let’s hope none discover this marvellous story, and get ideas!
I’m bombarding your channel, I apologise. I simply can’t get enough of your content!
Perfectly wonderful! Hope beyond hope in the climax, then the dark reveal. While listening, I had to retune my violin, as my dog had knocked it off the stand in a fit of over-enthusiastic wagging. I hope someday I will be a good player -- but perhaps, not TOO good. ; ) Thanks very much for another great story.
Thanks Blue. Hope you're feeling better. Good luck with the violin too! I can get a tune out of a few instruments but that one has always struck me as really difficult.
@@EnCryptedHorror Thank you, sir. I've entered the horrific sore throat phase, apparently, but am still up at 5 to go to work today (needs must, I suppose). The violin IS difficult, which is why I gave up in my youth and took up flute instead. : D Now, I guess, I'm just at a point where I do a thing only because I want to and not for the validation or approval of people around me (which is good, because I'm sure my upstairs neighbors want to strangle me at times). Have a splendid day!
A person lucky enough to have a dog, AND a violin!! I only have the dog, lol, but perhaps someday...
You're one talented dude , Jasper ! I thought the whole ensemble a triumph !
Though I had an almost spot on idea of the finale , because of the hints dropped throughout , I was (almost) hoping nothing would happen ..... you had such a beautifully written and performed little drama going that I was all in ! And then....
A+ , pal , really good stuff ! Thanks ! 💀🎱💀
Thanks Jeff! Glad to hear you enjoyed it 🙏
First of all once again you have delivered a great new story for us. Eerie from the first sentence. Also, I have been worried about you and my other favorites ever since youtube decided for no good reason to screw Simon over. I have moved my support for him to Patreon, and will follow Encrypted anywhere you go.
Thanks Carol, it is deeply worrying. They can pull the plug on me at any time...without warning.
@@EnCryptedHorror really makes me wonder who or what is driving this purge...who benefits?
I'll get on my hobbyhorse about it 😆 It makes no sense to me. It has an audience. Some of these channels have 100K subs or more. RUclips makes money. The creators get their share. They're uploading stuff that's in the public domain or so old and forgotten about that it might as well be. No one's getting hurt by it. So why would they care? The content only really gets served to people who would want it anyway...so it's not taking eyeballs from hair tutorials and reaction videos.
It's either...a misunderstanding. I think if you sound as good as a professional audiobook they think you've just uploaded an audiobook. Or it's playing safe...you might be breaching copyright but we can't be bothered to check so we'll demonetise you just to be on the safe side...
Or they don't want to share the ad revenue and they come after these story channels because it's still small fry really.
Or...IDK...they just don't like this content for some reason?
@@EnCryptedHorror It's just so frustrating, channels like yours are such a great escape from the realities of the crazy real world, and youtube just doesn't care. Just another component of big brother now. Lol, I remember when google's motto was "do no harm".
Exceedingly creepy. BRAVO 💜 👏💯🥂
Thank you, Violet! Glad you think so 😊
Absolutely amazing! My new favorite of your writings. Thank you so much for sharing your talents!
You're welcome, Laura - and thanks so much for commenting 🙏
@@EnCryptedHorror my pleasure!
Great story and narration. Fantastic job on writing this.
Octvia's ring tone is the same as the alarm on my phone. When I heard it, I shot out of my seat. I was thinking, "What the heck! I have no alarm set for this late at night!"
I can only imagine what that room held! I do have a guess!
Just wonderful! I loved every second thank you ❤👻
You're welcome. Thanks for listening, Annette.
Wow.. I'm not sure which was creepier, the story or your performance. Bravo! Or shall I say Encore!
Thanks Jacee 🙏💐🙏🙇♂️
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You seriously have some extraordinary talent. I don't know what all it entails, but if you've not checked into publishing your original stories, you certainly should. I can only see your channel growing by leaps and bounds. 🙏😊
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks.
Glad to hear that. Thank you, Eileen 🙏
YOU’RE AWESOME!!!!
Thanks Boo! You are too 😊
i envy your talent ! keep up the good work!
I love Modigliani so...with your "pen" how can we go wrong- ! we fans lucked out this month- two original, "L'Estrange" tales! I am already lost in my time zone- I hope you don't mind if I play mental dress up and pretend I am at L'Opera Paris, a cherished building- I shall be Anna Pavlova for an hour or so!
Namaste (I had ro rush back home to fetch an article I always carry in my reticule, one of Patrick Suskind's very rare fragrances, those distinctive base notes! I pride myself on my keen sense of smell! Only the connoisseur!) I wrote my perfume etc comments before finishing and now, well, I must say, BRAVA! No one ever noticed that man in the John Fowles novel either, did they? Him and his butterflies- I loved this- !!!!! Swan Lake will never be quite the same-
Fowles is one of my favourites 😊
@@EnCryptedHorror I think I "devoured" each novel at least 3x and his poetry too. I have - I think, if I didn't lend it, a book about his beloved Lyme Regis- hope I spelled it correctly, bought on an sort of "holiday browse" - Montreal or Toronto- and still, Terence Stamp, ( he was sitting near me at your concert, I do hope he sought therapy, poor Miranda locked in her dungeon dreaming of sky and essays! One of the most chilling performances Stamp ever gave and he initially didn't want the part! A certain kind of "horror" a thriller, IMHO nobody- name a few if I am unawares- can make films with power like that like, no gore, no histrionics or awful score, low budget? Maybe, William Wyler- I must say Mr. Stamp never quite matched that performance - his eyes- his sulky good looks but his ego?! I AM babbling, misplaced my current "favorite" fragrance- Eau du Linament No. 3! Patrick Suskind - did he write anything else? I stayed up all night for that book- EVIL- a channel on here I follow did a feature on an American serial killer who didn't make perfume but -how do I word it- his proclivities make him Number 1 on my list of such people-
I watched "Blow Up" yesterday- David Hemmings lived up to his potential unlike Mr. Stamp- Swinging London, how I long for a magic flying carpet time machine, it renders one invisible and VACCINATED against Black Plague- shudder here, those drawings of the surgeons in their plague masks- truly horrifying - first time I saw an illustration when a child - actually they still "creep me out" Peanut, Wild at Heart- Lynch fan or "oh no, not THAT dribble again!"! Twin Peaks did go into overkill- media types do that with a "winner" don't they- I never watched Laura, blah, blah, and I DO dig Mr. Lynch- John Hurt was my fav Brit actor of his generation, The Elephant Man, should have won 3 Oscar's IMHO- Nighthawk at Tom Waits' Diner again- seeing my physician tomorrow- no more pills I shall yell, " shrillingly" tablet wants to insert, shilling...ah me, I am fed up with peculiar hours- I AM DELIBERATELY BABBLING, partner has diabetes and needs his rest and it was Victoria Rules the Waves Day yesterday- fireworks- not many, rained out- I don't enjoy them as nowadays they've cut back and don't have the Americans "lust" for patriotism- I was on a beach in New England, one summer ( not as much fun as your seaside town! Sand though not rocky- it happened to be 4th of July! Independence from those appalling tyrants! Colonialism! Tea tax, we'll show you- I detest, armies, colonialism, racism, over zealous patriots- you know the type- I DO INDEED love my country- I can freely criticize it! Not vote, yep, not voting, had it, the same, all politicians- may start out with "good intentions " but....In Maine, on July 4 they pulled out all the stoppers? Need caffeine I.V.- the fireworks were accompanied by classical ? Music- now here I get mixed up, Aaron Copeland- or George and Ira Gershwin- do they HAVE A GREAT CLASSICAL COMPOSER? And probably- detest this "cat", John Philip Sousa- not keen on parades ( well the mimes in Blow Up were a sort of mini parade- and all 5 anti-nuke protestors- chubby, majorettes with "helmets" and NO, I DOUBT I COULD TWIRL A STUPID BATON! As Groucho Marx said to Margaret Dumont: "hello, I must be going..." ( YES, I LOVE THE MARX BROTHERS BUT ALSO THE GOONS, THE CARRY ON ____'S AND MONTY AND HIS PYTHONS AND Tony Haancock, poor Tony, have you seen The Rebel? A favorite when I miss more than usual my " uni" days- your attitude to the plain or ugly, in this most wonderful tale- how long did it take you to write it-? Do much rewriting? No, you don't need too Mr. Genius! Do you also play an instrument and paint? As you know I am homely as the mud fence - cruel mothers are monsters in disguise, I can't remember where I was going- your attitude to the "plain girl" the man lacking fashion model bone structure- tend to look vacuous- not Terence Stamp or David Hemmings or David Bailey the innovative fashion photographer- THANK YOU, INSERT CURTSEY HERE, I STILL LOVE, VISITING HOURS, BEST BUT.....( I am still embarrassed too because I missed the obvious in the tale about what bad people do in an innocuous place- the inherent darkness- Namaste ( have you seen my reticule? Are you sitting on it? I DO own one and used it- shouldn't have, I destroyed the exquisite peach colored silk and the Victorian petticoat- perfect summer skirt- yep, antique garments should be worn I believe but....) If you DO correspond with Tony, please tell him, I feel GUILTY AS HELL- I still love his channel and his voice and his stories-
This story had a feeling the whole way through of a careful sense of stalking that was creepy but understandable until the very last.
Thank you.
Very much so enjoyed this.
Glad to hear it 😊 Thanks George.
Nanight, All X
Excellent!
My man this was so good
Thanks Marauder! Glad you liked it 👍
Well done! And thank you for sharing your dating tips.
Do you know, Jared. I have been anticipating your comment since I wrote this story. And you didn't disappoint 🤣
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This is a fabulous story and so excellently narrated. I have a suspicion you might be a genius. 🙂
Are you familiar with the band Porcupine Tree or it’s creator, Steven Wilson?
Thanks Alison, glad you enjoyed. And I am familiar with The Porcupine Tree. I can't say I know a lot of their stuff, but I did have the album "Stupid Dream".
Great
Yikes! 🎻😱
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Perfectly paced with a sardonic veneer. Put me in mind of 'Peeping Tom'.
Was this the story that seemed to have got lost? I saw it on Patreon and several times on RUclips.
Not sure what happened, not very happy with the view count.
@@EnCryptedHorror I feel it ranks amongst your best. Strange and fickle can be some viewers 🤔 but perhaps there is an explanation that will not be the result of the slings and arrows of outrageous what not.
People watching? Why, yes I do 👀 ... oblivious husband/s 🤔😁 ... *my* violin still has its *frets* on it 😠
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That was hideous, ghastly, and absolutely lovely. What a delightful story ❤