Episode 57: "The Snow" by Hugh Walpole

 

A young woman finds it hard to stop quarrelling with her husband at Christmas - but is the warning voice she hears her own...or someone else's?

This is an audio presentation (with music and sound effects) of "The Snow" by Hugh Walpole (1929).

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ELEMENTALLY: "The Tarn" https://youtu.be/MgV00xG-fNw
FUNNY WEATHER WE'RE HAVING: "Luz" https://youtu.be/QUA07QyiXTY
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB: "The Nature of the Evidence" https://youtu.be/t0h2Bda2nxE
ANOTHER BY WALPOLE: "The Silver Mask" https://youtu.be/626lxy3cJBc
SCARY CHRISTMAS: "Chance's Motto" https://youtu.be/9WrSBPBEDHw

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About the episode:
 
"The Snow" by Hugh Walpole. First published in "Shudders", edited by Lady Cynthia Asquith (pub. Hutchinson, 1929). Later collected in "All Souls' Night" by Hugh Walpole (pub. Macmillan & Co., 1933).

 
Credit where credit's due:
 
Incidental music:
 
Giant Wyrm by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3807-giant-wyrm
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3931-it-came-upon-a-midnight-clear
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
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/
 
Sound effects:  All  sound effects sourced at Freesound.
 
The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor.
 
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