Episode 67: "The Tower of Moab" 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 read 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/

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About the episode: 

"The Tower of Moab" by L.A. Lewis. First published in 'Tales of the Grotesque: A Collection of Uneasy Tales' (Philip Alan), 1934. 

Credit where credit's due: 

Incidental music: The Old Ones by Scott Buckley (Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au) Link: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/the-old-ones/ Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Supernatural by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4446-supernatural 

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

The Ghost Castle by Frank Schröter 

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6602-the-ghost-castle 

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Sound effects: All sound effects sourced at Freesound.org 

The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor. 

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