"The Gorgon's Head" by Gertrude Bacon
Captain Brander's reputation as a teller of tall tales precedes him, but is the ย strange account he relates to his passenger, Miss Baker, of what befell him and a shipmate on the island of Zante mere fabrication...or the ย unvarnished truth?
This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for ย EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "The Gorgon's Head" by Gertrude Bacon (aka Dorothy Baker) (1899).
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About the story:
"The ย Gorgon's Head" by Gertrude Bacon (sometimes attributed to Dorothy ย Baker). First published in The Strand magazine, December 1899.
Credit where credit's due:
Theme ย music: ย The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International ย (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Last and First Night" by Scott Buckley - www.scottbuckley.com.au (made available under the Creative Commons โAttributionย 4.0 Internationalโย (CC BY 4.0)ย License)
Sound effects: ย All ย sound effects sourced at Freesound.
The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor.
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