Ancient Sorceries (ESCP)

On an impulse, a man gets off a train to spend the night in a remote Welsh village, despite warnings from the conductor that doing so will put his soul in jeopardy.

Ancient Sorceries was penned by Algernon Blackwood around 1927. Crutchfield, an excellent scriptwriter, did us all a favor by making the story into a passable and interesting drama. The original story is part of a series featuring Dr. John Silence, a kind of psychic investigator/therapist.

Escape #28
Ancient Sorceries
15 Feb 1948
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Algernon Blackwood (author), Anne Morrison, Cy Feuer (composer, conductor), Kaye Brinker, Les Crutchfield (adaptor), Paul Frees, William Conrad, William N. Robson (director)

Illustration by Sydney Walter Stanley, appearing in The Willows and Other Queer Tales (1932).