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A well-travelled seaman is hired by a mysterious individual known as The Schoolmaster to take him and his ship through hellish waters to Cape Wrath on an apparently scientific expedition. But Captain Ballister and his ragtag crew soon begin to realise that their voyage on The Mainz Psalter could well be their last...

This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "Le Psautier de Mayence (The Β Mainz Psalter" was written by Jean Ray (1931), translation by Lowell Blair.

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About the story:

"The Mainz Psalter" by Jean Ray. First published in The Revue Belge, June Β 1931. Later translated and collected in "Ghouls In My Grave" (pub. Β Berkeley Medallion, 1965). Translation by Lowell Blair.

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