I was hoping the storm over my town would come in at full boil, but it's barely to be heard from my house. Talk about a missed opportunity. I think this story would've been better with some crashes and flashes. Next time, I suppose..
The Fringes of the Mythos series, including excellent short stories like "The Crib of Hell" and "Hydra", is absolutely wonderful and a welcome addition to HB's already vast archive of fine adaptations. Excellent again, HorrorBabble. (SLIGHT SPOILER:) Btw, "The Crib of Hell" is a worthwhile reworking of a cpl HP Lovecraft tales including "The Dunwich Horror" and will seem familiar, along w/"Hydra", in a welcome way to fans of Mr. Lovecraft and the many fine writers who added salient stories to his compelling mythos.
I REALLY REALLY like the art for this one. That's some top notch stuff. I'm waiting to listen to the story before bedtime. I'm babysitting my cat right now (she's high maintenance. If I didn't work from home, I'd come home every day to everything in my house being shredded or pooped on), but I wanted to voice my humble opinion about the thumbnail art. That's really good art. Also, Pendragon is an AWESOME handle. I bet that guy was a chick magnet with a name like Art Pendragon.
One: It was sometime during those yawning early morning hours; before yet another lurid dawn had begun to smoulder angrily beneath the bleak and desolate horizon that surrounds Newport on every side (Day-trips and other excursions to Newport may be booked from Horrorbabble Enterprises,) that Randolph Carter rolled out of his bed and slipped into a pair of Shocking Pink Furry-Cthulhu Slippers, (Furry-Cthulhu Slippers are available in all 8 colors and also in Paisley from Horrorbabble Enterprises price £16,) and put on his favorite, “I was At the Mountains of Madness and all I got was this lousy tee shirt,” tee shirt, (available in various sizes from Horrorbabble Enterprises price £26,) and groped for a nearly empty box of Kingsport, “What a friend I have in Lucifer,” matches, (Kingsport matches in all varieties are available from Horrorbabble Enterprises price £6 per carton.) His fingers found the single unspent match that was still left, he struck it deftly and quickly lit the gas.
@@WhoCares69 I heard also that Uther made up the saying "the pen is mightier than the sword." However, the last part of the saying is often omitted, " . . . the sword and any old stone."
This is an amazing story! It is truly awesome and well-written. The plot is amazing and the characters are pretty neat. I agree this is one of those stories on the "fringe" of the mythos. I would like to hear more from this author and am glad to hear you will be narrating more of their stories. As always, great narration!! Thanks!
So this is an enjoyable horror story. Very atmospheric with an appropriately horrible ghoul as well. The one thing that does bug me, is that if you're not familiar with Clark Ashton's Smith's Nameless Offspring you might miss the mythos connection. So it could probably use some explanation for how it fits into the mythos somewhere in the intro.
That wasn't really the plan with this series. The stories selected might 'pass' as mythos stories, without necessarily 'being' mythos stories. Hence the FRINGES thing.
The following humble/likely redundant suggestion was inspired by recent readings of the excellent "The Terror From the Depths" (F Lieber) & Wolf's "Lord of the Land" which evoked thoughts re: HB productions of these & other works from Lieber the best of the HPL-derivative gang would make fine additions to HB's already expansive offerings. I also just read Cardin's "Teeth" (an astounding tale of the Lovecraftian cosmic horror theme taken to an ultimate existential extreme) and Campbell's "Cold Print", which (SPOILER) presents a monstrous entity even more potent than Cthulhu and which is is more than adequately entertaining. Additionally, there's the astounding short story "Lord of the Land" from the fertile mind of author Gene Wolf. It's a dense, well-textured and intensely engaging tale which, each time I read it, becomes an increasingly entertaining, edifying and stunning cosmic (placed in a largely Egyptian context) horror experience with the emphasis on terrifyingly disturbing and just overall dope AF. So, acknowledging HB's well-demonstrated, clearly comprehensive knowledge of all tales terrifying, proven ability to produce quality narrations, understanding licensing and running a YT channel, I'd like to present a humble suggestion: (Additional) productions inspired by the likes of Fritz Lieber, R. Campbell & some of the better of the many mythos writers including M. Cardin et al. HorrorBabble's ability to produce the highest possible quality narrations and radio-plays would absolutely enhance the experience of these works, and it's my hope that the good people at HB has or will have these authors' works on their to-do list. All of that being said, I realize, of course, that this suggestion is sheer folly as HB is well ahead of the likes of myself in these matters. But hey: Fritz Lieber's "The Terror From the Depths" and Ramsey Campbell's "Cold Print" - if licensing isn't an issue, what is not to love? Please forgive my presumption and ignorant if well-intentioned two cents. (Bows deeply in subservience)
I really appreciate that and I’m glad you like my illustration. HORROR BABBLE is the bee’s knees, in my opinion. Illustrating these 5 stories for Ian and Jennifer has been an absolute joy.
When they started talking about planning how to kill it, I was like "Just throw a frag grenade or a stick of dynamite through the feeding hole and blow it up" :P
Love your work, which really helps me during sleepless nights. I don't know if you've ever had a request for trigger warnings to be listed in the video description before, but seeing the word crib in there makes me a little adverse to checking this one out. Obviously, no pressure - I can always count on horrors at sea or space to be sufficiently removed from my own personal terrors
Should it help, all of the characters at the time of the story are well above infancy. Possible spoiler: There is a flashback that references the origin of the 'crib's' occupant (which was born to the second wife of the aged heir's father.) The 'crib' itself is not a piece of furniture, but a containing space.
Triggers are subjective, which makes it difficult for us to mark anything as such. In our experience, we've found it better not to make those decisions on the behalf of others.
im really grateful for your high quality and lovingly curated content hb. its been wonderful discovering that adhd cant and won't stop me from reading. i enjoy each story so thoroughly, a completely alien concept to me. i really love the control of your voice, youre able to easily inflect while maintaining a comfortable range, perfect for any time of day, never jarring but always engaging. sending u guys my best, thank you so much for this treat!
How is this on the fringes of the Cthulhu mythos? I reads like a standard gothic horror, probably inspired by old witch trials and the legend of Glamis.
Isn’t there another story that’s very similar to this one? I know I’ve heard it narrated and the storyline is very similar except the guardian in the other story has loyal servant and it’s not a doctor that helps. It’s a friend that is asked to come to the house and he and the servant keep watch one night as it tries to scratch through a wooden door. I don’t know which one was written first but they are too similar to be a coincidence.
Hey, am I crazy or are there now a bunch of horror stories on TH-cam narrated by AI? Am I losing it? Because they sound like people, but there's something not quite right. Plus like a bunch of channels with a lot of uploads on the same day...I'm old someone please help.
@@HorrorBabble I'm not gonna lie, maybe I'm out of touch, but I really, really like the work you and a handful of other youtubers do in terms of oral storytelling, which I think is most certainly an important art form and one not so many are great at. So seeing these channels really, really rubs me the wrong way, particularly since none I have seen have been labeled as such. It's just not the same and I doubt it ever really will be. Sometimes the art isn't just the end result, but also the process itself. And AI storytelling definitely is NOT it.
Always look forward to new stories. I end up going down rabbit holes but I feel like I've been spoiled with your readings. Y'all have set a very high bar.
Honestly, this story didn't do it for me. It is, as always, very well delivered, but it felt to me like the literary equivalent of an old Hollywood pulp monster movie such as Frankenstein Vs The Wolfman...
And, mind you ... As someone who myself has studied the occult for approaching 15 years now almost ceaselessly ... I've never seen a hell child, that's for sure... But I've seen some pretty ...... Wrong things that will never leave me. Sometimes it makes me wonder just what Lovecraft himself knew about how right he got some of the more seemingly minor details in his works, let alone what he inspired in future generations. The unknown is certainly living and real.. maybe not as Hollywoodesque or as dramatic but... It's only ever a few degrees of separation away, all it takes is the right wavelength of consciousness to bridge the gap. My advice, if your instincts freeze you and the air turns to ice.. Pray, or run. Or both.
We currently have crazy storms and I am so glad I now have a new appropriate story to listen to!
I was hoping the storm over my town would come in at full boil, but it's barely to be heard from my house. Talk about a missed opportunity.
I think this story would've been better with some crashes and flashes.
Next time, I suppose..
Hey dude, today at the bookstore, one of the cashiers recommended this channel to me, im excited to start watching your vids!
Hello George! That's awesome! Can we ask the name/location of the bookstore?
This is a great channel! You are in a good place.
You're in for a treat!
@@HorrorBabble Waterstones, Perth
@@Georgebloodworth Thanks!
The Fringes of the Mythos series, including excellent short stories like "The Crib of Hell" and "Hydra", is absolutely wonderful and a welcome addition to HB's already vast archive of fine adaptations. Excellent again, HorrorBabble.
(SLIGHT SPOILER:) Btw, "The Crib of Hell" is a worthwhile reworking of a cpl HP Lovecraft tales including "The Dunwich Horror" and will seem familiar, along w/"Hydra", in a welcome way to fans of Mr. Lovecraft and the many fine writers who added salient stories to his compelling mythos.
Finally here!!! Taking a break from chores. Been waiting so I'm diving in as it were. 💀
I would not have remained sane while working at my PhD without the help of your macabre readings, Ian. Keep up with the good work.
All the best, Marco!
I REALLY REALLY like the art for this one. That's some top notch stuff. I'm waiting to listen to the story before bedtime. I'm babysitting my cat right now (she's high maintenance. If I didn't work from home, I'd come home every day to everything in my house being shredded or pooped on), but I wanted to voice my humble opinion about the thumbnail art.
That's really good art.
Also, Pendragon is an AWESOME handle. I bet that guy was a chick magnet with a name like Art Pendragon.
Thank you very, very much.
Oh I really loved this story! It reminds me of Unnamed Offspring- brilliantly read, thank you Ian!👍👹
What a great name for a town in a story like this. Surprised that this is a little known story. It's right up there with the best. Thank you!
I just looked it up …..Sabbathday is a lake in Maine…..it is the last home of the Shaker cult at The Sabbath Day Lake Centre.
@@davidwhite7294 Thanks! I should have done that.
@@rosiemcnaughton9933 👍🤝
Cheers! Sweet dreams tonight for sure...
This story is the perfect poster hell-child for this new series. Spectacular read Ian.
Thanks as always for listening.
What this story taught me: Devilish love is best when a contraceptive is used. 😈
Alcohol!
@@sub-jec-tiv alcohol.!? Alcohol is hardly a contraceptive .. unless too drunk to .. well you know 👿😅
@@joannewatts9892 sending Love ❤️...Are you single? 😊❤️
This one a great one! I like it took place in Connecticut and mentioned the natives. Love me some New England with my mythos.
One:
It was sometime during those yawning early morning hours; before yet another lurid dawn had begun to smoulder angrily beneath the bleak and desolate horizon that surrounds Newport on every side (Day-trips and other excursions to Newport may be booked from Horrorbabble Enterprises,) that Randolph Carter rolled out of his bed and slipped into a pair of Shocking Pink Furry-Cthulhu Slippers, (Furry-Cthulhu Slippers are available in all 8 colors and also in Paisley from Horrorbabble Enterprises price £16,) and put on his favorite, “I was At the Mountains of Madness and all I got was this lousy tee shirt,” tee shirt, (available in various sizes from Horrorbabble Enterprises price £26,) and groped for a nearly empty box of Kingsport, “What a friend I have in Lucifer,” matches, (Kingsport matches in all varieties are available from Horrorbabble Enterprises price £6 per carton.) His fingers found the single unspent match that was still left, he struck it deftly and quickly lit the gas.
The crib maybe of hell, but Horror Babble and the Rue Morgue magazine are a match made in heaven!
that gorgeous music at the end... you spoil me
King Arthur wrote horror stories?
I suspected as much, but I think he used a "pen" name for most of his work. ;)
His father Uther allegedly wrote the first English dictionary and his mother was quite a poet !
He also wrote comedies like Spamalot
@@WhoCares69 I heard also that Uther made up the saying "the pen is mightier than the sword." However, the last part of the saying is often omitted, " . . . the sword and any old stone."
@@davidbudge8359that was performed onstage with the the Lady of the Lake cast as "the Watery Tart." It is said she often stole props, i.e. a sword.
I love the fringe mythos tales plz keep finding these.
Sending Love ❤️...Dakotah...Are you single? 😊
Thanks for another fantastic video Ian!
Cool story horror babble and thank you for your great narrations, You are a treasure in the horror genre
This is an amazing story! It is truly awesome and well-written.
The plot is amazing and the characters are pretty neat.
I agree this is one of those stories on the "fringe" of the mythos.
I would like to hear more from this author and am glad to hear you will be narrating more of their stories.
As always, great narration!! Thanks!
*I am R’LYEH fhtagn excited to begin this cosmic journey into the Mythos!!*
🌊🦑🪐💫🌌
So this is an enjoyable horror story. Very atmospheric with an appropriately horrible ghoul as well. The one thing that does bug me, is that if you're not familiar with Clark Ashton's Smith's Nameless Offspring you might miss the mythos connection. So it could probably use some explanation for how it fits into the mythos somewhere in the intro.
That wasn't really the plan with this series. The stories selected might 'pass' as mythos stories, without necessarily 'being' mythos stories. Hence the FRINGES thing.
Perfect timing for a bed story!
The following humble/likely redundant suggestion was inspired by recent readings of the excellent "The Terror From the Depths" (F Lieber) & Wolf's "Lord of the Land" which evoked thoughts re: HB productions of these & other works from Lieber the best of the HPL-derivative gang would make fine additions to HB's already expansive offerings.
I also just read Cardin's "Teeth" (an astounding tale of the Lovecraftian cosmic horror theme taken to an ultimate existential extreme) and Campbell's "Cold Print", which (SPOILER) presents a monstrous entity even more potent than Cthulhu and which is is more than adequately entertaining.
Additionally, there's the astounding short story "Lord of the Land" from the fertile mind of author Gene Wolf. It's a dense, well-textured and intensely engaging tale which, each time I read it, becomes an increasingly entertaining, edifying and stunning cosmic (placed in a largely Egyptian context) horror experience with the emphasis on terrifyingly disturbing and just overall dope AF.
So, acknowledging HB's well-demonstrated, clearly comprehensive knowledge of all tales terrifying, proven ability to produce quality narrations, understanding licensing and running a YT channel, I'd like to present a humble suggestion:
(Additional) productions inspired by the likes of Fritz Lieber, R. Campbell & some of the better of the many mythos writers including M. Cardin et al. HorrorBabble's ability to produce the highest possible quality narrations and radio-plays would absolutely enhance the experience of these works, and it's my hope that the good people at HB has or will have these authors' works on their to-do list.
All of that being said, I realize, of course, that this suggestion is sheer folly as HB is well ahead of the likes of myself in these matters. But hey: Fritz Lieber's "The Terror From the Depths" and Ramsey Campbell's "Cold Print" - if licensing isn't an issue, what is not to love?
Please forgive my presumption and ignorant if well-intentioned two cents.
(Bows deeply in subservience)
This was a story! I could not interrupt for a moment. And the voice of Ian! Perfect!
Thank you for these. Unwell and depressed atm, these stories are wonderful.
How I love HorrorBabble! Gives me just that little chill up the spine...
Great story, loved it...!
A great horror story told very well. Thank you!
TH-cam has figured out a way to place ads in the middle of a short story. It is a horror and a terror to me.
...the creeping, the insidious, parasite.....
Keep up the good work you two and, as always, stay safe!
Yes, keep all copies of the Necronomicon locked away!👾👻
Well enjoyed .thank u Ian u find the best gems 🙏💜
Sending Love ❤️...Shirley...Are you single? 😊❤️
@@nickadams1519 hello yes I am .and by choice as far to hard with my life commitments at mo sending love back 💜🙏
@@ShirleyPullman-ey3rx Do you care to chat?🥰😊
@@ShirleyPullman-ey3rx Hello there 😊
Oh 🖤 your voice telling us stories! 🖤📖📬🪄🕳️🔮🪦📿
I really enjoyed this one. Thank you!
that was compelling. tyvm,ian.
Thank you Ian! Another intriguing tale!
Sending Love ❤️,..Stephanie...Are you single? 😊❤️
@@nickadams1519 yes but my 3 other lovers are extremely jealous!
@@stephaniestevenson6335 You don’t have to worry about them, Do you care to chat? 😊❤️
@@stephaniestevenson6335 Hello there 🥰
Love your channel mate
Thanks, Joe!
This was incredibly well written, thank you Ian
What a finale, what a finale!
Amazing as always, Ian's narration never fails to vying a story to life
Superb reading, thank you.
Loved this one need more please oh please
Great story. Excellent job!
Interesting story!
Stunning. You actually care for the characters (except the maniacally cruel chap for whom feel no sympathy 🤣) x
A Mythos Horror based on a Poe character -- no wonder the kid was messed up! Cheers Warren, himself a "classic" Mythos character, part of the canon!
just in time from another busy day for a lovely Horror Babble story to lull me to sleep 😴🏞️🌌🪟📗📚🪄
A sacrifice to the Al gor ithm 🙌
and an offhand comment from a passing silhouette, to demonstrate interaction
Somewhere, a hypocrite stirs in his slumber. _"I...invented...the Internet..."_
Ok then. I migth as well.
As as sidenote, King Arthur makes a fleeting cameo appearance in the method story ‘The Horror Under Penmire’ by Adrian Cole
Sending Love ❤️...Ross...Are you single? 😊❤️
I haven't been here for awhile and damn l miss it.
Welcome back, Mike!
HorrorBabble!
If anyone would know about dysfunctional families it would be Arthur Pendragon 🧐
Extremely awesome illustration for this terrible tale!
I really appreciate that and I’m glad you like my illustration. HORROR BABBLE is the bee’s knees, in my opinion. Illustrating these 5 stories for Ian and Jennifer has been an absolute joy.
That is one big ugly baby!
arthur pendragon? unbelievably on the nose penname lol
Listening from the ukwales❤
When they started talking about planning how to kill it, I was like "Just throw a frag grenade or a stick of dynamite through the feeding hole and blow it up" :P
Bravo.
Love your work, which really helps me during sleepless nights.
I don't know if you've ever had a request for trigger warnings to be listed in the video description before, but seeing the word crib in there makes me a little adverse to checking this one out.
Obviously, no pressure - I can always count on horrors at sea or space to be sufficiently removed from my own personal terrors
Trigger words differ by personal experience, but all your trigger words can be found in the transcript.
Should it help, all of the characters at the time of the story are well above infancy.
Possible spoiler:
There is a flashback that references the origin of the 'crib's' occupant (which was born to the second wife of the aged heir's father.) The 'crib' itself is not a piece of furniture, but a containing space.
Triggers are subjective, which makes it difficult for us to mark anything as such. In our experience, we've found it better not to make those decisions on the behalf of others.
@@HorrorBabbleAnd thank you for that decision. We're grown - ups round here.
OH BABEYYYYY ITS 9:30PM IVE ARRIVED AND IM READYYYY
im really grateful for your high quality and lovingly curated content hb. its been wonderful discovering that adhd cant and won't stop me from reading. i enjoy each story so thoroughly, a completely alien concept to me. i really love the control of your voice, youre able to easily inflect while maintaining a comfortable range, perfect for any time of day, never jarring but always engaging. sending u guys my best, thank you so much for this treat!
Thanks again, Listerine!
For some reason this reminds me of dark shadows 😄
Yo MTV Cribs From Hell!
Ha!
How is this on the fringes of the Cthulhu mythos? I reads like a standard gothic horror, probably inspired by old witch trials and the legend of Glamis.
Isn’t there another story that’s very similar to this one? I know I’ve heard it narrated and the storyline is very similar except the guardian in the other story has loyal servant and it’s not a doctor that helps. It’s a friend that is asked to come to the house and he and the servant keep watch one night as it tries to scratch through a wooden door. I don’t know which one was written first but they are too similar to be a coincidence.
Hey, am I crazy or are there now a bunch of horror stories on TH-cam narrated by AI? Am I losing it? Because they sound like people, but there's something not quite right. Plus like a bunch of channels with a lot of uploads on the same day...I'm old someone please help.
You're not. Someone's been using an ai or something like a screen reader to record already written stories and upload them to youtube.
Check out ElevenLabs.
@@HorrorBabble I'm not gonna lie, maybe I'm out of touch, but I really, really like the work you and a handful of other youtubers do in terms of oral storytelling, which I think is most certainly an important art form and one not so many are great at. So seeing these channels really, really rubs me the wrong way, particularly since none I have seen have been labeled as such. It's just not the same and I doubt it ever really will be. Sometimes the art isn't just the end result, but also the process itself. And AI storytelling definitely is NOT it.
Excited about this series, dreading any gore or terror involving babies. Hopefully this isn't that brand of awful. I'll let you know lol.
Just a thought-- I wonder if anyone actually tried to be nice to the hell-child.
Poor thing never stood a chance!
That old argument of nature vs. nurture!
He needs a space hamster
Go for the eyes Boo
Wow. That was delicious.
Always look forward to new stories. I end up going down rabbit holes but I feel like I've been spoiled with your readings. Y'all have set a very high bar.
_spoiler alert_
So it really was just a hell caterpillar. It didn't hang itself by accident, that's what caterpillars do before they start cocooning.
❤🔥
❤
Is it wrong that I side with the child?
Well then time to not sleep
A fine gothic tale.
Woooah
:D
#772-✅👍
Honestly, this story didn't do it for me. It is, as always, very well delivered, but it felt to me like the literary equivalent of an old Hollywood pulp monster movie such as Frankenstein Vs The Wolfman...
"Jesus Christ.." -- Me
And, mind you ... As someone who myself has studied the occult for approaching 15 years now almost ceaselessly ... I've never seen a hell child, that's for sure... But I've seen some pretty ...... Wrong things that will never leave me. Sometimes it makes me wonder just what Lovecraft himself knew about how right he got some of the more seemingly minor details in his works, let alone what he inspired in future generations. The unknown is certainly living and real.. maybe not as Hollywoodesque or as dramatic but... It's only ever a few degrees of separation away, all it takes is the right wavelength of consciousness to bridge the gap. My advice, if your instincts freeze you and the air turns to ice.. Pray, or run. Or both.
The horror is how a deformed and mentally ill human was treated. Geesh
Very rare for me, but I did not like this story and want to delete it from my watch later list and watch history.👎🏻
lol, this one was good.
This reminds me of The Nameless Offspring by Clark Aston Smith