Help me, O LORD my God; save me in accordance with your love. Let them know that it is your hand, that you, O LORD, have done it. They may curse, but you will bless; when they attack they will be put to shame, but your servant will rejoice. My accusers will be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak. Psalm 109 Thanks for som fabulous M.R. James. 😊
@@Eris123451No,no,no….theres enough of that nonsense going on in the world….lets stick to horror fiction that everyone knows and admits is fiction.😂😂😂.
Never assume that the dead have truly departed. Especially in an ancient church in rural England.💫💀 Wonderful adaptation of the great Montague Rhodes James.☠️
I am obsessed with the music that plays when the story ends. It's so chill. I genuinely want to listen to it on loop. I could definitely get at least half an hour out of it. I am really going to need you all to release it lol.
Oooh! Oooh! Is this the prayer book with "Oh Lord Thread Lightly on My Unmentionables" and "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Bothered"? I love that one. It is a testament to your diligent searching for rarities that you are only just now getting to MR James' best. Must be coming up on 400 narrations soon. Thank you!
Great story and narration! Oh, this is a lovely one! These stories make me want to take a step back in time, to a simpler age (in some ways). These old stories set the scene and describe the environment in such a fascinating manner. This is a great story. Thanks!
I wish we had a safe space to have discussions about your stories where we could talk about what the stories mean and have deep dives into the inspirations behind stories, things like that
Bit late to the party I know but can anyone explain the ending or the significance to me? Quality or production was amazing but this story was lost on me :(
Good story, but required outside reading. I had to pause partway through for a refresher on 17th century British history and to look up psalm 109 in order to understand it. 😀
This is everything that scares me about the English. This soulless Tom Hardy crew…. This is where you tell me mr james was Irish, or something. Good one. 💎💎
We learned about Cromwell at school, but I forgot basically everything but the name. :( Somebody needs to explain the backgrounds of this story to me...
My brain must have wandered unnoticed and lost its way back for a bit, because this one has me rather confused. What happened to the man? Some odd bundle bit him after he stole the prayer books? Curse you, ADD...
I honestly don’t want to live in a world without HorrorBabble, thank you so much for all you do
If HorrorBabble ever shuts down, I have a friend who could help with the grief.
Just head down these stairs and ask for Warren.
I neither
😂😂😂
A scary thought 🤔
Sorry to tell you, but a version of you exists in a parallel universe in which there's no HorrorBabble. Warren is not dead there.
M.R. James is my favorite "quiet" horror writer. His work is all about mood and atmosphere, rather than graphic, gratuitous violence.
Every time I see an update from Ian I know there will be a macabre journey for that night!
Love M R James, thank you
The artifacts series has become one ofy favorite things to listen to during slow days at work. All the love and appreciation for these videos.
Help me, O LORD my God; save me in accordance with your love. Let them know that it is your hand, that you, O LORD, have done it. They may curse, but you will bless; when they attack they will be put to shame, but your servant will rejoice. My accusers will be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
Psalm 109
Thanks for som fabulous M.R. James. 😊
And that's about the mildest part of it. Verses 7-15 are *vicious*.
Maybe we could ask Ian to read it, because it really is truly horrible.
@@Eris123451 A set of HB shorts of the bible's darkest corners?
@@Eris123451No,no,no….theres enough of that nonsense going on in the world….lets stick to horror fiction that everyone knows and admits is fiction.😂😂😂.
@@miarencrowsdaughter6434 They are in reference to who the number 13 represents in Christology and 30 pieces of silver: Judas Iscariot, the Traitor.
Yeah! M.R. James is always welcome in my house.
Another classic. Thx Ian!
Fantastic much appreciated Ian!🙂👍
A wonderful story, and one I'd never heard!
I thought I knew all James’s stories but delighted to find this one, an lovely reading, thank you
We did enjoy it. Thanks, Ian.
Never assume that the dead have truly departed. Especially in an ancient church in rural England.💫💀 Wonderful adaptation of the great Montague Rhodes James.☠️
First! Yay. Thank you so much guys love your work!
Thanks Ian!!
I am obsessed with the music that plays when the story ends. It's so chill. I genuinely want to listen to it on loop. I could definitely get at least half an hour out of it. I am really going to need you all to release it lol.
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Oooh! Oooh!
Is this the prayer book with "Oh Lord Thread Lightly on My Unmentionables" and "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Bothered"? I love that one.
It is a testament to your diligent searching for rarities that you are only just now getting to MR James' best. Must be coming up on 400 narrations soon. Thank you!
Great story and narration! Oh, this is a lovely one!
These stories make me want to take a step back in time, to a simpler age (in some ways). These old stories set the scene and describe the environment in such a fascinating manner. This is a great story.
Thanks!
I wish we had a safe space to have discussions about your stories where we could talk about what the stories mean and have deep dives into the inspirations behind stories, things like that
YES I'm so happy you're doing this one
a wonderful narration with excellent character dialogues, thank you.
So excited for a lovely little bedtime story..
Im excited to hear this.
I enjoyed part 1!
Thanks for this one, Ian! 📚
After playing Elden Ring all I want to do is take this uncommon prayerbook to the pope turtle for some new miracles
Ha! Same. Pope Turtle best dog!
AWESOME
Thank you!
Nice. Very nice.
Bit late to the party I know but can anyone explain the ending or the significance to me? Quality or production was amazing but this story was lost on me :(
Good story, but required outside reading. I had to pause partway through for a refresher on 17th century British history and to look up psalm 109 in order to understand it. 😀
Interesting!
Splendid
Good story ❤
This is everything that scares me about the English. This soulless Tom Hardy crew…. This is where you tell me mr james was Irish, or something. Good one. 💎💎
Listening from the ukwales ❤
Take that common prayer books! 😊
We learned about Cromwell at school, but I forgot basically everything but the name. :(
Somebody needs to explain the backgrounds of this story to me...
He was a tyrant to Irish Catholics. That is all I will say.
I'm so used to listening to Bite-sized Audio's version of MR James its a bit jarring to seeing it on Horrorbabble xD
Nice❤❤❤
My brain must have wandered unnoticed and lost its way back for a bit, because this one has me rather confused. What happened to the man? Some odd bundle bit him after he stole the prayer books? Curse you, ADD...
I don’t get it either
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Interesting to note the villain was a foreigner Was that a common theme / aspect in such stories of that time , I wonder
yeah, people like to accuse Lovecraft of having been exceptionally xenophobic for the time, but really, that's all over stories from this era.
april 25th is my birthday!!!
Eyy
Long live Lord Protector Cromwell!
...the puritan.
@@arecane2000 The man who should have either declared himself king, or declared a republic
Warts and all!
@@dirkbruereor better yet, ended dancing at the end of an Irish gibbet.
Thanks
Psalm 109 (NIV) adds no small amount of depth to James’s yarn.
Big fan of the channel butthis story was pretty underwhelming imo
MR James grows on you. Check out some of his others on the channel. Sometimes less is more, IMO.
Meh.
I loved all the dialects on this one! 🙃 Always a pleasure, Ian- thanks so much for all the work you put in. Hope your wee one is doing well!