I wish we could give you more for the hundreds of hours of entertainment you have provided for us. Please know that James and Jo look forward to every HorrorBabble. Enjoy a pint or two on us Ian. P.S Your Ian original's are absolutely fantastic. Best wishes J and J.
Thank you so much for the story; it was very engaging. I found it a great touch that the author shows emotional separation by having the narrator begin with calling the woman "my wife," and as his physical distance increases (e.g. sleeping in another room) he begins calling her "the wife" and "Mrs. Thompson." A small thing, but it really showed the mental state of the narrator towards the end. And as always, your narration was excellent.
An interesting choice for a honeymoon but I love that you guys are enjoying this together just laying there in the dark listening .. that's just bloody great 💞 Best wishes for many wonderful years ahead, listening to horrorbabble, together, in the sweet safe darkness
Good to see one of my old favorites being read! I'm always a sucker for the trope of the real horror being what the unreliable narrator gets up to. EDIT: Also, thanks for taking notice!
@@BWP-u3y Those words were spoken by something puppeting Warren. "His" last words were something like "Run, Carter." They don't imply the same finality as those following that
Stories where the narrator is insane are a special kind of creepy. A similar one is The Repairer of Reputations by Robert W. Chambers, which is on this channel also read by Ian.
Very good story and very enjoyable narration. Don't have money to give but I'll definitely be sharing this new upload. Our little book club appreciates your narrations and many of them are now fans of yours 💖 keep up the good work, guys!!!
A fine take on the disassociative horror trope. Is this a new tale? Am put in mind of the 2005-2007 series 'Masters of Horror'. Specifically the episode 'Sounds Like'.
I love it. There have been a few times i was "deathly ill" I remember waking up to my hubs touching me and looking at me...."you were so quiet i thought you were dead"😅😅 Thankfully, he never came to this conclusion 😅
His wife wasn’t dead, he murdered her. Whether he really had hallucinations or he just made it up so that he would be sentenced to an insane asylum instead of being executed for murder we don’t know.
Thank you again Sir Ian. Great read. Unfortunately, I can relate to this story. In a non horror sort of way of couse. All too creepy. 😮 I'm American you see...Nk insurance in those days.
It's a reference to the last line of the Lovecraft story "The Statement of Randolph Carter". Harley Warren is an adventurer and occultist in that story who ends up exploring somewhere he really, really shouldn't.
But I swear Warren was alive & well when I left him.!!! If he's dead it's got nothing to do with me, don't try pinning his death on me.!! In fact, where were YOU & what were you doing.? I'm pretty sure I heard someone say that Warren owed you money.!!!! Also.. I'M NOT A FOOL.!!! My Mum says I'm a very clever & handsome boy, so there.!!! 😉 😁😁
I wish we could give you more for the hundreds of hours of entertainment you have provided for us. Please know that James and Jo look forward to every HorrorBabble. Enjoy a pint or two on us Ian.
P.S Your Ian original's are absolutely fantastic.
Best wishes J and J.
Thank you James and Jo! It is very much appreciated.
Thank you so much for the story; it was very engaging. I found it a great touch that the author shows emotional separation by having the narrator begin with calling the woman "my wife," and as his physical distance increases (e.g. sleeping in another room) he begins calling her "the wife" and "Mrs. Thompson." A small thing, but it really showed the mental state of the narrator towards the end. And as always, your narration was excellent.
I have to admit if my wife has become an animated, decomposing corpse I would have taken similar actions
We are listening to HB on our honeymoon! 2nd evening of the trip…Thank you, always HB!
An interesting choice for a honeymoon but I love that you guys are enjoying this together just laying there in the dark listening
.. that's just bloody great 💞
Best wishes for many wonderful years ahead, listening to horrorbabble, together, in the sweet safe darkness
Look out for fliea then!
@ Thank you so much for your kind thoughts! We rarely act our age unless it involves a discount. You described our dark Happy Place to perfection.
"You Fool! The woman is dead!" Alternative title.
😂😂😂😂
Even I enjoy company! Warren!
Maybe they can date in the afterlife.
@@GodOfPlague -- There's an APP for everything nowadays, GOP! Warren!
This is great. I've really been such a fooool....
I like how the story just leaves you hanging. I was expecting worms coming out of the doctor, or some other plot twist.
Thank you for bringing storytelling to the YT masses; is a welcomed history & time honored tradition that you are continuing, & I am grateful.🍄
I like the pace of the video output lately 😁
It does seem to be the sweet spot. Jus' long enough to keep one excited as each new story drops, and a giant back catalogue to fill the gaps. 👍
Domestic violence is a true horror. We must look after each.
Good to see one of my old favorites being read! I'm always a sucker for the trope of the real horror being what the unreliable narrator gets up to. EDIT: Also, thanks for taking notice!
Great story and narration.
Madness and hallucinations as the mind unfolds. Scary indeed.
Great job as always!
Thanks!
"Then I started". Famous last words
Idk... That opening sentence holds a somewhat prevalent path towards doom, as any. 😅
@@BWP-u3y Those words were spoken by something puppeting Warren. "His" last words were something like "Run, Carter." They don't imply the same finality as those following that
@@kgreen242424 Alright. 🙂
1930s version of' Hold my beer?'
So anyway I started blasting!
Love hurts... love wounds.... Great tale. Thanks, Ian, another fabulous offering by the master.
Stories where the narrator is insane are a special kind of creepy. A similar one is The Repairer of Reputations by Robert W. Chambers, which is on this channel also read by Ian.
My weekend starts here Thank you
This was an excellent short story tonight. It was a quite little "odd" tale about death😉. Amazing narration. Thank you. Have a splendid weekend ❤🤗🌟
That has to be my most favourite story yet brilliant I'm going to listen to it again thankyou x
a slick performance, sir. natural, engaging, nuanced. also a rather nicely crafted tale. good stuff indeed.
Thank you, I enjoy every episode, keep em coming I'll be watching 👀👻🙏👌
Wow!!! Now this one is twisted. Keep up the good work🍺😎🤘
Amazing voice🎉! Thank you!
This story was awesome!
Very good story and very enjoyable narration. Don't have money to give but I'll definitely be sharing this new upload. Our little book club appreciates your narrations and many of them are now fans of yours 💖 keep up the good work, guys!!!
The last time I was this early the Warren jokes weren't played out.
Whom?
What a creepy tale. 🖤
Good one!!!
As fine a piece of, As Mad As A Sack of Ferrets, as I've heard in a quite while
That was a good one!
I hope Warren is ok.
He dead!!! 😲
@@BWP-u3y oh no!
You fool!😲👻😂
I'm sure he's fine, he just moved to a farm in the country.
Have you not been listening!!??
A fine take on the disassociative horror trope. Is this a new tale? Am put in mind of the 2005-2007 series 'Masters of Horror'. Specifically the episode 'Sounds Like'.
Thank you ❤
I love it.
There have been a few times i was "deathly ill"
I remember waking up to my hubs touching me and looking at me...."you were so quiet i thought you were dead"😅😅
Thankfully, he never came to this conclusion 😅
You probably didn't have flies landing on you without reacting to them. 🤔
What a great story! Thank you! :)
Thanks again Ian😊
Top notch reading channel.
A good one! A bit "Tell-Tale Heart", but it definitely has an identity of its own.
You know... it would be cool if you could get these stories on cassette.
You can
This story is messed up. Great work.
So...
Was the woman already dead to begin with?
Or was it just the husband's fear of losing that caused hallucination?
The world may never know
She was totally dead, only a mother in law would be so stubborn to not admit it.
His wife wasn’t dead, he murdered her. Whether he really had hallucinations or he just made it up so that he would be sentenced to an insane asylum instead of being executed for murder we don’t know.
.... and the doctors and undertaker?
She was alive the entire time.
Mental illness, this would habe been a case of what used to be termed " Mono-Mania " an obsession of extreme properties and proportions.
3:29 EST USA a little ole town in Tennessee
Brilliant story
Thank you again Sir Ian. Great read. Unfortunately, I can relate to this story. In a non horror sort of way of couse. All too creepy. 😮 I'm American you see...Nk insurance in those days.
Iam reminded of a Robert Bloch story
Great story & narration!
Too bad about Warren.
I say , what a rather unpleasant story. ..theres a fly buzzing round me...what the ?
Dead women are the only ones I date! Some are tinder dates from the local crematorium! Cheers Warren from the Dating Scene!
Ah putting the romance in necromancer I see.
@@GodOfPlagueHahaha disgusting
@@GodOfPlague -- I'd bow, but my head might fall off! Cheers Warren, always decomposing love songs!
@@sub-jec-tiv -- Death has a way of altering what is attractive & desirable! Just ask Poe, the next row over! Cheers Warren, plot 666!
Tinder - crematorium... I see what you did there. 🤣
This woman is no more!
Goddamn'! 😮
This story has the Poe's "beating heart" vibes
Tell-Tale*
That was dark
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😊this is horrifying!!!
Interesting detail. “The scream”. Who’s?
Complete
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I don't know who Warren is, and at this point I'm afraid to ask
You fool, the dead is wife!
Can someone please tell me who Warren is ? Cheers and thankyou so much Ian for sharing another fantastic tale xo
It's a reference to the last line of the Lovecraft story "The Statement of Randolph Carter". Harley Warren is an adventurer and occultist in that story who ends up exploring somewhere he really, really shouldn't.
@@placerofobs5020 Beautifully narrated by Ian th-cam.com/video/LLW3TO927TA/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=HorrorBabble
But I swear Warren was alive & well when I left him.!!!
If he's dead it's got nothing to do with me, don't try pinning his death on me.!!
In fact, where were YOU & what were you doing.?
I'm pretty sure I heard someone say that Warren owed you money.!!!!
Also.. I'M NOT A FOOL.!!!
My Mum says I'm a very clever & handsome boy, so there.!!! 😉 😁😁
What's the deal with the period before the other punctuation? Seems like a day 1 English thing... better luck next time, I guess.
What would any man have done who loved his wife?
Answer - bought her a gift voucher for Dignitas
What a corker. Nice little story.
You fool! Warren is dead. Classic idea, good pick. :)
she was de ad when i ki ledhe r, honest, guv