Holy crap, I love this guy’s channel. I love his reading voice. Love most of the selections. Love hearing the post notes on author/story. Find listening to be a joy and comfort. But the digressions are getting difficult. Maybe progressively so
There was a movie made of John the Balladeer. I enjoyed it. The legend of Hillbilly John. It's very 70s, but it was made in 1972 so what does one expect?
Tony, you're pronouncing Appalachia correctly. I live in southern West Virginia. My state is the only state completely in the Appalachian ramge. The rest only have sections of their state. My father worked as a Class A Transmission Lineman for Appalachian Power Company for 38 years. Dad was born in the Pocahontas Coual Fields of Appalachia. I hate when Yankees tries to tell me how to pronounce an area thats in my DNA. Off my soap box. This was a rather scarier story that youve done in a while.
Creepy, disturbing, captivating also this time around. Leaves us, as usual, with plenty to think about. Love your storytelling, your enjoyable, thought provoking "ramblings". Much needed and appreciated. Thanks for all of your hard work, Tony.
This should be epic, Tony, with your amazing narration. Living up in the remote Appalachians, I definitely enjoy the homemade moonshine and telling campfire Manly Wade Wellman’s stories a little too much sometimes. My epic ‘Hell’s Forge’ was inspired by ‘Where Angel’s Fear’ and of course Matheson’s ‘Hell House’.
Hi Tony, I’m the American who was worried about your wallet. Thanks for letting me know it got returned. I suggested a Thomas Ligotti short story, Conversations in a Dead Language. You said that might be a bit difficult to pull off. What about Conrad Aiken’s story Silent Snow, Secret Snow? Tony, you’d nail it man!
Great story and narration! Thanks! As has been previously stated, I love the picture. Great job on it. The way it shfts at the end.... Loved your chat at the end, especially about the Karens complaining about the comments. Required order of completion of Tony's stories: 1. Listen to Tony's story 2. Listen to Tony's chat 3. Read the comments Note: Deviating from this order removes your ability to complain. We listeners use the comments to communicate about the stories. Read them prior to the story at your own peril. Thanks again, Tony, for all you do! Above all, happy Father's Day.
Look up the Silver John (John the Balladeer) tales "A Desrick On Yandro" and "O Ugly Bird." They're very atmospheric and have very cool and creepy folkloric monsters.
Good gracious, is 'The Desrick on Yandro' part of a series? And a pre-war series at that? I'm very interested and must look for more stories. I read it in a children's anthology decades ago and realised that the narrator was a wandering musician, but assumed that he was one of the hippie generation ... oh dear 😳.
@@katyvdb5993 Silver John is actually a veteran of the Korean War, so the stories must be set somewhere in the mid-19th century. I think "Who Fears the Devil" is the best of the Silver John anthologies.
Regarding teachers: When I was in college, I found that I had a two hour gap between classes and saw there was a Creative Writing III class that would nicely fit the gap and bring credits to my English major. I knew adding this class was extremely nervy of me, as I had not even taken the prerequisites, Creative Writing I and Creative Writing II. Still, there was that gap. The class turned out to have only 18 or 20 students (they had probably taken the prerequisites). On the occasion of our first class, the professor, a lovely and serious middle-aged man with a black suit and sagging socks, had us write a story. That's how old I am; everyone wrote their story on ruled paper with a pen or pencil. I was the last to start. I wasn't panicked, but I hadn't expected to dive in just like that. We handed them in, one by one, and left. On our next class, the professor singled out a few students and told them, in a warm but regretful tone, that he was sorry, but he didn't think they would be up to the coursework. He suggested they repeat the last class and try again. At this point, I was just happy I wasn't in this group and my shortcomings hadn't yet been spotted. He then went on to comment about some of the stories and even read a couple to us, handing them back to the authors afterward with compliments and criticism. He then went on to say that there was one story he was very impressed by and started to read it. At this point, I had my nearsighted head stuck to my notebook, but, when he began to read MY paper, my head went up and my jaw went down. He told me after class that I was greatly talented. He normally spent his time discouraging students from thinking they were going to make a living from writing, but felt I should really get out there and try. So, Tony, I guess you are right in a backward way here, because I never went anywhere with my writing.😂 The teacher was right, too, though; he just didn't know I was too lazy to stick to it.
certainly, I’ve never found out myself. I couldn’t believe how expensive it was. I don’t think anyone would mind if it just got put in the hold of a ship and took a month to get over.
Thanks again for the great stories Wademan has a lot of great stories. I was first hooked by his Fantasy/Sword style. DND tybe tales. I am commenting from the heart of Appalachian mountains in beautiful Uppet East Tennessee just a 30 minute ot less from North Carolina. Thanks again really enjoy your channel.. Don't mind the spelling too much or my writing . You have a great 4th of July holiday. Yep every American thinks everyone in the world celebrates our holiday.
The house in the thumbnail looks like the only one I could afford to buy these days. Falling apart, haunted, out in the middle of nowhere. Expecting a price tag of 80k and a monthly payment of $560. Owner probably selling for half a million. Ah, America. 😂 Manly Wade Wellman was a well known writer here in NC. I grew up reading local ghost stories by him. Nancy Roberts also did some compilations of NC ghost stories. Great stuff!
Sufficiently spooky. As an aside, I was listening to a podcast by two American women. It was a paranormal kind of thing. One of the women said that whenever she hears the word "spooky" it makes her laugh because it sounds silly. Maybe that's just our American sense of humor? It does sound like a silly word now that I think about it. I am curious if anyone else was confused a little by the story. It seemed like there was a big assumption made as to the reader understanding how the protagonists became the hanging people. Like, did a spirit hang them? Did they hang themselves? I enjoyed the story, but didn't like the way the ending was written. Cheers!
Whiskey and sardines are not a diet to thrive on? Oh, posh. I knew a couple nonagenarians who swear by it. My first thought, (listening to the story) was that I hoped they had some breath mints handy. I love Manly Wade Wellman! Have 2 of his story collections: The Devil is Not Mocked and Worse Things Waiting. If you can find them, I highly recommend picking one up. (And if you have the money, they can be pretty spendy). Flawless narration, going to be putting this one in my Top 25 Classic Ghost Stories Podcast favorites. I would pay money for a print of the story thumbnail, to frame and put on my wall. (One without the bars... ) Thanks for the story and take care!
Dear Mr. Walker, I have to do something incredibly difficult for me in the morning. I can’t sleep and your narration of Manley Wade Wellman’s story Where Angels... is a wonderful distraction from the 3 o’clock noise in my head. Thanks.
There's an RPG (similar to D&D) called Dungeon Crawl Classics... it has a setting/adventure based on Manly Wade Wellman, it's called The Chained Coffin.
I did one recently that even I thought was mad. but then the next one I did was calmer. I think the really crazy one was The eye of Apollo coming up on detectives.
Please please please positive pants more because it might be one of the best things I’ve heard you say 😂😂😂 (not true- your stories are wonderful, but it’s a close second)
Who needs woke broke Hollywood when we have Tony and the best stories ever written. Thanks Tony. My husband and I both love your reading. Though my husband has yet to make it through a whole story. Your voice is just too soothing. Right when I'm on the edge of my seat i hear light snoring beside me. ❤😸
@@caliwagg1898 read again. I wasn't talking politics I was talking talent. New Hollywood talks nothing but politics which means the story gets lost. Non politics was what I was praising. And I was complimenting Tony .I'm not sure how you fit into that. Do you walk up to random tables at cafes and comment on what people at that table are talking about? Seems a bit odd don't you think.
Indeed, it's never too late - I self-published my debut fantasy novel ( A D&D-grounded deconstruction of fantasy genre tropes) in 2022 at the age of 50. And the sequel should be completed this year.
I also had a Gram with an old tin of buttons and I played with them all the time as well as her collection of swizzle sticks collected over the years. She had no toys so I made do. I have it now and I just realized the tin must be 90 years old.
I found this story very creepy. I would have said "fuck no" and went home so many times... I read somewhere that M.W. Wellman liked H.P. Lovecraft's work a lot. Are only grandmothers allowed to suck eggs? I am not a grandmother and I have never sucked an egg, but I am sure I could. I don't really want to though so I would need about a hundred bucks to do so.
Jerk is well and alive here in Canada too. And it's particularly funny to hear someone with a real thick Canadian accent say it. Don't know about Mexico though (they're also North Americans). It's interesting to hear the cookie tin with buttons is common elsewhere as well. In Quebec and Ontario it's very common. My mom inherited the button tin from her mom and any time I have extra buttons I hang on to them to add to the tin. And I'm sure I'll be inheriting it someday myself.
You made me remember my mother's button tin. I thought I had taken it with me when I left home years ago, but I think now it was probably left behind and my stepmother either threw it out or gave it to Goodwill.
I don’t remember I think she may have inherited it from my great grandmother so that might be going back to The earlier 20th century or even the late 19th
I highly recommend finding copies of MWW's John the Balladeer stories! Very good folkloric stories; John is a great character, helping people who are having supernatural or demonic problems in the hollers and woods of the south. He's a plain man, but strong spiritually, and the stories always feel like you are with a person you could listen to around a fire for hours. ❤
I really enjoy your channel. Last night I fell asleep listening to Dracula and woke up this morning with the story still playing. I love horror stories and this is perfect to listen to.
Tony, you need to make an online DnD campaign so we can all join 🤣 Been trying to get into it but I struggle with working out stats etc (luv dyscalcula)
I relate to your busy weekend/s. Although mine haven't included adding more Buddhas (or Green Men) to household decorations. This was a new story to me, so thanks to the lady who mailed you her copy and sponsored this recording. I hope your Father's Day was lovely.
A potential, & unusually authored, ghost recommendation: Hans Christian Andersen’s first published story, "The Ghost at Palnatoke's Grave" (1822). Is it any good? I would LOVE to hear it & hear your afterthoughts on it. Curious about this story now… is also/or maybe H.C. Andersen’s "The Traveling Companion", a ghost story from 1830. Are these any good?
Hahaha, soooo, wahmen CAN’T compete with men, after all- gee, who’d’a’thunkit? Lo freakin’LLLLL, the beau saved the belle. Again. Not that women aren’t amazing and wonderful, and magickal and able to give life and do many many things we cannot. Just different, as we’ve always known.
And I'll add: is it just me, or do these 2 characters remind you of Velma and shaggy too? (Written long before scooby doo, of course). Even the physical description, Muriel with spectacles, turtleneck, etc. Lol.
SPOILER ALERT(kind of-I’ll word it as vaguely as possible): I’ve always thought the little boy’s condition was because he left as soon as things started happening, while his parents stayed because There must be a reasonable explanation for this.
Love your narration of these stories and the work you put in to find these gems. But I also listen to your commentary. You might just do a "story" that is just your commentary on authors, plots, etc. Ramble as much as you like.
When you said how expensive it is to post books - do they still do the 'printed materials' rate? It was a cheaper way to send books. Shipped, I think, so slower than airmail, but cheaper.
My writing started with "Strafseiten" - so sheets I had to hand in for talking in class... so I started to have several sheets written in advance to reply with "Should I hand it in now or should we wait if there'll be more" ;)
I've read quite a lot of Wellman's weird fiction, and I've always thought that this one is the darkest of them. I met him a couple of times. He had great stories about writing for the pulps and comics during the 30s and 40s.
@motherpenn_7087 I have still to find an enjoyable broadcast of a D&D game. Surely if some of the story writers and narrators played together, it would make for great live streams?
@greatestytcommentator Ttrpg actual plays aren't my specialty, I mostly just play or runn games. That being said Supergeekmike's critical role demystified series has given me a lot of respect for Matt Mercer and his players. I think anything dimension20 looks really great and I've enjoyed the few things I've watched from that. Now and then I find a actual play with like 500 views from an obscure channel playing OSR versions of d&d and those are funn for how compact and chill they are. Banditskeep's second channel solo play of original chainmail is engaging for me. Idk if you're into angst and can put up with a lil cringe: there are parts of whitewolf's official LA by Night and New York by night vampire the masquerade chronicles. Hopefully there's something there you like, but my main advice is playing actual ttrpg's with friends! A cheap alternative is the free and "open source" basic fantasy rules set that is very Ad&d 2e but stripped down and cleaned up.
Love your voice. I have insomnia. When I'm struggling at 2am, you're often the channel I turn to. 😊 On mean people in power like teachers, absolutely yes, they need to be more responsible with their words. And I would also exhort anyone, who like you and I have received such criticism, USE IT. Prove them wrong. You have the power. I am extremely stubborn. You know those movies where the bad guy smugly says "you wouldn't shoot me." If someone said that to me I would be forced to shoot them. It's basically a demand at that point. I guess it's a good compulsion to have. (My husband uses it against me though. "I bet you wouldn't be able to make that soufflé.") This was a great story!!
Oh my God I haven't laughed that hard in a while. But I'm still not sure if you were joking or not about sucking eggs? But if you try asking someone here from where I live you might get slapped. LOL.
Dear Tony, I can't wait to hear this. But I had to comment on the graphic of the house with the setting sun ... breathtaking!
I messed around with the image a bit so i’m glad you like it
Agree!
@@ClassicGhost You did this? Very well done 💚🌺
Extremely evocative, atmospheric, painfully beautiful. I gasped a wee bit when I saw it.
@@ClassicGhostabsolutely amazing
Holy crap, I love this guy’s channel. I love his reading voice. Love most of the selections. Love hearing the post notes on author/story. Find listening to be a joy and comfort. But the digressions are getting difficult. Maybe progressively so
Tell me what you mean so I can address it.
Thanks,kept this for bed tonight..again thank you sir 😊❤
Thank you very much
There was a movie made of John the Balladeer. I enjoyed it. The legend of Hillbilly John. It's very 70s, but it was made in 1972 so what does one expect?
Manly Wade Wellman has many great stories.
I definitely suggest looking into him deeper.
Lifelong M.W.Wellman fan.
Supernatural Appalachia.
Agreed.
Tony, you're pronouncing Appalachia correctly. I live in southern West Virginia. My state is the only state completely in the Appalachian ramge. The rest only have sections of their state. My father worked as a Class A Transmission Lineman for Appalachian Power Company for 38 years. Dad was born in the Pocahontas Coual Fields of Appalachia. I hate when Yankees tries to tell me how to pronounce an area thats in my DNA.
Off my soap box. This was a rather scarier story that youve done in a while.
"Where marines and angels fear to tread, there you'll find the corpsman dead"
“Saw myself in a mirror and thought ‘that needs ironing’”.. me, every day, lol! Genius expression- made me laugh out loud! 😂😂
I always find myself guffawing at Tony’s expressions like “positive pants” alone in the dark with my phone after enjoying a bedtime story lol
Creepy, disturbing, captivating also this time around. Leaves us, as usual, with plenty to think about. Love your storytelling, your enjoyable, thought provoking "ramblings". Much needed and appreciated. Thanks for all of your hard work, Tony.
This should be epic, Tony,
with your amazing narration.
Living up in the remote Appalachians, I definitely enjoy the homemade moonshine and telling campfire Manly Wade Wellman’s stories a little too much sometimes.
My epic ‘Hell’s Forge’ was inspired by ‘Where Angel’s Fear’ and of course Matheson’s ‘Hell House’.
What an absolute corker! Loved this one. I think my favourite so far.
Hi Tony, I’m the American who was worried about your wallet. Thanks for letting me know it got returned. I suggested a Thomas Ligotti short story, Conversations in a Dead Language. You said that might be a bit difficult to pull off. What about Conrad Aiken’s story Silent Snow, Secret Snow? Tony, you’d nail it man!
I'm all for a Thomas Ligotti reading!
Great story and narration! Thanks!
As has been previously stated, I love the picture. Great job on it. The way it shfts at the end....
Loved your chat at the end, especially about the Karens complaining about the comments.
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Note: Deviating from this order removes your ability to complain. We listeners use the comments to communicate about the stories. Read them prior to the story at your own peril.
Thanks again, Tony, for all you do! Above all, happy Father's Day.
Your narration is flawless Tony. The listener cannot help, but be drawn in. Thanks for bringing these treasures back to life.
very nice of you to say so
I've heard of parents giving their children aspirational names, but "Manly" is a new one!
Nice Pink Floyd reference, BTW 👌
I believe Manly is short for Emmanuel. I'm going by my own grandfather, who was Manny.
I didn’t know that, and I am very pleased that I found out. Thank you very much.
You might want to look up Manly P. Hall, who was one of the leading teachers of esoterica of the twentieth century.
@@thurayya8905 "Manly P"? 👀 I would not have included that initial if I were him.
Look up the Silver John (John the Balladeer) tales "A Desrick On Yandro" and "O Ugly Bird." They're very atmospheric and have very cool and creepy folkloric monsters.
If you're the fellow I think you are, I can only hope that one day you post art of the critters from either of those stories on DA.
Good gracious, is 'The Desrick on Yandro' part of a series? And a pre-war series at that? I'm very interested and must look for more stories.
I read it in a children's anthology decades ago and realised that the narrator was a wandering musician, but assumed that he was one of the hippie generation ... oh dear 😳.
@@katyvdb5993 Silver John is actually a veteran of the Korean War, so the stories must be set somewhere in the mid-19th century. I think "Who Fears the Devil" is the best of the Silver John anthologies.
I just love your after story chat
Regarding teachers: When I was in college, I found that I had a two hour gap between classes and saw there was a Creative Writing III class that would nicely fit the gap and bring credits to my English major. I knew adding this class was extremely nervy of me, as I had not even taken the prerequisites, Creative Writing I and Creative Writing II. Still, there was that gap. The class turned out to have only 18 or 20 students (they had probably taken the prerequisites). On the occasion of our first class, the professor, a lovely and serious middle-aged man with a black suit and sagging socks, had us write a story. That's how old I am; everyone wrote their story on ruled paper with a pen or pencil. I was the last to start. I wasn't panicked, but I hadn't expected to dive in just like that. We handed them in, one by one, and left. On our next class, the professor singled out a few students and told them, in a warm but regretful tone, that he was sorry, but he didn't think they would be up to the coursework. He suggested they repeat the last class and try again. At this point, I was just happy I wasn't in this group and my shortcomings hadn't yet been spotted. He then went on to comment about some of the stories and even read a couple to us, handing them back to the authors afterward with compliments and criticism. He then went on to say that there was one story he was very impressed by and started to read it. At this point, I had my nearsighted head stuck to my notebook, but, when he began to read MY paper, my head went up and my jaw went down. He told me after class that I was greatly talented. He normally spent his time discouraging students from thinking they were going to make a living from writing, but felt I should really get out there and try. So, Tony, I guess you are right in a backward way here, because I never went anywhere with my writing.😂 The teacher was right, too, though; he just didn't know I was too lazy to stick to it.
You should still try! Why not?
Oh God. Utterly terrifying.
The boding, impending disaster unfolding had me shaking. One of the scariest tales I've heard on here, or anywhere.
SPOILER ALERT
" Everybody dies "
Don't they?
Whoop whoop! Can't wait to listen! I agree the graphic is beautiful. Many thanks Tony.
Great story, Mr. Tony. And by the way, you nailed it with your pronunciation of Appalachia. 👍
I follow a girl on Instagram from Appalachia. I would’ve got it wrong without her.
Thank you for the quality of your content, wish I could give more. Appreciate you.
I am very grateful to you and the amount doesn't matter. The thought is the most important thing.
in US one can utilize USPS Media Mail to ship books, albums, etc to avoid going broke but unsure if it can be used internationally
certainly, I’ve never found out myself. I couldn’t believe how expensive it was. I don’t think anyone would mind if it just got put in the hold of a ship and took a month to get over.
I love the stories of M.W. W. I hope you will read more for us..... But Thanks for this one. All the best from Holland.
Thanks again for the great stories Wademan has a lot of great stories. I was first hooked by his Fantasy/Sword style. DND tybe tales. I am commenting from the heart of Appalachian mountains in beautiful Uppet East Tennessee just a 30 minute ot less from North Carolina. Thanks again really enjoy your channel.. Don't mind the spelling too much or my writing . You have a great 4th of July holiday. Yep every American thinks everyone in the world celebrates our holiday.
The house in the thumbnail looks like the only one I could afford to buy these days. Falling apart, haunted, out in the middle of nowhere. Expecting a price tag of 80k and a monthly payment of $560. Owner probably selling for half a million. Ah, America. 😂
Manly Wade Wellman was a well known writer here in NC. I grew up reading local ghost stories by him. Nancy Roberts also did some compilations of NC ghost stories. Great stuff!
This one is frankly terrifying, wow.
Sufficiently spooky. As an aside, I was listening to a podcast by two American women. It was a paranormal kind of thing. One of the women said that whenever she hears the word "spooky" it makes her laugh because it sounds silly. Maybe that's just our American sense of humor? It does sound like a silly word now that I think about it.
I am curious if anyone else was confused a little by the story. It seemed like there was a big assumption made as to the reader understanding how the protagonists became the hanging people. Like, did a spirit hang them? Did they hang themselves? I enjoyed the story, but didn't like the way the ending was written.
Cheers!
Whiskey and sardines are not a diet to thrive on? Oh, posh. I knew a couple nonagenarians who swear by it. My first thought, (listening to the story) was that I hoped they had some breath mints handy. I love Manly Wade Wellman! Have 2 of his story collections: The Devil is Not Mocked and Worse Things Waiting. If you can find them, I highly recommend picking one up. (And if you have the money, they can be pretty spendy). Flawless narration, going to be putting this one in my Top 25 Classic Ghost Stories Podcast favorites. I would pay money for a print of the story thumbnail, to frame and put on my wall. (One without the bars... ) Thanks for the story and take care!
I first read this story forty years ago when a young woman. It was chilling then and has lost none of its charm.
Dear Mr. Walker,
I have to do something incredibly difficult for me in the morning.
I can’t sleep and your narration of Manley Wade Wellman’s story
Where Angels...
is a wonderful distraction from the 3 o’clock noise in my head.
Thanks.
Good luck 🤞
Tony So stoked really needed this and what a fantastic graphic❣️🙏🏻❣️
Thank you 🙏
Amazing story narrative. Thank you, didn't expect that ending.... Just fantastic. By the way, I love dungeon and dragons 👍
Beautifully creepy! What a funny ramble at the end. 😂. I’m a grandma and can assure you I have never sucked eggs.
This story has stuck with me for years because it is Soo creepy
Dear Tony, so happy to go “off the rocker” listening to your monologue!👍🏻
There's an RPG (similar to D&D) called Dungeon Crawl Classics... it has a setting/adventure based on Manly Wade Wellman, it's called The Chained Coffin.
Oooo. That sounds good
I don't know why, but I pitcher the too characters as Shaggy and Velma from Scooby-Doo. Love the picture as well.
Us Canadians definitely use the term "jerk" but we certainly don't have a shortage of alternative descriptors.
Deliciously creepy story and wonderful narration Tony! Thank you 🦉
Chills over whole body at the ending. Listened to the whole story twice. Thanks.
Your stream of consciousness really put a smile on my face today 😂
I did one recently that even I thought was mad. but then the next one I did was calmer. I think the really crazy one was The eye of Apollo coming up on detectives.
Starting at 32:53 "...I don't know what that is, but it needs ironing." 🤣 🤣🤣 Thank you for making me laugh out loud, I needed that!
Please please please positive pants more because it might be one of the best things I’ve heard you say 😂😂😂 (not true- your stories are wonderful, but it’s a close second)
Edward Gorey is an awesome artist. Highly recommend this group looks him up if you don't know him.
I'm a teacher and I try to always be a positive force in my students' life's. Sometimes I am the only positive force in their lifes.
Who needs woke broke Hollywood when we have Tony and the best stories ever written. Thanks Tony. My husband and I both love your reading. Though my husband has yet to make it through a whole story. Your voice is just too soothing. Right when I'm on the edge of my seat i hear light snoring beside me. ❤😸
Since when has Hollywood been "woke"? Just enjoy the channel and leave buzzwords in the bin.
Can’t enjoy a ghost story without letting everyone know your political leaning 🙄
@@caliwagg1898 read again. I wasn't talking politics I was talking talent. New Hollywood talks nothing but politics which means the story gets lost. Non politics was what I was praising. And I was complimenting Tony .I'm not sure how you fit into that. Do you walk up to random tables at cafes and comment on what people at that table are talking about? Seems a bit odd don't you think.
@@biangelboy21 it's been WOKE for a few years now. Haven't you been to the cinema lately?
A few decades…
Your voice is soo pretty.
Oh that was a super creepy story, loved it. Thank you Tony and Nancy.
Indeed, it's never too late - I self-published my debut fantasy novel ( A D&D-grounded deconstruction of fantasy genre tropes) in 2022 at the age of 50. And the sequel should be completed this year.
Pish, you're still young!
I also had a Gram with an old tin of buttons and I played with them all the time as well as her collection of swizzle sticks collected over the years. She had no toys so I made do. I have it now and I just realized the tin must be 90 years old.
Absolutely LOVED LOVED this story, thanks T. And thank YOU, fine lady who recommended this wonderful tale!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I found this story very creepy. I would have said "fuck no" and went home so many times... I read somewhere that M.W. Wellman liked H.P. Lovecraft's work a lot.
Are only grandmothers allowed to suck eggs? I am not a grandmother and I have never sucked an egg, but I am sure I could. I don't really want to though so I would need about a hundred bucks to do so.
😂😂😂
I too would have yeeted myself right out of there!
Jerk is well and alive here in Canada too. And it's particularly funny to hear someone with a real thick Canadian accent say it. Don't know about Mexico though (they're also North Americans).
It's interesting to hear the cookie tin with buttons is common elsewhere as well. In Quebec and Ontario it's very common. My mom inherited the button tin from her mom and any time I have extra buttons I hang on to them to add to the tin. And I'm sure I'll be inheriting it someday myself.
You made me remember my mother's button tin. I thought I had taken it with me when I left home years ago, but I think now it was probably left behind and my stepmother either threw it out or gave it to Goodwill.
What kind of cookies (biscuits) did the button tin originally hold? Ours always had butter cookies.
I don’t remember I think she may have inherited it from my great grandmother so that might be going back to The earlier 20th century or even the late 19th
I highly recommend finding copies of MWW's John the Balladeer stories! Very good folkloric stories; John is a great character, helping people who are having supernatural or demonic problems in the hollers and woods of the south. He's a plain man, but strong spiritually, and the stories always feel like you are with a person you could listen to around a fire for hours. ❤
I agree. Wellman's John stories are some of the best American fantasy tales ever written.
I really enjoy your channel. Last night I fell asleep listening to Dracula and woke up this morning with the story still playing. I love horror stories and this is perfect to listen to.
+@sheilasmith7991 It’s a long one :)
Tony, you need to make an online DnD campaign so we can all join 🤣 Been trying to get into it but I struggle with working out stats etc (luv dyscalcula)
I use Roll20. You can find me there!
This will stay with me for ages, so scary🧟♂️
Enjoyed this story but even when the story doesn't do it for me, I love your ramblings at the end.
Thank you dear Tony, I always look forward to a new story from you, I can't wait till bedtime and settle down with this story 💛🤗
The darker and the more chilling the better! I love it!
Thank you for the Lake District inn recs!
That was wonderful.
Great suggestion Nancy
I really enjoy Wellman's stories ive never heard this one before...thank you.
I've never read anything by Manly Wade Wellman that wasn't excellent!
I relate to your busy weekend/s. Although mine haven't included adding more Buddhas (or Green Men) to household decorations. This was a new story to me, so thanks to the lady who mailed you her copy and sponsored this recording. I hope your Father's Day was lovely.
What a brilliant spooky story, Thank you Tony I enjoyed listening to this so much I listened twice! 😮
Twice! It's a good one though.
@@ClassicGhost yep twice! 🤩👍
You might find in Canadian, a Jerk is a Goof!?
aha thank you !
A potential, & unusually authored, ghost recommendation:
Hans Christian Andersen’s first published story, "The Ghost at Palnatoke's Grave" (1822). Is it any good? I would LOVE to hear it & hear your afterthoughts on it. Curious about this story now…
is also/or maybe H.C. Andersen’s "The Traveling Companion", a ghost story from 1830. Are these any good?
Laura Ingalls Wilder, who wrote the American "Little House" books, married a man named Almanzo. She called him 'Manly' for short.
Hahaha, soooo, wahmen CAN’T compete with men, after all- gee, who’d’a’thunkit? Lo freakin’LLLLL, the beau saved the belle. Again. Not that women aren’t amazing and wonderful, and magickal and able to give life and do many many things we cannot. Just different, as we’ve always known.
And I'll add: is it just me, or do these 2 characters remind you of Velma and shaggy too? (Written long before scooby doo, of course). Even the physical description, Muriel with spectacles, turtleneck, etc. Lol.
SPOILER ALERT(kind of-I’ll word it as vaguely as possible): I’ve always thought the little boy’s condition was because he left as soon as things started happening, while his parents stayed because There must be a reasonable explanation for this.
This one legitimately scared me! Great reading Tony! Very, very creepy...you really narrated well and built up the suspense. 5/5 ⭐️
Many of Wellman's "Silver John" tales would be most welcome here!
The Old Gods Waken, for example.
Love this conversation from you. Thanks. My wifes name sheila too!
AWESOME! Made my skin crawl
Love this channel, but why is it not available on Amazon Music Podcasts anymore?
Love your narration of these stories and the work you put in to find these gems. But I also listen to your commentary. You might just do a "story" that is just your commentary on authors, plots, etc. Ramble as much as you like.
When you said how expensive it is to post books - do they still do the 'printed materials' rate? It was a cheaper way to send books. Shipped, I think, so slower than airmail, but cheaper.
My writing started with "Strafseiten" - so sheets I had to hand in for talking in class... so I started to have several sheets written in advance to reply with "Should I hand it in now or should we wait if there'll be more" ;)
Hi Tony! This was truly scary!! I listen to stories every night, but this was the first time I have had to wiggle in beside my husband.
Your humour is in fine form today and this story is wonderful - very scary! What a lovey treat to come home and find this! Well done. Thanks so much!
I'm afraid I also hate spoilers. I don't even watch movie trailers.😅
I think teachers should have to sware an oath like doctors. First: Do No Harm!
28:28 Maybe you can get to coop with Chris Perkins *hoping*
Apparently I have heard this already. But I just enjoyed it a second time. Enjoyed this. 😊
It's best if you forget them then you get to enjoy them for the first time the second time too.
Really strong….as you say, Tony this is scary…superb.
“They must have shares in PDFs or something” 😂
Very well done. Perfectly spooky, perfectly read.
And Happy Father's Day my friend 💜
Wow, Tony! That was quite frightening!
I've read quite a lot of Wellman's weird fiction, and I've always thought that this one is the darkest of them. I met him a couple of times. He had great stories about writing for the pulps and comics during the 30s and 40s.
I am really impressed and envious that you met him
Ooo exciting getting into ttrpgs!! Enjoy your games! D&D is great
@motherpenn_7087 I have still to find an enjoyable broadcast of a D&D game.
Surely if some of the story writers and narrators played together, it would make for great live streams?
@greatestytcommentator
Ttrpg actual plays aren't my specialty, I mostly just play or runn games. That being said Supergeekmike's critical role demystified series has given me a lot of respect for Matt Mercer and his players. I think anything dimension20 looks really great and I've enjoyed the few things I've watched from that. Now and then I find a actual play with like 500 views from an obscure channel playing OSR versions of d&d and those are funn for how compact and chill they are. Banditskeep's second channel solo play of original chainmail is engaging for me. Idk if you're into angst and can put up with a lil cringe: there are parts of whitewolf's official LA by Night and New York by night vampire the masquerade chronicles.
Hopefully there's something there you like, but my main advice is playing actual ttrpg's with friends! A cheap alternative is the free and "open source" basic fantasy rules set that is very Ad&d 2e but stripped down and cleaned up.
An American Graphic for an American Gothic.
Love your voice. I have insomnia. When I'm struggling at 2am, you're often the channel I turn to. 😊
On mean people in power like teachers, absolutely yes, they need to be more responsible with their words.
And I would also exhort anyone, who like you and I have received such criticism, USE IT. Prove them wrong. You have the power.
I am extremely stubborn. You know those movies where the bad guy smugly says "you wouldn't shoot me."
If someone said that to me I would be forced to shoot them. It's basically a demand at that point.
I guess it's a good compulsion to have. (My husband uses it against me though. "I bet you wouldn't be able to make that soufflé.")
This was a great story!!
I bet you wouldn't be able to make that souffle. Ill try that one.
Thanks, "silver john" was his best character. One note: thumbnail says "wells" instead of "wellman". Also, these 2 sound like shaggy and velma!! 😅
oh heck. By the by ‘Lucifer Sam, Siam Cat… ‘ 🎶
Oh my God I haven't laughed that hard in a while. But I'm still not sure if you were joking or not about sucking eggs? But if you try asking someone here from where I live you might get slapped. LOL.
+@baybaybaldwin4861 I wasn’t joking :)