The Skin Man Is HORRIFYING! Grim Dark Story Hour | Warhammer 40K

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  • @weshammer
    @weshammer  ปีที่แล้ว +118

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    • @houseadams4841
      @houseadams4841 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The hideousness of That thumbnail…. Will haunt me in my dreams forever…

    • @madmonkeyglue23
      @madmonkeyglue23 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I honestly thought it said the shin man

    • @thesephisloth1886
      @thesephisloth1886 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hopefully not a lot of people watch Vape Nation before buying this or some similarites will be showing

    • @yeetbirdo
      @yeetbirdo ปีที่แล้ว

      When is the video on the King in Yellow coming out?

    • @Bump33
      @Bump33 ปีที่แล้ว

      🔥

  • @manysKojot
    @manysKojot ปีที่แล้ว +1665

    "You are nice girl ... for the godless heretic."
    😂 great line

    • @fabledkitty214
      @fabledkitty214 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      not going to lie that got me

    • @mirrond44
      @mirrond44 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      the most tolerant worshipper of the God-Emperor :D

    • @DaerkciwLuxa
      @DaerkciwLuxa ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Felt like the real lonely bright moments in the story

    • @3dmodeling4205
      @3dmodeling4205 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Spat out my drink when i heard that lmao

    • @Magavynhigara
      @Magavynhigara ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Spat my drink on that one.

  • @Senrabekim
    @Senrabekim ปีที่แล้ว +685

    "Okay, who left the Haemonculus on some lost human world as a joke? Because that's hilarious."
    -Some Drukhari Coven meeting, probably

  • @jaey2k2
    @jaey2k2 ปีที่แล้ว +1563

    When I first read this I somehow forgot what sort of book I was reading and had the actual thought "Oh I hope she find her husband OK"

    • @elijahhayter3026
      @elijahhayter3026 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      Can’t blame you. I’d actually pay, for a happy end to these kinds of stories.

    • @matthewinson1226
      @matthewinson1226 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Yeah but that is our humanity talking this is the grim dark future 😅

    • @Jimothy-723
      @Jimothy-723 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@elijahhayter3026"happy," doesnt really mesh well with "Grim Dark."

    • @mikehunt4797
      @mikehunt4797 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm thinking of picking up a few 40k books to read during the incoming brutal Winter. It should fit the hollow bleakness of Winter lol. Anyways what's some good books to start reading. Never read any b4. I have been listening to a lot of lore so I do know the different races and story lines somewhat.

    • @BanditUshanka
      @BanditUshanka ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@mikehunt4797Warhammer 40k? The best starters for getting into the books are usually the Eisenhorn series or Gaunts Ghosts. They introduce you well to the WH40k universe without diving too deeply into some stuff like Space Marine novels do at times. If you want SM, I'd pick one of the collections and just roll with it. If you want some good xenos lore, check out the necron books for sure

  • @chrisgarbutt1893
    @chrisgarbutt1893 ปีที่แล้ว +1211

    Man these Warhammer horror stories makes you realize how necessary the Inquisition is.

    • @MasterChees117
      @MasterChees117 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      @username172 Quite the opposite

    • @Guille2033
      @Guille2033 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@username172nah, more like reinstating the importance of the God Emperor's Holy Inquisition. You're the heretic by trying to create unrest within the populace

    • @intruative
      @intruative ปีที่แล้ว +78

      ​@username172True. To question the need of the Inquisition is to question the need of the Emperor Himself

    • @darthnihilus8956
      @darthnihilus8956 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Cease your heresy

    • @swoogydoogy2654
      @swoogydoogy2654 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      ​@username172spoken like a true inquisitor

  • @justinanus8983
    @justinanus8983 ปีที่แล้ว +1054

    My prayers for more grim dark story hour has been heard by the ever so generous weshammer

    • @godwolf4039
      @godwolf4039 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You heretic praying to anyone but the emperor I shall inform the nearest inquisitor

    • @Jimothy-723
      @Jimothy-723 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@godwolf4039you mean "Omnisiah," you filthy un-augmented human.

    • @A5p3r07h
      @A5p3r07h ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In the grimdarkness of these short stories... there are ONLY dead husbands.

    • @helpme7663
      @helpme7663 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@godwolf4039 mmmmm i luv the necrons xoxo

    • @Warhammergenius
      @Warhammergenius 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@godwolf4039 cringe

  • @lordgrub12345
    @lordgrub12345 ปีที่แล้ว +3236

    Can't wait for the sequel: "The Foreskin Man"

    • @anthonyowens8874
      @anthonyowens8874 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      This 'umie iz a funny git. 😂

    • @MementoMortis21
      @MementoMortis21 ปีที่แล้ว +274

      Wouldn't that technically be the prequel?

    • @zombiemanjosh
      @zombiemanjosh ปีที่แล้ว +114

      ​@@MementoMortis21Depends on if you're climbing up or sliding down.

    • @TheKidFoster
      @TheKidFoster ปีที่แล้ว +91

      He started as “The Foreskin Man” but that got shortened after a botched circumcision

    • @lokiopensloloc5680
      @lokiopensloloc5680 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      That's just a study of Judaism.

  • @aarovit4257
    @aarovit4257 ปีที่แล้ว +402

    This story feels like it would make a killer side quest in an RPG. Imagine you come across a woman begging for someone to help find her husband. You question her and she invites you into your home where you meet her kids and she tells you her story and about her husband. You then track down the clues of where he went and track him to the “don’t go here because it’s evil ” place. When you enter you fight a few enemies and eventually go into a building where a demon awaits you and gives you a similar deal to this story but also gives you a list of names and tells you to bring one to get the husband back. You’re then left with a few choices
    A. Kill the demon- this choice will have you battle the demon and when defeating him make you return to the wife where she breaks down crying because she will never see her husband again. Later you might find out that her house is foreclosed and no one has seen the family though the answer is likely not good.
    B. Corpse- this one would be like the ending to this story where the first name of the list is already dead, so by bringing this corpse the family will get a corpse in return. The wife is happy (if not also broken) but clearly this is not good for the family.
    C. Bed ridden- the third choice is a man who is heavily injured and bed ridden but alive and will live years to come. Doing this will bring the husband back but in a similar state to the man where you learn the family is together but life is very difficult for them and the family will probably resort to bad means to make money.
    D. Bad father- this ending could be if you took a man similar to the scrap merchant alive to the demon. The father returns but this is not the man the wife described. He is abusive, probably drinks a lot, and overall a bad person. But again the wife is desperate so she keeps making excuses about his behavior and lost in her own world.
    E. Good father- this last one would see you find the last name on the list is a perfectly healthy man who has his whole life ahead of him big dreams, probably also a girlfriend he wants to marry soon, and a good job lined up for him. Take him to the demon though and the husband will return healthy and completely fine like nothing has changed. Going back to the family you will probably learn they are happy and life is genuinely getting better for them… but somewhere else you could find a woman crying alone and you learn she was the girlfriend of the man you technically got killed and how life for her is going to be hell because of your actions.

    • @lightborn9071
      @lightborn9071 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Or having just one ending where your character reacts just like her in this video, giving you an uncanny feeling for the rest of the game.

    • @RubricCube
      @RubricCube ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Pretty cool Quest scenario.
      Ending E could be made more messed up as it's now the girlfriend of the sacrficed man, asking someone to help find her lost lover, thus repeating the cycle once more.

    • @NosferatuWickedTTRPG
      @NosferatuWickedTTRPG ปีที่แล้ว +22

      This is actually kinda a sidequest in BG3

    • @TheUnnikri
      @TheUnnikri ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NosferatuWickedTTRPG i just finished tht quest

    • @crazychase98
      @crazychase98 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Sounds like a witchers needed . Evil is evil lesser or greater

  • @satellitecannon4717
    @satellitecannon4717 ปีที่แล้ว +651

    It's probably the closest thing we can get to a happy ending in the grim dark.

    • @alimatloob2850
      @alimatloob2850 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Ever heard of the Orkz? More precisely Tuska the Daemon Killa

    • @DaerkciwLuxa
      @DaerkciwLuxa ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For real though

    • @evanraynolds8699
      @evanraynolds8699 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      its sad, but you are correct

    • @leovalenzuela8368
      @leovalenzuela8368 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I disagree, and suspect you kinda missed the point of the story a little bit.

    • @evanraynolds8699
      @evanraynolds8699 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leovalenzuela8368 explain

  • @Child_of_woe_1994
    @Child_of_woe_1994 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    maybe I'm just numb to horror but I'd say this story is more a heartbreaking tragedy than a horror story

    • @SlmmyFjrd
      @SlmmyFjrd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Very much

    • @Valdonkis
      @Valdonkis 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      The horror is in Marceline's acceptance.
      A tragic ending would have been if she realized that it was a bad trade and destroyed the corpse of her husband. Husbandless and handless, with a rough future ahead, but better than what now sits in her home and refuses to let her children go.

  • @bobertoakes1811
    @bobertoakes1811 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    The chilling part to me is that even if she lured the other guy alive to the skin man, there would still be desterbing parts about him. Good read good story

    • @serfaI
      @serfaI ปีที่แล้ว +5

      what does this even mean

    • @classarank7youtubeherokeyb63
      @classarank7youtubeherokeyb63 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@serfaI It's warhammer, so the sky is the limit. But I like the idea that Cole would inherit some of the traits of the merchant. Definitely alive, but also a giant asshole.

    • @MahmutTuncer3169
      @MahmutTuncer3169 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63 him being dead is i think better than him being someone else

  • @AppalachianWarhammer
    @AppalachianWarhammer ปีที่แล้ว +213

    Wes: Sometimes when you have a bad habit
    *Warhammer Collection looms in the background*
    Also Wes: Sometimes you need a good habit.

  • @MB-ul5me
    @MB-ul5me ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Please please please do more of these. This, and the king of pigs are my 2 favorite videos from your entire channel. The visuals set you apart from channels such as "A vox in the void". They make the story much more engaging, and im captivated to watch start to finish.
    More! More! More!

    • @theoebola2367
      @theoebola2367 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I usually just listen to these stories w no visuals. Vox is great, but I like wes’s choice with the stories that would hold up as decent horror minus the lore

    • @EASY7356
      @EASY7356 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mine is definetly mortarions first crusade

    • @ParadiseAndGin
      @ParadiseAndGin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there's tons of channels reading stuff with A.I images he's not special lol

  • @sakomanlee
    @sakomanlee ปีที่แล้ว +74

    You know what? As far as 40k goes, that is a pretty happy ending. Marcelene, you go girl.

    • @SHA-3qua
      @SHA-3qua หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Real talk she got her husband back and he probably doesn’t need to eat anymore

  • @darkpit37
    @darkpit37 ปีที่แล้ว +648

    Technically she held up her end of the bargain without actually committing murder. That was self-defense.

    • @randomdude8202
      @randomdude8202 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Self defense requires equal response, If you kill someone with a knife in a fistfight you will be under scrutiny since you brought a knife into a fistfight. So technically, you would lose with that defense, unless you can prove the guy in question could kill you with only his fists, and he is intended to kill you. Which would be hard to prove.
      PS: TECHNICALLY, I am right, you are wrong, F. U, STOP BOTHERING ME!
      Here is what actual lawyers say about this:
      Self-Defense Law: Overview
      By FindLaw Staff | Legally reviewed by Melissa Bender, Esq. | Last reviewed August 15, 2023
      Legally Reviewed
      This article has been written and reviewed for legal accuracy, clarity, and style by FindLaw’s team of legal writers and attorneys and in accordance with our editorial standards.
      Fact-Checked
      It is a widely accepted principle that a person has the legal right to self-defense and the defense of others. This is also true when that defense would normally amount to a crime. Self-defense is an affirmative defense. Each state allows a defendant to claim self-defense as a legal defense when accused of a violent crime, such as a murder charge. Federal criminal law allows this as well.
      The specific laws on self-defense cases vary from state to state. Some states have stand-your-ground laws, while others do not. This article addresses the broad concepts of self-defense law in the U.S. You should check the laws of your state to understand the requirements for a claim of self-defense.
      What Is Self-Defense?
      Self-defense is using force or violence to protect oneself, or a third person, from imminent harm. In other words, the victim reasonably believes they are in immediate danger of imminent death, bodily injury, or serious bodily harm. This definition may seem simple enough, but it raises many questions when someone uses it in real life.
      Courts struggle with determining an appropriate level of force or violence when a person defends themselves. In reviews of what is such appropriate levels of violence, courts often consider the following:
      What if the victim of a violent crime provoked the attack?
      Did the perpetrator threaten the use of deadly force or non-deadly force?
      Was the victim obligated to retreat from the violence or threat of imminent force?
      Did the victim have a reasonable belief or reasonable fear that the use of force against them was imminent?
      Did the victim use reasonable force in response to the attack?
      What protection exists for victims who feel, on reasonable grounds, that a threat exists when it does not?
      Self-defense law is more complicated than it first appears. To handle the many circumstances under which self-defense occurs, states have created rules to determine when self-defense is allowed. These rules also decide how much force a victim can use to protect themselves.
      Is the Threat Imminent?
      Generally, self-defense only justifies using force in response to an imminent threat. For a threat to be imminent, it must be certain to occur. Such a threat can be made with words as long as it puts the intended victim in a reasonable and immediate fear of physical harm or serious bodily injury. Without such a threat, offensive words do not justify the use of force in self-defense.
      Consider the following scenario for an example of such a situation. A jealous ex-lover confronts his former girlfriend and shouts, "I'm going to kill you!" He brandishes a knife and steps forward. In this case, the victim would be within her rights to defend herself because a reasonable person would fear physical harm. So, if she had pepper spray in her purse, she's justified in using it to fend off her angry ex-lover. Had he approached her and said, "We need to talk," she would not be legally justified in using the pepper spray in self-defense.
      The use of force in self-defense loses justification once the threat has ended. For example, if an aggressor assaults a victim but then stops doing so and indicates that there is no longer any threat of violence, the threat of danger has ended. Any use of force by the victim against the perpetrator at that point is retaliatory and not self-defense.
      Consider the following scenario. Two players in a basketball game argue over a foul call until one punches the other in the face. After delivering the punch, the player quits the game and leaves the gym. A few hours later, the two players coincidentally encounter each other in the grocery store. At this point, the original confrontation is over. Absent a new attack or imminent threat of harm, the punched player would not be legally justified in punching the player who hit him earlier. Under this circumstance, the use of force is retaliatory and not self-defense.
      Was the Fear of Harm Reasonable?
      Self-defense is legally justified even if the perceived aggressor did not mean the perceived victim any harm. What matters in these situations is whether a "reasonable person" in the same situation would have perceived an immediate threat of physical harm.
      Under the legal concept of the "reasonable person," legal systems decide whether a person's feelings and experience of imminent danger justify the use of force as a response to a threat.
      Imagine two strangers walking past each other in a city park. A bee is buzzing around the head of one of the two people. The other person sees this. Being friendly, the other person reaches quickly to try to swat the bee away from the bee's soon-to-be victim. The person with the bee by their head, only seeing a stranger's hand move quickly toward their face, might understandably slap the other person's hand away violently.
      In other circumstances, the slap would amount to a textbook assault. But a court could easily find that the sudden movement of a stranger's hand toward a person's face would cause a reasonable person to conclude that they were in danger of immediate physical harm. This would likely render the use of force a justifiable exercise of the right to self-defense. It would not matter that the perceived attacker meant no harm and was, in fact, actually trying to help.
      Imperfect Self-Defense
      Sometimes, a person may genuinely fear imminent physical harm that is not objectively reasonable. If that person uses force to defend themselves from the perceived threat, the legal situation is "imperfect self-defense."
      Imperfect self-defense does not excuse a person from the crime but can lessen the charges and penalties involved. But not every state recognizes imperfect self-defense as a reason to lessen a sentence.
      For example, a student is studying at a coffee shop when a classmate arrives and walks toward the student. The classmate balls up his fist in anticipation of a friendly "fist-bump" greeting. The student genuinely fears that their classmate is preparing to punch them, even though this fear is unreasonable. In reaction to the perceived threat, the student flings his coffee cup at the classmate's face and scrambles away. While the student's claim of self-defense would not excuse any criminal charge for assault, it could reduce the severity of the charges. The student's self-defense claim is imperfect because of the unreasonable nature of how he perceived a threat.
      Some states also consider instances where the person claiming self-defense provoked the attack as imperfect self-defense. For example, if a person creates a violent conflict, then unintentionally kills the other party while defending themselves, a claim of self-defense might reduce the charges or punishment. But the defense would not excuse the killing entirely.
      Proportional Response
      Self-defense law requires the response to match the threat level in question. In other words, a person can only use as much force as required to remove the threat. If the threat involves deadly force, the person defending themselves can use deadly force to counteract the threat. If the threat involves only minor force and the person claiming self-defense uses force that could cause grievous bodily harm or death, their claim of self-defense will fail.
      Duty to Retreat
      The original laws about self-defense required people claiming self-defense first to attempt to avoid violence before using force. This is also known as a "duty to retreat." While most states have removed this rule for instances involving non-deadly force, many states still require the person to attempt to escape the situation before applying deadly force. It's important to know the laws of your local jurisdiction to decide whether this duty is required.
      Stand Your Ground
      In contrast to the duty to retreat, many states have enacted so-called "stand your ground" laws. These laws remove the duty to retreat and allow for a claim of self-defense even if the person making the claim did nothing to flee from the threat of violence.
      Today, this is the more common rule when situations involve nonlethal force. But states differ on whether the "stand your ground" principle applies to lethal force situations.
      This article delineates which states have "stand your ground" laws and which use a different legal standard.
      Castle Doctrine
      Even in states that require a person to retreat from the threat of imminent harm before defending themselves, a person can often use deadly force against someone who unlawfully enters their home.
      This rule, also known as "the castle doctrine," allows people to defend their homes against intruders through the use of lethal force.
      Additional material on the castle doctrine is available on FindLaw. But when in doubt, it is always a good idea to consult a local attorney for legal advice.
      Need Help With a Claim of Self-Defense?
      Self-defense claims are fairly common. But the situations in which a person can defend themselves and how much force they can use are complicated. Everything is much simpler with the advice of a competent criminal defense lawyer. Find an experienced criminal defense attorney near you.

    • @darkpit37
      @darkpit37 ปีที่แล้ว

      the guy was actively strangling her though@@randomdude8202

    • @terminallove3531
      @terminallove3531 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@randomdude8202 He was going to rape her.

    • @Jimothy-723
      @Jimothy-723 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@randomdude8202wrong.

    • @randomdude8202
      @randomdude8202 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Jimothy-723 it is amazing how many people actually think one word refutes all I said, with providing basically nothing. About a comment explaining how that wouldn't work in a court, none the less.

  • @W0lfenstrike
    @W0lfenstrike ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I love morbid "monkey paw" stories like these, so tragic but so, so good.

  • @wahbegan
    @wahbegan ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I never thought of that before, world's being left behind by the Imperium until there's nothing left but legends. That's incredibly interesting worldbuilding

    • @zaer-ezart
      @zaer-ezart ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Imagine a horror game where you're a regular citizen in a small village on an abandoned world. No one is coming to save you and you must face off the horrors by yourself

  • @cako666
    @cako666 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    It's always so funny when you are doing a super dark and serious intro and then all of a sudden "super happy guy doing a sponsor" and then back to the horror 😂

  • @fadelsukoco3092
    @fadelsukoco3092 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    It's surprisingly interesting to hear about a world/civilization that treats the Imperium as their mysterious and mythical advanced ancestors, instead of the Dark Age of Tech Humanity from an Imperial perspective.

  • @thepyrokitten
    @thepyrokitten ปีที่แล้ว +173

    Your horror videos are probably your best content. Praise be.

    • @MrTdub16
      @MrTdub16 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I hope he make more, more frequently

  • @kriegsmanofthe141st6
    @kriegsmanofthe141st6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I want to say this, Thank you wes, I absolutely love you and your videos, you have given me so much comfort when I have been feeling down during school/work/etc, you have been a very VERY big help in a lot of situations, I have major ADHD and you videos help me focus on what I'm doing, thank you my man, one 40k fan to another

  • @drewthompson7802
    @drewthompson7802 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I love the grimdark story hour. It also just feels perfect for October. Like some 40k stories to tell in the dark…

  • @tomjjackson21
    @tomjjackson21 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Anyone else listen to these videos while they go to bed? Idk why, but I really enjoy this content as I'm crashing. I'll just put a video on, and drift off as listening to our boy narrate the *"Grimdark Story Hour."*
    You really need a video of that's bist a compilation of multiple Grimdark stories put into a single, 4hr video Wess.

  • @jfhdnciche
    @jfhdnciche ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "I lost a hand. That's all." 27:04
    Best Quote of the video.

  • @patrickking3124
    @patrickking3124 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "The various military forces of the imperium will do all they can to protect thier citizens"
    No they fucking won't.

  • @stefanidk7371
    @stefanidk7371 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Any theories what the skin man is? I honestly thought it had something to do with nurgle or tzeentch but its really interesting to see a character that seems to be logical(although uncaring for the emperor) was smart. So it was a weird ending where she was satisfied seeing Cole like that

    • @JoshuaAndres
      @JoshuaAndres ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I was thinking a flayed one that somehow grew beyond its madness

    • @emmawrites4533
      @emmawrites4533 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      I think Slaanesh has some ties to the skin man. Cole was gone for 6 days, which is their holy number, and the throughline of love and torture between Cole, his wife, and the creepy merchant seems to be connected to their domain.

    • @spencerc4252
      @spencerc4252 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I kinda just want to assume that its an entity that exists seperate of the 4 and exists on that world as it got harder and harder to be free of their influence in the warp

    • @Grabthar191
      @Grabthar191 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@spencerc4252 Kind of what I was thinking too. Some kind of other warp entity not necessarily attached to the chaos gods. It seems like it constantly needs to replace its parts though, and that it can create zombies without too much effort. I am thinking that the area there where it lives is kind of thin between the warp and reality. Like the area in the mountains in the Horus Heresy where Loken encountered Samus, and in the woods on Caliban where Zahariel encountered the watchers. I like un-categorized antagonists in the seeming expansive possibilities of Warhammer.

    • @stefanidk7371
      @stefanidk7371 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@emmawrites4533 this makes the most sense considering the whole sadism and extreme of the story

  • @Revenant-oq9ts
    @Revenant-oq9ts ปีที่แล้ว +303

    Wait, so if she brought a living person, the Skin Man could have resurrected Cole?

    • @DS-wl5pk
      @DS-wl5pk ปีที่แล้ว +170

      Probably not, he says “you brought me a corpse” the dude was hours dead at most, he wasn’t decayed at all, then acts like returning a week old corpse is equivalent. He didn’t care, he used her, why he didn’t just kill her? Because he saw an opportunity to double dip

    • @facelesscleric2744
      @facelesscleric2744 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      Chaotic creatures will always find a way to screw you over in a deal especially when they promise to ressurect a dead loved one

    • @toheekang174
      @toheekang174 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Probably

    • @Zero-tk1hb
      @Zero-tk1hb ปีที่แล้ว +93

      No, he was just fucking with her. "Of curse i'm a monster made of body parts and i'm using your husband's voice, of curse i can bring him back with no problems"

    • @Grabthar191
      @Grabthar191 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I doubt it. He would have probably made some kind of other ironic quip to justify the zombie he gave her. Although, I do wonder if he could have had the power to put a demon inside the construct he made, to make it less of an automaton. I think such sorcery though requires enormous amounts of power or expendature in 40k, and would probably demand more than one sacrifice to make it worthwhile.

  • @roboishere
    @roboishere ปีที่แล้ว +21

    You’re the only one to cover these warhammer horror stories…. lean into it friend love the spooky stuff

  • @harmonlanager2670
    @harmonlanager2670 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    “No matter how bad things get, the military forces of the Imperium will do all they can to protect their citizens.”
    *DOUBT*

    • @ReigoVassal
      @ReigoVassal ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Marine Malevolent: "Wait, we are supposed to protect the citizens?"

    • @AvoidTheCadaver
      @AvoidTheCadaver ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I was expecting
      "no matter how bad things get, it can always get so so much worse"

    • @ghostplays2766
      @ghostplays2766 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ⁠@@ReigoVassal”Citizens? What citizens? Where?” - Marines Malevolent, probably

    • @morbincrusader5123
      @morbincrusader5123 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ask not shat the military can do for you but what you can do for the military.

    • @elitereptilian200
      @elitereptilian200 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh but they do actually, its just that sometimes it has to be done by a massive, weeks long orbital borbardment of a mostly loyal world killing billions of imperial citizens just because some scavenger in the underhive accidentally stumbled upon khorns symbol..
      what can you do eh..

  • @NicolasCarrizosa
    @NicolasCarrizosa ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Man this story is so good that it makes me want to tear my skin off 🔥

  • @jessicagalvin4598
    @jessicagalvin4598 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    So, Marceline dragged a full grown man a long distance past creature-infested territory, with only one hand? That’s some real Girl Boss energy.

    • @Azubrael
      @Azubrael 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I thought the same thing

    • @user-xf8mz9ko4r
      @user-xf8mz9ko4r 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Probably the Skin Man marked her as in "off-limits", with a mark only those creatures recognize

  • @mprojekt72
    @mprojekt72 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a lovely story to wake up to.
    These are good; I hope you continue narrating such stories.

  • @xQixAni
    @xQixAni ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I think Skin man is connected to the Drukhari. the way that it was describe sounded like that homonculi creature that Tau encounter.

    • @mister_dadstersays_hi7372
      @mister_dadstersays_hi7372 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Theory, he was a medic the Drukhari had been captured in the battle of the legend and implanted something that gave him his immortality but at the price of constantly needing new limbs and organs.

  • @zacharygreen2423
    @zacharygreen2423 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love these GrimDark Story Hour episodes. They are some of my favorite excerpts from the WH40K lore.
    But everything you put out is amazing, so I’m here for it all! Favorite Warhammer content creator by far!

  • @mrpicklesful
    @mrpicklesful ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ooh-ooh skin-man, villan in disguise
    But skeleton man sees through his plan
    WITH HIS SKELETON EYES

    • @MisterDragelof
      @MisterDragelof 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That was my first thought as well 😂

  • @gamesandthoughts2388
    @gamesandthoughts2388 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Praise be to WesHammer. There is another story I can share with my mother. We are not even into 40k because it's kinda inconsistent and ridiculous, but these stories are the best.
    Thank you and thanks to the authors so much!

  • @doggg4977
    @doggg4977 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Id love to see the fear of big e instilled into the skin man, via a space marine incursion

  • @be_quiet_and_drive
    @be_quiet_and_drive ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Grimdark story hour is awesome man. Good way to start the day. Morning meetings are much better with 40k in a headphone lol.

  • @xMoobyx
    @xMoobyx ปีที่แล้ว +16

    So stocked for this story!! Thank you so much for another awesome story!! ❤

  • @tictactic7909
    @tictactic7909 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I really like the 40k stories of entities that either developed on their own without origin with the chaos gods or evolved way past that.

  • @thizloliboi7523
    @thizloliboi7523 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    This reminds me of an SCP creature or a wendigo or a skin walker... To place it in 40k, I think this creature is beyond the games of the chaos gods

    • @blizzardgaming7070
      @blizzardgaming7070 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think the thumbnail is an image of SCP 096.

    • @The-Singularity-X01
      @The-Singularity-X01 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@blizzardgaming7070 It very much ISN'T

    • @AdamTheCoop1
      @AdamTheCoop1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      this was a great way of openly stating you should go out and research some more about the concepts and goals of the forces of chaos in 40k. IMO its extremely problematic to then compare this to SCP and some creepy-pasta nonsense that literal children write and post about... im surprised we dont have people trying to insert jeff the killer or FNAF into these IP at this point and its a matter of time before they fully corrupt SCP with that kind of stuff

    • @scalycopperhead1674
      @scalycopperhead1674 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@AdamTheCoop1 behold, the warhammer fan who has the LEAST reddit posts
      bro is really trying to act like scp is deviant art

    • @lightborn9071
      @lightborn9071 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scalycopperhead1674 Well, gatekeeping isn't something bad, but necessary.
      Even tho horror like SCP and Creepypastas fit very well into the 40k universe.

  • @fabledkitty214
    @fabledkitty214 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    good lord the madness of love in this story is really something

  • @fifteenhundredwords2889
    @fifteenhundredwords2889 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a horror fan never really thought about Warhammer before, youtube recommended gave me a 40k horror story and now I've been sucked down into a grimdark rabbit hole

  • @project_swift
    @project_swift ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "They've served over 150,000 customers. And have had thousands of success stories."
    That doesn't seem like a high success rate for your sponsor.

  • @misskirika2043
    @misskirika2043 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I listened to one Grim Dark Story Hour a few days ago knowing nothing about Warhammer. Now I’m looking into painting minis. I will never financially recover from this.

  • @cristaltophat
    @cristaltophat ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like how this sentient corpse horror of a creature’s reaction to a living person being in the area is
    “Do You Are Have Stupid?”

  • @thehulk123123
    @thehulk123123 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for all these grimdark horrors, it's got me listening to more on audible, so far my favorite that I heard was the wicked and the damned keep up the good work Wes! 😊

  • @kubin226
    @kubin226 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I still think that the second story you voiced over (?) Was the most unsettwling like this feeling of inevebility and that nothing can be done about it

  • @nathancusumano3775
    @nathancusumano3775 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These stories are my absolute favorite I love the grimdark universe of Warhammer

  • @kevinmccalister4602
    @kevinmccalister4602 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I was expecting her to go back out and capture the old religious woman. Think about it. She’s old alive and probably relatively frail. Take the husbands corpse back and offer the woman and the husband. The next time he comes back he’s alive and sentient, but severely traumatized.
    Still pretty cool ending.

    • @blowfish1702
      @blowfish1702 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's under the assumption it's in the Skin-Man's power to provide something other than a twisted, monstrous result 😂

    • @kevinmccalister4602
      @kevinmccalister4602 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@blowfish1702 True. Actually that's extremely likely considering horror story and all. She shows up with the living woman and the husband. But after an awkward silence skin man is like, "Well, I can give you back your hand, but that's it." 😆

  • @gavinspencer9092
    @gavinspencer9092 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    5:54 is literally a screenshot of the fogwall to the Pontiff Sullivan boss fight in Dark Souls 3 between the Boreal Valley and Anor Londo. This is a Warhammer 40k video lmao

  • @dpraptorP
    @dpraptorP ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was really great! You narrated it perfectly. Look forward to listening to much more of your work, I see you have have lots of Grimdarks for a long tormented time! Great for halloween, thanks for sharing!

  • @chillskeleton6529
    @chillskeleton6529 ปีที่แล้ว

    So far I enjoy these kind of videos the most along with the Deep Dives because the stories give more of a background understanding of 40K that the video games and comics just never could

  • @brucedavidson9499
    @brucedavidson9499 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I wonder, if she brought him another body if the skin man could restore more life. Not even someone she killed but Simone who say died of old age. Could the skin man scavenge the ruins and find things her family could sell or use in exchange for body’s. She just opened up a whole new trading lane.

    • @brucedavidson9499
      @brucedavidson9499 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m not kidding I want Adams family rip off where her husband and kids collect bodies take them to the skin man in exchange for useful goods.

    • @nigredoooalgown6245
      @nigredoooalgown6245 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, absolutely! to all three.

  • @Balgus4
    @Balgus4 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    See, that is why I enjoy the grim dark of 40k, while the war rage on, mysterious creatures and folklore still roams the street. Those horror stories are always a treat. Thx you friend for the content and voice acting.

  • @Stellarneer
    @Stellarneer ปีที่แล้ว +8

    To fight The Skin Man you need The Skeleton Man

    • @harmonlanager2670
      @harmonlanager2670 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      All made up of bones,
      Shaped like a man,
      Skeleton feet
      And skeleton hands
      He has calcium strength at his command
      Skeleton man!

  • @4everyoung546
    @4everyoung546 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @danyael777
    @danyael777 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This somewhat reminds me of a horror short i once read. It's name was "Crouchs End"

  • @robertdodds7737
    @robertdodds7737 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grimdark Story Hour is easily my favorite of your videos @weshammer and I love all your videos! Gotta love seeing the 40K universe through the eyes of regular people.

  • @Geek0ftheWeek
    @Geek0ftheWeek ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What chilling and spooky heresy does Wes have in store for us this October? 🎃

  • @simonmalmstrom9593
    @simonmalmstrom9593 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My youtube recommendations are gonna have a field day trying to figure out what to recommend next, went from a goffy history video about how the bronze age fell to this.
    but love these please do more! as someone with dyslexia and adhd straight up reading the books or novels are to much and i much more pefer hearing them told about from someone like you so absolutely love these! love the king of pigs and the watcher in the rain.

  • @Canadian_Zac
    @Canadian_Zac ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love how it implies that. If she had instead knocked him out, and dragged him back. That He'd have been returned normal

  • @alexandernikolov6149
    @alexandernikolov6149 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sometimes weshammer puts up an image on screen that still fits the theme but is from a game I know like thief or Warframe and I'm like that Leonardo DiCaprio meme. Still grim dark story hour is back leeets gooooo.

  • @nobilisvaga5267
    @nobilisvaga5267 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The skin man's final words make me wonder, had she given him a living being could her husband have been returned in full.

    • @nigredoooalgown6245
      @nigredoooalgown6245 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's possible, but she should have worded it better then "I will give anything to get my husband back".
      She never mentioned the state she wanted her husband back in, and the "anything" part means she most likely all ready gave away her soul.

  • @Novaloty
    @Novaloty ปีที่แล้ว

    I just got into Warhammer 40K and man it was all because of the Grimdark stories you tell, appreciate you opening my eyes man

  • @RealLofiVibes
    @RealLofiVibes ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tale as old as time never make deals with the dead and paranormal lol. Loving grim dark story hour its one of my favorite videos from you wes!!! Still hoping you cover Collapse, by J H Archer from the resting place's as id love your take on what you think the creature in said story is!!!

  • @gcreez25
    @gcreez25 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another great story to help me get through the work day. You're the man Wes!!!!

  • @joshuawiese8446
    @joshuawiese8446 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That ending was so depressing in a completely different way than I thought it would be

  • @Columbo-lp6ti
    @Columbo-lp6ti ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love grim story hour. Please make more. Also this is heresy
    Edit: your voice acting is so good. Keep it up

  • @Alldayumay
    @Alldayumay ปีที่แล้ว +11

    “Nobody knows what the skin man wants”
    He wants to sell you a skin flute

  • @MzNekoChan
    @MzNekoChan ปีที่แล้ว

    Just gotta give props, thanks for updating the format of these stories. so the video pictures have moving elements in the pictures, leaving the videos on won't cause burn in

  • @Lestatvancloud1
    @Lestatvancloud1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yay!
    A new bedtime story. 💜
    Love listening to your horror vids as i fall asleep. That voice and those stories. *chefs kiss*

  • @Planetgirl7
    @Planetgirl7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Honestly that was a “happier” ending than I expected.
    (Comparative to a lot of 40k at least)

  • @andrewtorka9093
    @andrewtorka9093 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your short Warhammer videos are among my favorite videos you make. Great work!

  • @LazzarrusLong
    @LazzarrusLong ปีที่แล้ว +8

    28:15 O’ would that I were a Salamander space marine in the immediate vicinity with a few moments to spare. I would impart a few much-needed lessons onto this young man with great enthusiasm. 🦎 👊🏼
    Edit: 29:50 Nvm she took care of his arse.

  • @ChewChewMayo
    @ChewChewMayo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah yes a new dark story just before bed. I'm geting spoiled today thank you Wes!.

  • @HuntDownErebus
    @HuntDownErebus ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Desperate housewives" 40k edition

  • @ItsThaBus
    @ItsThaBus ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oooohhh skin man, villain in disguise. But Skeleton man sees through his plan with his skeleton eyes🎶
    Lol

  • @kingarthur7051
    @kingarthur7051 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    32:50 ehem arms?

    • @Cloudyshiny
      @Cloudyshiny 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She just lost her hand, not her whole arm.

  • @sovietbiscuit9918
    @sovietbiscuit9918 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It baffles me how some of the scariest shit a person could think of is just common place in the 40K universe, like. “God damnit, that’s the 3rd dog we’ve had this year that turned into a blood spewing demon that tried to eat our son. Maybe the 4th one will be good.” This lore is butt fuck nuts and I love it

  • @KiwiTheIguana
    @KiwiTheIguana 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Sometimes... Dead is better." continues to be extremely good life advice, regardless of setting

  • @TheGarthinator
    @TheGarthinator ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Honestly dude, i can't believe only two months ago you said you were having writers block, and now you're putting out some of the best and informative lore. Your channels growth is a huge asset to the community.

    • @weshammer
      @weshammer  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Turns out I just desperately needed to take some time off. Came back feeling super refreshed 😀

    • @TheGarthinator
      @TheGarthinator ปีที่แล้ว

      @weshammer that's awesome man, yeah once you've been on the grind for to long it can really get to you.

  • @Shnadu40k
    @Shnadu40k หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We need more retrofuturistic, grimdark 40k horror.

  • @draketurtle4169
    @draketurtle4169 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This one actually had a semi good ending for once… not exactly the best outcome but it’s certainly not as bad as everyone dying

    • @nigredoooalgown6245
      @nigredoooalgown6245 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Implying death is the worst thing that can happen in 40k.... :P

    • @draketurtle4169
      @draketurtle4169 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nigredoooalgown6245 compared to the other horror stories? Yes.
      You have children dying and people feeding their partner to a pig demon.
      You have the one on the old space station where a demon lures in a ship, causes it to be blown up and small squad of people slowly turn on each and murder each other.
      You have the two people trying to escape a planet before a warp storm comes and engulfs it… guess what? One of them murders the other and then evil villain monologues about having murdered gods knows how many by deliberately screwing with shipment orders with the explicit purpose of causing people suffering.
      So yeah this is one of the few horror stories that doesn’t have death in every brutal and selfish way possible (except a rapist… so ehh deserved)

    • @Ellman1231
      @Ellman1231 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't know, man. Maybe Marceline & what's left of Cole are somewhat OK in their madness, but their kids are about to go through some pretty nightmarish trauma for the foreseeable future, or at least until their minds break, too.

    • @draketurtle4169
      @draketurtle4169 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Ellman1231 I agree zombie dad isn’t the best outcome possible and they still live on a hellish world of horrors with an unpleasant future ahead of them.
      But in comparison to the other 40k horror stories, three people surviving and one becoming a zombie is a lot better so that’s why I dare say it’s “good”

    • @AvoidTheCadaver
      @AvoidTheCadaver ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Ellman1231
      Trauma as a child in the grimdark? That's just a normal childhood

  • @Empressofnight
    @Empressofnight 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So my mind constantly switched between chaos and gene stealer.

  • @vladorkiba1718
    @vladorkiba1718 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Grim dark story hour is the best, nothing has compelled me to read the books as much as your videos

    • @weshammer
      @weshammer  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Getting people to read the books is my main goal. They are fantastic!

    • @vladorkiba1718
      @vladorkiba1718 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@weshammerfeels weird to ask you directly but would you have any starting recommendations? Im having trouble deciding which books to buy

    • @weshammer
      @weshammer  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What I always tell people is to pick up a book based on a character or faction your interested in, you'll enjoy it much more than a book about a random faction or character even if said book is "the best starting point". Warhammer books are kinda like comic books. You don't need to start with superman #1 to start getting into super heroes :).
      That being said if you really can't decide, ciaphas Cain hero of the imperium is my go to starter book recomendation

  • @blackabyssgaming2917
    @blackabyssgaming2917 ปีที่แล้ว

    Waiting on the king in yellow video . Every since you made a post about him I've been intrigued. Excited for a vid.

  • @alexanderhill3100
    @alexanderhill3100 ปีที่แล้ว

    Added this to my like videos as soon as I read the title. Got to love story hour with Weshammer, as these are some of the best that's for sure. 😃

  • @larrytherustyboii7442
    @larrytherustyboii7442 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the skin man's personality surprises me, i was expected another animalistic spirit, but dude was sound of mind and coherent as ever.

  • @zeonmx
    @zeonmx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm guessing the skin man is a rogue warp entity that has been in the town for centuries until it became a myth or folklore legend?

  • @misteraxeman2680
    @misteraxeman2680 ปีที่แล้ว

    These WarHammer 40k short stories are my favorite videos you make!

  • @TurtleHydra
    @TurtleHydra ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for another amazing video Wes!

  • @nathanglasser6845
    @nathanglasser6845 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was excellent. The imagery you used worked well to capture the feel of the story, even though for the most part it was unrelated. Looking forward to the next one.

  • @adammisic34
    @adammisic34 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've never been a man for these kind of stories but goddamn Wes, you outdid yourself once again😤

  • @mandavaler
    @mandavaler ปีที่แล้ว

    Already got it downloaded so i can listen to it while im toolin around at work love the content bro

  • @tonynavarro8375
    @tonynavarro8375 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting. A sort of variation of the older tale; "The Monkey's Paw" albeit with a very different ending.
    Thank you for your narration. The story was very entertaining, if slightly predictable. I look forward to more, similar stories on your TH-cam site.

  • @aurelian2641
    @aurelian2641 ปีที่แล้ว

    These stories are my favorite! Please more of it. But not just horror, also where you tell the story of the books would be great! Like you did with the lion novel

  • @PercyTheRogue
    @PercyTheRogue ปีที่แล้ว

    October aside please make thesw Horror stories throughout the year these are beyond amazing!

  • @QuotedMacaroon
    @QuotedMacaroon ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect timing I just started playing darktide and was wanting more Warhammer 40,000

  • @boyblue5320
    @boyblue5320 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:00 video starts ..hell with them ads of ads