"The Cairn on the Headland" by Robert E. Howard / A HorrorBabble Production
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ค. 2024
- "The Cairn on the Headland" is a short story by the American author, Robert E. Howard. First appearing in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror in its January 1933 edition, the story tells of a troubled historian, who discovers an ancient, shunned cairn on the outskirts of Dublin.
00:00 - Introduction
00:48 - Part 1
23:38 - Part 2
55:11 - Further Listening
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When you're half asleep and hear someone say your name it sure as hell jolts you awake
Howard was a master of savage description
Another masterful reading by Ian of a story I'd never have read or even known about. Can't tell you how much I enjoy these stories and how lucky I feel for having discovered this site.
Same feeling. Thank you, Ian. ❤
That was inspired... I hope I'm not wrong thinking you enjoyed this story more than some others. The energy is spot on in this reading.
Any story that appeared in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror is one I’m all in on.
Same here, I've heard the other version and it was great!!!
Is this a really horror-ible one? Love the ghost ones but not really a fan of true horror. Tks
It's more of a ghost story than a horror story.
In 11-12 yrs, Howard wrote more prolifically than most authors do over their lifetimes. If only he had finished all of his works before his death. Incredible for someone who had never left his hometown.
I wish you guys would stop messing with my cairn -- it's keeping me awake! Rock on, the slightly stoned Warren -- a real salt of the earth kinda guy!
This is another great story from REH and one that doesn't lose anything from being retold.
Even though I remember it, I'm still looking forward to listening to it later on with my wife.
Read this back in 1967, while in 7th grade.. Couldn’t get enough of REH.
“After an interval, however, we approached the pit again, and found the exhalations less unbearable. Our lanterns disclosed the top of a flight of stone steps, dripping with some detestable ichor of the inner earth, and bordered by moist walls encrusted with nitre….”
Keep up the good work and, as always, stay safe!
R e Howard I'm definitely in
You had me at REH👍🥰👍
Oh man they didn't have to do Odin that dirty lol! An interesting story told by pros nonetheless.
Two Gun Bob is favorite. The Grey God Passes would be a natural follow up.
God i want more stories like this!! One of the most captivating!
Pretty good story, thank you ❤
Anything Howard gets an auto like from me!
Oooh lovely, an hour of fine listening for me. ❤ Thank you!
Cool!
Another R.E.H tale!
Unadulterated Tongue is a great name for a band
Ian this is one of my favorite stories!!! So glad there is a horror babble version finally!!! 😊 I've first heard this on the weird tales channel and will forever remember it, one of the coolest! These kind are the best!!
The ending was like a maelstrom of madness! I was driving and was hanging on for dear life to the steering wheel !
Fantastic as always!
Perfect! Thanks!
The opening quote bodes well
Babble King has my vote every time.
Yessssss..one of my fave stories
I have listened to this at least 2 times a week since its release. Thank you so much.
Always have time for a bit of Howard. Not heard this one before and it's great. Thanks for sharing.
its interesting to go from Conan before Odin to this in the Howard universe, and a good read
I keep listening to this over again. HB, you're the best. Legendary.
That was pretty cool; recently I'm reading "Saxon Tales/Saxon Chronicles" by Bernard Cornwell and I happy to hear yet another tale inspired by Viking's invasion of Britain - that real crash of civilizations and battle of the religions - even if this virsion of Odin is... let's just say; unorthodox! 😉 BTW, Vikings never used horn helmets!
You might try Turlough Conmee,s story “The Foggy Dew” on his Dublin Dialect channel covering the same Battle of Clontarf. Though also a tale of the supernatural it covers some more of the history of the battle and the characters involved…..l,ve thoroughly enjoyed an evening doing both the stories.
REH turns Odin into an eldritch abomination?! Sweet!
Well. That was a marvelous way to spend an hour.
Thank you. 👍👍💯🎣☕
THANKS H B LOVE IT ❤
Greetings from the Isle of the setting sun.
Thank you for a great story.
I enjoyed the story, and I've enjoyed it in the past as well, although its even better when its performed by my favorite narrator.
Anybody talked to Warren lately? Every time I call, it just goes straight to voicemail.
Fool! Warren is dead!
😂
Keeps saying voice-mail full. I think Warren is ignoring us.
Last I heard, he'd taken up belly dancing with Madame FooFoo in Cornwall.
If anybody talks to him, tell him he better pay me what he owes me, or he's dead!
Many thanks for another excellent video Ian!😎👍🏻
Great story! Thank you!
Great story, THANK YOU!
This was a great story
Thank you.
Just in time for me to enj0y❤
Enjoy Nancy! -- then stop by for a visit! Cheers Warren, the Barney Rubble of Horror!
This was a really good story. Very creative use of Norse Mythology in this one
Very good! You always deliver such wonder content! Still, I'm rather fond of Odin. 🐦⬛🐺🐦⬛
The grim one😁
Always so good.
Crom's teeth! A fine telling Mr. Gordon! Thank you! Excellent as always Mr. Gordon and Horror Babble.
Thank you for this! May I suggest to all that this tale would best be enjoyed after one reads Robert E. Howard's fantastic (but lesser known) story: "The Grey God Passes". In that story, REH describes the epic battle of Clontarf--the twilight of the Norse gods.
Awesome story Mr Gordon 😁😁
Fantastic! One of your very best! ⚔🔥👻
Always great to have a HorrorBabble story to fall asleep to.
Awesome story❤
Very good reading.
A wonderful tale expertly crafted and delivered!
Thank you for your efforts!
Outstanding work, HB! This is one of my favorite REH tales, made better with your narration.
One of my favorite authors! Always a pleasure to discover more of his work through your wonderful, inimitable voice. Much thanks.
A good version.
Beautiful
A new Robert E. Howard story!! I'm so happy! (PLEASE do some Solomon Kane, if his stories are in Public Domain. They're my favorite REH works. Kane is so endearing.)
Fabulous story :-)
Fabulous
That was BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!❤
That was awesome.
Marvelous story!
A great story masterfully told
Thank you!
What a story! I listened it three times! Simply fantastic!
Abbot Brandon “the bold” Literally licens…. Idk…. I’ve met some sea monsters in my time! Wow! That is cool history. Thanks. Gotta keep seeking that promise land, baby! ❤
Amazing story and wonderful narration as always 👍 Thank you 🙂💕
This story is excellent. Great job! I love it, especially the ending!
Anything else would be a spoiler, so that is all!
This was great!
This was a great listen. Properly chilling story!
This is what Arthur Machen's tales is lacking, the human element. The emotional investment of the narrator and the reader.
I have yet to listen to this, but since it’s a story set in Ireland that was penned by Howard, I assume that Conan O’Brien will make an appearance
I am pushing 40, I just got this. I am slowing down....
Eh don’t feel bad,. I’m still working on it…
Listening from the ukwales❤
Thanks to Ian et all for this great tale
Hope there will be another 12 days of Christmas story coming up 🤓
[I guess there's a sort of spoiler here, warning]
Oh, that was a wild ride... this was one of my favorites. I had a good idea where it was going from the early-on Odin reference that's in there somewhere (as opposed to the cairn just covering up some Cthulhu-esque relic that enrages people), but the timeline is mixed up because my narcolepsy had me falling asleep and dreaming wild things so often. (Like after part 2 started, I discovered that I'd fallen asleep within 30 seconds at least 8 times that I remembered and had to repeat it. Oh, man.)
Also reminds me of _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,_ Prosser at the start, who whenever he's irritated starts having ancestral flashbacks of an angry Genghis Khan and his Mongol Horde... haha. Now we get to imagine what the 20th century Viking invasion would've looked like.
Awesome
Even the other, older version is also really good 😊
Lovecraft, "My protagonist sees an alien god and goes insane."
Howard, "My protagonist sees an alien god and kills it!"
😄
I see you around on TH-cam all the time.
It's like you have all of the same interests as I do. You even have the same haircut!
Are we brothers?
@@Tom-sd9jb We'll, have you seen the film, "It Follows"..? 😄😄😄
I'm a simple man. I see one of Two-Gun Bob Howard's tales of terror and I click.
Works every time.
You have good taste.
Twelve:
Always something of a recluse; a secretive and a somewhat unsocial individual from temperament and from habit Carter, who employed no domestics or any other servants, recalled that very few indeed were the people who knew of his current whereabouts. There was no one Carter thought ruefully, no one at all who would soon seek to inquire about him; not until it would be far too late to matter.
And then it dawned on Randolph Carter that he would never leave this room alive.
Cats to the rescue
@@AcornElectron
Not this time.
This wasn't in the story what are you talking about?
@@sterlingcampbell2116
It's a whimsical tale of Randolph Carter, (H.P. Lovecraft's eponymous hero,) that I've written and that I've been posting here for a few weeks now.
It's just a bit of fun and not intended to be taken very seriously and since no one seems to mind I've a carried on with it; it's nearly finished and there are only a few episodes left to go.
The, "cats," are The Cats of Ulthor which in a different and much better story written by Lovecraft came to Carter's rescue.
yo i LOVED this thank u so much for more reh content aaaa
Like that one. Thank you very much.
Odin lives!
Shocking!😄
Unsure if anyone has said this before, but the "Meve" in the initial quote is pronounced May-iv. It's spelled Maebh in Irish, the "bh" becomes a "v" sound. Always love your stuff btw, just thought I'd mention that.
Thanks! I overlooked the 'Maeve' pronunciation video (th-cam.com/video/PN5OWIelhME/w-d-xo.html) as I wasn't sure it was the same name. There were several tough words to pronounce in this one -- it's always difficult to nail them all.
I dunno...I thought I saw Warren at Walmart last week. And my grandson got one of those "Where's Warrendo?" books...😂 I'm sorry Mr. Gordon. (Under his breath damned Americans!)
Warren if you can hear me…
Very peculiar. Imagine this was the reason for the ultimate fall of the Vikings - Odin being trapped under the rocks.
I like it.
The heathens never fell ;)
Imagine reviving a God just to vanish him again
I gotta point out how unlikely it is for some random villager to know the name and approximate date of death for any given woman in the local cemetery. Let alone one from 300 years ago in clan country where there are only like 3 last names and everyone is named after a grandparent or aunt/uncle.
Perhaps the longshoreman had been haunted too.
Nah, you're right, a strange contrivance but I'm happy to overlook it.
⤵️ Of course, your reading was terrific, Ian :) I wonder how you would play MacBeth in a reading? There are ghosts and witches 🙀 Have a great day to your whole family 🌷🌱
Poor Warren. RIP.
As a Swede, resurrecting Oden really doesn't sound like such a bad prospect. ;)
The modern-day Gauls might wish to borrow him, if you do. ='[.]'=
He'd never have the same clout, being a previously vanquished "God"
Vikings didn't have horned helms.
Are there any other books similar to this ones about ancient Ireland
Hmmm. Very well read, and the initial setting of the story is quite intriguing, however I found the ending a bit... I don't know... forced maybe? The twist was both a bit over the top and a bit too simple at the same time.