*** Just to clarify folks - the video isn't cut short. The story ends abruptly, and we wanted to end the video just as abruptly... ;) *** "The Horror in the Burying-Ground" is a 'buried alive' short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald. The tale first appeared in the May 1937 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/the-horror-in-the-burying-ground Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon Support us on Bandcamp or Patreon: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com www.patreon.com/horrorbabble HorrorBabble MERCH: teespring.com/stores/horrorbabble-merch Search HORRORBABBLE to find us on: AUDIBLE / ITUNES / SPOTIFY Home: www.horrorbabble.com Rue Morgue: www.rue-morgue.com Social Media: facebook.com/HorrorBabble instagram.com/horrorbabble twitter.com/HorrorBabble
This is so unusual as a Lovecraft story. In most stories, we have one narrator and a few chatacters, none of whom take attention away from the events. They are like Ed MacMan who would introduce Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show and then fade into the background. In this story, we have a cast of diverse characters with distinctive personalities and some variance in their voices. The story is largely character-driven. It showcases H.P.'s ability to diversify and collaborate.
I love that throughout your HB catalogue, it's clear that your American accent gets better and better! Once I get some spare cash coming in, I'm gonna get some HorrorBabble merch. You're one of my favorite of smaller channels, and I can't wait to support y'all!
Ian, you're an Olympic style orator. Greeks in the great amphitheatre likely didn't deliver quality in fractions of the quantity. Thoroughly delighted to have found these works with such deliberate, considered delivery.
This was really spooky and sweet cheers and thankyou Ian Gordon i think the scariest part is not knowing wat to do to help those that were pulled out to see.
Lovecraft was always wonderful at describing decaying towns... a marvelous sense of place. What makes Innsmouth so much fun (and prompted so many drawings of maps of the place) --
Whenever I hear Rutland, I think of where my wife was living when I first met her. She lived on Library Avenue (in the part of town known as "the gut"). You would abide by two rules there. First rule: never lock your car at night. In the morning, people not following that rule would wake up to a smashed window and everything of value gone. You can probably figure out the second rule.
@@joea.9969 You don't have much of a choice if you live there. No locked car and no valuables inside, theives'll simply look in another car. They're not that smart.
Honestly, this story is unique for lovecraft, as it's more or less a happy ending. At least in the sense that everyone got what they deserved. (Spoilers ahead) Tom got buried alive for being an abusive asshole. Henry got buried alive for burying tom alive, as well as tampering with the laws of nature in ways he obviously shouldn't have. Sophie, who desperately wanted freedom, is now trapped in the house she hated, scared for her life as punishment for condemning the man who saved her from her abusive brother to a fate worse than death just because it was convenient. (Since she didn't love Henry and wanted to get rid of him) The whole town is cursed for being a bunch of indifferent assholes toward the whole situation. Only one I feel sorry for is poor Johnny 😥
I could not have said it better. I feel bad for Johnny, too. They call him a half-wit, but he has more sense than the rest of the bunch, except Steve..
There are certain crypt-ic references to landmarks and colloquialisms native to my home state of Oklahoma. Stillwater, for example, is a small college town, where I actually pursued my studies in psychical medicine under Dr. Silence (okay, English lit). But Lovecraft seems to have a habit of collaborating with authors who showcase my state, in such stories as The Mound ( I have been to Binger many times) and The Curse of Yig ( The Insane Asylum in Guthrie is a deserted complex built by the Masons long ago, and a prime destination for college students who love to horrify themselves-and it was creepy I assure you). I do not know if this is an Oklahoma story, but the characters certainly sound like they hail from round about here.
This Stillwater is northern Vermont. He always seemed to view Vermonters as New England's hillbillies. And as my mom;s family were rural Vermonters I can see his point a bit lol. It's beautiful country around the Stillwater State Park but very rugged and it was still fairly remote last time I was there circa 1970.My older relatives used to tell stories Lovecraft could have really run with. Our family (cousins a time or two removed) apparently had a cursed house in its past where all the men died horrible inexplicable deaths, allegedly stemming from the embittered invalid spinster daughter of the original builder whose malign spirit was active for well over 50 yrs until the place burned to the ground. VT is that kind of place
Bobby Marcum so I’ve been to the asylum in Guthrie. Not much of the physical structure is left just a basement. What do you know about the masons building it? Where can I find more information
If you are ever in the plains, you see a large mound, and may wonder about digging to see what marvelous civilization might be lurking below, what I’d suggest to you is this... *clears throat* ..DON’T.
Those who are asking what the end "if I had a" means- he either says "if I had a might", as in a might longer, or "if I had a mind" as in "if I had a mind to".
Thank you for your commitment and obvious porfessional, hard work. Sponsoring you isn't economically viable at the moment as I'm sure isn't great to hear, however, I find a huge amount of value in your work. Best wishes.
Stillwater NY is in Southeastern Saratoga County and is partially where the Battle of Saratoga was fought...the Hudson River runs close, deep, and still...just saying this is my turf 🇺🇸🏴✌🏻
This is my current favorite of all time stories in the mythos on this channel!! Short, pithy and less meandering then most of the authors other works. I truly believe there are small town, blink and you'll miss it, hamlets and townships all across this country that are exactly like this! Stay out of the locals' business if'nyou know what's good for you!! LMAO 🤣
Love your work. Lovecraft was so generous with other writers he collaborated on some stories that aren't worthy of his name...I wonder if there are more REH and CAS or even another Carnacki found down the back of your couch in your own handwriting? :) I enjoyed the Haunting At Ravenglass more than this one.
I took it that way. They had plenty of reason to believe these men might not be dead, but buried them anyway because they weren't well liked and the townsfolk had plausible deniability if the worst turned out to be true. Reckon they didn't count on both men popping up out of the grave as zombies though. Or that the town would be cursed. Serves them right.
*** Just to clarify folks - the video isn't cut short. The story ends abruptly, and we wanted to end the video just as abruptly... ;) ***
"The Horror in the Burying-Ground" is a 'buried alive' short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald. The tale first appeared in the May 1937 edition of Weird Tales Magazine.
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I lost sleep because of this little story. A masterpiece !
This is so unusual as a Lovecraft story. In most stories, we have one narrator and a few chatacters, none of whom take attention away from the events. They are like Ed MacMan who would introduce Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show and then fade into the background. In this story, we have a cast of diverse characters with distinctive personalities and some variance in their voices. The story is largely character-driven. It showcases H.P.'s ability to diversify and collaborate.
I love that throughout your HB catalogue, it's clear that your American accent gets better and better! Once I get some spare cash coming in, I'm gonna get some HorrorBabble merch. You're one of my favorite of smaller channels, and I can't wait to support y'all!
Definitely a story that captures you mentally to the very end. So far this one has been the highlight of my Lovecraft binge this year.
Thank you for once again finding a story I didn't know. AndAs always providing a brilliant performance
Ian, you're an Olympic style orator. Greeks in the great amphitheatre likely didn't deliver quality in fractions of the quantity. Thoroughly delighted to have found these works with such deliberate, considered delivery.
This was a magnificent little gem of a story . I just discovered it. Fine narration. Thank you. Have splendid weekend 💖🤗♥️
This was really spooky and sweet cheers and thankyou Ian Gordon i think the scariest part is not knowing wat to do to help those that were pulled out to see.
Lovecraft was always wonderful at describing decaying towns... a marvelous sense of place. What makes Innsmouth so much fun (and prompted so many drawings of maps of the place) --
Whenever I hear Rutland, I think of where my wife was living when I first met her. She lived on Library Avenue (in the part of town known as "the gut"). You would abide by two rules there. First rule: never lock your car at night. In the morning, people not following that rule would wake up to a smashed window and everything of value gone. You can probably figure out the second rule.
Never park your car there?
Have stronger windows and armed guard.
@@joea.9969 You don't have much of a choice if you live there. No locked car and no valuables inside, theives'll simply look in another car. They're not that smart.
Thanks for your perseverance in delivering great content! The journey will be worth the hardships ^^
I’ve never heard of this story before and I own several larger Lovecraft collections! Thanks HorrorBabble you guys are the best!!
Honestly, this story is unique for lovecraft, as it's more or less a happy ending. At least in the sense that everyone got what they deserved. (Spoilers ahead)
Tom got buried alive for being an abusive asshole.
Henry got buried alive for burying tom alive, as well as tampering with the laws of nature in ways he obviously shouldn't have.
Sophie, who desperately wanted freedom, is now trapped in the house she hated, scared for her life as punishment for condemning the man who saved her from her abusive brother to a fate worse than death just because it was convenient. (Since she didn't love Henry and wanted to get rid of him)
The whole town is cursed for being a bunch of indifferent assholes toward the whole situation.
Only one I feel sorry for is poor Johnny 😥
I could not have said it better.
I feel bad for Johnny, too. They call him a half-wit, but he has more sense than the rest of the bunch, except Steve..
I feel bad for all of them
Honestly, the whole town seemed like a bunch of buzzards, caring for nothing but the fulfillment of their own, selfish morbidity.
nah she did nothing wrong
There were others by him with a happy ending starting with a haunted house.
Thank you for this wonderful story which is new to me this channel is wonderful to me and the narration is 2nd to none
This is a great one. Not so much cosmic horror, but actual horror.
I'm picturing Johnny as Torgo from "Manos: Hands of Fate". It improves the narrative.
"I watch the graves while the master is away!"
Nice. Now I am too. Thank you. I love practical comments.
I'm picturing MST3K doing Lovecraft.
Mst3k referenced Lovecraft in the Gorgo episode
😂😂 my family specifically loves that one. I got an old shirt from my uncle that has "Manos Returns" on it lol
This is about the 7th time listening to this story. It was so very well done.
Love this story! It veers from the usual plot lines.
Another H.P reading!!! Thank you very very much!! HorrorBabble does H.P so well!!
Great story and narration. Thanks!
Ty
Just what I needed to help me forget the bad news I had today. Thank you!
Sorry to hear that - I hope all is well. :)
HorrorBabble Much better, thank you, sir!
@@kaf890890 Glad to hear it. :)
I genuinely hope that you are doing well.
Good wishes.
I never wish anyone a bad day I just want bad people to go away😰
There are certain crypt-ic references to landmarks and colloquialisms native to my home state of Oklahoma. Stillwater, for example, is a small college town, where I actually pursued my studies in psychical medicine under Dr. Silence (okay, English lit). But Lovecraft seems to have a habit of collaborating with authors who showcase my state, in such stories as The Mound ( I have been to Binger many times) and The Curse of Yig ( The Insane Asylum in Guthrie is a deserted complex built by the Masons long ago, and a prime destination for college students who love to horrify themselves-and it was creepy I assure you). I do not know if this is an Oklahoma story, but the characters certainly sound like they hail from round about here.
This Stillwater is northern Vermont. He always seemed to view Vermonters as New England's hillbillies. And as my mom;s family were rural Vermonters I can see his point a bit lol. It's beautiful country around the Stillwater State Park but very rugged and it was still fairly remote last time I was there circa 1970.My older relatives used to tell stories Lovecraft could have really run with. Our family (cousins a time or two removed) apparently had a cursed house in its past where all the men died horrible inexplicable deaths, allegedly stemming from the embittered invalid spinster daughter of the original builder whose malign spirit was active for well over 50 yrs until the place burned to the ground. VT is that kind of place
Bobby Marcum hey I live in Oklahoma too :)
Bobby Marcum so I’ve been to the asylum in Guthrie. Not much of the physical structure is left just a basement. What do you know about the masons building it? Where can I find more information
If you are ever in the plains, you see a large mound, and may wonder about digging to see what marvelous civilization might be lurking below, what I’d suggest to you is this... *clears throat*
..DON’T.
Wha? A new Lovecraft story? YYEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!
Noooooooooooooooppppeeee it is 👀✌👁👁👁👁👁👀👀🕷
Great audio quality..the 'reader' flawless :):)
Truly terrifying tale, terrifyingly told.
Well, now…that’s creepy! A fine narration!! 👏
Great one. In fact, a Great Old One.
We love you, Ian
Another SUPER Show ! :-)
Thank you ❤
You guys are a clockwork. 100k by 2020!
Those who are asking what the end "if I had a" means- he either says "if I had a might", as in a might longer, or "if I had a mind" as in "if I had a mind to".
I seem to be the only person commenting that the very last bit just cuts off. Or....??
I was thrilled with this new addition, at any rate❗🐈🐾🐈
Yes, and none of the normal closing music that is present on most of the other videos.
Always the best 😎
Thank you for your commitment and obvious porfessional, hard work. Sponsoring you isn't economically viable at the moment as I'm sure isn't great to hear, however, I find a huge amount of value in your work. Best wishes.
#100 love your channel so much. Keep up the excellent work.
This reminds me of Re-animator. Thanks for the upload. ☺️
That drug could change the world keeping people alive in a torpor state.
Gotta love the lovecraft !!
Stillwater there is a Stillwater in "THE FRIGHTENERS" too.
That ending!
Stillwater NY is in Southeastern Saratoga County and is partially where the Battle of Saratoga was fought...the Hudson River runs close, deep, and still...just saying this is my turf 🇺🇸🏴✌🏻
This one is about Stillwater Oklahoma
I didn't realize how many stories Lovecraft wrote about being burying alive or wanting to die or die and coming back.
This is my current favorite of all time stories in the mythos on this channel!! Short, pithy and less meandering then most of the authors other works.
I truly believe there are small town, blink and you'll miss it, hamlets and townships all across this country that are exactly like this! Stay out of the locals' business if'nyou know what's good for you!! LMAO 🤣
whaaaat a lovecraft story i hafent heard i thought i had heard em all
Any chance you’ll be doing Under the Pyramids by Lovecraft? Cheers
Absolutely... It's on the cards.
This town didn't have just one village idiot. This town was compromised of nothing but village idiots, with Johnny being the most sane of them all.
This was written after Herbert West, Reanimator. The "embalming fluid" sounds very similar to Herbert's. Convergent evolution?😏
I wonder who is uploading these or if it's on some sort of timer, just whilst you're gone? Anyhow hope the vacation is treating you guys well.
When one uploads the video, one has the option of releasing it immediately or setting up a delay.
We schedule everything in advance, Corey - we're always several weeks ahead.
Scary-as-shit cool!!!☻🖤💀☠👻🦇🕷🕸
Scary and it vomits lots of words .lots n lots n lots of words 🔥🔥🔥🔥⚘⚘😁👁✈🌏🔊💃⛹️♀️🎶🎶
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"May be there's more I could tell you if I had a..." if he had a what?
"...if I had a mind [to]."
That’s just the poison from Romeo and Juliet!
Love your work. Lovecraft was so generous with other writers he collaborated on some stories that aren't worthy of his name...I wonder if there are more REH and CAS or even another Carnacki found down the back of your couch in your own handwriting? :) I enjoyed the Haunting At Ravenglass more than this one.
There is a bit of humor here that I don't normally associate with Lovecraft.
Does the ending mean the whole town is implicated in the wrongful burials of both men?
I took it that way. They had plenty of reason to believe these men might not be dead, but buried them anyway because they weren't well liked and the townsfolk had plausible deniability if the worst turned out to be true.
Reckon they didn't count on both men popping up out of the grave as zombies though. Or that the town would be cursed. Serves them right.
anyone else think this reader sounds a bit like Richard O'Brien?
RE-ANIMATOR??
West had come up with a similar formula that fakes death to preserve you.
Goato
You sound so bored of this story it hurts my brain
This 1 is A Lovecraft story I have not read before. It sounds really good.👍🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Scary frightens 🕷🔥🖤🖤💃
SissyBlackWidowSpider ok calm it with the emojis bruh😂👌
Well done Sir as always! Valuable contribution, especially since I hadn't heard it.
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