14 consecutive days of weird fiction, chosen by our listeners via the TH-cam Community tab, airing October 18th-31st, 2019. Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/the-weird-tales-roulette-collection Chapters and Synopses: 0:00:49 - "The Black, Dead Thing" by Frank Belknap Long Category: CLASSIC WEIRD TALES The story tells of a journey at sea, in which something dreadful has come aboard. 0:23:58 - "Demons of the Film Colony" by Theodore LeBerthon Category: RARE WEIRD TALES A tale involving a fictional encounter between the legendary actors Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. 0:39:45 - "The Nightmare Road" by Florence Crow Category: WEIRD TALES VAMPIRES An unnamed narrator relates a story told to them by a friend at a dinner party involving a strange experience on an isolated road in Germany. 0:54:26 - "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker Category: WEIRD TALES REPRINTS The story involves an encounter with a 'wolf', and takes place in rural Germany, during a snowstorm, on Walpurgis Night. It is widely believed that "Dracula's Guest" is actually the deleted first chapter from the original Dracula manuscript. 1:23:11 - "The City of Lost Souls" by Genevieve Larsson Category: WOMEN OF WEIRD TALES The tale revolves around the strange atmosphere of a man's hometown, after returning, following a ten-year absence. 1:55:41 - "The Ring" by J. M. Fry Category: COMMON TROPES A classic tale involving a man and his refusal to give in to superstition. 2:13:25 - "Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" by Robert E. Howard Category: WEIRD TALES POEMS A dark poem by the horror master. 2:17:04 - "The Necromantic Tale" by Clark Ashton Smith Category: WEIRD TALES LEGENDS A story of witchcraft, involving a man and his distant ancestor. 2:45:34 - "The Shadow on the Moor" by Stuart Strauss Category: RARE WEIRD TALES The story deals with shapes on the moor-shadows connected to an ancient pre-Druidistic stone circle. 3:19:15 - "What Waits in Darkness" by Loretta Burrough Category: WOMEN OF WEIRD TALES A tale of prognostication, in which a lady who lost the love of her life repeatedly dreams of an awful fate involving her 'new' husband. 3:36:16 - "The Tree-Men of M'Bwa" by Donald Wandrei Category: CLASSIC WEIRD TALES The story is told from the perspective of a legless man, who is trying to discourage a fellow explorer from venturing into the region of Africa's Mountains of the Moon. 4:01:18 - "Ye Goode Olde Ghoste Storie" by William A. P. White Category: FLASH FICTION An individual shares a tale regarding a haunted chamber belonging to a house he once visited in England. 4:06:38 - "The Witch in the Fog" by Alexander Faust Category: COMMON TROPES The story tells of an individual who is visited by a witch-a witch, who, by all accounts, isn't a stranger. But what does she want with him? 4:23:26 - "The Fourth Dimension" by Charles Ford Category: GHOST STORIES The tale of a canoeist, who, following a period of time on the water, finds himself in a situation he doesn't recognise. To take part in future ROULETTES, be sure to familiarise yourself with the TH-cam Community Tab: th-cam.com/users/horrorbabblecommunity Narrated by Ian Gordon and Jennifer Gill for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gill Intro music "CRIMSON RED" by Glen Alexander: glenalexander2.bandcamp.com 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
People may not realize this, but if you do a google search you will find that Bela Lugosi was 6’1” and Karloff (Pratt) was only 5’11”. Lugosi was actually taller than Karloff but universal used the same camera and stage effects used in “The Green Mile”, to make Karloff look much taller.
G'day 👋 Thanks again for a wonderfully narrated (as always) story. Unless I've finally gone 'covid lockdown coo-coo' 😅 ..and it's right under my nose, I can't find the year this was written/first published.. in the description anyway. Is it there, and I am just missing it, or if not there, do you know when it was? Thanks!! 😊✌🐨🌌
It's time to relax with the clapping of thunder and lightening as its downpours wash away all other sights and sounds. The perfect time to listen to Horror Babble.
Cheers for this Ian - I get many hours of enjoyment from your work. It's the best renditions of short stories I've found on TH-cam; everything else falls short of the mark. Cheers! "LiL'JpD."
Why did Weird Tales ever stop publishing. The greatest horror writers of the century contributed to it and even those who didn't become household names wrote intense and memorable stories. The public appetite for horror seems to stay constant so to quote Public Enemy what sucker stole the soul ?
They died with film and tv. It was a slow death, but by the 80'samd 90's the big ones were almost gone. Stephen king mentioned them in his early autobiographies, as being published in playboy and maybe even amazing stories, and I vaguely have memories of Nova for scifi advertised in the early 90's. The short story format itself is dead in the publishing world, only really living on in creepypasta. Now, to be honest, if someone were a bit enterprising, right now would be a great time to start a self publishing magazine and take submissions... It's not easy though. Back in 2000 I tried doing some random email thing with short stories via email and I got only 3 subscribers (mostly family) and only one friend to submit a story, but it was fun... But maybe it's nearly time to take another stab at it.
@@SerifSansSerifI think it could make a comeback, nostalgia is always in Vogue, you just need to find the Right audience. Not sure why Google is giving random capitalization.
I so much prefer the older stories.The gradual change in what issues and subjects affected the common gestalt of what society feared as a whole. Not to mention the mastery of vocabulary that conveys the creeping sense of maleficia.
I like seeing the gradual ways people behave then and now and the way words gradually change...well, probably not anymore. You can't call a man a man anymore without wondering if someone is going to cry.
Have you read any Ligotti? I recommend him so much people get sick of it haha, but he's still writing and I think he may be the most interesting horror writer out there. Very dense, very thoughtful and literary, but always quite horrific
Dracula's Guest is a wonderful piece. It's a shame Bram didn't include it in the final novel. Perhaps he thought it would detract from the later mystery at the castle when we meet the three vampiresses.
Probably my favorite Horror Babble collection. Play this in one browser tab, and a nice long rain w/thunder soundscape (th-cam.com/video/WlTPq1Up14E/w-d-xo.html highly recommended; adjust volume accordingly) in another tab, simultaneously, for a great "bedtime story". Sleep well!
i love “Dracula’s Guest”. i don’t know why. could be the way the wolf kept him warm and safe that he was saved. your reading enhanced it, of course :) 🐺🧛🏼♂️
@@joedent3323 Well that's good cause Ol' drippy drips on my toys. That's why Dewy got a big long stain all down his backside. Also Master Shake ate his head and you need that for breathing and stuff. Anyway I won't be home on Halloween because I'm going to my neighbor Carl's house. He's my best friend and thinks I am smart and on the ball. Also I don't want to meet the Cybernetic Ghost of Halloween who just tells long stories that Frylock says are bull and I won't get any candy. Frylock is my best friend and also he's my roommate. He says I'm 55 and that's too old for trick and treating. But I'm going anyway. This year I'll be Samurai Lincoln. Wait. Where am I ?
@@teddydog6229 You KNOW your Aqua Teen! Im pretty impressed! " thousands of years ago, into the future... ". I think " SpacecataZ " is my favorite. Here it is, collected: th-cam.com/video/GU_QrKzAf4I/w-d-xo.html The Mooninites are my favorite - any episode with them is certified: "Genius".
3:27:00 just wow. Pitiful. Weak, weak, weak. Roger, Roger, I understand his frustration. She chose to live a lie. I would start to hate hearing my name. Murdered her Husband, because she realized the truth.
'Horror Babble & Rue Morgue,' is where it's at ! 'Crappy pasta' has the most awful narrarator. He owns the podcast, so he forces his want of fame by narrarating. He talks: slow-fast & loud- slow-fast-loud...etc.. He sounds like an annoying college student who constantly has to opine, just to hear himself talk. His volume control is non-existent. The volume of that voice goes up & down, then he speeds up when the usually lousy story reaches any increase in activity. Fast talking that gets louder and louder. Then it gets slower to only get faster and louder. The C.I.A. should use Crappy Pasta to torture Terrorists.
It would be so good if u ld list the stories and when they start. So I can avoid tales I heard before..m just saying. I'm grateful for your downloads..thankyou...
14 consecutive days of weird fiction, chosen by our listeners via the TH-cam Community tab, airing October 18th-31st, 2019.
Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/the-weird-tales-roulette-collection
Chapters and Synopses:
0:00:49 - "The Black, Dead Thing" by Frank Belknap Long
Category: CLASSIC WEIRD TALES
The story tells of a journey at sea, in which something dreadful has come aboard.
0:23:58 - "Demons of the Film Colony" by Theodore LeBerthon
Category: RARE WEIRD TALES
A tale involving a fictional encounter between the legendary actors Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.
0:39:45 - "The Nightmare Road" by Florence Crow
Category: WEIRD TALES VAMPIRES
An unnamed narrator relates a story told to them by a friend at a dinner party involving a strange experience on an isolated road in Germany.
0:54:26 - "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker
Category: WEIRD TALES REPRINTS
The story involves an encounter with a 'wolf', and takes place in rural Germany, during a snowstorm, on Walpurgis Night. It is widely believed that "Dracula's Guest" is actually the deleted first chapter from the original Dracula manuscript.
1:23:11 - "The City of Lost Souls" by Genevieve Larsson
Category: WOMEN OF WEIRD TALES
The tale revolves around the strange atmosphere of a man's hometown, after returning, following a ten-year absence.
1:55:41 - "The Ring" by J. M. Fry
Category: COMMON TROPES
A classic tale involving a man and his refusal to give in to superstition.
2:13:25 - "Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" by Robert E. Howard
Category: WEIRD TALES POEMS
A dark poem by the horror master.
2:17:04 - "The Necromantic Tale" by Clark Ashton Smith
Category: WEIRD TALES LEGENDS
A story of witchcraft, involving a man and his distant ancestor.
2:45:34 - "The Shadow on the Moor" by Stuart Strauss
Category: RARE WEIRD TALES
The story deals with shapes on the moor-shadows connected to an ancient pre-Druidistic stone circle.
3:19:15 - "What Waits in Darkness" by Loretta Burrough
Category: WOMEN OF WEIRD TALES
A tale of prognostication, in which a lady who lost the love of her life repeatedly dreams of an awful fate involving her 'new' husband.
3:36:16 - "The Tree-Men of M'Bwa" by Donald Wandrei
Category: CLASSIC WEIRD TALES
The story is told from the perspective of a legless man, who is trying to discourage a fellow explorer from venturing into the region of Africa's Mountains of the Moon.
4:01:18 - "Ye Goode Olde Ghoste Storie" by William A. P. White
Category: FLASH FICTION
An individual shares a tale regarding a haunted chamber belonging to a house he once visited in England.
4:06:38 - "The Witch in the Fog" by Alexander Faust
Category: COMMON TROPES
The story tells of an individual who is visited by a witch-a witch, who, by all accounts, isn't a stranger. But what does she want with him?
4:23:26 - "The Fourth Dimension" by Charles Ford
Category: GHOST STORIES
The tale of a canoeist, who, following a period of time on the water, finds himself in a situation he doesn't recognise.
To take part in future ROULETTES, be sure to familiarise yourself with the TH-cam Community Tab: th-cam.com/users/horrorbabblecommunity
Narrated by Ian Gordon and Jennifer Gill for HorrorBabble
Music and production by Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gill
Intro music "CRIMSON RED" by Glen Alexander:
glenalexander2.bandcamp.com
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horrorbabble.bandcamp.com
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All of these tales are completely awesomely narrated! Thank you so much for sharing!😁
People may not realize this, but if you do a google search you will find that Bela Lugosi was 6’1” and Karloff (Pratt) was only 5’11”. Lugosi was actually taller than Karloff but universal used the same camera and stage effects used in “The Green Mile”, to make Karloff look much taller.
G'day 👋 Thanks again for a wonderfully narrated (as always) story. Unless I've finally gone 'covid lockdown coo-coo' 😅 ..and it's right under my nose, I can't find the year this was written/first published.. in the description anyway. Is it there, and I am just missing it, or if not there, do you know when it was?
Thanks!! 😊✌🐨🌌
@@Dj.MODÆO I didn't know that. Thanks! 👍😊
@@romb4649 Hi Rom. You should see the release date under the video title - Nov 6th, 2019.
I love that I keep discovering older recordings especially the weird stuff ;)
i enjoy when horrorbabble tucks me in for the night hehe
Best, most intelligent comment section on YT. All well deserved accolades! Thank you, Horror Babble!
Four hours of Horror Babble ? Oh yes that'll do nicely.
It's time to relax with the clapping of thunder and lightening as its downpours wash away all other sights and sounds. The perfect time to listen to Horror Babble.
Cheers for this Ian - I get many hours of enjoyment from your work. It's the best renditions of short stories I've found on TH-cam; everything else falls short of the mark.
Cheers!
"LiL'JpD."
Great stories and narration! Thanks!
During this lockdown, I depend on these stories to put me to sleep. Thank you!
Remarkable collection of stories and very relaxing to listen to.
Why did Weird Tales ever stop publishing. The greatest horror writers of the century contributed to it and even those who didn't become household names wrote intense and memorable stories. The public appetite for horror seems to stay constant so to quote Public Enemy what sucker stole the soul ?
They died with film and tv. It was a slow death, but by the 80'samd 90's the big ones were almost gone. Stephen king mentioned them in his early autobiographies, as being published in playboy and maybe even amazing stories, and I vaguely have memories of Nova for scifi advertised in the early 90's.
The short story format itself is dead in the publishing world, only really living on in creepypasta.
Now, to be honest, if someone were a bit enterprising, right now would be a great time to start a self publishing magazine and take submissions...
It's not easy though. Back in 2000 I tried doing some random email thing with short stories via email and I got only 3 subscribers (mostly family) and only one friend to submit a story, but it was fun...
But maybe it's nearly time to take another stab at it.
@@SerifSansSerifI think it could make a comeback, nostalgia is always in Vogue, you just need to find the Right audience. Not sure why Google is giving random capitalization.
I’ve never enjoyed being stuck at home after work! Thanks so much
AWESOME !! JUST THE BEST SHOW ON youtube :-)
Cannot wait for my time and horrorbabble excellent. Thank u great stuff
“Which will be scarcely understood” 😵☠️👌🏾 beauuuuuutiful poem and beautifully read!
Excellent
'City of Lost Souls' was fantastic! Thank you for these
I so much prefer the older stories.The gradual change in what issues and subjects affected the common gestalt of what society feared as a whole. Not to mention the mastery of vocabulary that conveys the creeping sense of maleficia.
Maleficia? Maleficia indeed!
Its all full circle. If you havent read The Golem by Gustav Meyrink you should
I like seeing the gradual ways people behave then and now and the way words gradually change...well, probably not anymore. You can't call a man a man anymore without wondering if someone is going to cry.
Have you read any Ligotti? I recommend him so much people get sick of it haha, but he's still writing and I think he may be the most interesting horror writer out there. Very dense, very thoughtful and literary, but always quite horrific
Well, the first story is from 1935...
Dracula's Guest is a wonderful piece. It's a shame Bram didn't include it in the final novel. Perhaps he thought it would detract from the later mystery at the castle when we meet the three vampiresses.
Ooooh just lovely. Life would be insupportable without these gorgeously read stories! -
Hell yes!
"I used a safety razor!" 😂😂😂
from the ring, a respectable loafer, I love it! So much better than lazy.
I've been listening to this album on Bandcamp. I think this is one of tje most memorable collections HB has ever touched.
Back for some relistening.
Probably my favorite Horror Babble collection. Play this in one browser tab, and a nice long rain w/thunder soundscape (th-cam.com/video/WlTPq1Up14E/w-d-xo.html highly recommended; adjust volume accordingly) in another tab, simultaneously, for a great "bedtime story". Sleep well!
It is really raining here in NW NC-got the window open and can here it.
Sir, you may just be a genius.
Great stuff!! Love the Weird Tales you bring them back to life. Great Job Thank You!!
i love “Dracula’s Guest”. i don’t know why. could be the way the wolf kept him warm and safe that he was saved. your reading enhanced it, of course :) 🐺🧛🏼♂️
Horror geniuses: Karloff and Lugosi!
Is the author of the first story determined to prove he has a Masters in Art ?
Meatwad makin' money, see?
@@joedent3323 I sure am ! But no one uses the same currency I do 😞
@@teddydog6229 " Ol' Drippy " may have ;)
@@joedent3323 Well that's good cause Ol' drippy drips on my toys. That's why Dewy got a big long stain all down his backside. Also Master Shake ate his head and you need that for breathing and stuff. Anyway I won't be home on Halloween because I'm going to my neighbor Carl's house. He's my best friend and thinks I am smart and on the ball. Also I don't want to meet the Cybernetic Ghost of Halloween who just tells long stories that Frylock says are bull and I won't get any candy. Frylock is my best friend and also he's my roommate. He says I'm 55 and that's too old for trick and treating. But I'm going anyway. This year I'll be Samurai Lincoln. Wait. Where am I ?
@@teddydog6229 You KNOW your Aqua Teen! Im pretty impressed! " thousands of years ago, into the future... ". I think " SpacecataZ " is my favorite. Here it is, collected:
th-cam.com/video/GU_QrKzAf4I/w-d-xo.html
The Mooninites are my favorite - any episode with them is certified: "Genius".
William Henry Pratt Is a "most unfortunate name"?
3:27:00 just wow. Pitiful. Weak, weak, weak. Roger, Roger, I understand his frustration. She chose to live a lie.
I would start to hate hearing my name.
Murdered her Husband, because she realized the truth.
Cuba as Hemingway knew it.
'Horror Babble & Rue Morgue,' is where it's at ! 'Crappy pasta' has the most awful narrarator. He owns the podcast, so he forces his want of fame by narrarating. He talks: slow-fast & loud- slow-fast-loud...etc.. He sounds like an annoying college student who constantly has to opine, just to hear himself talk. His volume control is non-existent. The volume of that voice goes up & down, then he speeds up when the usually lousy story reaches any increase in activity. Fast talking that gets louder and louder. Then it gets slower to only get faster and louder. The C.I.A. should use Crappy Pasta to torture Terrorists.
Dude, you've stolen my exact thoughts. You can't fall asleep to it because he randomly does from too quiet to hear to screaming. Just awful.
It would be so good if u ld list the stories and when they start. So I can avoid tales I heard before..m just saying. I'm grateful for your downloads..thankyou...
Hi Angie... Chapter times are always listed in the video description. You'll find the description directly beneath the video.
1:41:41
wtf
Probably a good decision not to let that thing inside :/
Stink
Yeah, you do. May Cthulu poop in your shoe.
Ahhh, so refreshing to hear people speaking English correctly....the good old days when people where literate!