"The Believers" by Robert Arthur / A HorrorBabble Production
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- "The Believers" is a short story by American speculative fiction writer, Robert Arthur, which first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in July 1941. The story tells of a radio host who takes the decision to broadcast a live show from the confines of crumbling, haunted mansion.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - The Believers
40:51 - Further Listening
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Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble
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"The Believers" is a short story by American speculative fiction writer, Robert Arthur, which first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in July 1941. The story tells of a radio host who takes the decision to broadcast a live show from the confines of crumbling, haunted mansion.
Chapters:
00:12 - Introduction
01:07 - The Believers
40:51 - Further Listening
Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/the-believers
This recording is dedicated to our Cthulhu and Yellow Level HorrorBabblers:
'General' Dipper, Bernard Mulligan, Bjorn Larsson, Brandon, Chris Epplett, DCB, Galen Hoffman, Jacob Louwerse, Jamie, Jessica Mari, Joanna Roye, Kickweed, L. Harris, Logan Kilcullen, Madison Scythe, Patrick, Philip R Aden, Richard WB Feigen, Wes Sale, Zontar Zee
AND
Adam Beckner, Adriana Alexander, al doty, Andrew, Andrew Moffat, Ann Bassano, Art Wagner, Ausborn, Austen Jones, Charles Bossler, Dmitri Gorjatse, Dovauk, Ian Adly Bin Iskandar Dzakurnain, James Dunne, Jason Shayer, Jeffrey Bunn, John Michael, Joshua Camp, Larna Dennis, Laura, Laura Scarlett, Marc Carey, Mark R Patterson, Mike Chaney, Miri P. Weaver, Nero, Pete Nixon, Philippe Lavoie, Quench Smith, Robert Daniel Pickard, Samuel A. Mortensen, Sean Lorentzen, Shanna Syn, Simon Eckert, SolaceInChains, Thomas Scott, Veronica LoCurto
Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble
Music and production by Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gill
Image by Tama66:
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My hat's off to you sir, wonderful work
Thank you for being a reliable source of great horror stories in a world of "spooky spaghetti".
I don't know how you do it. People will say, "You just have talent" or "You must be smart.", like you didn't work for it. I don't think talent, inteligence would cover it. I can imagine the work you put in, and the long hours. Thank you from the bottom my heart.
Thanks again, Kiki!
Robert Arthur with writing partner wrote the radio series The Mysterious Traveler, The Sealed Book and The Strange Dr. Weird. He also created the juvenile mystery series, The Three Investigators. Later after Red Scare in the 50s ended his radio career due to his involvement with a radio guild, he worked for Alfred Hitchcock on his television series. He also was the person behind many of Hitchcock's book anthologies. Arthur collected the stories, but Hitchcock had the final say. As well as anthologies of the stories of others, he had two anthologies Ghost and More Ghost and Mysteries and More Mysteries of his own work.
I loved The Three Investigators. Some of my favourite stories when I was growing up.
I remember all the Alfred Hitchcock book he edited, usually there would be one of his stories in each collection.
Thanks for the history lesson. I love the background details.
@@simonjones90 we had some of their books in the grammar school library. The series was very popular in Germany where their was a radio series based on it. Recently there was even a movie based on The Three Investigators.
I first encountered this great tale when I was 9 years old, under the title Do You Believe In Ghosts? (not The Believers) in the 1972 Windward paperback edition of Robert Arthur's Ghosts & More Ghosts (originally Random House 1963)... and it was the only tale in that great collection that actually scared me! They were all enjoyable and memorable, but this was the only truly creeeepy one of the bunch. I didn't know it had been published under another name until many years later. It's as effective to me today as it ever was. I am happy to have discovered this video -- it's nice to hear Ian read one of my lifelong favorites.
What a fantastic tale and a better performance! Thanks, Ian!
Wow! This story is awesome! I love the setting and description of the old house and environment around it. This is well-written....many of these old tales are.
Fantastic narration! Your American accent it great!
Love your accents. You’ve covered several American dialects interweaving in a continuous dialogue. Marvelous.
Thank you!
@@HorrorBabble I concur. I particularly enjoy your impression of the mid 20th century detective (etc) - the leading men of the noir films of the '40s and '50s would welcome you among them.
I don't normally comment on these but wow I really enjoyed that story
Another wonderful tale on a dark rainy night in uncertain times. Thank you...
Gotta say, i value your work and everyone who makes it possible
A fine atmospheric reading. I love how you got Dean's voice. I can't help thinking this story would make a wonderful radio drama itself - I can just hear Arch Oboler and the old Lights Out team going to town on it.
Oh definitely a great one. Very suspenseful. Thanks for the splendid narration. And please take care of yourselves.
I remember reading this story as a boy. It struck me so much I even made a drawing of the oyster-faced monster.
Thank you, Ian, for bringing this story back into my world!
Thank you! THANK YOU! I first read this in some old book (literally a c1950 horror anthology) when I was 8 or 9 at the library. That was 30+ years ago, the book long gone, and though I've looked and searched the internet many times over the years I could never find this story. Never remembered enough, just the general premise. Anyway this was a massive blast of nostalgia and end of my longest running literary search! *Excellent!*
Yay!
Imagine YOU! Taking time from, quite possibly? your very own self - imposed quarantine?
SO! Even if your life is a bit more ... connected.. than ours is at the moment, I just want to thank you from me, Nanny, for helping to break up my day!!
I LOVED IT! AND, of course, WELL DONE!❗❤❗🐾
Loved this story as a kid 35+ years ago, loved this presentation of it! The accents and narration absolutely sold it. Top notch chills.
I am a big Robert Arthur fan! Thanks for posting this fine reading!
I remember reading this a young aficionado of the weird and terrible.
It profoundly impressed me. The older, more sophisticated, slightly jaded me is impressed with what the talented Mr. French has done with it.
Authentic gooseflesh! There is no higher accolade.
Utterly terrified me as a kid. Still brings the shudders in this reading.
I'll listen to this while I'm on my quarantine, thanks Babble.
Gramercy and thanks, good sir! Cheers mate!
This reminds me of the H.R. Wakefield story, "Ghost Hunt", which was adapted for radio as an episode of "Suspense".
Indeed! Our research shows that Ghost Hunt came after this one, in 1948.
That was excellent
What a great story! Love the concept. Thanks for introducing me to an author I'd never heard of before.
Likely also inspired the H. Russel Wakefield first-person narrative story "Ghost Hunt" in Weird Tales 1948 that was made into a famous Suspense radio show episode. One of my very favorites.
Thanks to you and your colleagues, we are able to escape the realities surrounding us for a while. Great story.
Thank you for uploading this excellent video Ian! Your channel is absolutely amazing! ☺👍
Thank you for the awesome story. Was amazing to sit and listen to.
I wonder if the author was influenced by the Orson Welles War Of The Worlds broadcast hoax/controversy. It happened only a few years before.
Great production as always!
Very good story and excellent narration. Thanks!
I remember this episode of Tales from the Crypt!
I love old time horror tales,and this one did not disappoint. Thanks for the welcome diversion.
THANK YOU FOR THE SPOOKY STORIES 👻👻👻
The power of concentrated belief...
Terror to fall asleep to ❤
Excellent reading of an old favorite. Thank you!
Absolutely a great story! About "tulpas"! Thanks a lot!!
Oh dear! He was just asking for trouble, wasn't he? Thank you very much.
Brilliant narration and storytelling. Always a pleasure to listen.
I'm going to start 'The Church of Cthulhu ' and for Sunday School, we're gonna listen to HorrorBabble, and eat seafood.
AWESOME ! Your shows just keep getting better and BETTER :-)
Makes me want to listen to tentacles again. Liked this one
Awesome!! Thank you very much!!
Thanks for the story and awesome job like always 😁 💙🙌
Hugs and love from Helene A. Aka Ladyha
Excellent Tale! Good work, Sir!
This is definately tulpa material.
The believers make so much sense now
I believe this man is very fortunate to have the knowledge of a thousand amazing titles scribed one by one! I hope you create your own titles one day!! I believe you would make a great author. I’m a huge fan of the Cthulu Mythos!
Great reading ! I recall the Morton Downey episode based on this tale. Creepy to hear the original!
Wonderful..thank you so much 💀
Delightful! 💀
YEEEESSS!!!!
GO TIME!
How many other radio shows, movies, TV shows, short stories, internet video/pranks, etc., can you think of that have used this concept? I wonder how many of the creators of those other shows and things even knew about THIS one being published in 1941. I'm not saying anyone OWNS the concept or is ripping off Robert Arthur, etc. -- people DO get similar ideas even centuries apart -- but I just wonder how many had ever read this original story?
7:58 refresh
7:59 refresh
8:00 all that patience paid off!!!
I've been looking forward for this YASSS
I love Ian's American accent
DOOOON'T STOP BEEEELIEVING
I believe in Horrorbabble!😁
"A face like an oyster?" Well, there IS an Oystermouth in Wales...
Mmmmmnnn, perhaps a variation, or permutation of THE INNSMOUTH LOOK?
Amazing read! Thanks
Excellent !
Shades of "Ghostwatch " 😳 ....👻👻👻👻
Its a Tulpa ! Supernatural had one of those at one point, love the concept ^^
Tulpas are also considered by some to be real
Supernatural was a societal landmark in scary tropes. They coverered it all. Hope the reruns never go off the air.
Great production, and nice subtlety in the performance of the performer performing and the performer not performing, if that makes sense.
What a great story, I wonder if it was an influence on Ghostwatch?
Wow ☠🤘☠
Let's go! 😃
It is currently Friday the 13th.
Pretty good American accent!
Every time when I go to like your uploads, I always see the like 3-5 thumbs down, and I’m like: “who tf do they think they are? 😤”
Oh i love this so much. Still hate oysters.
"Oyster face!"....Just makes me giggle like a twit
Your American accent has improved tremendously since you first tried it out.
OH NO IT'S REAL
I've always hated bloody oysters....in fact I'm generally fairly distrustful when it comes to molluscs and crustaceans in general, I just don't know what their agenda is...
Mark Coverdale those sneaky scallops
Sounds like a talpa got him.
Did someone say Giant Oyster?? CAJUN to de rescue!😍😎😂 Tabasco, Lemon...ummm...ummm.😃
Ha... clever twist! So he didn't _really_ have his protective measures and mindset ready, right?
People thinking it's a movie is my guess
Why the bit crusher lol
What did happen to here man dude i want to know tell me.
If this is a true story I have a great idea for Boris the Spitting Image puppet......
Nick Dean: COVID-19 is just a simple flu.
Also Nick Dean: Christ! It’s coming to get me!
Ghostwatch 1941
Horror host versus tulpa, that not going to go well.
Ooh, that was a GOOD one!