"In the Tomb of the White Baron" by Tamlan Dipper / Cthulhu Lives
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- Cthulhu Lives: New Tales of the Mythos
Episode 3: "In the Tomb of the White Baron" by Tamlan Dipper
Under the cold, indifferent skies of Siberia, a forbidden tomb awaits plunder.
Series playlist: • Cthulhu Lives: New Tal...
Tamlan Dipper is a British author who works as an engineering analyst. His inspirations for the story, apart from the Mythos, were George MacDonald-Fraser, G.K. Chesterton, and Raymond Chandler. An excellent biography of the real von Ungern-Sternberg is The Bloody White Baron, by James Palmer - he was far more bonkers and unsavoury than even this story implies (The Baron, not James Palmer). This was Tamlan's first published short story, but he is a keen creator of Call of Cthulhu, the tabletop roleplaying game.
Tamlan is currently supporting the Hospitallers for Ukraine: www.hospitallers.org.uk
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:00:52 - Part 1
0:12:38 - Part 2
0:24:22 - Part 3
0:33:48 - Part 4
0:46:04 - Part 5
1:03:43 - Further Listening
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"I did what any red-blooded Englishman does when confronted with the truly mysterious and incomprehensible - I punched him." 😂
Not going to lie, that was my favourite line. Inspired by an anecdote from Ranulph Fiennes, where he punches a nun.
@@tamlandipper29😅 The explorer/mountaineering guy?wtf possessed the guy to thump a nun?😅
I was out walking the dogs and began to stagger with laughter at this line. I have been on both ends of such a situation, a few times.
If we were reading a Biggles adventure it would continue with,
“….followed by thirteen sharp jabs to his ribs, married with a skilful feint and concluding with a devastating upper cut…”
Cue politically incorrect reference to the wax-nosed unfortunate.*
@@craigoliver8712 If I recall correctly, it was alleged that the nun in question had, without forewarning, applied a compress to an open injury on Sir Ranulph's spine. It should be noted that the nunnery was helping him convalesce. I had the story second hand.
Cool. It's like the 'The Fire of Ashurbanipal'. Guns. Gore. Adventure. Ancient Mind-Bending Horror. More please.
Turns out I had not read that one, so I checked it out here on Horrorbabble. I see the resemblance.
Dude! Totally reminded me of that one, I was thinking “man I REALLY like adventure ones like this!” 😊
My tendrils got excited
😂
Warren is alive and well working in the Miskatonic University Library’s braille section. His interpretation of its newest grimoire indicates something horrible is coming.
He can feel it.
Working on a new call of Cthulhu character and then this banger drops, love to see it
I loved how this tale combined elements of actual history with eerie occultic horror. Many thanks, Ian.
Only 15 mins in and I’m already confident that this is the best of the “new tales of the mythos” yet. Von Ungern was a fantastic choice to write in as a man communing with occult forces, anyone who knows about his life can see how well his story lends itself to such mystical imaginings.
He was a mad lad that's for sure
There is the book The Bloody White Baron, which tells the history of the Baron and the Reds v. Whites. Love this story, though.
@@genegallistelI used that book as my main reference. I strongly recommend it. Good spot!
@@tamlandipper29And please read Corto Maltese in Sibir!
I like the style, clearly Lovecraftian, but with a rolling pacing befitting the action.
Wow, that one was actually great. A huge percentage of modern Cthulhu mythos stories are kinda lame, but this one is really nicely written, touches upon a very original setting, and pretty cool and weird historical characters. The Baron was such a crazy guy, I wouldn't be surprised he actually searched for something like this IRL. Great narration as always. Ian, you are a treasure.
Appreciate the praise for the text, but yes, Ian made it liiiiiiive.
@@tamlandipper29 did you write this?
@@user-rd3rf3ft8e Yup. For the record no opium or sergeants were harmed in the making.
@@tamlandipper29It's like being inside Rasputins ( Corto Malteses friend ) head!
It's meant as great praise!
Makes me think of "Bloody" Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg as conjured in Charles Stross' _The Fuller Memorandum_ of the "Laundry Files" series. To anyone interested in dark science fiction, occult secret history, petty office politics and bureaucracy, covert operations and espionage, and a uniquely geometric/calculative take on Lovecraftian terror, I suggest you begin with _The Atrocity Archives._ There's also a well-voiced preamble to Stross' unsettling multiverse in an alternate history story called _A Colder War,_ voiced by Ken Hunt here on YT.
Definitely an inspiration. I also agree that A Colder War is great.
Thanks for the tip off - I’ve just listened to A Colder War and thoroughly enjoyed it, it fitted in well with my present gloomy outlook for our species and planet :)
All the best to you ✌🏻
“I constantly consulted my watch by the light of my electric lantern, and listened with feverish anxiety at the receiver of the telephone; but for more than a quarter of an hour heard nothing. Then a faint clicking came from the instrument, and I called down to my friend in a tense voice………….
‘Keep up the good work and, as always, stay safe!’”
I'm tired of commenting how much I love this channel!
Please keep commenting
I heard this in the crisp threatening voice of Tarkin.
“They knew no songs!” 😂. Knocked me out last night. But, I’m back! Gonna make it through.
That’s why some places are to be left alone!
SUPERB TALE. JUST WISH IT WAS LONGER MANY THANKS IAN AND TO THE AUTHOR 🎯🥸👍
fantastic - thanks Ian and Tamian
Yet another excellent example from HB of what someone once called "the theater of the mind." There's nothing I enjoy more than sitting back, closing my eyes, and listening to a good story read and told by a great story-teller.
Eggzacamundo citizen for the Audio Reader does Fine Verbiage for Coloring in the Scenario pictures Framing dá Story in Depths wid the Audio Reader Seasoning the Storytelling as Required. Vonderful BALANCE of Expressions Tinted wid colorful Feelings
" I had no plans for the future except my next bowl of soup and a smoke." I felt that! lol thanks for the story!
I'm trying to quit
@@williestreiff9314 I actually quit smoking a year ago but I still think about it a lot it was really rough and took many attempts.
@@mortuarycookiezshane4192 I quit drinking and drugging eight months ago, was a total train wreck, now I'm a sober train wreck , I no why looking around in life why I use to drink, and I sure as hell know why I quit even more, about the cigarettes thing, having a rough time time dropping that one, I'm taking Wellbutrin to help with quitting and stablelizing my mood, well it works little for both,, any way congrats on quitting that disgusting habit I'll get there eventually,hell i gave up everything else, ah hell what are we going to do
Awesome.
von Ungern-Sternberg and Cthulhu mythos mashed up in one story. Well, That certainly is appealing !
This is the best of the Cthulu Lives stories so far - obviously a loving homage without being too, too obvious about it.
Excellent .Like a debauched Boy's Own Annual story Thank you for posting
You've made my day once again! Thanks to all at HB.
EXCELLENT story!
Interesting story.
The timing for this story is uncanny!
I've been researching and collecting miniatures of White Russians for a weird world war one skirmish game called A War Transformed...
Perfect 🙂
I've been looking forward for this all day.
thanks Ian
💞💗
🕊💞
I love the shadows with their ability, truly unique
So happy to get another gem! Thanks Ian!
Excellent tale of the mythos, narrated exquisitely, your blessed with golden pipes, please keep the mythos alive, long live Horror Babble
I tell you, being the writer makes you appreciate Ian even more. He had such a fantastic grip on the tale as I intended it.
@@tamlandipper29You're the writer? Thank you! The world need more Cthulhu vs a Corto Maltesian world. Sorry for my poor English, it's not my first language.
Awesome. This series somehow gets better and better. Never know what is coming next.
I feel like the title of this one is actually a nickname for a no-no place 😂
Good nighttime stories. Soothing.
Fun story, unique setting, excellent narration. Top notch addition to the mythos. Thanks for the excellent listen as always!
Fantastic as always thanks again Ian!😈👍🏻👍🏻
I loved the setting and background story. It's like Hemingway rewrote "The Double Shadow" in a Lovecraftian universe.
Thank you!
I was so stunned at being compared to Hemingway I forgot to say thank you!
Yay, I am first to listen! ❤️
What a great original setting.
there is some real Clark Ashton Smith energy to those shadow beings i love it
I've been in and out of a COVID delirium all day and i forgot this was coming out today. Woke up and cleared my playlist and was sitting here debating what next, when *boom* here we are. I love your work, HB!
What? You too? Covid has my head messed up today as well! Get well soon!
Get Well Soon both of you. I'm rather messed up aswel, got a throat & ear infection. My fever has finally broken. If only I could've wrote my weird dreams down, they'd have made fantastic stories for Ian to read!! 😊
@@michaelgreaves2375 serious question, are you vaccinated? The only people I know who have caught Covid have been vaccinated. I understand the small sample size and the percentages of the population who have been vaccinated but I find it interesting.
Man, I got Covid today as well and spent 6 hours lying in the bathtub oblivious to all of humanity.
I got vaccinated and soon after a booster I hung out with my girlfriend for the days before and after she tested pos for Cov - so at her MOST communicable. And we were in, ya know, CLOSE contact the entire time.
I was just waiting for my pos test, knowing it was coming, and it never did. Those vaccines are a MUST. You don’t want to get Covid without them, both for short and long-term symptoms.
GET VACCINATED and get the boosters, everyone! Covid is no joke
I read a biography once about Ungern-Sternberg. He was a fascinating character who briefly thrived in a very chaotic time, at the crux of vast maelstrom of titanic and opposing geopolitical forces.
INTERESTING I WONDER IF IT CAN STILL BE FOUND. THANKS FOR THE TIP 🥸👍
@@seanmurphy6480'The Bloody White Baron' by James Palmer is probably the book. It is very good. Old Ungern-Sternberg was genuinely crackers. I believe the Middlesex Regiment were in Siberia at the time or just before. Their commander John Ward (later the last of the Lib-Lab MPs) wrote a good book too. Ungern-Sternberg and his one-time boss, Grigory Semyonov were fascinating characters but not people you wanted to get too close to!
Was it The Bloody White Baron by James Palmer?
@@tamlandipper29 THANK YOU. I WILL START LOOKING FROM THERE 🥸👍
@@tamlandipper29 P.S. DIPPERS ARE COOL
I like the longer ones as there's more story to get involved with. Also, it helped me fall asleep as strange as that sound. Thanks in advance for another great telling, and as always, thanks to everyone involved for your tireless work 👍
I sleep to these too
I also sleep to these. and when I am gone I play them for my animals because they're use to falling asleep with me and the stories. Keeps them calm.
Why do I have a sense that could go horribly wrong ?
@@Eris123451 Nightmare Fuel...
I could not sleep without them.
Fantastic story and narration!
I really like studying this period of history, especially the Russian Revolution. So little is written about this region of the world in the timeframe the story covers. I find it so fascinating. It is neat how the author weaves real historical facts into this excellent story.
We know the chant towards the end so well....
I will be listening to this again!
Thanks!
You think it's a historical story, then it's a Mythos story, then it's a different kind of weird tale entirely - built on a classic theme. Wonderfully scary creatures at the end. Still, I hope we find out from some other narrator whether the Baron ever found Leng.
Wonderful tale!
I love your voice so much❤
Great story, really enjoyed all the action which is a nice change of pace from the scholarly types getting in over their heads.
I love the setting and the fact that it was a rougeish tresure hunt type story.
And that the shadows seem to be a bit out of sync with reality and are using it as a hunting method
I love the way these stories are told. Thanks Ian & Jen
I’m well engorged for this one.
Come on Tamlan mar san !!!
I honestly don't know how to respond to this.
@@tamlandipper29 it’s a compliment ! I got a bit over-excited I think - usually when I miss my ritalin.
No problem, fellah. Glad you enjoyed it so much. @@popevimtoripkeefhappysackXXX
POKE. Did you like my second one, out last week?
Best thing you've done all year so far 👏and unquestionably my favourite - as tho Dipper said "hey I need to write a story JUST for David..." 🤣
This is a fine story indeed.
Hi David. I don't think I know you, but it is very gratifying that you enjoyed it so much.
@tamlandipper29 your knowledge of this timeframe, all the factions involved, and they utter chaos at the time is amazing. When you mentioned the "Czech Legion," I knew you did your research.
Great work! Looking forward to reading more of your work.
@@tamlandipper29 Hi Tamlan, but you wrote a mythos story that has not only the Bad Baltic Buddhist Baron as the titular villain but name checks The Czech Legion AND Semyonov as well, so somehow, I think that you DO lol (It would be great to see you do a story involving Semyonov next, I can only IMAGINE how much trouble he'd cause getting his mits on an Eldritch item...) enjoyed it thoroughly ☺
Killer. One of the best new Mythos tales yet, as it tries something new yet historically-based, while only lightly touching on mythos themes. Love his ongoing imagery relating to the sky (subtle take on cosmic horror) and boots/feet/paws. Really builds toward the climax. Great stuff.
Can’t believe I honestly forgot a new one was out today!!!!!!!! 😂. Yippee 🙌🏻
A good story Tamlan Dipper. As well, good narrative.
Very kind of you to say so. Glad you enjoyed it, with maximum credit to Ian's narration.
Very nice...I liked that one from start to finish.
Tell this writer that he may yet survive the rebirth of the great priest. He may even have an important role to play in the "rebirth" of the world. Haha
Thanks for reading yet another one of these stories that I'm too damned lazy to seek out myself. Well done to both of you.
I really enjoyed that one - many thanks
Wow. This is one of the best Lovecrafty stories I heard, and it's a debut? Wow!. Good find, great recording.
Very kind of you to take a minute and say so.
@@tamlandipper29 Oh, you are the one who wrote that?
Congratulations! It's a fascinating story. The concept of the shadow that stays in place when you move is very original and cool.
I also love how there are no good people in this entire story - all have warped and distorted morals within a warped and distorted war. The war background is the actual horror here.
Anyway, I really enjoyed it. Great work!
Outstanding tale! Loved it!
Fantastic story, loved the detail. This and Beyond The Black Stone (just wow) are my favourites from this series.
Such a great story! Loved the in depth background knowledge on display, the author is clearly a military history buff. Props for including "gambrel" too, one of HPLs favourite words!
I got very excited when I realised the architecture let me use 'gambrel' too.
Beautifully sewn in as well @@tamlandipper29 !
Excellent bit of horror. Please give us more Tamlan Dipper!
Yeah, I was at least trying to find out where I could check out more of their stufg
HB is releasing a successor tale today at 2000hrs.
@@tamlandipper29 I'll be listening to the new tale right after the eclipse. Definitely not going to do any ritual magic today. 🤣
One of the best stories i have had the pleasure of hearing thanks to
Bloody hell! Thanks, fellah.
@@tamlandipper29wow didn’t expect a reply from the author himself. Much respect friend, and keep it up. Do let me know if I can get a collection of your stories from somewhere.
@@void_god I'm afraid this is my only published fiction. But I loved working with Horrorbabble on this, so may sally out again.
@@tamlandipper29Yes, please! You must continue this 'verse!
@@void_god Thanks to comments like yours, HB commissioned a successor story, releasing today at 2000hrs GMT. Not a sequel as such, but see if you can spot the links.
You fool, Warren is dead, torn apart by shadows!
Kudos to the narrator and author 🎉
What a fantastic story!
Yeah, that was Magic, indeed.
I enjoy the Colonial/Adventure
genre immensely, and that
was, honestly, Magic!
I really enjoyed that story a lot,
and the author is pretty smart
Thank You so much, 🙏👍
This is an excellent story. I hope to see more work from Mr. Dipper in the future, I think he has some serious potential in the weird fiction space.
Me too
Just letting you know that another tale is being released today. Again, incomparably narrated by HB.
@@tamlandipper29 thank you, I will definitely give it a listen!
Yes! Von Ungern - Sternberg, Lovercraft and a touch of Hugo Pratt!
'An ivory face with worms coming out of it'. Cthulhu? Back to the story...
Well spotted! I wondered if that was too subtle.
@@tamlandipper29 Nope, was a perfect description. Making it clear to a person who knows the entity but it also makes sense that the protagonist did not know what that being was.
Excellent as always. Very good. Thank you Mr.Gordon and Horror Babble. Until next time.
Yeah mythos!
The White Baron must check his privilege
This made me laugh so hard. Yes, the fascist racist Baron galloping around sabering people should indeed check his privilege.
@@tamlandipper29The Baron was a mad lad, but he was'nt all wrong.
This was really good! Bravo
That was great. :) The best you've had for quite some time.
This was a great story and well written to boot. Thanks, Mr. Gordon!
So many questions still! Love it, I got a shower when the name came up! Like knowing what it means
This was so engaging!! What an interesting tale with creative ‘enemies’! As always, love the dialect!!
This was excellent.
Very good story, this. I really dug it. Excellent choice for this series, Ian. Nine thumbs up.
Beautiful realistic story about that crazy time in Russland 1919, when the "Mensjewiki" the white Army, fought the Bolsheviki, the red army.
It's still not clear how many people lost their lives, in this hardly ever mentioned war.
In the following 8 years, millions upon millions died from the extreme harsh rules from the Reds.
Thanks for the reaction.
Indeed. I recommend the Great War channel here on TH-cam for some easily accessible information, although it sounds like you already know the era.
@@tamlandipper29 indeed I know the channel. And there are some more I could name for their audiobooks. I like short stories as well.
Horrorbabble is one I am subscribed to as well.
Well done!!! Fantastic story in a truly exotic setting!
Great piece! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This was very intense. Nice work x
Aaaahhh yeah man that's what's up 😊😊
Hugely enjoyable!
Good premise, and someone who knows a bit about history. Good work
Thank you!
Another great story
👻👍👍 Mucho spookissimo.
Loved it :)
Excellent story, well read!
I do wish more of the story had to do with the supernatural, but great story nonetheless!
Legit question-can anyone submit a story to be read on the channel, or is it reserved for published authors?
Obviously I understand not all submissions qualify or are chosen to be read, but I was just wondering if this is open to casuals as well.
Join as a channel member and ask whenever a new one comes out, they'll see it eventually 😜
There was a call for submissions a while back. I am sure there will be calls in future given how well this run seems to have gone down.
@@tamlandipper29hey are you the same guy that wrote the story in this video? That’s pretty cool, if so. Haven’t listened to it yet, I’m waiting till I can have an uninterrupted block of time to devote to it. Looking forward to it👍
@@balaam_7087 Yes, I am. And I'm at least twice as excited as you to meet a fan. :)
@@tamlandipper29 - Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your tale! Fantastic stuff!
Horror story which action happen during the war? Interesting! Especially that this is conflict that took place some hundred years ago - it's historical but still close to our time, so people may care about it.
Khaaaaaaan!!!
Yeah, that was a war Lord supreme
Reminds me of the Czechoslovak Legion's ice march from Ukraine to Vladivostok around 1919-1920
Bulchivics did I spell that correctly?
@@williestreiff9314 not the Bolsheviks(i had to look up how to spell it, I'm a bad leftist, lol). The Czech Legion fought for the Tsar and after the revolution they also fought for the whites at certain points. They wanted to get home to Czechoslovakia, which wasn't independent yet, they ended up having to walk from roughly Ukraine area east to Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast and hire ships to take them home from there. They did this in the middle of the Russian civil war and had a hell of a time. At one point the legion was around 100,000 people.
As soon as I heard Tibet, I immediately thought leng...lol
ok, that was epic
Glad you liked it. Favourite elements?
I wanna hear the one where Warren is Dead!!!
Search for 'The Statement of Randolph Carter'
that's my kind of party @19:43
Batrachian bard lute playing to concubines? What song is he playing?
@@tamlandipper29Not sure; was distracted by the concubines.
I was impressed by this in a number of ways. Well done. Had to send it to a friend who's something of a Baron von Ungern fan.
What was remarkable about your story is the ways in which you tied in the people & history *_made sense._* That's frankly rare.
@@TransRoofKorean Great to hear. I had to do two earlier drafts where our protagonist appeared at different historical times, before I got the sweet spot.
@@tamlandipper29I loved imagining this alternate history in which the Mongol conquests were so brutal (and successful?) because their rulers were secret Cthulhu cultists or something along those lines. It's really a beautiful set of stuff to mess with, and I think there's a lot more you could do with it. :D
You just gave me a neat idea. If I write anything set in Bamiyan, take a bow. @@TransRoofKorean
From which episode is the opening line? The "You fool! Warren is dead."
The Statement of Randolph Carter. 😮
@@BlackGateMedia55 thank you!
Baron von Munchausen is gonna be pist.
This story was great, so I went looking for the author. I can't find anything. No other stories, no author's biography. Is this from an amateur writer?
Yes. See the video description for a bit more info.
I'm very glad you liked my writing so much. This was my first published work of fiction.
@tamlandipper29 Congratulations! I really enjoyed it. The historical setting is vividly told and your POV, Pucklesley, is extremely well-characterised. I'd read another like this in a heartbeat.
I am pleased to report that my first draft of a successor tale - Porcelain Blood - has just made version 1, and is out for editing. It is a different protagonist, with a different voice, but I hope fans will still enjoy it.
@@mrpandabites Since you asked, Porcelain Blood is out today. On HB of course.