Our bottomless pit in Athens has a humble history. It has claimed the lives of divers, but it is called bottomless because nobody has seen its bottom, because of currents that run to the sea. Wonder if there are some ghosts there.
@dirkbruere hah! Great idea. Meant to say "catch and release"". GD predictive text got me. The process of hauling a windlass (not light) and required gear through the swamp is a feat in itself!
@@HorrorBabble Yes it's kind of a funny story how I found out. Back in March 2008 I was sitting in the lobby of the Pyramid Hotel in northern Africa. I had a copy of the June 1926 Argosy. My chairman saw what I was reading, and he excitedly started giving me one of his classic stories of people he had met. Ahmed was a fan of Senator Hoar's work on patent law, and he used it to help his country's own laws. But Chairman went on and on and on about Radio Man and Radio Planet for hours. Those stories he wrote with his daughter Caroline were just tremendous.
I (sadly) never heard of his work until this fine story. I believe I heard his name mentioned before, but that is it. I definitely have to read more of his work and the work he did with his daughter Caroline. This writing sounds almost perfect. His use of work choice and sentence structure is amazing and very easy to follow. This really is an example of a well-written piece. Thanks, both of you, for telling us more about him. I found the work he did on patent law interesting as well. North Africa is beautiful. Sadly, I only ever sailed by. I did get to see it from the highest point on Gibraltar one day, however. What a beautiful sight! I still want to go visit the remnants of Carthage's War Harbor in Tunisia one day.
Fantastic story with a real stunner of an ending, perfectly written, and perfectly narrated. I had to look this author up, as I'd never heard of him. He's a fascinating guy, who apparently wrote this story with his daughter.
I always like these old stories from the interwar period (1920s-30s) because the guys in it are so chill and always willing to help their friends no matter how crazy the situation, and they're usually always so calm and dignified. Comfy vibes.
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 right??? thats why carnacki is so pleasant. smoking pipes by a crackling fireplace and listening with rapt attention to your friends story? yes please
The author's real name is Roger Sherman Hoar, US Senator from Massachusetts, who used the pen name Ralph Milne Farley when writing with his daughter Caroline, who was by this time writing under her own pen name, Jacqueline Farley. There is a fascinating Wikipedia page about him. Edit: And I see this was already discussed 6 days ago!
For me at least, (and I appreciate that people's interests and enthusiasms aren't all the same,) it's this kind of stuff along with the new and original stories, (and the comments of course,) that make this channel such a delight. This one had me hooked right from the very start.
My grandmother always referred to dark murky ponds as dead body pools. I guess she liked to keep them fresh in her mind just in case she needed a good place to stash a victim.
What a damn fine story! This is excellent. I have to look more into this fine author. The story is so well written! The plot is so interesting and intriguing. Their journey through god-forsaken terrain is reminiscent of our jaunts to find the good fishing spots. We complain every step of the way like the main character did. These ol' folks really knew how to write. They do not write them like this anymore. Fantastic narration, Ian (as always). You nailed it. Oh, and a fishing hook with carvings on it is a terrifying tool indeed!
This is a good one, and it makes me realize it was probably the inspiration for a couple of similarly-themed shorts I've seen over the years. PETA did an ad with Joaquin Phoenix where he got pulled into the water, I think. But I really remember a sort of horror short from when i was a kid, of someone walking along and he sees an apple on the ground next to a pond. He picks it up and bites into it, and is then hooked and pulled into the pond during a massive struggle. Then a fresh apple lure is thrown out onto the bank from the pool again once the water is calm.
Fonz Pond! Off Lickety Trail, there's a pond where many a children died It's a place to run to and disappear A place where some folks hide But they will tell you about the rumors that swell around this lake Some say there's something in the water Them deaths are no mistake The fog that rides along the top Has been said to carry voices Those of the dead who took the dare And jumped in, they made bad choices Some have seen and others heard And they say along the bottom Are all the bodies of the girls and boys Preserved and remaining half-rotten...
This is a story filled with atmosphere and a fascinating premise. I felt a little let down by the ending, which felt like a high school essay. The real masters know how to close in a way that ratchets up the tension or leaves the reader wanting more.
I'm not even done with it but this is awesome, the best one I've heard in a little while. I love the F.B. Long/A. Merritt (type) stories, these and Blackwood's stuff are my favorite.
i loveee your voice near the end (35:50 ish) where hes staring at the water. feels so bleak and disheartened? but also so rich and full ? it felt like you summarised the whole ordeal in the delivery of that line
Well-said. I agree. Ian nailed that perfectly. It is great when he shifts his voice. The heavy heart, sense of foreboding, confusion, resignation, and mind-shattering sights he saw are evident in the voice. That whole segment is eerily reminiscent of a soldier describing something they saw after the world and life as they knew it was shattered, destroyed, and changed forever. The way he says it has a very unique and awesome feeling to it. It perfectly captures the story and moment.
The 'Strid' in North Yorkshire is a bottomless river that is a death sentence for anyone who is too stupid/unfortunate to fall in. It is highly deceptive and sinister.
@@HorrorBabble I've tried twice and keep falling asleep...sigh. I'll try again tonight. " For something walks along the stairs, something that is and isn't there"
Our bottomless pit in Athens has a humble history. It has claimed the lives of divers, but it is called bottomless because nobody has seen its bottom, because of currents that run to the sea. Wonder if there are some ghosts there.
I know, I supervised it for a time, got fored because it was no longer bottomless :(
@@arwidsson3676 yet no ghost there.
Nobody’s seen my bottom in several years!
@@sub-jec-tivI have...I've seen your secrets
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS IAN 🤝🦦
Years later the fisher of men tells a story of being caught in the line and almost being pulled out. What a story to tell at feasts!
🍻
He was a good sport, throwing it back
Catching release!
@@donaldmccleary9015 Had it been me I would have attached a steel box containing 20kg of dynamite and a timer to that line
@dirkbruere hah! Great idea. Meant to say "catch and release"". GD predictive text got me.
The process of hauling a windlass (not light) and required gear through the swamp is a feat in itself!
Moral of the story... if you go fishing alone, bad things can happen to you. Even if you're some googly eyed beasty that lives underground!
Classic, ghoulish horror. Made me think of the Giants cookbook in C.S. Lewis' "The Silver Chair".
Ugh! I literally gasped when he realized there was a wire in the lizard. Instantaneous horrifying implications.
Ian, now this is a great one! Massachusetts Senator Roger Sherman Hoar (Ralph Milne Farley) was in a league all his own.
I was very surprised to discover Old Farley was a senator and attorney general!
Amazing background info! Your post caused me to do some research on him this evening. Very interesting guy. This is one hell of a good story!
@@donaldmccleary9015 I absolutely agree. He and Caroline (His daughter) wrote together on many of his Argosy work.
@@HorrorBabble Yes it's kind of a funny story how I found out. Back in March 2008 I was sitting in the lobby of the Pyramid Hotel in northern Africa. I had a copy of the June 1926 Argosy. My chairman saw what I was reading, and he excitedly started giving me one of his classic stories of people he had met. Ahmed was a fan of Senator Hoar's work on patent law, and he used it to help his country's own laws. But Chairman went on and on and on about Radio Man and Radio Planet for hours. Those stories he wrote with his daughter Caroline were just tremendous.
I (sadly) never heard of his work until this fine story. I believe I heard his name mentioned before, but that is it. I definitely have to read more of his work and the work he did with his daughter Caroline.
This writing sounds almost perfect. His use of work choice and sentence structure is amazing and very easy to follow. This really is an example of a well-written piece.
Thanks, both of you, for telling us more about him. I found the work he did on patent law interesting as well.
North Africa is beautiful. Sadly, I only ever sailed by. I did get to see it from the highest point on Gibraltar one day, however. What a beautiful sight! I still want to go visit the remnants of Carthage's War Harbor in Tunisia one day.
Fantastic story with a real stunner of an ending, perfectly written, and perfectly narrated. I had to look this author up, as I'd never heard of him. He's a fascinating guy, who apparently wrote this story with his daughter.
honestly just love a story with two dudes being friends. love strengthening both ur friend AND ur friendship.
GOD I LOVE A CREECH TOO!!!!!!
I always like these old stories from the interwar period (1920s-30s) because the guys in it are so chill and always willing to help their friends no matter how crazy the situation, and they're usually always so calm and dignified. Comfy vibes.
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 right??? thats why carnacki is so pleasant. smoking pipes by a crackling fireplace and listening with rapt attention to your friends story? yes please
i guess part of the hysteric view of mental illness bred a stronger camaraderie between those who shared it ? plus boys love a lil expedition
@@listerjnehysteric? I thought he was more understanding and trying to help.
The author's real name is Roger Sherman Hoar, US Senator from Massachusetts, who used the pen name Ralph Milne Farley when writing with his daughter Caroline, who was by this time writing under her own pen name, Jacqueline Farley. There is a fascinating Wikipedia page about him. Edit: And I see this was already discussed 6 days ago!
Another yarn to listen to as I go to bed and enjoy the night before my slumber
Yikes! This one was surprisingly creepy. Thanks, Ian, I'd never heard of this author than I can recall.
Such great storytelling over here.
I love listening to them
For me at least, (and I appreciate that people's interests and enthusiasms aren't all the same,) it's this kind of stuff along with the new and original stories, (and the comments of course,) that make this channel such a delight.
This one had me hooked right from the very start.
My grandmother always referred to dark murky ponds as dead body pools. I guess she liked to keep them fresh in her mind just in case she needed a good place to stash a victim.
Who said she didn't? 🧐
What a damn fine story! This is excellent. I have to look more into this fine author. The story is so well written! The plot is so interesting and intriguing.
Their journey through god-forsaken terrain is reminiscent of our jaunts to find the good fishing spots. We complain every step of the way like the main character did.
These ol' folks really knew how to write. They do not write them like this anymore.
Fantastic narration, Ian (as always). You nailed it.
Oh, and a fishing hook with carvings on it is a terrifying tool indeed!
Thanks again, Don!
Brilliant!!!! Cheers Ian!😊
Awesome thanks again g Man 😊
Amazing story and perfect narration 👍 Thanks Ian ❤
This was an incredible story today. I really enjoyed it. Amazing narration. Have a splendid day 🤗🌟❤️
This is a good one, and it makes me realize it was probably the inspiration for a couple of similarly-themed shorts I've seen over the years. PETA did an ad with Joaquin Phoenix where he got pulled into the water, I think. But I really remember a sort of horror short from when i was a kid, of someone walking along and he sees an apple on the ground next to a pond. He picks it up and bites into it, and is then hooked and pulled into the pond during a massive struggle. Then a fresh apple lure is thrown out onto the bank from the pool again once the water is calm.
Thank you! This was a very good story. Excellent narration as always!
Fonz Pond!
Off Lickety Trail, there's a pond where many a children died
It's a place to run to and disappear
A place where some folks hide
But they will tell you about the rumors that swell around this lake
Some say there's something in the water
Them deaths are no mistake
The fog that rides along the top
Has been said to carry voices
Those of the dead who took the dare
And jumped in, they made bad choices
Some have seen and others heard
And they say along the bottom
Are all the bodies of the girls and boys
Preserved and remaining half-rotten...
Thanks
Thanks again, Lee!
Excellent story!
Great story Ian! Another HB gem!
Great as always. Thanks 😊
Awesome I can’t wait to share this with the kids😂 oh, they’re not my kids, my buddies brats love spooky stories thanks for this one😊
Love this one! Amazing narration
Great!
Come on 200 thousand 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I'd like to see this set in the present day and adapted to television. Listen to the end and you'll understand why. 😉
Yep, that was a fun one.
This is a very good tale.
Very fun and entertaining tale!
Haven't been this early in a long time
THANKS IAN. ✨️
Thank you Mr. Gordon.
Good Job, Ian! Really liked this one 😁
Thanks Again !
That was riveting and scary..well done you..
This is a story filled with atmosphere and a fascinating premise. I felt a little let down by the ending, which felt like a high school essay. The real masters know how to close in a way that ratchets up the tension or leaves the reader wanting more.
NICE!
Let's go!
Another yarn on a topic i love. Thank you mr Gordon. Thank you
That was a good one.
I'm not even done with it but this is awesome, the best one I've heard in a little while. I love the F.B. Long/A. Merritt (type) stories, these and Blackwood's stuff are my favorite.
i loveee your voice near the end (35:50 ish) where hes staring at the water. feels so bleak and disheartened? but also so rich and full ? it felt like you summarised the whole ordeal in the delivery of that line
it holds so much of his past and present and future like the entire world just came down upon him in that moment ugh ian you are fantastic
Well-said. I agree. Ian nailed that perfectly. It is great when he shifts his voice. The heavy heart, sense of foreboding, confusion, resignation, and mind-shattering sights he saw are evident in the voice.
That whole segment is eerily reminiscent of a soldier describing something they saw after the world and life as they knew it was shattered, destroyed, and changed forever.
The way he says it has a very unique and awesome feeling to it. It perfectly captures the story and moment.
Thank you!
Board it up? Depth charges!!! :)
I needed a new yarn.
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More from this author, please!
Great story!
Many thanks 🙂
Really liked this one. 😁
The 'Strid' in North Yorkshire is a bottomless river that is a death sentence for anyone who is too stupid/unfortunate to fall in. It is highly deceptive and sinister.
I'm thinking about heading up there with my brother in the near future -- observing from minimum safe distance of course!
@@HorrorBabble LOL. It really is sinister. Some good items on YT about it. Gives me the creeps anyway whenever I have been there.
❤🔥
Highly improbable. Now, if the lure had been a hotdog or something, then maybe that's a creature that fishes for men
Unless, i don't know, do they eat a lot of lizards in new england?
Beer
It's beer 😂
Sounds like the Frank Zappa version.
Idk if I have ever been so close to 1st view. So close! He’s going to need good lawyer. 🐊
Ok Ian,I need a scary one..
Did it do the job, Steve?
@@HorrorBabble I've tried twice and keep falling asleep...sigh.
I'll try again tonight.
" For something walks along the stairs, something that is and isn't there"
That was fun.
This is one of those stories that sticks with you. I know I'll think about it next time I'm fishing....
😱😱😱
Wait, so did this make "Walden" part of The Mythos?
So that's where Warren went weekly?
.... must be -boarded up- depth charged.
Fixed
human sashimi
Mmm!
Sixth 😢😢😢😢
That's 1 watch after the 5th and 3 watches before the 9th! So close!
Nothing wrong with sixth!
First
Damn my eyes!
A good one! Really held my attention. The story and your delightfully, velvety, rich voice. :) 🪼🦂⚫️🌷🌱
It’s amazing that my father who is 95 and has dementia can makes posts here!
He has not drank ‘88 Chateauneuf du Pape in over 20 years! Liar!