"The Salem Horror" / A Cthulhu Mythos Story by Henry Kuttner

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  • Опубліковано 25 лис 2024

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  • @HorrorBabble
    @HorrorBabble  2 роки тому

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    • @WhitneyDahlin
      @WhitneyDahlin Місяць тому

      Is this part 2 of dreams in the witch house? Does this story take place in that house? It just seems so close to that story

  • @haillobster7154
    @haillobster7154 2 роки тому +5

    Pretty sweet of the eldritch goo monster to take his devoted fangirl with him.

  • @DemienC.
    @DemienC. 5 років тому +35

    The Dreams in the Witch's House is one of my favorite.
    And this one is like sequel. Great!
    Amazing reading.

    • @Eric-ot7en
      @Eric-ot7en 5 років тому +1

      I thought I heard this before! I remember that one now,good work

    • @JakeHkd2
      @JakeHkd2 5 років тому

      I remember seeing the MOH episode of that story and was reminded of that one while listening to this story.

  • @saleminsomniac1835
    @saleminsomniac1835 5 років тому +31

    I love how these guys are always staying at some strange house to finish writing some novel. Kinda like in "The Shining"

    • @georgemarquardt4435
      @georgemarquardt4435 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah this stuff just doesn't come up to the level of Lovecraft and Ashton Smith but it's still a fun hoot

    • @SaraBarcenas-uc7nw
      @SaraBarcenas-uc7nw 2 роки тому +4

      Lol, I guess Stephen King wasn’t THAT original after all😅

    • @mikeski8827
      @mikeski8827 Рік тому

      You mean the shinning?

    • @JustinVermilyea-ix2ye
      @JustinVermilyea-ix2ye Рік тому

      True enough

    • @arthurchadwell9267
      @arthurchadwell9267 Рік тому +3

      ​@@SaraBarcenas-uc7nw I have found direct forerunners for many of King's works in old TV shows (60s Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, The Night Gallery, etc.)

  • @rolandthompson
    @rolandthompson 2 роки тому +3

    I appreciate the quality entertainment that you provide. Thank you!

  • @badapple5894
    @badapple5894 5 років тому +14

    This is everything I could have wished for from these brilliant folk, Absolute perfection blended with talent and sultry voices PLUS SOUND EFFECTS? I’m in awe and joy 💜

  • @christopherdaniel5919
    @christopherdaniel5919 3 роки тому +3

    I've read this story,
    many years ago.
    "Tales from the Cthulhu Mythos."
    Volumes 1 & 2.
    Published in the 70"s.
    Classic literature.
    Many thanks for the
    oral presentation. 🤘

  • @jon79jw61
    @jon79jw61 5 років тому +38

    The rats in the wall meet the dreams in the witch house

    • @blitztheumbreon3727
      @blitztheumbreon3727 4 роки тому +3

      With a little bit of The Mountains of Madness since the thing under the Witch Room reminds me of a shoggoth

    • @tomcurran1538
      @tomcurran1538 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, what a creepy story that was.

    • @arthurchadwell9267
      @arthurchadwell9267 Рік тому +1

      Just don't name the cat...

  • @akaylindsay
    @akaylindsay 5 років тому +13

    “It looked exactly like a mummy!” Made my blood run cold😃 Bravo! Excellent production...

  • @hg1651
    @hg1651 5 років тому +16

    I am hooked ! found your Lovecraft uploads and subbed fast. Thank you for all the hard work!

  • @arthurchadwell9267
    @arthurchadwell9267 Рік тому +1

    Back in 1988, I was at University of Delaware (🤮) but loved the Days of Knights game shop.
    I bought the then new 4th edition (black book) of Chaosium Call of Cthulhu rpg. Great game!
    For several years, I entertained friends with their slow and nerve-racking exploration of the mythos. Good times.

    • @arthurchadwell9267
      @arthurchadwell9267 Рік тому

      Last year, I bought a copy of the reproduction 2nd edition box set.
      Haven't even opened it yet.
      Maybe I never will...

  • @RolandWieffering1
    @RolandWieffering1 5 років тому +10

    Great choice, thanks for the upload. I've been waiting quite a while for this one....!

  • @patrickmcpherson97
    @patrickmcpherson97 4 роки тому +5

    It was a real treat to hear this classic. I love that you read the other Cthulu tales not written by Lovecraft.

  • @briggyb
    @briggyb 5 років тому +2

    Henry Kuttner is my great great uncle. I am so glad to have stumbled upon this.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  5 років тому +1

      Fascinating! Thanks for stopping by!

  • @jamesbeaumont1212
    @jamesbeaumont1212 5 років тому +7

    It takes a special kinda person to subscribe to Horrorbabble - and now there are more than 50k in this special clan: Congratulations! xxx

    • @elvischrist8826
      @elvischrist8826 5 років тому

      I haven't subscribed, does that mean I'll die

  • @jamescampbell39
    @jamescampbell39 5 років тому +14

    one of my favorite tales, pity Kuttner never reused the characters again in other tales.

  • @thefallencrow0722
    @thefallencrow0722 5 років тому +2

    Thanks to your readings I convinced my class as school to allow my senior class to read “the mound”. Thanks for all the amazing readings to listen to over and over. Keep up the great work and we’ll wait with baited breath for your next video!

  • @0therun1t21
    @0therun1t21 3 роки тому +1

    I would live to have a place to set up a temple designed from scratch with all of the correct physics and correspondences.
    I love this story!

  • @sabastjunberthiaume8391
    @sabastjunberthiaume8391 4 роки тому +3

    I'm just getting into the HorrorBabble channel and oh my God it's good. Keep up the great work

  • @Nanosuit37
    @Nanosuit37 Рік тому

    Excellent as always. Thank you Mr. Gordon and Horror Babble.

  • @lacyhart2043
    @lacyhart2043 5 років тому +6

    Loved it thank you so much. I really like the magic stores any kind of wizardry so good.

  • @glennlivet560
    @glennlivet560 2 роки тому +2

    Ian Gordon brings Henry Kuttner out of the literary shadows.

  • @walaways
    @walaways 5 років тому +2

    I appreciate all your hard work good sir, another good tale.

  • @jamiecameron7615
    @jamiecameron7615 5 років тому +2

    Amazing!! Nothing like a Cthulhu mythos tale I've never heard before! Thank you very much!!

  • @philippel.9086
    @philippel.9086 5 років тому +4

    Great story! The occultist’s spell was epic!

  • @olalustig5397
    @olalustig5397 5 років тому +8

    YES YES YES ANOTHER CTHULU MYTHOS!!!

  • @badraven_indieauthor
    @badraven_indieauthor 5 років тому +3

    Ian, I just wanted to say: "Bravo." I love the story. Some stories just get me, thank you!

  • @learnedtechsolutions
    @learnedtechsolutions 5 років тому +2

    Love it! Thank you for all you do!

  • @donaldmccleary9015
    @donaldmccleary9015 Рік тому +1

    "In the name of God!"
    "Incantations and elixirs!"
    "Fiddlesticks!"
    Older forms of speaking sound awesome when you narrate, Ian. It is like taking a step back in time, with a neat Pennsylvanian Rye and lit pipe, by the family hearth with a lit fire.

  • @AlasdairColl
    @AlasdairColl 5 років тому +23

    The Dreams in the Witch House 2.0 😉

  • @TheBenjaman
    @TheBenjaman 5 років тому +1

    Perfect timing on the upload, was just about to pick a story to listen too, and saw this one was uploaded less then a hour ago.
    And its cthulhu mythos story too!

  • @tomsenick2033p
    @tomsenick2033p 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for posting Weird Tales!

  • @jeremyw.norwood1453
    @jeremyw.norwood1453 5 років тому +1

    You gotta know that I dig it the most man! Great work as always.

  • @MadCow64
    @MadCow64 5 років тому +2

    This is great. Please keep the Cthulhu Mythos stories coming. I listen to this at work and it seems that very few of them are in audio form outside of Lovecraft's own works.

  • @twentyofseven
    @twentyofseven 3 місяці тому

    I'm listening to this as a monster storm is crashing overhead. A perfect night.😢

  • @BillRoyMcBill
    @BillRoyMcBill 5 років тому +4

    Thanks for sharing this.

  • @izzylewis3998
    @izzylewis3998 Рік тому

    Brilliant story so well narrated as usual. Very good indeed. Thank you so much,

  • @ladyhagaming
    @ladyhagaming 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for the awesome story Mr. Horrorbabble on more time congratulations on the subs.
    I still recommend your storytelling to my friends who love classic horror stories.
    And thank you for the awesomess of your channel 😊
    Hugs and love from Helene Andresen aka Ladyha 🤗

  • @MirkRobinson
    @MirkRobinson 4 роки тому +1

    One of the better stories, as always narrated perfectly 👍

  • @pbr-streetgang
    @pbr-streetgang 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for the upload sir.👍🏼👍🏼

  • @michellesanctuary9089
    @michellesanctuary9089 3 роки тому +3

    "ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏᴏʟ! ᴡᴀʀʀᴇɴ ɪꜱ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ"

  • @davefrancis1136
    @davefrancis1136 5 років тому +2

    As a fan of Lovecraft and Cthulhu I am really enjoying Horror babble keep it up. 🐙

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ Рік тому +2

    Terrific work!

  • @tobyvphoto
    @tobyvphoto 3 роки тому +1

    Fantastic entertainment. Thank you.

  • @danbreeden5481
    @danbreeden5481 3 роки тому

    Most excellent tale and well told I am thankful for horror babble

  • @billl2903
    @billl2903 5 років тому +2

    Awesome reading, and congrats on your 50k!!!
    You should start making your own short story contributions to the Cthulhu mythos, you’re probably something of an expert on the subject at this point lol

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  5 років тому

      Thank you! And watch this space...!

  • @henrywebster9529
    @henrywebster9529 5 років тому +1

    Amazing storytelling skill and talent.

  • @JamesMC04
    @JamesMC04 5 років тому +1

    That was cheerful. Thanks 😀

  • @CPWebster
    @CPWebster 5 років тому +1

    very enjoyable tale and superbly narrated.

  • @teddydog6229
    @teddydog6229 5 років тому +3

    Ah Salem ! If only it wasn't such a non-eldritch dump of a mill town. It's got a certain unique ugliness only us Yankees can pull off. Still there are blocks which are more dark than depressing and I would never want to discourage from visiting. And it's unquestionably nicer than Lowell. Another wonderful story told by the master of HorrorBabble. Bravo !

  • @teddydog6229
    @teddydog6229 5 років тому +12

    I always imagined our narrator as a taller more distinguished version of Mr Burns from the Simpsons. The type of man who owns a secluded tiny bookshop in London that sells books of arcane lore and makes casual browsers uncomfortable. But for the rare and sincere student of darkness a long humorless grin distinguished by yellowing teeth will emerge and he'll tell the pilgrim a tale that will cause them to wet their pants. Instead he's a young bearded and friendly looking fellow who doesn't suffer from a hint of old Victorian decrepitude. Basically his voice sounds like how I'd imagine that of MR James. I never had any gift for matching voices to faces.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  5 років тому +6

      Occasional glances in the mirror reveal such a character... But fortunately, the visions soon pass. Cheers TD!

    • @markelsdon2453
      @markelsdon2453 5 років тому +2

      I know this bookshop. on museum street, the oldest occult shop in the world

    • @teddydog6229
      @teddydog6229 5 років тому +1

      Does it have a cadaverous unwelcoming proprietor with a few thin strands of gray hair combed over his overly large head, deeply sunken black eyes, and a magnificent and resonant voice like our Horror Babble host ? If not it should !

    • @JamesMC04
      @JamesMC04 5 років тому +1

      Teddy Dog Do “books of arcane lore” actually exist 😀🤗 ?
      I think Peter Cushing has set the stereotype of a keeper of dingy secluded bookshops in the back streets of London that sell dusty tomes of arcane and occult lore, bound in folio and printed in Latin, Greek and Hebrew at Leiden in the 17th century.

    • @JamesMC04
      @JamesMC04 5 років тому +3

      Mark Elsdon Is its interior larger than its exterior, and does it have windows that show the dead of night when the door from the street is bathed in sunlight ?

  • @hurricaneheather1420
    @hurricaneheather1420 5 років тому +1

    That's was brilliantly done.. good on ya

  • @themodestgoddess1645
    @themodestgoddess1645 3 роки тому +1

    That was REALLY GOOD!
    😄👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯😬🙌🏾🤩

  • @tomcurran1538
    @tomcurran1538 3 роки тому

    I worked with two brothers who were from Salem, MA. I found it intriguing.

  • @meth_squirrel
    @meth_squirrel 5 років тому +3

    Excellent

  • @mrc8308
    @mrc8308 4 роки тому +1

    Great production!

  • @lalalager21lovelyjubbly77
    @lalalager21lovelyjubbly77 5 років тому +1

    Very good story, I enjoyed it immensely as I always like history or fiction about witches and witch trials thanks for some decent entertainment.

  • @realism51
    @realism51 5 років тому +1

    Mmmm of Cthulhu myth is was food I could live off it forever. Perhaps one day I could hand over my story script for narration
    I would only ever wish for Ian Gordon to narrate it

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  5 років тому +2

      Keep an eye out for future submission periods: www.horrorbabble.com :)

  • @shireboundscribbles
    @shireboundscribbles Рік тому

    One of my favourite Lovecraftian stories.

  • @mikecole1456
    @mikecole1456 5 років тому +1

    That was a great one thank you

  • @ugsskywatchermckenzie4319
    @ugsskywatchermckenzie4319 5 років тому +8

    Babble on

  • @jessetoler1032
    @jessetoler1032 3 роки тому +2

    Ian, are you doing both Carson and Leigh? You sound perfectly American as Michael Leigh of San Francisco!

  • @stephaniesmith7317
    @stephaniesmith7317 5 років тому +6

    I really enjoyed this presentation. Very well written story, had all those anxiety, curiosity, anticipation inducing passages. 🤷🏼BRAVO🎉
    I feel the narrator had wonderful pace it seemed to capture the tale and the varied characters spot on! 🤵📃🐀🗝🕯✴🕵🏼 ☠⛤🕂🕁🕀
    🌒🌓🌕🌗🌘⚰🔮👵
    🌎💨🔥💧💥🕳🛢🏃🏼🕺🏼
    This was my first listen and I'm subbed. Thank you for entertaining me.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  5 років тому +1

      Thanks for stopping by and subscribing, Stephanie! Ian

  • @countiblis1246
    @countiblis1246 Рік тому

    "Ya na kadishtu nil gh'ri... stell'bsna kn'aa Nyogtha... k'yarnak phlegethor..." It fair trips off the tongue.

  • @fredriko.zachrisson9711
    @fredriko.zachrisson9711 5 років тому +1

    Wonderful narration.

  • @seanchds9750
    @seanchds9750 5 років тому +3

    Oh man this one scared the
    sh#t out of me👾

  • @bondjames5874
    @bondjames5874 3 роки тому

    flashlights are sure protection against eldritch horrors!

  • @kadecarruthers7901
    @kadecarruthers7901 3 роки тому

    One of my favorites

  • @AnneAndersonFoxiepaws
    @AnneAndersonFoxiepaws 4 роки тому

    Someone wrote that this is like a sequel to Dreams in the Witch House which I have never read so, I think I will listen to that first, if you have it here. I am really enjoying these authors that I haven't read before, thanks to You!

    • @peggyfranzen6159
      @peggyfranzen6159 3 роки тому

      " The Dreams In The Witch House", is a classic Lovecraft story! 😮

  • @danbreeden1801
    @danbreeden1801 3 роки тому

    Wonderful story and narration

  • @kpc98
    @kpc98 4 місяці тому

    Fantastic!

  • @williamdistefano5698
    @williamdistefano5698 4 місяці тому

    If it was me I'd have been like, cool! This place comes with a free rat!

  • @anitacigarette
    @anitacigarette 5 років тому +9

    Love a good Lovecraft Mythos story. Guessing this is related to Dreams in the Witch House. I can imagine our darling Brown Jenkin scampering about in the walls. haha!

  • @eileenmorris8674
    @eileenmorris8674 4 роки тому +1

    That was excellent

  • @kateifer2732
    @kateifer2732 5 років тому +1

    Love your channel

  • @implodingsoftly
    @implodingsoftly 5 років тому +1

    I love this one.

  • @ThePaleKing89
    @ThePaleKing89 5 років тому +1

    Had to stop at 4:10, Just too spooky for me. A door that becomes a jar?!
    :^)

  • @Olddog-Wiserdog
    @Olddog-Wiserdog Рік тому

    Great listen!

  • @margarethevontater
    @margarethevontater 5 років тому +1

    Super fun one!

  • @MarcusHCrawford
    @MarcusHCrawford 4 місяці тому

    Love it.

  • @kelvinsmith6854
    @kelvinsmith6854 5 років тому +1

    Where is the Classic 'THE GRAVEYARD RATS' ?

  • @CountingHouse
    @CountingHouse 3 роки тому

    Dreams in the Rat House.
    The Witch in the Walls.

  • @RolandWieffering1
    @RolandWieffering1 2 роки тому

    Besides this awesome reading of the Salem Horror there exists one other reading of this story I can really suggest to you, lovers of the Lovecraftian Cthulhu Mythos..
    It is by Edward E. French, who has his own channel where he reads his pick of great stories. Just search for Edward E. French's channel and the Salem Horror. He is the only other reader who is very good as well.
    I hope you like his version too.
    Have fun hearing the same story by another great reader of the macabre.

  • @moonchildsfaeryrealm.3971
    @moonchildsfaeryrealm.3971 5 років тому +2

    Deliciously wicked

  • @billsummy2412
    @billsummy2412 5 років тому +1

    SUPER ! :-)

  • @thefinnishbolshevik2404
    @thefinnishbolshevik2404 5 років тому +2

    More mythos : D

  • @TheGreatPanicker
    @TheGreatPanicker 3 роки тому

    Nothing better than an "evil-smelling tunnel" to start the day, 😀🤪!!

  • @gothicdragonwarriorqueen5819
    @gothicdragonwarriorqueen5819 5 років тому +1

    Scary-as-shit cool!!!🖤☻☠💀👻⚰🦇🕷🕸

  • @Tusksplitter7372
    @Tusksplitter7372 5 років тому +1

    whats the phrase for,,lets say,,orson wells,,,War of the Worlds> presentation?

  • @skinnybub5237
    @skinnybub5237 3 роки тому

    Lee would have been a great “Van Melsen” character, Carson could have been his Norman Cane.

  • @reniazathoth9093
    @reniazathoth9093 5 років тому +1

    How about some August Derleth stories?

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  5 років тому +1

      His works aren't in the public domain, Reni.

  • @askwhy2030
    @askwhy2030 5 років тому +1

    This is good stuff Thanks Much!!

  • @blakmajk3512
    @blakmajk3512 2 роки тому +2

    127 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @angutimmarikberthelsen
    @angutimmarikberthelsen 5 років тому +2

    I'm 900th like clicker 🤩 Also I enjoy'd it
    🧛‍♂️

  • @harrymartin7596
    @harrymartin7596 2 роки тому

    Faaaaaantastic!!! Better than dreams in the witch house

  • @schnoz2372
    @schnoz2372 5 років тому +1

    Magic is creepy

  • @0therun1t21
    @0therun1t21 3 роки тому +2

    Fiddlesticks!

  • @RogertheGS
    @RogertheGS 4 роки тому

    Came here for a Naacal incantation intoned in a broad New England accent

  • @michaelsmyth3935
    @michaelsmyth3935 2 роки тому

    30:00 deep sigh.

  • @robincoulter581
    @robincoulter581 5 років тому

    Huh, missed out on arkansas witches.