A day early, here's my rendition of this classic M. R. James tale. Everyone is invited to listen to the Postmortem Christmas special: ua-cam.com/video/zeUrmRIy660/v-deo.html This is my last story upload of the year. Happy Christmas everybody...and see you in the New Year! 🎉
This is my third listen to this story, and it still makes me shiver; the total innocuousness of the monster, the fact that it's blind and darting around feeling for Parkins... the bit where its arm brushes his face! I'm wondering if it's success (in some small part) lays in it's relatability: who wasn't held trapped beneath the bedclothes by older brothers or sisters who wouldn't let you out no matter how much you screamed and cried? Well read Jasper, thank you. I'll listen to PM tomorrow. Merry Christmas to you and yours, and enjoy the well earned break! 🎄⭐
This is an amazing story! Love the narration! The background noise and music make itvso mich easier to follow because we can hear what is going on. I always laugh at the part when he blows the whistle in the middle of the night. The indomitable spirit of the Colonel in this story is awesome. Like many of us military folks, he does not disbelieve something he has not seen. This story always does it for me. Turn of the screw always puts me to sleep.....not this one! The image of being chased on the beach early, and the narrator not necessarily realizing it, sets the tone early. Fantastic job, sir! These folks who wrote 120+ years ago knew how to get it done....and without all the blood and gore!
Jasper, you are the masper of these types of tales. I love Mr. James stories so much, and they are the perfect expository vehicles for showing off your mad talent for helping develope the male characters a least as far as the author intended with literary nuance. Eg, the exchange in the opening scene between the scholars, getting "a good one" in on their fellows with the friendly banter, and verbal shuckin' and jivin'. "No, thank heaven", said RUDE MR. ROGERS, practicing upon his knowledge of these etc. Etc. Love it love it love it
Also interesting is the nugget which displays the levels of ignorance both Rogers and Parkins share of the works of Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, if one is fortunate enough to find it.
It's all the incidentals that make MRJ so fun to read (aloud). You get the impression his original audience would have been chortling in recognition and picking up on the various literary references. Wonderful stuff! Merry Christmas Bobby! 😊
Thank you sir, hope you enjoyed yours as well, and happy new year. (Yes, I often imagine those dry, stodgy post victorian academics restraining chuckles during those candlelit readings. What fun to transplant oneself through time into these settings.)
Thank you so much. Really loving these stories even in September. Takes me back to when I was a child & my late Father loved to read old mysteries by the fire. I would contentedly read my own books. I loved the silence between us 💖
Thank you for not waiting. 😊 Now I have it all to myself today, and when I listen with hubby tomorrow I can pretend it's my first time hearing it. Happy happy, merry merry.
Yeah yeah... I've heard this one before. Read the story, bought the t-shirt... But never enjoyed it so much. Thank you Mr LeStrange. Your pedantry is actually appreciated, and I applaud your attention to detail. Speaking of such; did you watch "The Detectorists"? There is a lovely little Easter egg, homage to the whistle near the end of series three. Good luck find you in 2024, the Goats of Christmas future not haunt you, and the ghosts of Christmas pasta not repeat on you. 🌕✨🌫🌨🐐🐐🐐
I love this story! I'm saving it for the postmortem special tonight. Thank you so much for this Christmas treat! Have a wonderful holiday season, Jasper. 🎅
This is one of my all time favourite M.R. James (I also love the old television version with Sir Michael Horden!) so I am very much looking forward to listening to this.
Have a Mighty Christmas, Jasper! And a small Christmas gift to you, as I'm saving the story & Postmortem for tonight, X-Mas Eve, as a gift to myself. Santa's definitely not stopping by my place if he's been monitoring my actions this year...😈
I began listening to this at dusk on Christmas Eve. I'm sure Monty's friends and students listening 120 years ago could not have enjoyed the story more.
Merry Christmas Jasper! What a timeless classic to round off the year on. Can't think who else i'd want to hear it narrated by on its 100th birthday. 👌 Here's to a wonderful New Year sir. Cheers 🍻 🍷🎉
Like all Monty James a LOT going on. From monks who were condemned for being bad (very lol) catholics to the sceptical professor and the feast day of big JC's sceptical freind Thomas 😂etc etc.....although he would have found any discussion of these things offensive. A brilliant reading 📖 is what I will actually say.
A day early, here's my rendition of this classic M. R. James tale. Everyone is invited to listen to the Postmortem Christmas special:
ua-cam.com/video/zeUrmRIy660/v-deo.html
This is my last story upload of the year. Happy Christmas everybody...and see you in the New Year! 🎉
This is my third listen to this story, and it still makes me shiver; the total innocuousness of the monster, the fact that it's blind and darting around feeling for Parkins... the bit where its arm brushes his face!
I'm wondering if it's success (in some small part) lays in it's relatability: who wasn't held trapped beneath the bedclothes by older brothers or sisters who wouldn't let you out no matter how much you screamed and cried?
Well read Jasper, thank you. I'll listen to PM tomorrow. Merry Christmas to you and yours, and enjoy the well earned break! 🎄⭐
Published a whopping 120 years ago and yet it remains a very frightening story, at least for me. Your narration put me right there in his shoes.
Agree.
I can't tell you how much I adore your readings! Spot-on accents, emotive and accurate - what a treat for someone like me who loves a bedtime story🥹
Thank you! Glad you like them 👍
This is an amazing story! Love the narration! The background noise and music make itvso mich easier to follow because we can hear what is going on.
I always laugh at the part when he blows the whistle in the middle of the night.
The indomitable spirit of the Colonel in this story is awesome. Like many of us military folks, he does not disbelieve something he has not seen.
This story always does it for me. Turn of the screw always puts me to sleep.....not this one! The image of being chased on the beach early, and the narrator not necessarily realizing it, sets the tone early.
Fantastic job, sir!
These folks who wrote 120+ years ago knew how to get it done....and without all the blood and gore!
Jasper, you are the masper of these types of tales. I love Mr. James stories so much, and they are the perfect expository vehicles for showing off your mad talent for helping develope the male characters a least as far as the author intended with literary nuance. Eg, the exchange in the opening scene between the scholars, getting "a good one" in on their fellows with the friendly banter, and verbal shuckin' and jivin'. "No, thank heaven", said RUDE MR. ROGERS, practicing upon his knowledge of these etc. Etc. Love it love it love it
Also interesting is the nugget which displays the levels of ignorance both Rogers and Parkins share of the works of Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, if one is fortunate enough to find it.
It's all the incidentals that make MRJ so fun to read (aloud). You get the impression his original audience would have been chortling in recognition and picking up on the various literary references. Wonderful stuff!
Merry Christmas Bobby! 😊
Thank you sir, hope you enjoyed yours as well, and happy new year. (Yes, I often imagine those dry, stodgy post victorian academics restraining chuckles during those candlelit readings. What fun to transplant oneself through time into these settings.)
Thank you so much. Really loving these stories even in September. Takes me back to when I was a child & my late Father loved to read old mysteries by the fire. I would contentedly read my own books. I loved the silence between us 💖
One of the all-time greats. I particularly like the way you get the Edwardian manner of speech and expression. Thank you!
You're very welcome! So glad you enjoyed. Merry Christmas! 🎁
Thank you for not waiting. 😊 Now I have it all to myself today, and when I listen with hubby tomorrow I can pretend it's my first time hearing it. Happy happy, merry merry.
Haha! Happy Cbristmas to you and yours! And thank you for supporting the show 🙏
That's the best audio version available ....brilliant just brilliant 👏 👌 😀
Thanks so much Jasper!
You're so welcome! Merry Christmas, Stephanie! 🎅
This guy has the best horror/ghost story voice!
Yeah yeah... I've heard this one before. Read the story, bought the t-shirt...
But never enjoyed it so much.
Thank you Mr LeStrange.
Your pedantry is actually appreciated, and I applaud your attention to detail.
Speaking of such; did you watch "The Detectorists"?
There is a lovely little Easter egg, homage to the whistle near the end of series three.
Good luck find you in 2024, the Goats of Christmas future not haunt you, and the ghosts of Christmas pasta not repeat on you.
🌕✨🌫🌨🐐🐐🐐
Hi, yes I did see The Detectorists! It was marvellous.
Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎅
I love this story! I'm saving it for the postmortem special tonight. Thank you so much for this Christmas treat! Have a wonderful holiday season, Jasper. 🎅
Thank you! Happy Christmas to you too 😊
Oh, that is spot on, fella!! Brilliant version of an old favourite. Housepoints all round 😀♥️
Thank you kindly 🙏
Excellent!
Many thanks!
You're very welcome! Merry Christmas Darlene! 🎁
@@EnCryptedHorror
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
One of my favourite MRJ’s stories. I’ve heard/read it several times and it’s still spine chilling.
A classic ghost in a sheet. Love, love, love this story.
Great job Me Jasper. I love MR James just reading his stories currently.
One of our favourite channels--so glad you're back, Mr. L'Estrange!
Thank you for the Super Thanks! Merry Christmas! 🙏
This is one of my all time favourite M.R. James (I also love the old television version with Sir Michael Horden!) so I am very much looking forward to listening to this.
Thank you! And Merry Christmas to you and yours, Huw!
I love this tale and I look forward to hearing your narration late on tonight with a wee Baileys ❤
Thank you! And Merry Christmas to you and yours, Heather! 🎄
Extremely well narrated! Thank you 🙏
This is a good one.
It is! 😊 Merry Christmas!
A classic with a classic reading. 📖 Thank you and Merry Christmas. ✨️🎄✨️
Merry Christmas to you too! Thanks for listening and all your great comments! 😊
You're readings are a real treat to listen to, thank you for your hard work and I hope you enjoy a relexing holiday and a happy and healthy 2024
Thank you so much! Happy Christmas and New Year to you and yours! 🎄
One of my faves. Very well read, as usual. Thank you! Merry Christmas!🎉😊❤
Thankyou. I’m. Listening to the story while at work on night shift.
Glad to keep you (spooky) company! Happy Christmas 😊🎄🎁🙏
Have a Mighty Christmas, Jasper! And a small Christmas gift to you, as I'm saving the story & Postmortem for tonight, X-Mas Eve, as a gift to myself. Santa's definitely not stopping by my place if he's been monitoring my actions this year...😈
Thank you so much! And Happy Christmas to you too 🙏🙂
My favourite ghost story by my favourite ghosty host.❤
Thank you! 😊 Merry Christmas!
@@EnCryptedHorror Merry Christmas to you 😊x
Absolutely love this!Thanks so much Jasper 👍💖🎄
Glad to hear it! 😁 Happy Christmas Claire! 🎅🎁🎄🙏
Have a great day!
As always love the sound effects
Wonderful! Just in time for Christmas 😊 Thanks for continuing telling stories and a Merry Christmas to you 😊
Merry Christmas to you too 😊
Well, it's midsummer now, but this classic loses nothing for all that, either in content or quality of reading.
It was really enjoyable. 🌹
😍😍😍 saved this to savour on my relaxing Christmas morning- thank you!
You're very welcome! Merry Christmas! 😊
I began listening to this at dusk on Christmas Eve. I'm sure Monty's friends and students listening 120 years ago could not have enjoyed the story more.
Glad you liked it, Simon! Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎄
Fantastic! Happy Christmas Jasper and thanks.
Happy Christmas! And thanks for your continued support of the show 🙏
Most grateful for this.❤
Happy Christmas! 😊
Thank you Jasper! Merry Christmas!!! 🐙
Thanks for the SuperThanks. That's so kind! Merry Christmas! 🎁🎄🎅😊
*Yippee* what a find! 🎁You've brightened my misty rainy day. Thank You *Jasper* & Happy Holidays to you & yours🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀
Back atcha! 🎅
I love this story. Thank you so much Jasper. Merry Christmas to you and yours 🎄🎅
Back atcha (as they say)! 🎅🎁🎄
This and casting the runes are my favourite monty tales. Both extremely creepy
Yep, two of the best for sure! Thank you Carbonated Cat Soup 😁. Merry Christmas! 🎁
Merry Christmas Jasper!
What a timeless classic to round off the year on. Can't think who else i'd want to hear it narrated by on its 100th birthday. 👌
Here's to a wonderful New Year sir. Cheers 🍻 🍷🎉
I really love that story. Thanks for your brilliant reading of it Jasper. Have a christmassy Christmas.
Thank you Becca! Happy Christmas to you and yours too ❤️
great story thanks
Thanks Jasper, top quality as always. Merry Christmas to you!
Back atcha, as they say! 😁
Will do a BIG comment. When sober 😊.
😆 I'm right there with you 🍷
@@EnCryptedHorror 🍷 🎉
Lol
@@StephenSinclair-d6nwe're still waiting....
Happy Christmas Jasper 🌲
Happy Christmas Rose! Thanks for supporting the show! 🎁
I missed the after party😢
Yessssss
Merry Christmas George! 🎄
1903-before the madness of the 20th century kicked in
Like all Monty James a LOT going on. From monks who were condemned for being bad (very lol) catholics to the sceptical professor and the feast day of big JC's sceptical freind Thomas 😂etc etc.....although he would have found any discussion of these things offensive.
A brilliant reading 📖 is what I will actually say.