HORROR INSURED by Paul Ernst / Doctor Satan

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  • "Horror Insured" is a short story by the American author, Paul Ernst. It is the fifth story in Ernst's DOCTOR SATAN series (Weird Tales, January 1936).
    First appearing in WT in August 1935, the enigmatic Doctor Satan was described as ‘the world's weirdest criminal-an immensely wealthy man, who has turned to crime to satisfy his longing for thrills.’
    There are 8 stories in the Doctor Satan series, with the titular character up against numerous challenges, pitted against his nemesis, the criminologist, Ascott Keane.
    0:00:00 - Introduction
    0:01:00 - In Satan’s Crucible
    0:21:10 - Lucifex Insurance Co.
    0:35:24 - Stroke and Counterstroke
    0:53:02 - The Screaming Three
    1:09:27 - Further Listening
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    Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble
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    Image by Vincent Napoli (Weird Tales, January 1936)
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  • @HorrorBabble
    @HorrorBabble  Місяць тому +9

    The DOCTOR SATAN playlst: ua-cam.com/play/PLeNNKRLWxwoOMuCCVCM_gCdeH7IbWfJ-f.html

    • @nick4035
      @nick4035 Місяць тому +1

      love me some Doctor Satan, thank you

  • @jeffashley5512
    @jeffashley5512 Місяць тому +23

    Rainy springtime day here in Tennessee. Perfect day to stay in with Horrorbabble. 💀

    • @itzybitzyspyder
      @itzybitzyspyder Місяць тому +2

      I'm in Colorado and that rain is so yesterday.

    • @tjjudd101
      @tjjudd101 Місяць тому +1

      I’m in Alabama, and I’m getting dunked on.

  • @lukeamartins
    @lukeamartins Місяць тому +6

    Ian, you should read 'The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag' by Robert A Heinlein. The protagonist realizes that he has no memory of his daytime activities or what he does for a living but one evening discovers dried blood under his fingernails. (First published in 1942, Unknown Worlds magazine.)

    • @Eris123451
      @Eris123451 Місяць тому +1

      That might be fun ?
      It's a great story.

    • @MoonLitChild
      @MoonLitChild 24 дні тому

      So, Severance?

  • @onieyoh9478
    @onieyoh9478 Місяць тому +12

    Yeah! More Doctor Satan! I love these stories, they're such fun.

  • @CPWebster
    @CPWebster Місяць тому +5

    That hellish Dr. Satan! By gum, he's a nefarious, slippery fiend... thank you for another wonderful installment!

  • @jeffleng2733
    @jeffleng2733 Місяць тому +4

    one of my favorite aspects of the whole Dr. Satan corpus is how prosaic Dr. Satan’s crimes are while the plot devolves into a full on occult brawl between Keane and Satan

    • @MoonLitChild
      @MoonLitChild 24 дні тому +2

      He feels like a Silver Age super hero comic villain for John Constantine.

  • @AcornElectron
    @AcornElectron Місяць тому +7

    Makes Mondays better.
    Keep up the good (evil) work Dr Satan and as always, stay safe!

    • @Eris123451
      @Eris123451 Місяць тому

      Surely you didn't mean that ?
      I'm certain that what you actually meant to say was something more like, "I repeat to you, gentlemen, that your inquisition is fruitless. Detain me here forever if you will; confine or execute me if you must have a victim to propitiate the illusion you call justice; but I can say no more than I have said already ?"

  • @dwellerofthedark
    @dwellerofthedark Місяць тому +2

    Now here’s a flamethrower! Paul Ernst was one Hell of a writer, Ian, as you know, Bard of Horror.

  • @soulreaver1983
    @soulreaver1983 Місяць тому +4

    Many thanks Ian much appreciated my friend!🙂👍

  • @GreenMochi420
    @GreenMochi420 Місяць тому +2

    Oh my God man, I love listening to these scary stories while I work driving around. This one is so good! Like the inability to look away from the horrible sight in the elevator, I cannot stop listening til the end. 💚 you guys rock 💯🔥

  • @tamlandipper29
    @tamlandipper29 Місяць тому +1

    Cracking tale. The vignette in the elevator particularly good.

  • @anthonybarnwell767
    @anthonybarnwell767 Місяць тому +3

    I live in Savannah Georgia and I love horrorbabble

  • @kelseylatta5245
    @kelseylatta5245 Місяць тому +3

    Very excited to listen to this 😁 Love this series!

  • @BertieShaul-mn4qc
    @BertieShaul-mn4qc Місяць тому +2

    Thanks, Ian! I really love the Dr. Satan series!

  • @tooladdict85
    @tooladdict85 24 дні тому

    Thanks for doing this one. Can't wait for the last few! These stories are riveting

  • @kgreen242424
    @kgreen242424 Місяць тому +2

    Fantastic. I have been waiting to get more Dr Satan. As some of you may or may not know, one of my many cats is often seen in Kean's orbit. Sunday is too discreet to let slip any information on her regular squash partner but I still try. I wish I could give y'all some extra details that were previously unknown but I have a hard time just getting how her day was. I still don't know how they became aquainted for she is a cat and he is a globe trotting man of mystery but that doesn't change the paridym we find ourselves in. Obviously, she is employed at Carnacki & Van Melsen so the opportunity to meet was rather high. That said I part time there too and I've never seen him let alone been in the same room so IDK how much that is really worth. Lol. I very much appreciate you Ian and so do the kiddos. Rainy day with Dr Satan. Fantastic

  • @ima-monsta2255
    @ima-monsta2255 Місяць тому

    YES!!! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE DR.SATAN FOR SO LONG!

  • @timthetoolpool
    @timthetoolpool Місяць тому +1

    Been waiting patiently for this one!

  • @Ni5ei
    @Ni5ei Місяць тому +2

    Yes! A new Dr Satan story

  • @halthammerzeit
    @halthammerzeit Місяць тому +2

    Hell yeah!

  • @2gameprinc
    @2gameprinc 18 днів тому +1

    Doctor Satan has to be my absolute favorite pulp series. Aside from The Shadow and The Avenger.

    • @MoonLitChild
      @MoonLitChild 17 днів тому

      Classic pulp can be so charming, and Doctor Satan embodies that the best out of all them.

  • @justnice4701
    @justnice4701 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you!

  • @craigfulton3316
    @craigfulton3316 Місяць тому +1

    Yes I've been waiting on this bad boy. Horrorbabble is the boy.

  • @rneustel388
    @rneustel388 Місяць тому

    I love this story line!!

  • @amgroves76
    @amgroves76 Місяць тому +1

    I love a dose of Dr satan! I honestly thought for a moment that he wasn't going to escape!

  • @CountingHouse
    @CountingHouse Місяць тому +1

    Joy! A new Dr Satan.

  • @justletmelistthese
    @justletmelistthese Місяць тому +1

    Father opens the door without knocking "Are you winning son?". "Oh no! Dad, you know magic doesn't work if you are looking!".
    And Doctor Satan lived happily ever after.

  • @Eris123451
    @Eris123451 Місяць тому +1

    That was good story and a lovely change of pace.
    Most of the old pulps had a powerful horror element that hasn't lost it's any of it's impact.
    Bit concerned about how much Satan and Keen seem to be escalating things though ?

  • @donaldmccleary9015
    @donaldmccleary9015 Місяць тому

    Good one!
    Thanks!

  • @WhiteLongSword7
    @WhiteLongSword7 28 днів тому +1

    It was awesome every time Ascot played the uno reverse card 😂

  • @paulcateiii
    @paulcateiii Місяць тому +1

    yes !

  • @jamescam04
    @jamescam04 8 днів тому

    Part of the attraction of the Dr Satan stories is, that they are formulaic, and thus, predictable. It is a shame there are not more of them.

  • @MoonLitChild
    @MoonLitChild 17 днів тому

    Man do I love me some Doctor Satan

  • @Garyescargo
    @Garyescargo Місяць тому +1

    When Satan cries out to God, he knows he messed up.

  • @ScullyPopASMR
    @ScullyPopASMR Місяць тому +1

    HorrorBabble!

  • @martywood8543
    @martywood8543 Місяць тому +1

    HorrorBabble...enough said.

  • @EricDaMAJ
    @EricDaMAJ Місяць тому +1

    Just like Punk, Warren ain’t dead.

  • @jasemalvis2140
    @jasemalvis2140 Місяць тому +1

    WAIT THERE'S MORE?!?!?!

  • @newtronix
    @newtronix Місяць тому

    I'm going to get you Penelope Pitstop!

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat Місяць тому

    Poor Gurse 🤣

  • @dmonvisigoth1651
    @dmonvisigoth1651 Місяць тому

    HAIL SATAN!

  • @julianhinton7766
    @julianhinton7766 Місяць тому +3

    Horror babble = click

  • @datsweetsansabooty
    @datsweetsansabooty 26 днів тому

    45:00

  • @Duchess_Van_Hoof
    @Duchess_Van_Hoof Місяць тому +1

    Supernatural and weird horror, now with insurance fraud!

  • @joannewatts9892
    @joannewatts9892 Місяць тому +1

    heh! heh ! 🙂 🐲🐍🦎🦕🕰️