The Dreams In The Witch House: Lovecraft’s Most Horrific Tale

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @willodonnell6887
    @willodonnell6887 24 дня назад +70

    Listening to this on Halloween night on the East Side of Providence, two streets over from where Lovecraft grew up!

    • @steph6498
      @steph6498 12 дней назад +1

      What’s it like over there?

  • @jamesrussell6351
    @jamesrussell6351 25 дней назад +26

    Thanks for the Halloween treat 😊

  • @Audrey_1110
    @Audrey_1110 25 дней назад +14

    Yay a new audiobook! This has made my Halloween day 🎃

  • @Boogie_the_cat
    @Boogie_the_cat 25 дней назад +15

    I'm saving this for tonight (it's 3:10 PM in California). Thank you very much Tony.
    Brown Jenkin is my favorite Lovecraft creation.
    And yeah, pretty horrific how he
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    burrows a hole through to Gilman's heart
    Pretty hardcore for the 1920s-30s
    Have a wonderful Halloween all !

  • @dougjamesberwick2625
    @dougjamesberwick2625 25 дней назад +10

    Nice one Tony!!

  • @missholly7534
    @missholly7534 23 дня назад +9

    Oh, thank you, Tony, for this lovely deep swig of Shoggoth's Old Peculiar! I'm in Mississippi, and our upcoming political race keeps making me think of words like "squamous" and "eldritch". I hope your upcoming week is less, um, fulsome than ours here!

  • @donaldmccleary9015
    @donaldmccleary9015 23 дня назад +6

    Great story and narration! I love all the nods and cameos of the Elder Things in this one!
    I love the connections to other places, names, characters, and beings of other stories he wrote. This is one of his best.
    I wonder what caused the footprints that looked like a chair leg foot cut in half...😊 (if you know you know).
    I read this various times in the past and picked up a few things in Tony's narration that I breezed by without recognition while reading before. Curse my ADD!!
    I love your chat at the end. They are all great, but this one is something special!
    Great job Tony! This is a fantastic Halloween story. Talk about a haunted and scary house!
    Thanks!

  • @AliceBowie
    @AliceBowie 20 дней назад +4

    I've always loved this one. I love how the magic that Hezekiah used was just ultra-advanced mathematics.

  • @joedge6142
    @joedge6142 24 дня назад +8

    Another treat, Just finished Jasper's and now it's Tony's, perfect Halloween. Thanks Tony.

  • @rosemadder5547
    @rosemadder5547 19 часов назад

    I'm beyond happy that I've found this channel. Listening in Tennessee, after a long work shift 🚑

  • @trixie10199
    @trixie10199 24 дня назад +5

    Wishing you all the best, Tony! Thanks for all your hard work!

  • @raftermanvn-gl8nc
    @raftermanvn-gl8nc 24 дня назад +4

    This is a great great channel

  • @malinbunsow9930
    @malinbunsow9930 24 дня назад +5

    What a treat! One of my favourite stories. 🍂🍁🦇🍁

  • @kathypelletier-s2v
    @kathypelletier-s2v 24 дня назад +15

    You spoil us, Tony! So grateful for your giving heart and great talent at bringing yours and others stories alive. Especially tonight 🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️

  • @akaLaBrujaRoja
    @akaLaBrujaRoja 24 дня назад +4

    Oh this is a good one! It’s been awhile since I read this, so it’s perfect to listen to as I drift off to sleep on Halloween… 🎃

  • @jenniferhawkins3142
    @jenniferhawkins3142 24 дня назад +5

    This was a great listen on Halloween 🎃. Thanks, Tony!

  • @MartiWilliams-r2z
    @MartiWilliams-r2z 19 дней назад +1

    Brilliant! One story is a good surprise! You're the best, Tony!

  • @frogdogink4415
    @frogdogink4415 24 дня назад +5

    Checking in from South Alabama. Thanks 🎃

  • @MAENADinNOLA
    @MAENADinNOLA 19 дней назад +1

    This is one of my absolute top stories, by Lovecraft or other, and is the "Weird Tale" I revisit most often. The use of mathematical concepts so early in the day, dark & complex vocabulary, and the abstract visualizations... Love it.
    Brown Jerkin is unforgettable and a character/creature I see out of the corner of my eye driving early morning streets in New Orleans FQ.
    I think yours is a fantastic rendition and I thank you sincerely.

  • @time4changenow
    @time4changenow 25 дней назад +12

    Happy Samhain! Your stories are bewitching ❤

  • @MartiWilliams-r2z
    @MartiWilliams-r2z 19 дней назад +1

    Saving this so I can enjoy these tales from "cover-to-cover". Thank you, Tony. Much appreciated.

  • @EricDaMAJ
    @EricDaMAJ 24 дня назад +3

    Truly one of Lovecraft’s best stories.

  • @agnieszkaswietlik5322
    @agnieszkaswietlik5322 24 дня назад +22

    I am delighted that it was the Polish witch Kazia who introduced the hero (and possibly Lovecraft himself) to this universe of another dimensions. Greetings from Poland.

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  24 дня назад +3

      It’s actually a very Polish story 🇵🇱

    • @IlyaLevinsky
      @IlyaLevinsky 24 дня назад +3

      Just have realised it's Kasia, short from Katarzyna

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  24 дня назад +2

      @@IlyaLevinsky most of the characters are Polish i think

  • @donaldmccleary9015
    @donaldmccleary9015 24 дня назад +3

    Gonna get into this later. Finished Japer earlier, finishing up another Tony story I am in the middle of, and then putting this gem on.
    Thanks! This is one of the greats!

  • @suzannechance5876
    @suzannechance5876 24 дня назад +2

    Love your voice, the tone and timber, your precise enunciation, subtle pauses, pacing. However....I do have the oddest dreams if I fall asleep while listening. Tonight it feels appropriate.

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  24 дня назад

      let me know what you dreamed of !

  • @WhiteRabbitAnne
    @WhiteRabbitAnne 24 дня назад +9

    A very happy Halloween to all 🎃👻🦇🎃☠️

  • @carolrios9216
    @carolrios9216 24 дня назад +2

    Generally I am not a Lovecraft fan, but because it's you, Tony, I'll try to give it a listen. I have a suggestion, if you MUST do Lovecraft, I like The Picture in the House.

  • @jamesblahut5008
    @jamesblahut5008 24 дня назад +1

    Thanks, Tony! I love this story. I recently read The Hound and I think it is my favorite H.P. Lovecraft tale. It has a Baudelaire vibe.

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  24 дня назад

      It does. It is tres gothique (my autocorrect made that it is tres hottie . I changed it back )

  • @edf777
    @edf777 24 дня назад +2

    Thank you sir 😊❤

  • @petere5826
    @petere5826 24 дня назад +13

    Dreams in The Witch House one of HPLs best . (His best of course has something to do with some painter from Boston) Did you know that one of the Elder Things from “ATMOM”. (My 2nd fave story) makes an appearance as a statue in Dreams.

    • @donaldmccleary9015
      @donaldmccleary9015 24 дня назад +1

      Yup. Elder Thing cameo!!

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  22 дня назад

      Pickman's Model? drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Dcpu4nq1Ilv_Dvf-HfosjzPmA13Z2LWY?usp=sharing

  • @kytyrx
    @kytyrx 16 дней назад

    Great story and reading. I also listen to Ian, but really like the history you give after reading.

  • @SashaIsAFox
    @SashaIsAFox 19 дней назад

    One of my favorite Lovecraft stories!

  • @SMichaelDeHart
    @SMichaelDeHart 19 дней назад

    Mr. Tony, now that story was wickedly weird and horrifying!! I had never heard or read this story.
    I kept getting a chuckle everytime he said that a "nerve specialist was needed." Too late now!!
    Excellent narration, as usual!!
    I hope that you and yours had a wonderfully weird and happy Halloween!!

  • @missmouse20
    @missmouse20 21 день назад

    I enjoyed this immensely. As the story progressed, it morphed into a twisted, horrifying tale. I also loved that it was a longer story. A++++++

  • @allysonlewis1576
    @allysonlewis1576 18 дней назад

    OMG Tony you have outdone yourself. I know this is fictional - but wasn’t Elwood a good friend. Poor Gilmore - (hope I’ve got the name correct) I knew it wouldn’t end well. Brilliantly read. Absolutely first class. Thank you so much.

  • @Aquarius_Yaya420
    @Aquarius_Yaya420 24 дня назад +2

    Ty what an end to Halloween listening to this 🎃👻🩶

  • @johnlangis9313
    @johnlangis9313 11 дней назад

    Amazing! Thank you so much!

  • @WhiteRabbitAnne
    @WhiteRabbitAnne 24 дня назад +3

    I love Lovecraft's ornate prose. I don't know what that says about me. But then again one of my prized possessions is a thesaurus so there you go.
    My mom was a nurse who spoke of everything in its Greek or Latin nomenclature, medicine, animals, plants. So maybe it's heritary! 😂

  • @lisap.1826
    @lisap.1826 18 дней назад

    Keep up the good work ❤!

  • @tammyb8742
    @tammyb8742 24 дня назад +1

    great story!

  • @amandine512
    @amandine512 24 дня назад +2

    Oh goodie!

  • @brianthesnail5452
    @brianthesnail5452 24 дня назад +3

    Did he just say he’s tossing on the iron bed ? 😳

  • @liquidskin5359
    @liquidskin5359 23 дня назад

    Thank you for this

  • @veronicacobb8691
    @veronicacobb8691 24 дня назад +1

    Thank you so much and happy Halloween! I enjoyed the story and your desert ation afterwards. 👽🦇🧟🎃🧚‍♂️🌕🪦🧡💀⚰️👻

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  22 дня назад

      Same to you! I notice the pumkins have been thrown out and the Christmas decorations are up today.

  • @XthegreatwhyX
    @XthegreatwhyX 21 день назад

    I have had it with these downward slanting ceilings and these inward slanting walls!

  • @houseofvanity8
    @houseofvanity8 25 дней назад +4

    ❤❤❤

  • @Andrew-if3sd
    @Andrew-if3sd 23 дня назад +2

    Darting little furry object 💓cute...& small furry things😊!

  • @NoWheyHombre
    @NoWheyHombre 20 дней назад

    I enjoyed the debrief on this one

  • @missmouse20
    @missmouse20 23 дня назад +1

    LOVECRAFT!! ❤❤❤

  • @AlgorithmEngagementEntity
    @AlgorithmEngagementEntity 24 дня назад +2

    Cuddles from Brown Jenkin

  • @deborahlester4018
    @deborahlester4018 22 дня назад +1

    Do the British pronounce Haverhill as it is spelled? My Boston relatives once sent me on an errand, with directions to take the Avril (by pronunciation) exit. After driving up and down the freeway, I stopped to ask and the kind person who helped wrote Haverhill, with the explanation that Bostonians used the English pronunciation. Tony threw me for a loop saying it as it is spelled!

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  22 дня назад

      I don't know the place. Haverhill means barley hill and sounds like a northern name as haver is Scandinvian. It could be hayver hill or havver hill I spose

    • @deborahlester4018
      @deborahlester4018 22 дня назад

      @ClassicGhost I never questioned it because of Beauchamp/Beecham, Taliaferro/ Toliver, and the like. I just think it's funny if they think they're sounding British and they aren't.

    • @deborahlester4018
      @deborahlester4018 22 дня назад

      @ClassicGhost I should add that I grew up in a place where Notres is pronounced No Trees and Grauwyler is Garwheeler. Texans refuse to pronounce anything "foreign".

    • @laurencercone3199
      @laurencercone3199 17 дней назад

      Erstwhile Bostonian here. Haverhill is pronounced HAY-vrill.

    • @deborahlester4018
      @deborahlester4018 17 дней назад

      @laurencercone3199 Thank you! Maybe my hearing was already going. I'd have sworn they dropped the haitch. I drove around for ages...

  • @sayrewilkin-dalby619
    @sayrewilkin-dalby619 13 дней назад

    I wonder if HP realized that most rat's paws are pretty human hand like

  • @josephsmith6777
    @josephsmith6777 9 дней назад

    Have ra hill is how that small Massachusetts town is pronounced

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  9 дней назад

      +@josephsmith6777 thank you . It was a false friend in that there’s a place near where I live called Haverigg and that is pronounced have a rig

  • @josephsmith6777
    @josephsmith6777 9 дней назад

    Lovecraft must have been from Massachusetts he always uses towns and other geography from the state

  • @jessicaredfern7867
    @jessicaredfern7867 21 день назад

    I want to make a suggestion. This is strictly personal preference, so it's not meant to be offensive, so I apologize in advance if it comes off that way. Perhaps if you slowed down the cadence of your speech when you begin telling the story, it might be more dramatic and pleasing to the ear. Good luck! 😊

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  21 день назад +1

      Thank you for your suggestion and the kind way you phrase it. I think I'm too set in my ways for this now. It's like Spaghetti Carbonara. Many don't like it, some do. If you like it you pick it, if you don't, you don't. I don't as it turns out. Thank you again for taking the time to say something in a positive way, but realistically, I'm not going to change.

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  21 день назад +2

      I should also say that if you read the comments you see that people comment I talk too slow and that it's better at 1.25 speed, while others say I talk to fast and slow it to 0.75. People just have different preferences.

    • @jessicaredfern7867
      @jessicaredfern7867 21 день назад

      @ClassicGhost Yeah it's likely just me.

  • @Skriggler
    @Skriggler 24 дня назад

    Need to start uploading in 720 or 1080p for sound quality and less audio compression,this is horrible on ears. Great voice though

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  24 дня назад +1

      So, I have been told that picture resolution officially has no impact on sound quality according to RUclips. I shelled out in a recording studio for this! This was professionally recorded and edited. But you think it's not as good as my normal stuff? My patreons had an early listen and they thought it was good. What's the sound issue in your view? Sincereley interested

  • @ering7530
    @ering7530 11 дней назад

    You mispronounced Haverhill

    • @ClassicGhost
      @ClassicGhost  11 дней назад

      is that all you’ve gotta say after all that work I put in?

  • @leebennett1821
    @leebennett1821 17 дней назад

    There is an Role-playing game inspired by the Works of H P Lovecraft

  • @Tipi_Dan
    @Tipi_Dan 4 дня назад

    I have read nearly everything written by Lovecraft over the course my life, but by now I consider his vocabulary so obscure and contrived as to be absolutely comical.
    It detracts from the story, and it negates his "mythos". And not just today, as our language and vocabularies continue to degrade. It detracted from the stories at the time they were published. I burst out laughing several times while you were narrating. "Eldritch" indeed.