"Wailing Well" by M. R. James / A HorrorBabble Production

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

Комментарии • 67

  • @michaelpdawson
    @michaelpdawson 3 года назад +12

    This reading omits the major and minor designations for the Judkins brothers that appear in the original text (abbreviated as Judkins ma. and Judkins mi.). We're left to assume that every mention of Judkins refers to Stanley, which makes the ending very confusing.

  • @TheLightofAniu
    @TheLightofAniu 6 лет назад +22

    This is literally the scariest story I have read of MR James. I shudder and retreat into myself when I read it, and anywhere I see a tuft of tree and bush on a walk, I hastily speed up to get away should I see those swaying shapes between the trees.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  6 лет назад +7

      It is a particularly creepy one!

    • @TheLightofAniu
      @TheLightofAniu 6 лет назад +5

      HorrorBabble ooh creepy ain’t the word for it!! Downright terrifying! I remember hearing how James read this story aloud to a group of Boy Scouts and how they trembled and passed a sleepless night afterwards.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  6 лет назад +4

      What an experience that must have been.

    • @donaldmccleary9015
      @donaldmccleary9015 Год назад

      ​@TheLightofAniu now that is awesome!

    • @donaldmccleary9015
      @donaldmccleary9015 Год назад

      ​@HorrorBabble I can guarantee nobody slept that night.

  • @AafkeArt
    @AafkeArt 6 лет назад +10

    One of my favorite M R James stories. It starts in a warm sunny day with kids humour, and slides smoothly and inexorably into pure horror. It's still daylight but the sun is cold and being able to see what's coming makes it worse...
    Great reading!

  • @tekelupharsin4426
    @tekelupharsin4426 3 года назад +3

    10:57 I love the double dubbing you did there to make it sound like they both said the same thing at the same time. Little details like that really make the story come to life.

  • @mikestanmore2614
    @mikestanmore2614 6 лет назад +7

    I love this story, it strikes me as proof of Montague's black sense of humour - especially the 'lifesaving competition'. It always reminds me of Ripping Yarns' Tomkinson's School Days.
    An excellent choice and well read as always, Ian.

    • @AafkeArt
      @AafkeArt 6 лет назад +2

      I think he actually wrote this story for a boys scout troop.

    • @mikestanmore2614
      @mikestanmore2614 6 лет назад +1

      @@AafkeArt That would certainly make sense!

    • @bradhogue2029
      @bradhogue2029 3 года назад +1

      This is one of my favorite stories from James. And oddly just this past weekend I watched the first episode of Ripping Yarns for the first time.

  • @Julian-bq9qv
    @Julian-bq9qv 5 лет назад +4

    *THIS, good sir, is as frightening as any I have heard!!! Outstanding!!! Thank you!*

  • @CyanBlackflower
    @CyanBlackflower 5 лет назад +5

    Ian Gordon - Excellent Narrator.

  • @williamfawkes8379
    @williamfawkes8379 6 лет назад +8

    Never heard that one before, and Boy Scouts, quite good. I see you've overdubbed your voice in this one, nice effect, for simultaneous speech by the pair of boys. Thanks much for the tale, and I wish you well in your endeavors.

  • @GodOfPlague
    @GodOfPlague 4 года назад +15

    The man who ended the life saving competition should have won the badge for the life saving competition.

  • @rneustel388
    @rneustel388 3 года назад +1

    This has always been one of my favorite stories, and I’ve never had much sympathy for Stanley Judkins, who is the typical school bully and miscreant. Great reading, as always!

  • @jamiecameron7615
    @jamiecameron7615 6 лет назад +5

    Brilliant, thank you very much for this treat!!!

  • @donaldmccleary9015
    @donaldmccleary9015 Год назад

    This is a great story and narration! This tale went from hilarious to absolutely terrifying in a heartbeat. Well done "Monty". The Turn of the Screw puts me to sleep every time I read it; this story is the polar opposite.
    I chuckled at what the leaders said about Stanley Judkins. 15:08
    Thank God they did not have the survival competition when I was a scout. Hands and feet tied together....hog-tied and thrown into a lake while the person who is to save you fakes a cramp and falls down.
    Well done, Ian! I am listening to this again tomorrow.

  • @jimjohhnston9992
    @jimjohhnston9992 6 лет назад +4

    I was member of the By Scouts , back in the day and , as such attended many Jamborees and camp outs where I ran across a couple Stanly Judkins and a whole troop of Arthur Wilcox s

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  6 лет назад +1

      I hope you avoided wailing wells, Jim!

  • @olafisashark5105
    @olafisashark5105 6 лет назад +3

    Worst nightmare ever. Gave me chills. Too spooky.

  • @johnoliva5153
    @johnoliva5153 6 лет назад +3

    Wonderful.Excellent as always.I love your work.Please continue.

  • @nicolehandy690
    @nicolehandy690 5 лет назад +3

    Ian Gordon, I simply cannot live without your sweet honey 🍯 voice lulling me to sleep every night.

    • @gohboy56
      @gohboy56 3 года назад +1

      O my, Mr Gordon...sweet, honey voice? Well really!! 🤣🤣

  • @steff.7028
    @steff.7028 6 лет назад +6

    Thanks for the video!

  • @bluegreenglue6565
    @bluegreenglue6565 3 года назад

    Excellent blend of wit and horror! Loved it.

  • @bittybitty8233
    @bittybitty8233 6 лет назад +2

    I love M.R.JAMES !!! TYSM for this unexpected upload , dearest ian & jen !! I'm so happy, not well today. So grateful for this while I rest...💖

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  6 лет назад +2

      I'm sorry to hear you're not well KB - best wishes from Jennifer and me! Take it easy - grab a warm drink and hibernate. :)

    • @bittybitty8233
      @bittybitty8233 6 лет назад +2

      @@HorrorBabble ; )

  • @HorrorBabble
    @HorrorBabble  6 лет назад

    The Ghost Stories of M. R. James
    Episode 6: Wailing Well
    The story tells of an abandoned well in the English countryside. Who, or what, dwells within?
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  • @soulreaver1983
    @soulreaver1983 4 года назад +1

    This story was really good! Thanks for uploading it!☺

  • @JamesMC04
    @JamesMC04 5 лет назад

    This is the one M. R. James story I find eerie, but not alarming. It’s too good-humoured.

    • @cnkclark
      @cnkclark 2 года назад

      At least until murderous skeletons bleed a boy dry and add him to their pack of ghosts. 😬💀

  • @mrs.cracker4622
    @mrs.cracker4622 3 года назад

    Wonderful story and narration! Many thanks!

  • @Nyctophora
    @Nyctophora 5 лет назад +1

    Such a good story. Thank you!

  • @Bbergster
    @Bbergster 5 лет назад +2

    "what the duce? Young ass!" You're the man, Ian :>) Love when u do kid's voices. Nothing good in the brambles, eh? Totally obsessed with your readings. Keep on doing cthulhu's good work!

  • @Kitcat363
    @Kitcat363 8 месяцев назад

    Thankyou for this.😊

  • @markvickers2607
    @markvickers2607 6 лет назад +2

    Excellent tale, excellently read 😀👍

  • @RelativelyBest
    @RelativelyBest Год назад

    Oh hey, I've actually read this one in an actual book, long time ago.
    "That boy is the most infernal nuisance ever invented." Heh, now there's a new favorite insult. James has a certain way with words I rather like, I should look up more of his stories.

  • @baruchben-david4196
    @baruchben-david4196 5 лет назад +5

    In five lifesaving competitions, only four boys succumbed? I guess the parents might be unpleasant about that...
    I have to admit, the first time I heard this, I completely missed the humor...

  • @Self-replicating_whatnot
    @Self-replicating_whatnot 4 года назад +2

    Trees that can't be dented with an axe and fire that won't start when it supposed to is far scarier than some random-ass ghosts.

    • @cnkclark
      @cnkclark 3 года назад

      Time for bulldozers and carpet bombing.

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 3 года назад

      @@cnkclark "If the brute force isn't working - you are not using enough of it"

  • @austencobine864
    @austencobine864 6 лет назад +3

    Vampire like ghosts and the boy should have listened like Brazai, "The Wise" for both lacked wisdom.

  • @rooinmaggot1892
    @rooinmaggot1892 3 года назад

    It baffles me that 13k people have listened to this but less than 500 people rated it with either a thumbs up or down.

  • @Nyctophora
    @Nyctophora 4 года назад

    Horrific. Well done Sir.

  • @captainbadd
    @captainbadd 5 лет назад +3

    *Spoiler
    I'm a little slow on the uptake: did Judkins trick Wilcox into going to the well?

    • @CountingHouse
      @CountingHouse 3 года назад

      The ending is enigmatic. I'd like to know why you think that may be the case?

    • @michaelpdawson
      @michaelpdawson 3 года назад +3

      No, there are two Judkins brothers, who are roommates at the school. This reader omits the references to "Judkins ma." and Judkins mi." (for major and minor, meaning older and younger) that appear in the original text. The Judkins who goes to the well is the older brother; the one mentioned at the very end is Judkins mi.

    • @gohboy56
      @gohboy56 3 года назад

      @ Michael Judson. Thanks for clarifying the omission about 2 brothers. I must confess that originally I was puzzled by the mention of Judkins towards the end, since it was obvious that Stanley Judkins had got what persons like him often deserve😆

  • @wyominghome4857
    @wyominghome4857 2 года назад

    A very different kind of story from M.R. James.

  • @johnblack8872
    @johnblack8872 2 года назад

    Seems like a lot of characters are named after horror writers. Hope = william hope hogeson etc

  • @andrewfreeman9437
    @andrewfreeman9437 2 года назад +1

    "In the 18th century..."
    No. Try again.

    • @austina701
      @austina701 2 года назад

      Yes, that made the entire first half of the story very hard to picture until I pretended I misheard what he had said

    • @JonFrumTheFirst
      @JonFrumTheFirst Год назад

      I had to check to see if anyone else had caught it.

  • @dennisdanielson5561
    @dennisdanielson5561 2 года назад

    I'm like # 666 haha!

  • @tikkidaddy
    @tikkidaddy 6 лет назад +11

    Too deep a subject for shallow minds😃😃 good one

    • @BABADOOK726
      @BABADOOK726 3 года назад

      @mark burress think too high of ourselves? Just an observation from us of the shallow minds