This is the 2016 recording of TSoI, which was originally divided into 10 parts and presented over 10 weeks in collaboration with Rue Morgue. 2024 recording: ruclips.net/video/3793kxWj7DE/видео.html
Traveler: "Can you tell me about Innsmouth?" Agent: "We don't talk much about Innsmouth... but here's me dunking on Innsmouth until the air runs out of my lungs."
Actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård did a wonderful reading, but I can't find it online, and it's in Swedish. I remember his reading of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" gave me nightmares as a kid. I can still recall the creepy feeling.
What I love about this story is that My hometown is the only small town in-between Newburyport, Ipswich, and rowley in Massachusetts. The town is not called innsmouth but the description of the town matches how I feel every time I have to go back to visit anyone.
HorrorBabble the name of the town is Byfield, no stop lights, one convenience store, one restaurant, no drive throughs, no police station, surrounded by marshlands and the locals have a habit of knowing exactly when someone knew is in town. Most people pass through it with out ever knowing they were there.
@@mru76 Supposedly Lovecraft used Newburyport for his inspiration, but the location of Innsmouth, according to the novel, was south of Plum Island and north of Cape Ann. Rowley is supposedly to the Northwest of it and Ipswich is nearby. That puts it right where the southern Great Marshes are, maybe in the sea...
Station clerk: I never noticed anything strange about innsmouth folk... Also station clerk: they all have scabby skin, creased necks, and bald very young.
I love this book and I think this is a really good audiobook of it. As a side note, I cannot stop thinking of the Fishing Hamlet in Bloodborne's The Old Hunters DLC whenever Lovecraft describes the town of Innsmouth.
The Fishing Hamlet is a wonderful compliment to this story tbh. If you could find a video of something slowly walking through the Fishing Hamlet while this audio book plays would be the best
Was just playing Bloodborne today. Anytime i play it, i always listen to Lovecraft books (partially because they fit so perfectly, but also because the game has almost no BGM)
Are there any hearing impaired people that would read the captions on an audiobook version of a book they could otherwise just read the text of? Not a joke question I’m honestly curious if people find anything to gain from “following along” instead of setting your own pace.
@@refoliation If you're still curious, I'm not hearing impaired but I actually do like to use both sometimes, especially if what I'm reading is difficult or for work or school. I absorb audio much better than text, but having captions or a print version handy helps me stay focused or compensates for any audio processing issues. I'm a literature student, so I like doubling up with certain classics--particularly elevated or purple prose and my ADHD brain do not mix well!
Born up the road from Herman Melville's home/farm, with nearly every teacher from our public schools a 'naturalist-spiritualist/Wiccan(less openly) gardeners & hunters & herbalists & writers & occultist -all hikers'- ye olde Appalachian Trail trails through ...& Mr.Stephen King & 🎼Gutherie 🎸family & Mike Tyson's birth place & the city of ol' Salem & HPL's haunts & Mr Crowley's temp. abode... 🍻🌄 It is one of those special areas on our globe😁 *Western Mass. area, Berkshire County-area where 4 states kind of meet-Vt -Ct to NY-Mass =20mins drive from farthest state in Berkshire County Mass. One of the highest rates of cancer in USA Thanks, in part, to General Electric's PCBs 📈🐸 🏔Mt Washington in New Hampshire, New England has a wind speed high 231 mph... One of the highest recorded..anywhere..on Earth..ever..🦞🍻📜
I've lost track of how many times I've listened to this story. This has to be one of your best reads ever Ian. If you put anymore of yourself into that escape from town we would feel the pounding of the guy's heart. Truly a masterpiece read by a master
The background ambience and noises make this one of the best audiobooks of all time, the immersion in this one is indescribable, this is pure brilliance.
One of my favorites. The sense of creepiness, isolation and dread builds slowly but inexorably until you feel trapped like a fly in amber in this nightmare “town”. Lovecraft is an amazing storyteller. Here, and in The Dunwich Horror, he is superb.
I'd like to share my story with you about how I discovered H.P.Lovecraft for myself. Back in 1999 I lived in a small village located in the far North-East of Russia. (there was no internet and no television). One day, I went to my Grandfather's house. After a good meal I went to explore the grounds. I spent some time exploring and stumbled upon an old storehouse behind the overgrown garden. Nobody had used it for years, and with the burning curiosity of an explorer I decided to check it out. I entered through the broken window on the back side by climbing onto the empty barrels. Inside were old cardboard boxes and dirty clothes. After digging through all of that I found a peculiar notebook on the shelf beneath the window I’d entered. The notebook was large and heavy, and it was made in Soviet style. The state of it was far from decent: the front cover was completely destroyed, all pages were soaked in rain, and they’d been detached from the cover and put back together at random. The reason I drew attention to this notebook was that it was written with an ink pen in a very delicate and scrupulous way. Secondly, the penwork was beautiful--there were sketches of panoramas, buildings and creepy looking monsters. I sat there reading this story and putting pages back together one by one for hours. When it started to get dark, I took the notebook and left. The road home was long, and after reading the horror story I was a little bit concerned. To get back home I had to cross the bridge and go through the dark forest next to the river. I got scared because I didn’t know if the story was true or not. All that time spent reading it gave me the feeling I was reading someone's diary. And with my lack of knowledge about the existence of foreign lands, words like "Washington square" or "Arkham" didn't make any sense to me. But they added to my horror even more. But after a spooky stroll I got back home. Back then my parents were going to a university in the city, so I lived alone with my brother. The house was empty, so I headed upstairs to the room my brother and I shared and continued reading, my fear growing. To my luck, a black out suddenly left me in the dark. I had to grab candles from the kitchen. After that traumatizing experience I got back and locked my door. I sat on my bed trying to sleep. My curiosity, however, took over me and I continued reading. When I had almost reached the end I realized that the last pages were missing. I spent some time trying to make sense of words from the notebook before becoming dead tired and going to sleep, but not without a very heavy feeling of pure fright, as if that story happened for real. Later that night I woke up to creaking sounds coming from the stairs (just like in the story!). Soon after someone tried to open my door (JUST LIKE IN THE STORY!!!). I got so scared that I couldn't even move. I just stared at the door, paralyzed with horror. I lived next to the river side so my imagination was running wild with all the possibilities of who or what it might be. After a few attempts to unlock my door the unknown person gave up, headed downstairs, and disappeared. And there I was, lying in the bed, frozen in desperation and pure horror. Anxiety took over me, and I silently cried, expecting to die that very night. The sound of the river and wind was exceptionally louder than usual, so I couldn't sleep at all. The next morning at dawn, I found the courage within myself to go downstairs very cautiously, just to find my stupid brother sleeping in the couch with his stupid portable SONY cassette player plugging his stupid ears. This jerk unintentionally scared the living crap out of me for life. Later that day, I went back to my Grandfather’s place in search of missing pages but unsuccessfully. I tried to get some information about the notebook from him. He told me that he got it from his friend who copied (and possibly translated) the original book back in 1960-70s. Alas, he had never read it himself. He then suggested I continue my search in the local library. To my disappointment, the old librarian there didn't know nothing about it, but she told me that it's most likely a foreign novel and suggested to try my luck in the city. So I waited for months to travel there with my parents. When I finally got there, I was greeted by rude librarians who ignored me. So, I explored the library until I stumbled upon a foreign horror section. There I finally found it. "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," the title read. Innsmouth! That was the name of the city in the story. Interestingly for me it was translated and spelled differently. I search for the author and there it was--H.P.Lovecraft. I took from that library all of his works and I never gave them back. The whole experience and immersion is imprinted in my brain until this very day. I’ve read them countless times and I’ve played all cardboard games and video games related to his works. Despite countless nightmares and fears of deep waters because of it, I say it was worth it!
I liked the older Call of Cthulhu game with the Innsmouth theme (Dark Corners of the Earth). There’s an extremely challenging part where you have to escape from the hotel as in the story, and it’s done quite well. It’s tense and scary. I would guess you’ve played that, right? Maybe the best Lovecraft game. The recent Call of Cthulhu game didn’t do much for me. The Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game is published by Chaosium, and weekly on Fridays they have a group of talented Australians playing campaigns on Twitch. I try to catch that when i have time; also their videos are archived on Chaosium’s RUclips channel.
Yet another narration masterpiece. You really brought this creepy story alive and this is probably my 7th or 8th time listening. I challenge anyone listening to this to try reading Lovecraft aloud. It’ll make you appreciate Ian even more. It is particularly challenging, and this is the narration equivalent to linear algebra. The archaic words, the sentence structure, the paragraph-long sentences etc. This is no easy task.
Woke at 3 A.M then I decided to listen to this and by God did it affect my dreams. I was in the part where the youth was controlled by some potions and a tiara or something and like literally, it was light sleep and I dreamt about it from every detail. Still listening to your vids tho.
Beautiful! This takes me back to Oblivion's quest 'Shadow over Dirthack', which has a similar story. That was the first time I got to know Lovecraft, around 2006.
I had the opposite reaction - because I already knew Shadow Over Innsmouth, I was disappointed by the lack of fish people in the quest, or creature-transformation in general.
@@garrick3727 I mean, it’s just a quest inspired by the book. Doesn’t mean they necessarily have to include every element. I thought they did pretty well with it. I was rightly freaked out of my underwear as a kid stumbling upon that town.
I´m obsessed with this story, I read it, I'd say, several times a year... I don't know what it is with it, the way he describes the places, the people, the feelings of horror... they're worth more than any image. I just know would surely visit Innsmouth
“Zadok was really screaming now, and the mad frenzy of his voice disturbed me more than I care to own.” Zadok proceeds to speak in the exact same tone and volume.😂😂
This is my favorite reader of this story by far! I've been wanting to listen to this story but it was so hard to find someone who was actually pleasant to listen to. This is amazing 😊❤️
You sir are amazing. My great grandpa used to read these books to me as a child at bedtime. It kind of formulated a bit of a horror obsession in me. I do own a copy of the complete Lovecraft stories. The voice work in this story is spot on. TL;DR: horror perfection.
Good narration.. nicely modulated. Bizarre fact bout Lovecraft.Even though he lived in a predominantly maritime part of new England,he was terrified of fish.He would leave the restaurant if someone even ordered fish.He also really was afraid of strangers.You can hear it in his verbosity.I grew up reading these stories.He created an entire myth cycle that inspired so many later authors.In the old testament,the temple that Samson brought down,was the temple of dagon.The old guy has been around a long time
? Why are you saying the word content? Why don’t you just say what you’re referring to? Why use the word content at all people over use this word it’s ridiculous. It’s not content. It’s a video or an audiobook. However, you want to refer to it. Why call it content
@ that was the best word 6 years ago and that rings true so loudly today you got mad at me for being so based. Get dunked on by the version of me that was 14
This is one of my favorite Lovecraft stories. Great job both Ian and Jen. Really held my interest. I've read it two or three times, but it really gains intensity when listening to it read aloud.
I think this is my most listened to of all Horrorbabble videos. My go to is At the mountains of madness but it’s a long old listen and this particular story just gives me the ‘other side of reality’ shot I often need.
Here it is July 2021 and I have just listened to my first Lovecraft. It will definitely not be my last! Am awed and fascinated by all the fans and their comments. Thank you HorrorBabble!!!!!!
This will be my tenth story iv found and listened to here with HorrorBable both myself and my wife love the range of the stories told and like I've stated we've only herd ten or so tales. But job of the Narator marvelous job 👏🙌👌 we are very happy with such goodness in such horrible tales
I am actually proud of this tale. Instead of the main character shying away from his heritage he embraces it. Not many horror stories have such a happy ending like this one and I am glad that I took the time to listen to it.
Old age as a human doesn’t seem that great. More relevant to Lovecraft however is the need to cherish human virtues falls away with the change. He saves his cousin from a terrible fate and goes to hang out with his grandma. Happy from a Deep One perspective anyway.
One of my favourite stories ever since playing Dark Corners of the Earth. I'm glad Jennifer Gill wasn't replaced as Zadok. She was fantastic - and it's nice that Ian Gordon, despite his incredible voice, doesn't have to talk to himself all the time lol
it's amazing how interesting the story sounds when you read it, even in parts that boil to "hey what's the cheapest bus?" *drops every rumor and lore piece ever*
Great job, Ian and Jennifer. Thank you so much for narrating one of my top ten stories! This is an excellent narration of one of my favorite stories. This story is fabulously written. I find myself drawn into it every time I read or listen to it. This story's description of Innsmouth is amazing. The book has no pictures or drawings (some include a map), but such detail is given that the reader gets an excellent picture of what the town looks like. The descriptions in the book are reminiscent of old seaport towns in New England. Finally, Zadok Allen is the best "NPC" ever. His is awesome and hilarious. His lifelong resistance is classic! Jennifer's narration of his words is awesome! Fantastic narration of a timeless classic! Looking forward to more!
This is by far my *favorite* Lovecraft story! I’ve listened to this video wayyy more times than I can count. I’m sure many of your other subscribers will agree when I say your voice has truly become the voice of not just Lovecraft, but so many incredible stories many of us likely would not have heard had you not introduced them on your channel. Thank you for bringing so many fantastic stories to life for all of us! And for taking us on journeys through your own works! You’re a fantastic narrator and writer, and Jennifer does an amazing job as well, you both work so well together and she will always be the voice of Zadok for me hands down!! ❤
i think it's meant to be like he wrote down the answers to his questions (as he was a researcher), but didn't write down the actual questions, which makes it sound like the most ginormous monologue.
A truly exceptional reading of what may be Lovecraft’s most significant work. The final theme of accepting who you are and finding value in it goes far beyond the scope of an ordinary horror tale, and it marks the author as the master he was. Thank you many times over for such a fine rendition!
With all the social distancing going on I thought I'd give this old classic a re-listen. After all, seems fitting, now this is a place where you would definitely " want" to social distance yourself, lol. Just a little humor in this troubled time. But again, thanks horrorbabble, you have made this week a whole lot better in so many ways, you guys have completely ruined me for any other narrator, especially involving Lovecraft tales and stories, be safe out there ian and Jen! And as always keep up the good work.
It's a classic! That video game from the 2000s "Dark Corners of the Earth" something-rather was based on it, movies are based on it, it's inspired plenty of other great stories, but this. Is. It. Thanks so much HorrorBabble, you guys have great taste and have been giving us so much great stuff to listen to! Thanks to you, I finally got to hear Arthur Machen, who Lovecraft was inspired, and Lovecraft is the Grandfather of American Horror Literature, everybody steals from Lovecraft lol. I wish I'd found out about your channel a long time ago, this is quality entertainment, not the cheap nothing that pervades literature, movies, other forms of art these days. Many thanks!
Omg. Drunk and listenin to this again, fer the several hundreth time. Enthralled by the story an then Zedok Allen starts talking. Lips curl at the corners and every happy spot in my brain lights up. My heart swells and almost bursts in my chest at how amazing this reading is. This is on par with Peter O'toole in Man of La Mancha. One of the most amazing works ever done. I will never get tired of listnen to this. Thank you so much =). One of the very few joys I find in life.
This, What the moon brings and Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath..."Who's vile hooves must paw the hellish ooze miles below...I SHRIEKED AND SHRIEKED!" "and the priests shook their pshent-bearing heads"
It’s beginning to look a lot like Innsmouth. Everywhere you go There’s a plot in the Gill Hotel, smelling of fish as well The bug eyed ones that don’t want you to know.
Horrorbabble here just knocks these tales out of the park. So lucky to have found this page where they have so many renditions of great books. Anyway.. work nights so I listen at work then falling asleep at hone. Let's curl up and go on a trip to Innsmouth lol..night
I've listened to this a few times since it's original recording and I think Jennifer's performance grew on me quite a bit. I always liked the accent she puts on, it's a highlight of the story!
There’s definitely going to be a “Zadok” in the Saltmarsh Dnd campaign I’m running. Here from Slyflourish to get some ideas for good imagery and the bits from 53:00 to about 56:00 is all gold. As well as Zadoks entire tale. Leaving this video a new Lovecraft fan!
A few years ago I played in a Call of Chthulhu RPG and the Deep Ones/fish people were the villains of the campaign. At one point, one of the group took down one of the fishmen by punching it in the neck, and "Gill Punching" became a running joke in our group for a while.
I absolutely love Lovecraft’s prose and his creativity with entire concepts. I mean, this stuff is from the 1930’s and it reads like modern eloquent work! He was certainly ahead of his time
This is the 2016 recording of TSoI, which was originally divided into 10 parts and presented over 10 weeks in collaboration with Rue Morgue.
2024 recording: ruclips.net/video/3793kxWj7DE/видео.html
Traveler: "Can you tell me about Innsmouth?"
Agent: "We don't talk much about Innsmouth... but here's me dunking on Innsmouth until the air runs out of my lungs."
Sat here laughing about this for 5 straight minutes
😂
We don't talk about Innsmoooooouth, We don't talk about Innsmouth no no.
I come back and listen to this once or twice a year. Nobody has ever done Lovecraft justice like Horrorbabble. Superb.
I would argue that Chilling Tales for Dark Nights is definitely better
I come back about the same amount each year also!
@@executioner_ecgbert884 Wane June is the best imo. Witch house media has a great The Haunter of the Dark reading. My favorite audio book of all time.
3 times a week.
Actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård did a wonderful reading, but I can't find it online, and it's in Swedish. I remember his reading of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" gave me nightmares as a kid. I can still recall the creepy feeling.
Your performance is better than a lot of people on Audible.
What I love about this story is that My hometown is the only small town in-between Newburyport, Ipswich, and rowley in Massachusetts. The town is not called innsmouth but the description of the town matches how I feel every time I have to go back to visit anyone.
That has to be pretty awesome - what's the name of the town?
HorrorBabble the name of the town is Byfield, no stop lights, one convenience store, one restaurant, no drive throughs, no police station, surrounded by marshlands and the locals have a habit of knowing exactly when someone knew is in town. Most people pass through it with out ever knowing they were there.
@@mru76 The next time I'm in Massachusetts, I'll be sure to pass through!
@@mru76 Supposedly Lovecraft used Newburyport for his inspiration, but the location of Innsmouth, according to the novel, was south of Plum Island and north of Cape Ann. Rowley is supposedly to the Northwest of it and Ipswich is nearby. That puts it right where the southern Great Marshes are, maybe in the sea...
I live not far in Gloucester, MA (Cape Anne)
This is absolutely canon to me. I don’t just mean the tale itself; no, but HorrorBabble’s narration itself OF the tale.
I listen to this recording at least once a month. One of my favorite Lovecraft stories.
Station clerk: I never noticed anything strange about innsmouth folk...
Also station clerk: they all have scabby skin, creased necks, and bald very young.
He is probably scared of drawing any attention to himself despite hispite his fear and discomfort
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The station clerk understands that Innsmouth livin' is hard livin' and so he doesn't think their less-than-usual appearance as strange.
@@notinspectorgadget good point !
@@kellysnyder2393 You're a loser ;)
He is being chased by fishmen and just jumped out a building but he has to slow down to be like 'dam that sea is beautiful '
#YOLO
Probably the early onset of the allure he'll feel towards it, being a fishman himself
@@Hellion6325 just what I was thinking...
“Ah! Venice!” -Dr. Henry Jones Jr.
Just Innsmouth Things.
Probably my favorite Lovecraft story
I love the ending!
Why is that?
mine too
This and The Dunwich Horror
Same here. When I read this the first time I was like, "OK, I get it."
I love this book and I think this is a really good audiobook of it. As a side note, I cannot stop thinking of the Fishing Hamlet in Bloodborne's The Old Hunters DLC whenever Lovecraft describes the town of Innsmouth.
The Fishing Hamlet is a wonderful compliment to this story tbh. If you could find a video of something slowly walking through the Fishing Hamlet while this audio book plays would be the best
Thats cause its whole design is an ode to live craft
Literally lovecraftian darksouls
Was just playing Bloodborne today. Anytime i play it, i always listen to Lovecraft books (partially because they fit so perfectly, but also because the game has almost no BGM)
Yes! Old Hunters is such a masterpiece
The narrator is AMAZING! How slowly he starts to lose it as the story escalates.
You uyho be😊 hi😊 III
You know your voice is posh and gentlemanly when auto-generated subtitles are actually accurate.
Are there any hearing impaired people that would read the captions on an audiobook version of a book they could otherwise just read the text of? Not a joke question I’m honestly curious if people find anything to gain from “following along” instead of setting your own pace.
Its crazy because ive seen over the years the youtube AI improve at transcription
@@refoliation If you're still curious, I'm not hearing impaired but I actually do like to use both sometimes, especially if what I'm reading is difficult or for work or school. I absorb audio much better than text, but having captions or a print version handy helps me stay focused or compensates for any audio processing issues. I'm a literature student, so I like doubling up with certain classics--particularly elevated or purple prose and my ADHD brain do not mix well!
Having lived in New England for nearly the last 3-years, I love going out and exploring the sites of where Lovecraft’s stories are based in.
Careful you don't stumble onto the Deep Ones or relics of the Great Old Ones.
Born up the road from Herman Melville's home/farm, with nearly every teacher from our public schools a
'naturalist-spiritualist/Wiccan(less openly) gardeners & hunters & herbalists & writers & occultist
-all hikers'- ye olde Appalachian Trail trails through ...& Mr.Stephen King & 🎼Gutherie 🎸family
& Mike Tyson's birth place & the city of ol' Salem & HPL's haunts & Mr Crowley's temp. abode...
🍻🌄 It is one of those special areas on our globe😁
*Western Mass. area, Berkshire County-area where 4 states
kind of meet-Vt -Ct to NY-Mass =20mins drive from farthest
state in Berkshire County Mass. One of the highest rates of cancer in USA
Thanks, in part, to General Electric's PCBs 📈🐸
🏔Mt Washington in New Hampshire, New England has a wind speed high 231 mph...
One of the highest recorded..anywhere..on Earth..ever..🦞🍻📜
The female voice actor is named Jennifer Gill, which doesn’t seem like a coincidence.
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Wish she had swam away and left the part of Zadok to a man
That's really funny!
That feeling I get when I search for H.P. Lovecraft and it is a Horror Babble production..... right in the feels.
I've lost track of how many times I've listened to this story. This has to be one of your best reads ever Ian. If you put anymore of yourself into that escape from town we would feel the pounding of the guy's heart. Truly a masterpiece read by a master
100% agreed!
I was legit on the edge of my seat the first time i read the escape scene. So good
How I would’ve loved to have RUclips when I was a kid to have a channel like this to spend hours listening to this stuff.
I love your voice, bro!
The background ambience and noises make this one of the best audiobooks of all time, the immersion in this one is indescribable, this is pure brilliance.
It feels like I’ve fallen into a whirlpool of lovecraftian design - I see / feel / smell the decay from the briney depths. Thank you Ian and Gill
Nothing like listening to Lovecraft while drinking tea and knitting.
I like your sense of humour, friend.
@@Robert_Douglass - I don't think it's a joke. Based on his channel, he really does like knitting. Which is cool beans. Lovecraft and knitting it is.
Ditto! I'm relaxing with a coffee in my houseclothes tonight, listening to this.
@@TheGoodCrusader not if youre knitting my friend
@@TheGoodCrusader lsd works too hell if you don’t go insane by seeing that
This is perhaps my favorite H P Lovecraft story. The ending is terrifying, the story is brilliant and I loved the narration.
By far his - HP's- most 'exciting😮' story.
First I heard from Lovecraft, have been completely hooked ever since!👍
One of my favorites. The sense of creepiness, isolation and dread builds slowly but inexorably until you feel trapped like a fly in amber in this nightmare “town”. Lovecraft is an amazing storyteller. Here, and in The Dunwich Horror, he is superb.
I'd like to share my story with you about how I discovered H.P.Lovecraft for myself.
Back in 1999 I lived in a small village located in the far North-East of Russia. (there was no internet and no television).
One day, I went to my Grandfather's house. After a good meal I went to explore the grounds. I spent some time exploring and stumbled upon an old storehouse behind the overgrown garden. Nobody had used it for years, and with the burning curiosity of an explorer I decided to check it out. I entered through the broken window on the back side by climbing onto the empty barrels. Inside were old cardboard boxes and dirty clothes. After digging through all of that I found a peculiar notebook on the shelf beneath the window I’d entered. The notebook was large and heavy, and it was made in Soviet style. The state of it was far from decent: the front cover was completely destroyed, all pages were soaked in rain, and they’d been detached from the cover and put back together at random. The reason I drew attention to this notebook was that it was written with an ink pen in a very delicate and scrupulous way. Secondly, the penwork was beautiful--there were sketches of panoramas, buildings and creepy looking monsters.
I sat there reading this story and putting pages back together one by one for hours. When it started to get dark, I took the notebook and left. The road home was long, and after reading the horror story I was a little bit concerned. To get back home I had to cross the bridge and go through the dark forest next to the river. I got scared because I didn’t know if the story was true or not. All that time spent reading it gave me the feeling I was reading someone's diary. And with my lack of knowledge about the existence of foreign lands, words like "Washington square" or "Arkham" didn't make any sense to me. But they added to my horror even more. But after a spooky stroll I got back home. Back then my parents were going to a university in the city, so I lived alone with my brother. The house was empty, so I headed upstairs to the room my brother and I shared and continued reading, my fear growing. To my luck, a black out suddenly left me in the dark. I had to grab candles from the kitchen. After that traumatizing experience I got back and locked my door. I sat on my bed trying to sleep. My curiosity, however, took over me and I continued reading. When I had almost reached the end I realized that the last pages were missing. I spent some time trying to make sense of words from the notebook before becoming dead tired and going to sleep, but not without a very heavy feeling of pure fright, as if that story happened for real.
Later that night I woke up to creaking sounds coming from the stairs (just like in the story!). Soon after someone tried to open my door (JUST LIKE IN THE STORY!!!). I got so scared that I couldn't even move. I just stared at the door, paralyzed with horror. I lived next to the river side so my imagination was running wild with all the possibilities of who or what it might be. After a few attempts to unlock my door the unknown person gave up, headed downstairs, and disappeared. And there I was, lying in the bed, frozen in desperation and pure horror. Anxiety took over me, and I silently cried, expecting to die that very night. The sound of the river and wind was exceptionally louder than usual, so I couldn't sleep at all.
The next morning at dawn, I found the courage within myself to go downstairs very cautiously, just to find my stupid brother sleeping in the couch with his stupid portable SONY cassette player plugging his stupid ears. This jerk unintentionally scared the living crap out of me for life. Later that day, I went back to my Grandfather’s place in search of missing pages but unsuccessfully. I tried to get some information about the notebook from him. He told me that he got it from his friend who copied (and possibly translated) the original book back in 1960-70s. Alas, he had never read it himself. He then suggested I continue my search in the local library. To my disappointment, the old librarian there didn't know nothing about it, but she told me that it's most likely a foreign novel and suggested to try my luck in the city. So I waited for months to travel there with my parents. When I finally got there, I was greeted by rude librarians who ignored me. So, I explored the library until I stumbled upon a foreign horror section. There I finally found it. "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," the title read. Innsmouth! That was the name of the city in the story. Interestingly for me it was translated and spelled differently. I search for the author and there it was--H.P.Lovecraft. I took from that library all of his works and I never gave them back. The whole experience and immersion is imprinted in my brain until this very day. I’ve read them countless times and I’ve played all cardboard games and video games related to his works. Despite countless nightmares and fears of deep waters because of it, I say it was worth it!
tl;dr OP stole a bunch of HP Lovecraft books from the local library
I liked the older Call of Cthulhu game with the Innsmouth theme (Dark Corners of the Earth). There’s an extremely challenging part where you have to escape from the hotel as in the story, and it’s done quite well. It’s tense and scary. I would guess you’ve played that, right? Maybe the best Lovecraft game. The recent Call of Cthulhu game didn’t do much for me.
The Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game is published by Chaosium, and weekly on Fridays they have a group of talented Australians playing campaigns on Twitch. I try to catch that when i have time; also their videos are archived on Chaosium’s RUclips channel.
No don't ...share it...godamit.
Awesome story!!! Appreciate you sharing that.🍻
Yet another narration masterpiece. You really brought this creepy story alive and this is probably my 7th or 8th time listening.
I challenge anyone listening to this to try reading Lovecraft aloud. It’ll make you appreciate Ian even more. It is particularly challenging, and this is the narration equivalent to linear algebra. The archaic words, the sentence structure, the paragraph-long sentences etc. This is no easy task.
The narrator is very good. You make this story more interesting than it would be. Thank you.
Agreed, I've read it before but I always love a good audio. And this gentleman adds a lot with his tone and obvious passion. Very well done :)
Hans Christian Anderson wrote The Little Mermaid. I would like to see a well done CGI movie of The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
Dagon is fantastic in my opinion.
This is top 3 for me all time favorite in horror genre. My imagination runs wild painting a picture of the events everytime I come back to it!
I seem to remember a song from when I was very young called "Zadok the Priest." Never thought I'd hear that name again
Great reading, as always, HB.
Woke at 3 A.M then I decided to listen to this and by God did it affect my dreams. I was in the part where the youth was controlled by some potions and a tiara or something and like literally, it was light sleep and I dreamt about it from every detail. Still listening to your vids tho.
Beautiful!
This takes me back to Oblivion's quest 'Shadow over Dirthack', which has a similar story. That was the first time I got to know Lovecraft, around 2006.
Kladdelic Same! I think it’s called Hackdirt though 🙂
I had the opposite reaction - because I already knew Shadow Over Innsmouth, I was disappointed by the lack of fish people in the quest, or creature-transformation in general.
@@garrick3727 I mean, it’s just a quest inspired by the book. Doesn’t mean they necessarily have to include every element. I thought they did pretty well with it. I was rightly freaked out of my underwear as a kid stumbling upon that town.
Lol it’s Hackdirt the community’s name in the game
hey a fellow ESO fan , Was literally thinking of that quest as i listened. One of the best quests in the game.
I´m obsessed with this story, I read it, I'd say, several times a year... I don't know what it is with it, the way he describes the places, the people, the feelings of horror... they're worth more than any image. I just know would surely visit Innsmouth
Sending love 💕...are you single?
The shadow is back over youtube! Thank you !!
“Zadok was really screaming now, and the mad frenzy of his voice disturbed me more than I care to own.”
Zadok proceeds to speak in the exact same tone and volume.😂😂
I always thought ol' Zadok was a bloke
@@ogee1264 He was a bloke. Why they chose a woman to do his voice is beyond me.
Row row tow your boat gently down the stream. When you see an insmouth deep-one don't forget to scream.
This is my favorite reader of this story by far! I've been wanting to listen to this story but it was so hard to find someone who was actually pleasant to listen to. This is amazing 😊❤️
The quality of your readings are second to none
"Several were reputed to harbor in concealment, certain living kinsfolk, whose personal aspect forbade public view." My favourite line.
Playing The Sinking City right now and this audiobook is really helping keep the immersion. Greatly appreciated
You sir are amazing. My great grandpa used to read these books to me as a child at bedtime. It kind of formulated a bit of a horror obsession in me. I do own a copy of the complete Lovecraft stories. The voice work in this story is spot on. TL;DR: horror perfection.
Grandpa read Lovecraft to you at bedtime? 0_o
I guess, he was part of some cult too, eh?
“Spot on” voice work? Zadok’s a woman in the original story then?
I love your american accent- it sounds like classic Hollywood's version of men.
Just fits very nicely in these equally classic stories.
I believe it is called a "Transatlantic accent", I love it as well!
I woke up in the middle of the night and listened to this ....the suspense and mounting dread was just intense. What a story...
Good narration.. nicely modulated. Bizarre fact bout Lovecraft.Even though he lived in a predominantly maritime part of new England,he was terrified of fish.He would leave the restaurant if someone even ordered fish.He also really was afraid of strangers.You can hear it in his verbosity.I grew up reading these stories.He created an entire myth cycle that inspired so many later authors.In the old testament,the temple that Samson brought down,was the temple of dagon.The old guy has been around a long time
This is by far the highest quality horror content I’ve ever heard
? Why are you saying the word content? Why don’t you just say what you’re referring to? Why use the word content at all people over use this word it’s ridiculous. It’s not content. It’s a video or an audiobook. However, you want to refer to it. Why call it content
@ that was the best word 6 years ago and that rings true so loudly today you got mad at me for being so based. Get dunked on by the version of me that was 14
Beautifully narrated, wonderfully clear voices, and just a hint of background sound in all the right places to add atmosphere.
Excellent. This story hits all the right notes.
This is one of my favorite Lovecraft stories. Great job both Ian and Jen. Really held my interest. I've read it two or three times, but it really gains intensity when listening to it read aloud.
I think this is my most listened to of all Horrorbabble videos. My go to is At the mountains of madness but it’s a long old listen and this particular story just gives me the ‘other side of reality’ shot I often need.
I've just discovered Lovecraft. Turning into a fan.
I love his work named my cat after his
@@Jinxyu-d7h change his name to lovecat
Check out the Algernon Blackwood, Henry Kuttner and Saki stories on this channel. Those three are absolutely awesome.
@@praesidium4278 the name it's already got is fine..
I envy you. You can only be a Lovecraft beginner once.
Here it is July 2021 and I have just listened to my first Lovecraft. It will definitely not be my last! Am awed and fascinated by all the fans and their comments. Thank you HorrorBabble!!!!!!
Brilliant tale well read I’m happy to listen despite having read the story several times
Superb!
I always love Insmouth story. Is written almost 100 years ago, but is so well written, as it happens now in 2022.
This will be my tenth story iv found and listened to here with HorrorBable both myself and my wife love the range of the stories told and like I've stated we've only herd ten or so tales. But job of the Narator marvelous job 👏🙌👌 we are very happy with such goodness in such horrible tales
I am actually proud of this tale. Instead of the main character shying away from his heritage he embraces it. Not many horror stories have such a happy ending like this one and I am glad that I took the time to listen to it.
I don't think you quite get it.
Old age as a human doesn’t seem that great. More relevant to Lovecraft however is the need to cherish human virtues falls away with the change. He saves his cousin from a terrible fate and goes to hang out with his grandma. Happy from a Deep One perspective anyway.
This is my top favorite of all H.P. Lovecraft's works.
One of my favourite stories ever since playing Dark Corners of the Earth. I'm glad Jennifer Gill wasn't replaced as Zadok. She was fantastic - and it's nice that Ian Gordon, despite his incredible voice, doesn't have to talk to himself all the time lol
Haha, thank you!
I can never decide between this story and The Whisperer in Darkness for my favorite. They're both so damned good.
A wonderfully yet frightful tale being througly enjoyed tonight's bourbon and cigar stirring my imagination.
Nothing like getting up early on Saturday and having this to listen to while working on models. :D
Krista Dís Guðmundsdóttir ..bikini models lol
If that is your fancy...
Genestealer cultists by any chance?
it's amazing how interesting the story sounds when you read it, even in parts that boil to
"hey what's the cheapest bus?"
*drops every rumor and lore piece ever*
Great job, Ian and Jennifer. Thank you so much for narrating one of my top ten stories!
This is an excellent narration of one of my favorite stories. This story is fabulously written. I find myself drawn into it every time I read or listen to it.
This story's description of Innsmouth is amazing. The book has no pictures or drawings (some include a map), but such detail is given that the reader gets an excellent picture of what the town looks like.
The descriptions in the book are reminiscent of old seaport towns in New England.
Finally, Zadok Allen is the best "NPC" ever. His is awesome and hilarious. His lifelong resistance is classic! Jennifer's narration of his words is awesome!
Fantastic narration of a timeless classic! Looking forward to more!
Yay, it's back. I know what tonight's bedtime story is going to be!!
Big mood
My favorite channel for bedtime stories. 🌙
What a great performance. This is one of my favourite Lovecraft tales. I can see where Alan Moore got his influence for Providence.
This is a fantastic story, masterfully delivered.
This is by far my *favorite* Lovecraft story! I’ve listened to this video wayyy more times than I can count. I’m sure many of your other subscribers will agree when I say your voice has truly become the voice of not just Lovecraft, but so many incredible stories many of us likely would not have heard had you not introduced them on your channel. Thank you for bringing so many fantastic stories to life for all of us! And for taking us on journeys through your own works! You’re a fantastic narrator and writer, and Jennifer does an amazing job as well, you both work so well together and she will always be the voice of Zadok for me hands down!! ❤
Sending love 💕...are you Single?
"Only an honest death will cure you now. Liberate you, from your wild curiosity"
Thank you for your wise words Arthur Morgan.
You know whats funny, Van Horn always reminded me of Innsmouth.
"A corpse should be left well alone"
@@generic_asian_ A man of culture i see
"Curse the fiends, curse their children too..."
@@absolutelyshmooie7086 “by the wrath of Mother Kos.”
My favorite recording of my favorite Lovecraft story! Well done!!!
This reading is absolutely AMAZING!
They should really give Oscars for this type of work.
Just PERFECT!
What a wonderful way to spice up a sonowy day indoors! That was a masterful reading!
You will not find a better acted or produced version of this story anywhere. Thank you both , Jennifer and Ian.
By far my favourite Lovecraft story, thanks again for the fantastic rendition!
That bus dude really, really loves the sound of his own voice, doesn't he?
Probably lonely. I'm sure most people buying tickets wouldn't want to talk.
i think it's meant to be like he wrote down the answers to his questions (as he was a researcher), but didn't write down the actual questions, which makes it sound like the most ginormous monologue.
@@edennis3202 And a subtle suggestion of "Find another way."
This is in the top 3 of Lovecraft's stories..... awesome thanks
A truly exceptional reading of what may be Lovecraft’s most significant work. The final theme of accepting who you are and finding value in it goes far beyond the scope of an ordinary horror tale, and it marks the author as the master he was. Thank you many times over for such a fine rendition!
This is probably just how Lovecraft perceived a trip to the grocery store. Harrowing
I believe he was actually inspired by learning he was like 1.02% Welsh lmao
I absolutely love Jen's voice when doing the old man. Excellent work on both your parts.
With all the social distancing going on I thought I'd give this old classic a re-listen. After all, seems fitting, now this is a place where you would definitely " want" to social distance yourself, lol. Just a little humor in this troubled time. But again, thanks horrorbabble, you have made this week a whole lot better in so many ways, you guys have completely ruined me for any other narrator, especially involving Lovecraft tales and stories, be safe out there ian and Jen! And as always keep up the good work.
Same to you, Joshua! Take care.
My phone's been sparked for the past three days, and for the past three days all I've wanted was spooky bedtime stories with Mister Gordon.
It's a classic! That video game from the 2000s "Dark Corners of the Earth" something-rather was based on it, movies are based on it, it's inspired plenty of other great stories, but this. Is. It. Thanks so much HorrorBabble, you guys have great taste and have been giving us so much great stuff to listen to! Thanks to you, I finally got to hear Arthur Machen, who Lovecraft was inspired, and Lovecraft is the Grandfather of American Horror Literature, everybody steals from Lovecraft lol. I wish I'd found out about your channel a long time ago, this is quality entertainment, not the cheap nothing that pervades literature, movies, other forms of art these days. Many thanks!
I listen to this all the time just to hear zadok allen. "When they get readeh, I SAY WHEN THEY GET READEH!"
Omg. Drunk and listenin to this again, fer the several hundreth time. Enthralled by the story an then Zedok Allen starts talking. Lips curl at the corners and every happy spot in my brain lights up. My heart swells and almost bursts in my chest at how amazing this reading is. This is on par with Peter O'toole in Man of La Mancha. One of the most amazing works ever done. I will never get tired of listnen to this. Thank you so much =). One of the very few joys I find in life.
This, What the moon brings and Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath..."Who's vile hooves must paw the hellish ooze miles below...I SHRIEKED AND SHRIEKED!" "and the priests shook their pshent-bearing heads"
and call of cthulhu, and Mountains of madness...."Cambrian and pre cambrian strata" lol. but this is my favorite
what a perfect narrator. I cannot believe only 166 thousand subscriptions for so much incredible content
If you havent yet, id check with Mike Bennett audio as well Ian, his rendition of this is as memorable as yours, thanks for the upload as per usual.
Thanks Joe - I believe he does excellent work.
Nothing runs people away like interspersing your advertisements in the middle of an audiobook, as opposed to putting them at the beginning.
This sent shivers down my spine.
Awesome work man! You are insane!
I return to this reading time and time again. It reminds me of a very happy period in my life. I miss it. We listened to this together.
Excellent reading I love your narrative style. Absolutely perfect for stories of unknowable horror. I thank you both.
First introduction to lovecraft. Appreciate it.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Innsmouth.
Everywhere you go
There’s a plot in the Gill Hotel, smelling of fish as well
The bug eyed ones that don’t want you to know.
lol!
This just made my night, thank you🤘
+1
Andrew B Absolutely brilliant!
It's beginning to look a lot like fishmen!
Horrorbabble here just knocks these tales out of the park. So lucky to have found this page where they have so many renditions of great books. Anyway.. work nights so I listen at work then falling asleep at hone. Let's curl up and go on a trip to Innsmouth lol..night
Its beginning to look alot like fishmen
Everywhere I go
From the minute I got to town
And started to look around
I thoght these ill-bred peoples gill slits showed
I'm beginning to hear Fishmen, right outside my door
Thanks!
Thank you, NA5Y!
I've listened to this a few times since it's original recording and I think Jennifer's performance grew on me quite a bit. I always liked the accent she puts on, it's a highlight of the story!
Thank you Horror Babble!!! My favorite bedtime stories!!!!
Best reader ever. Ian you are amazing. 4th listen for me.
Ian is the best narrator on the inter-webs! I want him to narrate my life and death!!
Lovecraft was obsessed with the word "Furtive" in this story.
Lovecraft was obsessed with a lot of words he repeats constantly
Sending love 💕...are you single?
My new absolute favorite channel!
There’s definitely going to be a “Zadok” in the Saltmarsh Dnd campaign I’m running. Here from Slyflourish to get some ideas for good imagery and the bits from 53:00 to about 56:00 is all gold. As well as Zadoks entire tale.
Leaving this video a new Lovecraft fan!
Fabulous! All the best with the campaign. Ian
A few years ago I played in a Call of Chthulhu RPG and the Deep Ones/fish people were the villains of the campaign. At one point, one of the group took down one of the fishmen by punching it in the neck, and "Gill Punching" became a running joke in our group for a while.
First story I ever heard from Lovecraft, am now completely addicted!👍
I absolutely love Lovecraft’s prose and his creativity with entire concepts. I mean, this stuff is from the 1930’s and it reads like modern eloquent work! He was certainly ahead of his time
just had to listen again after the re-posting - thanks Ian and Jennifer