Forgotten Weird Tales Episode 5: "The Ocean Ogre" "The Ocean Ogre" by American author Dana Carroll, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in July 1937. The story, told through a series of journal entries, tells of a ship stranded at sea, and of the stranger who came to its aid. Chapters: 00:15 - Introduction 01:15 - The Ocean Ogre Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon Support us on Bandcamp or Patreon: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com www.patreon.com/horrorbabble HorrorBabble MERCH: teespring.com/stores/horrorbabble-merch Search HORRORBABBLE to find us on: AUDIBLE / ITUNES / SPOTIFY Home: www.horrorbabble.com Rue Morgue: www.rue-morgue.com Social Media: facebook.com/HorrorBabble instagram.com/horrorbabble twitter.com/HorrorBabble
I love this old weird tales thanks so much. How anyone can stomach what they callhorror today is beyond disrespectful. Like number 1,002 in the series and no one will spenda dime on female authors today. The real female authors the trusted ones are mostlythe oldies. Our book group is now a classics book group. We have an unending numberthat keeps us going and happy. Remember the happiness in the anticipated new bookyou'd start later? The sheer agony of not wanting a book to end yet you couldn't put itdown. The good old days are back in the old books and short stories. We love your forgotten old weird tales. Look forward to lots of new subscribers.
Digital Concepts I took Latin in high school, and one Roman letter we translated was on how much worse the current generation, including writers/poets, were compared to how they used to be. The more things change...
I laughed at myself for being too chicken to put this one on at bedtime, but it turns out I was right! It’s wonderfully creepy and scary. I think I usually listen to your stories as soon as they come out nowadays. Once again, many thanks for your monstrous offerings! I hope you and yours are well and safe during this time of genuine horror. 🌺
I found it immensely satisfying that the protagonist at a certain point in the story (trying not to spoil anything here) didn't follow the classic horror story trope of thinking "What a strange coincidence that thing has the same name as X" and utterly dismissing the fact is irrelevant, only to come to the "Incredible realisation" when its far too late to matter
Thanks you, it very good. Borrowed from Frank Belknap Long? I've seen suspeciously simular stories before. I remember a particular story in Fantasy & Science Fiction that seem a bit to simular to a Robert E. Howard. I wonder what they do?
Maybe you compared to the wrong story, it's "The Sea Thing" by Frank Belknap Long (At least one page out there wrongly assert it's "The Ocean Leech"), and it's remarkably similar. Essentially only the names have been changed, and in the original story it's cholera, not scurvy, they're worrying about. But even minor details like the flying fish and one of the men jumping after it sliding over the deck are identical. Spain has been changed to France, but aside from that and the occasional word replaced with a synonym, it's practically word for word identical.
What the hell?? I just read The Sea Thing and this is ALMOST a word for word ripoff! Could it be an earlier draft that Long published under a pen name or something?
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Forgotten Weird Tales
Episode 5: "The Ocean Ogre"
"The Ocean Ogre" by American author Dana Carroll, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in July 1937. The story, told through a series of journal entries, tells of a ship stranded at sea, and of the stranger who came to its aid.
Chapters:
00:15 - Introduction
01:15 - The Ocean Ogre
Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble
Music and production by Ian Gordon
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www.patreon.com/horrorbabble
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Happy Valentines to a voice worth crushing on!
Very good! Thank you Mr Gordon and Horror Babble. Excellent, as always. Until next time.
A tidy tale of a nautical nightmare! I love the pace of this one.
I honestly read "The Ocean Orgy"!!! Thought Horrorbabble was treating us to a Valentines day read!! LOL great listen tho!!
I wouldn't even know where to begin, Cory!
Great story and narration!
Thanks!
I love horror told in journal style!
Absolutely wonderful, I do love a horror tale at sea!! Thank you very much
I love that opening with the violin, I was just thinking of it the other day.
Great story that I had never heard before . Thank you Ian .
Oh, this was an awesome sea tale. I enjoyed every minute of it. Keeps one on the edge of your seat. Good ending also. Thanks.
A wonderful distraction, well performed. Thanx!
I love this old weird tales thanks so much. How anyone can stomach what they callhorror today is beyond disrespectful. Like number 1,002 in the series and no one will spenda dime on female authors today. The real female authors the trusted ones are mostlythe oldies. Our book group is now a classics book group. We have an unending numberthat keeps us going and happy. Remember the happiness in the anticipated new bookyou'd start later? The sheer agony of not wanting a book to end yet you couldn't put itdown. The good old days are back in the old books and short stories. We love your forgotten old weird tales. Look forward to lots of new subscribers.
Digital Concepts I took Latin in high school, and one Roman letter we translated was on how much worse the current generation, including writers/poets, were compared to how they used to be. The more things change...
Enjoyed the reading very much. Love these type of stories !
Thank you. 👍😊
I laughed at myself for being too chicken to put this one on at bedtime, but it turns out I was right! It’s wonderfully creepy and scary. I think I usually listen to your stories as soon as they come out nowadays. Once again, many thanks for your monstrous offerings! I hope you and yours are well and safe during this time of genuine horror. 🌺
good afternoon Ian - nice to hear a mid day's tale
Good evening to you, Paul!
Great story, thanks.
Logbook excerpts is the best first person horror stories.
Wow, how crazy! Poor, poor sailors. Thank you for another awesome tale!
Such great narration to all your posted stories, I can’t help but subscribe!!🙏🏻🇨🇦❤️
The ending of this tale is Without ---ANY--- Shadow of a Doubt, sir
The most --TERRIFYING-- Sentence in All of Literary History
I found it immensely satisfying that the protagonist at a certain point in the story (trying not to spoil anything here) didn't follow the classic horror story trope of thinking "What a strange coincidence that thing has the same name as X" and utterly dismissing the fact is irrelevant, only to come to the "Incredible realisation" when its far too late to matter
This is such a great story.
Later I had been very busy but I'm back to listen to these marvelous tales.
really great reading and a fun scary story - just icky enough. thanks much :}
The story also reminds me of the brilliant works of William Hope Hodgson 🌊💀🌊
This sounds like a super hero Aquaman. Great story!!!!!!!
Listening again
I love that word 'Odious' 😁
17:25 Helpful Tip!!!! 👍👍👍
Thanks you, it very good. Borrowed from Frank Belknap Long? I've seen suspeciously simular stories before. I remember a particular story in Fantasy & Science Fiction that seem a bit to simular to a Robert E. Howard. I wonder what they do?
That story reminds me of the Lamprey fish, a hideous creature indeed!
I love tales from the sea
Wow, a “mer-vampire”! Very different.
Enjoy the ocean sea tales
A good tale, properly “old school”.
Bigfoot says hello from Washington
Ah, Bigfoot. I do love Washington state!
The Sea Ogre = Cthulhu Junior ?
Good
Any plan to do the Sea Thing?
Potentially.
13:00
I can imagine.
🍯
👍
I've had to sort out like 50 sea ogres. No big deal.
Not sure what the controversy was--this had barely a superficial resemblance to The Ocean Thing.
Maybe you compared to the wrong story, it's "The Sea Thing" by Frank Belknap Long (At least one page out there wrongly assert it's "The Ocean Leech"), and it's remarkably similar. Essentially only the names have been changed, and in the original story it's cholera, not scurvy, they're worrying about. But even minor details like the flying fish and one of the men jumping after it sliding over the deck are identical. Spain has been changed to France, but aside from that and the occasional word replaced with a synonym, it's practically word for word identical.
What the hell?? I just read The Sea Thing and this is ALMOST a word for word ripoff! Could it be an earlier draft that Long published under a pen name or something?
The Sea Thing was published 12 years prior to this. I suspect it's strait up plagiarism. Crazy!
Any updates on this !.
You have a vampire on board
I thought it said The Orange Ogre.
A different story altogether I imagine, Lisa! :) Ian
Anyone want a Cajun Bloody Mary...if you can't handle the good stuff...a few drops Geritol should approximate a more...organic flavor..😃😃 oh man I love em...