I love the narrator's voice and the warm, vinyl-like sound quality. It sounds like a 50's sci-fi horror film, which pairs perfectly with Lovecraft's stories. These audiobooks are delightfully dark and mysterious!
Very glad I made the decision to start listening to H.P. Lovecraft's works. The raving internet lunatics fondling their Cthulhu bobbleheads do him no justice.
He was much smarter then his "fans" that make fun of what he feared and his insights into are mad universe with no meaning that fools of all sort paint meaning into in the true madness of man kind, that we call sanity.
MRMONOPOLYization all HP lovecraft audiobooks are great bedtime stories to fall asleep too. In my opinion, all of his stories are about hallucinating drugs users and pschychiatric paranoia patients and drunken fisherman stories, all told in an old fashion way.
The Ending gave me goose bumps. What a short, yet frightful story. Better to end it all than to live with a madness that the human brain can't even begin to comprehend.
One of the creepiest short stories ever. I remember first reading it late one night and being very profoundly disturbed. Had to come back and experience it again.
I adore so many of the books you all have put onto you channel, not even just in this play list. Thank you so much for this amazing resource of mental stretching and contemplation.
+Joey Roy Thank you so much for your kind words! Yes, my goal is providing the resource for various mental exercise, contemplation and intellectual fun. I hope you get the most out of my humble channel. Cheers!
@@cadenknight1318 seriously I am the same. I heard the temple read by him and it was an incredible story. Every other story I tried after I couldn't stay interested. I realized it was because of this narrator.
@Juggled Lotus you miss the point. He is not mad when heading back to the boat, he says it himself. He is unsure if the whole story ever happened at all. The creature that he tries to escape at the end which is in the hospital, is it really there?
Ironic considering that many of Lovecraft's peers said his voice was very high pitched. However, his wife said that his voice would become very striking when he read his favorite poetry
Near ten minute mark is the first description of a very old Deep One. Biologically immortal but can die from violence. And grow continuously as they age. A Deep One that is slightly bigger than a whale must be incredibly old.
I, as an English student (self-taught student), now that I consider myself an Advanced Student, recently I started to read Lovecraft. Last night I read "The whisperer in darkness" and the sheer fear I felt is not equalled by any horror movie I've watched so far... The only one that gets close enough is the worldwide known "The Exorcist". But, while "The Exorcist" attacks the roots of religious (catholic) beliefs, Lovecraft deals with the most primal fears: fears of the unknown, of things unfathomable in space an time. The other two movies that gets close enough are "The thing" (El Enigma de otro mundo, title given in Latin america), and John Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness"
Juan V. Herrera Your English skill is impressive for a non-native speaker. Trust me, even among native speakers, very few could appreciate the depth and nuance of Lovecraftian English! Keep up the good work!
I can relate. The first paragraphs for Dagon and The Hound are some of the most unpleasing prose I have ever read. It's not like it's scary, but I actually closed the book out of pure cringe. His writting is so violently raw and blunt it's revolting, and amazing at the same time.
I wouldn't complain if someone did that weird AI-voice treatment on Conrad Feininger and Gordon Gould so we could hear them read other classics and the Lovecraft stories we are missing here.
LoL, no I'm not a Philistine. Lovecraft is beyond doubt the better writer (not even up for debate), but he was also writing for a different society -- a much more literate one. King is a writer of his time period, plus he doesn't write anything like Lovecraft, though I'm pretty sure Lovecraft would have loved King's popularity in his own lifetime (and the cash).
King is a huge fan of Lovecraft and was very inspired by his work. There are many times I read my Lovecraft and go,,,, HEYYYYYY That reminds me of that one King story. ;)
Thanks for the upload! For those listening, if you want some music to go with this, look up Cryo Chamber on RUclips. They have a stream called "24/7 Dark Ambient Music Livestream for Studying Lovecraftian Tomes". Good stuff.
If anyone enjoys hearing a female narrator, there's an artist called "Greenbriar" that read Dagon and she did an amazing job. She doesn't read very often but when she does it's good.
Added to "Deep Cello Meditation Music: Dark Meditation Music, Relaxing Music, Dark Cello Music for Relaxation" will bring you joy. Deep, terrifying joy.
One of my H.P. favorites. A man with a monkey taking a regular ride just to tolerate his existence day-to-day. The saga of Dagon also dogged his days, with no escape - other than a daily doper's nod or the final sleep of death. Nonetheless, he blearily pressed on.
It's late at night, i thought it would be a good idea to turn off my lights, put on my headphones, and listen to this. I tapped out in the first 40 secs 😂
I have been listening to all h.ps audio books while working for months now. regarding At the mountains of madness, is anyone watching the mysterious goings on in Antarctica? and please read The Dark Lord by Peter Levenda for an interesting discussion concerning Lovecraft's work
Dagon, the fish god from which the Pope gets his mitre/mytre hat. The tall hat with the open top, it has a round device on the left side and a solar cross on the right. If you lay it down with the round device towards you, you will plainly see that the hat represents a fish with its mouth open. Now you know something. Fish god and solar cross. Might as well pray to the moon...... As some still do....
should maybe have the turn of the century bourgoise intelligenstia boston accent. this is my favorite narrator as well.i cant help think it should have a provincial accent....
Can anyone determine who the narrator of "Dagon" is? He sounds a lot like E.G. Marshall, but I cannot find anything to indicate that Marshall ever recorded horror readings. He did CBS Radio Mystery Theatre, but those were dramatizations, not readings. That same narrator does some other Lovecraft in this playlist. Anyone know who it is, or how I can find out?
Except Watts was English and had a natural home-county English accent and Gordon Gould is an old American actor and used the mid-20th Century American film and radio-drama accent, which affected a slightly broader vowel sound than most Americans, but was never any British pronunciation. To an Englishman (like Watts), Gould simply sounds American.
To free audiobooks will you have the whisperer by Laurence Donovan (writing as Clifford goodritch 1866 /1950))the first whisperer pulp novel that I would to have is the dead who talked read by broadrick Crawford and a couple of the boxing stories of Robert e Howard 1906 / 1936 the spirt of Tom moltlynux and the pit of the serpent a sailor Steve costigan adventure those two I would love to have
I love the narrator's voice and the warm, vinyl-like sound quality. It sounds like a 50's sci-fi horror film, which pairs perfectly with Lovecraft's stories. These audiobooks are delightfully dark and mysterious!
so spot on with that description
So true!
I agree. Other narrators may suit other authors, but this guy is perfect for Lovecraft.
yeah hes the best, especially for Dagon
Sure does
Very glad I made the decision to start listening to H.P. Lovecraft's works. The raving internet lunatics fondling their Cthulhu bobbleheads do him no justice.
+LJ Thanks for listening!
He was much smarter then his "fans" that make fun of what he feared and his insights into are mad universe with no meaning that fools of all sort paint meaning into in the true madness of man kind, that we call sanity.
Cthulhu is good, but massively overrated.
MRMONOPOLYization all HP lovecraft audiobooks are great bedtime stories to fall asleep too. In my opinion, all of his stories are about hallucinating drugs users and pschychiatric paranoia patients and drunken fisherman stories, all told in an old fashion way.
MRMONOPOLYization yog sothot is terrifying.
The Ending gave me goose bumps. What a short, yet frightful story. Better to end it all than to live with a madness that the human brain can't even begin to comprehend.
Yes, short but very frightful! Thanks for listening!
Lovecraft's stories are like the original Creepypasta, except it's way better than most of that crap.
Exactly! And those tales cannot touch Lovecraft's tales. :)
"I bought an N64 cartridge and there was a dead kid in it!"
"A whole dead kid"
But...but the hyper-realism!!!!
Crappypasta
Yeah, they're called 'horror stories', they've existed for about two hundred yeats.
One of the creepiest short stories ever. I remember first reading it late one night and being very profoundly disturbed. Had to come back and experience it again.
I adore so many of the books you all have put onto you channel, not even just in this play list. Thank you so much for this amazing resource of mental stretching and contemplation.
+Joey Roy Thank you so much for your kind words! Yes, my goal is providing the resource for various mental exercise, contemplation and intellectual fun. I hope you get the most out of my humble channel. Cheers!
This was the first lovecraft story I have ever read. It's since stuck with me. Thanks for the upload !
+Prince Sado Thanks for listening!
my first lovecraft story was shadow over innsmouth
I know it's been 6 years, and I may not get an answer to this question, but have you read At the Mountains of Madness yet?
@@joeshmoe6930 I have. It’s excellent 👍 lovecraft forever
@@jackb616 Yessir it is. Glad you liked it, one of my favorites. The Dreams in the Witch House is another. H. P. Lovecraft had an awesome mind.
Anytime I listen to Lovecraft I go to this channel. Best narrator for Lovecraft by far 5 stars !!!
Who is this narrator please? This is how HP should be heard. Perfect.
I wonder
I only listen to Lovecraft if it's this guy narrating lol. It's that important.
The guy narrating kinda sounds like Frank Muller. He narrated some Dark Tower novels, too.
I agree, dude snaps tbh
@@cadenknight1318 seriously I am the same. I heard the temple read by him and it was an incredible story. Every other story I tried after I couldn't stay interested. I realized it was because of this narrator.
You can bet trouble's a brewin' when you hear "bas relief".
You’re definitely an old man
@@kykise1395 Because I repeated something my grandma said?
Pretty eloquent writing for a self-described madman.
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@Juggled Lotus you miss the point. He is not mad when heading back to the boat, he says it himself. He is unsure if the whole story ever happened at all. The creature that he tries to escape at the end which is in the hospital, is it really there?
Thank you for this I have a book with this story but because of my autism it's hard for me to read so an audio book really helps
My pleasure!
Funny Valentine is that a jojo reference?
@@Jacob-yg7lz Come on man, wtf.
@@Jacob-yg7lz Imagine pointing out anime pfp on the internet
Who's the narrator
The old timey sound quality makes this sound like I'm listening to a tape recording of real events.
Yes, it creates the atmosphere suitable for Lovecraft. Thanks for listening!
@@TheRecluseeee Thank _you_ for posting.
I’ve always loved the pre 1960’s voices, it made men sound more manly and intelligible. Anyway great story!
Ironic considering that many of Lovecraft's peers said his voice was very high pitched. However, his wife said that his voice would become very striking when he read his favorite poetry
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Am I supposed to feel offended of the sort? I couldn’t care less about what a woman with a fetish for voices’ opinion on how modern men sound.
This was magnificent as I just started getting into lovecraftian horror and this is a great start.
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This his best short story. From Beyond, and the unnameable are good to.
Thank you, Veela, and thank you, F.A.B.F.I.E.
This makes a young reader quite near to the happiest sod on terra firma.
I love this story, and the reader is just awesome. Every time I listen to it, it makes me shudder.
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Near ten minute mark is the first description of a very old Deep One. Biologically immortal but can die from violence. And grow continuously as they age. A Deep One that is slightly bigger than a whale must be incredibly old.
real shit??
I, as an English student (self-taught student), now that I consider myself an Advanced Student, recently I started to read Lovecraft. Last night I read "The whisperer in darkness" and the sheer fear I felt is not equalled by any horror movie I've watched so far... The only one that gets close enough is the worldwide known "The Exorcist". But, while "The Exorcist" attacks the roots of religious (catholic) beliefs, Lovecraft deals with the most primal fears: fears of the unknown, of things unfathomable in space an time. The other two movies that gets close enough are "The thing" (El Enigma de otro mundo, title given in Latin america), and John Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness"
Juan V. Herrera Your English skill is impressive for a non-native speaker. Trust me, even among native speakers, very few could appreciate the depth and nuance of Lovecraftian English! Keep up the good work!
***** My pleasure! Cheers! :)
Absolutely! Also, Juan, read The Rats in the Walls. FEAR. The Silver Key, thought provoking. EX Oblivione, poetic prose at it's best.
I can relate. The first paragraphs for Dagon and The Hound are some of the most unpleasing prose I have ever read. It's not like it's scary, but I actually closed the book out of pure cringe. His writting is so violently raw and blunt it's revolting, and amazing at the same time.
Your performance was magnificent I got such a rush of anxiety and panic at the end there. Bravo.
trueharm this is a recording made in 2002 its not the channel owner
The ending of this story conjures such a profound sense of fear in me.
+Blake Meads Indeed!
My favorite thing about his work. True horror. Draws you in, leaves you stunned, scared and a little lost!?
So awesome. I just read the story and than listened to the audio.
Neiru B Thanks for listening!
2:10 me when I see black Quagmire
I've just listened to that vid while readin' the short story, great stuff, thx for the upload!
Thanks for listening!
This is much better than any creepypasta I've ever read.
The audio sounds so "good"? I guess, like it sounds perfect for the genre and time that Lovecraft's works are set in
I think the sound fits the text properly. :)
❤👍
That ending...that ending...O_o"
Thanks for listening!
*The window*
*THE* *WINDOW*
absolutely gripping! Thanks for the upload!!!
+popamonkey190 Thanks for listening!
The first and one of the greatest of Lovecraft's great works.
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".....set out boldly for an unknown goal."
-Deagon
-H.P. Lovecraft
My God, what a sentence!
I wouldn't complain if someone did that weird AI-voice treatment on Conrad Feininger and Gordon Gould so we could hear them read other classics and the Lovecraft stories we are missing here.
I love listening to any of his stories (double vision severely limits reading time) especially before a Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Campaign starts.
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🤩 the narrationnnnnn! It’s too good
It’s 1 am and this is my first time indulging in this mythos... I’m hooked.
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Great reader, great story. Thank You
Truth is often stranger than fiction it is said. How much do we truly know for certain about the earths vast oceans?
Truth is more monstrous than fictions.
Quite alarmingly.
True
Stephen King wishes he was Howard P Lovecraft
+Kiernan Camins He can only dream. ;)
There was only one Lovecraft, and there is only one Stephen King. I'm pretty sure Stephen King is just fine doing what he's doing.
LoL, no I'm not a Philistine. Lovecraft is beyond doubt the better writer (not even up for debate), but he was also writing for a different society -- a much more literate one.
King is a writer of his time period, plus he doesn't write anything like Lovecraft, though I'm pretty sure Lovecraft would have loved King's popularity in his own lifetime (and the cash).
King is a huge fan of Lovecraft and was very inspired by his work. There are many times I read my Lovecraft and go,,,, HEYYYYYY That reminds me of that one King story. ;)
No
Veela brought me here!
Me too!
This is one of his shorter ones, in which he basically introduces the Deep Ones, in the form of their gigantic and ancient elite.
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I love the narrator's voice
Happy birthday H. P. Lovecraft!
Thanks for the upload! For those listening, if you want some music to go with this, look up Cryo Chamber on RUclips. They have a stream called "24/7 Dark Ambient Music Livestream for Studying Lovecraftian Tomes". Good stuff.
Thank you! I could know relax by just listening to books not reading them. His voice kinda reminds me of Bruce lee. :)
Thanks for listening!
If anyone enjoys hearing a female narrator, there's an artist called "Greenbriar" that read Dagon and she did an amazing job. She doesn't read very often but when she does it's good.
Added to "Deep Cello Meditation Music: Dark Meditation Music, Relaxing Music, Dark Cello Music for Relaxation" will bring you joy. Deep, terrifying joy.
Thanks for your suggestion. Please keep posting your suggestion time to time because your taste is excellent. :)
thank you for the upload!
Bart Sullivan My pleasure!
One of my H.P. favorites. A man with a monkey taking a regular ride just to tolerate his existence day-to-day. The saga of Dagon also dogged his days, with no escape - other than a daily doper's nod or the final sleep of death. Nonetheless, he blearily pressed on.
whos here from bloodborne?
I'm here from Darkest Dungeon!
Rumo Crytuf
Same here.
I'm here from some random RUclips rabbit hole.
I can't rightfully decide if I am digging myself out
Or if to my horror, digging myself deeper.
No one
It's late at night, i thought it would be a good idea to turn off my lights, put on my headphones, and listen to this. I tapped out in the first 40 secs 😂
10:33 In retrospect, anthropologists today recognize that the Piltdown fossil was a hoax.
Made me chuckle when I heard it
ty 4 this upload
+Jennifer Parker Thanks for listening!
What an amazing voice and a perfect tale! What is the narrator's name?
Gordon Gould
I had dreamt about these creatures before reading this story, I too became an opiate addict and mad. I too gaze out the same window.
Amazing!
wiiagent I'm glad that you like the upload!
Came here because of black ops 3, I really enjoyed this story.
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Shadows of Evil
Whaaqt
hp lovecraft stop staring at me
Grant us eyes...
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Thank you!
You are very welcome!
Don't listen to this before bed: it gives you very strange dreams.
Strange dreams are awesome! :D
2:19 H.P.Lovecraft is describing the great pacific garbage patch.
Sad. He never got to know how popular he was .
thank you!
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I have been listening to all h.ps audio books while working for months now. regarding At the mountains of madness, is anyone watching the mysterious goings on in Antarctica? and please read The Dark Lord by Peter Levenda for an interesting discussion concerning Lovecraft's work
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I introduced my brother to Lovecraft, but advised him not to read it before sleep, since he already has an overactive imagination.
Yes, Lovecraft's tales really cause vivid-dreaming for some people.
Is this audio public domain?
Cool.
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Listened to this at X2 speed.
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Dagon, the fish god from which the Pope gets his mitre/mytre hat.
The tall hat with the open top, it has a round device on the left side and a solar cross on the right.
If you lay it down with the round device towards you, you will plainly see that the hat represents a fish with its mouth open.
Now you know something.
Fish god and solar cross.
Might as well pray to the moon......
As some still do....
should maybe have the turn of the century bourgoise intelligenstia boston accent. this is my favorite narrator as well.i cant help think it should have a provincial accent....
Myron C Fagan Recordings.. Listen when you can.. Drs. Tom Horn & Steve Quyale & Deborah Tavares..My overseer And Guide Gino Jennings.
Unlimited imagination!
i love this song, does anyone have the lyrics?
Can someone explain the end? The window?
who narrated this? i love it.
love these, would i have permission to sample some of t his in a song? you'd be given credit of course
The guy who does these is amazing. Did he happen to do "the thing on the doorstep"?
who is the narrator? and when did these audio book came out?
some of lovecrafts stories some give off feelings of uneasiness
Can anyone determine who the narrator of "Dagon" is? He sounds a lot like E.G. Marshall, but I cannot find anything to indicate that Marshall ever recorded horror readings. He did CBS Radio Mystery Theatre, but those were dramatizations, not readings. That same narrator does some other Lovecraft in this playlist.
Anyone know who it is, or how I can find out?
Seems like someone wrote a simple story then put it through a theasaurus.
Thanks for your input. :)
does anyone know who the narrator is? He is my favorite.
How would this story tie in to others such as Shadow Over Innsmouth, there seems to be common threads connecting all of Lovecraft's stories.,.
can i sample this for my upcoming album? cant find an email or a way to contact directly, hope to hear back soon
Despondent you might have more luck asking in more recent uploads
Who is the reader? Can someone please let me know where this is from?
Seems the voice of Alan Watts
Thanks for your feedback.
Except Watts was English and had a natural home-county English accent and Gordon Gould is an old American actor and used the mid-20th Century American film and radio-drama accent, which affected a slightly broader vowel sound than most Americans, but was never any British pronunciation. To an Englishman (like Watts), Gould simply sounds American.
Thanks man
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Do you have the minions of Midas by jack London
Andy Densmore No.
Was Lovecraft a Lemuria theorist?
I don't think so. He was a skeptic after all. Thanks for visiting and listening!
im still not convinced that his only 2 options are morphine or death.
So he witnessed dagon worshipping the monolith and his sanity snapped?
The dragon from ben 10
Dagon the top false God of Babylon. Dagon whom the Pope wears a tribute hat too. Dagon who is scary enough too get the Lovecraftian treatment!
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What happened to the other narrators version? Just curious, I don't like this one as much
New look ay IE?
Bioshock Infinite.
So he went crazy
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To free audiobooks will you have the whisperer by Laurence Donovan (writing as Clifford goodritch 1866 /1950))the first whisperer pulp novel that I would to have is the dead who talked read by broadrick Crawford and a couple of the boxing stories of Robert e Howard 1906 / 1936 the spirt of Tom moltlynux and the pit of the serpent a sailor Steve costigan adventure those two I would love to have
Andy Densmore Sorry but I don't have them.
All Hail Lovecraft!!!
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WHO IS THE NARRATOR!?
Gordon Gould.