"A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins / A HorrorBabble Production
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- "A Terribly Strange Bed" is a short story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1852 in Household Words, a magazine edited by Charles Dickens. It was written near the beginning of his writing career, his first published book having appeared in 1848. Collins met Dickens in 1851, and this story was the first contribution by Collins to Dickens's magazine Household Words. After several more pieces for the magazine, he became a paid member of staff in 1856.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:51 - A Terribly Strange Bed
42:58 - Credits
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Ahhhh, the heady days of these earlier recordings with their somber piano intro, when Warren yet lived.
At last you magnificent narrator you ! And thanks to Whitney for thinking to request it ! To anyone who loves Wilkie I can't recommend the novel 'Drood' highly enough. It's a vast hallucinagenic and supernatural (or maybe not) story about Collins and Dickens and a dark mystery surrounding Dickens' last years. The author is Dan Simmons, author of 'The Fear'.
"He had the dirtiest pair of hands I ever saw, even in France" 7:58
Welp, that was my best laugh of the week.
If I had to name three things France was famous for I'd say, in no particular order....fine wine, rich food and dirty hands.
Haha - I have to admit, that line got me too! Ian
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😁🤣😋🤣😂 Nothing as bad as a pair of dirty hands ! Should be nailed to the wall ! 😁😂🤣
LoL it does stand out
Is always refreshing to hear a new author. Thank you for your hard work. As much as I love four-poster beds, and loath cops, still is a fun story. Thanks again 🙏🏽🎩🤣🌹❤️
Just the thing for a quarantine afternoon, in New Orleans.... wonderful. This was almost a Hitchcock, eh?? Thanks much, Ian..
Holy moly, I'm glad I have issues with sleeping in strange beds
"A Terribly Strange Bed" is a short story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1852 in Household Words, a magazine edited by Charles Dickens. It was written near the beginning of his writing career, his first published book having appeared in 1848. Collins met Dickens in 1851, and this story was the first contribution by Collins to Dickens's magazine Household Words. After several more pieces for the magazine, he became a paid member of staff in 1856.
Chapters:
00:18 - Introduction
00:51 - A Terribly Strange Bed
42:58 - Credits
Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/a-terribly-strange-bed
Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble
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One of my old favorites.
A Horrorbabble story with a happy ending... That doesn't happen often. Great reading, Ian.
Brilliant, we are spoilt yet again. Thank you very much!!
A painting, a wardrobe and now a bed, there is some very dangerous items in these stories. :)
I'm surprised M. D. Vickers didn't write this one! Ian
@@HorrorBabble a painting ? What is this story he's talking about ?
@@daygoncornhole2395 Here you go: ruclips.net/video/lb9ziP42Zwo/видео.html
This reminds me a lot of the inn in Innsmouth. It's good to know that sketchy shit isn't something new, and keeping one's head on a swivel is just as important in the 1920s, 1850s, and 500 BC, lest you find yourself in Procrustes bed.
Well done.I enjoyed this very much.I had read this back in high school,but had forgotten it.In my defense it was a very long. time ago.You do an excellent job.Thank you.
Wholeness and balanced vibrations thanks for the upload
I liked this story in particular of your many wonderful readings..
much impressed, many good quality. such art.
Most fantastic a tale made far better by the narrator. To think such a contraception could exist, even if only in the mind of a creative writer using it as a excellent excuse for such an interesting tale.
an interesting idea makes me almost glad that I'm an insomniac,
Wonderful story read excellently as always!
I’ve been listening closely, mostly silently, too, on another venue without room for comment. Seems you’ve been very busy and productive as usual; in fact you’re more dynamic and productive than other channels, hands down. I have become so fond of your’s and Jen’s work. There is so much to choose from on your channel that begs even re-listening. Thank you again. Is a nice family of actors and fans, really, nice job ! 🎩🖤🌹❤️💜🎯
Thank you John - always great to hear from you! Happy New Year!
Great story and narration! Thanks!
Yours is by far my favourite channel on you tube.
That was an EXCELLENT story. Thanks!
this was made into a episode of Thriller back in the 60's, I was half way through when I realized "Hey I know this story!"
There's another episode of that show I need to see!
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There were also a number of radio adaptations of this story during the Golden Age of Radio.
More research! Thanks William! Ian
All is well that ends well. Was bracing for a grave outcome.
God bless and keep you guys😁
I hail from the dreary North! ;) Ian
HorrorBabble love dreariness, makes the green pop out☺
Ricky Sabine thanks, I totally agree
Brilliant! Gripping stuff!
Help!!!! i can't stop listening - i have to sleep. . . LOL
I cant imagine how that would feel for your bed to be your death weapon. I dont think i will ever sleep in a bed with a canopy again
Nice one!
Sleep in the hotel next to the casino while drunk, they said. It will be fun, they said.
First encounter with a hugbox can be terrifying yes.
Ah, a nice ending. Unexpected.
It's a good one! Ian
Bravo
Now I'm supposed to sleep in my bed tonight??
oh to hear that beautiful music along to the man Whom.....well, you know the rest Ian 😄😄
Ian: "Oh for f*** sake this bloke."
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Ha! You are too kind Jesse! Ian
I remember this story worked into thirteen o'clock and other stories, by c. m. Kornbluth
The section where he is trying to go to sleep makes me think of my state when i try to sleep. I have insomnia and they only give me 20 days of medication every 30 days. Ive been on it for a few years. They said it is dangerous to take every night. Either from addictive properties or maybe too much is poisonous i’m not sure. On the nights i take it it works great. But on the nights i dont take it, I literally will be really tired but my mind is wide awake and i’m flipping all around like a alligator and can not sleep more than an hour or so.
Its funny to hear it described in this story. Though i’m sure its through more subversive means than my own
Old man... Vulture eye... Sounds familiar...
* a familiar heart beats under the floor boards*
YT asked me to rate this, they ought to know by now what I'm going to say- 5 stars, all boxes checked!
Heard it 3 times, btw. Well, 4 now, lol.
"Dirty French hands"... Funny, but long ago I read a comparative study made in the 1960's of the aesthetics of commercial ads. An ad where a French woman presses cheese with her finger, licks that finger and presses more worked okay in France and many other countries, but it was a failure in the USA. Americans, a bit crazy, at least on those times, about cleanness or even sterility of everything, especially food, around them were genuinely disgusted by the thought that someone has touched the cheese they were expected to eat.
OMG, is Dame Agatha Christie's short story 'The Fourth Man' in public domain? It was filmed a few years ago for the BBC (I think), and it's as weird as you could wish for! It's a conversation among four men in a train; it seems to me that reading it aloud would do it well. I hope it's available and that you love it as I do. It's my all time favourite story of the supernatural and macabre, and she just barely beats out Algernon Blackwood's 'The Wendigo' which is dear to my heart as my introduction to the genre.
I'd really like to tackle some Agatha Christie - but unfortunately most (if not all) of her works are still under copyright.
@@HorrorBabble I was afraid of that, but Project Gutenberg has a couple of her early mysteries in its library; it's a puzzle. Thank you also for your assurance that Mr. or Ms. M. D. Vickers' works will be available in due course! (If you're wondering why I use both 'Mr.' and 'Ms' to describe M.D. Vickers, it isn't because I haven't read the use of Mr.; it's because I'm respecting the pen name. lol) Thanks again.
We'll have to see what we can come up with in the new year. Ha - I'm sure he'll appreciate that.
Only issue i have with this story is that they did perform autopsy's in the victorian period and they would have known there was no water in the lungs of those murdered then dumped into the river.
oh, one more thing Ian, forgive me but I'm curious if you have ever heard of Scottish author by the name of John Buchan? a couple years ago I came across this book of stories by him called "The Watcher By the Threshold" and my good sir I could recall a couple of stories that are HB worthy, or if anything, I highly suggest for personal enjoyment, one of them I'll never forget is Thomas's rime☺ till next time, god bless
I have indeed - though we haven't covered any of his works yet. I'll take a look. If you would like to forward a request, would you mind submitting it here: www.horrorbabble.com/contact (it makes it much easier for us to keep track!) Thanks again Jesse!
Jesse Ard He also wrote The 39 Steps, which was adapted into a great Hitchcock movie.
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Just wondering - were any changes made to the story? I seem to recall that the police came and dug up the floor, the owner saying it was his relative buried there. But of course, I may have confused this with a different story..
No changes were made - this was our source: www.gutenberg.org/files/1626/1626-h/1626-h.htm
Perhaps "No Living Voice" by Thomas Street Millington
Sounds like he was drugged with a coupla swedgers (ecstasy, Glasgow)
3:10
A somewhat strange way to murder people. Seems that quite a few British in such stories about British travelers to the continent in 2nd half of the 19th century perceived France and other countries, but especially France similar to the way quite a few Americans perceive their fellow Americans travelling to Eastern Europe and Russia (remember "Hostel" film series and a lot more). Travelers or tourists as they are called nowadays from overseas were and are seen as "rich" by the locals are envied, and abused as victims by the poor locals in countries that have been ravaged by wars and revolution, like France that lived through the "Great Revolution", Napoleonic wars, a few more revolutions and rebellions and finally the defeat and robbery by Prussia-Germany.
Spoiler.