I love this story. Appreciate your comments esp related to your work experience. There's a clue I never noticed on previous readings, at just after 26 minutes in the recording: the local police officer comments that the shop owner has a woman friend who is both a furniture broker and a sorceress! I bet she cast a spell on our narrator's furniture, and after he found it, she reversed the spell. Otherwise, why is she mentioned? Truly, the household furnishings traipsing out the door and down the road is a singular vision of someone losing their mind. It's a brilliant and tragic story. Thank you Tony for sharing your talents and your time!
I have never identified more with a protagonist than in this story. The excellent narration and story itself has put me on a trip down the Maupassant rabbit hole. What a writer, maybe the best French short story writer ever. Thanks for presenting an amazing story
Guy de Maipassant is the author that has created the most horrifying story I have ever read-The Horla- the mental dissent of a man from a well balanced man into the depths of madness. Through his "eyes". No blood. No gore. No complex list of characters. Just one man and his mind. " Who knows" is of the same genre. Pure perfection.
Yeah it’s a good one, the WHOah'REla... And, guilty secret, I just LOVE nettling my gf by saying his name, w a very HEAVY Gallic accent: "Do you have a RHEUM for.... Giy de MAUpAssAUN't!!??UnHAnd me a quisson'T!"- irritates her to no freaking end, despite my only ever saying it once per story, apparently it’s juuuust enough. X)
I was first introduced to Guy's work in 12th grade English with his tale of a dandy who kills himself out of fear after challenging a man to a duel; it was only in the last few years that I discovered he was known to some degree for horror as well. Quality stuff, if a bit light in the actual scare department for a modern audience.
Yay another upload! Your channel is genuinely one of my favorites and brings me a sense of peace and comfort when I’m feeling overwhelmed or sad. It’s a precious thing to be able to retreat from the world for a moment. Thank you so much, you are very much appreciated ❤
You should check out HorrorBabble. Tony done a Collab with them not long ago which is really good.. I found this channel through listening to them, Tony was auto played after one of horrorbabbles stories and I enjoy them both very much now 🙂
Me too. Home sick from work today and the first thing I thought of to make me feel better was binging this channel :) Glad to know I'm not alone in this
Genuinely one of the most bizarre stories I'd ever read. The fact that the height of the horror could be considered almost comical in a way makes the entire thing memorable. It does a great job of being overall moody, which works better still when you consider Guy's mental state. Still, would I be afraid if I came home to find my furniture marching out the door and down the street? Who knows?
@@ClassicGhost Not as much money as it might have taken that old woman to have all of that shipped to her shop. Which I have to assume she did because otherwise the idea of this narrator's furniture making a complete 'Brave Little Toaster'-style trek across Europe undermines the story just a bit.
What to think about this tale... the jury is still out... who knows... . One certainty, your narration is brilliant. You are the best, Tony. Thank you!
It is so that when I fall asleep before the story is finished, I can more easily find my place again to listen to the rest of it. ^^ And also, gauge the length before listening, yes. Thank you so much for taking the suggestion! ^^
Very entertaining! Love this also this time around, the tale, the narration and the interesting, informative and fun commentary. Dog Nico sends his love.
The stories that you read are wonderful. But I found your podcast because of your commentaries, and I keep coming back to listen to the things that you have to say about the stories that you read so evocatively.
Great story and narration! Please keep doing what you do. I love it when you discuss the diagnosis, symptoms, and background of various ailments and mental illnesses. You worked in the industry for a long time, and I thoroughly enjoy your discussions. Interesting story. Whether magic or imagined, this is a fantastic story. Thanks!
Love your superb voicing of these tales. Maintain your commentary. Adds so much to the entire experience. Any of the books you mentioned are eagerly awaited .. thank you, Tony
There’s something about Guy De Maupassant’s style of writing that suits your narration style perfectly. I absolutely love how you read his stories. Simply the best.
This is a fun one. I like to think it's a little mix of both paranoia and supernatural. The antiquarian and his sorceress neighbor conspired to steal his furniture, and when he found them out, they sent it back. It's probably just a routine job for them, and they don't even realize that their target has a psychiatric disorder. After all, he showed symptoms before the event: his seclusion and revulsion of others. The supernatural event triggered more extreme symptoms just as any other traumatic or stressful event would. His paranoia and extreme fear of the antiquarian is part of the disorder, but it doesn't mean that the supernatural event didn't happen to him.
I am surprised that some of your listeners do not like your commentaries at the end. I've always found them full of useful knowledge about the author and about the meaning of the story. In the nature of short stories, their meaning is not obvious. Obfuscation seems to be a common writing method of many ghost story writers. Your commentaries help to clear up the meanings for us, so thank you. I am glad you have not abandoned your commentaries. I'm rambling. Sorry.
I personally adore your commentary, in fact I would be interested in listening to a compilation of just your commentary. Thank you for another great story Tony!
Hi, dear Tony. Another interesting offering with a fascinating commentary. With your experience, you offer much more insight than most reader performers---so take that, naysayers!!
I'm gonna be a little silly, but these are honestly the first things that came to mind whilst you were reading. The first was the tv series, Downton Abby. I don't like the idea of "servants," but, I wouldn't have minded being a servant there. They worked hard, but, were respected. Best of all, they were all together in their snug litte rooms, safe, like a family each night. The second thought I had was the Disney version of Beauty & the Beast. The furniture marching away made me think of Cogsworth and Lumire. ⏰🕯️But, seriously ...what about the idea of his guilt over being wealthy and being a sort if Scrooge-like sort, by keeping to himself. His guilt manifests in his actions of moving the furniture and never wanting to go back to his home again. He ends up in one of the most abject places, an asylum.
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Hi Tony I immediately thought supernatural and then when the gendarme mentioned the shop owners neighbor being into sorcery,that just nailed down the obvious.For me,at least. And I was a Psychiatric nurse for many years! 😂but I still say supernatural. Also,please continue to do the commentary at the end of the story. That is the high point for me. Love your work Tony dearest.
I think the policeman is right: I've heard of cases where a well-organized group of thieves have pulled a moving van up to a house where the owners were absent and completely emptied it in broad daylight. Neighbours would assume a normal move was in progress, so they were unquestioned. So it could be done, though as you say, the cop wouldn't know just how much furniture was involved. Also, 20th century furniture is a lot lighter and easier to move than in the past. Imagine how massive and heavy a Louis XIII wardrobe would be! Maybe persuading the furniture to make a break for it was the best way.
Yes! I too thought of Beauty & the Beast with the moving furniture. Sadly, no singing. I had a thought that perhaps it was the man's guilt about being wealthy and alone. He is sort of a Scrooge like character in that he keeps to himself and he seems not to want to help others in any way. He moved the furniture, feeling as if he did not deserve it. But, consciously he can't know this. In the end, he doesn't go back to the beautiful home and is in one if the most abject places of society for that time, an asylum. Just a dash of psychoanalysis for your Friday!😁
Merci Monsier Antoine, tres bonne. Great narration. I'd heard this one on another channel at some time but I can't remember who's ( that tells you something.), it is so good to look deeper into the Author and his possible motivations. I love the imagery of galloping furniture; who needs generative AI when someone can write like this? I can imagine the antiquities trader being startled by a cavalry of precious antiques running madly along the road, and him racing to gather his friends to corral them and drive them home like wild horses. Very enjoyable. 🙂
I used to have GPI patients when I first started my psych nurse training.back in the eighties They had been in hospital for decades and were very institutionalised
Really, I wish you’d just do your thing after reading each story. I look forward to the little snippets of your life and extra info on the stories. They are my favourite part of the readings. I don’t know what is up with people who don’t want to hear your thoughts, dare I say, ramblings, as you free associate from author & book details to your own life and experience. It’s great! This reminded me of another of your stories, where gypsy-types took over a man’s apartment. He was the same type of a loner, who loved each item in his home and loved to be alone there. Ever after, they sang and danced and feasted as they crowded into his life. Was that Guy de Maupassant as well? Anyway, I love your commentaries. Please don’t stop.
Quite a pity (and a huge shame upon this iron age of ours) that you have to make apologies for your valuable after-story commentary and discussion. Ne'ertheless, I thank you most humbly for this literary (and spookish) offering.
Loved this story. The fact that the protagonist formed a much stronger attachment to inanimate objects than to his fellow man would make his disappearing furniture the more horrifying for him, psychotic or not. I kind of got that to a degree - I too get stupidly attached to things. I won't throw away used up pens. I feel sorry for things that don't get used up or are wasted. The last, lone baked bean in the can, the strip of wallpaper I ruined while decorating and had to throw away. 😂 During a psychotic episode the delusions/hallucinations are 100% real for the sufferer. It's like your family, friends and colleagues all insisting one day that your name is not Tony but Brian. You would never be able to accept it; you'd dispute it and argue against it to your last breath. That's how I was told it feels. So I think De Maupassant is offering the reader a glimpse into the awful uncertainty and distress of psychosis. Well read, and thoroughly enjoyed the commentary too. Looking forward to more from Guy. ❤
Absolutely 💯% Brilliantly Done~ Tony!! Thank you so Much, Again!! Please excuse me for this short comment,,, Jasper Mutt and I are terribly tired 😴 and I have made an ", Executive" decision to get some sleep before returning anew to replay this!! *~~*!!❤ Andréa and Jasper. ...XxX v v
“The Libertarian” is the best syphilis movie! 😂 I wonder what it means in Greek or Latin, or whatever the root is. That is a terrible end. Shuck a duck! 🕊️💚
The stampede is hilarious! I'm thinking of the fight scene in Beauty and the Beast. Guy's protagonists are always a little unhinged and I love it. It annoys me that people fall asleep to your stories and similar channels, it's such a waste of your narration, they are missing out.
Have you ever read "The Boy in Darkness" by Mervyn Peake? I think it would make a awesome edition to your channel. Think Alice in Wonderland merged with The Island of Dr Monroe and all written by Thomas Ligotti.
@@ClassicGhost Its on the internet archive for borrowing. Its actually a stand alone story set in the Gormanghast world. Titus is the boy in the title. He escapes the castle only to get lost in a dark wood which leads to a nightmare world. and unlike Gormanghast, its really short. Shorter then something like Shadow over Insmouth.
I love the notion of the furniture picking up sticks and chuntering off to Rouen. I sometimes wish mine would do the same: it would make life less complicated. The fact that the police discuss the possibility of the antiquary's friend being a sorceress (as another commenter has noted), indicates that there is a supernatural element, so I think it's a bit of both. I enjoy the commentary/ramblings. It's like mulling over a story with a friend.
While the idea may look attractive for your situation, in Real life, I doubt that you would be pleased. And other people who are victimized are hurt in ways that you cannot imagine.
The time stamp is a good idea but you should definitely keep the commentary. I can't understand why anyone (other than a creature usually found under a bridge) would complain about it.
Glad to have found this channel at last! Question though, have you removed your podcast from spotify? I distinctly remeber being a subscriber there, but can no longer find it.
I had my catalytic converter stolen. Didn't realize it for two weeks. Wondered why my car was making those god awful noises. Also had my registration sticker on the back of my car stolen. This was when I was working in a place where I had to park on the street just outside L.A. Didn't bother the police with either because I knew they couldn't do anything about it.
The police called the neighbor "a sorceress." Taken literally, she could have been the accomplice who enchanted the furniture for the antiquary's gain! Who knows? 😄
I much prefer the supernatural take. Poltergeist occurrence, with a big dose of the hitchhiker effect. The insanity/paranoia idea is too tame, in me 'umble opine. I could see this as an episode of an anthology-type supernatural/horror movie. CG mix with practical could have fun with the crawling furniture, if done using a dream-like approach. Maybe they theorize robbers have used some kind of hallucinatory gas on the place? Or that he's flipped his lid, until reports start coming in from all over the country (or the world?) of the same phenomenon. But what is causing all this? Everyone can't be crazy, or could they?...who knows? (Yes, I haven't figured it all out either. ha)
Oh looking fwd to this.. absolutely love Ur Collab with Horrorbabble.. was a gathering of giants.. 🙂 could I ask what the story u read about the fife lass that conjured her dead brother in Edinburgh then married the laird that killed her brothers murderer was called please ?.. I really really enjoyed that story a lot would love to hear it again but have no idea what it's called 🙂
Sorry to ask here... but.. can anyone remember if Tony read a story about a toff that found a book about a young indian lad that ran away to become a yogi... and could use meditation to see things... (I won't spoiler it).. IF so, whaaaaat the bloody hell was it called..? Please and thanks. **EDIT** Found it, 'The wonderful story of Henry Sugar' by Roald Dahl.. turns out ... they just made a film of it in 2023! Huh.who knew.
I don’t know why this man commitetd himself to a psychiatric hospital, when he clearly knew he’d been robbed. I wouldn’t doubt my perceptions like that, (although, I’m sure many would; but not if they’ve ever been in such a place before!). I used to work in North Wales in what was then, fondly called, “Denbigh Mental”. Do you know of it? They would have to drag me kicking and screaming to that place. I would bet you feel the same.
Tony please! i feel you are to affected by the words of the smallest of minorities, you do not need to change anything,if the very very minority of disaffected do fall asleep+the story has finished they merely need to skip to the next installment,if they're awake then they can do the same but more immediate,I feel the few(for it can only be a few)have got you thinking too deeply into this minor detail. Please Tony don't get hung up on the remarks of the very few,read+ absorb the comment sections to know how the vast majority feel+love your stories, views+ connotations
I know this is true, but it’s been one or two people recently and it has affected me. as you know I’ve just given up my proper job so I have to keep going with this but honestly, there were times when I considered stopping
@ClassicGhost You could read with a Chinese accent, and I would still listen. Take no notice of the complainers;I would like to hear them do better. You, Simon and Jasper are the best of the best.
What a great story! Guy straddles the line between whimsical and disturbing very well, I think. For my money, it's a witch and a leprechaun or some such, who just happen to have a penchant for old and beautiful things... but like you, I prefer the supernatural. :)
I suppose for me the horror of this story comes from the sense of being violated in a place were you are suppose to be safe. I can understand that. though I haven't had my home broken into. My grandma once had some people from her church come to our home. Once member of the church decided to let themselves into my mum's bed room and tried to get into mine, they also ate some of my food which they didn't like and hid the remains in the dining room. I felt violated that someone I didn't know was walking around the none public areas of my home.
Your commentary is one of the main reasons I listen to your stories more than anyone else’s. Please don’t stop.
I totally agree.
J'aime ça que vous faites de plus en plus de classiques français. J'adore Guy de Maupassant !
Il y a de belles histoires françaises : j'adorerais faire du Huysman
@@ClassicGhost Oh wow. Oui, À rebours ou peut-être Là-bas.
I love this story. Appreciate your comments esp related to your work experience.
There's a clue I never noticed on previous readings, at just after 26 minutes in the recording: the local police officer comments that the shop owner has a woman friend who is both a furniture broker and a sorceress! I bet she cast a spell on our narrator's furniture, and after he found it, she reversed the spell. Otherwise, why is she mentioned?
Truly, the household furnishings traipsing out the door and down the road is a singular vision of someone losing their mind. It's a brilliant and tragic story.
Thank you Tony for sharing your talents and your time!
I have never identified more with a protagonist than in this story. The excellent narration and story itself has put me on a trip down the Maupassant rabbit hole. What a writer, maybe the best French short story writer ever. Thanks for presenting an amazing story
His short stories are superb.
Guy de Maipassant is the author that has created the most horrifying story I have ever read-The Horla- the mental dissent of a man from a well balanced man into the depths of madness. Through his "eyes". No blood. No gore. No complex list of characters. Just one man and his mind. " Who knows" is of the same genre. Pure perfection.
Yep. I have done that one, if I could encourage you to step over and listen :)))
@@ClassicGhostOoh, I'll look for that this afternoon. x
Yeah it’s a good one, the WHOah'REla... And, guilty secret, I just LOVE nettling my gf by saying his name, w a very HEAVY Gallic accent: "Do you have a RHEUM for.... Giy de MAUpAssAUN't!!??UnHAnd me a quisson'T!"- irritates her to no freaking end, despite my only ever saying it once per story, apparently it’s juuuust enough.
X)
Have to add the T on his name and quisson, maybe that's what irritates her? Lol. JK.
I was first introduced to Guy's work in 12th grade English with his tale of a dandy who kills himself out of fear after challenging a man to a duel; it was only in the last few years that I discovered he was known to some degree for horror as well. Quality stuff, if a bit light in the actual scare department for a modern audience.
Yay another upload! Your channel is genuinely one of my favorites and brings me a sense of peace and comfort when I’m feeling overwhelmed or sad. It’s a precious thing to be able to retreat from the world for a moment. Thank you so much, you are very much appreciated ❤
You should check out HorrorBabble. Tony done a Collab with them not long ago which is really good.. I found this channel through listening to them, Tony was auto played after one of horrorbabbles stories and I enjoy them both very much now 🙂
Me too. Home sick from work today and the first thing I thought of to make me feel better was binging this channel :) Glad to know I'm not alone in this
Truly unique story/an interesting companion to THE HORLA. Thanks for the good read. As per usual!!
Genuinely one of the most bizarre stories I'd ever read. The fact that the height of the horror could be considered almost comical in a way makes the entire thing memorable. It does a great job of being overall moody, which works better still when you consider Guy's mental state. Still, would I be afraid if I came home to find my furniture marching out the door and down the street?
Who knows?
it’s very interesting. What would you think? I’d be like: thst Cost me a lot of money
@@ClassicGhost Not as much money as it might have taken that old woman to have all of that shipped to her shop. Which I have to assume she did because otherwise the idea of this narrator's furniture making a complete 'Brave Little Toaster'-style trek across Europe undermines the story just a bit.
I get a mental image of 'The Sorceror's Apprentice' from 'Fantasia', with the mops and buckets marching down the stairs and across the room.
Wish all my amassed stuff would go walking down the street .
Especially that bloody locked draw ❤
What to think about this tale... the jury is still out... who knows... . One certainty, your narration is brilliant. You are the best, Tony. Thank you!
Loved it Tony and thanks again. I look forward to your chats and commentary. The nay sayers have lost the art of conversation.
It is so that when I fall asleep before the story is finished, I can more easily find my place again to listen to the rest of it. ^^ And also, gauge the length before listening, yes. Thank you so much for taking the suggestion! ^^
Very entertaining! Love this also this time around, the tale, the narration and the interesting, informative and fun commentary. Dog Nico sends his love.
I really enjoy your commentary!❤ it is like a book club!❤
That's the atmosphere I wanted.
Great story! What a conundrum for the poor fellow! Thank you Tony! ❤
Love this! You have a perfect voice for ghost stories! I love Guy de Maupassant!
The stories that you read are wonderful. But I found your podcast because of your commentaries, and I keep coming back to listen to the things that you have to say about the stories that you read so evocatively.
Thank you, really looking forward to this 👌
Great story and narration! Please keep doing what you do. I love it when you discuss the diagnosis, symptoms, and background of various ailments and mental illnesses. You worked in the industry for a long time, and I thoroughly enjoy your discussions.
Interesting story. Whether magic or imagined, this is a fantastic story.
Thanks!
Oh my gosh I literally just read 'The Terror" and loved it, so I was looking for more by the same author!
One of my favs of his. Thanks for this!
Delightful, Tony! Thank you, Fin Narthex. Your taste is excellent.
Wow. Sounds exactly like me! Well..up to the point where the furniture's decided to walk away 😅
This was delightfully strange. The narration was, as always, on point. I enjoyed every minute of it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love your superb voicing of these tales. Maintain your commentary. Adds so much to the entire experience. Any of the books you mentioned are eagerly awaited .. thank you, Tony
Thank you Mr. Walker..another fine choice..
There’s something about Guy De Maupassant’s style of writing that suits your narration style perfectly. I absolutely love how you read his stories. Simply the best.
thank you 🙏
i live for your commentary
Agreed! The commentary is half the fun!
So nice to hear.
This is a fun one. I like to think it's a little mix of both paranoia and supernatural. The antiquarian and his sorceress neighbor conspired to steal his furniture, and when he found them out, they sent it back. It's probably just a routine job for them, and they don't even realize that their target has a psychiatric disorder.
After all, he showed symptoms before the event: his seclusion and revulsion of others. The supernatural event triggered more extreme symptoms just as any other traumatic or stressful event would. His paranoia and extreme fear of the antiquarian is part of the disorder, but it doesn't mean that the supernatural event didn't happen to him.
I am surprised that some of your listeners do not like your commentaries at the end. I've always found them full of useful knowledge about the author and about the meaning of the story. In the nature of short stories, their meaning is not obvious. Obfuscation seems to be a common writing method of many ghost story writers. Your commentaries help to clear up the meanings for us, so thank you. I am glad you have not abandoned your commentaries. I'm rambling. Sorry.
Never apologise for rambling. Personally, I think it's a gift
Thank you for keeping the post story commentary, they are so interesting and enhance the enjoyment. Timestamp good idea
Glad you like them! It's nice to hear.
I personally adore your commentary, in fact I would be interested in listening to a compilation of just your commentary. Thank you for another great story Tony!
Hi, dear Tony. Another interesting offering with a fascinating commentary. With your experience, you offer much more insight than most reader performers---so take that, naysayers!!
thank you, thank you
Kaplow!!🤜😁
I'm gonna be a little silly, but these are honestly the first things that came to mind whilst you were reading. The first was the tv series, Downton Abby. I don't like the idea of "servants," but, I wouldn't have minded being a servant there. They worked hard, but, were respected. Best of all, they were all together in their snug litte rooms, safe, like a family each night. The second thought I had was the Disney version of Beauty & the Beast. The furniture marching away made me think of Cogsworth and Lumire. ⏰🕯️But, seriously ...what about the idea of his guilt over being wealthy and being a sort if Scrooge-like sort, by keeping to himself. His guilt manifests in his actions of moving the furniture and never wanting to go back to his home again. He ends up in one of the most abject places, an asylum.
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Interesting tale, Tony. Thank you for narrating. Enjoyed the snippets at the end.
Thanks for listening
This will be tonight's listen. Thanks Tony!
Hi Tony I immediately thought supernatural and then when the gendarme mentioned the shop owners neighbor being into sorcery,that just nailed down the obvious.For me,at least. And I was a Psychiatric nurse for many years! 😂but I still say supernatural.
Also,please continue to do the commentary at the end of the story. That is the high point for me. Love your work Tony dearest.
We've both done our time then :)
I think the policeman is right: I've heard of cases where a well-organized group of thieves have pulled a moving van up to a house where the owners were absent and completely emptied it in broad daylight. Neighbours would assume a normal move was in progress, so they were unquestioned. So it could be done, though as you say, the cop wouldn't know just how much furniture was involved. Also, 20th century furniture is a lot lighter and easier to move than in the past. Imagine how massive and heavy a Louis XIII wardrobe would be! Maybe persuading the furniture to make a break for it was the best way.
So good!!!
A wonderful story, thank you for your great work.
Good choice. Enjoyed it very much.
How wonderfully read!❤
Yes! I too thought of Beauty & the Beast with the moving furniture. Sadly, no singing.
I had a thought that perhaps it was the man's guilt about being wealthy and alone. He is sort of a Scrooge like character in that he keeps to himself and he seems not to want to help others in any way. He moved the furniture, feeling as if he did not deserve it. But, consciously he can't know this. In the end, he doesn't go back to the beautiful home and is in one if the most abject places of society for that time, an asylum. Just a dash of psychoanalysis for your Friday!😁
I like the commentary.
That was a great story..
Thanks Tony!
Merci Monsier Antoine,
tres bonne.
Great narration. I'd heard this one on another channel at some time but I can't remember who's ( that tells you something.), it is so good to look deeper into the Author and his possible motivations.
I love the imagery of galloping furniture; who needs generative AI when someone can write like this?
I can imagine the antiquities trader being startled by a cavalry of precious antiques running madly along the road, and him racing to gather his friends to corral them and drive them home like wild horses.
Very enjoyable. 🙂
Great recording Tony! That’s a haunting thumbnail too.
Your French sounds great too! 💯👌
Quirky and fun. Good one Tony!
Perfect timing 😂😂
There's no bad time for De Maupassant 🎉 💜
I used to have GPI patients when I first started my psych nurse training.back in the eighties They had been in hospital for decades and were very institutionalised
Really, I wish you’d just do your thing after reading each story. I look forward to the little snippets of your life and extra info on the stories. They are my favourite part of the readings. I don’t know what is up with people who don’t want to hear your thoughts, dare I say, ramblings, as you free associate from author & book details to your own life and experience. It’s great!
This reminded me of another of your stories, where gypsy-types took over a man’s apartment. He was the same type of a loner, who loved each item in his home and loved to be alone there. Ever after, they sang and danced and feasted as they crowded into his life. Was that Guy de Maupassant as well? Anyway, I love your commentaries. Please don’t stop.
No that was the Lost Room I think.
Quite a pity (and a huge shame upon this iron age of ours) that you have to make apologies for your valuable after-story commentary and discussion. Ne'ertheless, I thank you most humbly for this literary (and spookish) offering.
I love your reference to our Iron Age
Loved this story. The fact that the protagonist formed a much stronger attachment to inanimate objects than to his fellow man would make his disappearing furniture the more horrifying for him, psychotic or not.
I kind of got that to a degree - I too get stupidly attached to things. I won't throw away used up pens. I feel sorry for things that don't get used up or are wasted. The last, lone baked bean in the can, the strip of wallpaper I ruined while decorating and had to throw away. 😂
During a psychotic episode the delusions/hallucinations are 100% real for the sufferer. It's like your family, friends and colleagues all insisting one day that your name is not Tony but Brian. You would never be able to accept it; you'd dispute it and argue against it to your last breath. That's how I was told it feels.
So I think De Maupassant is offering the reader a glimpse into the awful uncertainty and distress of psychosis.
Well read, and thoroughly enjoyed the commentary too. Looking forward to more from Guy. ❤
Absolutely 💯% Brilliantly Done~ Tony!!
Thank you so Much, Again!!
Please excuse me for this short comment,,, Jasper Mutt and I are terribly tired 😴 and I have made an ", Executive" decision to get some sleep before returning anew to replay this!!
*~~*!!❤
Andréa and Jasper. ...XxX v v
“The Libertarian” is the best syphilis movie! 😂 I wonder what it means in Greek or Latin, or whatever the root is. That is a terrible end. Shuck a duck! 🕊️💚
He sounds like a typical introvert.
What do you mean ?
The stampede is hilarious! I'm thinking of the fight scene in Beauty and the Beast. Guy's protagonists are always a little unhinged and I love it.
It annoys me that people fall asleep to your stories and similar channels, it's such a waste of your narration, they are missing out.
I’ve never been this early!!! 😂
interestingly, I scheduled the time wrong and it should come out tonight not last night but never mind
Yo just the other day I read Machens The White People that references this story. This got uploaded right on cue as I was looking for audio readings!
I think I’ve done a reading of the white people. In fact, I think I know I have. It’s Hill of dreams that I haven’t done.
@@ClassicGhost I'll have to check that out, White People definitely seems like one of those stories that take multiple readings to appreciate.
@@ClassicGhost You should consider giving Hill of Dreams a go. Its wonderful.
Have you ever read "The Boy in Darkness" by Mervyn Peake? I think it would make a awesome edition to your channel. Think Alice in Wonderland merged with The Island of Dr Monroe and all written by Thomas Ligotti.
I don't know it. I love Gormenghast, but I didn't now that one. I will look it up
@@ClassicGhost Its on the internet archive for borrowing. Its actually a stand alone story set in the Gormanghast world. Titus is the boy in the title. He escapes the castle only to get lost in a dark wood which leads to a nightmare world.
and unlike Gormanghast, its really short. Shorter then something like Shadow over Insmouth.
I love the notion of the furniture picking up sticks and chuntering off to Rouen. I sometimes wish mine would do the same: it would make life less complicated. The fact that the police discuss the possibility of the antiquary's friend being a sorceress (as another commenter has noted), indicates that there is a supernatural element, so I think it's a bit of both.
I enjoy the commentary/ramblings. It's like mulling over a story with a friend.
+@imh9524 that’s what I’m aiming for just to have a chat about the story not to be a masterclass or anything
While the idea may look attractive for your situation, in Real life, I doubt that you would be pleased.
And other people who are victimized are hurt in ways that you cannot imagine.
The time stamp is a good idea but you should definitely keep the commentary. I can't understand why anyone (other than a creature usually found under a bridge) would complain about it.
Glad to have found this channel at last! Question though, have you removed your podcast from spotify? I distinctly remeber being a subscriber there, but can no longer find it.
No, it's on Spotify. open.spotify.com/show/4vRHo5ajkbL41Bdfut6Nqr?si=f6476934f0eb46df
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I had my catalytic converter stolen. Didn't realize it for two weeks. Wondered why my car was making those god awful noises. Also had my registration sticker on the back of my car stolen. This was when I was working in a place where I had to park on the street just outside L.A. Didn't bother the police with either because I knew they couldn't do anything about it.
My car sounded like a bomb going off without the catalytic convertor. People were turning round staring!
The police called the neighbor "a sorceress." Taken literally, she could have been the accomplice who enchanted the furniture for the antiquary's gain! Who knows? 😄
Yeah, BUT who knows if the policeman's and the caretaker's assertions weren't part of his delusion?
very true!
I much prefer the supernatural take. Poltergeist occurrence, with a big dose of the hitchhiker effect. The insanity/paranoia idea is too tame, in me 'umble opine.
I could see this as an episode of an anthology-type supernatural/horror movie. CG mix with practical could have fun with the crawling furniture, if done using a dream-like approach. Maybe they theorize robbers have used some kind of hallucinatory gas on the place? Or that he's flipped his lid, until reports start coming in from all over the country (or the world?) of the same phenomenon. But what is causing all this? Everyone can't be crazy, or could they?...who knows? (Yes, I haven't figured it all out either. ha)
Qui sait? Je sais!
Mais moi, je ne sais pas rien
@@ClassicGhost pas vrai!
Oh looking fwd to this.. absolutely love Ur Collab with Horrorbabble.. was a gathering of giants.. 🙂 could I ask what the story u read about the fife lass that conjured her dead brother in Edinburgh then married the laird that killed her brothers murderer was called please ?.. I really really enjoyed that story a lot would love to hear it again but have no idea what it's called 🙂
that was The Russell Kirk about Whinny Close
@@ClassicGhost oh amazing thank you 🙂 will be putting that on later when it's chill out time
Sorry to ask here... but.. can anyone remember if Tony read a story about a toff that found a book about a young indian lad that ran away to become a yogi... and could use meditation to see things... (I won't spoiler it)..
IF so, whaaaaat the bloody hell was it called..?
Please and thanks.
**EDIT**
Found it, 'The wonderful story of Henry Sugar' by Roald Dahl..
turns out ... they just made a film of it in 2023!
Huh.who knew.
I like Maupassant. I recommend You short story "Devil", it's not exactly "ghost story" but it is terrible.
I don’t know why this man commitetd himself to a psychiatric hospital, when he clearly knew he’d been robbed. I wouldn’t doubt my perceptions like that, (although, I’m sure many would; but not if they’ve ever been in such a place before!). I used to work in North Wales in what was then, fondly called, “Denbigh Mental”. Do you know of it? They would have to drag me kicking and screaming to that place. I would bet you feel the same.
+@mariongillon6208 I
do know of Denbigh hospital
Tony please! i feel you are to affected by the words of the smallest of minorities, you do not need to change anything,if the very very minority of disaffected do fall asleep+the story has finished they merely need to skip to the next installment,if they're awake then they can do the same but more immediate,I feel the few(for it can only be a few)have got you thinking too deeply into this minor detail. Please Tony don't get hung up on the remarks of the very few,read+ absorb the comment sections to know how the vast majority feel+love your stories, views+ connotations
I know this is true, but it’s been one or two people recently and it has affected me. as you know I’ve just given up my proper job so I have to keep going with this but honestly, there were times when I considered stopping
@ClassicGhost You could read with a Chinese accent, and I would still listen.
Take no notice of the complainers;I would like to hear them do better.
You, Simon and Jasper are the best of the best.
The author died at forty-three, just as R. L. Stevenson did.
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yuck
What a great story! Guy straddles the line between whimsical and disturbing very well, I think. For my money, it's a witch and a leprechaun or some such, who just happen to have a penchant for old and beautiful things... but like you, I prefer the supernatural. :)
I suppose for me the horror of this story comes from the sense of being violated in a place were you are suppose to be safe. I can understand that. though I haven't had my home broken into. My grandma once had some people from her church come to our home. Once member of the church decided to let themselves into my mum's bed room and tried to get into mine, they also ate some of my food which they didn't like and hid the remains in the dining room. I felt violated that someone I didn't know was walking around the none public areas of my home.