5 Weird Tales Concerning Vampires

[@TheArchaos]

Hot coffee, snow outside the window, making folded Christmas hearts and then tales of vampires in the background! This has been a good xmas.

[@GeorgiaPeachHolly]

This channel is the only one in which I have NEVER found even one mistake in the writing and/or narration. Bravo.

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

Impeccable🏆💋

[@sadmanontherun]

I read the title as "Five Tales About Weirdly Concerned Vampires" and now i need them

[@Old_Goth_Lady]

I listen to this channel almost every night to sleep 🖤🖤

[@_Darzaka]

These story compilations are excellent for study sessions or lazy evenings with a coffee and pastry. Thank you for another wonderful gem.

[@marinakaiser7639]

How wonderful dear H.B.i love this vampires stories 😁🧛‍♂️🧛‍♀️Thank you so much for making my evening interesting 🖤❤🙋‍♀️‼‼

[@jbos5107]

I don't know how I missed this but I am certainly glad I found it. I've been sick all night and finally get some relief and I am really grateful for these stories in the early morning to keep me company. Thank you!

[@HorrorBabble]

Get well soon!

[@SashaIsAFox]

I really enjoyed this collection. The Canal is such a good one to end on. Thanks for all you do!

[@Arwcwb]

This is close to becoming too good - a rare and terrifying category of greatness.

[@mauricedavis2160]

I wholeheartedly agree, sci-fi/horror genre rocks!!!🙏👍👻

[@brianmcg.8260]

What would happen if it was too good ?

[@theflameunder5528]

@@mauricedavis2160 . .

[@sophietuckerify]

last man standing, washing up done. Two uploads to savor. Merry most joyful blessings & bellylaffs to all, gratitude & affection to Ian & crew.

[@AcornElectron]

Again I say, I do not know if Warren was planning a very Merry Christmas for the two of us in that miasmic, sepulchral dining room! Happy Holidays Horrorbabblers!

[@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz]

And W.I.T.H.H. IS Warren???

[@ashley-dn2el]

You have a great acting voice for the kinda genre ,you do and i have noticed you have a huge collection in store . So much there is will try and listen to as much as I can . Great selection of vampire 🧛‍♂️ stories by the way !Thank you for sharing your awesome collection !

[@seanmccuen6970]

This was a really good series nailed home with masterful narrations. Thanks for everything HB.

[@michaelkottler]

Nailed home like a stake driven cleanly through the heart.

[@blakmajk3512]

Ian is the 🐐!

[@donaldmccleary9015]

Great stories and narration! Thanks! I always enjoy listening to these tales. The way the guys talk to each other and banter back and forth in "Four Wooden Stakes" cracks me up. The guys show how you take care of these foul beasts, but not after pouring whiskey down each other's throat. Great stories! Thanks!

[@jeffashley5512]

I really had never been into Vampire fiction but Ian you've gotten me listening. Great work.

[@justicepie314]

Thanks for releasing these, Ian! Excellent work!

[@RustyDockLight]

WOW! The brotherhood of blood... I was not expecting that but it sucked me in, no pun intended. What a beautiful, passionate story! 💕

[@walterfechter8080]

A true love transcends Time and Space. That story brought a tear to my eye. I'd love the thought of both chief characters finding peace and each other in the afterlife.

[@mijiyoon5575]

Ah, I see what you've done here ... all of'em in one handy playlist THX *HorrorBabble* 👍👍👍👍👍🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁

[@lieutenantdan1413]

Brotherhood of blood gave me the feels. Very good.

[@walterfechter8080]

I dedicate these tales in loving memory of my English and Romanian grandmothers. Many thanks, Ian.

[@mariovillarreal8647]

Damn you make me; just made me MISS My Nana SOOO MUCH!!! Thank you for that dedication; it goes straight to the deepest part of my heart and soul in memory of the One person I loved MOST In my LIFE. I never knew my dad or his family. LOVE and Peace from the Central Coast of California. Love. Mario SirSirReal Villarreal

[@walterfechter8080]

@@mariovillarreal8647 Your loved ones are keeping watch over you. Keep that thought alive in your heart -- now and forever. Peace be your journey.

[@mariovillarreal8647]

@@walterfechter8080 thank you. Love and Peace to You and yours forever always all ways. Love, Mario. Thank you so much.

[@walterfechter8080]

@@mariovillarreal8647 God keep you and yours -- in Heaven and on Earth. You're welcome. See you on the way up! 😇🙏

[@listerjne]

GORGEOUS music here guys!!!

[@danzgodava]

Great workmanship bye the mesmerizing Mr.Ian Gordon!!.thanks my good man, from ur friend of leech lake reservation, Ojibwe/Anishanabeg "Original people "

[@scyphe]

The Return of the Undead is curiously well written (imho) with descriptions creating clear images from the main characters point of view. A very good listen and a very good reading performance that put me right into the story as if I was there (it helped that I listened to it at night with the lights turned off).

[@CJM-rg5rt]

It's one of my all-time favorite short stories that HB has covered. It's a real shame that the author didn't write more stories, I don't know why he didn't build a killer career as a horror writer because he definitely should've.

[@DrJeykl]

I always love listening to Horror Babble whenever I can. Brotherhood of blood drew me in!

[@MrsCaranAmy]

These are a great vampire collection of stories. Plus they are very well read by you. Thank you. Have a great Thursday and a Merry Christmas 🎄 🌟 💖

[@JonQuaviusDorito]

"Alex: There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening."

[@beverlyamarantes9775]

Merry Christmas HorrorBabble and Ian!

[@HorrorBabble]

Merry Christmas, Beverly!

[@mauricedavis2160]

Excellent tales and an even more excellent host, thank you Sir!!!🙏👌👻❣️

[@FIONA21ful]

I re-listened to these tales tonight as I went to bed early, fell asleep listening to something else & woke up later with them playing ...I decided to let it play & am very glad I did , great selection I enjoyed as much as the first time I heard them.

[@DavidTeerTheBackyardUfologist]

Had to revisit a year later! Merry Christmas again! And still not a vampire but still nocturnal…..

[@nikola566]

Best channel, best narrator PERIOD. Love you guys!

[@HorrorBabble]

Thanks, Nick!

[@AhriOfAstora]

I loved all of them, thank you!

[@HorrorBabble]

You are welcome!

[@romanleiter601]

Love me some good vampire stories, thank you

[@soulreaver1983]

Another outstanding video! I love these Vampire tales!🧛‍♂️thanks and Happy Christmas again to you and Jennifer Ian!😎🎄👍

[@puparn93]

These vampire stories have been great pre-holiday listening.

[@howardhavardramberg333]

Perfect! Just what I wished for for christmas!

[@blixten2928]

Some of these I have never heard of before, THANKS! For instance, imagine battling morphine addiction (I wonder if the guy managed it) -- only to become a vampire! From addiction to drug to addiction to blood. An extraordinarily odd tale, that! And followed by the wonderful story of the cloth-headed tourists - "how strange, these guys hate garlic and don't like crosses, very odd but they no accounting for foreign ways"... Just, lots of FUN!

[@josephskiles]

Vampirism has been used as a metaphor for drug addiction often actually, it was an extremely popular trend in the movies of the 80's for example. I have always found it facinating that the subject can be used to explore everything from sexuality to diseases to Evan the cycle of child abuse turning victims into monsters themselves that abuse others. Too many people fail to look deeper into the things horror stories have to say about our experiences in life.

[@bishwajeetbhattacharya3546]

The feeling is mutual

[@carolrios9216]

@@josephskiles I am blown away to discover that I am one of those people who fail to connect vampirism with child abuse. It does make perfect sense. Thank you, Joseph, your comment is honestly a revelation to me, a whole new understanding.

[@josephskiles]

@@carolrios9216 I'm glad you found value in my comment. There is a really good movie from the 70's called Lamora ( I think KZbin even has it for free) the explores this angle really well while also borrowing heavily from Lovecraft's shadow over innsmouth . I really do find it amazing how many metaphors it can be used for, the only thing I can think that even comes close are maybe how ghosts or aliens are used to tell various tales though I still think the vampire has even them beat. Anyhow thanks again for your comment!

[@DavidTeerTheBackyardUfologist]

Addiction to blood? Nah it’s their food. I would like to have a daylight ring! Lol:)

[@blackwidowspider9852]

Thank You So very much this is your second long vampire stories that are amazing 🖤💉🩸🩸

[@ssshhhjjj192]

Thank you Mr. Babble!

[@HorrorBabble]

Thanks for listening, Stephen!

[@MatthewJBarnetteOO7]

Thank you for including timestamps.

[@dondawson2174]

Tomorrow is my 50th birthday... Can't wait to see my 🎁 from Ian and Jennifer.

[@HorrorBabble]

Happy Birthday, Don!

[@chicksandwich]

Great stuff. Love the vampire stories

[@muricanviking6859]

Fantastic as always! Gotta say, “pulling lustily at the knob” gave me a giggle

[@HorrorBabble]

😁

[@johnferry7778]

Me too!

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

Same!

[@avril4421]

Beautifully read, and a great collection

[@danbreeden8738]

Magnificent experience horrorbabble content

[@michaelkottler]

Wonderful selection of vampire tales. "The Return of the Undead" brought to mind the campy, comedic 80's b-movie horror classics Return of the Living Dead and Return of the Living Dead II. Leed's tale is a standout here along w/Davidson's "Vampire Village". But then, all of these stories "suck". Excellent again HorrorBabble. "Brotherhood of Blood" is another standout. Re: "The Return of the Undead", I awoke way too early this morning w/the realization that the title is a bit of foreshadowing related to the protagonist's (SPOILER:) horrifying, completely buzz-killing realization that his super-happy ending is in fact the beginning of his personal experience as a neophyte blood-sucker and that one addiction has been replaced by another acutely less desirable? Finally, is it too much of a stretch to believe that the protagonist's morphine-seeking behaviors were included not just as a device to set-up certain parts of the story but also as an analogy to the overpowering blood-seeking compulsion shared by all vampires?

[@Daelda]

The Brotherhood of Blood is such a beautiful love story!

[@joedent3323]

Nice one Ian & co. I love vampire tales. These are top-quality productions. Scary Xmas to you, "LiL'JpD."

[@debacofzomb9889]

Excellent stuff, thank you Ian 👍🙂👌

[@Mimimort101]

This could totally be a movie anthology‼️‼️AWESOME 👏🏽 ❤️💀🖤❤️💀🖤

[@robbabcock_]

Wonderful tales!🧛‍♂⚰🦇

[@shelleymarquis2887]

This is one of the best vampire stories ever. She's so creepy, too creepy for bedtime listening. Night, night. 🥱

[@butterflySmiles2]

I have such a short attention span thanks to KZbin or at least last few years so I really appreciate the short stories. Who who gets all the meat as well as the just deserves in a few minutes. And yes I listen to clan of the cake bear, this is my third time but I swan it's harder to stay focused on such long books or chapters I should say in the books.

[@mzeewatk846]

I totally sympathize and agree. : )

[@mzeewatk846]

Ps. Even before, and then even more. After I drink a mickey. : )

[@billsummy2412]

THAT WAS SUPER , SUPER DUPER 🧛‍♂🧛‍♂🧛‍♂🧛🧛‍♀👍👍🦇🦇

[@jamesleonard2870]

I can’t believe what a sucker I am for anything with the word “canal” in it! Great stories =]

[@josevarela3913]

Unbelievably great, please more vampire. Many thanks.😊

[@GidionApex]

Great voice for this .

[@valeriyabarabanova5152]

Vampire stories are my favorite! Thank you a lot for this great video

[@susanhepburn6040]

Thank you very much.

[@tomcurran1538]

Notice in the "Four Wooden Stakes" they said something like, "we would have run incontinently." A polite way of saying they would have p..... themselves.

[@melanieomer9186]

Incontinently also means “without restraint”

[@jonmiller4361]

I'll accept your explanation, but it likely meant "We would've gotten the fuck out without hesitation"

[@melanieomer9186]

The best definitions Tip ‘o the hat

[@mariovillarreal8647]

You ain't just "fornicatin' the Canine"!

[@marycollins2163]

I thought the same and probably would have. 😂 as far as peeing myself.

[@arecane2000]

"Four wooden steaks."...is rough on the cutlery.

[@blackwidowspider9852]

The 10th time I listen to this i love 🖤🖤🖤🖤🔥🔥💃💃💃your narrative

[@lyleslaton3086]

Wood stake ✅, cross ✅, hammer ✅, maybe some garlic ✅, ok I can keep listening now.

[@lacyhart2043]

The brotherhood of blood is very good best in the list

[@lacyhart2043]

I really did like the list great stories.

[@OccultNoir]

That intro jam is lit

[@HorrorBabble]

Think I need to finish a proper recording of it...! Ian

[@r3v3n63]

i swear the picture used for Brotherhood of Blood looks like Sherilyn Fenn.

[@NotTheRealCodyDean]

A RENDEZVOUS IN AVEROIGNE by Clark Ashton Smith and THE HORROR FROM THE MOUND by Robert E Howard are very good vampire tales as well.

[@ironbutterfly6835]

Ty .. I’m hooked now but had no idea where to go for vampire tales of this excellent standard! Thanks again!

[@thomsbooth4906]

I'm not usually a vampire fan, but these tales are unusually well done. These vampires and other characters are delightfully evil and flawed. I can't stand "Twilight" or "Anne Rice" type of vampire stories. Vampires should be totally evil with no redeeming qualities. They should not be high school kids with human friends or good guys only feeding on animal blood with human partners that hunt down all manner of evil beings. These tales hit the mark just right. The narrators are exceptionally good. They add an additional level of "creepy" to already terrifying stories. Thanks for the uploads. 💀💀👺👺👍👍🧛🧛

[@michaelkottler]

Agree re: both these HorrorBabble adaptations and Twilight but as I recall, a significant population of the vampires depicted in the Anne Rice novels are quite evil, at times delightfully so, and deeply flawed indeed.

[@ukcats82]

The only Vampire stuff that I love is all these Horrorbabble shorts stories, Bram Stoker's Dracula, which I read at least once a year, and my guilty pleasure, Tru Blood, but those vamps would. kick the shit out of Twilight Vamps or Anne Rice Vamps. I've read the True Blood books and they are good, quick reads, but the show, especially those first 4 seasons, really kicks ass

[@joestuttard1495]

The second story was so emotive and we'll written, and unconventional

[@allysonlewis1576]

I knew those two were dodgy. This had me on the edge of my seat.excellent

[@Gnif572]

Title hooked me haha

[@anthonybarnwell767]

Hey Mr Gordon merry Christmas ⛄⛄⛄

[@1701EarlGrey]

this is whole vamp collection?

[@HorrorBabble]

Just the recent VAMPIRES series. We'll probably put a playlist together soon that includes all of our vamp stories.

[@Kikilang60]

I've seen The Canal in a few anthologies. My mind wants to say it was put to film. I doubt it. Still, you did well with the story. Oddly, I only remember the beginning and the end.

[@generalkrang7138]

did the narrator by any chance do voice acting for Mystery of the Druids video game?

[@HorrorBabble]

Unfortunately not!

[@ethanshaw9789]

If I join an pay for the minibabbler or horrorbabbler does my money actually go to the content creator?

[@HorrorBabble]

Hi Ethan! I think we get about 70% after fees and taxes are deducted. Thanks for considering it!

[@ethanshaw9789]

Gotta love taxes. I just wanted to be sure you all were actually gettin it

[@bwy553]

4:03 at Least Dracula had the consideration to pick Harker up in a carriage…

[@deespaeth8180]

I knew "the canal " felt familiar. It was an episode on Rod Serling's Night Gallery.

[@J.Knight1861]

I absolutely love this. Brotherhood of blood is my favorite. Also, how bad can it be to have a Vampire girlfriend? I wouldn't mind.

[@mzeewatk846]

Tip: Vampires can also easily be confounded by Kevlar collars. : )

[@daleanderson1727]

thx

[@jonathanwpressman]

I always get pissed at the guy in The Canal. He should have gone all in.

[@blackwidowspider9852]

Mona mj love your work 🔱🔱🔱🔱🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👹

[@alanimals]

Scary Mary....

[@DavidTeerTheBackyardUfologist]

If I was some how made a Vampire. I would do something with my undead life. Get a lot of education…… well their version and really research. Go beyond that. Maybe doing something to help mankind and fight for people that cannot. Get rid of the power, control and greed group… change things for the better common sense. It would be incredible to see the world move forward and the people come together and live together without war, etc….if I could get passed the blood thing. Yuk! Yuk gag

[@teddydog6229]

Especially drinking the blood of Ted Cruz. Imagine having to force your fangs through that neck-beard even if it is for the greater good.

[@listerjne]

vampires can be specks of dust???? ok unfair. i like to think i never heard it because vamps decided that was kinda uncool and made a pact to not do it

[@fugu_3467]

2:36:50

[@Dumuzi-o8b]

Wow

[@periplanetamissionary]

Im greatly disturbed at the continued lack of werewolf representation. These effete leeches get too much attention. :P Either way continue your great work.

[@kelliv2995]

❤❤❤

[@richardstrachmesserschmiti4979]

Real They Live

[@listerjne]

"how does one become a vampire?" "STUDY" thats so cool. like if you're going to pursue this dangerous creature for ur own benefit like a fool, you better at least learn about vampires.

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

🤔"ya could ask 👑 Charlie-bloodline about his *uncle* Vlad the Impaler his bloodline descendant😈 that he brags about! 🤨 *karma* is a coming anytime soon.

[@arecane2000]

Hmm? Hmmm, yeah yeah... little chewy.

[@bold810]

"High Stakes Gamble".#🎉

[@sherryglisson4885]

You seem to be the only channel out here telling vampire stories. Such a shame.. .

[@Vates104]

No one reads stories as well as you do.

[@FaizalNazaruddin-ko8dw]

Oolo

[@TheHappyhorus]

If you can’t explain something simply then you don’t know it well enough.

[@Crossword131]

Miles and dollars have no place in an "English" setting.

[@kevinheath7588]

Dollars might not but miles certainly do, we use miles per hour and most of us do distances in miles.

[@Crossword131]

@@kevinheath7588 Honestly I don't remember if in this story they used miles as a speed or distance, and I guess when talking about geographic distance miles are used. I lived in Yorkshire and Scotland, and as an American, it was jarring to hear and took me out of the story. Since I don't remember, I'll split it with you. Miles? Fine. Dollars is a silly slip.

[@kevinheath7588]

@@Crossword131 Happy to split the difference with you...thumbs up for miles and down for dollars. I do agree with your general point a story needs an ambiance an atmosphere, and that is in large part created by the terminology used by the author and has to be at least a little accurate for the story to be believable. Sorry I know you know all this, basically just saying I understand your point and it's not a frivolous one :-)

[@Crossword131]

@@kevinheath7588 cheers, man!