Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-6274 - The Burnley Estate

[@ROUNDERHOUSE]

rounderhouse video jumpscare! was a blast writing this one. burnley estate was part of the HARBINGER II project, an anthology of interrelated horror stories all about the idea of NOTHING, holes in reality. you should check out the others if you liked this, or maybe some of the other articles about the Burnleys. they’re a fucked up ol’ family!

[@elb1503]

ROUNDERHOUSE, I can't tell you how much money my company has paid me to read your articles during work hours. Keep up the amazing work.

[@wastedmonkey5819]

ROUNDERHOUSE, I love your work, man. Keep on writing, my guy.

[@taterpotaaato9601]

Big fan love ur stuff

[@ThePersia450]

Awesome work my dude👌👌

[@witchwaist]

you wrote a beautifully tragic ghost story. well done

[@attichen4749]

I love the idea that an MTF crew has been to every major haunted house in America and, given we know of them, promptly found nothing of lethal importance and dipped.

[@peculiar]

The idea of even ghosts and revenants being scared of - or at least worried about - the inevitable degradation into nothingness drives home the rising feeling of dread throughout the story. This is really amped up with the double meaning behind the repeated phrase, "There's nothing to be afraid of in the dark."

[@tsubaki4106]

It’s not “inevitable”, this all happened due to completely avoidable circumstances. It’s a cautionary tale.

[@nyarparablepsis872]

If you're into that I can recommend the Wraith tabletop RPG

[@peculiar]

@@tsubaki4106 What are the completely avoidable circumstances? No more Burnleys being present in the estate? Because the way I read it, the changes were due to the harbinger.

[@tylerfuller-battles8370]

@@peculiar The Burnley ancestors weren't remembered properly. They experienced the last of the Three Deaths and faded from memory.

[@frogthetoad6773]

It's very Wraith: The Oblivion. Though this it does the themes a bit better since it doesn't have all other post-apocalyptic ghostpunk setting loosely stapled to it like Wraith.

[@GallerySpecter]

"There is *nothing* to be afraid of in the dark." Once you realize the double meaning, that's when the horror really sets in.

[@afterschok6627]

O5 council: There's nothing to be afraid of. MTF: We're doomed. 🙄

[@jkx349]

It's nice that you are still doing SCP videos

[@Beta_Mixes]

Thankfully...he is one of the few 3 guys out there that are listenable and respect the stories the way they deserve to be

[@greenhowie]

As someone who was never into Warhammer or Audiobooks it's nice to see SCPs still getting some love. Each to their own, of course. If he explored aspects of something he didn't like purely for the algorithm it wouldn't be as enjoyable. Hell, I kinda want to try this myself with a different media universe after watching so many of these.

[@chrism4008]

I never had any interest in warhammer, and still dont as a game, but i started listen to TES warhammer story videos and theyre really enjoyable, rich stories. Ill probably never play it, but i bet ill learn the whole story, or as much as i can. Might be worth a shot

[@jacthing1]

​@@chrism4008 same I have no interest in the game, but I really enjoy listening to the lore.

[@chrism4008]

@@jacthing1 its just so thoroughly and deeply developed!

[@mattymayhem1232]

Warhammer has a crazy expansive world about as big as the SCP world. There is some really dark stuff too. If you like the weirdness of SCP then you'll definitely like Warhammer lore.

[@spiritbomber9359]

I wish there were more haunted house SCPs, it's such a goldmine for SCP horror

[@CodeguruX]

Me too. I wish there was one in this SCP. But it's just, nothing.

[@oksure9261]

Last time I saw a haunted house SCP, it gave me a permanent fear of life. dang shadow monsters…

[@Zinkolo]

Isn't that like one of the most popular forms of SCPs?

[@frogthetoad6773]

@@Zinkolo No, that'd be singular murder monsters. So much of an SCP trope, that SCP subversions of said trope.

[@SovereignSmurf]

Big ups for thoroughly exploring skips beyond simply reading the article out loud, but what really impresses me is how you always manage to find a badass picture that goes perfectly with it lol

[@jeshegames]

He’s joked about and even shown a dishwasher

[@DeathWatchChampion]

Me at 3am. "God i cant sleep i need an scp video" the exploring series literally 60 seconds later *poof* i dont know what i would do without this guy. Wether im playing his videos at night or listening to him on spotify at work hes carved a permanent place in my heart.

[@Babbleplay]

I put SCP podcasts on speaker to fall asleep to myself.

[@ilovehelldivers5317]

Which, recommend

[@DeathWatchChampion]

@@ilovehelldivers5317 huh?

[@cale0176]

He's on Spotify??

[@DeathWatchChampion]

@@cale0176 yeah he is

[@BananaTheCorn]

The line, "We don't have a wine cellar" is really evocative of early creepypastas, and I got a nostalgic chill when you read that part. Very nice.

[@amberkat8147]

"A Burnley shaped hole" is so very similar to a pivotal phrase from the stories of Alagada (spelling?) and the Hanged King's Tragedy.

[@percival2726]

This is almost certainly in reference to Fifthism

[@pyrosianheir]

This place is fascinating. On the one hand, I'd be super down to have a house like what the Burnley's had, with a friendly haunting. Of course, if it could turn the way that this one did....

[@WobblesandBean]

I'm still not entirely certain what's going on here. So the ghosts are essentially "dying"? What are they leaving behind?

[@pyrosianheir]

@@WobblesandBean Holes where their memory was. But only after they'd started to turn bad, likely due to the influence of that last Burnley and whatever eldritch thing he may or may not have summoned.

[@kos2919]

@@WobblesandBean My guess is that one burnley who study heresies did something that doomed everyone, human and ghosts alike

[@Hugh_Amungus]

7:29 'command reminds them that there's nothing to be afraid of' The ghosts: *_ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT_*

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

Nothing to fear but fear itself is a great motto to have in the foundation

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Well, there's that dimension with death all around. "O, Death", I think it was called.

[@Hugh_Amungus]

@@pajamapantsjack5874 it's all fun & games until the coral starfish vores you

[@WD_Gaster66]

Oh, but Command was right. After all, because they were saying to be afraid of "Nothing"

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@WD_Gaster66^ This. They are literally afraid of nothingness.

[@Thejoker-pk9jo]

The perfect way to enjoy a rainy early morning

[@MRDLT00]

Super curious if this story continues into the future. This “Harbinger” and “what’s to come” is interesting.

[@runnerofnigh]

It reminds me of The Stars Do Not Wait For You (SCP Foundation Tale). Thevolgon channel does a very good dramatic reading of the story it's one of the SCPs that leave me feeling hollow at the end.

[@avsbes98]

@@runnerofnigh The Exploring Series also has a really good reading of The Stars do not wait for you

[@thaumaturgeslit7759]

No monday morning is better than an SCP monday morning.

[@CupUhhJo]

Started my 630am commute with a ghost story. No better way to start the day😂😂

[@adversestripe4459]

SCP Facts lol

[@HSukePup]

Also better than infinite conscious death

[@Jordan-zz6sw]

Tes, my friend. Your SCP videos ignited my love for it, and many others. I know many others listen to ur stories for sleep, but I love taking the time to listen to ur excellent narration. Please keep it up, ur doing great!!

[@seankavanagh3742]

This left me feeling really sad and mentally drained…it was excellent!

[@infinity1281]

26:55 "A Burnley-shaped hole" Yep, that's a hanged king reference

[@r.e.bieron1041]

Harbinger - God of Gone - The Empty Skin! I love that one and I fantasize about an Exploring Series/Volgun crossover in which Volun reads Agent Donbry with an Irish accent, and ES reads Flanagan just as he did for his video. The chipper and friendly yet snarkily bureaucratic Flanagan vs when it becomes The Entity showcases how good ES has become with his voice acting. Setting that against Volgun's talent and ability to emote via voice (see his reading of The S.S. Somerfeld) would be an amazing thing to listen to. I LOVE your videos, ALL of them; you are my favorite KZbinr.

[@ClassicEclipse]

you are an scp content legend my friend

[@xxmadokaxx3]

Instant fave. I'd love more of these ghostly scps. Or just ghost stories in general.

[@howardhavardramberg333]

Man I love you dude, please never stop spreading the joy and wonder of SCP ❤

[@DarkFlamesDarkness]

What a strange was to spell the words blood & gore.

[@LocksAndChains]

I find the concept of oblivion comforting. Immortality/afterlife scares me. The idea that the story never ends is horrifying beyond reason.

[@Dante_xy7]

Immortality is Bad, afterlife depends.

[@jamesbook9028]

Love you for the late night uploads

[@siranubismax]

OH BOY, I FOUND THIS AT 3:14 AM! Was having trouble sleeping, and I praise the algorithm for showing me this gem, and thank TES for doing good honest work

[@Sigilstone17]

"There is NOTHING to be afraid of in the dark" takes on a whole new meaning when the Nothing starts talking

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

"studier of heresies" The Inquisition would like to know your location

[@dididi3368]

sisters of battle would also like to know your location.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Which Inquisition?

[@JM64]

@@michaelandreipalon359 You'd never expect them

[@azazelsiad3601]

*LOADS BOLTOR WITH INQUISITIVE INTENT*

[@fuzzytransmissionman]

The legio-hereticus gave him special permission, don't worry about it.

[@sparxhyuga]

Anybody else love being awake this early and seeing TES upload a new video 😁👍🏾

[@dn7783]

The creepy sounds around 15:20 Made me nervous and I thought I heard them in my room.

[@zanzi005]

It's like you knew I couldn't sleep. Thanks!

[@vinny.a.e9998]

It's 3am and I cant sleep. Thankfully this video popped up!

[@Monte_Carlo451]

"there is nothing to be afraid of"...didn't know foundation was a comedian

[@LeeannCarver-ll2ej]

I just gotta say, this really is one of the very best channels out there and I for one, am seriously impressed and grateful, thank you that is all.

[@bakawaki]

This was an interesting SCP, rip the ghosts

[@nothanks126]

Oh Boy, The Harbinger has come to make me feel emotion for people that don’t exist again.

[@happy_amoeba]

Some of the language used reminds me of "The Stars Do Not Wait For You"

[@Old_Jack_Ketch]

I get why you shifted away from just doing SCPs, but they’re still my favourite 😊

[@DanielSan1776]

*OH BOY! IT’S 3AM!!*

[@BetterCaulipowerSall-vq9yn]

*Laughs in European*

[@lingerlights]

Oh boy it's you again

[@seanhedgecock6327]

Oh boy!

[@jacobbuck4950]

YESSIR

[@ricardohoang8452]

*Harbinger time* 🤣

[@zenderzagato8174]

Kind of been in the dumps recently. Thanks for the pick me up.

[@stopefinaround]

You're going to make it through friend. I believe in you

[@MrBark1969]

@zender zagato it will pass my friend, it always does. That's what I've learnt.

[@zenderzagato8174]

Much appreciated @stopefinaround @MrBark1969

[@ParadoxedLL7]

Still love all your SCP videos! Really help pass the time working night shift

[@ademholmes9976]

i still greatly enjoy your scp videos, it's about the only ones i watch, no other yt'er does it for me like you do too haha ;) good on you mate :)

[@modernhaze3]

Oh boi new SCP thank you

[@Resomius]

Oh, I love the conzept of real nonexcistence. It reminds me about the Storys of the Pattern Screamers. Even Emptyness, nothingness is something. It has a name, a definition, a concept. True nonexcistence is something very special as we as mere humans can not percive or understand it. Maybe nit even the gods can. And thats why it is true horror

[@buriedplayzgames3446]

LETS GOOOOO NEW SCP UPLOAD!

[@zachnanite947]

Not finished with the video yet, but this might now be one of my favorites you've covered! Taking something standard, like a haunted house, and then twists it over and over. First with how there's dozen upon dozens of different spirits, then how they're all family and were there for the next generations of said family, followed by somethin occurring which leaves whats left as more traditional scary ghosts. Combine the lingering questions raised by the article with the fact that this is actually part of a larger series of stories, it's amazing!

[@Smellbringer]

Okay, every time you say "revenants" I keep thinking of the spooky skelly bois from Doom and that's funny to me for some reason.

[@Deathpikachu]

More SCPs like this please! The long form stories really don't have the same charm as the mysterious ones.

[@simonyin9229]

awesome. that was a riveting listening experience

[@MataisFox]

Thank you for still doing scps you're my favorite and have supported for years. Thank you. I support all you do.

[@mxm23adregalusandmore62]

I very much appreciate that, on top of your content, you take the time to list The artists and songs you use in the description.

[@queenoftheterriblelizards]

Perfect upload time! About to have the best sleep ever ❤

[@fatrhino]

My new favorite scp.the best ones make you think and consider.

[@thedukeofchutney468]

While I love the larger mythology SCPs I’ll always have a soft spot for the old school creepypasta SCPs.

[@girishgholap90]

Finally new episode arrived 🎉🎉🙏

[@onyxrin1946]

One day spiderbros 😔 this video will be just as good though

[@daxtron2]

theyre scared of our raw spider voting power

[@charlesfarley28]

4:08 Whoa, this hall is DANGEROUS!

[@artorios637]

OH BOY, 3 AM!

[@confusedsausagetm871]

Awesome story, reminds me of one of my favorites: SCP-3930

[@clinkers]

I think that it would be a grate idea for you to release these as a podcasts too. I listened to them to fall asleep and would love to be able to listen without the videos at night. Keep up the good work love all your vids and love the new 40k content.

[@cohenvale6342]

Wondering what i should watch late at night when im bored Ooh my feed as creepy stuff! Ooh Scp Stuff for tonight! Nice!

[@atalhlla]

“I do not like to imagine a world in which that anchor no longer exists, Abe so I shall not.” And then playback abruptly cut out for me. Now that’s timing.

[@ctravis91]

My life is in a good place right now. That's why I'm awake at 4am watching a guy read SCP ghost stories.

[@artofsarahjane]

Wondering what the other harbinger scps are? Just listened to the empty skin. Nice work

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

If it was the burley estate full of gachi muchi type men this would be perfect for pride month

[@nunyabusinesss1476]

Love it! This one would've made a great Horror/Suspense movie for sure. :D

[@Apexassassin141]

Can u do summaries of certain podcasts? Old gods of Apalachicola is right up your alley.

[@1986djackson]

Thanks for the Monday morning video

[@mepinminerals]

mate it's 3 am still watching though

[@grilledleeks6514]

These always leave me feeling teased... I hope they go somewhere one day

[@deathamusesme]

I SWEAR I've heard TES talk about this one before.. I had many moments where I remembered the things he talked about (tree with man, disemboweled corpse in Feast room etc).... Still a good listen!

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

Really enjoyed this one. I don't think much of the redefinition of the word "ghost" for this tale, but that's a minor quibble; this tale is a powerfully Lovecraftian enigma that really captured my interest. The idea of a ghost being twisted into something horrific, or destroyed by something which can kill the dead and leave a corpse of a corpse...it's out there, and would fall flat from the pen of a lesser writer, but Rounderhouse continues to show exceptional talent and make very interesting choices. Not a huge fan of the direction RH went with Mamjul-Koror, but I'd love to see more work in this vein.

[@xPantsMcGeex]

I love when we get an SCP set in Mississippi, such a rich history ripe full of entities of all kinds

[@motherreaper7287]

Absolutely amazing, I really love this one!

[@StojanceM]

I like the stories you do about ghosts and creepy places and stuff like that, to this day one of my favorites is Jasper's Hill. I would love to hear more stories or SCP or even myths and legends from 40k (although that universe is more vague and blunt about stories like that since you can explain everything with "warp fuckery" at play). Regardless tho, you have a talent for this stuff, cant wait to see what your next project is.

[@griffgoldsteinreference]

New TES SCP video drops: I get another reason to smile❤

[@SpaceVoidStudios]

I don't normally comment, but I'm very glad to see coverage of another one of the HARBINGER II SCPs. SCP-6274 is one of my favorite entries amongst the ten of the anthology, and at the risk of coming off somewhat pretentious, HARBINGER II has been one of the more oddly compelling collections of writing on the SCP Wiki, in my honest opinion, with how vague but surreal and unnerving all the SCPs are written. I would definitely not mind seeing another HARBINGER II SCP covered. Maybe even as a general video since some of the entries are more brief but just as strong in terms of their content, like SCP-6272, plus I feel there's some ways that the overall narrative of the anthology can be interpreted, but I'll leave it at that.

[@teyoru]

legit thought this was gonna be pattern screamers again

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

I wonder how many by now realized The Burnley's Estate sorta proved that the researcher behind Incident 1337-(Redacted) was right about how to neutralize SCP-1337 the Hitchhiker but was wrong on what 1337's anchor was and killed 1337 parents and burned down their home for nothing.

[@grahamcarpenter5135]

I recognize the SPENCER MANSION when I see it!!!

[@jytali1853]

I love these! I’m so glad you didn’t stop making them!

[@raphaelbriganti6030]

Thanks for the early upload btw, much love

[@anticlaassic]

Good article, one if my favorites in a while

[@morpheus_uat]

>the medium speaks with the ghost/spirit >they both chit chat a little >no activity has been recorded from the spirit/ghost since that medium deserve a rise, or at least a vacation

[@josephoneill3532]

This would make a very good movie

[@aaronweaver9751]

Well, that's another place off of my bucket list. Kudos 🎉

[@psyberklown3434]

Are you sure this isn't about the Toretto family mansion 🤔

[@Ginger_FoxxVT]

A most delightful tale

[@squeethemog213]

Really enjoyed this one. It was awesome and thank you for covering it 😃

[@michaelandreipalon359]

'Course, even there can be holes full of "nothings", just where did the "anythings" go so to balance things out?

[@damianreeves6013]

Scp exploring series videos hit different 😁

[@MRDLT00]

23:28 *Huge crowd of bald headed, sunglass wearing muscle men; “Family! Family! Family! Family!”

[@KristopherJk]

Beautiful story

[@lemcsudds]

This was great :) Very well thought out entry. I always love the way you package these complicated tales

[@Evelyn-pl3we]

This is a fascinating SCP! Loved it

[@Dunwichruler]

Witching hour

[@goldennight5411]

This was amazing. I love the concept so much. I thought you weren't posting scp stuff for a while, not a complaint tho I love this stuff

[@mxm23adregalusandmore62]

We don't get good ghosts stories very often, and even more rare are SCP about ghosts that are of this notable quality.

[@EffanLaw]

One of the few scps that genuinely creep me out. Almost none do but this has great writing.

[@WobblesandBean]

I'm confused on what is happening here, exactly.