"Out of the Aeons" by H. P. Lovecraft / Artifacts of Horror

Artifacts of Horror
Episode 6: Out of the Aeons
Written by American authors, H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald, the tale focuses on a Boston museum that displays an ancient mummy recovered from a sunken island...
Chapters:
00:27 - Introduction
00:58 - Part One
14:59 - Part Two
21:53 - Part Three
39:41 - Part Four
53:43 - Part Five
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[@AmericanMartyr720]

I never get tired of hearing "the dreaded and monstrous necronomicon, of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred"

[@David-og7di]

13.55 brilliant blasphemy.

[@Mukyoukai]

After listening to several of these, I'm convinced "The Dreaded and Monstrous Necronomicon, of the Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred[™️]" is the only proper way to refer to it now.

[@nicholaschamberlain6239]

I prefer to call it "The black book of the Mad Arab, Abdhul al-Hazred and his wicked findings".

[@FirCorred]

@@nicholaschamberlain6239 Is it acceptable to call it "I want to read that!"?

[@zhollamychalis4252]

Yeah but does this book really permit itself to be read?

[@sterlingnilssen5812]

I'm addicted to the narrations with this voice. They help me sleep when sleep feels impossible.

[@michaeljorden8968]

We

[@RolandWieffering1]

The same with me, and especially the Cthulhu mythos stories. They bring me in a twilight, zone close to sleep.... Welcome to the club.

[@robertjohnson-kj8vj]

The shwarmi putra guy is randolph carter after he comes back to earth in the bug body from i think yuggoth. (Gate of the silver key)The description of him fits perfectly.

[@MalcolmBrenner]

More like a crustacean than an insect, I think. I wonder if he had to have his antennae trimmed to fit in that waxen human mask? Must have been painful...

[@Xbalanque84]

I figured the "swami" was a worm that walks, like the mute wizard from The Festival.

[@bobbymarcum772]

Yes, who wears absurd white mittens these days aside from wax-like swamis

[@katdroidd]

Another thoroughly enjoyable reading from Ian! Also, I do not consider any tale officially Lovecraftian until I hear the word "cyclopian".

[@labellafleur6262]

Not to mention non-euclidian

[@StarboyXL9]

its almost Lovecraft's signature

[@JamesMC04]

Or "blasphemous".

[@StrikeTheSkyline]

You almost forgot cacodaemoniacal

[@kdoran04]

Gambrel roofs is everywhere.

[@urbex_cr5063]

This is isn't his most famous work, but is definitely my favorite! This story is so captivating and intriguing, I love that fact that makes you want a 2nd part, but that would ruin all the mystery and imagination where your mind takes you after finishing it.

[@Beastinvader]

This would make for such a good movie. The problem with Lovecraft in movie is showing the evil being. In this story you never have to show it. Only glimpse it once.

[@R.I.H]

Just in case you haven't heard of saw this game called bloodborne Check it out I think some of the monsters are as close as you can get to describing the indescribable horror Game loosely based on certain Lovecraft stories

[@chrishalliday8371]

One of the finest tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, superbly delivered. Delicious!

[@primus7776]

I love falling asleep to this stuff. Best nightcap ever!

[@corinnejohnson8501]

That's what I'm doing right now :)

[@adsmithh2578]

Same it's perfect!

[@helenwhite2066]

If your lucky it may inform your dreams and engender an interesting nightmare.

[@AnAmericanComposer]

Cancel all my appointments for the next hour!!

[@SwedetasticGames]

This is by far the most terrifying work of H.P.L I've heard until now. What an absolute masterpiece.

[@HorrorBabble]

It's one of my favourites too, Jonathan. Ian

[@MalcolmBrenner]

I remember how, as a 10-year-old, the Hans Christian Anderson story "The Little Girl Who Stood On The Loaf," which has a similar theme of a transgressive person frozen for aeons in the same position, utterly terrified me! And I was a boy, who really didn't need to add morbid fears to his long list of problems! I am sure if I'd encountered this HPL story at that age, it would have made me even more neurotic than I am!

[@NGRevenant]

being trapped in your own mind for 175,000 years doesn't sound very fun

[@MalcolmBrenner]

@@NGRevenant May I remind you that you're never alone with a schizophrenic?

[@CJM-rg5rt]

​@@NGRevenantit's so disturbing that as they were passing around the scroll they said the mummies eyes were bulging. Knowing it was right there in front of him.

[@TheHappyhorus]

Many thanks again team, where would our nights be without you. ❤❤

[@tonlito22]

The oldest and most powerful emotion is fear, and the oldest and most powerful fear is fear of museum patrons.

[@Plankensen]

as seen in ancient cave-paintings about the ancient horrors: Alien taxmen, queues, bureaucrats writing on stone-slabs. and the above-mentioned horrible...inexplainable terror that comes from the museum patrons

[@AndrewMaksymBrainNectar]

Lon strickler?

[@icecremeswirlieeee]

Is this Night Vale?

[@MalcolmBrenner]

@@Plankensen Pardon me, but the whole story about proto-bureaucrats "writing on stone slabs" is not only preposterous, but unscientific! The earliest example of real writing we have is in early Babylonian curneiform on a clay tablet, and appears to be a piece of graffiti: "The King has a drinking problem, the High Priest gets high, and the Queen has a K9 lover." The significance of the symbol for K9 isn't known, but experts believe it relates to a worshipper of Anubis, the jackal-headed god.

[@Plankensen]

@@MalcolmBrenner It's a joke. :P i thought that was very self-said, yet here we are.

[@melparadise7378]

homeboy had no mouth and he needed to scream. hoohoohoo

[@colefranklin27]

Mel Paradise the matrix borrowed from this..

[@TransRoofKorean]

Yeah, that was my thought revisiting this story, that it's very reminiscent of that story. Presaged it by a few decades.

[@HorrorBabble]

Artifacts of Horror Episode 6: Out of the Aeons Written by American authors, H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald, the tale focuses on a Boston museum that displays an ancient mummy recovered from a sunken island. Chapters: 00:27 - Introduction 00:58 - Part One 14:59 - Part Two 21:53 - Part Three 39:41 - Part Four 53:43 - Part Five Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-the-aeons Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble Music: "Red Limbo Spread" by Ian Gordon Support us on Bandcamp or Patreon: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com www.patreon.com/horrorbabble HorrorBabble MERCH: teespring.com/stores/horrorbabble-merch Search HORRORBABBLE to find us on: AUDIBLE / ITUNES / SPOTIFY Home: www.horrorbabble.com Rue Morgue: www.rue-morgue.com Social Media: facebook.com/HorrorBabble instagram.com/horrorbabble twitter.com/HorrorBabble

[@truthspirit4433]

The Doors - 5 to 1 H.o P.e Lovecraft ^ Hazel Heal'd Are You Hip to the Stars? StarsHip kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaWrgaamncxsrsUsi=f9Spmy3YfTsTqO7L Waiting For The Sun 🌞 ☀️ 🌅

[@strange1420]

I love that Pickmans curator position was mentioned here to broaden the lore

[@mahorosan1]

fuuuuuuuuuuu man that last part still sends shivers up my spine. legit couldn't finish it till the next day

[@jamiecameron7615]

Finishing off this brilliant series with H.P is just perfect. You have made my day!! Thank you very much!!

[@HorrorBabble]

Thanks as always Jamie! Ian

[@hellhammer7444]

I'll never be able to read Lovecraft without hearing your voice narrating it. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@Mi-yc3oy]

“curator pickman”? 🎩 surely, that’s not by accident.

[@chrisrobo1]

He did manage to become a gouhl. Is a meusiam curator that far off?

[@Calvin300clan]

Its in a lot of my favorite stories 2

[@Xbalanque84]

I think there's more than one Pickman in New England.

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Became? Wasn't he a changeling and a born ghoul?

[@MTheBasementReader]

I think I found my new favorite channel 😀❤

[@JohnLemieux]

If you enjoyed this I recommend a film called the autopsy of Jane doe which I suspect drew inspiration from this story

[@HorrorBabble]

Love that film, John!

[@jerryjohnson8485]

It had to have! A lot of inspiration

[@Xbalanque84]

Thanks for the recommendation. Will have to check it out later.

[@bittybitty8233]

Me too !! 💜💚💛💙💕😸😸😸. I've enjoyed this series SOOO. MUCH.....TY 😳

[@philbertdez3863]

Great Scott! Brilliant production values and an excellent voice/reader make this adaptation well worth listening to. Keep up the awesome work.

[@prince-solomon]

This story is fascinating & well narrated.

[@bittybitty8233]

I'm so happy to see your sub's growing !! 😸

[@austencobine864]

I have been waiting for this for a while. Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@donaldmccleary9015]

This is an amazing story. This story NEVER gets old! I listened to it slowly today and rewound parts to pick out all the details. This is an amazing work of art. This is a well-written story. I love the links and references to other mythos stories and "books of the mythos." There are many links to other stories included in this. Fantastic narration, as always. To be that way for 173,000+ years! Well-done!

[@kenneth83DK]

Thx for another wierd and wonderful tale, told as if it came from the crypt itself.

[@NightAngelus]

Keep coming back to this one since you guys posted it. So awesome and the ending man. Love your channel. Sucks what happened to you guys. So messed up hopefully you can find a solution that works the best for you.

[@daviddanielducker5446]

what happened?

[@Aroundthesquarebowl]

Thank you ❤

[@dvynthetraveler9509]

take a shot every time Lovecraft uses the word "cyclopean" in any of his stories. JFC lol

[@michaelchitwood389]

When i can afford a 4 day hangover, i shall get right on it!

[@Kitsaplorax]

So long as it is eldritch, squamous, non-euclidean and indescribable, it's good with me.

[@StarboyXL9]

He does tend to repeat himself, which funny enough has given me cause to try and deliberately make liberal use of a thesaurus while writing. I'm not a fan of constantly repeating myself using the same diction, and thanks to the Internet I can have a thesaurus on demand at any time.

[@micahfoley9572]

I do a happy dance whenever ian says "the mad arab". Coolest epitaph EVER.

[@notinspectorgadget]

that's what happens when you get paid by syllable.

[@vero0992]

Hey guys great thanks a lot (spoilers) It was more horrible than I thought! The picture of that mummy matches the description perfectly AND there was a dude trapped in it at the end?? Eww! I hate the thought of being trapped in an inanimate object for all eternity. And when I was a kid my mom took my took me to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, which I'm just reading now was founded by the esoteric Rosicrucian Order, and they had a freaky mummy and all kinds of other stuff. There was actually an ad for it in one of the old "Weird Tales" I looked up. What! Thanks mom! Excellent reading!

[@HorrorBabble]

Sounds like the kind of thing my mum would have exposed me to if she had had the chance! No wonder we have such 'dark' interests nowadays...! Ian

[@smegcity]

Just Listened to This, What can i say?. Fantastic That's What!! Strength to Strength Ian🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@HorrorBabble]

Thank you once again, sir! This is one of my favourites. Ian

[@ExterminatusDeliveryService]

17:23 I love this. Just absolute murder of newspaper coverage.

[@doktorwyvern2883]

Wonderful

[@vero0992]

I keep trying to listen to this one (and I think I've read it before) but that mummy is freaking me out! 😅 I'm laughing at myself over it. I'll try again during daylight hours!

[@HorrorBabble]

It *is* pretty appalling Vero! Ha! Ian

[@seanchds9750]

Amazing story, especially the ending

[@richardstrachmesserschmiti4979]

Press 1 for most excellent story Press 2 for most excellent non fiction story

[@christyrollins8009]

Scary geez wtf but awesome nonethe less thanks for the great story excellent reading

[@autystycznybudda5012]

When I hear your voice I imagine Alex Delarge from Clockwork Orange

[@thomfarrell9567]

Singin' in the rain? 👽

[@MalcolmBrenner]

And the foolish claim that Stanley Kubrick is dead!

[@PoFFizdaMan]

Wow.. the descriptions of the cult in the 3rd section are on par with Tolkien's lore in names and terminology.

[@MusKubium]

the gravity of what they found is so well laid out by the story after they open the skull at the end, I would probably have shit myself if i were in the room while it happened

[@Mality]

Imagining the suffering of Ty'og gave me a rough night. What a horrible fate!

[@PlayNiceFolks]

I enjoy strolling the lonesome nite within the woods of Red Dead Redemption 2 while listening to such tales.

[@monkdog007]

One of Lovecrafts best IMLTHO. Great job Ian/HB.

[@johnfrickstad4945]

It is interesting that Science pushes back human history with every new discovery..... Once again, fiction precedes discovery of the natural world. I wonder what Lovecraft and others would make of these new discoveries....

[@MalcolmBrenner]

Stories, my friend, wonderful, horrible, gut-wrenching, mind-melting stories of eldritch things, which have no names, bursting from the primordial, ooze-filled depths of the fecund Earth!

[@bingomat1980]

Without further ado...................... ..................................... lol. Had me hanging. Thanks for the vid.

[@HorrorBabble]

We do that a lot...!

[@RolandWieffering1]

If something this contagious would break out, only can be cured by a scroll.... Man that would be something...

[@HorrorBabble]

Yikes...

[@RolandWieffering1]

@@HorrorBabble That would be the right reaction in such a situation...... Yikes! (with a tongue in cheek) have a good day pal. (Laughing is the best medicine there is) C. U.

[@MrsCaranAmy]

This was an incredible tale. Fantastic reading. Thanks Ian.

[@primus7776]

Oh I LOVE this! Read it first in the early 80's. Fabulous1

[@scottmitchell1974]

Wow! Awesome! That one was really good.

[@nicholaschamberlain6239]

I always loved H.P. Lovecraft stories, in fact, I have been thinking of writing a little novel series in a similar style as both the author and Edgar Allan Poe, however, I have not thought of a title..... yet but I'm not giving up on it, although, one idea gives me the name "Dark Alleys of Cthulu and the bar of the Outer Gods." Idk, give me feedback by comment.

[@scottthompson-ez1hz]

but forgotten are the bovine people of moo

[@Calvin300clan]

Thank you

[@DeadHix]

How I wish I have a voice like yours Ian

[@HorrorBabble]

You probably haven't heard me in the real world...!

[@DeadHix]

I could imagine you talk like when you are reading in real world.

[@tomchips8297]

5:48 fear and loathing

[@DieselWeazel]

Great read.

[@ChewieFlakes]

Definitely one of my all time favorites

[@michellesanctuary9089]

Amazing Work! ☕

[@robbabcock_]

Terrific performance!

[@andrewmilam4531]

the odd tall dark man with the turban, rubbery face and wrapped bulging hands who came to see the mummy... Maybe Randolf Carter?

[@micahfoley9572]

I wish my name came with an awesome title like, "the mad arab". That's basically exactly as i want to be remembered. Seriously, coolest title in weird literature. Even cooler than "the crawling chaos", which is already double awesome.

[@robertwalker-smith2739]

This is like HPL writing a Lovecraft pastiche. Almost embarrassingly entertaining.

[@Liboo52]

For a surprise: Fullscreen this video, Turn all the lights off, and hold your phone in front of your eyes and jiggle it while staring at the mummy

[@vivanecrosis]

I dreamt last night of hellish demonic abominations that would make any a sane man weep in horror. Obviously caused by listening to your videos until 5am, and then going to bed. I thank you.

[@iunary]

Wow this is terrifying^^ well done

[@Minerva734]

I like the ghost writings he did with Hazel Heald. All of them =-)

[@samclaus996]

just feeding the cosmic horror that is the Algorithm

[@viriathas9910]

This would make a pretty good movie, I think.

[@questorincompetus8841]

They sound like detective halligen from mystery of the druids.

[@guilledcf1547]

ghatanothoa is such an underrated eldritch abomination

[@maunderjape8365]

Thank you for your hard work. What is that an image of? Creepy as hell.

[@billhalt8811]

How can the telling of a story not be classed educational?

[@HorrorBabble]

Beats us, Bill!

[@revengefullobster4524]

I just finished listening to the Stand and it's refreshing to get back to your narration. It's a pretty good book, but the narrator was a bit lacking (and somewhat annoying). I started the series with this one, but will have to go back and listen to the others. Great story, thanks!

[@mrana2424]

The narrator for the Stand by Stephen king? That narrator was amazing!

[@garybobst9107]

I listen to horror to soothe my nerves...

[@Mare_Man]

I wonder, if the brain of ancient mummy had been preserved, and the agents of the Mi-Go might have taken it away and given it to their stellar allies, what secrets might be gained by putting it in a cylinder

[@Esotericgemini]

Wholeness and balanced vibrations thanks for the upload

[@winterhaydn5640]

Welcome to HorrorBabble ...

[@RolandWieffering1]

And he doesn't realize it is the real scroll that cures the "stiffness" they all experience..."😉

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

I find myself distracted early on in this one, but the latter parts well made up for it.

[@jorjicostava1727]

Spooky

[@countiblis1246]

Eleven uses of the word cyclopean. Even for Lovecraft that's laying it on pretty thick.

[@hoddsesaurusREX]

Now whatever happened to Pickmann...

[@WastelandSeven]

And is it THAT Pickmann....

[@nicholaschamberlain6239]

No, he became a ghoul according to the short story "He" and roams with the deep ones while devouring the dead.

[@patrickowens4294]

I really thought I had read this one before, but after listening to it, I guess I was wrong.

[@sean..L]

Is that a picture of a real mummy or an artist’s rendition? It fits the description in the story very well.

[@HorrorBabble]

It is a real mummy, unfortunately! Here's an interesting article: ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/mummies-only-look-like-theyre-screaming/

[@Xbalanque84]

It's a Chachapoya mummy from Peru.

[@wolfarchetype5046]

I suspect a higher power of influence bleeding directly through H.P. Lovecraft

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Randolph Carter, is that you in the turban?

[@fredjaneson1670]

I don't know call me crazy I know this is co-written and I enjoy it very much it's excellent it's just and of all things to ever be written I guess I'll just go ahead and say it seems to have too many adjectives even for Lovecraft I thought I had read every word the man had ever written but I guess I'm probably wrong thank you again and I'll miss the narrator I can't help but hear a McD'owells voice every time I listen

[@enriquehartmann8642]

Im all for narration by REAL PEOPLE.

[@earndoggy]

None dared climb the dreaded mount, except the Google car. That sh!t's on Google Earth now.

[@waterboyownall]

If Mu did exist it would be quite weird looking at creations move around. Being a Explorer with Marco and Polo I would want to explore there... :) I got this audio book referred by looking up Atlantis. The thing i wish to discover in the future is how to teleport.

[@jamesalderson6803]

Tinnitus “You ain’t sleeping tonight boy” Horrorbabble “hold my beer”

[@GinkgoBalboa142]

This is honestly the only Lovecraft story that's managed to actually scare me 8

[@OneBunnyOwsla]

May I ask, where is the video's image from?

[@riassslave558]

i've found having soundtracks by GOBLIN {Dario Argento's films especially}enhance the listening

[@darkkrafter]

wait chandra putra ?!!!!! randalph carte OMG

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Wait is that your music? Do you have releases up on Bandcamp or streaming services?

[@HorrorBabble]

It is! It's here and there: iangordon.bandcamp.com

[@sub-jec-tiv]

@@HorrorBabble Great work, will keep checking it out 👏

[@craigfulton3316]

Got to love that mad Arab

[@john_blues]

You wonder why Lovecraft is hard to replicate on the big screen? "Even now I cannot begin to suggest it with any words at my command. I might call it gigantic-tentacled--octopus-eyed-semi-amorphous-plastic-partly squamous and partly rugose-ugh! But nothing I could say could even adumbrate the loathsome, unholy, non-human, extra-galactic horror and hatefulness and unutterable evil of that forbidden spawn of black chaos and illimitable night. " Try to put THAT to picture. Whatever is in your imagination is far more horrible than anything that can be put to screen.

[@guapodesperado2822]

I read the Dreaded Necronomicon once..................once.