The Landlady - Roald Dahl

Billy is visiting Bath, and he needs a place to stay. On his way to The Bell and Dragon hotel, he stumbles upon a Bed and Breakfast, hosted by a rather interesting landlady.
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[@ZachWalz]

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[@lil_note]

Same

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[@gmodjakeshenanigans3325]

@AVANTI SHAW of course they arernt

[@gmodjakeshenanigans3325]

@AVANTI SHAW check his video he sounds like hes 8

[@daisy6336]

Who else had to “read” this for online school?? 😂 (Edit) thanks for all the likes :)

[@zortiix_la_frite2221]

Ahah I'm Belgian and i have to read that too ! I think that all the professors decided to do that at the same time ! (Sorry for my english, i speak french so it's normal if my english is not correct..)

[@cloxtity_2651]

Me smh.

[@merdimavinga3854]

ZorTiiX_La_FriTe pareille pour moi 😅😅 online school 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@zortiix_la_frite2221]

@@merdimavinga3854 On se soutient tous mdr 😂

[@muhamadfikribinabdhamid_5a432]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@braydenm8338]

When your teacher gives you multiple days and you are sitting here at 12 the night before it’s due listening to this book rethinking your life choices Update: got an A in the class. Thank you for the likes :).

[@tarekzahran5608]

Wtf this literally me rn

[@kenny-uh3vv]

Mine is due tonight at 12 and theres 6 of them with more videos pls help

[@niknikluvinmyjs]

Same 😫

[@ilianaa-d5993]

Thats me right now

[@i-maxwalker3401]

My assignment for this story is 2 days late. ;-;

[@jesush7016]

I'd rather listen to this than read the book . I understand it way better

[@iccommedy6009]

same

[@chrisferdinando3988]

yeah I find it easier to no zone out

[@rullmourn1142]

bitter almonds taste is cyanide..

[@velenawhisneant4561]

Yep, A+

[@spongenoob4409]

🙂

[@nate5051]

;)

[@Pxqqa]

He got cyanide poisoning and then he got stuffed like a build-a-bear.

[@VioletJoy]

@@Pxqqa😳 lol

[@nrIIdec-oct]

LMAO I JUST LISTEN TO THIS BC I HAVE TO READ IT FOR CLAS BUT I’M TOO LAZY

[@Blood_Bunny_]

saaaame

[@naomihoe8468]

Same HAHAHAHA

[@keeganbuffalo1908]

Exactly

[@bozohoser9324]

Me too

[@RynoJ5]

Didn’t we all? 😂

[@vedantsridhar8378]

This story is literally a life saving advice! I know now never to trust people who are TOO polite

[@FancyE]

Yea I just finished reading the the thing and idk what's wrong about it

[@gods-jester]

Bruh as someone with ADD this is so fricken helpful for English

[@rebeccatrevino7584]

Once you realize your down falls nothing is i impossible

[@hannahrose965]

So relatable ...

[@aubreyluna9386]

do you mean adhd

[@gods-jester]

Aubrey luna i mean ADD is JUST attention deficit with no hyperactivity which is what they believe i have but it may be ADHD. but as of now. no i did mean ADD

[@samuraimomo9891]

Same

[@fire4fun]

we read this in 8th grade ELA, and had to write an ending. Mine was this! “No, my dear,” she said, “Only you.” Billy stayed where he was, growing more tired with every passing second. His vision was beginning to blur, as if he was slowly losing consciousness. The landlady had been sneaking glances at Billy quite often, possibly attempting to see every angle of his body. Billy had an unknown shock pass through him, and shuddered. “U-Uh… Ma’am, would you mind if I went to the room I will stay in for tonight…?” Billy felt uneasy, and uncomfortably humid in his clothes. Was it from the atmosphere? The stuffed, dead animals? It must be something else… “Oh, that isn’t a problem at all!” The landlady smiled warmly, trying to get him a bit more comfortable staying here. She led Billy to his room, and peeked in before allowing him inside. “Many thanks.” He smiled back to her awkwardly before walking inside. The landlady took a final glance at him as she wandered off once more. What is she doing…? Billy shut himself in his room, lost in thought. His mind was spiraling into a deep pit of confusion. Why does she continue looking at me? Am I doing something wrong? Do I look strange? After what seemed like hours, he shook away the thoughts and tried to rest. While he slept, something was setting off in his body that woke him up once again. “What is this?” He had no idea what was happening to him. He tried to fall asleep again, this time not questioning anything. The landlady had occasionally checked on him to see if he was out. As soon as he was sleeping again, she walked in wearing a seemingly rusted gas mask. She held a bottle of what looked like nothing, but what was in it was far more dangerous than just air. She opened the bottle after adjusting her mask, and put it near Billy’s nose. After he took it in unknowingly, she closed the bottle and left. “A new friend for everyone is about to arrive!” She giggled quietly, and went to dispose of the bottle. She cleaned her hands and took off the gas mask, then hid that too. “The cyanide didn’t react quickly, so why not make his death be faster than that?” She had a sinister grin plastered on her face, like some kind of twisted porcelain doll. She hummed quietly as she disposed of the evidence, but something happened while she was doing so. “Ma’am?” A single, easily recognizable voice rang out from behind her. Billy was still awake. He hadn’t died yet? The landlady jolted up, frightened by the sudden word. “O-Oh! Mr…” She had yet again forgotten his name. “Weaver,” Billy sighed. “What are you doing up so late?” He was radiating with confusion, unsure of why she was still awake. “Oh, nothing! I was just getting ready for bed!” The landlady quickly pulled out a pillow. “I was searching for my pillow. I left it down here while I was doing my laundry and putting the case back on it.” There’s that same grin… Billy found it hard to believe, but he was too worn out to deal with anything at the moment. “Goodnight, ma’am.” Billy left, but on his way back, his body locked up. He fell to the floor in a coughing fit. “W-What the-?!” He choked out words as he started to feel horrible pain. He tried to scream for help, but his voice was hoarse from choking on one thing. What is this?! He was trying to stand up, but his body fell limp. The landlady walked up in front of him. “What seems to be the problem, Weaver?” She seemingly spat out the last word he would hear. He was weak, before he stopped struggling. This is the end for Billy. He lay flat on the floor, unmoving. The landlady left the hall, chuckling quietly. “I’ll deal with you in the morning…” She took her pillow and went to her room, and fell asleep without another sound.

[@saraclam6424]

thanks now i wont be able to go to sleep

[@edwardwalden05]

We had to read this when i was in the 7th grade. One of the creepiest visualizing stories I’ve read as a child

[@fire4fun]

@@edwardwalden05 ours was okay, but it was cool hah

[@andrewwessels758]

Bruh saves my life when it comes to english

[@hibye358]

Me: uh oh I have one nightto read this for school....... Corona virus :school? Lol? U thought

[@mlbgreatestplayz1254]

hi bye I got to do the same literally

[@BruhTyree]

that wasnt funny in any way shape or form

[@hibye358]

@@BruhTyree ok I don’t give a shit?

[@jorringrensten32]

😂anybody else up late listening to this for English because they’re too lazy to read it

[@babycakes0787]

LMAOOO YESSS

[@excusemeum....8053]

Not me, she said that she’s calling home for anyone who didn’t complete it so I’m rushing

[@Abriyanaa]

Yep that’s me lmao 😭

[@SamYeow2102]

Heya guys, I was wondering is it online classes or part of your curriculum to read this? I just recorded the same story with SFX and wanted to reach out to students who might be keen to listen instead of reading the story

[@nubs4538]

YESS

[@KokoYukii-]

I was given an entire packet today that is due tomorrow… damn this is a lifesaver

[@pdoggo64]

The land lady enjoys taxidermy. The previous two renters are displayed on the third floor. The protagonist has just consumed tea laced with Cyanide, which smells like almonds. He will be joining the collection.

[@emilypook7552]

When your teacher knows your lazy so she gives us the link 😂

[@lourdescontreras7668]

jajajaja is true

[@serenahenry8691]

Haha mine did the same

[@rileynavarra1315]

Lol

[@s0meth1ng_l0l]

Our teacher made us read it and I didn't want to so I searched it on KZbin ;w;

[@samjohnson9254]

Ong thats y I'm here

[@moonpaw_gaming1509]

half the comments is here cuz of school- like if you wanna just play among us instead

[@Abriyanaa]

Yesss 😭

[@samwich3k]

Yes please

[@VioletJoy]

Half? It seems that every comment is about school. Lol. I was listening due to insomnia. 😁

[@moonpaw_gaming1509]

So many likes O-o

[@samwic9372]

sus

[@SamiMichelle]

Everyone else is listening to this for school. I read it years ago in school and am listening to it for fun lol

[@iccommedy6009]

had a quiz this video saved my life.

[@burntblonde2925]

That was a creepy story!! Very good!!

[@VioletJoy]

Evidently I'm the only middle aged insomniac here. Lol. I wish I would have had these way back when I was in school. Such a great channel!

[@StillSoVicious]

Nope, same age, same situation m'lady!!

[@VioletJoy]

@@StillSoVicious Hey! Someone else who isn't in high school. Lol.

[@poolypiraterecords5740]

40 yrs old insomniac here!

[@samwic9372]

i hate high school! 😺😺😀

[@shalondrasanford5449]

I had never heard of this story before. Didn't know Roald Dahl wrote suspense. Well done.

[@SuperSandrarivera]

I had to do an author highlight and came to find that he wrote many adult short stories. Now I'm intrigued to hear them all :)

[@S.Hitchcock]

@@SuperSandrarivera please watch 'tales of the unexpected' 'landlady' he also wrote most of the episodes

[@aidenswords5809]

@@S.Hitchcock alfred hitchcock presents episode as well, i think patricia collinge plays landlady

[@Cynicalplan]

We did this in class and im absoloutely amazed by this story it had a cliffhanger and was amazingly terrifying

[@jojogamboa194]

Landen La Flamme when you correct people’s comments, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE NO LIFE. ON ME.

[@yankee2666]

If you’re a short story reader, an author named Paul Bovino has a collection of a half dozen or so very powerfully themed short stories on Amazon in an anthology entitled “Something for the Subway.” I remember being greatly moved by the stories when I first read them many years ago, but I understand that there’s an updated edition which I’m a couple of mouse clicks away from ordering.

[@QiCHSTER]

i like how everyone is here because of school and i just saw this on my fyp so im watching also wtf happened to Billy im scared now

[@ashnasingh9280]

I remember reading this in middle school and thinking that since Billy ended up knowing the tea was poisoned, he managed to escape. I wrote that on the test, got marked down.

[@spongenoob4409]

Really

[@NoReligion77]

There is no escaping cyanide. You 're fucked if you can taste the almonds and don't have a hospital handy within minutes. You still shouldn't have been marked down for that though. I doubt someone that age knows organic chemistry.

[@neliaferreira9983]

Billy never knew the tea was poisoned. He just knew it tasted odd.

[@yankee2666]

If you’re a short story reader, an author named Paul Bovino has a collection of a half dozen or so very powerfully themed short stories on Amazon in an anthology entitled “Something for the Subway.” I remember being greatly moved by the stories when I first read them many years ago, but I understand that there’s an updated edition which I’m a couple of mouse clicks away from ordering.

[@mac_pringle4551]

300,000 students that are late for english

[@joyswenson7941]

Wow, I must be the only person in the comments section who didn’t have to read this for English class. I was just doing dishes & wanted something different to listen to. 😂

[@k-town1018]

Why is all the short stories I have to read for school creepy

[@lizzyholland2337]

FR

[@mell0.mell022]

I was not expecting the ending😭 this is a really good story our teacher gave us ngl👍🏾

[@mirandaworkman7083]

Doing this for a quiz this is Interesting!!...

[@kevinmedina6713]

Me too

[@nyasvlogs]

Miranda Workman same😂

[@jojogamboa194]

Ms Fleming my teachers hella annoying about this story

[@alexdlwrld7549]

Me too

[@cynthiaholland13]

I listen to this because I love good stories

[@yankee2666]

If you’re a short story reader, an author named Paul Bovino has a collection of a half dozen or so very powerfully themed short stories on Amazon in an anthology entitled “Something for the Subway.” I remember being greatly moved by the stories when I first read them many years ago, but I understand that there’s an updated edition which I’m a couple of mouse clicks away from ordering.

[@watermelooooons8gaming253]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!

[@jaspirte]

This is so helpful bc it's literly impossible for me to focus on something I don't wanna do. 😅

[@samwic9372]

man it's impossible for me to focus on something i DO want to do 💀

[@brendalouisethompson6600]

I have seen the television version of this story..📚Just thinking earlier today why! this one had a not been a on TV what do you know. This came up. My lucky day. 💻

[@bjornbero]

When u dont want to read the book😅

[@humble_sticker1118]

it really interesting its great for online school

[@s.hamayaaa]

This was a huge help thankss !!

[@michellepeltier3103]

Zach, this is done very well. Thank you!

[@ZachWalz]

Michelle Peltier I’m glad you like it.

[@granny13ad33]

Oh yes, heard this several times. Didn't realize Dahl had written it. Yep, she stuffs him too. Creepy!

[@ComradMando]

Inside a fasbear suit

[@halabutler297]

We read this is class and it was sad that I knew she used

[@gerry5134]

He's stuffed !!! 🤣😂😁

[@stednet9752]

Billy please don’t die you are my favourite character

[@blckshp5]

Just found this channel!! So far I’m hooked!!

[@yankee2666]

If you’re a short story reader, an author named Paul Bovino has a collection of a half dozen or so very powerfully themed short stories on Amazon in an anthology entitled “Something for the Subway.” I remember being greatly moved by the stories when I first read them many years ago, but I understand that there’s an updated edition which I’m a couple of mouse clicks away from ordering.

[@shrutideori7510]

I am very lazy...and I don't want to read this story..but when I got this video from one of my frnd...I was super duper happy 😁✨....

[@some1behindthescreen535]

Same

[@edwardwalden05]

Man i remember we had to read this in a textbook in the 7th grade. I remember visualizing everything thinking “damn this house is creepy as hell”

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

He's not catching it..... while the landlady told Billy that Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple were still at the house, she keeps referring to them in the past tense. That SHOULD have set off alarm bells.

[@tiegz9770]

Yea she kills and stuffs everyone who goes in

[@brolyss13]

I remember we had to write an ending for this story when I was in 9th grade and I just wrote ended up dying and becoming just like the rest of the victims, I got a C and teacher noted unimaginative response. Like seriously what can he do it was to late lol

[@some1behindthescreen535]

He could have grown suspicious and not drink the tea, but really I agree, that boy life will be like those animals.

[@Fxrturez]

I listened to this because for my school

[@serrosii]

I read this earlier and I thought it was very intriguing so I looked it up to get the full story but it ended right where my passage ended. I thought it was just an excerpt of a larger story but it appears not. I really wanted to know what happened to Billy.

[@leccara9678]

he's dead. those boys were stuffed like the land lady's pets. you'll dream of it lol

[@erinwitcraft9141]

Roald Dahl's TV show adapted the story and made the ending less ambiguous: the landlady embalmed Billy alive and visited the mummified corpses of the other victims in another room!

[@Njx063]

proabbly got turned into a cat lol

[@twindrill2852]

He got poisoned by the tea. Bitter almond smell or taste = cyanide.

[@neliaferreira9983]

@@erinwitcraft9141 "Alive"? No, he was dead from the tea.

[@NiekopTube]

That's what you call: Bad and breakfast!

[@dragonplayeryt4]

Thank you.you just helped me do my home work God bless you.✌

[@victoriab7464]

I have a quiz on this tomorrow ,YIKES

[@tessafunderburk6824]

victoria b omg me too and i need to read it but i had more important things to do

[@kevinmedina6713]

Me too

[@tendaimavima6482]

victoria b ME TOO😂

[@irelandandarionnatrotteran2466]

victoria b me to

[@captaineevee511]

The Landlady sounds like a character who would be voiced by Tom Kenny.

[@viiziioo8627]

Fr

[@akintire6308]

I love love it thank you 🙏🙏🙏🌼🌼

[@marcojaimejardina7526]

THANKS ZACH WALZ 📖

[@tobias6292]

read this for my school project. it was actually pretty nice.

[@joyadurchoudhury9127]

Well read, thanx!

[@gisellealkhouri]

did anyone else have a week to read the book for English class but never do then your teacher gives an assignment thats due in three days but you still dont do it then she says you have to present it tomorrow and you need two paragraphs so you find the audio version or just me?

[@skittyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

I staled and didn't do my work and now I'm here. Pog

[@linzlinz377]

My teacher wants me to read it by myself...but im to lazy so i went online and listened to it

[@magesalmanac6424]

Well done, you did the voice of the old lady so well. Chilling! Just a small note, hearth rhymes with hard, not birth.

[@zachsantl7354]

run billy RUN

[@cuddlesandkafka]

A very good reading of a clever story but it's still awkward to hear "hearth" pronounced "herth" when it oughta rhyme with heart.

[@schisandra]

I noticed that, too. I checked Merriam Webster’s pronunciation, and “heart” + “h” is correct. No alternate pronunciation. Maybe “herth” is a regional thing? Or maybe the reader just didn’t know how to pronounce it? Just idle wondering. Anyway, tiny quibble aside, I enjoyed this story. Well done to the reader! 👍

[@listenup2882]

Cyanide poisoning by the sweet old lady. Quite the story by Roald Dahl.

[@stednet9752]

FUCK

[@ocean0747]

thank you I hate reading when I'm forced to and this is very helpful thank you again : )

[@alzicai]

anyone coming to the tré 😍🌳🌲

[@qt9866]

Yêś🙈

[@ridhii1734]

wha-

[@hananakdi627]

I really like the story and the narrator did a great job ; besides , this stroy somehow reminded me of the thrilling movie " Greta " !

[@john94949]

Funny how he does the woman's voice. Makes me picture a bearded guy in drag, high heels and all. Now there's a BnB I'd never check-in to, goodbye Norman Bates 👋

[@laii7142]

I didn’t feel like reading so it’s better for this to be here. Thank you so much I would be dying rn (not really)

[@ripcurlinbofa]

THATS THE ENDING

[@tristincook6601]

i like flips

[@BadWolfSilence]

IKR I can’t believe this lol I wanna know what happened!!

[@excusemeum....8053]

I just need to know her intentions of bringing him in

[@martindipshit8673]

Y’all are dumb lol, I would explain it but I don’t feel like it. It basically just ends with you knowing that he’s about to get killed and stuffed. It’s just a lot of Easter eggs and hidden details. That’s why you guys might have read it in school. It answers a lot of questions. Id look it up

[@martindipshit8673]

Here’s an explanation I found on the internet “(If you don't get it, here's what happens: she poisoned the other two men and stuffed them. Billy has read of their disappearances in the newspaper, and now he's to be the next victim! The bitter almond taste in his tea is potassium cyanide.) Does Billy die in the landlady? That night, lying in his bed, Billy Weaver 'passed away', after mysteriously quitting his job and donating all of his money to the landlady. He had said he had found a place where he would be happy, where he did not have to pay for anything, and then simply disappeared. None but the landlady knew he had actually died.”

[@madandpigs7451]

Thanks dood

[@lukelessig3322]

This saved my ela assignment

[@jokeena8770]

Would love to hear Cold christmas by nina beachcroft 😊

[@Car_door]

Thanks man!👍

[@brickster3202]

Thanks this helps with ELA

[@fwMMVII]

The ending made me 😱

[@babycakes0787]

This saved meeee

[@ryleysherrod9514]

when u have to listen to a audio book bc ur too lazy to read it for class tomorrow

[@manarr5745]

That's a little rood don't you think

[@noisinleuh]

Don’t worry about my it’s just to remind me where I am for the next time I listen to this… 4:43

[@opaf725]

Wow you didn’t care to lisen long at all

[@moosemayhem7775]

I don’t have add but it’s still helpful

[@MUSLIMREADER]

Good job.

[@natalya9821]

Thank you.

[@adoptmescammer6878]

Was this essay assigned in March? Yes. Am I doing it today because my teacher said I would get full credit? Yes. Is it due in 20 minutes and I haven’t started? Yes.

[@someoneoutthereinthecosmos8798]

It may be too late to wish you good luck. But i hope everthing turned out good for you ;)

[@adoptmescammer6878]

@@someoneoutthereinthecosmos8798 thank you man I got it done and wrote 600 words in 10 mins passed it in and he gave me a 100

[@someoneoutthereinthecosmos8798]

@@adoptmescammer6878 Wow...60 words per minute (on average) ... Very well done, bro 👏👍

[@islastorrar]

I've got to write an essay on this story for English... I'm now "reading" it a week later, whilst freaking out bc I have no idea what it's about 🤷‍♀️

[@s0meth1ng_l0l]

Someone dieing

[@guccirawri666]

Ahhhhh thankyou thankyou

[@s0meth1ng_l0l]

I've been listening to this for hours ;-;

[@magicdance9333]

Why?

[@s0meth1ng_l0l]

@@magicdance9333 school ;-;

[@magicdance9333]

@@s0meth1ng_l0l lol me too

[@Bazerkly]

Kool...

[@dmx5439]

Subscribed 😊

[@kellar6940]

tip: listen 2x speed if you are cramming for a quiz

[@HowardChegwyn]

Tales of the Unexpected. I couldn't sleep after watching this one.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Good episode. My favorite, and the most chilling one they made, is "Fly Paper".

[@jademanning8517]

I have a concussion so tysm

[@lizzie5161]

can someone pls explain the ending to me

[@kaitlynmorrissey7535]

thank you for this now i don’t have to read it :)))

[@jordynslife6368]

The only reason I’m watching this is bc my teacher wanna be rude and not let us see the end of it so ima watch it ✋🏽

[@maxandustv]

what happened in the end of the story?

[@johncarlisle16]

Check out the dramatisation, tales of the unexpected, very creepy

[@noemphally227]

nice

[@paulaswaim8434]

Hearth rhymes with darth as in Darth Vader.

[@m00gan64]

mum always said There was a vase of yellow chrysanthemums but that works too! (anyone get that reference....)

[@martinemjt]

wonder if he ever saw Bath!?