"The Red Room" by H. G. Wells / A HorrorBabble Production

"The Red Room" is a short gothic story written by H. G. Wells in 1894. It was first published in the March 1896 edition of The Idler magazine. An unnamed protagonist chooses to spend the night in an allegedly haunted room in Lorraine Castle. He intends to disprove the legends surrounding it. Despite vague warnings from the three infirm custodians who reside in the castle, the narrator ascends to "the Red Room" to begin his night's vigil.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:45 - The Red Room
26:30 - Further Listening
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[@jctrevi89]

He was so afraid he uttered future slang "What's up?!"

[@HorrorBabble]

It was such an odd thing to say that I had trouble recording it!

[@sleethmitchell]

proof that h g wells could see into the future!

[@okayimsorry5473]

I love your renditions Ian. The Wendigo and The Willows will always be my favorites, but it seems that everything your voice touches turns to gold.

[@MrDeathhand15]

Those are my favorite too

[@CJM-rg5rt]

His Algernon Blackwood stories are my favorite too.

[@CJ-uf6xl]

Thank you HorrorBabble/Ian. You don't know how you have kept me sane this passed month. 😏

[@jamiecameron7615]

Perfection again!! Thank you very much!!

[@georgerodriguez8900]

I needed this for homework without reading it because I am lazy

[@VictorReynolds]

Great reading of a Wells story!

[@yosh175]

thank you for gifting us with this- it really helped with my english work- i dont have the attention span to read it- so i gift you a treat *gives a pie*

[@isabellewarrilow1241]

Yes it helped my daughter hope your okay 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@spiritedrenee9895]

I really enjoy listening to these while drawing or if I have the book with me, read along with these videos. Thanks for making them!

[@arlem525]

I haven't read this story since i had it in an anthology that i bought at the Scholastic Book Fair when I was 7. Inescapable terror in the dark. Wonderful.

[@chrisu7022]

This is an amzing story, i could feel the fear and darkness creeping in around me . That was a very contagious but horrific feeling embedded in this story.

[@neliaferreira9983]

True. I was listening to this in bed in the dark to lull myself to sleep, and had to hold on to my dog when his candles went awire!

[@rosiemon]

I have this story in an anthology collection and it's one of my favorites Really enjoyed your rendition of it. Your voice adds true feeling in your readings. Thank you HorrorBabble!

[@donaldmccleary9015]

Great story and narration! Thanks!

[@rtt1961]

Excellent choice and excellent reading. Thanks.

[@frankiepaige1209]

Thank you @HorrorBabble! I love H.G. Wells and I have to say, I just found you to-day though you can make a story sound amazing.

[@HorrorBabble]

Great to meet you Novarratic!

[@frankiepaige1209]

@@HorrorBabble Great to meet you too

[@skokian1able]

Brilliant as ever, thank you Ian!

[@fulminatus6241]

Well done. I've not been too familiar with H.G. other than the Time Machine. He did a good job of building tension and that makes a good ghost story. Thank you.

[@smegcity]

Another Brilliant Performance Ian 👍🏻. Never heard of this story, You Portrayed the Sense of Claustrophobic Fear Perfectly. Truly Creepy! Loved It 👍🏻🤘🏻👍🏻😈. Thank You HorrorBabble! 😈💜😈

[@prachikumari4349]

Nice story

[@docbrown7916]

Great as always Ian ! Kinda reminds me of a weird day when we were installing better HVAC in a mansion in NJ, lights kept going out, sockets failing randomly and odd sounds, very dark weather day too, very creepy which made me see it as amusement, took longer but I got my stuff done but 3 other trade guys had already left due to sounds and etc, some ppl can handle spooky old homes and some can't, even when there's an obvious ghost like a rocking chair w no reason for it to move, I just addressed whoever, explained what I was doing, how HVAC works and that we're improving the house's comfort, most of the time ghosts seem cool with it, respect and protocol goes a long way w the occupants, alive or not. Northern NJ has a lotta history so lotta ghosts, such is life, makes it interesting.

[@HorrorBabble]

I don't know why, but reading this reminded me of the movie, Session 9. Thanks for sharing, Doc!

[@neliaferreira9983]

And just like that, Doc Brown escaped Simon, he who lives in the weak and the wounded.

[@stacyscott5104]

Thank you so much!

[@johnwhelan9663]

As for other HG Wells stories, HorrorBabble has not done "The Sea Raiders" yet; which is good critter horror. "The Strange Orchid" is also good, though with an element of humor that undercuts any horror.

[@Studogg98]

Thank you.

[@c.djinmyr]

An old favorite of mine. Nicely done

[@KieranMarsden19]

Wow, that was really fantastic. Beautifully written, thanks for taking me somewhere new for a little while. As someone who's starting there own Audiobook channel was fantastic to listen to what people like to hear. Will be back soon for another listen, thanks!

[@judithl.morton9178]

LOVED IT THANK U

[@MrsCaranAmy]

For me that was a scary story. It gave me shivers. Very well narrated.

[@josephdodd5770]

The narrator was very good. Thanks

[@mabinogix]

Time to settle in for the night with another new story ❤

[@ramashishpaswan6533]

Very beautiful chapter

[@vxper_yixsa9516]

My dog growled at the back door during this there was nothing there 😭😭

[@MultiNacnud]

possibly a freaky friday coincidence but fridays flog it was based in woking,complete with a tribute to wells. woking was hg wells home from 1895-1896. it was also the first place the martians invaded and destroyed in the original serialisation and later book.guess he didn't like it much.

[@vincemattana]

I would like to suggest Sandkings by G.R.R Martin, if possible. Thank you for the high quality, ad free content.

[@HorrorBabble]

Thanks Vincent, but his works aren’t in the public domain.

[@kristinacable]

Thank you for this :) xoxo

[@johnbryant8603]

More gold and great new material. I just now received my signal, so there is much to catch up upon. Thank you Ian and Jen, your voices comfort me in difficult times. I will listen with so much joy 🙏🏽❤️🎩👑

[@HorrorBabble]

Again - great to have you back, John!

[@mercharris5266]

Great reader. Makes such a big difference

[@candykitty2590]

My own little red room book: one day there was a boy this boy was very addicted to internet. People in his school was passing away. All because of the red room.... He heard his friends talking about the red room he was a bit curereos so he went home to find anything about the red room .. untill ........ A little boy in a chiltsh voice said do you like??? He wisperd to himself and said do you like what- he tryed to exit the ad but... Nothing happed he got mad and every time he tryed to exit it would pop up again he reallsed that everytime he would try to exit the word would get split Up The computer asked him again and again untill... The computer said the whole thing ... Do you like the red.room.?"then the computer turned red an d it list all the peole who died from this red room curse.........,.. He felt a tinkle behind him....BOOM!! Soon his blood filled up the room.. And he was never seen again... Edit: Thanks for the likes to me a long time😑i have bad granmer..

[@BeAsTyDeVil]

It's a copy of another video *AHEM*

[@brettvorster4207]

I really liked it 😄

[@DH-sz3vg]

I grabbed some food and listened as if I was binged watching a tv show ...

[@siddiqajawad2233]

i was so scared i could barely speak

[@lorishu48103]

Where I come from the birds sing a pretty song

[@johnbryant8603]

Spotify ? I’m in.

[@HorrorBabble]

Here's a link for you: open.spotify.com/artist/6cUO6dCx4WvAQsqoQDNDbo

[@abdulaldihimi6039]

"What good is ye world when ye canst not livest hither."

[@turtleanton6539]

H.G Wells is great

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

That's the Black Lodge in the picture not the Red Room lol!

[@HorrorBabble]

That gum you like is going to come back in style...

[@cheesejam1373]

spooky

[@taranaylor31]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💞

[@lilyy7188]

which man is the duke, reply now it’s is serious my english homework

[@rayva1]

I read this story in 4th grade.

[@ShanaReviews]

Red Room aka 1408

[@stevesyncox9893]

Jan, ‘22

[@alanroy2953]

How many narrators are there

[@HorrorBabble]

Two, primarily: Ian Gordon and Jennifer Gill. We've had guests over the years though.

[@randomtalkers8859]

Please put the listener poem it's also a bit horrifying poem

[@isabellewarrilow1241]

Why is this emoji so aunt like 🤪🤪

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hi yall if yall are from english 8t kehiuwtiuwiuhkut hi

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I am not like this video

[@neliaferreira9983]

Why not?

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why i dont like more like anyone do like

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🤩 🇬🇧 ☕ Been listening to your voice for a long time. So I'd just like to say . T H A N K Y O U S I R & 🤩 Your more famous than you know.