It's amazing just how prolific Robert E Howard was in his short life. Fantastic idea after fantastic idea, for me he's the Mozart of Pulp.
@gregoryblack81095 ай бұрын
And smith is the Beethoven of pulp
@jeffwarren69064 ай бұрын
This is so amazing ,, I have never been to a YT channel that tells whole stories from start to finish .Especially with such wonderful narration .. I heard a shorter story a day or two ago and complimented Mr Gordon on his fantastic reading , but I didn't know he did longer whole tales like this until I went to the homepage . I saw this and clicked it on . My evenings will never be the same after this . I have found my place . I live alone at 72 and don't get out much any longer . I wish I had the words to tell you how happy I am right now , but I don't . All I can come up with is Thank You Sir , Thank You Sir and Thank You Sir Sincerely , Jeff Warren
@karenbanks59854 ай бұрын
Welcome to our greatest stories
@colemarie92625 ай бұрын
The great Robert E Howard is always welcome!
@howardhavardramberg3335 ай бұрын
I am a simple man, I see Robert E. Howard, I click.
@ToddiGreat-le2qu5 ай бұрын
I'm some dumb but not plum dumb and do the same
@bryansmith8445 ай бұрын
I am a well versed and discerning appreciator of pulp tales, I too see Robert E Howard and click
@scottbubb29465 ай бұрын
I'm somewhat aloof and dispassionate, yet, I like to think I have a good heart and will be there for my friends when need arises. And I do the very same.
@ToddiGreat-le2qu5 ай бұрын
@@howardhavardramberg333 you , possibly , have a monster on your hands . Imagine ! A whole group of men , millions maybe , coming together and not really having anything in common much . Nevermind
@TheHappyhorus5 ай бұрын
You barbarian 😂
@sarge44555 ай бұрын
I am here for the greatest story teller ever
@donaldmccleary90155 ай бұрын
He always told one hell of a story. Talk about a good "fireside chat"! Whenever I read a R.E.H. story I feel like I am reading or hearing it told by a fireplace or campfire while enjoying a good scotch or rye whiskey.
@andyphillips71925 ай бұрын
Then you’ll have to go to Encrypted Horror to listen to Jasper La’Strange.
@OskinsBob5 ай бұрын
👍
@OskinsBob5 ай бұрын
THE GORDONMIESTER
@sarge44553 ай бұрын
@@andyphillips7192I am a subscriber and he is pretty good too
@RolandWieffering15 ай бұрын
Great story, Texas was a wild state in those days, he mixed it well with the supernatural. Thanks Ian.
@xaviercolon83935 ай бұрын
Thank you Ian, I have been a fan of Robert E. Howard from grade school, and your vocalizations of his work is truly the best tribute to him. I look forward to hearing all of his awesome tales in your epic tones & accents!!!! Excellent work Sir!!
@walterfechter80805 ай бұрын
I've always appreciated horror tales set in America's Old West. This is a good one! Many thanks, Ian!
@PorkSword_actual5 ай бұрын
My favorite of his short stories.
@TransRoofKorean5 ай бұрын
After falling in love with his Conan stories last year (and feeling ashamed about it, like I'm cheating on Tolkien with just how much I loved 'em), I like seeing anything by Robert E Howard show up. It blows my mind that it took so long for me to become familiar with his work (and not think of him as just writing cheesy pulp fiction for kids). What I mean to say is: thank you, again.
@TransRoofKorean5 ай бұрын
What blew my mind most about Conan is how I've loved Tolkien & RPG's my whole life, heard so many times how D&D and the like wouldn't exist without Tolkien (yeah, probably), but then finally reading those stories and realizing I'm reading something *_before_* Tolkien that feels vastly more like D&D than any other stories I've encountered, more than any _Forgotten Realms_ books, etc.
@garrethgoodworth24944 ай бұрын
Brilliant tale!
@Nanosuit374 ай бұрын
Well done, Mr. Gordon and Horror Babble. Robert E. Howard is one of my favorite authors. You narrate his stories better than any I have heard. Thank you. Excellent as always. Until next time.
@christopherchisholm5647 күн бұрын
Listening to a story is unlike any other way to enjoy a story. Thanks for the pleasure.
@edwardspencer39065 ай бұрын
Did not know that Howard dabbled in Westerns! Really a Nice surprise... Seems like He could write anything and make a good Story.. Bravo 🎉
@barbiedahl5 ай бұрын
He was also a fan of the sweet science and wrote boxing fiction, too.
@edwardspencer39065 ай бұрын
@@barbiedahl any titles? Similar to Chandler and Hammett, maybe?
@libertycowboy24955 ай бұрын
13:23 in Texas it's pronounced "Booie". The knife designed by Jim Bowie, which isn't pronounced like David Bowie. Just some Texas trivia for you.
@robbabcock_5 ай бұрын
Always a treat to hear RE Howard read by Ian! 😎🔥👻
@Stratollac5 ай бұрын
This was as unsettling a story as as any I’ve ever encountered. Thank you, Ian. I think…
@MyloHarris-q8u5 ай бұрын
Great fun , with this one Ian nice one 😜
@donaldmccleary90155 ай бұрын
What a fine story and narration. Damn, this is great. We have gunslingers, Hatfields & McCoys (a la Texas), legends, ancient long-lost races, ruins, and esoteric lore. Who could ask for anything more? This story goes alongside "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" on the reading shelf. Goodness they have the same feel (although set in different parrts of the world). I also like how R.E.H. uses the same family names in his tales. Well done, Ian, for recording this. What a shame it laid around unpublished for so many years after R.E.H.'s untimely death. I shake my head in shame whenever people tell me they have never heard of this author.
@Eris1234515 ай бұрын
Maybe not but I think that almost everyone has heard of Conan.
@donaldmccleary90155 ай бұрын
@Eris123451 True. When I say, "He is the author of Conan," everyone says, "Oh yeah."
@miarencrowsdaughter64345 ай бұрын
@@donaldmccleary9015 I lead with the Conan connection after too many times of having to spell it out for people.
@donaldmccleary90155 ай бұрын
@@miarencrowsdaughter6434 I should probably automatically say that at the beginning, too.
@jaredmatthews2525 ай бұрын
Good old Howard, the southern working man's lovecraft. The whistling stair/hatchet scene from pigeons from hell is pure terror!
@Splurffle5 ай бұрын
Most enjoyable, thanks
@gatsgouts89995 ай бұрын
What a treat!!Thank you!!!!
@marymurray45665 ай бұрын
Always glad to see another post ❤
@OskinsBob5 ай бұрын
THANKS FOR THE HELP IAN I SHURE APPRECIATE IT MAN.GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS
@jamestrottman84665 ай бұрын
This is a must hear 😊
@deadfamous85035 ай бұрын
Perfect timing as always 🎉🎉
@richardpowers65765 ай бұрын
Thank You !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@MrAtrophy5 ай бұрын
Thank God Warren is okay this time.
@amandalee2155 ай бұрын
Ooooo how exciting thank you
@kristinacable5 ай бұрын
Perfection❤❤😊
@CygusBlackwood5 ай бұрын
Lovely
@jasonscarborough945 ай бұрын
56:48 That was some strong dynamite.
@Bbergster5 ай бұрын
I just watched this movie “monolith,” and it had me thinking about u. Main character having a KZbin channel…. Wish u would give us your must watch film list again. That was great. I eventually saw all ten, & they were, indeed, very enjoyable. 🌹🐝🐝
@MyloHarris-q8u5 ай бұрын
Very different from his Conan work ,that's a dynamic character shift,what a great writer.
@soulreaver19835 ай бұрын
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😊
@lonnytucker13455 ай бұрын
A bit unnerving hearing Robert E Howard describing John Reynolds final moments. Seems they both witnessed the grinning skull beneath the mask of life.
@HorrorBabble5 ай бұрын
I have to admit, I felt more than a little unsettled reading that section.
@donaldmccleary90155 ай бұрын
I thought the same thing. Whoah, I whinced a bit when I heard that.
@Eris1234515 ай бұрын
Not bad at all, Howard never disappoints.
@MusicEnjoyerSLS3 ай бұрын
Of all your "American accents," your Western one is actually not bad haha. I love horror and I love Westerns and I wish people combined them more often. This was a cool story
@ravensthatflywiththenightm73193 ай бұрын
Could you do Worms of the Earth? It's one of my absolute favorite horror stories from my absolute favorite author 🪱🪱🪱
@HorrorBabble3 ай бұрын
I don’t want to spoil the impending surprise, but…
@BobbyMarcum-nh9lt5 ай бұрын
He was a natural born storyteller
@andreasfilis90015 ай бұрын
"Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarfs, the world is gnawed by nameless things". Thus Gandalf spoke, true he was proven.
@chrisdonovan87955 ай бұрын
Has anyone heard from Warren? Is he okay? I think he'll be alright....
@Eris1234515 ай бұрын
Not really but it's good of you to ask.
@wingedeathnoisewave5 ай бұрын
I might be a fool, but pretty sure that Warren is a fictional character. And now apparently a kind of nerdy inside joke...
@Eris1234515 ай бұрын
@@wingedeathnoisewave Clearly then, you're no fool.
@PhilthySpectre5 ай бұрын
I was surprised by the ending, makes me wonder of Howard wrote this towards the end of his life
@MoonLitChild5 ай бұрын
Howard also used a lot of skull imagery as a whole in his writing. It's definitely a bit more striking than a lot of his other imagery, but it's on par more or less with his other stuff
@randystone49035 ай бұрын
Whenever I see Ian Gordon is reading I click on
@arecane20005 ай бұрын
Good
@danielx5555 ай бұрын
I'm not a superstitious person, but if I murdered somebody with a bunch of my friends, I would probably not bury the body in a cave that was the subject of a legend about it reanimating the corpses that you place inside of it. That's just me. I'm a cautious person.
@BarryHart-xo1oy5 ай бұрын
That seems like a sensible attitude.
@miarencrowsdaughter64345 ай бұрын
To be fair, the murdered man was part of the posse, shot by the guy they were hunting, and was put in there by his friends and not by his murderer. Not that they would have fared much better when the dead man came back, of course.
@JoeyThibeault4 ай бұрын
Join the foreign legion if you need an out.
@justnice47015 ай бұрын
Nice.
@jeffashley55125 ай бұрын
Great tale by Howard. I know it first appeared in 1967 but when was it written? I can't find a source that gives the date.
@HorrorBabble5 ай бұрын
I think it was written in 1932. Here's an interesting article on the subject: reh.world/stories/the-valley-of-the-lost-2
@jeffashley55125 ай бұрын
@HorrorBabble When listening I got Lovecraftian vibe especially as the character tried to describe the colour of what he was seeing. I thought of the description in Color Out of Space. 💀
@billc69525 ай бұрын
@@jeffashley5512 Howard got much of his inspiration from Lovecraft
@jeffashley55125 ай бұрын
@@billc6952 They wrote each other often. Howard's death hit Lovecraft hard according to his letters.
@maunderjape83655 ай бұрын
Lost Valley, Manville, NJ. USA.🫀
@VorpalDerringer4 ай бұрын
Moral of the story: Always carry extra ammo for your carry gun.
@jeffsmith54365 ай бұрын
You Fool! Warren is…UNDEAD?!?
@thefisherking785 ай бұрын
Whoa 🎉
@winstonsmith85975 ай бұрын
No mention of Warren today, perhaps he’s still alive
@HorrorBabble5 ай бұрын
Here's to wishful thinking!
@scottbubb29465 ай бұрын
We put his body in Ghost Cave. He should be returning soon.
@iantalmadge34105 ай бұрын
Another Excellent story and narration!🤠 I would like to send you a few samples of my reading voice, if you'd like a small free of charge collaboration I have lived all through the u.s. and have a knack for both southern and northern accents. That being said I only offer as it's something I'd love to try my hand at, I could listen to you tell strange tales till cuthulu rises 😊
@AnthonyBarnwell-vt5gd5 ай бұрын
Ahh hell yeah g Man 😊
@Cthulhuismyhero5 ай бұрын
Alot of lucky guys running into scary hellish depths with zero light sources and after traveling for hours are able to find the ways back by running terrified into the dark. 😂
@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves5 ай бұрын
Warren: If I am found, I am lost! Carter: If you are lost, how can you be found? With friends like that in the Underworld...Warren!
@ToddiGreat-le2qu5 ай бұрын
@@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves you fool , Warren is dead !
@Eris1234515 ай бұрын
Pretty chatty for a dead guy.
@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves5 ай бұрын
@@Eris123451 -- If you want to learn about the Afterlife & what makes the Dead tic, you've got to let them talk! Warren.
@karenbanks59854 ай бұрын
@@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves 👍
@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves4 ай бұрын
@@karenbanks5985 -- Manton was worse! Warren!
@OskinsBob5 ай бұрын
SOME PEOPLE SAY REALITY IS NOT AS WE ARE TOLD IT IS... MAYBES THEY RIGHT 🦦
@THEPAGEBURNER19795 ай бұрын
I like you stick with Brill Brill opened the vampire also
@donaldmccleary90155 ай бұрын
Me, too. A man named Brill is also in "The Man on the Ground," a story about a feud and gunfight between two men set, of course, in Texas. In this one a Reynolds and a Brill fight each other. Ian narrated that one, too. I will not say anymore because of spoilers. It is a great one.
@bigsarge20855 ай бұрын
❤🔥
@dawwe88695 ай бұрын
Eyy
@BryinWillis-e8g5 ай бұрын
Complete
@RachelJones-s3v5 ай бұрын
❤
@sams59635 ай бұрын
Cor ral not coral
@HorrorBabble5 ай бұрын
Thanks. I'm not sure how I missed that... must have been on autopilot! I'll get it amended for the UNDERWORLD compilation video.
@tonicalloway72275 ай бұрын
I wonder if it was hard to use such cockney American english..
@beverlyamarantes97755 ай бұрын
I am spoiled by Ian so I won't listen to other story tellers.
@PhlashRockinmann4 ай бұрын
Oh, come on, Ian, how can an erudite, literate individual, such as yourself, not know the correct pronunciation of "corral" from that of "coral"? What the hell gives, hoss??? 🤠 From a Texan and former U.S. Army Cavalry Scout.
@HorrorBabble4 ай бұрын
I know, I know… I hang my head in shame. Seems the word didn’t properly register for some strange reason. It has been corrected for the complete series video.
@karenbanks59854 ай бұрын
@@HorrorBabble Ian is the best ever
@JoeyThibeault4 ай бұрын
I don't read often but when I do, I choose horror. Stay deranged my friends *lifts glass of wine
@tamlandipper295 ай бұрын
It has only just occurred to me: kraal, corral. Link? Great read, also. Added a lot of tension.