The Whisperer in Darkness by H P Lovecraft Horror Audiobook

[@jeremyreagan9085]

I as a blind listener love the voice of Dudley Knight he has such clear speech it is so beautiful to hear someone attempt very hard to pronounce their sentences so clearly!

[@redriddler1231]

Your grammar and spelling is impeccable for someone with a disadvantage to tend to. And I agree, Dudley is an excellent orator, I love how clear he reads.

[@jeremyreagan9085]

@@redriddler1231 yes sir I agree 100%!

[@FilthyFloor]

@@jeremyreagan9085 Hi, I would recommend you to listen to MSA Matthews here on youtube. Most of the HP Lovecraft videos they do, is with a speaker of same quality as Dudley Knight.

[@jeremyreagan9085]

@@FilthyFloor thank you kindly.

[@MegaLotusEater]

@@redriddler1231 Your grammar and spelling ARE impeccable ...

[@jasonskarda100]

The measured pacing and careful enunciation of the narrator, along with the scratchy, analogue nature of the recording makes this a perfect presentation of this story. It makes it seem "of its time", as though it were recorded on a wax cylinder in an old Dictaphone. Absolutely fantastic.

[@TheBlackDogChronicles]

I love the clarity of the diction, as well. And it almost sounds like it is being played on a Gramophone.

[@vejymonsta3006]

This style of recording fits Lovecraft's stories so well. Sounds like a long lost recording from the depths of some secret and abandoned scientific facility.

[@bertbargo7162]

If it was lovecraft, Im sure itd be an old dusty recording found within an ancient forgotten library in some small new england town in the forest hills or in an abandoned college campus

[@thegreatsiberianitch]

OG SCP story

[@Joskapistanyaad]

"Sounds like a long lost recording" Possibly becouse it IS an old casette recording with less than studio quality equipment. Just a wild guess, I don't know exactly when it was recorded.

[@yujunkonarukami]

On GOD Lmaoo I love these so much I'm trying to download them all to make a file and upload it so anyone who wants to can listen.

[@seanallen493]

@@Joskapistanyaad p

[@vgamedude12]

Lovecrafts stories are always so believable to me. People in his tales and the way they are told are so realistic.

[@NeilDear]

They were real, weren't they?

[@carlthevisitor8422]

I like how it sounds like the recording in the evil dead cabin.

[@the1stvendetta]

Others doubtless have noticed the occasional stumbling over words and hiccups, but I personally find them endearing to the experience of listening to this story rather than detracting from it. I get the feeling the narrator is struggling to put words to paper due to wrestling with his mind hurtling with frantic thoughts. My mind is the same sometimes. It may be just stumbling but I really feel it adds to the whole experience.

[@lydiasteinebendiksen4269]

hiccups? I look foreward to that!

[@i.l.l.l.l.]

He read the whole thing in one take

[@Nantosuelta]

I agree. It adds to the sense of tension and anxiety

[@JeffreySmith84]

I love this reading. I re-listen to it about once a year or so. Other than “The Lurking Fear,” This is probably my favorite HPL story.

[@damienwoods5744]

Really? What about "the shadow over Innsmouth"? My favourite! Though this is very good!

[@JeffreySmith84]

@@damienwoods5744 That's a great one too.

[@zephlodwick1009]

Of all his long works that I've read, this one's the scariest

[@Jath2112]

I love bluetoothing this to a replica of an old radio and listening to it by candlelight

[@GhettoFabulousLorch]

A man of taste.

[@commanderbastard1993]

A man of culture.

[@simplyshane6477]

Far be us from the man named jath voelz.

[@MAUREENALLEN79]

Cozy!

[@thomaszaccone3960]

❤

[@r6turn6dth6slab4]

This is an authentic bedtime story, audio quality and all.

[@topcat2069]

The reader is very cool. He corrects his mistakes as he goes along, and this is why I like him. It's very much like he was reading just for me as apposed to a radio audence. A very personal reader with great tempo and excitement when the part requires it. Very well done..... not as precise as radio productions are but very charming and enjoyable none the less.

[@rocklobster4820]

I love the descriptions so much

[@darknightskys666]

It's so cool how Lovecraft talked about real towns in New England towns like Brattleboro VT, Keene NH, Bellows Falls VT, Townshend VT,..ect places I know and spend lots of time in. Unlike Stephen king who creates fictional towns.

[@christopherfloody5555]

I mean, that purely for this story and no others. Arkham, Innsmouth, ect are just fictional. Writers tend to only invent locales when it would be unbelievable to do otherwise

[@valthonispaladine7999]

"Remember how I told you not to come to my house or you'd be eaten by monsters? Well, forget that. Can you bring some barbecue sauce with you when you come visit?"

[@petesolberg6182]

This is so good. Outstanding narrator. And it truly does sound like the guy who is reading from the Necronomicon in The Evil Dead!

[@johnpooky84]

Giving this another listen, and the narrator almost sounds like Carl Sagan.

[@ProphetOfWhoa]

this is by far my favorite lovecraft story, so so creepy and good, the recording sounds so frightening with the buzzing effect. overall very amazing reproduction!

[@SanguineBlackBlood]

Alright everybody don't forget to smash that record.

[@SanguineBlackBlood]

I really don’t remember listening to this. This is wild. I was looking for a story about wizards using corpse ashes raise spirits and learn their secrets.

[@baconinvader]

@@SanguineBlackBlood poor guy got cylindered

[@minicle426]

I actually like the slight fumbling of the dialogue. Gives off a more natural feel.

[@NekkruEvul]

I really like the sound of this recording! Good reading as well

[@KamiRecca]

good reading, but maybe he should have made a few more takes. He corrects his mistakes from time to time. Or its part of the text, i dont know..

[@i.l.l.l.l.]

@@KamiRecca it was a live on-air recording. One take.

[@utube9000]

@@i.l.l.l.l. If that's true, this guy (Dudley Knight) did an AMAZING job! The language of HP Lovecraft is very dense and there's quite a few challenge words and pronunciations in many of his stories. To read this entire story non-stop with only a few mistakes is quite an accomplishment - he's also very expressive and his pacing is good. I wish there were more "live radio" readings nowadays..

[@robhaskins]

KamiRecca it was broadcast live on radio, in the 1950s or ‘60s-no possibility for takes.

[@treesandgeeking]

Great tale, wonderfully read. Couldn't believe the protagonist went straight over when recieving the "come quick, bring more brains" message.

[@christophergoldrup9695]

Right? (SPOILER) When he receives the typed letter, he doesn't even consider that it didn't come from Akeley.

[@christophergoldrup9695]

And then he gets in the fucking car?!

[@treesandgeeking]

@@christophergoldrup9695 😂 it was a more innocent age

[@seconds-kr5uj]

IT'S A TRAP!!!

[@minicle426]

As he pretty much put it. Scientific curiosity overrode common sense.

[@couragekarnga8735]

This was extremely well done. Thank you, whatever this channel's creator's name is. Thanks for everythin

[@IbrahimHoldsForth]

This is an enjoyable recording, hiccups and all.

[@wilhemfaust250]

A really good story. I love reading Lovecraft and despite some "hiccups" here and there I really enjoyed listening this audio-book. Thanks a lot for the good work.

[@JohnArthur77]

If anyone is looking for more like this, I recommend reading Arthur Machen's "The Novel of the Black Seal" found in his "The Three Imposters." I'm pretty sure that Lovecraft pulled from "Black Seal" for the black stone in "Whisperer."

[@WoodyMarx]

I wonder if HPL ever went to rurural Vermont. He certainly describes it's creepy side accurately. Vermont is one of those places it is easy to imagine is a protected bubble where history doesn't work the way it does in other places. A true Twilight-zone locale...

[@vearsan]

He was fascinated by maps, and many of his stories are in communities along the Connecticut River eastward. He also took many long train rides, & in this story you hear him describe the scenery along this very route! I have also traveled Amtrack from Greenfield north to Montpellier, & he describes it perfectly

[@kirklandraab1999]

Outstanding. This is one of my favorite tales.

[@toprak3479]

1:50:06 You can hear the guy slow down and sigh after making two small mistakes. He was probably thinking whether he should correct the mistakes or keep on reading.

[@robhaskins]

He couldn't correct them. This was recorded in real time for radio broadcast.

[@toprak3479]

@@robhaskins I mean correcting as in immediately rereading them.

[@robhaskins]

@@toprak3479 i see--he did that too, but not each time. :)

[@toprak3479]

@@robhaskins Indeed :D

[@commanderbastard1993]

It's amazing that these were the only mistakes I noticed in the whole recording. I unfortunately had a accident when I was going and while it did no damage to my brain...or so the doctors told me, it has caused a nerve interruption or something like it because speaking sometimes can be an issue as a numbness comes and goes on my lips so I thumble words and as for a sense of rythme, near nonexistent as I have to focus on moving say a leg while unable to really get the rest of the body to follow any form of dance yet I can run over rough, uneven ground near perfectly even more so than others who have considerable coordination than I. Maybe I am looking too much into it but yeah, it's weird but damn Mr. Knight for such near flawless speaking!

[@solarwinds-]

Wow, what a story! Really creepy. I had read Stephen King's short story "Crouch End". It's interesting to hear that some of the names the aliens used in Lovecraft's story on the wax recording were also in Crouch End. A story about a young wife, Doris Freeman, lost her husband, Lonnie, to "the goat with a thousand young" on a London street.

[@usedscar]

Yes, just did read Crouch End. Amusing and King in all his descriptive power!

[@Astalron]

Dudley Knight does such good readings! Thanks for uploading them :D

[@MattMetalMayho]

Jaxx does he do any other Lovecraft?

[@commanderbastard1993]

Look for the Lovecraft QuickBooks on KZbin with H. P. lovecraft at the bottom in a yellow box beneath a picture of Lovecraft as the thumbnails. All of those are spoken by Knight.

[@telepathy90]

Classic. Was jus watching this show on Netflix called Archive 81 And made me think of this story. Had to come back for another listen!

[@georgeofhamilton]

[MINOR SPOILERS] Above all, I really just feel bad for Akeley. His is a fate worse than death.

[@joannewatts9892]

The wonderful Dudley Night 🌃 if I've listened to this once , I've listened to this a hundred times 🦑🦀🦇🦠🏞️☄️🥶

[@Pete-wx4pk]

Amazing narration.

[@vearsan]

"mental shock" = Mind melting horror

[@TehKoolaidkid]

best audiobook ive ever heard

[@thomaszaccone3960]

Love Lovecraft. In the same class as Tolkien.

[@E_blanknamehere]

This sounds like it was recorded in a submarine Its great

[@Ohnonono123]

Every Lovecraft story is a little different but the villain/monster is always the same: the unknowable

[@kylebell1157]

He sounds at the end are soooo freaking creepy

[@TheAncientOak]

2:13:33 Bookmark

[@umbral-ash]

Uncanny listening to this as now as I live in Vermont going on my second winter, the mental peculiarities have begun to set in.

[@msursa]

He enunciates well enough to understand and technical perfection dispels too many enticing shadows. Metal cannisters and strange realms demand a less conventional hand. The audio is fitting to the tech used for the narrative's pre-cd recording.

[@PlayNiceFolks]

I love his craft

[@johnpooky84]

I C what thulu did there.

[@redriddler1231]

"Morpheus should narrate more audiobooks"

[@johnpooky84]

This reminds me of an old-time radio show (those things are so creepy at night).

[@stephenbell5190]

1:26:07 prime ASMR material

[@markweatherill]

Narrator literally 'phoned in' his performance 😂

[@ZnenTitan]

8:00 sounds like H. P. Lovecraft knew what caused "Missing 411" decades before the the term was ever invented.

[@Maglorfin]

It's like Dave paulides is akeley and we are all Wilmarth

[@MrWeusi]

Does anyone know how to get that sound from the microphone? What its called ? How his voice sounds reading the book?

[@Maglorfin]

Bear in mind closely I didn't see any actual visual horror at the end... Oh wait a second, yes I did.

[@TaoJohn]

Question about the production: Is this some kind of raw/unedited session recording found forgotten somewhere? I ask because I've listened to old audiobooks on cassette and all of them had been edited (breaths edited out, no reading mistakes, no paper turning sounds, etc).

[@daquickscopa39]

I've read in another comment that it was a radio broadcast

[@XxFilthMagnetxX]

Hey John, quickscopa is right, it's from an old radio show called "The Graveyard Shift" last I heard it went off the air in I think the early 90's, or at least all the diggin I've done gives me that impression, I like Dudley Knight's narration style, pretty raw and unpolished...unfortunately I have not been able to find anymore of his readings, though I'm sure he did more. If anyone else could tell me where to look I'd appreciate it a lot!

[@Maglorfin]

Nyarlathotep, great messenger... bringer of strange joy to Yogoth

[@Joskapistanyaad]

Too bad there is not much of an unexpected twist in this story, becouse everything starting from the typewritten letter screams laudly: "IT'S A TRAP!!!". You'd think that superintelligent beings from outer space would be capable of more elaborate lures than this, to wich only someone with the naivity of a child would fall. The part where he says "Don't mind the fresh cylinder with my name on it!!" is really Wizard of Oz tier. "Don't mind the little man behind the curtain manipulating levers and buttons!"

[@vgamedude12]

I just assumed they had a pre prepared cylinder for him. The alien disguised as him says as much to Wilburt.

[@toprak3479]

That is the goofiest line lmao but I disagree, the superintelligent aliens being imperfect in earthly streetsmarts type things like human social skills seems believable enough for me. And surprise in horror is overrated imo, a prolonged sense of dread is so much better.

[@cloutruler]

AYO! Who you callin' shubniggurath?

[@MegaLotusEater]

Love the narrator. Fascinated to know why his continual mistakes were allowed into the finished product, whereas his other recordings are error free. I'm not complaining mind - it doesn't bother me. But I'm curious to know why the publishers allowed this into a product for sale.

[@MegaLotusEater]

@user-nk7cy9wb2f As someone who grew up in the 80s, I recall the process of recording over tape was pretty easy. And I don't think people are any more less anal than they are today.

[@XxFilthMagnetxX]

Hey Lotus, you said you've heard other recordings of his, are they on YT? If not do you know where I could find them? Thank you either way!

[@MegaLotusEater]

@@XxFilthMagnetxX Yes they're all on YT. Type the narrator's name and the title of the book into YT's search engine.

[@PlayNiceFolks]

If all HP readings aren't done like this, well, they're all wrong.

[@melissasmind2846]

Perfect

[@PonderousEclectica4383]

honestly id go with the mi-go, theyre definitely a strange people but they dont seem bad

[@SirBeauJangles]

Perhaps Vincent Price might have read this better, but if so the margin of difference would've been remarkably narrow. Top class rendition!

[@OmniDan26]

ew gross

[@kingssshir7208]

S/0 to that random Uber driver that put me on to this series

[@wolfgangallanalhazred802]

It's so sad that he never saw fame in life.

[@theodoreroelofsz44]

Most "ARTISTEs" / "ARTISTs" never got recognition in their LIFETIMES... ...mores the sadness.

[@markmallone7484]

Good job there wasn't Nigerian prince telegrams back then for our gullible protagonist.

[@FuelAirSparkTime]

Quite a few stutters and s..ss..stammers but overall a decent recording. Edit: the flubs are so frequent it's actually funny. But somehow, it almost makes it more realistic like someone actually giving an account of his experiences

[@Byrvurra]

This is a live reading from a radio broadcast, so one take.

[@FuelAirSparkTime]

@@Byrvurra ohhh well then in that case it's pretty good then.

[@johnnixon1260]

@Enclave Soldier and if you believe that they wouldn't redo something if they fucked it up you must be a bit gullible

[@Whiskydanger]

@@johnnixon1260 wow. You are a twat.

[@MAUREENALLEN79]

Brilliant

[@lifeafterdeath4179]

Reminds me of Bioshock.

[@PonderousEclectica4383]

sounds almost like carl sagan

[@Metalmike1289]

Good to listen to in the dark

[@jelogram]

16:57

[@Ihavpickle]

I am Providence!

[@aaronmartinez3911]

Master of Cosmic Horror

[@AOTS123]

I may have taken that offer

[@Kumogakure42]

Awesome

[@GallerySpecter]

This story might just feature the most gullible protagonist the mythos has ever seen.

[@SporeFreak2010]

That guy sounds like Warf :D

[@johnpooky84]

"*Sigh* It is 'Worf'."

[@IzzyRain]

1:16:12

[@justinspringstun5836]

This story makes me think of the whole “Missing 411” type of missing people cases... one never knows what exists in dimensions that can somehow connect with our. It’s honestly not talked about for the sanity of the public. It’s a scary phenomenon and it seems to be on the mind oh HP in some way, he definitely believed in some of this stuff in a round about way. He of course adds many fictional elements.

[@lydiasteinebendiksen4269]

I am so weird, I am really picky on the reading voices for my audiobooks, and I had gone through as much as I could find on youtube, and reluctantly settled on this being the best, but being slightly dissapointed (not that it was bad, just not "right"), and then he pronounced the word "machine" and I'm all good now, and very satisfyed. what is wrong with me?!

[@tootsmagoots9523]

Are you new to lovecraft?

[@minholee2669]

thx

[@brentwilbur]

1:31:14 - 1:31:33 needs an edit.

[@agugyin]

Fortunately it is just an inserted gap :)

[@yuggoth777]

2:08:58 this is scooby-doo levels of goofyness

[@georgeofhamilton]

23:46 Sus.

[@j.helvie6563]

It's a shame someone decided to speed it up...

[@PostInquiry]

The stumbling kills me, when he gets to all the Cthulhu lore stuff I can hear his thoughts; "what the fu..... Uh, KUtooloo"

[@Maglorfin]

7 and 9 down the onyx steps

[@FrankMonday]

Any idea what he’s referring to here?

[@springyslinky2190]

Carl Sagan, is that you?? Edit: The scariness of the story is totally undone by how stupid the guy living in Vermont is by staying. Like, come on dude, I'm willing to suspend disbelief, but that's just dumb.

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

tangent ioegon

[@ninepillarsofsalt]

0 20 00

[@iansorge1794]

This audio is horrifying

[@laurenstygar7996]

Hey...this is criminal mind with access to...human development. Mortal God is not their point of meaning and I would not say crude. It was perverse and.....definitely does not have means. Great story.

[@simplyshane6477]

Scary ass final line

[@commanderbastard1993]

Dudley Knight, Vincent Price and Mr H are the only people who should do audioreadings of Lovecraft. Maybe the guy's who voice Kain and Raziel from LoK series.

[@seandenzelrhymer760]

All i did was whisper till he started smashing glass

[@maledikt]

Why is he pronouncing "Cthulhu" as "Coolioo"?

[@marktulo]

Cthulhu’s actual pronunciation is much closer to “klu-loo” according to Lovecraft himself

[@NecromancyForKids]

@@marktulo He also said it's "kuh-TOO-loo where the name starting with T is spit out, but that the actual pronunciation is impossible for humans. Also keep in mind this is very old and they probably didn't have a good guide for these names.

[@coconutsmarties]

Cos he spending all his life living in the shoggoths' paradise

[@Zabbs69]

He literally said "uhh" at one point. Please just do another take when you fail to pronounce something.

[@Metalmike1289]

Or you can do if you think you can do better

[@Boxmaterial]

Just saying btw scotch refers to food items not the nationality. Fuck sake Lovecraft, you would think that being a walking thesaurus he would know the proper noun.... for future reference its Scottish not scotch.... sorry i just can't let that slide anymore xD.... oh yeah good atmosphere for the reading BTW nice one.

[@RedFlowerSect]

Scotch used to be used in this way. He was not incorrect, the term is just not commonly used anymore except when referring to the Scotch-Irish.

[@stonehouseguitars3869]

Darth Vader shouldn't narrate audiobooks. Between the constant pausing every few words and the loud obnoxious Darth Vader like breathing raspily every single time it was so distracting that I didn't get through the first 10 minutes before scrapping the whole attempt to listen to this.

[@anthonywyatt5133]

If you stutter during a rate, retake. Tone down the static, and minimize the "cracks" your sound is way out of tune,

[@christopherreeves7807]

This was done LIVE on-air. You wankers complaining about quality issues can blow it out your ass.

[@i.l.l.l.l.]

It was a live recording lol. One take.

[@toprak3479]

You're a dummie dum dum

[@barcrest666]

The stuttering makes it sound even more authentic - Great to listen to in the dark

[@Whiskydanger]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh.....just shhhhhhhhh

[@1630revelloak]

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