The Corpse of Charlie Rull as told by Edward E.French 

I guess we've all been there, one moment you're lying dead in a radioactive swamp, the next you're reanimated by toxic waste and off on a mindless killing spree. It's just one of those days when you wish you'd stayed in bed.

Sir,You are a true artist. One of such eloquent artistry in both sight and sound that I find it impossible to do anything else but totally immerse myself in your wonderful stories. As an active retiree, I spend my days working in the yard or restoration projects. I've found lying across my bed, earbuds in my head, listening to your wonderful stories ,beats the hell out of ANYTHING on T.V. these days. Bravo to you sir!! May you have many ,many years of continued recognition and appreciation for your fine works. And above all else may your life be full of happiness and joy for the lovely works you have shared so freely with others God bless,Andy

I keep coming back to this one. The perfect self-contained horror story, in many ways anticipating George Romero’s living dead, with their brains activated by radiation from a returning Venus probe. Great reading, Mr F!

Have any of you seen Creature With The Atom Brain? The creations of the movie's mad scientist were zombies in the mythological sense; they were under the scientist's control, like the zombies of myth were under the control of a powerful sorcerer.

I've had a painting of a scene from this story within 90 minutes of completion for the past 5 years. Countless other paintings, from Lovecraft, Van Vogt, Long, Clark Ashton Smith, etc, have been finished in the meantime. Finding this magnificent reading of the tale inspired me to finally finish the thing. Thanks. Please do some more Brennan -- maybe CANAVAN's BACK YARD or, on a milder but equally eerie note, THE HOUSE ON HAZEL STREET.

gory fun, very E C horror

Whew!!!!! read like one of those scary “B” movies from the ‘50’s, especially with that eerie music. great reading. :)🌷✨

Partway through I started imagining Solomon Grundy, and now i cant stop

The theramin (sp?) at the beginning takes me back to my childhood...cowering under the blanket watching Shock Theatre.

A gruesome tale, indeed! Thanks for the reading - perfect, as ever.

Hey man are you trying to scare me?! Because I'll come out of this panic room and deal with you. Don't think I won't

Why is Joseph Payne Brennan not a household name? Horror anthologies used to be popular, and I miss the era of paper. The channel of Edward French serves as a new type of anthology, for which I am grateful. Why did the algorithm take so many years to bring this to my attention? A connection to the viewers of Old Time Radio channels must be established to share this with more people. And viewers of Halloween channels. Our task is to promulgate the work of Edward French.

This is the same plot setup as Slime, huh? But they are different tales. I imagine Brennan had an highway daydream that he had to get out of his system!

Classic monster story, great narration.

Cool. Love these old Atomic Age stories.

Wow what a great read!! Thank-you!

Another winner, Edward! I love your voice soooo much!

I truly love your Pulp Fiction thumbnails! They are really a fun beginning to the stories. Thank you so much!!

Great to see (and hear) this one again! You do it perfectly! Thanks!

Hey. I'm a frequent listener here and with my other account too. I just finished up your Invisible Man reading. Would you ever consider doing HG Wells' The War in the Air?

That was incredible! LOVE!!! Thank you!!

A great, simple story of an atomic age zombie. Thank you for this reading.

SPOILER if that writer had that thing get the kid, i woulda turned this thing right off!!!!!! just too grisly! but he didn’t. scary story.

Thank you. Excellent narration.

Yeah!!

Wow! Terrific narration! Story comes alive!

Wonderful! Thank you!

Another really scary story - especially in the middle. you really aced this one - intertwining music, too. :}

Wow...I love all the stories so far

Old school zombies much badass than George Romero flesh eating vampires.

Mr. French are you familiar with Worms of the Earth

This was amazing!

Beautiful

Awesome!

Excellent story. You were just as good 5 yrs ago! Intense, really draws one in. Brennan was quite a writer!

oh no! not another swamp - ahhhh! :}

This story describes what I did once with a hangover after I saw a MAGA hat.

Are you copying your stuff to Rumble? RU-vid is a little censor-ish in other topics.

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Never been a fan of SciFi, - the dubious pseudo speculation that is supposed to underpin the suspension of disbelief usually doesn't hold up in the modern context.I suppose for much the same reason I'm not a big fan of the Victorian horror that pretends to provide rational explanations that seem quaint now.Give me the phenomena that is no more explicable now than it was century ago.