"The Picture in the House" by H. P. Lovecraft / A HorrorBabble Production 

Having vision problems right now, this is the best way to have my favorite stories available, until all this is taken care of and I can read again. I'm really enjoying Mr. Gordon's reading of these Lovecraft stories.

Ian Gordon's voice has given me new found enjoyment of Lovecraft's work. Great storytelling.

Hearing this in 2020 almost 100 years after its publication I had no idea that writing could be so provocative and eloquent. I replayed this episode three times.

This has become my absolute favorite channel to go to bed to. I kill the lights, turn on HorrorBabble and drift into nightmare land 💀❤

Wouldn’t listen to HPL from any other narrator. This is top shelf stuff.

I love the background, it reminds me of Courage the Cowardly Dog

I absolutely loved the creepyness of that whole story. Top shelf narration as always. Thank you very much!!

Am I the only one who hit replay immediately? Surely not.

Well, that was a creepy one. Thanks Ian! Somehow I had never heard of this story.

This just popped up at bedtime, perfect.

One of the very best HPL onehitters

Very nice work with the ambient noise in this one

This is surely one of the most ominous introductions of all time! Despite the fact that they were contemporaries, I’ve never heard of any influences of William Faulkner’s works upon Lovecraft. But comparisons certainly can be drawn between the brooding, abandoned, slowly rotting locations both describe and the decadent families who dwell within these ancient walls. As a longtime resident of Atlanta, I’ve frequently been forced to drive through such isolated regions on lonely backroad trips throughout the American South. Such journeys have always made me wonder about a variety of things. But my advice will never change. If you have to make such trips, whatever else you may do, never, EVER stop to investigate anything. Gas up in advance, don’t look too closely at places you may pass along the roadside...and just keep on going.

Tonight's presentation is yet another of your masterful, inimitable, spectral sleigh rides. Thank You Ian.

This takes me back to my time, those dark times, in those abominable halls of Derceto Manor, and it’s different manifestations throughout the ages…

I'd a been hauling ass outta that house!

Ooh, a new bedtime story for me. Thanks Ian!

Golly, that was sorta scary! Ran a pretty strange movie in my brain while I listened. Wish there were more Lovecraft yarns like this. Good one.

I bought a anthology of Hp Lovecraft's fiction recently, so when I'm in the mood to read him, but not in the mood to deal with his antiquated style...welp here I am

"The Picture in the House" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft. It was written on December 12, 1920, and first published in the July issue of The National Amateur, 1921. In the tale, a genealogist seeks shelter from an approaching storm in an apparently abandoned house... Chapters: 00:16 - Introduction 00:42 - The Picture in the House 22:58 - Further Listening Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/the-picture-in-the-house Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon Support us on Bandcamp or Patreon: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com www.patreon.com/horrorbabble HorrorBabble MERCH: teespring.com/stores/horrorbabble-merch Search HORRORBABBLE to find us on: AUDIBLE / ITUNES / SPOTIFY Home: www.horrorbabble.com Rue Morgue: www.rue-morgue.com Social Media: facebook.com/HorrorBabble instagram.com/horrorbabble twitter.com/HorrorBabble

The beginning and introduction of this story are some of the best I have read. God, I have loved reading these parts of this story since I first read it over 20 years ago. I love this story immensely, but the beginning and introduction pack quite the punch! This is one of the first Lovecraft stories read and I always come back to it. I love the, "old Yankee dialect" the old guy talks in. Thanks for narrating this. Great job!

Love your dedication. Thanks for the fantastic uploads.

If the story is as smashing as the accompanying pic, and I suspect it will be, it’s going to be fantastic.

That opening mysic an hearing your viice is like coming home

*Masterful~!!!! The story is one I had not heard, but seems that Lovecraft marked it with his typically growing sense of terror! And you, sir, are indeed the msot gifted narrator on all of RU-viddom and perhasp all the internet.*

Imo, this is his scariest story, terrifying!

Thoroughly enjoyable reading.Thank you.

To me, this is the scariest story by the master king of 'orror. ..yep, listened to it thru again and this is the scariest story ever. If you have a vivid imagination, don't use it listening to this story.

Another great story.

That’s the biggest copout I’ve ever heard in a love craft book and this is a guy who routinely says “it was undescribable”. Come on love craft

Rain is not red 😀 beautifully delivered line

I love this story. And the description of the old Yankee reminds me of my father.

Hi Ian ! You know I'm gonna love this ! Thank you

Perfect pauses, atmospheric, just fab! Thanx Ian : )

Thank you for another incredible narration. Am proud to say I am very invested in Lovecraft's work now and this story is another phenomenal example of his eerily fascinating talent as a writer.

Yes, another good one bring me more.

Thank you once more for a beautiful reading.

Love your channel man. Your narration is top notch, and it adds to the effect. Keep it up!

Excellence as usual! Ty sir

I just heard this for the second time and I truly love it, especially at the end when he just closes his eyes. Awesome

FABULOUS!

Thank you so much for making these.

Enjoyed this very much, nice pace & easy to listen to. 🎩🖤🙏🏽🌹

Wonderfully narrated, thank you!

Wonderful tale!

Excellent as always Sir, thank you!!!🙏👌👻❣️

Deliciously creepy story and performance.

Love this story

As always beautify done

Omg that random laugh 😅😅😅

Brilliant stuff Ian 🍻 RU-vid needs to get its house in order.

AWESOME !

This was a creepy one. Thanks for the read.

Awesome narration!

Your narrations are amazing. I try to listen to yours when searching for HP Lovecraft, especially when it inspires my drawings.

Thank you

One I do not recall ever having read!

Listening to this while ordering lunch and my total came out to $6.66. This is promising 😆

Anyone else listening to the story, looking at the image of that house in the thumbnail/background, and wondering just what moment we would have got up and dove through that window to escape that man? 😅

So the guy killed someone upstairs and then the house was stuck by lightning? Which killed the narrator? The ending on this one is interesting

Gonna get a copy of this book for my foyer

Oh man, it was great but left you wanting more!

i enjoyed this story cause you read it so well. i don’t think i would have if i’d just plain read it :)🌷

Again, great voice acting 🥃👍

Fun fact: while _Regnum Congo_ is quite real and does portray Africans with European features (Pigafeta had no frame of reference to work with, after all), none of the woodcuts feature the dragon or ape-men hybrids mentioned in this story. This appears to be another example of Lovecraft taking creative license with history, and could charitably be treated as an alternate timeline from ours/ARG (an interpretation extremely conducive to the Cthulhu Mythos as a whole).

I don't really get the ending of this one.

i would love to hear bram stokers dracula someday

What was the name of the story about the painter who painted a demon eating a human?

2in one night 😱

Schoolmaster in "84." The question is, "Which '84".

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Nom nom nom nom nom ...

Good story thx again. But what happened at the end; were they both killed by a lightning strike ?

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13:56 -- 14:02 Time for me to go, old timer!

Thanks, I've never read this story of Lovecraft. This reminds me of the story, "The House of Nightmare", buy Edward Lucas White. Everyone knows White's Lukundoo, but I find "The House of the Nightmare" superior. "The House of the Nightmare" is a story of about a ghost being haunted by other ghost. The whole of "The House of the Nightmare" is subtly unreal, like the shifting reality of dream. I find "The House of the Nightmare" far superior to Lukundoo, and well worth anyone time to read.

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If a dragon has an alligator's head, how could you tell? How would it be different from how a dragon normally looks? This is why home just writes, "indescribable" so much.

That's f*cking marvelous ! The narration is awesome ! Это ахуенно, господи. Какое восхитительное прочтение !!!

yummy

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