I felt exactly the same, carlstedtmattias . I was enthralled by Flame and Smoke, and was so relieved that all was well for them in the end.

I'm particularly fond of the turn of phrase "tends to obfuscate," as it tends to obfuscate.

If you really want interesting cadence in your vocabulary, you should read Chesterton.

More likely than not, they didn't speak as they wrote, except maybe when giving speeches or lectures.

@@Anthropomorphic maybe not entirely. but people didnt have nearly as many solo hobbies ( like tv/video games) back then, and typically everyone's vocabulary, conversational skills, a speaking ability was much greater than it is today since reading books and talking with people were some of the only things most people ever did with themselves outside of work and school. just listen to news clip interviews and shows/movies from the 50s and 60s and its super apparant just how much better the average person's vocabulary is.

@@addictiontransfer3731 I'd probably agree that people back then were most likely better conversationalists in the sense of having better social skills, on average. I'm not sure their vocabularies were necessarily more extensive, though, and I don't think people actually spoke privately the way characters do in old movies. For one, I don't think dialogue in media was written to be naturalistic in those days. That happened later, as part of a larger trend towards the devaluing of formal speech. That's really the main distinction here, I think: speech typically comes in a casual "jeans and t-shirt" form and a more formal "suit and tie" form. Much like it'd be normal to expect a man to wear a suit if they were giving a speech or appearing on TV, it used to be expected that you'd adopt a correspondingly formal style of speech. It was essentially part of dressing up for an occasion. People didn't talk that way in casual conversation, though. In order to really get a sense for how people talked most of the time, you'd basically have to find recordings of people chatting casually without realizing that they're being recorded. My tip: an old radio show from the 40's and 50's called Candid Microphone, which inspired the later TV show. Part of the confusion here comes from the fact that American society (and thus much of the rest of the world) has come to devalue formal speech. It's seen as unnatural, and often a sign that someone's trying to scam you. Notice how politicians are increasingly trying to *not* sound like politicians, basically meaning they're trying to speak more casually? And notice how people seem to respond pretty positively to it? I think it's generally said that this trend away from formal speech started in the 60's.

I think it may have been laced with something stronger lol

@@michaellawhead6806 man you never tried hash in context of regular bud cannabis haha. Shit is fucking wack

@@officaldungeons rofl late to the party my dude that was 5 months ago, but I have, shit that made me think i was in the Tardis, but I think this was stronger lol

I was somewhat surpised of the almost modern take on ghost hunting also. If you "squint your eyes", you can see some similar themes to Mr. King's "The Shining". Interestingly his follow up is called "Dr. Sleep".

Thanks for listening, Jonathon!

That's what it's all about man.

Awesome, thank you! Great to have you onboard! :)

🤣🤣

You ever smoke so much you got haunted?

Hash and weed? Now that's a cookie LMBO

What a little b**** those kind of drugs r a Tuesday night in my life I guess some people just can't handle weed I didn't think they were real but I guess this guy's one of them

@@larryedwards1591 i only hope one day you don't end up with some haunted og and realize the many horrors of the fifth dimension. 😱

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you! Hopefully you won't have to wait too long. :)

dude weed lmao

Wacky Baccy 😁

I was just about to fall asleep and heard that and now I'm so awake!! Hahaha

Torrential laughter

By coincidence....

i dont think those are public domain are they?

We've booked him in for another appearance... watch this space!

@@HorrorBabble Much appreciated :)

Pedro Reck Bartholomay Yes, I always hate it when a dog or other animal fares ill in fiction. The people, not so much (I don't like to think what that means - except that perhaps one is more used to people being made-up). But, save the dogs!!

@@blixten2928 I think a part of it is that we just see animals as inherently more innocent (particularly dogs), not that we necessarily value them more, but in most cases we feel they usually don't deserve what happens to them.

@@mrdropkicker1 Yepp, I can relate to that. Like children. And so many horror stories coldly and coolly kill off dogs (and cats). This particular story will always warm my heart because the author so explicitly admires and loves his animals! (Come to think of it, Lovecraft loved his fictional cats dearly, too. So there are exceptions.)

Cannabis can indeed do that. I'm speaking from personal experience. This story hits quite close to home.

Hi Michael! We've been chipping away at Case #5 for a while now. Should be ready to go in the new year.

H.p. Lovecraft story, I forget the title. Tells of 2 men, one named Warren the other the narrator. Something to do with a tomb which Warren goes 👇, after panicked yelling after him, a disembodied replied with that line as the final line and climatic conclusion

The statement of Randolph Carter

Potentially, providing the remaining 3 Carnacki stories are in the public domain. We're still not 100% certain.

No apology required!

One of those was me, I was just as surprised, but I changed it back to thumbs up. My bad.

Ha, thanks Stefanie. You can't please everybody - and that's okay with us! :)

Jasper?!