"The Crawling Chaos" by H. P. Lovecraft / A HorrorBabble Production

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"The Crawling Chaos" by H. P. Lovecraft / A HorrorBabble Production

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"The Crawling Chaos" is a short story by American author, H. P. Lovecraft, based on a dream once described to him by fellow-author, Winifred V. Jackson, in which the consequences of dabbling with opium were experienced. It was first published in the 1943 collection, Beyond the Wall of Sleep.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - The Crawling Chaos
20:54 - Further Listening
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@HorrorBabble 4 жыл бұрын

"The Crawling Chaos" is a short story by American author, H. P. Lovecraft, based on a dream once described to him by fellow-author, Winifred V. Jackson, in which the consequences of dabbling with opium were experienced. It was first published in the 1943 collection, Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Chapters: 00:15 - Introduction 00:52 - The Crawling Chaos 20:54 - Further Listening Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/the-crawling-chaos Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gill 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

@thefisherking78 Жыл бұрын

Falling asleep to this for the nth time

@Bassist-Beneath 3 жыл бұрын

“Mellifluous choreambics”. Never heard or seen either of those words in my life lol. HP kept the thesaurus handy

@StarboyXL9 3 жыл бұрын

I do it too, its a writer thing. There are only so many ways we can say things without sounding repetitive!

@Bassist-Beneath 3 жыл бұрын

@@StarboyXL9 certainly! I was just super surprised because I’ve read Blood Meridian and figured I saw every way you can describe anything in that book. It’s always nice to find new well written imagery after reading that masterpiece.

@Quiter19 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bassist-Beneath Oh Blood Meridian! That is one of my favorite books of all time. Did you enjoy it? It is not for everyone that's for sure. Alas for some it is read purely just as a story, and so will lack some of it's true meanings. I realised if taken as a book of philosophy explained thru the vessel of a 16 year old vassel scalp hunter... What a magnificent way to question morality. Well in my opinion anyway. Many a man and woman wholly disowned joy when reading such a book using violence so voluptuously. Any recommendations? White Noise by Don DeLillo is a very funny and interesting book, and Jail Bird by Kurt Vonnegut is another wonderful creation, any Vonnegut is.

@DDaniel20067 4 жыл бұрын

Horrorbabble upload + cthulhu mythos story = instant view

@alexandernagel8205 4 жыл бұрын

The subtle ambient music is a fantastic touch

@TheJasonx7 4 жыл бұрын

This would almost be like a prophecy rather than a drug trip. This was a really good story,Lovecraft really gave birth to cosmic horror we really dont know what is out there. Good story again i loved it.

@Driven2Beers 10 ай бұрын

Another prophecy is the recent opioid epidemic caused by pharmaceutical companies.

@thefisherking78 2 жыл бұрын

This remains my absolute favorite of his works. I have listened countless times. Back when I used to read words on pages in The Before Time, I readed it many timeses then too 😜

@nocturnalmystery8047 2 жыл бұрын

Scary. Imagine if we were consumed by something scientists can't imagine... we're just gone one day.

@poseidonc1259 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I just decided to listen to, or read, this work of H.P. Lovecraft’s yesterday evening & I can’t wait to hear it in your voice.

@donaldmccleary9015 7 ай бұрын

Great story and narration! Thanks!

@jamiecameron7615 4 жыл бұрын

Lovecraft from Horrorbabble is always a treat!! Thank you very much!!

@12201185234 4 жыл бұрын

As someone who was strung out on opioids for nearly a decade (still physically dependent on methadone for the past 7 years, but will finally be weened completely in February), I can remember to the bizarre, yet beautiful nod dreams.

@daygoncornhole2395 4 жыл бұрын

I odd on methadone and now I have cramps in my hands and can't open my eyes without the use of my hand and I regret it ever since

@jakerawlings6150 4 жыл бұрын

Good luck man

@anthonymaslow798 4 жыл бұрын

Recovering dope addict here. Methadone for a loooong time. Of everything I experienced as an addict, those time stretched, opiate addled nods are the one thing I miss. Also, I weaned off of methadone, my dude. Greatest decision I ever made. My pops is still on it, at 70 yrs old. Saw that shit, and thought, "fuck that noise...i ain't about to be a slave into my infirmity."

@olalustig5397 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing how many opiates addict in here,i have just started on the subutex program after 6 years on morphie,onycontin,fentanyl and heroin also bensodiazepines abuse for 3-4 years. Take care People

@12201185234 4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonymaslow798 I'm back on the methadone as of last month. I had weaned off after almost eight years and was doing fine. Then 2020 hit and I went off the deep end for a few months. My habit was up to about 1.5-2 grams of fentanyl per day, with heroin mixed in on top of it. I'm back a 40 mg/day, about to start tapering again by 2mg/week, starting next week.

@WaitingToBeAGhost 4 жыл бұрын

Watched this almost ten times since yesterday. You have a fantastic voice Mr. Gordon; Thank you for another quality video to enjoy and drift off to! Keep up the great work!

@robertwalker-smith2739 4 жыл бұрын

Read this decades ago, hadn't thought of it in almost as long. Very atmospheric.

@StarboyXL9 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it trips me out to think there are people with memories twice as long as I've been alive.

@steve-ocreep7434 4 жыл бұрын

Much Love to you and Jeniffer! Keep up the amazing work

@_FinnBergman_ 4 жыл бұрын

The most hidden gem ever!, your voice sounds like from out of a 30s horror movie

@HorrorBabble 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by, Finn!

@nonserviam751 3 жыл бұрын

He sounds like Alex from A Clockwork Orange.

@groobly6070 Ай бұрын

I think this is the closest a Lovecraft story has gotten to being a classic episode of the Joe Rogan podcast lol

@FIONA21ful 4 жыл бұрын

This takes me back to the 80s and my own varied experiments & experiences with opiates whilst travelling across Europe. Wonderful times indeed.

@dbi6355 4 жыл бұрын

oh my gosh a new HorrorBabble to go to bed to. You guys are so good to me :)

@meth_squirrel 4 жыл бұрын

marvelous as always

@rachweatherilll69 4 жыл бұрын

Oh wondrous story, if only I could write like that. Well done Ian :-)

@MrsCaranAmy 4 жыл бұрын

This was quite a vivid dream. I presume this this is the effects of opium. Very well read and background music selection is perfect.

@jaymevosburgh3660 4 жыл бұрын

I had never had dreams like this while under its effects. Like marijuana it just made me really sleepy & lethargic. I'm sure people have different experiences as our bodies chemistry are different ;) And as I am not a doctor i would never be foolish enough to claim to be an expert(that can dangerous to claim such things)

@billsummy2412 4 жыл бұрын

SUPER !

@feralbluee 4 жыл бұрын

really enjoyed this one. always wondered what opium was like. (different from acid, even though your mind goes to incredible places and colors. :)

@bobbobgo9138 4 жыл бұрын

hooked again

@jameshanshaw516 4 жыл бұрын

Damn what a trip!

@lacyhart2043 4 жыл бұрын

Cool man

@beverlyamarantes9775 Жыл бұрын

Good evening.

@darkstarnova5846 4 жыл бұрын

I’m back 🌠 missed too much

@The.Crawling.Chaos. 2 жыл бұрын

Hello there! :)

@YaHozna1 4 жыл бұрын

Can I possibly make a polite request for a reading of 'The Events at Poroth Farm,'? One of my favourite horror stories and I would love to hear your narration. Love your videos, thanks for all the hard work.

@HorrorBabble 4 жыл бұрын

We can only record works in the public domain. If you have any other suggestions, feel free to forward them here: www.horrorbabble.com/contact Thank you!

@brandonpostow6029 3 жыл бұрын

Now I want to try some opium!

@gothicdragonwarriorqueen5819 4 жыл бұрын

Scary-as-shit cool!!!☻🖤☠💀👻⚰🦇🕷🕸

@Red13teen 4 жыл бұрын

Love you xx

@mr.v6052 Жыл бұрын

This is the weirdest drugs psa ever

@Tusksplitter7372 4 жыл бұрын

Deadin the pain they can not cure, /cower

@GoldenGate003 Жыл бұрын

done.

@SAINTJUDAS28 4 жыл бұрын

i smoked opium once...for a week. this isnt too far off

@Quiter19 3 жыл бұрын

Did you spend a week in a hut in the Golden triangle? That sounds nice!

@thefisherking78 3 жыл бұрын

FUCK YES

@blowitoutyourcunt7675 4 жыл бұрын

Opium is some heavy stuff, I'm amazed he dreamed on it! Laudanum is much better ; ) Fabulous listen! Cheers mate!

@bobbymarcum772 4 жыл бұрын

Opium sounds pretty much like a godsend in certain situations-i for one could have benefited from it after lying bayoneted and bleeding during Argonne! Ne’ertheless, I came to dream hashish dreams in a waterfront dive along the Thames owned by a China-Man. Tho my body recovered, my mind never did.

@markelsdon2453 4 жыл бұрын

Laudanum is just opium in alcohol dude

@popevimtoripkeefhappysackXXX 4 жыл бұрын

Fentanyl is da motherfukin bomb !

@markelsdon2453 4 жыл бұрын

Paul post me some, hard to get in the UK, doller waiting

@blowitoutyourcunt7675 4 жыл бұрын

@@markelsdon2453 Oh trust I know but the preparation can make all the difference! Pharmacokinetics is kind of my thing ; )

@Tusksplitter7372 4 жыл бұрын

art which makes them imortal,,haha

@Tusksplitter7372 4 жыл бұрын

ck dan simion,, hehe

@barryg528 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a DMT trip

@CatherineDoII Жыл бұрын

11:55

@BibsideonStatue Жыл бұрын

Opium: not even once

@tilde5884 3 жыл бұрын

Hallo!

@tilde5884 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clicking on the replies! Merry Christmas~ !

@natesnarrations7215 4 жыл бұрын

Drugs. Are. Bad.

@lacyhart2043 4 жыл бұрын

Drugs drugs drugs

@uhhok7183 3 жыл бұрын

the cultists, despite their adaption to things eldritch, still discover.. "surprising.. things".. that even they cannot explain itself in detail. The surroundings, yes, but not the direct being.. there was a report that nyarlothep became an anime girl in japan, whose name is "nyaruko"

@StarboyXL9 3 жыл бұрын

Obviously a part of his horrible plan to influence the future Prime Minister of Japan!

@xermasboo5401 3 жыл бұрын

@@StarboyXL9 I think Nyarlothep reply would be: "Why think so little when I can go after the people."

@1907Syndicate 4 жыл бұрын

dope! im on my music grind heavy link up with my videos im all about the belief that no matter where you are at in life, you deserve to be where you believe you deserve to lemme know what you think

@mikenichols7760 2 жыл бұрын

A modern tale like this has lost its luster.. dabbling with an opium derivative and going to work so you can feel normal plus feel no pains on a oc30 up lol