"The Hounds of Tindalos" by Frank Belknap Long / A Cthulhu Mythos Story

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"The Hounds of Tindalos" by Frank Belknap Long / A Cthulhu Mythos Story

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"The Hounds of Tindalos" is a short story by Frank Belknap Long. It first appeared in Weird Tales (Volume 13, Issue 3) in 1929, and was later published in the collection, The Hounds of Tindalos, in 1946. The story tells of Halpin Chalmers, an author and journalist, who, following the consumption of the Chinese drug Liao, encounters extra dimensional creatures, referred to as The Hounds of Tindalos.
Chapters:
00:00 - Opening Credits
00:44 - I
23:44 - II
27:51 - III
31:17 - IV
34:17 - V
35:29 - Closing Credits
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@HorrorBabble 2 жыл бұрын

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@thegriffin88 Ай бұрын

Debating on whether or not to include these in my comic's Hellhound Union. Hellhounds are the group name for any and all supernatural dog creature. Since Lovecraft is public it might be my one nod to him. The comic is nowhere near scary enough for more than a cameo of a 'Tindi Hound' in the background. Opposite faction is the Coven of Grimalkine, led by Big Ears the demonic Lord of all Cats. Anything cat-like and supernatural falls under them. They actually have a lot in common, most are general Earth spirits and linked to the leylines of our planet. Anyone else is just some prehistoric cat that got too close to raw magic, and raw magic loves nothing more than to break biology. A barghuest is really just a dire wolf that touched magic and became glowing and generally incorporeal.

@nightmarishcompositions4536 6 жыл бұрын

When the drugs are so strong you start hanging out with Elder Gods

@tikkidaddy 5 жыл бұрын

My coffee does that😂😂"Bruce Lee noises"....WAAAAHHHHH!!

@fredrikgranstrom6743 4 жыл бұрын

@@tikkidaddy same

@fredrikgranstrom6743 4 жыл бұрын

I most consult the elder gods raiden said

@Demogorgon47 4 жыл бұрын

I'll have some of what he's having.

@andy-the-gardener 4 жыл бұрын

elder gods. what are they. you are getting things dangerously mixed up. you might be able to chill out with the other gods. they are pretty cool. and even the elder things. but both of these are not to be confused with the old ones. they are seriously conservative and dont like druggies

@lugialover09 5 жыл бұрын

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should never read aloud random spells in Call of Cthulhu. Your GM might have decided to slip you a time travel spell, and now you're suddenly being tracked by a Hound.

@nachfullbarertrank5230 Жыл бұрын

it's Gamzee!!!

@nicholassudov2299 4 жыл бұрын

Like. If i remembered right, those Hounds could penetrate from a dimension to a dimension only thru angles between walls etc. If so, I am happy for Hobbits who live in their circular houses with no angles.

@vladthecon 3 жыл бұрын

gandalf found one.

@ghoulishgoober3122 2 жыл бұрын

That's their only weakness, however it *only* slows them down, and doesn't completely stop them. They can smell people from billions of light years away through space *and* time, and can simply step into and out of time at will to reach their prey. They also lack the fundamental element necessary to die, and so they are incapable of perishing.

@nicholassudov2299 2 жыл бұрын

@@ghoulishgoober3122 What a dull bleak existence those dogs have! Seems that do not even f*ck each other. Always on the run. Mr. Tindalos must be punishmed for cruel treatment of animals.

@homestar328 3 жыл бұрын

I consider this the definitive recording of this story. Could not have been done better.

@LyonsArcade 3 жыл бұрын

21:10 - "Should I call a doctor?" - "What the Hell is he gonna do!!!????"

@EndofanAge 6 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the "hounds" mentioned in the emerald tablets of thoth. Wonder if they r the same? Another great reading. Thank you. "List ye, O man, to the depth of my wisdom. Speak I of knowledge hidden from man. Far have I been on my journey through SPACE-TIME, even to the end of space of this cycle. Aye, glimpsed the HOUNDS of the Barrier, lying in wait for he who would pass them. In that space where time exists not, faintly I sensed the guardians of cycles. Move they only through angles. Free are they not of the curved dimensions. Strange and terrible are the HOUNDS of the Barrier. Follow they consciousness to the limits of space. Think not to escape by entering your body, for follow they fast the Soul through angles. Only the circle will give ye protection, save from the claws of the DWELLERS IN ANGLES"

@camerabox1 5 жыл бұрын

you might be onto something there

@LoryskaEntertainment 5 жыл бұрын

Makes sense! Both this and the modern “translation” of Thoth were published around the same time. I did a little digging, and not only were the modern translations similar to Lovecraft, it was downright plagiarism written by a gentleman named Maurice Doriel, who wrote the “Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean.” Although original mentions of the tablets go back to about the sixth century, we can be certain that what we have now is a work of pure fiction which flagrantly rips off of Lovecraft’s and similar author’s works. It’s simply no coincidence that the lines match up with this short story.

@raisingwings2913 5 жыл бұрын

Holy shit

@ladykoiwolfe 5 жыл бұрын

The Emerald Tablets aren't as gripping as Lovecraft.

@Brokentwobutton 4 жыл бұрын

What's referred to as "The Emerald Tablet" in Hermetica is, as would be expected, talking about Alchemy and astrology. Its mentioned over 1,000 years ago but doesn't have anything to do with cosmic horror themes. People have taken Lovecraftian stories and written stories or grimmoires that they've sold or popularized without indicating they're fictional. That's why a bunch of schizophrenics think lizard people from the center of the earth replaced politicians...

@DamienEbon 7 жыл бұрын

so... the victim literally wrote ahhhhh.... in a note as otherworldly creatures are breaking into our reality to kill him....

@HorrorBabble 7 жыл бұрын

I have to admit, that was rather amusing! Ian

@DamienEbon 7 жыл бұрын

I liked it better when Monty python did it😋 great naration, been enjoying a lot of your videos lately, becoming a pretty big can of lovecraftian horror, though I seem to be running a little dry. The king in yellow will be my next adventure, i think.

@HorrorBabble 7 жыл бұрын

Ha, I thought I remembered seeing it somewhere else! Thanks Sam, I think you'll enjoy The King in Yellow. Ian

@FIONA21ful 4 жыл бұрын

That last scream of his recorded so faithfully even as he yells it ! ... always made me smile too, 😉 But hey I love longs storytelling , the best of yarns, he puts you right in the picture!

@visionaerie 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah he must have really fast hands...

@adamsmith3132 3 жыл бұрын

“Don’t be an asinine old woman!” -the best line from any book ever

@geoffreywinnie5442 2 жыл бұрын

7:42 gives it a run for its money. More of a whole paragraph...

@PhoenixFireZero 7 жыл бұрын

I have requested this, and I am not disappointed. Very well done!

@scottscully4325 3 жыл бұрын

18:26 "... began a sort of hideous writhing in a circle about the room." Whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop

@garysuarez9614 2 жыл бұрын

"Why you!..."

@atryan1125 4 жыл бұрын

This is kinda specific description of a trip for someone living in 1930s, i always thought that knowledge about these drugs was more "underground"

@johntheherbalistg8756 Ай бұрын

Just because nobody talked about things in public doesn't mean they weren't doing things. Especially artists of all kinds, when you're talking about substances

@RuseSmiles 4 жыл бұрын

A truly impressive reading of a really compelling tale! The artwork is especially apt and haunting :D The forces at work in Charmer's chamber seem derived from those on display in The Dreams in the Witch House; specifically in the strangely angled walls of Keziah Mason's apartment. I love it when other authors exercise a thoughtful application of the principles HP seemed to lay out in some of his works. Bloch's use of shoggoths was similar in that respect. I had been yearning for more shoggoth action since I first read the Mountains of Madness in school years ago, and to see them 'pray' and participate in rituals was splendidly unexpected. Likewise, a conception of beings whose existence is defined in the kaleidoscopic patterns beyond time is something I never would have thought to explore, but Long's take here was really thrilling and coherently rendered despite the baffling subject matter. Thanks for all your hard work on these collections!

@CosmicDogoran 2 жыл бұрын

"Ah, Master Chalmers. I hope you're ready for an unforgettable Luncheon!"

@willkatching9219 6 жыл бұрын

Ian, if you ever get the chance, please read The Return of the Lloigor. It's a criminally underrated Cthulhu Mythos short story and I think it'd be great to see it get the HorrorBabble treatment.

@HorrorBabble 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion Will, though I don't think any of Colin Wilson's stories are in the public domain.

@Arwcwb 2 жыл бұрын

Seconded!

@joz6683 2 жыл бұрын

Just pop over from Spotify after listening to this story. Still trying to catch up with the voluminous output of this channel and as always thanks to everyone for all the hard work 👍

@nicholassudov2299 5 жыл бұрын

A reason why we so dearly and nostalgically love all those old horror stories is maybe because we have experienced - most of us indirectly - far greater and mass-scale horrors since then. Like drinking sweet wine after strong likker.

@neoncut 3 жыл бұрын

I love your voice. Hitting all the right notes for me. Cheers!

@HorrorBabble 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Tom!

@docbrown7916 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, great read as always Ian, very metaphysical.

@unclaimedusername6608 11 ай бұрын

10:05 "Bro, this is stupid. Don't take weird drugs!" "Stop being a little bitch!" Belknap was ahead of his time.

@scottash351 4 жыл бұрын

Great story! Great reading! 👍 Thank you

@realityprogrammer1218 3 жыл бұрын

All these stories are the same. Man reads dodgy book, then a week later New England is up to its neck in Shoggoth.

@hereticsaint100 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite stories!

@boenupiniette7838 5 жыл бұрын

this story inspired metallicas all nightmare long.

@conorstrack552 5 жыл бұрын

Boe Nupiniette Oh my god that makes so much sense hearing the lyrics.

@draconbacon6395 4 жыл бұрын

Luck runs out

@thefisherking78 Жыл бұрын

Aww, the puppies just want to cuddle 🤗😍 🐶

@briangreen1781 7 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorites. Excellent narration!!! Thank you.

@HorrorBabble 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Brian - much appreciated! Ian

@dandydasyt4766 5 жыл бұрын

To think Chalmer would go so far to see the Aurora Borealis .

@narev6569 5 жыл бұрын

It's located entirely within my kitchen.

@K_F_fox 2 жыл бұрын

I had to watch a few hours of PBS Spacetime to appreciate spacetime geodesics enough for this to have verisimilitude.

@robwalsh9843 Жыл бұрын

The Hounds of Tindalos: These doggo bois play fetch......with your soul across time

@Nanosuit37 11 ай бұрын

Excellent! Very good! Thank you Mr. Gordon and Horror Babble. Until next time.

@kittybaby4288 7 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏 another spine tingler !!!! you never fail to draw your audience all the way in !

@HorrorBabble 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks as always KB! :D Ian

@nathm2854 6 жыл бұрын

The suspense was killing me the entire time. Superb read!

@Kikilang60 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm always amazed at the effort you put into the images. I can't imagine finding a better picture for this story.

@heretic997 5 жыл бұрын

This reading seems some what comic to me, I love it Ian never change it. THEY ARE LEAN AND A THRIST

@jeremiahkey5006 5 жыл бұрын

Just finished listening to this while at work. It was so good man. Keep it up!

@BaconSlay3r 2 жыл бұрын

If only searching for the fourth dimension worked as an excuse in court

@markuscriticus8278 4 жыл бұрын

This was the very first story considered part of Cthulhu Mythos that's wasn't written by Lovecraft BTW.

@MrDozerdee 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. A mind sapper. I may never sleep soundly again !!!

@Ivanhoe52 2 жыл бұрын

I finally stumbled upon this curves & angles story again that I really liked. I like the metaphisic 'angle' in it. And generally, I put intuition on higher ground than prosaic mind. Great reading as usual

@Wombats555 4 жыл бұрын

Damn that was good. Reminds me of Ubbo Sathla and The Dreams in the Witch House. Must be variations on a theme... origin of creation horror?

@charlesReed239 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a bad bath salts trip. Great story

@nicholassudov2299 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Those doggies are so weird. But I wonder how greatly those corner-avoiding canines (Dominicans?) would be frustrated in Hobbitania Shyre where all local houses were circle-shaped. Hobbit were right hating corners. Rats also hate corners :-)

@garysuarez9614 2 жыл бұрын

As opposed to Haitians or Puerto Ricans? I'll see myself out.

@cobrachicken07 3 жыл бұрын

The artwork is amazing - I love this story. Thanks!

@theKabbage 2 жыл бұрын

Ome of my favorite stories, I'm always coming back to listen to it. Very thought provoking

@RRConghaile 6 жыл бұрын

"We hunt you down without mercy We hunt you down all nightmare long Feel us breathe upon your face Feel us shift every move we trace Hunt you down without mercy Hunt you down all nightmare long Luck. Runs. Out. You crawl back in But your luck runs out-a" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e6yhnaeJ3p_XZXU.html

@allhandsondik7803 4 жыл бұрын

Came to this after that song

@scottmitchell1974 Жыл бұрын

Wow!! Great one. Shades the "Highlander" there during the initial time-travel sequence.

@RolandWieffering1 7 жыл бұрын

I always thought this was an exceptionally good story. And I must admit, so is the reading. Very well read...

@HorrorBabble 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Roland! It's quite an interesting concept indeed.

@RolandWieffering1 7 жыл бұрын

Ever thought of doing "The return of the Lloigor" by Colin Wilson?

@HorrorBabble 7 жыл бұрын

A great suggestion Roland, but Wilson's works aren't yet in the public domain unfortunately.

@RolandWieffering1 7 жыл бұрын

I hope they soon will be. There are so much great stories still to be discovered and read. I am Dutch and I speak German and English, but no French. Though I saw a couple of Cthulhu Myth stories in French I would love to hear in English. "The house on Curwen street" and "The Sandwin pact" by August Derleth. Even the titles are thrilling. I think they are in the public domain. All the best with your channel and greetings from Holland.

@HorrorBabble 7 жыл бұрын

Indeed, there's quite the catalog of works out there. In suggesting Derleth's The House on Curwen Street, I think the entire Trail of Cthulhu series would make for interesting listening. I'll add that as a request to our production list, provided it is in the public domain. Some of Derleth's works are not. I may in fact be visiting Holland in the coming years, which will be a first for me. It looks like a beautiful country. Thanks again Roland!

@jakewherley3301 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant work.

@vicnedel02 6 ай бұрын

This starts like a Podcast, where the host invites science quacks and drug wackos and they talk about experiences while being on various substances.

@andreasfilis9001 2 күн бұрын

Pale green Waterman? The selection of color is far more frightening!

@zuffercanis6709 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of one of the passages in the emerald tablets of thoth about the hounds of the barrier.

@ayaonora 5 жыл бұрын

changed my life, thanks

@SabreFang121 2 ай бұрын

Came here to listen to this after seeing the Zullie the witch video on the doggos of dark souls 3 who’s AI is Tindalos and having recently Re read the Dresden files and got up to the corner hounds just amazing to see how far a story can be adapted into other media

@garysuarez9614 2 жыл бұрын

This story is not entirely untrue. But how it is true is not worth looking into as a nature that causes us to become vulnerable to our primal undoing leads to tragedy. Imo. Anyway, great reading as always, Ian. You bring gravitas and texture to these artistic depictions.

@CJM-rg5rt Жыл бұрын

Listen to this on 7 grams of mushrooms.. or don't, definitely don't. Ian is too good at what he does.

@juliansommer8600 3 жыл бұрын

This may sound a bit far-fetched, but this reminded me somewhat of the Demogorgon from Stranger Things, which was also made aware of our dimension through some thought-experiments.

@SmallvilleStudio Жыл бұрын

I also thought of Stranger Things. And I kept thinking the Hounds of Tindalos were Demogorgans.

@johnnygreenface4195 Ай бұрын

Likely an inspiration. If not directly, indirectly

@ezrqr6296 3 жыл бұрын

watching this while i poop to literally “scare the shit” outta my self

@SeanJamesDocherty 7 жыл бұрын

As always an amazing reading. Have you ever checked out the Tor best short fiction collections they do at the end of every year ? Some of those stories are terrifying !

@HorrorBabble 7 жыл бұрын

An untapped pool. Perhaps we'll take a dip in the near future. Thanks for the suggestion! Ian

@radagast7200 2 жыл бұрын

This seems to be a big inspiration for the demo-dogs in Stranger Things.

@mr.bobdabbalina1246 2 жыл бұрын

Dont fall asleep listening to this Especially after a night of mushrooms Youre not ready lol

@robbabcock_ Жыл бұрын

Great performance!

@mzeewatk846 5 жыл бұрын

really nice background. great channel. thank you.

@StarboyXL9 3 жыл бұрын

"I hope you sleep soundly tonight" Stop grinning. I know you're grinning.

@FiveHundredHungryGhosts 5 жыл бұрын

THEY ARE LEAN, AND A THIRST!

@squirlmy 4 жыл бұрын

sorry to spoil your quote, but I think "athirst" is a single word. It's either an archaic word from Middle English, or a modern made-up word meant to sound old-fashioned

@steveharrison76 2 жыл бұрын

You did a yeoman’s job of this one. Magnificent.

@karljunge 9 ай бұрын

that definitely happened to me once at college. lol sacred geometry and what all

@Aroundthesquarebowl 4 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@danbreeden1801 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@richardpartrestal8664 3 жыл бұрын

When you eat all the crayons and glue and your teacher asks why you're doing this 27:20

@12201185234 4 жыл бұрын

DMT is a hell of a drug

@TulsaKanette 5 жыл бұрын

this story there is a reference to it an ARG covered on a channels i watch on youtube. called Night Mind

@FirCorred 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting idea - friend and foe defined by geometry. Bony, skinny spawn of beyond and curvaceous, voluptuous humans? Trigonometry as a means of ingress for elder races? If this spreads, high school students might find a way out of mathematics...

@turtleanton6539 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love Lovecraft and of Course Horror Babble.

@soulreaver1983 Жыл бұрын

Awesome 😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@hkhjg1734 Жыл бұрын

Tindalos happens to be the name of an excellent French language Horrobable-esk channel. I advise everone to check him out

@davefrancis4970 4 жыл бұрын

I've been looking for a pale green Waterman pen since the mid 80's.... ;-)

@davidbudge8359 Жыл бұрын

Chamers get off the couch we dont let hounds of tinderlos on the furniture.

@CNNBlackmailSupport 4 жыл бұрын

Whenever I read stories like this one, I dont think about the cosmic evil. I think about the person who could have given humanity perfect understanding of the past and all its mysteries, yet chose to drive onward into some shit no one knew or cared about. "What a waste!" is the short of it. Do you think the symmetry between the apple/snake and forbidden fruit was intentionally paralleled by Charmers going further back than he should have? It seems like the truth behind the truth is the repeating cycle of original sin. Charmers invited the product of that original sin into his life, so he had to symbolically ward it off. On a separate note, I seem to remember other stories that used "ward against evil fails due to random external event." In this case, it is the earthquake breaking the plaster that stopped the angled ones. I cant think of another example though.

@taranaylor31 5 жыл бұрын

If you invert the colors on this background you can see the animals better.

@moonchildsfaeryrealm.3971 4 жыл бұрын

Damn he is spilling the tea.

@robotzombie4754 Жыл бұрын

Homie really got killed by a bunch of borzois i cant even-

@Ivanhoe52 2 жыл бұрын

By the way... That "Aaaahhh...!!!" in the note, time realy stoped for a moment, and then I laughed per eternity. 😂

@bornslippy7232 3 жыл бұрын

I was brought here by Yugioh’s Tindangle cards, based entirely off of The Hounds of Tindalos

@canopus78 Жыл бұрын

Love Chalmers..

@darkkrafter 6 жыл бұрын

where can find this drug i wana seeeee XD

@minimanomus 5 жыл бұрын

500ug of acid feels pretty much like that ;)

@tikkidaddy 5 жыл бұрын

See...theres this cactus...😂

@Anton4353f 5 жыл бұрын

It's called DMT, although the creatures you meet there are usually nice and helpful and they don't tend to cause earthquakes just to decapitate you for messing with them...Usually.

@Arwcwb 2 жыл бұрын

Oh Holy Shit.

@Arwcwb 2 жыл бұрын

This is your best performance.

@davidb7825 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@ShadowWizard123 Жыл бұрын

The thing I love best about this channel is how it's mostly curves, but every once in a while...an angle. An unspeakable angle.

@mikearisbrocken8507 Жыл бұрын

I love the story… but I kinda laughed at the concept of being killed and instead of fleeing or fighting back or whatever writing “aaaaaaaah they are killing me!!!!” Modern day tweeting during a catastrophe.

@danbreeden1801 4 жыл бұрын

Well done