[COMPLETE] Ghost and Horror Story Collection Vol. 040 - rap

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Rapunzelina
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We have had humorous ghost stories, so feel free to add your own selection :D
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OOO! I'm squeaking into this collection too! 8-)

Here is "The Diary of A Madman" by Guy de Maupassant:

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor040_diaryofmadman_maupassant_ljb_128kb.mp3

Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3087/3087-h/3087-h.htm#link2H_4_0006

Duration: 21:12

N.B.:
At about 1:28, I say "the recesses of their soul...." The text actually says "the recesses of their souls...."
This was a grievous error on my part. :cry:
But I don't think it changes the meaning, so I left it as is.
I hope it's OK...LJB
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Post by OooThatsNifty »

Rapunzelina wrote: July 15th, 2020, 2:32 am
OooThatsNifty wrote: July 13th, 2020, 2:42 pm Thought this one would make a nice companion piece for The Terrible Old Man - here's yet another awful sea-captain!

The Parrot
By Guy de Maupassant

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor040_parrot_demaupassant_ag_128kb.mp3
Length: 12:39

Text Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3084/3084-h/3084-h.htm#link2H_4_0018

Let me know if anything needs an edit! My French pronunciation isn't the best, but I think I managed the handful of names / places...
Thank you, Andrew! Your French pronunciation sounds quite natural to me, a non French speaker :mrgreen:
Just one edit needed, at around 6:10, after you say "2", there's a sentence missing "One night, when her husband was at sea, she was suddenly awakened by the wild roaring of the wind"
Thanks for the catch! Updated version is below - new time is 12:45 :)

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor040_parrot_demaupassant_ag_128kb.mp3
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." - H.P. Lovecraft

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maxgal wrote: July 18th, 2020, 11:00 am OOO! I'm squeaking into this collection too! 8-)

Here is "The Diary of A Madman" by Guy de Maupassant:

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor040_diaryofmadman_maupassant_ljb_128kb.mp3

Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3087/3087-h/3087-h.htm#link2H_4_0006

Duration: 21:12

N.B.:
At about 1:28, I say "the recesses of their soul...." The text actually says "the recesses of their souls...."
This was a grievous error on my part. :cry:
But I don't think it changes the meaning, so I left it as is.
I hope it's OK...LJB
You're very welcome to squeak into this collection, too :mrgreen:

Which text did you use? The text source provided does not match the text recorded, so I can't be sure if my PL notes are valid. So I had better check the text you used.
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Grothmann wrote: July 18th, 2020, 8:44 am Good morning:

The Last Throw

Corrected and reloaded.

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor040_thelastthrow_azevedo_dg_128kb.mp3

Thanks for catching that.

Another soon.
Dale
OooThatsNifty wrote: July 18th, 2020, 9:42 pm

Thanks for the catch! Updated version is below - new time is 12:45 :)

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor040_parrot_demaupassant_ag_128kb.mp3
Both spot-checked and PL OK! Thank you, Dale and Andrew! :thumbs:
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Rapunzelina wrote: July 19th, 2020, 9:13 am
maxgal wrote: July 18th, 2020, 11:00 am OOO! I'm squeaking into this collection too! 8-)

Here is "The Diary of A Madman" by Guy de Maupassant:

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor040_diaryofmadman_maupassant_ljb_128kb.mp3

Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3087/3087-h/3087-h.htm#link2H_4_0006

Duration: 21:12

N.B.:
At about 1:28, I say "the recesses of their soul...." The text actually says "the recesses of their souls...."
This was a grievous error on my part. :cry:
But I don't think it changes the meaning, so I left it as is.
I hope it's OK...LJB
You're very welcome to squeak into this collection, too :mrgreen:

Which text did you use? The text source provided does not match the text recorded, so I can't be sure if my PL notes are valid. So I had better check the text you used.
Weird!
I just now clicked on the gutenberg text link given above, and it went right to it.
It's in Gutenberg's "Original Short Stories, Volume 11 of 13" by Maupassant: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3087/3087-h/3087-h.htm
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The text link works, but the wording does not match the one in your recording. Is that the text you used? That IS weird...
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Here's my contribution;

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/537

The Horror from the Heights by Arthur Conan Doyle

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor040_horrorfromheights_doyle_dg_128kb.mp3
36.15 KB
length 38:33
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Rapunzelina wrote: July 19th, 2020, 9:56 am The text link works, but the wording does not match the one in your recording. Is that the text you used? That IS weird...
$&*@*!@
I had flagged the wrong text!
It was actually another of Gutenberg's prodigious output: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/593/593-h/593-h.htm#chap25
Now my only complaint is that this particular recording sounds horribly melodramatic. :roll:
O well...
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dg73 wrote: July 19th, 2020, 10:34 am Here's my contribution;

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/537

The Horror from the Heights by Arthur Conan Doyle

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor040_horrorfromheights_doyle_dg_128kb.mp3
36.15 KB
length 38:33
Thank you! :thumbs: PL OK! Quite imaginative!
maxgal wrote: July 19th, 2020, 12:01 pm It was actually another of Gutenberg's prodigious output: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/593/593-h/593-h.htm#chap25
Now my only complaint is that this particular recording sounds horribly melodramatic. :roll:
O well...
PL OK! :thumbs: Maupassant is melodramatic, you can't help but read his work in a melodramatic way. :mrgreen:
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Rapunzelina wrote: July 19th, 2020, 1:15 pm
maxgal wrote: July 19th, 2020, 12:01 pm It was actually another of Gutenberg's prodigious output: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/593/593-h/593-h.htm#chap25
Now my only complaint is that this particular recording sounds horribly melodramatic. :roll:
O well...
PL OK! :thumbs: Maupassant is melodramatic, you can't help but read his work in a melodramatic way. :mrgreen:
:9:
(Wait until you hear the next installment of "The Horla" ... in the works as I type...)
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Post by JachinandBoaz »

Good evening -

I just uploaded the following:

Title: A Grammatical Ghost
Author: Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1862-1935)
Text URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1876/1876-h/1876-h.htm#link2H_4_0012
Duration: 13:24
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor40_grammaticalghost_pettie_dwd_128kb.mp3

Daniel
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Post by maxgal »

Another squeaker! :mrgreen:

Here is "The Last of Mrs. deBrugh" by H. Sivia:

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor040_lastofmrsdebrugh_sivia_ljb_128kb.mp3

Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32468

Duration 18:35

N.B.:
I found at least 4 ways "deBrugh" can be pronounced. I chose the easiest, "deBROO."

N.B. also:
At about 1:47, I say "...what any ordinary human would do for such a kind employer...."
The text says "...what any ordinary human would do to such a kind employer...." -- which doesn't make sense to me, so I changed it.

...LJB
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Thank you, Daniel and Louise!

That was indeed very humorous Daniel, and my kind of Ghost :mrgreen:
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Post by Grothmann »

Good Afternoon"

Charles Ashmore’s Trail
by Ambrose Bierce
Read by Dale Grothmann
Time 5:44

Audio at
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ghohor040_charlesashmoretrail_bierece_dg_128kb.mp3

Text at:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4387

Thanks
Dale
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