Young Goodman Brown (Turn Down The Lights...)

YouTube ^ | December 25, 2014 | Nathaniel Hawthorne

[shibumi]

~Young Goodman Brown~

I have yet to hear a finer reading of Hawthorne's classic story than this version recorded by Basil Rathbone.

It is moody, chilling, insightful and masterfully dramatic as Rathbone imparts his unique style to each of the voiced characters.

Here you will find the essence of true horror.

Not the blood and guts of a slasher movie.
Nor the melodrama of Vampires and Werewolves.
But the real horror that lies in the corruption of sin in the human heart.

Listen - and then pray for the coming of the dawn...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPhQCJ6waLI

[humblegunner]

Basil was supposed to be busy being Holmes.

[shibumi]

Ping

(Note to chris37 - this is a Beck-Free reading.)

[shibumi]

Holmes was a master of disguise.

[Tax-chick]

My daughter was just reading this for English class. We can listen if my pc ever updates.

[shibumi]

Belated Ping

[shibumi]

It’s worth it - trust me.

[shibumi]

I know it’s a busy night for the Undead.

But give a listen.

[Tax-chick]

It’s up to 3% ...

Maybe my husband can pull it up when he gets home from Mass.

[shibumi]

"Maybe my husband can pull it up when he gets home from Mass."

I am now wondering if you see the extraordinary irony in that statement -
given the day and the topic...

[Tax-chick]

Lol, true!

(Just factual, though. We’re all Catholic, but I will take another batch of children to church tomorrow.)

[Darksheare]

Can you link thread in the UT?
I’m at work on mobile debice, linking is a royal pain.
It keeps trying to autocorrect html link commands.

[shibumi]

Linked as per your wishes, UT Master.

[Larry Lucido]

He was also prominent in one or more episodes of MST3K.

[chris37]

Ah, thank you. I had heard him read this before a number of years ago, so I thought he was doing it again.

[JoeProBono]

[Tax-chick]

bttt

My pc was “updating” for hours!