Ep. 1000, The Invisible Eye, by Erckmann-Chatrian VINTAGE

The Classic Tales Podcast

B.J. Harrison

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🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In a certain chamber on the second story of a wayside inn, men hang themselves. Nobody knows for certain the spell of this benighted room. Erckmann-Chatrian, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. The writing duo of Emile Erckmann and Louis Alexandre Chatrian has produced some of the most chilling and influential supernatural fiction in the genre. At the height of their success, they were known as “The Twins”. Their work was quite well known in England, and M.R. James and H.P. Lovecraft have both spoken highly of the duo’s weird fiction. And now, “The Invisible Eye”, by Erckmann-Chatrian. Follow this link to save 60% on a giftable lifetime pass for the entire Classic Tales Audiobook Library Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:

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0:00.0	In a certain chamber, on the second story of a wayside inn, men hang themselves.
0:07.4	Nobody knows for certain the spell of this benighted room.
0:12.5	Erkman Chathrayan, today on the Classic Tales podcast.
0:16.7	Music Welcome to this vintage episode.
0:26.6	Welcome to this vintage episode of the Classic Tales podcast.
0:30.5	Thank you for listening.
0:31.9	If you'd like to ensure the future of the Classic Tales, please visit the website,
0:36.8	Classic Talesaudiobooks.com, and either make a donation,
0:41.2	buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can't support us
0:46.2	monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. The writing duo of
0:53.8	Emil Erkman and Louis-Alexandre Chathrian has produced some of the most chilling and influential supernatural fiction in the genre.
1:03.0	At the height of their success, they were known as The Twins. Their work was quite well known in England, and M.R. James and H.P. Lovecraft have both spoken highly of
1:12.8	the duo's weird fiction. And now? The Invisible Eye by Erkman Chattrayan.
1:25.0	When I first started my career as an artist, I took a room in the roof loft of an old house in the Rue des Minnesangers at Nuremberg.
1:35.8	I had made my nest in the angle of the roof.
1:38.9	The slates served me for walls and the roof tree for a ceiling.
1:43.3	I had to walk over my straw mattress to reach the
1:46.1	window, but this window commanded a magnificent view, for it overlooked both city and country beyond.
1:54.0	The old second-hand dealer, Tubek, knew the road up to my little den as well as I knew it myself,
2:00.6	and was not afraid of climbing the ladder.
2:03.4	Every week his goat's head, surmounted by a rusty wig, pushed up the trap-door.
2:09.4	His fingers clutched the edge of the floor, and in a noisy tone he cried,
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