THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH (PT ONE) by H.P. LOVECRAFT

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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You are a guest in a house on Adams Street listening to a first hand account from a witness to exactly what happened there years ago to cause the little seaside town and its people to become so strange. It is a horrifying tale of a supernatural being from the sea named Dagon that gripped the town with fear and disease and wouldn't let go. SUPPORT OUR SHOW MONTHLY AT PATREON Become an Assistant Producer at 1001 Stories Network ( a great resume enhancement) and support us at Patreon today! Here;s the link: https://www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork\ YOUR REVIEWS AT APPLE/ITUNES ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! Catch RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 HEROES now at Apple iTunes Podcast App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622?mt=2 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901?mt=2 ANDROID USERS- CATCH OUR SHOWS AT WWW.CASTBOX.FM SUBSCRIBE FREE THEN SHARE THANK YOU 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id381734?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1114843?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphone. Website For 1001 Heroes is still www.1001storiespodcast.com (we redirected that one to www.1001storiesnetwork.com) Website For 1001 Classic Short Stories is still www.1001classicshortstories.com ( we redirected that as well) Website for 1001 Stories For The Road is still www.1001storiesfortheroad (we redirected that one, too) Website for 1001 Radio Days is www.1001radiodays.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the Yeah, All right, everybody, take your seats.
0:26.0	I heard you wanted a story for the season,
0:31.4	so if you gather around, I'll tell you one.
0:35.0	There's a lot about Massachusetts here that people don't know about.
0:40.0	Tourists like you come and go all the time here and never take the time to peer under the hood, so to speak.
0:47.0	But you're here at Insmith, at our place, and you're taking in all the sights, so you might as well take in the stories as
0:54.8	well. I can tell you now there's things that have been here that have no
1:00.6	explanation on earth.
1:02.8	Scary as hell things that no man or woman
1:05.9	should ever have to look upon.
1:09.0	50 years have passed, and I've never
1:11.5	told anyone this story because it's just too crazy.
1:15.0	Too unbelievable to tell.
1:18.0	But it happened and I've got to get it off of my chest.
1:21.0	So settle back while I introduce you to what happened
1:25.2	here in this quiet little town of Insmoth all those years ago.
1:32.1	During the winter of 27-28, officials of the federal government made a strange and secret
1:38.6	investigation of certain conditions in this ancient Massachusetts seabort of Insmith.
1:45.8	The public first learned of it in February when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred,
1:52.0	followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting
1:55.0	under suitable precautions of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten,
2:00.7	and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
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