tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post7975110647368776367..comments2024-03-14T06:09:46.325+00:00Comments on THE COBWEBBED ROOM: Ladybird Horror classics books and tapesPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04109524957979094787noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-64039266909365362692020-12-30T16:59:23.538+00:002020-12-30T16:59:23.538+00:00I listened to these cassette tapes in the early 19...I listened to these cassette tapes in the early 1980s. They were quite thrilling.<br /><br />The cover image on your blog page is intriguing. I remember watching a film called Asylum (1972)? There's an imposter managing the lunatics, each of which has a fascinating tale to tell.<br /><br />The Paul I know loved horror too. They called him Woody at school.<br />Is it you?<br /><br />https://i.pinimg.com/originals/63/cb/ef/63cbef137d7061a2d36f5eef3ba6b349.jpg<br /><br />The Souls on the Banks of Acheron (1898) by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (31 Jan 1860 - April 1933), from the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039965074492741090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-45417002290848642002020-05-27T21:44:18.282+00:002020-05-27T21:44:18.282+00:00Hi Peter
Thank you, glad you like it and sorry for...Hi Peter<br />Thank you, glad you like it and sorry for the lack of posts recently. I don't have the Ladybird Hound of the Baskervilles audio tape to post on the blog but I am sure there is a site that does mention it with a link to another site where it can be downloaded, I think it's the Do you Remember forum.<br />All the bestPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109524957979094787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-9802162608980573252020-05-24T12:00:45.973+00:002020-05-24T12:00:45.973+00:00Have loved this page for years. Any chance the Bas...Have loved this page for years. Any chance the Baskervilles audio will be added sometime?Petar Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03825676761714428724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-55454013817320329532017-07-22T06:15:26.587+00:002017-07-22T06:15:26.587+00:00The tapes for the Ladybird horror series use porti...The tapes for the Ladybird horror series use portions of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique as their background music. The exception is Hound of the Baskervilles, which uses Mussorgsky's Night on the Bare Mountain.Yi Penghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200650493059345940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-89003800519166953492016-08-18T11:27:22.325+00:002016-08-18T11:27:22.325+00:00I absolutely loved these books when I was growing ...I absolutely loved these books when I was growing up - I don't think publishers would touch them now, sadly, but they were amazing. Thank you so much for sharing them; it's given me a lovely trip down nostalgia avenue.Kat Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273545990845176567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-65274449040255111272015-11-12T09:35:07.549+00:002015-11-12T09:35:07.549+00:00Never knew there were audio cassette tapes, thank ...Never knew there were audio cassette tapes, thank you.<br /><br />Back in the mid-late 1980s, when I came first in class, my mother rewarded me by giving me some money to buy story books. I walked over to my neighbourhood bookstore and picked Dracula and The Mummy as I was attracted to the very beautiful art on their covers.<br /><br />I still have the books on my private bookshelf. The bookstore closed down in 2010-2011, and the entire block where it used to be has since been vacated and then demolished in 2014.<br /><br />Personally, I found The Mummy much scarier than Dracula. The former gave me quite a number of sleepless nights when I was a child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-27615028682922653972015-03-17T22:06:24.733+00:002015-03-17T22:06:24.733+00:00Hi Paul, i had Frankenstein and Baskervilles in th...Hi Paul, i had Frankenstein and Baskervilles in the early mid 80's and have grabbed frankenstein from the page links and would love baskervilles too if you can get a copy to me and wouldn't mind thanks mate :)Lou Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-23079306786264800782014-08-18T19:44:34.360+00:002014-08-18T19:44:34.360+00:00These were wonderful. They'd make you want to ...These were wonderful. They'd make you want to read just so that you could find out what was going on in the pictures, and even before you could read the pictures were still great. I had them all, including <em>The Hound of the Baskervilles</em>. I know the pictures aren't 100% accurate. (Dracula doesn't have a moustache, the monster in Frankenstein is green.) But they're still pretty good, and I still mostly think of these stories the way they were painted in these books. Eventually I think my mother threw all our old Ladybirds away, which seems a bit of a shame now that they're going for hundreds of pounds on Amazon and there doesn't seem to be anything like them on the modern kids' market anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-21424138252090463122014-07-10T09:32:04.655+00:002014-07-10T09:32:04.655+00:00Oh my god! 'Fangs' for the memories! I had...Oh my god! 'Fangs' for the memories! I had the Frankenstein and Dracula ones when I was little and listened to them all the time. I was crushed when my Dracula tape was chewed by the tape deck. I still have my copy of Greek Myths and Legends as well. Love 'em.<br /> Peter Hargmiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-57068753224852548392014-06-01T17:31:23.327+00:002014-06-01T17:31:23.327+00:00I am looking for a copy of this tape I lost mine i...I am looking for a copy of this tape I lost mine in a house forw. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-21131593198036195552014-05-18T18:56:31.060+00:002014-05-18T18:56:31.060+00:00These are really great, thanks so much for putting...These are really great, thanks so much for putting them up for download. Like many others, I had these books in the 80s, but never knew about the cassettes. Listened to Dr. Jekyll this morning and it was super, really atmospheric and gripping, a great adaption.<br /><br />Would love if you could also put up 'The Hound If The Baskervilles' if you get a chance.<br /><br />Thanks againEamonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08338597456359801946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-61501501289715342352014-03-18T22:58:54.925+00:002014-03-18T22:58:54.925+00:00Hi all,
Just an update on the above book search! ...Hi all,<br /><br />Just an update on the above book search! I have finally found it. The book is called 'Who's Afraid and other strange stories' by Philippa Pearce.<br /><br />The story is 'Samantha and the Ghost' :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077634647745295057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-79521938834428644132013-11-12T21:13:48.695+00:002013-11-12T21:13:48.695+00:00Hi Adrian
Glad you like the site. Really must get...Hi Adrian<br /><br />Glad you like the site. Really must get round to some more posts.<br /><br />Yeah! That's fine if you want to re-blog some of my posts on Horrorpedia. Its a great site too.<br /><br />All the best.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109524957979094787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-52742777923511858242013-11-11T16:25:37.891+00:002013-11-11T16:25:37.891+00:00Hi Paul,
Love your site!!!
Would you be cool wi...Hi Paul,<br /><br />Love your site!!! <br /><br />Would you be cool with me re-blogging some of your stuff on Horrorpedia.com? With suitable credit/links, of course.<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />AdrianMondozillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096135700046667028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-89452008476937782632013-08-01T11:29:44.725+00:002013-08-01T11:29:44.725+00:00Paul - thanks so much for these! These were a chil...Paul - thanks so much for these! These were a childhood favourite of mine (though I never had the Dracula one). I was listening to classic FM one time and I heard the whole piece that is used at the start of The Mummy. I've tried very hard to find the correct name for this piece of music but cannot. Does it mention it anywhere in the book?Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-51332710665684991162013-06-02T22:28:18.523+00:002013-06-02T22:28:18.523+00:00Hey John
Tried editing the comment to correct bad...Hey John<br /><br />Tried editing the comment to correct bad grammar and accidentally deleted it <br /><br /><br />I got the Pamela Oldfield Ghost Story's from the attic and that Tree house Ghost story isn't in there.. Anothor story about the Magician who turns a Girl into a Ghost at here Birthday party is.. Which leaves me to believe that the Storys could have been reused in multiple Children's Horror Anthology's<br /><br />All I remember about the Tree House Ghost is that the house was demolished as somebody was murdered in there and they planted a tree on the grounds.. Boy starts playing in the tree house that Ghost is haunting, and makes friends with the Ghost.. Girl doesn't believe him about ghost until she see's the Ghost herself.. They invite the Ghost into there house/ or try to get him to move into the house.. I think the Ghost was evil, and he turns on them.. I'm sure it ends with the Boy & Girl going to the Ghosts grave.. And the Dog (called Dog) is digging the Ghosts grave up and it said something like "Dog's coat smelt strange in the cold night air" And the final paragraph they could hear the Ghost coming towards them <br /><br />I've been googling this today and even the Pamela Oldfield book I own has no mention on the net, only that somebody's selling a single copy on Amazon £30<br /><br />Bear in mind it was about 1984 I read the book and most of the story's had evil endings.. It may have been the only story with a Happy ending..<br /><br />For some reason I remember another book with a Cat Woman on the cover.. One of the Story was a guy who adopts a Cat who turns into a Cat Woman at night and she kills and eats people who try's to rob the place where he's workingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-64997173777555320562013-06-02T10:51:10.593+00:002013-06-02T10:51:10.593+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-68756007118416634902013-04-28T20:05:21.003+00:002013-04-28T20:05:21.003+00:00@Shinobi......
Can you remember any of the other d...@Shinobi......<br />Can you remember any of the other details about the actual Ghost in the Tree story.......searching for the book but not having much luckAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077634647745295057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-60701297670284691362013-04-28T19:48:43.914+00:002013-04-28T19:48:43.914+00:00Thanks for the heads up.....I'll check those l...Thanks for the heads up.....I'll check those leads out and let you know :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077634647745295057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-43861080882049308022013-04-18T23:03:29.506+00:002013-04-18T23:03:29.506+00:00Found this site when searching for the Ghost Train...Found this site when searching for the Ghost Train Board Game<br /><br />'John Dunne' I remember the ghost in the Tree House story I'm sure the book was called something like Story's of the macabre and Mysterious' the cover had a Birthday cake decorated in skulls with skeletal hands holding the candle's..<br /><br />The only story I can really remember was the kid who draws this Monster called Old Fritzgibbert and it goes to his Teachers House and kills her.. One of the other storys with the Magician was also used in Pamela Oldfields Ghost Storys so I may be wrong on the book but could be worth a lookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-31205437558879666482013-04-16T10:47:42.174+00:002013-04-16T10:47:42.174+00:00These cassettes are perfect!
I'll hopefully c...These cassettes are perfect!<br /><br />I'll hopefully curl up and have a listen at the weekend.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing : )<br /><br />I just wondered if John has tried <b><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/?category_id=826121" rel="nofollow">This</a></b> site in his book search.<br /><br />And <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1980s_British_television_series" rel="nofollow">Here’s</a></b> a list of 1980's British Tv Series' that may help too.Melancholy and Menacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673612033089953330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-50378740753097399622013-03-29T12:37:36.203+00:002013-03-29T12:37:36.203+00:00Hi Paul, have put up a message on the site in the ...Hi Paul, have put up a message on the site in the past but nobody seems to remember it. It was a paperback......perhaps it was cheaply produced and not very popular and that's the reason nobody recognises it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077634647745295057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-38242615600263035652013-03-28T22:13:27.221+00:002013-03-28T22:13:27.221+00:00Sorry John,I haven't come across it yet,but wi...Sorry John,I haven't come across it yet,but will still keep looking.Maybe its just not in the books I have.Do you remember if it was a paperback/hardback or annual?<br />Have you tried this site before?<br /><br />http://vaultofevil.proboards.com/Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109524957979094787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-53688852713298615352013-03-28T19:32:36.659+00:002013-03-28T19:32:36.659+00:00Hi Paul, anything shown up about that story? :-)Hi Paul, anything shown up about that story? :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077634647745295057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36507856.post-75935858825282936732013-03-20T23:14:55.218+00:002013-03-20T23:14:55.218+00:00It's nice to see these recordings are apprecia...It's nice to see these recordings are appreciated. I had the Dracula and Frankenstein cassettes which I came to know almost by heart. I used to listen to them on a "personal stereo". Those were the days! I didn't discover the others until I came here, although I did have the books. <br /><br />I'd be really interested to find out more about exactly when these were produced and who the actors were. The narrator's voice sounds familiar but I just can't place it. <br /><br />Thanks for posting!<br /><br />Incidentally, one of the others in this series was "Famous Myths and Legends", one side being "The Labours of Hercules" with "Jason and the Golden Fleece" on the other.<br /><br />Great blog, by the way,<br /><br />Stievaulx. <br /><br /> Stievaulxnoreply@blogger.com