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Episode 563 - The Devil's Crypt - Part 1 (Patreon)

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2021-09-10 20:38:07
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2022-01

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We're opening up The Devil's Crypt by E. Hoffman Price! Join us!

Our reader is Andrew Leman of the podcast Voluminous. Check out their episode on E. Hoffman Price and his correspondence with Lovecraft - Currying Favor!

And while you're at it, pick up the new Dark Adventure Radio Theatre production The Horror in the Museum!

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Anonymous

It sounds like you guys are missing Carnacki. Whatever faults William Hope-Hodgeson might have, he could at least write an occult detective who did some detecting. I wasn't sure where you guys would make the break - obvious as it is in retrospect - and read ahead to finish the whole story. I can definitely see why Andrew would describe it as a Smith/Howard mash-up. It is just one dude grabbing a broadsword away from tipping over into one direction. One bit of writing I did like was Hoffman Price's description of Barret's drinking while the other guy called the police. Understated but clever.

Dungeon Scrawl

Ah good timing! I needed something for the commute home tonight.

Anonymous

Well I guess the promised month of Robert Aickman stories has been delayed then. I expect their special guest expert was unavailable.

Anonymous

I’m going to assume that there was a deliberate pun in the first line; Bayonne certainly does Basque.

Anonymous

I want a new version if the Devil's Crypt where the Barrett character is more incredulous like Chad in accepting all these craziness... anyone else get a vibe of "Cast a Deadly Spell"!?

Anonymous

Also Chad mentioned that maybe he knew all his wrestling moves from instincts.. maybe he's a descendant of Solomon Kane and his ghost wrestling!?

Anonymous

So a Quiet and Bold adaptation in the works? Boy I can't wait to hear Chris' vocal theatrics for those fight scenes.

Anonymous

So I just listened to this last night, and I laughed so hard I listened to it twice. I think Chad should be the sidekick of every psychic detective. I'm pretty sure my favorite line of this episode was "all in the tool belt of a typical Spaniard". Today I was curious, and so I went looking for digital versions of E. Hoffmann Price stories, and I found that you can get one of those Megapack Kindle books containing all of the Pierre d'Artois stories (including "The Devil's Crypt") for a whole forty-eight cents. Naturally I bought it. I've read the first two stories, and so far there's been an awesome sword fight, an attempted human sacrifice, a lot of driving around in that Issotta roadster, a beautiful young woman in need of rescue, cigar-smoking, and constant references to Malik Taus, the Peacock Angel of the Yazidi religion, whom we may recall from the horror that is "The Horror at Red Hook". These stories are extremely fun, annoying aristocratic French psychic detective and all. Best forty-eight cents I've spent in a long time -- so thanks, Chad & Chris, for sparking my curiosity,

Anonymous
>>67603023

Chris and Chad have done several Carnacki stories. They started out liking him but ended up not being fans in the end.

Anonymous

Always up for a wild romp. Thanks, gents, for following the Leman Lead™ and 1) tackling, 2) grappling, 3) figure-four-leg-locking, 4)... this tale. I was reminded of a wonderful SNL sketch with Kyle MacLachlan during the run of Twin Peaks in which his psychic(ish) investigator undertakes a series of trials that always lead him to the wrongly conclude that the obvious bad guy is not the bad guy - even after the bad guy confesses to the murder. I searched for, but could not find, this sketch.

Anonymous

Amazing! That monster-wrestling scene made me think of the greatest tradition of supernatural detective media: luchador movies! In films like Santo vs. the Vampire Women or Blue Demon vs. the Satanic Power, it's proven over and over again that only wrestlers have the skills it takes to vanquish the powers of evil. Barrett was on the right track, he just needed some Mexican moves instead of those Japanese ones!

Anonymous
>>67934296

I remember that bit! My interpretation was that Cooper was deliberately dragging out the investigation so he could stay in Twin Peaks. Among other reasons, the sketch is notable because you can see a pre-"Late Night" Conan O'Brien looming in the background as Deputy Andy.

Anonymous

Printed off the PDF that Voluminous supplied solely on Lovecraft’s praise of this story, only to see this pop up a few days later. Currently reading through Charles Dexter Ward (and listening to the HPLLP coverage) but it looks like I’ll have to dive into The Devil’s Crypt after. No matter how the story turns out, I’m sure your coverage of it will be great!

Anonymous

I was really surprised when your discussion of "chela" led to crabs rather than yoga, which is the context in which I first encountered the word. To be fair, the Oxford English Dictionary also gives the zoological definition first, so I can't judge you too harshly. However, I'm reasonably sure that when E. Price Hoffman calls Sidi Abdurrahman a chela, he means, "In esoteric Buddhism, a novice qualifying himself for initiation. Also, one who occupies the position of disciple and servant; a follower or pupil," and not a prehensile claw. I think Pierre d'Artois was Price's attempt to emulate Seabury Quinn's Jules de Grandin or Dennis Wheatley's Duke de Richleau, but de Richleau could summon and vanquish the beast himself, while de Grandin would probably go in with guns blazing. Just goes to show that it takes more than stern features and an attitude to make it as an Occult Investigator -- you have to have the chops. Maybe d'Artois puts on a better show in his other adventures, but he's more a middleman than a hero in "The Devil's Crypt"; honestly, if you cut out d'Artois and focused on Abdurrahman, I think it would be a stronger story.