Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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"The Will of Claude Ashur" is a Cthulhu Mythos novelette by C. Hall Thompson, first published in the July 1947 edition of Weird Tales. "Evil legends hang over this ancient coastal village and its infamous secret more terrible than all the terrors of night."

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0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:00 - One
0:13:58 - Two
0:29:40 - Three
0:43:22 - Four
0:54:20 - Five
1:20:56 - Six
1:40:36 - Seven
1:52:00 - Eight
2:05:18 - Further Listening

Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble
Music and production by Ian & Jennifer Gordon
Thumbnail art by Lee Brown Coye
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