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STRANGE RESORT: "Desperation" -- Stephen King's Horror-Western
#stephenking #horrorstories
Podcaster George Hatfield returns with the first of a two-part investigation of the dusty ghost town known as DESPERATION, NEVADA.
What happened back in 1996? Turn learn the truth behind this horror story, George Hatfield must first consider the disaster that occurred in this small mining town back in 1859... and how it has left a lasting impact, a horror that has echoed into the 20th century.
If you loved Stephen King's novel DESPERATION, then we think you'll enjoy this exploration of the tale as George Hatfield braves the darkness once again!
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Opening Theme: "Sinister" by Anno Domini Beats
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I knew it!! The moment you mentioned his punctuation got better I thought "that's someone else you're talking to."
@patrickrhodes4679
Ай бұрын
It was just a red herring TAK "cough" everything is fine
While ‘Desperation’ was never one of my favorite SK books, your video made the tale exciting and suspenseful. Kudos, and have a good weekend!
Reviewing SK books as true crime, that's genius! Excellent podcast, very creative format. Stephen King would approve.
@stephenkingbookclub1054
Ай бұрын
I'd like to think he'd get a kick out of this channel :)
@stockwellsantley6606
11 күн бұрын
Yes, always wondered about Sheldon after misery. I'd also love it if you did all the various non-possessed non main-character police officers, like the one in Misery, the Cujo one
@stockwellsantley6606
11 күн бұрын
@@stephenkingbookclub1054 He'd get an entire chorus line of kicks!
@stockwellsantley6606
11 күн бұрын
Seriously, what would our lives be if SK did not exist? I met him at a Christine signing in London and he did a double-take at me...I did have blue dreadlocks at the time. Still one of my most precious memories.
OMG I've looking forward to you covering this!!! Such an eerie and atmospheric setting, tak a lah! I kinda dig King's take on 'god'; this remote and alien entity that doesn't care about the life of any individual, even little kids. It's functionally no different to a Lovecraftian elder god, moving people like puzzle pieces against other unknowable beings while inspiring a fervent and cultish devotion in those it touches. Honestly fascinating!
Recalling the book covers, is the reason I picked up the two books. I love the whole story, it's one I can read over and over!!
God, I love these stories! Desperation is one of my favorite Stephen King novels. Stick around for part 2? I wouldn't miss it for the world. Tak.
@stephenkingbookclub1054
5 ай бұрын
I'm working on Part Two right now! Hopefully it'll be finished soon. TAK!
@jamesmetzler745
5 ай бұрын
I'm looking forward to it!
@thecassandraeffectvsperilo6754
2 ай бұрын
I know! This is my favorite Stephen King book BUT I'm seeing ALOT of people in the comment section hating it 😕 I'm actually about to reread it again! I thought Regulator's was okay but I thought Tak wasn't quite as evil in that book..I think Tak is extraordinarily underrated as a Stephen King villain 💜
@ericstevens8744
Ай бұрын
Wish they would do a regulators movie
@thecassandraeffectvsperilo6754
Ай бұрын
@@ericstevens8744 That would be insane IF someone could pull it off! It would NOT be easy to create a child's crayon drawing to be in the background of some of the events 😕
Collier Entragian was one of my favorite Stephen King villains. I love the ones who mix psychosis with a twisted sense of humor.
@retroguyst8132
Ай бұрын
Same here. His interactions with johnny marrinville Were in my opinion King's best dialogue
That Cowboy is nightmare fuel
@JayBigDadyCy
5 ай бұрын
I think that's supposed to be the Sheriff. But ya. It's creepy 😂
@gatheringleaves
5 ай бұрын
@@JayBigDadyCy Oh yeah, I've figured that out by now
As soon as that text said "TAK" I was definitely going, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo" and at the end, "Welp, this was a good series, but Mr. Hatfield has finally bit it."
This was so good! Your approach of exploring King's stories is very fun rather than just a standard recap. "...Not for long..." 👀
@stephenkingbookclub1054
5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really hope SK is aware of this channel because from everything I've ever read by or about him, he would love it! You should send him a membership and see if he responds...
@desi1790
5 ай бұрын
He would get kick out of it
@residentpotato6023
Ай бұрын
He has terminal TDS.
@daniellewillis2767
Ай бұрын
@@residentpotato6023 he does
@ericstevens8744
Ай бұрын
He does have TDS. that’s right 😂
I highly recommend doing a video on 'From a Buick 8' its a truly underrated book of kings and a great unique story about a thing that seems like a car
@xanderlandry3761
5 ай бұрын
@stephenkingbookclub1054 Love your videos' !
@Chicagocanine
5 ай бұрын
One of my favorites
@ericjohnson8001
5 ай бұрын
Loved that story!
@Raminess
18 күн бұрын
I read that one when I was in my early teens and I remembered trying to really comprehend what the thing coming out of the trunk was.
Very well done! I love it. It kept my attention all the way through. Looking forward to part two.
@stephenkingbookclub1054
5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Desperation is easily in my top 5 King books!
Well done, sir! I hope George gets one more podcast out for us before.... well..... you know.
Desperation was my favorite - and first - Stephen King novel. I read it back in the late 90s when I was in 7th grade. The Regulators was good but way too weird for me back then. I re-read Regulators a few years ago and I appreciated it more as an adult. I appreciate your channel and like what I have seen so far! Cheers!
@stephenkingbookclub1054
2 ай бұрын
Awesome! I'm glad you found us!
@ericstevens8744
Ай бұрын
Tak !
Can't wait for Part 2!
Have they done The Regulators yet? My most favorite novel! ❤❤
@stockwellsantley6606
12 күн бұрын
One of mine, too.
Excellent channel. Been bingeing them.
This was great. Cannot wait for part 2.
A yellow card & Derry key you say! Me thinks that you are connecting stories. Sai King would approve and salute you for this clever nods!
The major thing I love about this channel is the alternate way you look at the books. I haven't read Desperation for years, I bought it with The Regulators so I could get the full experience and loved them both. I always want to revisit the books after watching your videos, irrespective of how you present them. Great work x
@stephenkingbookclub1054
5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much -- that's exactly how I hope to make the audience feel :)
Mate, you’ve given me goosebumps on a hot Australian night.ps R.F.❤
Who names their company El Diablo?
Yo... wait a minute sir... That be the homeless drunk from a certain time travel~JFK assassination story!?🤔🤨... I see what you did there sir.
I hated these books- just never “got” them. But your video made it more interesting and accessible to me. Thanks for covering this story!
@erinprattmiller3734
2 ай бұрын
Same here! Desperation was a flu dream!
@thecassandraeffectvsperilo6754
2 ай бұрын
You're krazy 😂
Love these episodes 🤗 Desperation was the first SK book I read as a teen in the 90’s. Still one of my absolute favourite books.
Tak
Great work! Thank you !
This waz awesome. Hope therws a part 2. Great job!
Outstanding! Loved the art work in this! Hurry up with the 2nd one!!
RF? Yeah i would've left.
@fishjones4618
3 ай бұрын
Even if it was writer Robert Frost??
"Fernadoss Hideaway" - maaahvelous ;) Another one well done!
Can't wait for part 2!
Of course it started on June 19th
Another banger - great work 🎉
I love the "true crime" renditions. Strange Resorts is my favorite, I also love the Kingo Bingo, and all your Salem's Lot Lore. I've most of the stories you've gone over and I have to say that you have re-excited my enjoyment of them in entirely new ways! Salem's Lot and IT are my favorites as far as full novels go. However I very much love his short stories best. I fancy myself a writer and am well aware of how terribly difficult it is to rip your story down to a "short" one. It's even more difficult to cram all that cut down story into an actual cohesive short story. "Every word counts." My father told me many times when we've discussed short stories.
@stephenkingbookclub1054
Ай бұрын
Yes, short stories are a tricky artform... I'm in awe that King can do both long forma do short form so well.
@GunnCloud11
Ай бұрын
@@stephenkingbookclub1054 agreed
One of my favorites books written by the King!
If you get the chance, maybe do a video on Eyes of the Dragon... an excellent King book that stands out from the rest... it's set in the "castle and knights" time, and plays well with the extended Kingiverse
Well done, Sir! Well done!
Love the visuals, and your voice❤
You truly give me something to look forward to. Thank you❤
@stephenkingbookclub1054
5 ай бұрын
You're very welcome... Part Two is coming soon!
You should go to little tall and interview the people who lived that strong storm that destroy part of that island
😂 If you told me that you had a relic that supposedly ☠️ folks, I'd be like, "I dont need to see it"!
Would you do Rose Madder?
this is absolutely amazing! The effort & knowledge🖤🖤🖤 I am stunned as an SK fan & i did not like Desperation that much
@stephenkingbookclub1054
5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was one of the most violent of Kings stories I read
This is my favorite type of content you do. I don't need the story word for word, that is what the book is for.. these side trips coming at the story from a different direction and adding to the mythos are truly fan art and the little easter eggs are a ton of fun. Always felt a bit sorry for the Yellow Card Men. Some have suggested they just got lost in space and time, but considering the cards I think they were saddled with a really crap job, possibly against their will. The poor guys are never having a very good time. I've hoped for more info on them in a short story or something. I have a strong suspicion they are "differently-abled" like the Breakers or those who Shine. Desperation and The Regulators are a hit or miss with critics.. but the concept was King playing with his art which I got a real kick out of. He has never played safe and often takes a lot of risks, writing what he wants vs churning out the next bestseller. King and Bachman, two sides of a coin, experiencing a similar but different experience simultaneously. Very multiverse before there was such a thing in popular culture. Ahead of it's time. The two hardcover books are mirrors of each other as well if you compare them side by side. He always hinted at Bachman being more than just a pseudonym, like he really gave this other side of himself the reins and let him drive at times.. and The Dark Half lends a bit more support to this. Almost everything he wrote has some anchor in his real life experience that grows with a liberal application of "what if". As a final example of how cool King is, when he was contacted by a book dealer who had put two and two together and realized Bachman was King, he not only suggested he write an article about it for public publication..he offered to be interviewed for it. The man has class.
@stephenkingbookclub1054
5 ай бұрын
I have so much fun diving into the stories this way, so I'm glad you are enjoying the Strange Resort series. I too have immense pity for the Yellow Card Men. And I imagine that there's a weird multidimensional spacetime rift caused by Tak that gives those Yellow Card Men such a headache!
@thecassandraeffectvsperilo6754
2 ай бұрын
Very well put *=)*
Really good! Love the pictures that follow the story. Looking forward to the conclusion.
That was quite an ominous warning!!!
Oh dear, we may lose our intrepid guide. TAK
@stephenkingbookclub1054
5 ай бұрын
I hope not. Who else will we send to these crazy destinations???
Oh my gosh when that picture from the Book of Mormon came up I legit choked xD
I'm not entirely sure what this is. But I'm really enjoying it.
13:57 Yes!! The Yellow Card Man! Whoo hoo! 👍
Gosh I love strange resort soo much. I totaly have a thing for outsider pov takes on storiesm inside of tge story one often loses sight of just how put there a story is. Suspension of disbelief and such, one gets desensitise getting a fresh perspectiv on it is so much fun and strange resort has the perfect approach for stephen king stories, where what really happened between the supernatural and unreliable narrators often is a thing! Another universes where outsider pov is gold 1 batfamily, with how the loner grump secretly has a big family woth questionablr relations or well, more or less all gotham vigilantes anti heros, a crimelord and who knows who throw themselfs at their "nepo baby pretty boy emotional support cop" , freaking out everyone else in the police department
But who carved the little "can-tah" figurines? That's a question the book never answers.
@Bobson_Dugnutt_Esq
Ай бұрын
I can’t-ah imagine we’ll ever know.
Read this when I was 15!
DEADDOGS... "Tak!"
OMGOSH, you covered my favorite book 💜💜💜
@stephenkingbookclub1054
2 ай бұрын
Hope we did it justice :)
@thecassandraeffectvsperilo6754
2 ай бұрын
@@stephenkingbookclub1054 I'm loving it 💜 I'm about to watch the part 2!
Lol Diablo mining corp
❤😮😮😮❤
You are awesome!
@stephenkingbookclub1054
5 ай бұрын
Aw, thanks! You're awesome for saying so! Thanks for watching!
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Tak has always been one of kings scariest entities/villains to me
I love Desperation and Regulators 😄 the movie was ok but the books are awesome 👏🏿
Oh no! Not Mrs. Turner !!! Damn you Ripton !!!
I would like to know who made all the paintings?
I’m calling it right now cus I don’t think this is the last we’ll see him. The random guy is Stephen king and he’s freaking out over his works becoming real.
Never read this one. Only got through "The Regulators". Interesting story to choos, Constant Podcaster... And stay away from Derry! I've heard terrible things about the place...😮
I'm sorry the moment he said it's not from The Book of Mormon is it I wheezed so hard I coughed😂
Please do You Know They've Got A Hell of A Band!
@stephenkingbookclub1054
12 күн бұрын
I love that story!
@stockwellsantley6606
11 күн бұрын
@@stephenkingbookclub1054 So get on with it! I shall expect completion by September. You have your assignment. Go.
When i read Desperation and its twin The Regulators, i was blown away. Stephen King is the master of horror, hands down. Clive Barker is ok, John Sandford is better, but King is above everyone else. TAK!!!
@stephenkingbookclub1054
29 күн бұрын
TAK indeed!
I may give these 2 another shot. These 2 are the only SK BOOKS I've only read once. Well at least for books that were written more than 7 years ago. I just read that "The Tommyknockers" is one of the least beloved by fans and SK himself. That saddens me. It has two my favorite characters Jim Gardener and Ev Hillman. A fully realized town and and an original take on aliens. I wonder if it's because it came right after IT. Like "Aladdin Sane" great album but it was the next album after perfection ".....Ziggy Stardust....." Anyway does anyone else love Tommyknockers?
@stephenkingbookclub1054
5 ай бұрын
I think you're onto something about the novel being released after the epic IT. That's a tough act to follow! I'm looking forward to re-reading Tommyknockers. I've only read it once (back when it was released). I recall enjoying the ride but that it wasn't one of my favorites... But since I was just a teen back then, I'll reserve judgment until my second read-through.
@FrithonaHrududu02127
5 ай бұрын
@@stephenkingbookclub1054 yeah I still have the hardcover from when it first came out. In some ways it's a favorite, which is a minority opinion I realize. What are your thoughts on "Four Past Midnight" I absolutely love the Langolierrs and The Library Policeman. I've always thought the monster in the Library Policeman could be a lesser form of whatever Pennywise is.
Collie Entragian😮
Tak!
Seeing is believing 😂 Famous last words uttered by George.
I'm curious Mr. BOOK CLUB...are you a New Englander? You don't sound like one but that might be your "podcast voice". I've always thought SK means a tiny bit more to people from NE. Alot of us have vacationed in ME(I mean it IS Vacationland!) When I was 12 my grandparents brother and I stayed at a place called Mediwisla, it means "loon" in Penobscot(?) Near Kokadjo ME(population 6, seriously) Iused to help out the people that owned the place and they offered me a chance to come up for the whole summer the next year and work. At 13 I was just starting to really get into girls so I wanted to be in Boston for my summer, but as it turned out I got in some trouble the following May and i was dodging arrest, I had a warrant so it was the perfect solution. I took a bus by myself that following June to Bangor where I was to be picked up. I had a 2 hour wait so I went to see SKs house. I didn't see him but I saw Tabitha (as luck would have it I had her novel with me, she signed it. She was with Joe Hill, it must have been because we're the same age. Have you read her books? It's insane to me how much talent that family has. Long story long I should have gotten Joes signature. I had the summer of my life. Did a little DYS (juvie) time when I returned to Southie but sometimes you eat the bear.... Full disclosure, I've been a vegetarian since the Smiths broke up, Ive never eaten bear.
@stephenkingbookclub1054
5 ай бұрын
I'm not from New England... but have often times wished I was... A childhood friend of mine moved to Maine, and so I was able to visit. What a beautiful state! That's very cool that you not only met Tabthia, but also had a copy of her book. I'm hoping to dive into her books (as well as Joe Hill's) but I might wait until I'm finished with King's present collection. I've got five more to go!
I like the TV movie of this, stars Ron Perlman.
I got shot in my sleep before, completely killed my dreams. 😬
11:09 We've woken the Hive!
History of the mine sounds kinda like Cerro Gordo
AI is wild
@stephenkingbookclub1054
2 ай бұрын
Right?!!
YELLOW CARD MAN 😭
21:52 IS THAT PENNYWISE ?
@stephenkingbookclub1054
Ай бұрын
Hmmm... that does seem like someone with a clown nose... Maybe it's just a coincidence...
@patrickrhodes4679
Ай бұрын
COINCIDENCE!!! I wouldn't risk it.
Cycle of the Werewolf? Please 🥺🙏
The Regulators
Now visit The Regulators! Wait....dammit
I prefer the regulators
"Desperation"
Won't be for long..
Desperation is anything but a Western lol. Did you even read the Book?
Ewww Bob miller is my ex husbands’ name booo hisssss on that guy
Dang it! Whitey is at it again. Talk about a worn out idea! This was during S. Kings first major dry spell.
I hear "unalive" I press dislike. Have a nice day
@CadillacEulogy
2 ай бұрын
Why are you so soft bro 💀
@TheDigimonXYZ
2 ай бұрын
@@CadillacEulogy , you dont know what soft means
@scoopwoop8196
5 күн бұрын
@@TheDigimonXYZ I did look up the definition of soft but it redirected me to your KZread account, weird
@TheDigimonXYZ
5 күн бұрын
@@scoopwoop8196 prove it
@scoopwoop8196
5 күн бұрын
@@TheDigimonXYZ the fact that you replied this early in the morning did so already
why is he talking so slowly? it's like he's talking to a three year old. annoying.
@SingingSealRiana
4 күн бұрын
What is the speed up option for?! Also, thats pretty typical for documentery and true crime formates
This new "unalived" deal is annoying. Been hearing it everywhere. Dang Gen Z.
@stephenkingbookclub1054
13 күн бұрын
A while ago, someone in the comments got really mad that I put it in the video -- and said they were never watching anything from my channel again -- even though it's only there as satire! :)
@scoopwoop8196
5 күн бұрын
@@stephenkingbookclub1054 I love that
@SingingSealRiana
4 күн бұрын
Better then getting into trubble and only having truely kid friendly content all pver the internet
Does everybody look like Taylor Sheridan in this town?