Episodes

  • Bram Stoker's "Dracula's Guest"
    Nov 21 2024

    Join Warlock Vorobok as he reads this classic tale of horror from Ireland's greatest writer of the supernatural, Bram Stoker.

    Warlock Vorobok Reads is a monthly storytime for grownups.

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    37 mins
  • Robert W. Chambers' "The King in Yellow"
    Sep 17 2024

    “The King in Yellow,” a mythological play that causes the reader to lose touch with reality, is Robert W. Chambers’ haunting legacy in supernatural fiction, influencing many authors and even the hit-television series “True Detective.” Listen to Warlock Vorobok read one of the chilling tales that mentions this awful play...

    Warlock Vorobok Reads is a monthly storytime for grownups.

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    49 mins
  • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House"
    Aug 20 2024

    Join Warlock Vorobok as he reads the leading Victorian ghost story writer of his day, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu! Besides his notable ghost stories, Le Fanu also penned a famous vampire novel 25 years before Dracula!

    Warlock Vorobok Reads is a monthly storytime for grownups.

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    41 mins
  • Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of Red Death"
    Jul 16 2024

    Warlock Vorobok returns once more to America's greatest horror writer: Edgar Allan Poe. Get ready to be spooked by the Masque of Red Death!

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    23 mins
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"
    Jun 18 2024

    One of New England's most famous writers comes forth from the void to share a story no-doubt connected to his family's witch-trail roots. Gather round as Warlock Vorobok reads about a Puritan's temptation to stray from good to evil in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown."

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    41 mins
  • Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"
    May 21 2024

    It all started because of bad weather and boredom. A ghost story contest was announced. And the genre of horror was about to change forever. Join Warlock Vorobok as he reads from one of his favorite horror novels—and an all-time classic—Frankenstein.

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    17 mins
  • Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"
    May 9 2024

    It all started because of bad weather and boredom. A ghost story contest was announced. And the genre of horror was about to change forever. Join Warlock Vorobok as he reads from one of his favorite horror novels—and an all-time classic—Frankenstein.

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    17 mins
  • Ann Radcliffe Returns with “The Mysteries of Udolpho”
    Apr 16 2024

    Brace yourself for gloomy castles, ghostly apparitions, and gruesome corpses! This new season of Warlock Vorobok Reads features scary good short stories, starting with the queen of Gothic literature, Ann Radcliffe. Radcliffe returns from the void to join the podcast after first sharing her supernatural writings with the Library’s resident warlock on the March 2022 episode. This time, Warlock Vorobok shares her 18th century masterpiece, “The Mysteries of Udolpho.”

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    18 mins