Warlock Vorobok Reads

Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library

5.0 (2)
SCIENCE FICTION
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Warlock Vorobok Reads is a monthly storytime for grownups. In each episode, librarian Adam Vorobok reads one fantastical, shiver-inducing tale. If you enjoy sitting around a campfire, listening to a storyteller as the flames leap higher into the darkness and the trees seem to inch a little closer, this podcast is for you. A production of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library.

FEB 27

Sir Max Beerbohm

Join Warlock Vorobok for his final podcast as he reads one of his favorite time-traveling stories: Enoch Soames by Sir Max Beerbohm. Join a down-on-his-luck writer as he makes a Faustian deal with the Devil to see if his name lives on in literary history. You'll never guess who gets the last laugh! Warlock Vorobok Reads is a monthly storytime for grownups.

1h 35m
JAN 16

E.F. Benson

Join Warlock Vorobok as he reads a story about the scariest creatures of them all...caterpillars...wait, what? You read that right, but Edward Benson uses just the right tone to create this disquieting story about unsuspecting larvae. Warlock Vorobok Reads is a monthly storytime for grownups.

30 min
12/26/2024

Lafcadio Hearn's "Jikininki"

Join Warlock Vorobok as he reads the terrifying words of Cincinnati's own Lafcadio Hearn, an Enquirer journalist who later moved to Japan and translated their folklore for English-speaking people. Warlock Vorobok Reads is a monthly storytime for grownups.

17 min
11/21/2024

Bram Stoker's "Dracula's Guest"

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.

37 min
09/17/2024

Robert W. Chambers' "The King in Yellow"

“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.

49 min
08/20/2024

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House"

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.

41 min
07/16/2024

Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of Red Death"

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!

23 min
06/18/2024

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"

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."

41 min

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2 Ratings

Captivating!

06/22/2021

Princess Yessica

Warlock Vorobok chooses some really great stories to read and his narration is engaging and animated. I can’t wait to see him read in person again.

Warlock Vorobok Reads is a monthly storytime for grownups. In each episode, librarian Adam Vorobok reads one fantastical, shiver-inducing tale. If you enjoy sitting around a campfire, listening to a storyteller as the flames leap higher into the darkness and the trees seem to inch a little closer, this podcast is for you. A production of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library.

Creator

Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library
Years Active

2020 - 2025
Episodes

52
Rating

Clean
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Warlock Vorobok Reads

Warlock Vorobok Reads

Sir Max Beerbohm

E.F. Benson

Lafcadio Hearn's "Jikininki"

Bram Stoker's "Dracula's Guest"

Robert W. Chambers' "The King in Yellow"

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House"

Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of Red Death"

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"

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Captivating!

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Warlock Vorobok Reads

Episodes

Sir Max Beerbohm

E.F. Benson

Lafcadio Hearn's "Jikininki"

Bram Stoker's "Dracula's Guest"

Robert W. Chambers' "The King in Yellow"

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House"

Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of Red Death"

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"

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