S14 Ep8: Welcome Shango Umlaut!

Join us tonight while an exclusive, private discussion between Miranda and Mr. Darling takes place! It seems a bit of Hellish mail has arrived bearing the most demonic news! A new member of The Midnight Library staff is arriving. Immediately! Are you ready?Special thank you to Mr. Darling.

Let us visit the long dead. Let us travel beneath the bustling streets where they dwell. We believe the 16th-century Capuchin Monks had the right idea! Don't bury your dead and forget them. Place them in tunnels and dress them up in their best duds, then invite everyone to visit them, forever! Tonight, we return to our stomping grounds: a beautifully dreary catacomb with 8,000 dead to gaze upon. One... is rumored to open and close her eyes. Join us below!Special Thanks to Sounds Like an Earful Music Supply for the amazing music AND sound design.

Curses! Well, cursed belongings is our topic in The Reading Room tonight! A pretty silver vase that killed the bride it was gifted to. An ancient female figurine that's rumored to have been deadly since forever...and some bedazzlingly dangerous jewels, The Dubious Delhi Purple Sapphire and The Hopeless Hope Diamond. Please find your favorite, totally not cursed spot!Special Thanks to Sounds Like an Earful Music Supply for the amazing music AND sound design.

We have for you this evening a deluge of divine underwater divas! Mermaids are some of folklore and fantasy's most magical creatures, and for centuries, artists have been obsessed with bringing them to life on canvas. Our three, briny, beautiful paintings are: Ulysses and the Sirens, by Herbert James Draper. Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom, by Ilya Repin. And Contemplation or Promise, by Victor Nizovtsev. Don't forget your snorkel!Special Thanks to Sounds Like an Earful Music Supply for the amazing music AND sound design.a

Thank you so much for volunteering to help Mr. Hemlock with the necessary gardening chores, Dear Guest! We were amazed at the lightning speed with which you raced to scribble your name on the sign-up sheet! Why, you seemed almost to be in a fever-dream as you drove your pen into the paper with madness, then you wandered away giggling and mumbling to yourself. In any case, we appreciate your overt willingness to lend a hand. And we certainly won't forget your efforts. We doubt that you will forget, either...Special Thanks to Sounds Like an Earful Music Supply for the amazing music AND sound design.

Calling all ghouls! If you are a fan of all things grim and ghastly, tonight's reading is for YOU! This is the story of Carl Tanzler, "Count von Cosel," who fell so deeply in love with a young woman he saw in his visions, that he wouldn't let the fact that she was dead stand in the way of their romance. Obsession, tragedy, grave-robbing, secrecy, necromancy, and discovery—tonight's reading has it all. Join us! (Sponsored by The League of Lady Gravediggers)Special Thanks to Sounds Like an Earful Music Supply for the amazing music AND sound design.

Greetings, Dear Guests! We have for you this fine evening the opportunity to get to know some...unusual ladies. Okay. Hags. We'd like you to meet and take into your mushy, human heart a variety of horrific hags! We believe you'll find these unique women are often just misunderstood and have been mislabeled by a close-minded society. We also believe you'll find them to be mysterious, unpredictable...and hungry. From Ancient Greece to modern times, hags have been in the very midsts of mankind, and we suggest you warm up to them! Welcome...Special Thanks to Sounds Like an Earful Music Supply for the amazing music AND sound design.

Welcome Back, Spooky Lovelies! Let us embark on a dreary journey to "The Land Down Under" (not that one) to enjoy an evening tale of mysteries, tragedies, and souls that linger long after their demise...wandering the grounds and trundling the winding staircases... of Haunted Australian Lighthouses. This reading features the haunting of South Solitary Island Lighthouse and "the lighthouse of horror"- BustardHead Lighthouse. The Hospitality Tray is hosted by The Evil Witches Yacht Club. Please make your selections (carefully) and curl up in your favorite spot! **includes a polite FYI from Miranda about Project Lighthouse**Special Thanks to Sounds Like an Earful Music Supply for the amazing music AND sound design.

Welcome, Dear Guest! We hope you're hungry for knowledge about getting others into Heaven by risking your own soul, because tonight, we have for you the complete telling of the life of a professional Sin Eater! Included in the telling are "scapegoats" and "whipping boys," with a dash of Holiday cheer brought to you by our own Eric & Jill, who have given Irma a very unique and befitting gift. Now, please saunter up to The Hospitality Tray, but maybe be a bit more choosy with your selections than usual, if you know what we mean...Special Thanks to Sounds Like an Earful Music Supply for the amazing music AND sound design.

How very good of you to visit, dear guest! Do step into the Reading Room and warm your weary bones near the fire. Tonight, we have just the thing to take your mind off all the dreadfulness in the world- a ship, a ghost ship, The Octavius. Lost, then found, then lost again. And argued about to this day...as to its whereabouts. Rest...and hear the tale of its bold captain and doomed crew who dared to make their ship traverse the Northwest Passage...almost 150 years too early.Special Thanks to Sounds Like an Earful Music Supply for the amazing music AND sound design.