Verbatim

Holmes and Watson travel to Stoke Moran to unravel the truth behind a murder.Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Transcription provided by Project Gutenberg.For comments, questions, suggestions or submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.

Britain’s greatest detective is presented with a most unusual and dangerous case.Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Transcription provided by Project Gutenberg.For comments, questions, suggestions or submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.

It’s OcPoeber! Verbatim presents a different story from author Edgar Allen Poe, every week until Halloween.In “The Masque of the Red Death”, a prince throws a party in defiance of a plague.Plus, in “The Raven” a nervous man is haunted by a mysterious bird.Transcription courtesy of Project Gutenberg.For comments, questions, suggestions or submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.Sound effects for this episode:“Thunder Strike 2” - Mike Koenig, http://soundbible.com/2016-Thunder-Strike-2.html

In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, an ill man tries to calm his nerves.Plus, in “Annabel Lee” a lover refuses to be separated from the object of his desire.Transcription courtesy of Project Gutenberg.For comments, questions, suggestions or submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.Sound effects for this episode:“Thunder Strike 2” - Mike Koenig, http://soundbible.com/2016-Thunder-Strike-2.html

It’s OcPoeber! Verbatim presents a different story from author Edgar Allen Poe, every week until Halloween.In this week’s story, a nobleman exacts his revenge.Transcription courtesy of Project Gutenberg.For comments, questions, suggestions or submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.Sound effects for this episode:“Thunder Strike 2” - Mike Koenig, http://soundbible.com/2016-Thunder-Strike-2.html“Thunder Sound FX Sound” - Grant Evans, http://soundbible.com/2053-Thunder-Sound-FX.html

An adventurous young girl must make a difficult choice.Written by Sarah Orne Jewett.For comments, questions, suggestions and submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.

Verbatim is back after a summer hiatus with a classic American folk tale.Written by Washington Irving.For comments, questions, suggestions and submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.

The situation worsens at the Nahum Gardener farmstead. The terrible nature of the color is revealed.Written by H.P. Lovecraft.For questions, comments, suggestions or submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com

A traveler learns of strange occurrences in the New England countryside.Written by H.P. Lovecraft.For questions, comments, suggestions or submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com

Gregor’s condition deteriorates. The family’s difficulties are resolved.Transcription provided by Project Gutenberg, translated from the original German by David Wyllie.For comments, questions, suggestions or submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.

Gregor and his family adjust to his unexpected transformation.Transcription provided by Project Gutenberg, translated from the original German by David Wyllie.For comments, questions, suggestions or submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.

A traveling salesman awakens one morning to find he has transformed into an insect.Transcription provided by Project Gutenberg, translated from the original German by David Wyllie.For comments, questions, suggestions or submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.

Isolation and anxiety, related in a series of journal entries.Story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.Transcription courtesy of Project Gutenberg.For comments, questions, submissions or suggestions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.

The man struggles with disaster in the Yukon.Transcription courtesy of Project Gutenberg.For comments, questions, suggestions or submissions, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.

A man walks through the Yukon during a cold snap - a classic Jack London story of man vs. nature.Transcription courtesy of Project Gutenberg.For questions, comments, suggestions or submissions, go to www.colinlarsenvo.com.

The Richards’s contend with the aftermath of the town meeting, and our story draws to a close.Transcription provided by Project Gutenberg.For comments, questions, suggestions or submissions, email me at colin.larsen@colinlarsenvo.com.Next on Verbatim: To Build a Fire

In this extended third episode, the stranger’s plan comes to a head at the town meeting.Transcription provided by www.gutenberg.org.For questions, comments, suggestions or submissions, email colin.larsen@colinlarsenvo.com.

The stranger's plot thickens in part 2.Transcription courtesy of Project Gutenberg. For comments, questions, suggestions or submissions, email colin.larsen@colinlarsenvo.com.

To pass the time for many stuck inside during this pandemic, I’ve begun a podcast wherein I will narrate all manner of non-copyrighted works. In this first episode, please enjoy part one of Mark Twain’s The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg, a satirical tale of small-town American life.For more info about me, Colin Larsen, visit colinlarsenvo.com.Special thanks to Project Gutenberg for providing the text for this episode.