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Stories read in bite-sized chunks. Released semi-regularly. Produced by one guy in his closet. For more info, visit www.colinlarsenvo.com.

Colin Larsen

  • Dec 8, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 28m AVG DURATION
  • 19 EPISODES


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Ep. 19 - The Adventure of the Speckled Band: Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 27:25


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.

Ep. 18 - The Adventure of the Speckled Band: Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 27:30


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.

Verbatim Halloween: OcPoeber - The Masque of the Red Death and The Raven

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 24:19


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

Verbatim Halloween : OcPoeber - The Tell Tale Heart and Annabel Lee

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 17:00


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

Verbatim Halloween: OcPoeber - The Cask of Amontillado

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 17:33


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

Ep. 14 - A White Heron

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 24:19


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

Ep. 13 - Rip Van Winkle

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 34:35


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.

Ep. 12 - The Colour out of Space: Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 37:10


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

Ep. 11 - The Colour out of Space: Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 29:56


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

Ep. 10 - The Metamorphosis: Part 3

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 38:37


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.

Ep. 9 - The Metamorphosis: Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2020 38:10


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.

Ep. 8 - The Metamorphosis: Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 36:16


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.

Ep. 7 - The Yellow Wallpaper

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 33:47


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.

Ep. 6 - To Build a Fire: Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 16:57


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

Ep. 5 - To Build a Fire: Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 23:42


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.

Ep. 4 - The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg: Part 4

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 15:43


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

Ep. 3 - The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg: Part 3

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 43:48


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.

Ep. 2 - The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg: Part 2.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 22:25


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

Ep. 1 - The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg: Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 26:22


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.

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