Between Terror and Humor
The Librarian Is In
The New York Public Library
4.7 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2018
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
It's almost Halloween, and it got so creepy we scared Gwen away. Frank braves the gore with Isaiah Pittman, horror aficionado and adult services librarian at NYPL. They talk scary books AND movies.
Book Recommendations
Paperbacks From Hell: The twisted history of 70's and 80's horror by Grady Hendrix
The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell
Night Shift by Stephen King
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Final Girls: A novel by Riley Sager
The series-- Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
You Were Neve Really Here by Jonathan Ames and the film adaptation
Non-Book Recommendations
Kanopy-- stream movies for free with you NYPL card!
Check out Gas Station Horror, the monthly improv show in NYC that turns bad horror movies into comedy.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The monster mash. |
| 0:02.0 | It was a graveyard smash. |
| 0:04.5 | There you go. |
| 0:05.6 | I just gave the producer what she needs, baby. |
| 0:20.3 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to The Librarian is in the New York Public Libraries podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. |
| 0:28.9 | I'm Frank, and I'm Frank alone because Gwen isn't here today for various reasons, but she needs to not be here today. |
| 0:38.7 | And I think she basically doesn't want to be here today. |
| 0:41.5 | Well, at first I should say, anybody who has heard now that Gwen is not here wants to tune out. |
| 0:46.6 | It's fine. I understand it. |
| 0:48.1 | She's the rock. She's the core. She's the everything. |
| 0:52.0 | But she is not here today. |
| 0:57.3 | And the second thing I was going to say is i think partially because we have a guest today that or i have a guest today that we've had before and |
| 1:04.5 | his subject is something that gwen's not too fond of which is horror so we actually have the most horrible person in the New York |
| 1:13.9 | Public Library, I have to say, Mr. Isaiah Pittman. Hello, Isaiah. Hey, Frank. Gwen. So Gwen's not |
| 1:23.7 | here. I'm to forge ahead and make this a fabulously terrifying podcast because I'm sure Isaiah can. |
| 1:29.5 | You're like eager to open that book whatever you're holding there. |
| 1:32.2 | Isaiah, are you ready to launch into your horrible stories of books and movies? |
| 1:37.1 | Because it is around Halloween now. |
| 1:39.2 | That's right. |
| 1:39.6 | So it's coming up. |
| 1:41.2 | And we thought we would actually revisit the genre of horror because it's sort of cool. |
| 1:46.5 | And I remember I had a lot of fun last year. Oh, we should link to last year's podcast with |
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