And now...

The Hall of Fantasy.

Welcome to the Hall of Fantasy.

Welcome to the series of radio problems,

dedicated to the supernatural, the unusual, and the unknown.

Come with me, my friends.

We shall descend to the world of the unknown and forbidden, down to the depths with a veil of time,

and the supernatural reigns as king.

Come with me and listen to the tale of the castle of Lavoca.

One night shortly after sunset in the dead of winter, they say a carriage

throw through here, a carriage drawn by four cold black horses.

Get out. The carriage shoe was black and the driver was clothed in a livery of black. He whipped the horses and drove them as if his life depended on it.

Get up, man. Get out. No one saw who rode inside the carriage,

but on its heels there ran a pack of snarling, howling wolves.

He said that Dregor, Baron of Livoca,

was going to make a pact with Satan himself.

In with Satan himself. In just a moment, the Hall of Fantasy will present the Castle of Lovoka.

And now for tonight's story, an original radio drama by Richard Thorne entitled The Castle of Lavoca.

We were on vacation in Europe. It was a warm summer's day. Doris and I had cycled out from town,

intending to find some men along the way at which we'd spend the night.

What time is it, Grant?

Let me see. It's about a quarter after four, Doris.

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