S14 Ep3: The Count and The Corpse Bride

The Midnight Library

Scott Philbrook

Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:00.0	Astonishing Legends Network
0:04.0	The following is intended for bizarre audiences only.
0:12.0	Welcome to the Midnight Library. Madam, are you really going through tonight's reading?
0:36.7	Oh, indeed I am, Mr. Darling.
0:39.6	Our guests crave such ghastly topics.
0:43.6	I do, however, detect a note of disdain in your voice regarding the subject.
0:49.6	I'm not as repulsed by this subject as I am by bog bodies, but I have to admit, it does give me the he-be-jeebies.
1:01.0	Darling, you deal with the dead all the time. You create them.
1:08.0	I devour them, madam. I do not dance around with them in my quarters. I'm a monster,
1:15.6	not a ghoul. All right. Duly noted. Hmm.
1:21.4	Hmm. Greetings, everyone, please come through.
1:38.5	Oh, how wonderful to see you.
1:41.8	Oh, my stars.
1:46.4	Some of you are attired in all black.
1:50.8	Oh, you grim little flirts.
1:54.6	I love you so much.
1:57.6	Please hurry in and get the best seed of your choice. Go on!
2:02.6	Oh dear, the wolfpups will soon have their hair all over those beautiful black threads.
2:11.6	Oh well, they'll be even more beautiful.
2:25.8	Oh, Miss Fernanda, you look incredible and eerie.
2:29.2	Is this a bridal gown?
2:35.0	It's from the junk-in-the-trunk thrift store in the village. Oh, you intuitive thing.
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