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The Midnight Library

S5 Ep6: Beguiling Beheadings

The Midnight Library

Scott Philbrook

Society & Culture

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to The Reading Room, Dear Guest!  Why doesn’t anyone want to sit beside Mr. Cutlass, our totally just-for-show, prop guillotine??  Oh well.  Please find a comfy spot and pull the blankets up tight around your chilly neck because tonight our heart-stopping topic is all about BEHEADINGS!  When did they start?  How were they improved?  Why were they popular?  Who tried to speak after they were beheaded?  And why are they a hot topic in more ways than one in The Midnight Library?  Head right this way!

Special Thanks to Sounds Like an Earful Music Supply for the amazing music AND sound design during this episode.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following is intended for bizarre audiences only.

0:08.0

Welcome to the Midnight Library.

0:11.0

Oh yes, what silliness have the severed six got for me?

0:37.0

And this better not be about ducks again.

0:39.0

I don't care what ducks do.

0:41.0

They seem to be on strike, madam. They're unhappy with their working conditions.

0:48.0

On strike.

0:50.0

This is number three's idea, isn't it?

0:53.0

He's been head of their union for far too long.

0:57.0

I fear that's precisely their point, madam.

1:00.0

They have names and you call them by numbers.

1:04.0

They want more vacation days and pillows till I upon them.

1:08.0

Or at least new spikes to be jammed on to.

1:11.0

Oh really? Well then, these old head shower roll.

1:16.0

I'm sure my spooky lovely guests adore me so much

1:21.0

that we'll soon have six new volunteers eager for the chop

1:25.0

to become my own set of helpful talking heads.

1:30.0

Hmm, I very much doubt it.

1:32.0

What was that?

1:34.0

I said, hmm, no doubt about it.

1:50.0

Uh, secure that door, Mr. Darling.

1:52.0

I can still hear the voices of the below stair staff.

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