S6 Ep5: Coffin Ships - Heartbreak Warning

The Midnight Library

Scott Philbrook

Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Please find yourself the most comforting spot in The Reading Room this evening, My Dear Guest, and cuddle up warm with a wolf pup as we hear the forlorn tale of those who endured troubled times and terrible journeys onboard the dreaded "coffin ships"-- as well as those who sadly, did not survive. The people in this reading will be given the utmost respect. The accounts are true, and the reading carries a "heartbreak" warning due to its intense sadness and few graphic facts.
There are, however, excellent examples of human beings as role models, both horrific and nearly perfect. It's likely to be one of the only more serious readings we shall ever have. I thank you for attending. Yours Very Sincerely with Love, Miranda Merrick

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.
0:08.3	Welcome to the Midnight Library.
0:30.0	Madden, if our old goons are retiring and the new goons are arriving, who's going to train them?
0:39.8	We're not doing it the old fashioned way are we?
0:43.3	Well, we might.
0:45.7	I mean, there's nothing wrong with the old way.
0:49.6	That would require one or both of us to travel up into the very highest attic rooms in the library, Madden.
0:58.1	I believe you know this.
1:00.2	Oh gosh, it is so spooky up there, Mr. Darling.
1:05.6	Perhaps there is another way.
1:08.5	Perhaps indeed, Madden.
1:15.4	Oh, what a damp and foggy night for you all to come out.
1:20.4	Please come through and warm yourself by the fire as soon as you can.
1:25.8	Mr. McCoy, your hair has gone all curly in the drizzle.
1:33.4	I'll have a maid fetch you a towel.
1:36.9	Please don't concern yourself with the runes embroidered on it.
1:43.4	They'll have no effect on your lovely locks.
1:48.1	That's all I can promise you.
1:52.3	Let me dispense with the announcements as you file in.
1:55.7	The order doesn't always matter, doesn't?
1:58.9	Well, hard cheese.
2:01.8	Welcome to the Midnight Library, my dear guests.
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