Visit Sheridan Le Fanu’s Haunted Houses with Warlock Vorobok

Written by Adam Vorobok, Reference Librarian, Downtown Main Library

Join Warlock Vorobok as he reads "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" by the leading Victorian ghost story writer of his day, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu! Besides his notable ghost stories, Le Fanu also penned a famous vampire novel 25 years before Dracula!

Warlock Vorobok Reads is a monthly storytime for grownups.

Recommended Reading from CHPL’s Resident Warlock

Each episode this season, Warlock Vorobok is sharing his personal frightening favorites to read and watch which not only align with his monthly ghoulish guest but can be checked out with your Library card!

If you’re unable to sleep after hearing the scares of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, the Warlock suggests a late-night reading of another incredible book about haunted houses, “The Good House,” by Tananarive Due. In it, Angela has not returned to her grandmother’s home in the two years since her son died there. Is his death related to a supernatural battle his grandmother fought years ago? Better check out the book to find out!

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