The World of Lore: Dreadful Places

By: Aaron Mahnke

Narrated by: Aaron Mahnke

Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Captivating stories of the places where human evil has left a nefarious mark, featuring stories from the podcast Lore - now a streaming television series - including “Echoes”, “Withering Heights”, and “Behind Closed Doors”, as well as rare material.

Sometimes you walk into a room, a building, or even a town, and you feel it. Something seems off - an atmosphere that leaves you oddly unsettled, with a sense of lingering darkness. Join Aaron Mahnke, the host of the popular podcast Lore, as he explores some of these dreadful places and the history that haunts them.

Mahnke takes us to Colorado and the palatial Stanley Hotel, where wealthy guests enjoyed views of the Rocky Mountains at the turn of the 20th century - and where, decades later, a restless author would awaken from a nightmare, inspired to write one of the most revered horror novels of all time. Mahnke also crosses land and sea to visit frightful sites - from New Orleans to Richmond, Virginia, to the brooding, ancient castles of England - each with its own echoes of dark deeds, horrible tragedies, and shocking evil still resounding.

Filled with evocative illustrations, this eerie tour of lurid landmarks and doomed destinations is just the ticket to take armchair travelers with a taste for the macabre to places they never thought they’d visit in their wildest, scariest dreams.

The World of Lore series includes:

• Monstrous Creatures
• Wicked Mortals
• Dreadful Places

Praise for World of Lore: Dreadful Places:

“Well-written, rooted in deep historical research, and ridiculously entertaining.... Each chapter brings a creepy story from folklore to life.... Hair-raising stuff.” (SyFy Wire)

“Fans of the Lore podcast won’t want to miss this latest volume in the creator’s series, a collection of illustrated versions of both rare and well-known stories about ‘lurid landmarks and doomed destinations.’” (io9)

“Dreadful Places is a delight for Lore fans and newbies alike. In the book, [Aaron] Mahnke visits places around the world that are steeped in a supernatural legacy.” (Refinery29)

©2018 Aaron Mahnke (P)2018 Random House Audio

Very good book.

Interesting and thought provoking. I would recommend this read to anyone who likes short stories.

Story does not play through to the end

I was excited to listen to the second installment of Lore; however, I was disappointed that the download doesn’t play to the end.

Fabulous Lore

I absolutely love these books. filled with lesser known, and some widely known, tales.

yet another great book

Aaron mahnkey is a great reader of his own books an hope this is not a end to his books

Loved every bit of it!

I loved all the stories and Aaron Mahnke's humor! It kept my attention and was creepy when I was driving alone in the dark!

Loved it

first 65% of the book is a 9/10, last 35% is about a 7/10. A great listen.

Lore Is an Entertaining Set of Stories

The basis of this collection of stories is a podcast hosted by Aaron Mahnke. He has a good sense of organization of his material and a good voice.

I recommend if you enjoy history and eery events. Not as in depth as Colin
Dickey's Ghost land or as artfully done M R James' fictional stories, but a really entertaining listen for when the nights are long and the days are short.

So very good but...

I discovered the Lore podcast quite awhile ago and while I’m an infrequent listener, I binge till I catch up when I do. Having recently done this turned out to be a detriment for me when listening to this podcast. Let me explain. If you love folklore and stories of the many different places and people around the world, Aaron Mahnke’s well researched Lore work is for you. He covers tales across the globe, many a fan of this stuff would know but some I’ve never encountered before. The information is amazing but it is his voice: tone, cadence, and timing that makes the series. He is a storyteller and the medium of audiobooks works just as well as podcasts for this. I’m sure books would be great but nothing to hearing it. So yes, I loved this audiobook. But the stories started to sound very familiar. I knew what was coming before he got there and how he was going to word it. Psychic? No, I’d just finished the stories on the podcast less then a week ago. Now, these obvious take a ton of work and I can understand putting them in a more concise format. I’m actually not a fan of most podcast platforms so having this audiobook ultimately makes me very happy. But I saw no mention that this was information I’d had access to before and, understandably I feel, assumed this was new material. So this is a big thumbs up for the creator/reader’s work but with an FYI to old fans that you’ve probably heard this before. But you know, I don’t mind a repeat listen!

It's everything you've came to love about lore

Aaron Mahnke never disappoints, it's lore categorized, sure it's a lot of the podcast, with some extras, but it's still well worth every penny, I wish he would have read his original books he's released like he did with the 3 lore inspired books, honestly you can't do better than the man himself reading with the style we've all came to know and love. I look forward to buying the third book asap. If you've never experienced lore, these books are a fantastic jumping off point and extremely good for long trips. very very very satisfied!

Wonderful Content, Poor Narration

I love the stories and the way they are written in "Lore", however, I wish I'd purchased the physical book instead of the audio book. Aaron Mahnke is a pleasing author, not a fabulous narrator. It could've been much worse though! Overall, lovely, creepy folk stories that were fun to learn about.