''The White Castle'' is a

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, produced by the

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(The White Castle) It is the twentieth of the

Jack Flanders Jac Flanders, full name Jonathan L. Flanders, is the protagonist of a series of audio dramas produced by the ZBS Foundation. He is the creation of writer and sound artist Thomas Lopez and is played by actor Robert Lorick. Jac is an adventurer w ...

adventure series and the fourth of The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders sub-series. It combines elements of

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with

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phenomena,

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beings and energies.

Plot

Jack and his companions enter The White Castle upon the invitation of its wealthy, eccentric and mysterious owner, Sanford White. But far from being a charming rustic folly, the fortress is full of technology and seems to have detailed information on Jack and Mojo's previous adventures. The very unusual walls have a way of showing you things about yourself that you'd rather not confront.

Credits

Robert Lorick Robert Lorick (died January 2016) was a lyricist, actor, and writer, best known as a Broadway lyricist and for his work portraying Jack Flanders, the lead character in a series of ZBS Foundation audio adventures produced from 1972 until Lorick's ...

* Mojo Sam - Dave Adams * Claudine - Pascale Poirier * Dominique - Lindsay Ellison * Rose - Sari Bobbin * Johnny Seven - Hank Heimark * Sanford White - John McDonough * Zeevo - Nebadon Adams * Producer/Director -

Tom Lopez Tom Lopez is an American composer of electronic music. He serves as Director of the Computer Music Program at The Walden School. Lopez is best known for his extensive history with the TIMARA Labs at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Lopez gr ...

* Story and Script - M. Fulton * Music - Tim Clark * Illustration and Graphics - Jaye Oliver Environmental sounds recorded in Bali, Sumatra, India, Costa Rica, Tangier and Tunisia by Bobby Bielecki, Connie Kieltyka and Fulton and Clark.

Track List

The White Castle - Disc 1 * 1. The Square Hamburger 10:25 * 2. I Am Sanford White 10:42 * 3. Isn't This Amazing 9:20 * 4. The Sumatra Room 10:16 * 5. We Are Not Alone 10:16 * 6. I Am Who You Are 7:56 The White Castle - Disc 2 * 1. Everything Has a Dark Side 9:16 * 2. White & Black 9:13 * 3. Smoking Like a Fiend 8:40 * 4. You Cannot Escape Me 4:58 * 5. Ooga Booga Jones 10:06 * 6. Okay, You're On, Boss 7:38

The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders

Jack, Mojo, Claudine and Dominique sail around the

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encountering mysterious and other-worldly incidents. * Orchids and Moonbeams (2005) *

The Ghost Islands ''The Ghost Islands'' is a radio drama, produced by the ZBS Foundation.ZBS.orlink(The Ghost Islands) It is the eighteenth of the Jack Flanders adventure series and the second of the Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders sub-series. It combin ...

(2006) *

Tropical Hot Dog Night ''Tropical Hot Dog Night'' is a radio drama, produced by the ZBS Foundation.ZBS.orlink (Tropical Hot Dog Night) It is the nineteenth of the Jack Flanders adventure series and the third of The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders sub-serie ...

(2007) * The White Castle (2008)

References

External links

ZBS Foundation

Whirlitzer of Wisdom fansite
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