The temporal binding effect refers to the tendency to perceive two events as occurring closer together in time than they actually did. While various explanations for this phenomenon exist, one of the most widely supported suggests that temporal binding happens when participants infer a causal relationship between the events. Traditionally, this effect has been studied using tasks where participants, in a trial-by-trial procedure, must infer the causal connection between events. However, humans are also capable of acquiring knowledge verbally, without directly experiencing the stimuli. In six experiments, we demonstrate the temporal binding effect using a verbal task. Instead of exposing participants to physical events, they were presented with a list of fictitious events verbally. Later, some participants were verbally informed of a causal relationship between two of these events. Those who received the causal information judged the events to be closer in time than participants who did not receive this information. These findings support the idea that causality drives the temporal binding effect and introduce a new, more ecological paradigm for studying this phenomenon.