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The Haunted Dolls’ House

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

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by M R James
29 minutes, 53 seconds
Unabridged Ghost Story
1923

MR James

Probably the most famous of the ghost stories of M R James. Commissioned by Queen Mary for her doll house library, which is still on display at 1:12 scale in Windsor Castle. Performed by Susie Berneis.

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(from Wikipedia:)
Montague Rhodes James (August 1, 1862 - June 12, 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905-1918) and of Eton College (1918-1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories in the classic 19th century Yuletide vein, which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature...


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The Masque of the Red Death

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

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by Edgar Allan Poe
16 minutes, 27 seconds
Unabridged Horror Story
1842

Poe

What’s a Prince to do when his people are dying of plague? Why, wall himself off with a thousand other nobles and throw a masquerade ball, of course!

Silly prince. Doesn’t he know he’s in an Edgar Allan Poe story?


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Told After Supper

Friday, July 13th, 2007

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by Jerome K Jerome
1 hour, 2 minutes
Unabridged Humor/Ghost/Christmas Novella
1891

Jerome K Jerome

A Christmas mystery story where even the narrator can’t be trusted to stay sober or keep his clothes on.

“There must be something ghostly in the air of Christmas–something about the close, muggy atmosphere that draws up the ghosts, like the dampness of the summer rains brings out the frogs and snails.”

Performed by Susie Berneis and Robert Bethune.

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Jerome K Jerome (1859-1927) was an English author best known his the comedic novel/travelogue (and its subsequent adaptations and homages) Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog). Wikipedia Entry, The Jerome K Jerome Society


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The Retrieval Artist

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
2 hours, 1 minute
Unabridged Science Fiction Novella
2000

The Retrieval Artist by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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Retrieval Artists find people who have Disappeared. But people Disappear for
a reason–they don’t want to be found. When Anetka Sobol shows up at Miles
Flint’s office on the Moon, he immediately knows that this case is going to
be complicated.

A hard-boiled science fiction mystery. A Hugo Award Nominee, Locus Poll Award Nominee, and AnLab Award Nominee first published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Read by Stefan Rudnicki.


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Murder at Woodside Village

Wednesday, July 7th, 2004

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by Yuri Rasovsky, story by William H. Patton
1 hour, 6 minutes
Full Cast Mystery/Comedy Radio Drama
2001

Murder at Woodside Village

“Well, the decision has been made to go ahead with the killing. To tell you the truth, I’m kinda looking forward to it.”

Retired cops in a Florida community seek out “The Wizard” whenever they need a smart guy to get them out of a jam. Now they come to him for help murdering Big Wally, who’s cheated ‘em out of their share of lottery winnings. Wiz’s Plan A involves Woodside Village’s resident prostitute, Secondhand Rose. Plan B is a diabolocal softball game. And Plan C—?

Full cast mystery/comedy radio drama. J. Carrol Enterprises presents the Hollywood Theatre of the Ear production. Taped before a live studio audience at the Museum of Television and Radio.

Cast & Crew:

ANNOUNCER: Ralph Votrian
WIZARD: Terry Kiser
VINCENZO: Larry Brandenburg
MARILYN: Janet Carroll
HERMAN: Cliff Norton
TOM THE CRAZY GREEK: Michael Saad
SAM: George Eric Brown
RICCIO: J. J. Johnston
SECONDHAND ROSE: Melissa Greenspan
BIG WALLY: Jack Wallace
BAD LEROY: Tom Towles
SEX KITTEN: Lorna Raver
Original Music: Ken Stange
Sound Director: Warren Dewey
Foly Walkers: David L. Krebs, Tony Palermo
Executive Producers: Janet Carroll and Mike Patton

Produced, directed, and written for audio by Yuri Rasovsky, based on a story by William H. Patton.


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