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Friday March 16th, 2007

• The Library • Mystery -- Bierce, Ambrose

Mysterious Disappearances

"On the evening of the 9th of November in 1878, at about nine o'clock, young Charles Ashmore left the family circle about the hearth, took a tin bucket and started toward the spring. As he did not return, the family became uneasy... " more...

Thursday March 15th, 2007

• Sounds and Pics

Mystery Radio from The Internet Archives

Before the Internet, before television, there was radio, and radio theater. Mystery radio theater to be exact. Suspense. The supernatural. Science fiction. more...

Friday March 9th, 2007

• The Library • The Supernatural -- Jacobs, W. W.

The Monkey's Paw

"Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. 'I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact,' he said slowly. 'It seems to me I've got all I want.' "
" 'If you only cleared the house, you'd be quite happy, wouldn't you?' said Herbert, with his hand on his shoulder. 'Well, wish for two hundred pounds, then; that'll just do it.' " more...

Friday March 2nd, 2007

• The Library • The Supernatural -- James, M.R.

Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad

"As he withdrew the knife he heard a metallic clink, and when he introduced his hand it met with a cylindrical object lying on the floor of the hole. ... when he brought it into the light, now fast fading, he could see that it, too, was of man's making--a metal tube about four inches long, and evidently of some considerable age." more...

Saturday February 24th, 2007

• Stories • Sounds and Pics -- Family Things