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Happy holidays! Charles Dickens’ wonderful story, A Christmas Carol continues to be a great holiday favorite and a favorite of ours here at Solo Iso Radio. For many years we have done this performance live, on-stage, but alas, not this year. So we at the Radio now present the complete story. Our story revolves around the character Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly, miserly London businessman who is visited by a ghost of his deceased partner. What follows brings us  a great mix of characters and spirits, ultimately bringing Scrooge to become “as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man as that good old city knew.” So, in the great old folk tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve make sure you set the scene; lights out, phones off, a roaring fire in the fireplace, a warm brandy. Are you ready? We hope you enjoy Charles Dickens’ classic story, A Christmas Carol.

Fall is the perfect time for tales of horror, ghosts, mystery, and loss. In tonight’s episode we again feature the writing of Edgar Allan Poe; this time his most famous poem, The Raven. First published in 1845, The Raven enjoyed great popular and critical success, certainly Poe’s most well-known work. He was paid a whole nine dollars by the publisher of the piece.  Poe experienced great loss during his difficult lifetime; his mother and step-mother both had died of tuberculosis and during the writing of The Raven his young wife Virginia was diagnosed with the illness. By 1847 she had succumbed. Her death drove Poe into a deep depression and his drinking increased. By 1849 Poe was dead at forty years of age. The cause of his death still remains a mystery. Get ready and make sure you set the scene. Listen late at night. Pour a brandy. Turn out all the lights. Do I hear a tapping?

Fall is the perfect time to begin tales of horror, ghosts, and mystery. In tonight’s episode we feature the writing of the Master of the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe and his short story The Tell-Tale Heart. A personal favorite of mine, I was first introduced to Poe as a child. These were my bedtime stories, read to me by my mother, a professional radio artist, late at night, in our big old Victorian house. So let us harken back to the days of the classic radio series like Lights Out and Inner Sanctum. Make sure you set the scene. Listen late at night. Turn out all the lights. Are you ready? Let us find out; what could be going through the mind of a murderer…?