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A girl from Kansas takes a ride on a cyclone to a bizarre, ridiculous, and dangerous land. 

Adapted from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum: https://myths.link/oz

Two stories of Arsene Lupin. In the first, the Queen's necklace has gone missing from a locked and guarded room. On the second, a man just wants to relax on the train where he won't be crowded by lou…

Two stories of crime and punishment and why kidnapping is wrong and dangerous but not for the reasons that you think. By American author O. Henry. 

Stories:

The Ransom of Red Chief: https://en.wikis…

A man discovers something reading the paper on his train ride into London: he's wanted for murder. What does he do next? Lead police on a low-speed chase to 221B Baker Street.

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Two stories from Edgar Allan Poe about the masks we wear and the work we do and the profound consequences of both.

Today's stories were adapted from:

• "Hop-frog" by Edgar Allan Poe: https://en.wikis…

Dr. Henry Harris has been called to the outpost for asteroid Y-3, humanity's first line of defense against a vast, strange galaxy, because there's a strange infection growing among the soldiers of th…

The secret of the island is out, and Doctor Moreau is close to his greatest achievement. Will Edward Pendrick make it home, and, if he manages to get away from the island of horrors, what sort of man…

When Edward Pendrick makes it into the lifeboat as the Lady Vain sinks, he thinks he's one of the lucky ones. Upon finding his way to the Island, populated with curious people, a reclusive genius, an…

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Today is a special episode and not the start of the next season, but a new season is coming in 2025.

In Victorian England, they told ghost stories on C…

Dr. Freddie Drummond is in a great position: a fulfilling job, a wonderful fiancée, and the respect of titans of industry. So...why is he going out at night, living a double life?

Today's story was b…

Someday Henry Bemis is going to do it. Sometime he is going to go to that wonderful, glorious place and live the life of his dreams.

The place? Well, the public library, of course.

But...today is not…

What happens when your nose leaves your face...and starts living a better life than you?

Today's episode was adapted from the story "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol. You can find the full text here.

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You receive a letter from an old friend. He isn't doing well. He invites you to visit him at his house. His house...that's eating him whole.

Today's episode was inspired by "The Fall of the House of …

Two men, a servant and his master, take a drive on a snowy evening. The experience will forever alter both of their lives.

Adapted from "Master and Man" by Leo Tolstoy.

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It's the 2010s and nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union has forced humanity into bunkers, scorching the planet and leaving only the Leadys, the semi-sentient robot fighters, to continue to…

We learn which crime Sherlock Holmes thinks is the absolute worst...and it's not what you think it is.

Also, the great detective tries his hand at crime himself. Once he crosses that line, will he be…

A young woman working as a servant for a cruel countess falls in love with the man across the street. It seems like a fairy tale, but are there more sinister motivations at play?

Adapted from " The Q…

Sanger Rainsford, a big-game hunter, just wants to go home, but he finds himself on an island belonging to General Zaroff, a fellow hunter with twisted, unorthodox tastes.

Sanger refuses to go along …

Humanity is isolated for their own safety in their homes, but they settle in to communicate through world-wide messaging and video calls, and face-to-face, person-to-person interaction becomes rarer …