[A privately hired train goes missing en route from Liverpool to Manchester, baffling the public and professionals for eight years.] "The Lost Special" by Arthur Conan Doyle Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

Two stories for the nonexistent price of one! Firstly: [In spite of dreadful stories, a governess is sent across the moors at night to fetch a doctor.] Followed by: [An artist and a stonemason, unknown to one another, unconsciously predict each other's grave futures.] "Across the Moors" and "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheT...

[A young couple struggle to buy each other Christmas gifts with little money.] "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

[A university student, desperate to pass an exam, receives an unexpected visit in the form of an old friend.] "Keeping His Promise" by Algernon Blackwood Performed by Matthew Penalva Edited by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

[A devoted old woman maintains the Province House long after the British depart from New England.] "Old Esther Dudley" by Nathaniel Hawthorne Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

[When their country is beset by a plague of dragons, two siblings set out to bring peace so they can play outside again.] "The Deliverers of Their Country" by Edith Nesbit Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

[A foolhardy Englishman scoffs at superstition and chooses to explore a long-abandoned village.] Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker Edited by Joseph Wetzel Performed by Aaron Clark Burstein Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

[A little girl left on her own discovers the surprising contents of an old trunk in the attic.] "The Box of Robbers" by L. Frank Baum Performed by Kirstin Wolf Edited by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

[A self-important young English woman comes to live in Boston with a relative just before a horrible smallpox outbreak.] "Lady Eleanore's Mantle" by Nathaniel Hawthorne Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

[A local shares the tale of how a wicked man met his end.] "The Last of Squire Ennismore" by Charlotte Riddell Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

Curiosity is key, and admission is free. The Celestial Omnibus by E. M. Forster Directed by Aaron Clark Burstein Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

"A vast mass of matter it was, bulky, heavy, rushing without warning out of the black mystery of the sky into the radiance of the sun." The Star by H. G. Wells Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

"I am not ill, as men call it, though God knows whether there be not worse sicknesses than doctors know of." A Dream of Red Hands by Bram Stoker Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

"Certain houses, like certain persons, manage somehow to proclaim at once their character for evil." The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

Who knew a firework could be so smug? The Remarkable Rocket by Oscar Wilde Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

Keep your dark, ominous islands to yourself. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell Performed by Aaron Clark Burstein and Joseph Wetzel Edited by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

I think the true moral of any fairy tale is simply that people shouldn't be trusted with magic. The Glass Dog by L. Frank Baum Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

Disease is no joke. The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/

What might the world of tomorrow hold? In the Year 2889 by "Jules" Verne Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel Additional voices by Michael Wetzel and Matthew Penalva Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/ Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate

Moving into a haunted building? What could go wrong? What Was It? by Fitz James O'Brien Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel Read along! https://www.thetalesgate.com/ Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook! Story suggestions welcome! https://twitter.com/TheTalesGate https://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGate