I recently got Netflix on my Xbox.  It has changed my life.  Whilst sketching yesterday, I watched four movies, one of which was The Children, a flick I'd heard a lot about but hadn't seen yet.

I LOVE it.

So these kids are riding home on the school bus when they drive through a toxic cloud of smoke.  The school bus is found later, the engine running but the driver and children missing.  The next think you know, these kids show up as these black fingernailed zombies, giving adults lethal hugs that scorch them inside and out, and the only way to stop them is to cut off their hands.  Now THAT'S a story!  Yeah, it's low budget 70s cheese, but I love it.  If you love low budget 70s cheese and haven't seen this, shame on you.

I've been doing some mad uploading of larger series, so as they're available I'll be posting them here.  Also, as soon as I procure some PDF making software that works properly, I'll be posting more comics.

Monday I'd posted some Edgar Allan Poe stuff from our friends at BBC 7... now I post something else Poe related.

Robert McCammon wrote a sequel to Poe's "The Fall Of The House Of Usher" called Usher's Passing.  I read this in high school and loved it.  I thought it was delightfully gruesome, as all McCammon tends to be.

Here's the blurb from the promo material from the book...

"When I was a child, one of my favorite tales was Edgar Allan Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher." I could see Roderick roaming the gloomy halls of the ancestral mansion, could see his sister Madeline rising from the family vault, could see the fissure that finally cracked the house as it collapsed beneath stormy waters.

"But what if the story didn't end there?

"What if Roderick and Madeline had a brother who carried the Usher name into the future? What if the generations of Ushers created a business empire that not only changed American society but could destory civilzation as well?

"And what if the present-day Usher descendant realizes that five generations of his family have concealed a secret so terrible that it long ago drove Roderick Usher to insanity, and so terrible that it now threatens to drag him down into the dark cauldron of the Usher heritage?

"In Usher's Passing, each generation has a tale to tell, and their stories move across time to lead Rix Usher into the haunted heart of Usherland, where he must face both who he is---and what he is.

"Usher's Passing grew out of love for both the craft of horror fiction and its master, Edgar Allan Poe. I hope you too are drawn into the complex web of events Poe began."

When you think of the paranormal, when you think of serious investigation into the unknown, the arduous work of digging up credible evidence of the existence of UFOs, ghosts, even vampires, there's one individual that comes to mind...

John Shuttleworth.

Listen to Shuttleworth's five-part paranormal investigative series and decide for yourself, but please be sure to keep an Open Mind... 

 



And now we delve into a bit of mystery with the first ten episodes of The Black Museum.  Per the Wiki:

The Black Museum was a 1951 radio crime drama program produced by Harry Alan Towers for the BBC and based on real-life cases from the files of Scotland Yard's Black Museum. Ira Marion was the scriptwriter, and music for the series was composed and conducted by Sidney Torch.

Orson Welles was both host and narrator for stories of horror and mystery based on Scotland Yard's collection of murder weapons and various ordinary objects once associated with historical true crime cases. The show's opening began:

This is Orson Welles, speaking from London.

{Sound of Big Ben chimes)

The Black Museum... a repository of death. Here in the grim stone structure on the Thames which houses Scotland Yard is a warehouse of homicide, where everyday objects... a woman’s shoe, a tiny white box, a quilted robe... all are touched by murder.

Walking through the museum, Welles would pause at one of the exhibits, and his description of an artifact served as a device to lead into a wryly-narrated dramatised tale of a brutal murder or a vicious crime. In the closing: "Now until we meet again in the same place and I tell you another tale of the Black Museum", Welles would conclude with his signature radio phrase, "I remain, as always, obediently yours".

With the story themes deriving from objects in the collection (usually with the names of the people involved changed but the facts remaining true to history), the 52 episodes had such titles as "The Tartan Scarf," "A Piece of Iron Chain," "Frosted Glass Shards" and "A Khaki Handkerchief.". An anomaly to the series was an episode called "The Letter"; this was the only story not about murder but about forgery.

In the United States, the series aired on the Mutual Network between January 1 and December 30, 1952.

Beginning May 7, 1953, it was also broadcast over Radio Luxembourg sponsored by the cleaning products Dreft and Mirro. Since the BBC carried no commercials, Radio Luxembourg aired sponsored programs at night to England.

In the America, a program of similar scope, using many of the same picked cases as The Black Museum, and nearly mirroring its broadcast run was broadcast by NBC called Whitehall 1212. The two shows were different in the respect that while Whitehall 1212 told the story of a case entirely from the point of view of the police starting from the crime scene, The Black Museum was more heavily dramatized and played out scenes of the actual murders and included scenes from the criminal's point of view.

Some of you may have this series already, but the set posted here differs in one way.  This Wikipedia entry mentioned some of the actual cases these stories were based on, and some of those cases had their own entries in Wiki.  I've copied that information into the actual file info, so if you look at the notes in the file info, if there was any additional information to be had, you'll find it there.  A couple are empty, a few have just the criminals mentioned, but a few have entire stories behind the real criminals available.

The Black Museum

The .22 Caliber Pistol
(13.4 mb; 29:16 min.)

The .32 Caliber Bullet
(5.37 mb; 23:27 min.)

The Bathtub
(12.4 mb; 27:06 min.)

The Black Gladstone Bag
(12.5 mb; 27:21 min.)

The Bloodstained Brickbat
(11.3 mb; 24:51 min.)

The Brass Button
(13.4 mb; 29:19 min.)

A Can Of Weedkiller
(6.08 mb; 26:34 min.)

The Canvas Bag
(8.43 mb; 24:33 min.)

The Car Tire
(11.3 mb; 24:49 min.)

The Champagne Glass
(10.8 mb; 23:42 min.)

There are 42 more episodes, so stay tuned...

Having thoroughly enjoyed Gerry Jones' Time After Time, Astronaut Barbara E wanted to hear The Fiend, All Through The Night, Snake and/or Jack In The Box. I would like to hear any Gerry Jones, really, so if anyone might have a Gerry Jones tale not mentioned here, please let me know.

Astronaut James S would love to hear the KPVK series The Graveyard Shift.

I just realized I'm missing the BBC series The Gothic Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe, the first Christopher Lee series for BBC 4.

We now have seven episodes of Deep Night and 43 of the 79 episodes of Johnny Chase: Secret Agent Of Space - if you can provide us with episodes not posted, please e-mail me.

Astronaut Mike is looking for the four-part series The Radio Arcade, as well as Bill Morelock's Proposition Four.

Astronaut Bruce would like to find copies of Blood Flowers, Alien Bait, and The Gliding.

If anyone would care to donate the aforementioned radio shows, please contact me at zombieastronaut@gmail.com.



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Ohhh, another cold Monday.  Why did I leave Phoenix, AZ, again?  I hear it's in the 60s there...

This is most certainly not for everyone, but I recently watched Tokyo Gore Police.  
It's the most ridiculous film I've seen in a long time - gallons of gore, hyperactive action and the thinnest of plots.  It's incredibly entertaining, but I think you really have to want to see something that comes off like a Japanese death metal video (without the death metal) to enjoy it.  However, if that is your thing, see it right away.

The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue is your typical Spanish horror film - thin on plot and very melodramatic -  but if you like that (which I do), check it out.   I did appreciate the conservationist angle, even if it seemed like an afterthought.

I'm looking forward to a box full of DVDs arriving in the next few days - bad movies are great for cold weather.

I really need to find another grave-looking photo of Mark Gatiss to use here...

A couple move to the country to escape the hustle and bustle, but discover there are far worse things in the middle of nowhere - like a mysterious white hare.

The White Hare
(24.9 mb; 28:21 min.)

 






BBC 7 is celebrating Edgar Allan Poe's 200th birthday (apparently no one told them he died quite some time ago) and I have quite a few of their celebratory radio shows right here.

First, we have a bit of fiction featuring Poe himself as Poe's own creation, detective Auguste Dupin, investigates the death of Poe.  First broadcast in 1988, it stars John Moffatt and Kerry Shale and is directed by John Powell.

The Strange Case Of Edgar Allan Poe
(54.3 mb; 59:22 min.)


Next we have a dramatization of Poe's The Gold Bug. 

The Gold Bug
(12.8 mb; 56:20 min.)

To wrap this post up (for now), here are two readings of Poe short stories.

The Tell-Tale Heart
(11.9 mb; 16:04 min.)

The Pit And The Pendulum
(8.27 mb; 14:03 min.)

On Thursday and Friday BBC 7 will air The Fall Of The House Of Usher, so I'll record those as well...

85617A   "METEOR"                         21  02-22-85  :30:00* 

85617B   "ZEPPI'S MACHINE"                22  03-01-85  :30:00* 

85618A   "EVALU"                          23  03-15-85  :30:00* Show of 3-8 pre-empted

85618B   "FREE TO A GOOD HOME"            24  03-22-85  :30:00* 

85619A   "ULURU"                          25  03-29-85  :30:00* 

85619B   "THE THIRD BANK OF THE RIVER"    26  04-05-85  :30:00* 

85620A   "UNLIVED LIVES"                  27  04-12-85  :30:00* 

85620B   "GROUND ZERO"                    28  04-19-85  :30:00* 

85621A   "MESSAGES"                       29  04-26-85  :30:00* 

85621B   "THE SHINING PATH"               30  05-03-85  :30:00* 

85622A   "THE YELLOW WALLPAPER"           31  05-10-85  :30:00* 

85622B   "THE WOMAN IN BLACK VELVET"      32  05-17-85  :30:00* 

85623A   "SEEING GOD"                     33  05-24-85  :30:00* 

85623B   "THE BLACK SERPENT"              34  09-30-85  :30:00* Show moves to Mondays 9:30 - 10:00
                                                                First show of the second season

85624A   "NIGHTMARE IN RABBIT CITY"       35  10-07-85  :30:00* 

85624B   "THE ENORMOUS RADIO"             36  10-14-85  :30:00* 

85625A   "CURSE OF THE UNNAMED PLANET"    37  10-21-85  :30:00* 

85625B   "SECRET CERMONY"                 38  10-28-85  :30:00* 

85626A   "IN THE GROOVE"                  39  11-04-85  :30:00* 

85626B   "SOFT LANDSCAPE"                 40  11-11-85  :30:00* 

85627A   "THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF       41  11-18-85  :30:00* 
         GOD"

85627B   "SHOOT THE UNICORN"              42  11-25-85  :30:00* 

85628A   "THE LANGUAGE OF THE FLOWERS"    43  12-02-85  :30:00* 

85628B   "THE LAST 30 DAYS OF CHARLES     44  12-09-85  :30:00* 
         L. DANFORTH"

85629A   "PAST IMPERFECT"                 45  12-16-85  :30:00* 

Having thoroughly enjoyed Gerry Jones' Time After Time, Astronaut Barbara E wanted to hear The Fiend, All Through The Night, The Angels They Grow Lonely, Snake and/or Jack In The Box. I would like to hear any Gerry Jones, really, so if anyone might have a Gerry Jones tale not mentioned here, please let me know.

Astronaut James S would love to hear the KPVK series The Graveyard Shift.

I just realized I'm missing the BBC series The Gothic Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe, the first Christopher Lee series for BBC 4.

We now have seven episodes of Deep Night and 43 of the 79 episodes of Johnny Chase: Secret Agent Of Space - if you can provide us with episodes not posted, please e-mail me.

Astronaut Mike is looking for the four-part series The Radio Arcade, as well as Bill Morelock's Proposition Four.

Astronaut Bruce would like to find copies of Blood Flowers, Alien Bait, and The Gliding.

If anyone would care to donate the aforementioned radio shows, please contact me at zombieastronaut@gmail.com.



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Both Astronaut James and Astronaut David assisted with procuring the second series of Nebulous!

I hadn't heard of this series until BBC 7 started rerunning them, and this is by far my favorite sci-fi comedy, even giving (gasp!) Hitchhikers' Guide a run for it's digital watches.

For Series 1 and 3, visit this post.

The Trans-galactic Peace Conference is thrown into jeopardy when Professor Nebulous meets the deadly Infernons and is forced to swap minds with his arch enemy; the evil Doctor Klench. With special guest star David Warner.

I, Nebulous
(25.2 mb; 27:33 min.)

The Last Of The Present Sirius
(23.8 mb; 26:00 min.)

 

Having thoroughly enjoyed Gerry Jones' Time After Time, Astronaut Barbara E wanted to hear The Fiend, All Through The Night, The Angels They Grow Lonely, Snake and/or Jack In The Box. I would like to hear any Gerry Jones, really, so if anyone might have a Gerry Jones tale not mentioned here, please let me know.

Astronaut James S would love to hear the KPVK series The Graveyard Shift.

I just realized I'm missing the BBC series The Gothic Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe, the first Christopher Lee series for BBC 4.

We now have seven episodes of Deep Night and 43 of the 79 episodes of Johnny Chase: Secret Agent Of Space - if you can provide us with episodes not posted, please e-mail me.

Astronaut Mike is looking for the four-part series The Radio Arcade, as well as Bill Morelock's Proposition Four.

Astronaut Bruce would like to find copies of Blood Flowers, Alien Bait, and The Gliding.

If anyone would care to donate the aforementioned radio shows, please contact me at zombieastronaut@gmail.com.



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It's Man In Black Monday!

The Man In Black
  
A chilling tale as a neuroscientist tries to revive the victim of a dubious experiment.

Speaking of Mark Gatiss, BBC 7's been running a sci-fi comedy Gatiss co-wrote and starred in called Nebulous.  Here's the Wikipedia entry:

"Nebulous is a post apocalyptic science fiction comedy radio show written by Graham Duff and produced by Ted Dowd from Baby Cow Productions; it is directed by Nicholas Briggs. The series premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC Radio 4. The show focuses on the adventures of the eponymous Professor Nebulous, leader of the eco-troubleshooting team of K.E.N.T. (the Key Environmental Non-Judgmental Taskforce) as they combat various catastrophes and try to set the world back on the right path following a worldwide disaster known as "The Withering". As well as being a parody of a number of famous science fiction programmes, including Doctor Who, Quatermass and Doomwatch, Nebulous is considered a cult radio programme, attracting a number of guest appearances from famous actors.

The evil Dr Klench has a new plan for global domination in the form of a sentient cactus named Quimp. Professor Nebulous and the KENT trouble shooters must find a way to stop the tyrannical madman's plot before Rory goes off sausages forever and the world is turned into a planet of  vegetarians!!

A U F Object lands in the desolate Withered Zone and three unearthly visitors emerge.Three beautiful, naked visitors. With nothing but good wishes for planet Earth, including an aerosol that can create a verdant forest with just one spray and plans to make every human being lovely ,without the aid of surgery, Professor Nebulous seems to be the only one not taken in by the aliens seemingly benign mission.

Have the previous four alien invasions of Earth not taught anyone anything? Is evil afoot? Or is the Professor simply mistaken for once?

The Lovely Invasion
(12.7 mb; 27:54 min.)

Nebulous and the KENT team face the spring clean from hell as heavy dust begins to spread across the country. With the knowledge of vacuum cleaners being forbidden after The Withering what can possibly stand in the way of the unclean menace? KENT can do..but so can LOUGHBOROUGH! Will the combined talents of Nebulous and his former lover, the athletic and latex clad Erica Flazenby, be enough to save the world before the spin cycle finishes?

The Dust Has Landed
(12.7 mb; 27:56 min.)

"Director/playwright (Bill Lane was) born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1951. He studied at Carleton University and served as artistic director of the Sock 'n' Buskin drama group. His play, Lifestyle, was the winner of the Playwriting Award of the Canadian University Drama League and was presented at the National Arts Centre . He also taught the first practical theatre workshop within the curriculum of the Carleton English Department.

"He subsequently taught in an inner-city comprehensive school in London, England, before returning to Canada after a year to serve as dramaturge, then associate director and finally artistic director at Toronto Free Theatre .

"William Lane has directed several notable premieres including those of George F. Walker 's Zastrozzi , Filthy Rich and Science and Madness as well as Erika Ritter 's Automatic Pilot and The Passing Scene and Tom Walmsley 's The Jones Boy & The Workingman among others. He also directed the Canadian premiers of Sam Shepard's Buried Child, Michael Weller's Loose Ends and Stephen Poliakoff's Strawberry Fields. His own play The Brides of Dracula was produced at Toronto Free in 1978.

"He has directed at Tarragon , Theatre Passe Muraille , Factory Theatre , Young People's Theatre, Manitoba Theatre Centre , Theatre Calgary and Playwrights' Workshop Montreal among others.

"He has also been associate director of the Playwrights' Colony at the Banff Centre for the Arts and taught the first directing workshop to be offered at the Maggie Bassett Studio of Tarragon Theatre.

"He arrived at CBC Radio Drama in 1982 as a writer for the Nightfall series, and was contracted as a producer soon afterwards, initially working as executive producer of Saturday Stereo Theatre. He became executive producer of Vanishing Point, a program he created in 1984. He has directed over 200 original plays for radio and produced over 500. He has often taught radio skills, most recently at the National Theatre School of Canada , the University of Guelph, and the Banff Centre.

"Since the spring of 2004, he has been Director of Play Development at Factory Theatre, where he directed the English language premiere of Tideline by Wajdi Mouawad in 2005. During this time, he has directed workshops and readings at Playwrights' Theatre Centre, Saskatchewan Playwrights' Centre, Native Earth Performing Arts and On the Verge, as well as directing the world premiere of Colleen Wagner 's new play The Morning Bird in Fredericton in 2005.

"He earned an MA in the department of Social and Political Thought at York University in 2004, and is currently working towards his PhD in the Department of Theatre Studies at York.

"He lives in Toronto with his partner, actor Donna Goodhand, and their son, David."

5607A   "THE TESTING OF STANLEY           1  10-05-84  :30:00* 
         TEAGARDEN"

85607B   "DISAPPEARANCE"                   2  10-12-84  :30:00* 

85608A   "THE RESCUE"                      3  10-19-84  :30:00* 

85608B   "DEATH AND THE COMPASS"           4  10-26-84  :30:00* 

85609A   "CAGE OF LIGHT"                   5  11-02-84  :30:00* 

85609B   "THE PLAYGROUND"                  6  11-02-84  :30:00* 

85610A   "THE BALIFF AND THE WOMEN"        7  11-09-84  :30:00* 

85610B   "THE QUICKENING"                  8  11-16-84  :30:00* 

85611A   "THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE"             9  11-23-84  :30:00* 

85611B   "THE SILENIAN TEST"              10  11-30-84  :30:00* 

85612A   "TEENAGE CATALOGUE MODEL"        11  12-07-84  :30:00* 

85612B   "HOW LOVE CAME TO PROFESSOR      12  12-14-84  :30:00* 
         GUILDEA"

85613A   "THE CAVE"                       13  12-21-84  :30:00* 

85613B   "THE LOST DOOR"                  14  12-28-84  :30:00* 

85614A   "THE BLUE DEVIL"                 15  01-04-85  :30:00* 

85614B   "POINT OF DEPARTURE"             16  01-11-85  :30:00* 

85615A   "SKIN"                           17  01-25-85  :30:00* 

85615B   "PHASE THREE"                    18  02-01-85  :30:00* 

85616A   "THE ADDICT"                     19  02-08-85  :30:00* 

85616B   "STARTEX, B16-K"                 20  02-15-85  :30:00* 

I got quite a few positive responses from the Crisis post, so here are 20 more...

Crisis

A family of technophobic weirdos freak out over a mysterious thing in the woods.

The Thing In The Woods
(4.91 mb; 21:29 min.)

A small man attempts to murder his very tall wife.

Amazon House
(4.91 mb; 21:28 min.)

Vilkman, noted werewolf specialist, travels to a small town with a reporter to investigate a possible werewolf attack.

The Vilkman Theory
(4.92 mb; 21:30 min.)

A man picks up a hitchhiker who may or may not be an asylum escapee.

The Appearance Of Evil
(4.85 mb; 21:12 min.)

Uncle John has taken to predicting the future.

Uncle John's Trouble
(4.97 mb; 21:43 min.)

A doctor who is forced to operate on a gangster while a thug holds his family at gunpoint.

Surgery At Gunpoint
(4.86 mb; 21:15 min.)

A slumlord gets his when he tries to evict the elderly tenants.  It's like Batteries Not Included without the tiny robots.

A Death On East 89th
(5.08 mb; 22:13 min.)

An archaeologist's opportunistic brother seeks out an ancient Egyptian glass door with a power neither of them are aware of...

The Door Of Lo-Tim
(4.69 mb; 20:31 min.)

An ex-con who played patsy in a bank robbery is hounded by a private investigator who believes he has the cash from the robbery.

Boomerang
(5.1 mb; 22:18 min.)

Randy takes a camping trip.  On the way back, he experiences a little car trouble and finds a nice old couple willing to help him out.  Unfortunately, the events seem to mimic a recurring nightmare Randy has...

The Scent Of Lilacs
(4.99 mb; 21:54 min.)

A man thinks he's found the man who killed his twin sister in a hit and run and plans to mete out his vengeance.

The Face Is Familiar
(5.08 mb; 22:12 min.)

A crippled child is visited by an unusual old man on his 8th birthday.

Happy Birthday
(5.16 mb; 22:33 min.)

A Shakespearian actor takes a vacation with his wife.  When they tour a Danish castle, he finds himself living "Hamlet", and he can't seem to change the impending series of events....

No Traveler Returns
(4.9 mb; 21:27 min.)

A man thinks he's taken his family to a haunted beach house on their vacation, but the explanation is much stranger...

The Summer House
(4.93 mb; 21:33 min.)

A tailor helps one of his customers improve the quality of his life by helping fake his death.

A Good Suit Of Clothes
(4.92 mb; 21:30 min.)

A man in debt with the mob has to agree to help kill off his partner for an insurance payout.

The Squeeze
(4.86 mb; 21:15 min.)

It's 1919, and a young man returns from the war, shell-shocked.  His condition drastically effects his life and the lives of those around him and determines their fates.

Bellamy Bridge
(4.68 mb; 20:27 min.)

An actor with a gambling problem fakes the theft of his wife's jewels in order to cover a debt, but his plan leaves a lot to be desired.

Comedy In Three Acts
(4.78 mb; 20:55 min.)

A desperate man takes out an ad in a local paper reading "desperate man willing to do anything" - unfortunately the job he picks up is dangerous, convoluted and doesn't quite turn out the way he'd planned...

Desperate
(4.62 mb; 20:13 min.)

When a small town witnesses a UFO, an investigator comes in to see what the locals know.

A Warm Night In Bunch County
(4.75 mb; 20:45 min.)

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Astronaut D B donated this version of Dracula in return for information...

This particular version features actor Christopher Casson, known more for churning out children's albums, as well as roles in Educating Rita and Zardoz.  Any additional information on this recording would be appreciated.

Dracula

Astronaut David requested Matt Watts' Steve The First and Steve The Second...

Steve The First

Chapter The First
(30.9 mb; 27:04 min.)

Chapter The Second
(32.1 mb; 28:02 min.)

Chapter The Third
(33.9 mb; 29:37 min.)

Chapter The Fourth
(32.7 mb; 28:38 min.)

 
Steve The Second

Chapter The First
(33.8 mb; 29:33 min.)

Chapter The Second
(33.8 mb; 29:33 min.)

Chapter The Third
(33.8 mb; 29:32 min.)

Chapter The Fourth
(33.7 mb; 29:29 min.)

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BBC 7 just wrapped up two new audiobook series today, and here's number one...

You've seen the movie countless times, as well as having used "we're gonna need a bigger boat" in conversation at least once in your life.  Now listen to the BBC 7 audiobook!

Jaws

The second audiobook BBC 7 finished with today is the "lost" Richard Bachman (AKA, Stephen King, though most of you knew that) book, Blaze.

Blaze

Part One
(15.8 mb; 13:50 min.)

Part Two
(15.8 mb; 13:53 min.)

Part Three
(15.9 mb; 13:54 min.)

Part Four
(15.8 mb; 13:51 min.)

Part Five
(15.9 mb; 13:58 min.)

Part Six
(6.39 mb; 13:58 min.)

 

As long as the series is running every Sunday, here at the Blog Of The Zombie Astronaut we'll have...

MAN IN BLACK MONDAY!!!

In the newest incarnation of a show that started way back when with Appointment Of Fear, Mark Gatiss (see right) is the Man In Black, offering up freaky fables for our fruition.

The Man In Black

I have started posting some fantasy here, and this fits in quite nicely.

The BBC tackled dramatizing The Epic Of Gilgamesh (seen right), and here it is, complete with the commentary track.

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"The other play, Omega, was also written by Mike Walker and focusses on belief in God and in miracles, contrasting these issues with the central character's belief in structure and reality. The central character of Omega is an architect whose daughter has miraculously survived a car crash."

This is a wee bit late, but it so happens that none of the stories in The Devil's Christmas actually have anything to do with Christmas.

This is a series read by Christopher Eccleston for BBC 2.  It debuted last year, but they reran the series for Christmas this year.

The Devil's Christmas

Though many of you have this series, I still wanted to make it available here...

This series ran from Nov. 7th, 1944, th May 15th, 1945.  It featured Mysterious Traveler staff members Maurice Tarplin (see right) as the host and Robert A. Arthur as writer, but wasn't able to capitalize on the popularity of the Mysterious Traveler, getting axed only after a little over a year.

I love Bill Nighy, but because he seems to do mostly romantic comedies on BBC Radio I never get to post anything he does here.  Well as luck would have it, here's a tale with a weird tale bent - although it is a romantic comedy.

A man buys his wife a telescope for her 50th birthday, a gift that infuriates her initially - until she spends a night gazing at the moon.  She falls in love with the moon, and it seems to fall in love with her as well, careening toward the Earth to be with her...

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