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Untold Tales

Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Melissa Del Toro Schaffnerwww.untold-tales.com
Authored and led by Dr. J. A. Robinson, technologist and author, and narrated by Melissa Del Toro Schaffner, The UNTOLD TALES Audio Anthologies is a collection of original science fiction short stories of the highest caliber, perfect for your commute or unexpected downtimes. These bite-sized audio dramas come in different flavors and highlight the works of new authors. Victorian Sci-Fi, parallel realities, cautionary tales, horror, time travel - each episode of UNTOLD TALES is an independent short story drenched in the luscious promises of danger, technology, love, hope, discovery, & mystery.
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Episodes

Episode 142: Those Who Watch

This is a story about things that scare you the most; hidden, insidious evil that is powerful, life threatening and as close to you as your next breath. It is a tale about the terror of the mind that is nevertheless both real and inexorable. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology If you'd like to purchase books in the Untold Tales series, which have many more stories for your reading enjoyment, you can find them here...

Nov 22, 202447 minSeason 5Ep. 142

Episode 141 - The Darkening Deep

A terrifying tale of an unexpected discovery at sea and a horror many decades old. Another original story by Dr. Jeffrey A Robinson

Nov 14, 202444 minSeason 5Ep. 141

Episode 140: Waystation

The Waystation: A boy, Billy, befriends a creature from a sideshow circus only to find that the being is a traveler from another world. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology If you'd like to purchase books in the Untold Tales series, which have many more stories for your reading enjoyment, you can find them here... https://www.amazon.com/Untold-Tales-1-Jeffrey-Robinson/dp/1081757892/ Music by HookSounds https://www....

Nov 08, 202442 minSeason 5Ep. 140

Episode 139 : Dayworker

Dayworker - In the near future there is a job for everyone, a random job dolled out based on your aptitude and society's need. Skills are slotted and uploaded as needed to those best suited for the day's tasks. An ideal system of need merged with aptitude. Of course it's destined to go horribly wrong. But what happens when you find your ideal job, but not every one wants a job. Andrew J Lucas has contributed to books published by FASA, Dream Pod Nine, White Wolf Games, Rebel Minis and Atlas Game...

Nov 01, 202428 minSeason 5Ep. 139

Episode 138 - One Last Time

One Last Time: Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis, Dr. Moriarty, meet and discover that a stolen artifact from India can unravel time. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology www.untold-tales.com If you'd like to purchase books in the Untold Tales series, which have many more stories for your reading enjoyment, you can find them here... ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Untold-Tales-1-Jeffrey-Robinson/dp/1081757892/⁠ Music by Hook...

Oct 22, 202423 minSeason 5Ep. 138

Episode 137 - The Three Stages of Wisdom

The following story by Dr. Jeffrey A Robinson defines the Three Stages of Ignorance and the Three Stages of Wisdom (a story also told in the forthcoming book THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM)

Oct 15, 202412 minSeason 5Ep. 137

Episode 136 - The Matriarch

The Matriarch - A local doctor helps a woman give birth only to find that in order to be immortal all she has to do is die. We hope you enjoy new original story by Dr. Jeffrey A Robinson We love our listeners, fans, patrons, and supporters ! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology updates on our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠untold-tales.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to purchase books and audios for the Untold Tales seri...

Oct 08, 202426 minSeason 5Ep. 136

Episode 135 : Litton House

Litton House - Sequestering himself to finish his latest novel, Thomas Becket learns what the mind can conceive leads to limits unfathomable. In his search for certainty, he encounters a kaleidoscope of people and places. Another great story by Marc Neuffer! Author of six Science Fiction action adventure novels, Marc Neuffer, an avid reader of this genre since the early 1960s, uses his extensive science and engineering background to pen novels of future time and space with plausible science as a...

Oct 01, 202437 minSeason 5Ep. 135

Episode 134 - Saving Grace

Saving Grace: A tongue in cheek first contact story where aliens meet two monks during the middle ages We hope you enjoyed this encore presentation of an original science fiction story by Dr. Jeffrey A Robinson. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology Music by HookSounds ⁠ https://www.hooksounds.com

Sep 22, 202433 minSeason 5Ep. 134

Episode 133 - Starforce

Starforce - Sometimes realistic video games can be a little too real. We hope you enjoy new original story by Dr. Jeffrey A Robinson and his son Matthew Robinson. We love our listeners, fans, patrons, and supporters ! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology updates on our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠untold-tales.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to purchase books and audios for the Untold Tales series, which have many more...

Sep 15, 202418 minSeason 5Ep. 133

Episode 132 - Lucid Dreams

Lucid Dreams: Sometimes lucid dreams can seem too real and leave you wondering whether they are really dreams or not. We hope you enjoyed this encore presentation of another original science fiction story by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology Music by HookSounds ⁠ https://www.hooksounds.com...

Sep 08, 202423 minSeason 5Ep. 132

Episode 131 : We Unseen

Episode 131 - People often only see what they expect to see and the unexpected remains to be seen. Another NEW Untold Tales Author! Please say 'hello' to Matilda Scotney. Writer on the autism spectrum, Star Wars nerd, and chihuahua mother with a background in theatre and classical music, Matilda writes handwavium (Plot over reality), thought-provoking science/speculative fiction about ordinary people in extraordinary situations, usually in other time periods or galaxies (sometimes both). She is ...

Sep 01, 202423 minSeason 5Ep. 131

Episode 130 - The Prize Beyond the Gate

The Prize Beyond the Gate: Teams of scientists strive to solve puzzles that will lead to an invaluable trove of knowledge, but they discover that the prize is not what they think it is. We hope you enjoyed this ENCORE presentation of an original story by Dr. Jeffrey A Robinson We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology Music by HookSounds ⁠ https://www.hooksounds.com...

Aug 22, 202427 minSeason 5Ep. 128

Episode 129 - Terror From Across Time

Terror From Across Time - Ancient evil lurks in unexpected places Another original Story by Dr. Jeffrey A Robinson We love our listeners, fans, patrons, and supporters ! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology updates on our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠untold-tales.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to purchase books or audios for the Untold Tales series, which have many more stories for your reading enjoyment, you can also f...

Aug 15, 202428 minSeason 5Ep. 129

Episode 128 : The Final Lesson - ENCORE!

The Final Lesson: A new computer program is designed to help rehabilitate prisoners, but the solution may not be allowed because it is the right idea. We hope you enjoy this ENCORE PRESENTATION of The Final Lesson! We love our listeners, fans, patrons, and supporters ! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology updates on our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠untold-tales.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to purchase books, audios ...

Aug 08, 202420 minSeason 5Ep. 128

Episode 127 : Chance Choices

Chance Choices - When humans realize they may go extinct, one choice is to create a new version not affected by the Primate Reproduction Virus, an artificial species that is better in all respects but one. Enjoy our newest story by Marc Neuffer! Author of six Science Fiction action adventure novels, Marc Neuffer, an avid reader of this genre since the early 1960s, uses his extensive science and engineering background to pen novels of future time and space with plausible science as a backdrop for...

Aug 01, 202414 minSeason 5Ep. 127

ANNOUNCEMENT: Melissa’s departure from the production team!

Message from Melissa I have been trying to figure out the best way to communicate this through our social channels for the past month, and now we are down to the last day… Can you relate? I’ve had so much fun leading the charge as CEO of Dreamspeaker Media LLC, and the chief Host/Narrator of the Untold Tales Podcast for the past four years! Life is taking me in a new direction, with new projects and new developments in my human life. :) So, as of today, July 31, 2024, I will be stepping down fro...

Jul 31, 20242 min

Episode 126 : Dreamtime - ENCORE!

Dreamtime - A doctor visits his dying brother in Australia only to hear an unbelievable story about ancients civilizations, lost secrets and time travel. This story was ORIGINALLY two separate episodes! We wanted to keep things short and bite-sized for you... then realized that many people were listening to the episodes out of order, or not to ALL of the episodes! We are wondering how the story made sense to you!?! Now, we've combined it so that you get the whole experience in one episode. Let u...

Jul 22, 202448 minSeason 5Ep. 126

Episode 125 : Dimorph

The strange biology on a distant world offers great opportunities, and great challenges

Jul 15, 202435 minSeason 5Ep. 125

Episode 124 : A Turn In The Road - ENCORE!

A TURN IN THE ROAD - A story of a man in the 1880’s who falls and strikes his head and gains the ability to see what the consequences of alternative actions might have been. A tale of alternate realities that touch briefly on our own. This story was ORIGINALLY three separate episodes! We wanted to keep things short and bite-sized for you... then realized that many people were listening to the episodes out of order, or not to ALL of the episodes! We are wondering how the story made sense to you!?...

Jul 08, 202443 minSeason 5Ep. 124

Episode 123 : Dark Epiphany

Dark Epiphany - Three chance encounters with strangers on the borderlands between dream and reality . Another story by our cross-country running, T1 phenomenon, Don Muchow! A lifelong advocate of immersive, dystopian SF, he believes that buried in the shadows of every dark future lies the inextinguishable spirit of hope and the yearning for a better tomorrow. When he's not imagining dystopian futures, you can catch Don running across the US or planning his next epic exploit. For more information...

Jul 01, 202416 minSeason 5Ep. 123

Episode 122 : The Timepiece - ENCORE!

THE TIMEPIECE: A woman finds a mysterious stopwatch in the belongings of her husband who recently died, and she discovers that the watch allows her to step backwards in time so that she can relive recent moments and change things that occurred. A cautionary tale about secrets and how they change our very lives. We hope you enjoy this ENCORE PRESENTATION of The Timepiece! We love our listeners, fans, patrons, and supporters ! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio ant...

Jun 21, 202431 minSeason 5Ep. 122

Episode 121: Silent Scream

Silent Scream - What would you do when you knew that death was near? We love our listeners, fans, patrons, and supporters ! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology updates on our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠untold-tales.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to purchase books, audios or merch for the Untold Tales series, which have many more stories for your reading enjoyment, you can also find them on our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠w...

Jun 15, 202427 minSeason 5Ep. 121

Episode 120: Ripples in Time - ENCORE!

RIPPLES IN TIME : A man visits his father in Kansas and finds that the old man may be losing his mind after never recovering from his wife’s death, as he talks about mirages being ripples in time that allow one to see the past. A tragic love story. We hope you enjoy this ENCORE PRESENTATION of Ripples In Time! We love our listeners, fans, patrons, and supporters ! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology updates on our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠untold-tales.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ an...

Jun 08, 202424 minSeason 5Ep. 120

Episode 119 : Old Friends

Old Friends - Wednesday means coffee and crullers for retired writers and old friends Reynolds and Peters. They’d been fierce competitors for decades before yielding the game to younger talents. Now they want to go out with a journalistic bang. They don’t know it yet, but all they need is a special computer. That and Holiday, an attractive, vivacious young blonde, to move into the building. By the Untold Tales Author of Episode 46 - Night Cap , Episode 50 - Gorlak, and Episode 107 - Blue Sky , e...

Jun 01, 202427 minSeason 5Ep. 119

Welcome to the Age of ENCORE PRESENTATIONS!

Welcome to the Age of Encore Presentations, here at the Untold Tales Audio anthology podcast. Jeff and I have learned so much about podcasting since we started this podcast in May 2020! We even created a company together, Dreamspeaker Media, so that Jeff and I could have ~our~ thing apart from Melissa Del Toro Voiceover which is just my thing. Since then we’ve learned so much about you what you like and where you’re listening from. Most of our listeners are in the United States, but we see many ...

May 31, 20243 minSeason 5Ep. 1

Episode 118 : The Traveling Salesman Part 14

The Traveling Salesman Part 14 - Bob and Glactyl have their last hurrah (or is it)? Enjoy this collaborative story in the Traveling Salesman Series by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Don Muchow!! We love our listeners, fans, patrons, and supporters ! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology updates on our website at ⁠⁠⁠untold-tales.com⁠⁠⁠ and consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to purchase books, audios or merch for the Untold Tal...

May 15, 202441 minSeason 5Ep. 118

Episode 117 : Sanctuary

Sanctuary - In a dying world, a save haven is not as safe as it seems. This is our VERY FIRST episode narrated by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson himself! We hope you enjoy this story by our own Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please consider leaving us a 5-star review and and subscribe to our audio anthology on Apple Podcasts at ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/untold-tales/id1515168571⁠⁠ ! You can also peruse our website at ⁠⁠untold...

May 01, 202448 minSeason 5Ep. 117

Episode 116 : The Traveling Salesman Part 13

The Traveling Salesman Part 13 - Bob and Glactyl have their best made plans go awry. Enjoy this collaborative story in the Traveling Salesman Series by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Don Muchow!! We love our listeners, fans, patrons, and supporters ! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology updates on our website at ⁠⁠untold-tales.com⁠⁠ and consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to purchase books, audios or merch for the Untold Tale...

Apr 15, 202444 minSeason 5Ep. 116

Episode 115: The Minds of God

The Minds of God: Throughout history, many have attempted to understand the mind of God. But what if you could experience it directly? Another story by our cross-country running, T1 phenomenon, Don Muchow! A lifelong advocate of immersive, dystopian SF, he believes that buried in the shadows of every dark future lies the inextinguishable spirit of hope and the yearning for a better tomorrow. When he's not imagining dystopian futures, you can catch Don running across the US or planning his next e...

Apr 01, 202435 minSeason 5Ep. 115
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