In this last episode for now from Poe Theatre we celebrate the anniversary of Poe’s well-known poem “The Bells,” written in May 1848 and published posthumously in 1849. The Bells describes the cycle of adult life, from excitement to joy, to fear and ultimately to the sorrow and somberness of death. Our celebration today features a performance from Baltimore’s Charm City Bronze Handbell Ensemble, and concludes with a very special reading of the The Bells by the renowned British actor Helen Atkins...
Mar 29, 2022•14 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast It's the end of Murderous March and Tuesday Terror brings us Poe Theatre on the Air- The Bells, We're Alive #6.2, and The Aldergate Papers #0138! Subscribe today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 29, 2022•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Man against machine ... the Cult of the Bellringers ... a series of inconvenient kidnappings ... a second Sweet Sorrows sighting ... a musical interlude ... suspect everyone ... the power of life and death ... the Choir Invisible breaks its silence ... looking and leaping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 22, 2022•35 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Chapter 6 - "The Remains of Eastern Bay" Part 1 The fuel team heads back to the tower with the fuel truck. A couple of other suspicious survivors come in contact with Burt, Lizzy and Saul Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 22, 2022•18 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Season One Finale! This story has been adapted into several international motion pictures (including one as recently as 2008), and was the musical subject of the world-famous progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project. It is widely applauded as among the first works in American fiction to criticize the poor treatment of the mentally ill in the 1800s. As one of Poe’s best-known satirical efforts, the original story is available unedited in audiobook form on a wide range of digital platforms a...
Mar 22, 2022•28 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast It's Spring and that turns thoughts to... darkness! With Poe Theatre on the Air#20, We're Alive Chapter 6.1, and The Aldergate Papers #0137-Beneath the Labryinth! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 22, 2022•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Waffles for lunch ... the dweller in the tower ... a geometry problem ... the Adminotaur ... another paper infestation ... the winding ancient stair ... the deepest door ... the lurking fear ... a voice from below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 15, 2022•37 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Chapter 5 - "Lady and the Tink" Part 3 Burt and Lizzy return to the fuel depot to find out what happened to Saul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 15, 2022•14 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Madeleine Usher is alive, after all. In this episode, we listen back to the story of how she was mistakenly entombed, and how that was the beginning of the end for the Ushers and their ancestral home. Also, Doctor Mallard meets a stranger interested in learning more about the asylum. Only one more episode before this season comes to an end! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 15, 2022•24 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to your March Break! Tuesday Terror begins with Poe Theatre on the Air- The Fall of the House of Usher #2, We're Alive #15 and Aldergate Papers #0136. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 15, 2022•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Man against machine ... the Cult of the Bellringers ... a series of inconvenient kidnappings ... a second Sweet Sorrows sighting ... a musical interlude ... suspect everyone ... the power of life and death ... the Choir Invisible breaks its silence ... looking and leaping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 08, 2022•37 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Chapter 5 - "Lady and the Tink" Part 2 Our small detachment of survivors venture to the refueling station. They decide to make a detour to see if Saul's girl survived the attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 08, 2022•21 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Summoned to the aid of an old college friend, our protagonist embarks on a journey to a mysterious ancestral home and encounters not only the unfortunate friend but his frail and ghost-like sister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 08, 2022•25 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast It's Season 4! Join Jeff Billard as he slices his way into the new year with Poe Theatre On the Air- The Fall of the House of Usher #1, We're Alive Chapter 5 Part 2, and Aldergate Papers 0135. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 08, 2022•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Late to bed, early to rise ... cross-category romance ... artistic differences ... between a rock and a hard case ... a question of motive. You can find "On Bastardom". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 01, 2022•38 min•Ep 159•Transcript available on Metacast Chapter 5 - "Lady and the Tink" Part 1 Saul, Lizzy and Burt tell the tale of their mission to the refueling station. Along the way they find remnants of a huge battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 01, 2022•20 min•Ep 158•Transcript available on Metacast Intrigue, revenge and death in the Royal Court! First published in 1849, the year of Poe’s death, this story has been adapted numerous times, including having been sung by David Bowie in Lou Reed’s album “The Raven.” In this adaptation, we take a melodramatic and fantastic look at this most unlikely love affair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 01, 2022•30 min•Ep 157•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Murderous March with Tuesday Terror! It's Poe Theatre on the Air- Hop Frog, We're Alive #13. and The Aldergate Papers #0134. Subscribe today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 01, 2022•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast ***CONTENT WARNING: Contains descriptions of certain facts about human history and the forces that govern it, knowledge of which may result in injury or death.*** On Bastardom: Being a brief explanation of the Heres Mundi and their role in shaping civilization both past and present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 22, 2022•35 min•Ep 156•Transcript available on Metacast Chapter 4 - "Rules and Regulations" Part 3 The events of the past have spurred a new directive: to document everything that happens in a journal. Problems is the tower lead to a small scale revolt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 22, 2022•24 min•Ep 155•Transcript available on Metacast In the conclusion of this two-part series, the Author and Toby Dammit stumble upon a mysterious little man in a covered bridge. Toby cannot resist demonstrating his “athletic prowess” to the man, but the results are not quite what he (repeatedly) bargained for. Part Two of a rare comedic story from Edgar Allan Poe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 22, 2022•25 min•Ep 154•Transcript available on Metacast It's time for terror! This week we have Poe Theatre On the Air-Never Bet The Devil Your Head Part 2, We're Alive #12, and The Aldergate Papers #0133! Subscribe today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 22, 2022•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Spitting blood ... a young face in an old portrait ... life or death ... escape to the museum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2022•40 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Chapter 4 - "Rules and Regulations" Part 2 The goals and jobs given to the survivors are starting to be implemented. One of the survivors becomes suddenly ill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2022•19 min•Ep 152•Transcript available on Metacast Toby Dammit was a man of questionable moral fiber. Coming home from a pub one night, he learns the consequences of a life of excess, and his trademark saying gets put to the ultimate test. Part One in a two-part adaptation of one of Poe’s few comedic stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2022•23 min•Ep 151•Transcript available on Metacast It's the day after Valentine's Day and the bloody hearts fly with Poe Theatre on the Air #15, We're Alive Chapter 4- Rules and Regulations #2.3, and Aldergate Papers #0132! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2022•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - The Rats in the Walls, Part 2/2 Halloween never ends - but this brief seasonal hiatus must. "The Aldergate Papers" returns next episode. Until then, enjoy the thrilling conclusion of H.P. Lovecraft's horrifying classic "The Rats in the Walls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2022•38 min•Ep 150•Transcript available on Metacast Chapter 4 - "Rules and Regulations" Part 1 The survivors move to retake the tower floor by floor. Dissension starts to grow as Michael establishes a new set of rules for the apartment building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2022•25 min•Ep 149•Transcript available on Metacast In this second episode of our guest production “Edgar Allan” by The Coldharts, Edgar and his nemesis have the first meeting of their secret society. Edgar reveals a terrible secret, and immediately regrets his decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2022•24 min•Ep 148•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the darkest horror with Tuesday Terrors! This week we have Poe Theatre on the Air- Edgar Allan Part 2, We're Alive Chapter 4.1, and Aldergate Papers #0131! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2022•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
