In part two of our cross-country locomotive odyssey, we find ourselves coursing the vast American landscape with an adult libation in hand in “The Bar Car.” You better believe this setting is plush and glamorous; the cocktails sophisticated. A cozy spot to relax in style. However, a few rampageous passengers have other ideas.

All Aboard! was recorded live in NYC on January 26, 2020.

Cast:
Matt Roper as Shamus the Bartender
Michael Pate as Cornelius “Chip” Rutherford Vandersmith III, Esquire
James Reiser as Preston Mansfield Astor Cooke, Jr.
James Scully as Sterling Johnson Whitney-White
Alain Laforest as Private Joseph Laveau
Kacie Laforest as Lucille
Mary Murphy as Chloe
Ali Silva as Alma
David Linton as the Train Porter

Song:
“Engine Engine #9” by Roger Miller
performed by Martina DaSilva accompanied by Dan Crowley

Audio play written by Lizz Leiser & Kacie Laforest
Directed by Holly Payne-Strange

Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva
Musical score improvised by Dan Crowley
Additional music by Felix Slim
Sound effects design: Greg Russ & Ali Silva
Live show sound engineer: Evan Sachs
Technical director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Theme music by Jason Graves
Audio post-production: Ali Silva

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We apologize for the delay and appreciate your patience, but our train is now ready to leave the station. Please have your tickets ready. All Aboard!
Join us for a cross-country locomotive journey as romantic as you can imagine — with just a touch of the diabolical in every car.
We begin our journey in "The Sleeper Car" where espionage and intrigue take the top bunk. Settle in for the ride!

All Aboard! was recorded live in NYC on January 26, 2020.

Cast:
Matt Roper as Max
Rebecca Kopec as Helen
Kacie Laforest as Jean
Alain Laforest as Paul
James Rieser as Frank
James Scully as Eddie the Porter
Ali Silva as Ethel
David Linton as Harry
Mary Murphy as Eva
Michael Pate as Bob the Policeman

Audio play written by Gabriella Miyares
Directed by Holly Payne-Strange

Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva
Musical score improvised by Dan Crowley
Additional music by Felix Slim
Sound effects design: Greg Russ & Ali Silva
Live show sound engineer: Evan Sachs
Technical director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Theme music by Jason Graves
Audio post-production: Ali Silva

Copyright 2020 Fireside Mystery Productions

Live show info, links, and more:
https://firesidemysterytheatre.com

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The dark of night shrouds the face of a stranger in a lifeboat as he floats a few yards from a couple of becalmed sailors at sea. Across the still waters, he shares his eerie tale in a story by William Hope Hodgson.

The Midnight Reading is a special series of dramatic readings of lost classics from the world of macabre fiction that have inspired our show, Fireside Mystery Theatre. We hope to encourage you, dear listeners, to embrace the joy of books and to build your own collection of dark literature.

Hosted by Ali Silva

"The Voice in The Night” by William Hope Hodgson — read and performed by James Rieser

Music:
"Sad Romance" by Ji Pyeongkeyon, Jackson Alexander Parodi
“Sally Brown,” Traditional Sea Shanty

Created and produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva for Fireside Mystery Productions
Written by Silbin Sandovar
Post-production audio by Ali Silva
Theme music by Martina DaSilva
Audio recording engineered by Wayne Silver at The Ice Plant Studio in New York City

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An obsession with organically grown foods drives a couple toward a gruesome fate in this story by the English poet and novelist Robert Graves.

The Midnight Reading is a special series of dramatic readings of lost classics from the world of macabre fiction that have inspired our show, Fireside Mystery Theatre. We hope to encourage you, dear listeners, to embrace the joy of books and to build your own collection of dark literature.

Hosted by Ali Silva

"Earth to Earth” by Robert Graves — read and performed by Mary Murphy

Music:
Teddy Stauffer — Hurry Home (1939)
Emilie Mayer — String Quartet in E minor

Created and produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva for Fireside Mystery Productions
Written by Silbin Sandovar
Post-production audio by Ali Silva
Theme music by Martina DaSilva
Audio recording engineered by Wayne Silver at The Ice Plant Studio in New York City

Copyright 2020 Fireside Mystery Productions

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We all well know that our resident fortune teller Anita has her finger on the spectral pulse. But did you know that even *The New York Times* is highlighting a topic that Anita has been mumbling about to herself for months?!

Here for your ears: Anita the soothsayer shares some sage solutions for managing isolation with unexpected spectral houseguests.

Stay safe! We love you!

NYT article:
https://nyti.ms/2XAYBDV

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The long-awaited part two of the nightmare fuel that is the story of Belle Gunness. Be sure you've caught up with episode 50.2 "The Murder of Belle Gunness." Then settle in and get up close and personal with her alleged murderer, Ray Lamphere, as his interrogation reveals the darkest chapter of this wildly true tale.

"The Interrogation of Ray Lamphere" is the final installment from our first ever true-crime series. She's a Killer Queen was recorded live in NYC on 2/23/20.

The cast featured in this episode:
James Rieser as Sheriff Smutzer
David Linton as Deputy Cobb
Eirik Davey-Gislason as Ray Lamphere
Ali Silva as Belle Gunness
Rebecca Kopec as Myrtle
Kacie Laforest as Liza
James Kleinmann as Asle Helgelien and Andrew Helgelien
Mary Murphy as Mrs. Lugendorf
James Scully as Joe Maxon

Song:
“The Ballad of Belle Gunness” by T.J. McFarland
performed by Martina DaSilva accompanied by Nico Slater

Poem:
"It's Her Turn"
written and performed by David Linton
accompanied by Nico Sleator

Audio play written by Lizz Leiser and Kacie Laforest
Directed by Holly Payne-Strange

Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva
Musical score improvised by Nico Sleator
Sound effects design: Greg Russ, Ricardo Delgado, Ali Silva, & Dan Naglia
Live show sound engineers: Evan Sachs & Ricardo Delgado
Technical director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Theme music by Jason Graves
Audio post-production: Ali Silva
Production manager: Lizz Leiser

Copyright 2020 Fireside Mystery Productions

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Your friendly neighborhood fortune teller Anita has some more, um, peculiar advice for you as we all continue to adjust to weathering a pandemic.

Social distancing works! And it is so important to adhere to those guidelines as we battle the spread of the coronavirus. Anita is here to tell you what is also important: ASTRAL DISTANCING!

We at Fireside Mystery Theatre are doing our very best to stay safe, sane, and adjust to these frightening times — and we hope you are too! We'll continue to have more new theatre of the mind for you to escape into soon. Please do your best to mind the shadows. . . .

Join us in the court of the Sun King where a young lad awaits punishment for a string of dastardly deeds. But GASP! This cunning swordsmith is no lad at all! What will befall our curious hero?

"La Maupin: Mistress of the Sword" is the third installment from our first ever true-crime series. She's a Killer Queen was recorded live in NYC on 2/23/20.

The cast featured in this episode:
James Rieser as Alexandre Bontemps
James Kleinmann as King Louis XIV of France
Kacie Laforest as Julie D’Aubigny aka La Maupin
James Scully as Gaston D'Aubigny
Rebecca Kopec as Young Julie and the Innkeeper
Mary Murphy as La Blonde
Ali Silva as Maréchal
Eirik Davey-Gislason as Joseph
David Linton as Albert

Song:
“Killer Queen” by Freddie Mercury
performed by Martina DaSilva accompanied by Nico Slater

Audio play written by Courtenay Gillean Cholovich
Directed by Holly Payne-Strange

Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva
Musical score improvised by Nico Sleator
Sound effects design: Greg Russ, Ricardo Delgado, Ali Silva, & Dan Naglia
Live show sound engineers: Evan Sachs & Ricardo Delgado
Technical director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Theme music by Jason Graves
Audio post-production: Ali Silva
Production manager: Lizz Leiser

Copyright 2020 Fireside Mystery Productions

Live show info, links, and more:
https://firesidemysterytheatre.com

Fan our flames with your support at
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Your favorite fortune teller Anita shares her advice for weathering the pandemic.

You just don't realize quite how much you do touch your face until you are told not to! Our very own Anita has her own peculiar but apparently effective way of mitigating the face-touch danger.

We at Fireside Mystery Theatre are doing our very best to stay safe, sane, and adjust to these frightening times — and we hope you are too! We'll have more new theatre of the mind for you to escape into soon. . . .

A local widow fears for her life when a murderous farmhand threatens vengeance against her. But perhaps there’s more to this comely widow than meets the eye. . . .

"The Murder of Belle Gunness" is the second episode from our fabulous true-crime series and the first of a two-part story. She's a Killer Queen was recorded live in NYC on 2/23/20.

The cast featured in this episode:
Rebecca Kopec as Daisy Littlefield and Myrtle
Ali Silva as Belle Gunness
James Reiser as Sheriff Smutzer
David Linton as Deputy Cobb
Eirik Davey-Gislason as Big Lon Townsend
James Scully as Stash and Joe Maxson
Mary Murphy as Tillie
Kacie Laforest as Ruby
James Kleinmann as Asle Helgelien

Song:
"Whatever Lola Wants" by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
performed by Martina DaSilva accompanied by Nico Slater

Audio play written by Lizz Leiser & Kacie Laforest
Directed by Holly Payne-Strange

Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva
Musical score improvised by Nico Sleator
Sound effects design: Greg Russ, Ricardo Delgado, Ali Silva, & Dan Naglia
Live show sound engineers: Evan Sachs & Ricardo Delgado
Technical director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Theme music by Jason Graves
Audio post-production: Ali Silva
Production manager: Lizz Leiser

Copyright 2020 Fireside Mystery Productions

Live show info, links, and more:
https://firesidemysterytheatre.com

Fan our flames with your support at
https://patreon.com/firesidemysterytheatre

Swag!
http://tee.pub/lic/firesidemystery