W/hen her editor assigned Harriet a feature on a haunted house, she expected to uncover a  cheap hoax, What she witnessed instead was a fiery specter that materialized, then vanished. She still thinks it’s a trick and if anyone can deduce how it is done, and by whom, it’s the eccentric scientist known as “The Thinking Machine.” Mysterious Journey presents “Phantom.” 

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The street is dark by ten o’clock. The shops are all closed. Katherine waits alone in a doorway. She traveled a thousand miles to keep a promise… a promise she made twenty years ago. Mysterious Journey presents “After Twenty Years” adapted from a tale by O.Henry.

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While prepping her bar before the doors open, Fran regales the new server with the amazing, absolutely true tale of Steena of the Spaceways, Quasar the cat, and the Empress of Mars. It's a ghost story about a haunted spaceship. Fran knows for a fact that it's true because she was right there when the whole thing began… in a bar. Adapted from a story by Andre Norton.

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Bertie Wooster is determined to save his pal, Biffy, from his dire fate (marriage to Honoria Glossop). Bertie's brilliant scheme somehow goes awry and it is up to the inimitable Jeeves to set things right, as only he can. It all plays out during a riotous visit to the Great British Empire Exhibition. The conclusion of a two-part story adapted from P.G. Wodehouse.

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Bertie Wooster is in Paris and life is good. That is, until helpless, hapless, brainless Biffy (a very dear chum) turns up with a tragic tale of woe. It is up to Bertie and Jeeves to set matters right, only Jeeves absolutely refuses to intervene. Wooster is on his own as he plunges into peril to save his pal, with predictable results. Part one of a two-part story adapted from P.G. Wodehouse.

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A tough lady tracks a killer in this  hard-boiled mystery from Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon. Bobby Teal was a private eye. His body was found in a vacant lot on a rainy night in San Francisco. The narrator (who is never named) won't rest until his murderer is caught.

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A sweet Valentine treat from the pen of O. Henry. Mrs. O'Malley tells the tale of her favorite boarder, Sarah, a tough-as-nails New York career girl who can't seem to stop dreaming of a farmer named Walter.  Their romance seems doomed but, as always, O. Henry provides an unexpected twist.

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Reporter Egbert Cummings is aghast to be named the new drama critic for his paper, despite the fact that he's never seen a play. His fiancee, Doris, is appalled. As Egbert hesitantly settles in to his new post, a horrifying transformation begins. Adapted from "The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic" by H.G. Wells. 

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A deadly game of hide-and-seek plays out on an asteroid as Chief Engineer Bo Johansson hunts— and is hunted by — the man who murdered his best friend. A sci-fi thriller adapted from a short story by Poul Anderson.

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Winter is on the way and Soapy, a self-described "gentleman of leisure," is on his annual quest for a 90-day stretch in a nice warm cell. But getting arrested is unexpectedly difficult and nothing goes as planned for Soapy in this delightful holiday tale by O. Henry. 

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