Numbers stations are real and very weird. What are these and what are the successors to these bizarre transmissions? We delve into the mystery in this edition of Unpleasant Dreams. CLICK HERE for E.M. Hilker’s original article. TRANSCRIPT  CLICK HERE for a full transcript.

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Chilling stories told by Cassandra Harold. Season 3 brings a format change with classic frightening fiction as the focus.

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Tune in for this classic Victorian ghost story written in 1852 by Elizabeth Gaskell. Your narrator is Cassandra Harold. ----- Note: The image used in the artwork accompanying this episode was generated by Midjourney AI. Everything else you hear was created by a human.

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Cassandra shares the troubling tale of "The Vale of Corbies" written by Arthur J. Burks. You can find the original at The Internet Archive here:  https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV06N05192511/page/n31/mode/1up Please tell your classic horror loving friends about Unpleasant Dreams!

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A hard boiled journalist encounters something that shakes him to his core. That is the premise of H.F. Arnold's classic short story, The Night Wire. You can find it here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Night_Wire  Cassandra Harold is our narrator. Thank you for listening and please share with your friends who enjoy classic horror!

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Happy Valentine's Day! Here's the perfect story for a day dedicated to our hearts. It's The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. Enjoy!

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Join Cassandra on a journey to the mysterious Goblin Market on this edition of Unpleasant Dreams! This classic was written by Christina Rossetti and released in 1862. Thank you for listening and please share the show your friends!

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