Another journey into the realm of the strange and terrifying.

I hope you will enjoy the trip that it will thrill you a little and chill you a little.

So settle back.

Get a good grip on your nerves.

Where are we going?

You'll find out when we get there.

Well, greetings, everybody.

Welcome back to the show.

So glad that you are here listening.

I've got a good play for you today from the Weird Circle. Real quick before we get

into that, though, be sure to check out my other podcast, Old Time Radio Comedy. And if you have any

comments about this podcast or any of my podcasts, you can send comments to O-T-R-M-S-H at gbell.com.

All right, well, let's go ahead and get into today's feature play.

The title of this one is The Black Parchment.

And this one aired May 27th of 1945.

Enjoy.

Out of the past, phantoms of a world gone by speak again the immortal tale.

The black parchment. In all this malevolent world, there cannot be one who is more accursed than I, Rafael Roland. For I must decide within the next few moments whether I should die in order that someone else might live.

Time was when I wanted to die.

But the mocking gods had their little joke, and so I lived.

But now it is so hard to die, for I am rich and powerful.

And even the library of my home in which I sit reflects my glory. This is no time to die. Then, then my life should have slipped from me

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