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.

All right, everybody.

Welcome back to the show.

We are one episode away from hitting our 800th episode here on the podcast.

Going to be doing a special episode here soon, reading out listener comments, statistics,

and stuff like that.

But for now, got to play for you today from The Weird Circle.

Also, be sure to stick around after today's play

for another unsolved mystery titled The Witch Doctor. All right, well, let's go ahead and get

into today's featured play from the Weird Circle. The title of this one is The Phantom Picture. And this episode aired September 10th of

1944. Enjoy. The weird circle.

In this cave by the restless sea, we are met to call from out of the past stories, strange and weird.

Bellkeeper told the bell so that all may know we are gathered again in the weird circle.

Music The Weird Circle. The Weird Circle. The Out of the past, phantoms of a world gone by speak again the immortal tale, the phantom picture.

And gentlemen, as you know, here are the works of our greatest Italian artists of today.

You, the most renowned art critics in the kingdom,

will choose tonight that work which is to hang in the pity gallery

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