The The The The It was a dark and stormy night, the kind that sends shivers down your spine as thunder rumbled the oligarchs gathered

scheming in the shadows aligning themselves with a Russian-backed Nazi. Their goal to secure tax cuts funded by the working class,

all while space exploration, once a nationalized collective endeavor, fell into the hands of the elite.

In their quest to escape the impending climate crisis, they envisioned lavish billionaire

bunkers on Mars, aided by the likes of Russian oligarchs and Elon Musk among them, leaving the rest of humanity to grapple with

the wreckage of their greed. Welcome to Gaslit Nations's Halloween Radio Play, 2024.

Over the years, we've asked our listeners

to contribute original works of art

that we bring to life on the show, weaving together spooky tales that mirror

the real life nightmares we all face together.

We've received many captivating plays from our community over the years.

If you have a Halloween radio play to share for next year, we love to see it.

Send your submissions to Gaslit Nation at gmail.com.

It's a thrill to explore the imaginative minds of our community.

This year's radio play for this extra spine tinkling year is by Nancy Wallace and it was produced by Eliza Smith and

Carlin Dagle. It's called The Biggley.

The Biggley A long time ago, not too far from here, the White Rich Toy Manufacturing Company invented something pretty special.

The company was failing.

They'd been making the same kinds of toys for too long.

People were bored.

Nobody was buying their stuff anymore. So the owners looked all over the world at all the most popular toys, and they collected all the best ideas, and they came back and invented the Bigley.

The Bigley was different, hard to define, not exactly an action figure, definitely some kind of puppet.

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