Hello, gentle listener, and welcome to nocturnal transmissions,

the fortnightly podcast that brings you dark tales, both old and new, performed by voice artist Kristen Holland.

This episode, we're happy to be sharing another story from our friend Artie Rayno. That name rings a bell,

you may well have just declared, gentle listener.

Well, of course it does. This is, after all, the third offering we've shared from this talented writer

who brought us missing, presumed dead in episode 64, and the unforgettable mirror mirror in episode 48.

Easily the most meta offering we've ever produced on nocturnal transmissions.

If you are yet to acquaint yourself with this episode, do seek it out.

It'll bake your noodle, as the Matrix's Oracle would say.

Anyway, this time around, we're going underground.

Nocturnal transmissions is proud to present

Artie Reynos

City Hall Station.

I've always been intrigued by ruins. The act of settling somewhere and then giving that place up is so contrary to the normal human experience that it typically

only happens when it needs to. By finding out the reason a particular location was abandoned,

one can learn about social societal priorities, changing times, cataclysms. The story of how a

civilization ebbed and flowed is told in part by its ruins.

So, needless to say, I'm a big fan of the TV show, Abandoned Mysteries. Each segment of the

program showcases an abandoned site somewhere in the world, an old dam in Italy, a convalescent home in

Denmark, a military outpost in Russia, old west ghost towns, modern day ruins, telling the story

of how today's societies are ebbing and flowing. One day I was watching the show when it had a

segment on the City Hall subway station in New York City, my hometown.

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