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Good evening. I'm Storyteller O.D. Jyre and I,

your grandfather. From where I'm from, we know do-bit time stories.

And if that's what you were expecting, you're in the wrong place.

If its terrifying tales are after, well then, I've got just the thing.

Get comfortable, settle in, turn off the lights, Mr. Dare.

Your night is about to get a whole lot darker.

Who needs sleep anyway?

Good evening. You're listening to Scary Stories told in the dark.

Welcome to season 6. Episode 2. I'm your host, O.D. Jyre. In tonight's episode,

I'll be performing four stories for you. Back on season 5, episode 17,

we tried something a bit different. When I brought five tales back from the proverbial grave,

pulled from the pages of an iconic horror fiction magazine. I heard from many of you

that you greatly enjoyed these twisted, timeless tales from yesterday. So today,

I'm back with four more to make your blood run cold. As before, all the tales in this program

are in the public domain and were originally published in December 1924's edition

of Weird Tales. The American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine that gave writers such as

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