The Midnight Reading: "The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth"
Fireside Mystery Theatre
Fireside Mystery Theatre
4.5 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The Midnight Reading is a special series of dramatic readings of lost classics from the world of macabre fiction that have inspired our show, Fireside Mystery Theatre. We hope to encourage you, dear listeners, to embrace the joy of books and to build your own collection of dark literature. Support your local bookstore!
Hosted by James Rieser
"The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but The Truth" by Rhoda Broughton — read and performed by Ali Silva
Created and produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva for Fireside Mystery Productions
Written by Silbin Sandovar
Post-production audio by Ali Silva
Theme music by Martina DaSilva
Audio recording engineered by Wayne Silver at The Ice Plant Studio in New York City
Music (royalty-free):
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Movement 4, Op. 73
Frédéric Chopin — Allegro de concert, Op. 46 in A Major
Beethoven Sonata — No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1 - III. Menuetto Allegretto
Performed by Daniel Veesey
Franz Schubert — Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D 960 - II. Andante sostenuto
Performed by Paul Pitman
Frédéric Chopin — Prelude Op. 28, No.6
Performed by Kyle Healey
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends. I'm not sure if any of you need to hear this, but I certainly do. Be patient |
| 0:08.0 | with yourself, and try to be patient with others. It's not easy, especially for the perfectionists |
| 0:15.2 | among us. But we are all going through a lot right now, and we're all doing the best we can. |
| 0:23.0 | You know, there couldn't be a better time to emerge from the dark depths of our inner |
| 0:27.9 | sanctum than this week, the week of all Hallows Eve. We have arrived at your virtual |
| 0:35.4 | doorstep to deliver this trick that is also a treat. |
| 0:39.3 | It's an all-new ghostly entry from our midnight reading series. |
| 0:45.1 | Well, we hate to drop this little goodie and run, but just know we are hard at work in our mad scientists' laboratory, |
| 0:53.4 | creating all-new content for an all-new |
| 0:56.0 | season of thrilling entertainment. COVID-19 be damned! You can't keep a good goul down. As for |
| 1:03.1 | some of the terrors provided by the endless news cycle these days, we admit we can't compete. But in the meantime, we look forward to offering |
| 1:13.9 | deliciously dark distractions that will create a much preferable variety of suspense. And now, |
| 1:22.1 | please enjoy this eerie journey into the fantastic. Happy Halloween. |
| 1:35.8 | In the dark of night, one light still yet burns. |
| 1:40.9 | Frightened fingers tremble as brittle pages turn. |
| 1:48.1 | Fireside Mystery Theater presents The Midnight Reading, a special series of dramatic recitations of dark masterpieces in miniature by the masters of the macabre. |
| 1:53.7 | Good evening. |
| 1:54.7 | I'm James Reeser. |
| 1:57.2 | Rhoda Broaden. |
| 1:58.8 | Not a name one hears anymore. It's a shame because back in her Victorian |
| 2:03.0 | heyday, this Rye Welshwoman had a knack for raising hackles with her novels that were considered |
| 2:07.9 | scandalous in their day, so much so that many of them were banned from circulating libraries |
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