Fireside Mystery Productions
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Fireside Mystery Theatre is dark, funny, strange, and a little weird! We're original audio drama deeply inspired by old-time radio theatre with a decidedly modern macabre sensibility! Many of our episodes feature a full cast, a live, improvised score, and musical acts that complement our anthology of stories grouped in thematic series. Join host Ms. Ali Silva and with her amazing company of actors and musicians for this varied series of thrilling and chilling tales! Also from Fireside Mystery Productions: The Midnight Reading, a special recurring series of dramatic readings of lost classics from the world of macabre fiction that...
Clarence plots against a cornfield; you end up worrying about his conscience.
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A chronic-illness nightmare meets sibling banter, alien possibility, and a Mercury theory.
Inside Knowledge turns the terror of not being believed by loved ones into a compact body-horror mystery with a strange scientific hinge. Sarah arrives feeling movement in her side, likened to a snake, and fearing it may be speaking. Dr. Lacey Worser and Dr.
A family mystery tightens around Alice's illness as care, suspicion, and release become hard to separate.
Alice's illness has made family care feel like a snare. Evie cannot quite loosen her hold on her sister, their father guards too closely, and each attempt to explain the condition only makes the room feel more unsettled.
A live body-horror play turns pursuit, accusation, and a courtroom into one tightening trap.
Fireside Mystery Theatre begins its body-horror series with a woman caught in a nightmare that will not hold one shape. A stranger keeps appearing everywhere she goes, an accusation draws in the police, and the story moves toward a courtroom where her own account is steadily…
A reluctant tempter, a drought-stricken community, and one dangerously bad idea for planting corn.
Clarence gives Leo Tolstoy's fairy-tale moral logic a crooked comic twist: a reluctant tempter is sent to ruin a drought-stricken community, only to point out that life has already done most of the work.
Dice, divine mysteries, and the trouble with good intentions.
This episode concludes a series about fortune teller Anita, blending humor and eerie charm as she navigates a mysterious situation in a grocery store.
This episode tells a live-recorded story about a man with the unsettling power to peer into people's minds, exploring the burdens and implications of such a supernatural gift.
This is the third installment of an audio drama series that parallels the 1918 Spanish flu and 2020 pandemic, exploring themes of isolation, mental health, and survival through a fictional editorial column.
This episode explores the impact of pandemics on relationships through a historical fiction narrative comparing the 1918 Spanish flu and 2020 COVID-19, presented as a satirical advice column.
This episode presents a dark, live-recorded story titled 'The Bar Car' about rowdy armed men entering a train's bar car, blending humor and suspense in a 1940s setting.
This episode features a live-recorded holiday horror tale called 'The Gingerbread Man' set in New York City, introduced with a darkly humorous baking recipe.
This episode features a dramatic reading of William Hope Hodgson's nautical horror story 'The Voice in the Night' as part of a series dedicated to macabre masterpieces.
This episode explores the true crime story of Amy Archer Gilligan, a respected proprietor of an elderly home in 1914 Connecticut who is suspected of foul play against residents.
This episode explores the enduring significance and personal meaning of handwritten letters, particularly love letters, in today's digital age.
This episode concludes a four-part series about the Schnell Ridesharing Company, focusing on its financial collapse and the CEO's desperate meeting with an employee to address investor concerns.
Anita, a local psychic, offers folk magic advice involving protective spirit possession to ward off COVID-19 during the pandemic.
This audio drama episode follows a tense workplace confrontation on Christmas Eve where a demanding character pressures someone about a deadline, highlighting impatience and career threats.
This episode is a Halloween-themed dramatic recitation of dark, macabre stories from the Midnight Reading series, presented by Fireside Mystery Theater.
This episode explores a fictional correspondence between a modern seeker and a deceased entity through the demonic organization H.A.N.D., focusing on themes of manipulation and desire in a darkly humorous narrative.
This episode features a live storytelling performance titled 'Old Wolf Put' from the 'Nightfall on the Nutmeg State' series, recorded in Connecticut and exploring local legends and history.
This episode introduces a collection of stories set on a cross-country train journey, starting with 'The Sleeper Car' about a spy on a mission to catch a Nazi war criminal.
This episode introduces a true crime series about La Maupin, a historical figure known as the Mistress of the Sword, set in the court of the Sun King.
This episode introduces a true crime series about female murderers, starting with the story of Dr.
Psychic Anita humorously advises listeners to invite a wandering spirit to possess them as a way to prevent touching their face during the pandemic.
This episode concludes a true crime series about female serial killers, focusing on the interrogation of Ray Lamphere for the murder of Belle Gunness and her children in La Porte, Indiana.
Anita humorously advises practicing astral distancing for ghosts during the pandemic, since they can't use standard protective measures like handwashing or masks.
A fireside story set during winter solstice transports listeners to a magical cabin on the longest night of the year.
This episode recounts the tragic 1944 Hartford circus fire through a survivor's perspective, focusing on the story of "Little Miss 1565" as part of Connecticut's disaster history.
This is a Southern Gothic audio drama about a woman named Daisy, exploring themes of isolation, cruelty, and love in remote Appalachia.
A fireside story set during the winter solstice in a quaint cabin on the longest night of the year, blending magical holiday atmosphere with character interaction.
This episode concludes the Yours Truly series with a mysterious story about author Ambrose Bierce's unexplained disappearance over a century ago.
This episode explores a fictional correspondence between a modern seeker and a deceased voice from hell, focusing on the Liz B.
This episode shares three poems by resident poet David Linton that reflect on pandemic-era themes like productivity guilt, social distancing, and personal connections through clever verse.
This episode introduces a series of original audio plays that explore parallels between the 1918 and 2020 pandemics through suspenseful storytelling.
This episode explores the true crime story of Belle Gunness, a female serial killer, presented as part of a Women's History Month series with dramatic narrative elements.
This episode recounts a mysterious incident in a luxury train's smoking car, involving a donation for training women in domestic skills.
This episode is part three of the 'All Aboard' audio journey, featuring a live-taped performance set in The Observation Car where weary travelers engage in discourse and possibly dark arts.
This episode of Fireside Mystery Theater's 'The Midnight Reading' series features a dramatic recitation of Robert Graves' dark, macabre story 'Earth to Earth', which critiques modern agricultural and waste practices through a horror lens.
This episode introduces a humorous and eccentric tale about a fortune teller named Anita Alexander and a ghostly encounter with a 'weepy little sad man'.
This episode introduces a new series featuring the eccentric fortune teller Anita, starting with a humorous story called 'The Rise and Fall of Peregrine' recorded live in New York City.
This episode features a comedic live performance introducing holiday characters like Gryla, the Yule Lads, Santa, and Rudolph in a playful mystery theater setting.
A streamer discusses feeling lonely during COVID-37 while introducing a story about a teenager solving the disappearance of an inventor's beloved.
This episode presents a suspenseful holiday-themed mystery theater story from the archives, framed by reflections on generosity and loss during the holiday season.
This episode explores the third installment of a mini-series where modern seekers correspond with deceased voices, focusing on the demonic organization H.A.N.D.
This episode features a live performance of Tom Shainer's song 'Careless Driver' as part of a series on ride-sharing themes.
Anita, a psychic medium, celebrates Halloween and the 10th anniversary of her show while humorously describing the busy ghost-visiting season and the thinning veil between life and death.
This episode presents a live-recorded gothic tale about the legend of Midnight Mary's grave in Connecticut, blending horror, local history, and theatrical storytelling.
This episode explores the theme of roots and their impact through a narrative about the Cabbage Patch Kid, drawing inspiration from macabre vegetation literature like Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Rappaccini's Daughter'.
This episode concludes a series comparing 1918 and 2020 pandemics with a romantic and creepy audio play by Tim MacArthur about a wind carrying pestilence.
This episode introduces a dark mystery series about a ride-sharing app, originally recorded live in New York City in 2018.
In this episode of Fireside Mystery Theatre, host Ms.
In this episode of Fireside Mystery Theatre, host Ms.
This episode of Fireside Mystery Theatre, titled 'The Scenic Root,' opens with poetic narration about trees and transitions into a live-recorded story set in a mysterious landscape.
Fireside Mystery Theatre's "46.4 Trapped: Inside Knowledge" turns Sarah Sanchel's camping proposal into a crash, a bleeding injury, and a claim that something is moving under her skin.
Fireside Mystery Theatre’s “Sense of Touch” follows Alice Cook and Evie Cook, whose father, Robert Barnes, and Dr.
Fireside Mystery Theatre's “Marked,” written by Brian Wallace and taped live on June 30, 2019, follows Paige, Dylan, Molly, Cameron, and Damone as a “mark” spreads through their school.
Fireside Mystery Theatre’s "Dark Without, Dark Within" uses a live courtroom drama taped in New York City on June 30, 2019, to turn a body-horror premise into a sequence of accusations, verdicts, and memory loss.
["Fireside Mystery Theatre's \"45.4 Fireside Fairy Tales: Clarence\" adapts Leo Tolstoy's \"The Imp and the Crust\" into a live New York City audio drama recorded on May 26, 2019.", "Ali Silva voices Madame de Mornay, Alan LaForest voices Clarence, and James Reeser voices Mr.