Interrupted Tales

E089: When the Devil Drives Nov 23, 2022

When the devil drives he never pays for tolls! He also puts his bare feet up on the dash like a damned caveman, but that's neither here nor there. From a 1910 issue of Men's Railroad Magazine comes When the Devil Drives, the tale of a desperate father and his son riding the rails to greener pastures. With the devil, so it sounds like fun and they're going to stop for a lot of commemorative spoons. Check it out!

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E088: Will Insects Rule the World? Sep 13, 2022

Well, will they? WILL THEY?! Find out in the most scientifically accurate article in the May, 1950 issue of Whisper magazine! Among the competition are articles titled "How to Wrestle an Alligator" and "Can Gals Get Any Nuder?" so scientific accuracy is a clear priority for the good folks at Whisper. Plus, the first (and only, given Alan's response!) appearance of America's hottest new game show, Cameo No You Didn't!

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E087: Author Unknown Aug 08, 2022

And we're back! Unless you just started listening in which case: Hey, we're still here! What story could possibly be thrilling enough to end our hiatus? Alien visitors attacking the earth? Doomed romance on the cliffs of Dover? Even better: Publishing! Join us for this tale about a literary agent who receives a mysterious manuscript that he believes will change the world. If he can get it published, that is. Can you handle the mystery that is "Author Unknown"?!

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E086: 2021 Holiday Interruptiganza! Dec 15, 2021

Another year, another variant... on our holiday-slash-Christmas podcast special. We've got two stories of cheer and temperance and only a few murders thrown in. Here's to 2020 ending with a little comedy on the way out.

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E085: Escape Sep 29, 2021

My, my, my - a new episode about someone breaking out of a barred cell? Someone's just made it to the top of the suspect list. Join us for a world-weary inmate who creates an invention so transparent that even the author couldn't see what it was.

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E084: Death on the Betelguese LIVE! (Livestream for the Cure 5) Jul 13, 2021

Death on the Betelguese - live from the 5th Annual Livestream for the Cure. Thank you so much to Nick and the crew for having us back while we read this wild tale of space pirates and inactivity. WE MADE OUR GOAL and helped raise money to fight for a Cure for Cancer. While the event is over, you can still donate and continue to support the cause - just check out this link: https://allmylinks.com/livestreamforthecure

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E083: The Hour of Death Jun 29, 2021

A story of US Postal Service reliability and revenge, and the difference between factory-rich and rich-rich.

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E082: Alice-Sit-By-The-Radiator Jun 17, 2021

Here it is, right on time and not four months after the Superbowl joke we make in this episode. This time around, there's a girl, a chicken, a radiator, and a surprise narrator/ghost I guess. Yes, we did leave in the five minute, story-halting explanation of "Living Next Door to Alice" song saga just because Alan wanted it. Also, audio levels a little off at points in this one, sorry. Enjoy?

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E081: 2020 Holiday Interruptiganza! Dec 24, 2020

Happy Everything and join us for two tales in this special holiday episode! First, we travel to the convert the wild pagans away from the evil lure of Thor (but those abs!) in "A Legend of Saint Boniface". Then, it's a trip to jolly old England for the Dickensian "A Christmas Fairy". Whether it contains fairies is questionable, whether you will hear a parade of dodgy accents is not! Be excellent to each other and have a happy new year!

Stuck at home with nothing to do but listen to podcasts? You can still listen to our comedy/sci-fi audio drama series, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours of doom, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

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E080: A Price on His Head Nov 24, 2020

Celebrate Thanksgiving with "A Price on His Head," a tale of Thanksgiving scoundrels from 1922's People Stories Magazine Thanksgiving issue. Who is the mysterious titular fugitive and how will Pat the Police Dog solve the crime? Is there even a crime? Is there, in fact, a good 10 minutes talking about Star Trek villains and Tuvix? There's only one way to find out!
Stuck at home with nothing to do but listen to podcasts? You can still listen to our comedy/sci-fi audio drama series, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours of doom, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.
If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.
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E079: The Dude Ranch Oct 06, 2020

Pack up your cowboy hat and your best beans, we're heading to "The Dude Ranch"! Straight from a 1936 issue of Western Story Magazine comes a tale of- well, more like an advice column of thrills, packing tips, and a surprising level of detail about the dark, damp secrets of Hidden Valley Ranch. Bring the kids!

This episode includes a promo for The Story Song Podcast, an excellent listen that everyone should subscribe to. Every episode they discuss a different narrative song, like "Jolene" by Dolly Parton or "Regulate" by Warren G. featuring Nate Dogg (two personal faves), in all its glory. Find out more wherever you get podcasts and at https://www.storysongpodcast.com/

Stuck at home with nothing to do but listen to podcasts? You can still listen to our comedy/sci-fi audio drama series, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours of doom, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E078: The Whispering Ether Jun 30, 2020

What is "The Whispering Ether"? Is it a goth zine from the 90s? Is it the name of the letter column of a goth zine from the 90s? No, it's the creation of a mad scientist )who is much better at monologuing than scientisting) that allows him to read the minds of at least two people: A safecracker sent to steal his secrets and the leader of a European country to be named later. From the June, 1926 issue of Amazing Stories comes a tale of super-science that will astound you! Plus we discuss ghosts, Marconi, Tik Tok celebs, pirates, man parts, radio parts, buffoonery, charcuterie, cartoonery, and much, much more.

Stuck at home with nothing to do but listen to podcasts? You can still listen to our comedy/sci-fi audio drama series, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours of doom, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

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E077: Like a Stick Jun 23, 2020

In this episode we peruse the pulse-pounding pugilistic parable "Like a Stick"! Punched straight from the Fall, 1949 issue of Fight Stories magazine (motto: "Our Name is a Spoiler for our Stories!"), "Like a Stick" is the tale of an unlikely prizefighter with an even unlikelier physique. That's right: He's really a kangaroo! Okay, he's just skinny, sigh...

Stuck at home with nothing to do but listen to podcasts? You can still listen to our comedy/sci-fi audio drama series, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours of doom, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E076: Terran Treachery Trips Luna LIVE! Jun 16, 2020

Recorded live at the 2020 Livestream for the Cure charity podcasting marathon, it's "Terran Treachery Trips Luna" from the January, 1952 issue of Fantastic Adventures magazine! This almost alliterative tale of lunar diamond madness has spacesuits and flare guns and wagons with tongues and proves the moon truly is a harsh mistress (but not the fun kind).

NOTE ON SOUND: This was a live telethon so some of the theme music is a little low in the mix (don't worry, it's only the music). You will also hear occasional loud noises announcing donations throughout the segment. Sorry about that but we love to help raise money for cancer research!

You will also sometimes hear Nick from the Epic Film Guys podcast, who, along with some other great podcasters, created the entire event and raised over $15,000 for the Cancer Research Institute. It's a terrific org, a fantastic event, and he's a pretty swell dude. Listen to Epic Film Guys wherever you listen to podcasts or learn more at http://www.epicfilmguys.com/.

Stuck at home with nothing to do but listen to podcasts? You can still listen to our comedy/sci-fi audio drama series, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours of doom, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E075: Conquering the Hoosac LIVE! Apr 28, 2020

Live from Twitch, it's Interrupted Tales! Not on a Saturday! And with several minutes of Rob filling air while Alan frantically tries to get back in the stream! Welcome to the Hoosac, listeners. Hope you survive the experience!

This episode was recorded live from Twitch so listen along, warts and all, to a riveting history of tunnel drilling, manholes, and trains going to Troy, NY from Massachusetts in "Conquering the Hoosac" from the April, 1936 issue of Railroad Stories magazine. What's a Hoosac? Find out inside! Hint: It's not a new Kickstarter project even though it really sounds like one.

Catch future recordings and follow us on Twitch at interruptedtales or click here: https://www.twitch.tv/interruptedtales

Stuck at home with nothing to do but listen to podcasts? You can still listen to our comedy/sci-fi audio drama series, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours of doom, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E074: The Last Throw Apr 21, 2020

The hiatus is over! We're back, baby, unless you're listening to this later or catching up on the podcast, in which case we've never left, much like Big Boy. In this episode we head to a ritzy casino as a desperate man spins the wheel of fortune in what might be "The Last Throw"! From the November, 1922 issue of World Fiction magazine comes a tale that always bets on black! Actually, the guy bets on red in the story but I always listen to Wesley Snipes when it comes to gambling tips.

Stuck at home with nothing to do but listen to podcasts? You can still listen to our comedy/sci-fi audio drama series, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours of doom, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E073: The White Death Jan 14, 2020

Happy New Year! Unless you're listening outside of the month of January, in which case carry on. It's 2020 and in this episode we're interrupting "The White Death," a 99 year-old tale of survival all the way from Paraguay! It's actually all the way from the pages of Pluck and Luck magazine (slogan: "We're Pluckin' Luckin' Good!") and features a menagerie of threats as a woman fights the dangers of the jungle to protect her daughter. 9 out of 10 Swamp Things agree that this story is a story. The other one is just Swamp Gary and Swamp Gary doesn't like agreeing.

It's a new year but you can still listen to our comedy/sci-fi audio drama series, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours of doom, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

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E072: 2019 Holiday Interruptiganza Live! Dec 31, 2019

Set your Kris' to "Kringle" and your calendars back about a week as we present the 2019 Holiday Interruptiganza Live! We recorded this special episode live on Twitch and our bowls are still full of jelly. It includes three tales of holiday joy PLUS a visit from the big man himself, Santa Claus. He's had a lot of eggnog and is ready to party, people (just don't mention Vixen, it's a whole thing). Also, stick around for a very specific joke about the Northern Virginia area outside Washington, DC. Fun!

Follow us on Twitch at the Interruptedtales channel to hear us do our particular brand of nonsense live yourself!

One of the things we're grateful for in 2019 was completing the first season of our comedy sci-fi fiction podcast, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E071: Building Blocks Dec 03, 2019

Prepare yourself for a tale that puts the "short" in "short, pretty lame, story"! Join us in the far future with "Building Blocks" from the February, 1950 issue of Fantastic Adventures. It's got everything: Dialogue. Characters. That's all you need, right? I feel like I'm missing something... Plot? Nah, you're funny. Enjoy!

There is still time to check out the first season of our comedy sci-fi fiction podcast, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E070: Bert's Thanksgiving Nov 28, 2019

It's time to duck your family and listen to a very special Thanksgiving episode of Interrupted Tales! Set your hearts to "warming" with "Bert's Thanksgiving", a tale of kindness, newspaper boys, and squash pie from the 1915 short story collection "Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know". Squash!

In other news we've completed the first season of our comedy sci-fi podcast, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E069: Large Salary Too Small Sep 17, 2019

We're back riding the iron horse with a story of the rails! From the January, 1910 issue of Railroad Man's Magazine comes "Large Salary Too Small", the story that proves a railroad fool and his railroad money are soon railroad parted. We also discuss what strawberries really are (hint: They aren't berries or Funko Pop! figures) and the dos and don'ts of Tinder profiles for train workers. All this, plus a great recipe for canned beans for your bindle!

In other news we've completed the first season of our comedy sci-fi podcast, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E068: IT Commentary Track - The Test Sep 10, 2019

It's a peek behind the curtain as we present a very special Commentary Track for the third episode of Interrupted Tales: The Test! Join Rob as he presents clips, behind the scenes information on the making of the podcast, and gives some insight into how the show came to be the silly thing it is. What was the original name of Interrupted Tales? How do Tales get picked? What shows did we almost make instead? All this and more in a very special episode that rewinds all the way back to 2017!

We also recently completed the first season of our comedy sci-fi podcast, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E067: Trust a Dead Man Aug 27, 2019

It's a Tale of the Old West as lawmen clash, villains threaten, and long, contemplative walks are taken. "Trust a Dead Man" is as gritty and hard-boiled as the title implies! Well, it doesn't actually make any sense with the story, but it's a damn exciting title! It's from the December, 1949 issue of 10 Story Western magazine (motto: If We Wanted 11 We'd Change the Name, Dummies) and features tragic love, gunfights, and a special appearance by Paul Giamatti.

In other news we've completed the first season of our comedy sci-fi podcast, Parasitecology! It's got aliens, spaceships, work happy hours, trips to the supermarket, and a fugitive alien brain parasite named Cher. It's a whole lot of story in 14 episodes with each about 25 minutes long. Perfect for binging! To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E066: The Master Key Jul 09, 2019

A mystery story with not much story and a detective story without much detecting, "The Master Key" will leave you breathless! If you have asthma and have climbed several flight of stairs. Otherwise you should be okay. From the April, 1928 issue of Amazing Stories magazine comes a Tale so transparent that it actually gives the mystery away in the picture above the story. And they wonder why print is dead. Plus: Just how much would you pay for a nap?

A quick scheduling reminder: Our next episode will be in exactly two weeks. On the in-between weeks we are releasing our sci-fi comic audiodrama, Parasitecology. We'll be back weekly after Parasitecology's 14-episode run. To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E065: The Chase Jun 25, 2019

Sci-fi vengeance is the theme this week's Tale! In the future a man seeks revenge across the solar system, but he learns just what kind of toll "The Chase" can take. From the April, 1952 issue of Fantastic Adventures comes a dark tale of revenge served really, really, really cold. Take your protein pills and set your phasers to "grim but made funny by a couple of dorks"!

A quick scheduling reminder: Our next episode will be in exactly two weeks. On the in-between weeks we are releasing our sci-fi comic audiodrama, Parasitecology. We'll be back weekly after Parasitecology's 14-episode run. To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E064: How to Get an Air Job Jun 11, 2019

It's our filthiest episode yet! Get ready for sizzling acti- Wait, it's about getting a job in the airline industry? And that's the title? Okay. Well. Folks, get ready for another advice column from the past as we interrupt "How to Get an Air Job" from the August, 1927 issue of Air Stories (this month's cover story: "The Revenge of Commander Cumulus!"). It's about how to find work in the amazing new(ish) world of aviation, which pretty much boils down to "learn how to fly in the Army" or "hang around a plane factory looking sad until they give you a job". So you'll learn ALL about getting a job fixing, building, and flying planes, which is just as exciting as anything else that title could imply. Unless you're into that kind of thing. We don't judge.

A quick scheduling reminder: Our next episode will be in exactly two weeks. On the in-between weeks we are releasing our sci-fi comic audiodrama, Parasitecology. We'll be back weekly after Parasitecology's 14-episode run. To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E063: Interrupted Tales LIVE - Printcrime May 28, 2019

LIVE FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT HOUSES, IT'S INTERRUPTED TALES... UM, LIVE! Recorded as part of the 3rd Annual Livestream for the Cure in support of the Cancer Research Institute, we present our latest show. It'll sound a little different than usual, you'll hear a few other voices occasionally, but it was all for a good cause. In this episode we interrupt an actual story from the 21st Century, a sci-fi Tale ripped from tomorrow's headlines, "Printcrime" by author/activist/co-creator of Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow.

Special thanks to Cory Doctorow for permission to use his story and please check out any of his works, and his latest book Radicalized, on his site DRM-free.

Special thanks to the Epic Film Guys Podcast, creators and managers of the Livestream for the Cure. This year they raised over $16,000 simply by incredibly hard work. Sometimes that's all it takes. Plus several weeks without sleep. They have a great podcast and it's available anywhere you get podcasts now and follow them @epicfilmguys.

And special thanks to you, the listener, for putting up with 63 episodes of this extremely fun to make nonsense!

A quick scheduling reminder: Our next episode will be in exactly two weeks. On the in-between weeks we are releasing our sci-fi comic audiodrama, Parasitecology. We'll be back weekly after Parasitecology's 14-episode run. To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E062: Proposal Bait May 14, 2019

Please don’t use the fancy soaps or guest room towels because this episode we’re joined by Linzi from the fantastic 33% Pulp podcast! Linzi reads “Proposal Bait” from the February, 1951 issue of Today’s Love, a tale of romance and ghosting but unfortunately not a tale of romantic ghosts. No, this one has belly flops and an inexplicable children’s clothing store in an inexplicable town and true love torn asunder by random gossip and then just as easily brought back with no lessons learned. Ah, pulp!

Thanks to Linzi for joining us! If you listen to this podcast it’s very easy to recommend 33% Pulp, which Linzi is 50% of (if you don’t count guests and carry the 2). I can almost guarantee you’ll like it. In fact, I do guarantee! If you try it and don’t, just send the unfinished portion to Pueblo, CO and I’ll have someone get back to you. Please subscribe and follow 33% Pulp @33_pulp on Twitter and discover the greatness.

A quick scheduling reminder: Our next episode will be in exactly two weeks. On the in-between weeks we are releasing our sci-fi comic audiodrama, Parasitecology. We'll be back weekly after Parasitecology's 14-episode run. To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E061: The Telepathic Pick-up Apr 30, 2019

Join us this episode for a chilling tale of telepathy and mad science (and not trying smooth, mental lines to pick people up at bars as the title would suggest) in Amazing Stories' "The Telepathic Pick-up" from December, 1926. Prepare yourself for horror and surprisingly great radio reception!

Alan and Rob are guest-free and feeling loopy so we practiced for our upcoming live show by recording this week's episode on Twitch! Completely unannounced, we figured we would just get in there and play around. Plus, Rob is on cold meds so it seems like a good time to loosen up. Keep an eye for us on Twitch, you never know when we might be recording!

We also share a promo for Livestream for the Cure 3.0 which will be happening in just a few weeks! We'll be part of dozens of podcasts livestreaming to raise money for cancer research from May 17-19. It's going to be a blast.

A quick scheduling reminder: Our next episode will be in exactly two weeks. On the in-between weeks we are releasing our sci-fi comic audiodrama, Parasitecology. We'll be back weekly after Parasitecology's 14-episode run. To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E060: The Last Stage Coachman Apr 16, 2019

We have a guest! This is not a drill, people, put the plastic on your couch and set out a bowl of nuts because Shawn Ennis from the excellent Stories of Yore and Yours podcast has come to shame Rob and Alan with his ability to read and sound good-like with words and stuff! Yes, we have a guest reader and that means TWICE the interruptions! TWICE the references to 90s TV shows that may or may not have existed! And (somehow), THRICE the fun! Join us as Shawn beautifully reads the chilling "The Last Stage Coachman", a Tale that harkens back to an earlier time when stagecoaches ruled the land and there were no trains mucking things up with their timely travel and ability to move lots and lots of things. From an 1863 issue of The Illuminated Magazine, this is one of our oldest (and oddest) tales yet.

Many thanks to Shawn for being a great sport and putting up with our foolishness. If you aren't already a listener, please find and subscribe to Stories of Yore and Yours (and follow @SYYpodcast on Twitter). Shawn reads complete short stories uninterrupted (imagine that?!) with amazing sound quality, effects, and a voice that I've dubbed "the velvet drizzle". Just soak in it, people, it always feels right.

And if you like the idea of more guests, please let us know!

A quick scheduling reminder: Our next episode will be in exactly two weeks. On the in-between weeks we are releasing our sci-fi comic audiodrama, Parasitecology. We'll be back weekly after Parasitecology's 14-episode run. To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E059: Death in Twenty Minutes Apr 02, 2019

Revenge is a dish best served room temperature in our latest Tale from the January, 1935 issue of Weird Tales magazine: "Death in Twenty Minutes" (or less or your chilling fright is free!). Egyptian mummies, poisonous spiders, and overly thought-out schemes combine for horror so horrific it can only be called horrorable. Plus: Alan updates on his spec script for the Weekend at Bernie's reboot!

A quick scheduling reminder: Our next episode will be in exactly two weeks. On the in-between weeks we are releasing our sci-fi comic audiodrama, Parasitecology. We'll be back weekly after Parasitecology's 14-episode run. To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. We've gotten some nice feedback and would love to hear from you after you hear from us.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer gets free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E058: So You're Going to Junior High Mar 19, 2019

In our last episode we told you about your possible future, in this one we remind you of your past! We're happy to present our very first nonfiction Interrupted Tale, an article from Calling All Girls magazine's October, 1960 issue, "So You're Going to Junior High". Everything is covered: Making friends, complicated alphabetical seating arrangements, homework, and, oh, right, scarring you for the rest of your life! It's everything you need to know as you embark on your pimply ride through adolescence.

If you like this podcast and want to see more episodes like this or just help us keep going, please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer get free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

A quick scheduling reminder: Our next episode will be in exactly two weeks. On the in-between weeks we are releasing Parasitecology. If you want us every week you now have two great ways to get us! If you don't want us any weeks well, frankly, I'm surprised you read this far. We'll be back weekly after Parasitecology's 14-episode run. To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher. It's the sci-fi comic audiodrama about fugitive alien parasites and depression you never knew you wanted!

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. We always like to hear from listeners!

E057: Have Your Past Read, Mister? Mar 05, 2019

We hope you enjoyed last week's release of our new darkly comic sci-fi audio drama, Parasitecology, but this week Interrupted Tales returns with futuristic fortune tellers who don't tell your past or future. Instead they tell what might have been if you had chosen a different path! Don't worry, though, your life is still lousy. Ah, well. From Startling Stories magazine from 1955 comes a story with punctuation that will surely break our RSS links: "Have Your Past Read, Mister?"

Plus there's a really gross bit about toenails. I mean, that's worth listening to right there.

A reminder on scheduling: Our next episode will in exactly two weeks. On the in-between weeks we are releasing Parasitecology. If you want us every week you have two great ways to get us! If you don't want us any weeks well, frankly, I'm surprised you read this far. We'll be back weekly after Parasitecology's 14-episode run. To learn more about Parasitecology, visit our website https://ohthehumanity.com or search in any podcatcher.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer get free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

PREMIERE: Parasitecology S01, E01 and E02! Feb 26, 2019

People of Earth! We heard you like interruptions, so we interrupted your interruptions with... a science fiction audio dramedy? For one week, this is not Interrupted Tales but a tale that interrupts: Parasitecology! And this supersized episode is not just the first episode, but a full TWO episodes of the show that you didn't ask for but got anyway!

What is this thing called Parasitecology? Well, it's a darkly comic SF audiodrama about a suicidal nerd and his alien parasite best friend, and that's just the beginning. Literally, that's the beginning of the show, it's the whole premise, and it takes us about two episodes to get there... but don't worry, eventually they both go to a grocery store...

Please note: While Parasitecology is a comedy, it incorporates the serious and, for us, highly personal topic of mental health, including dealing with anxiety, depression and suicide. If you or a loved one is at risk of self-harm, please: get help and call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

Parasitecology was created by Alan Gallauresi and Rob Trevino, who also created Interrupted Tales, a weekly podcast where one of them reads a vintage or pulp story while the other person constantly interrupts.

All of their podcasts can be found at https://ohthehumanity.com.

Written and directed by Alan Gallauresi and Rob Trevino
Original music by Alan Gallauresi
Narration by Stacey Frost of Rough Giraffe (https://roughgiraffe.podbean.com/)
Role of Javier performed by Rob Trevino
Role of Cher performed by Alan Gallauresi

Full credits at http://parasitecology.com

E056: Prairie Girl Feb 19, 2019

We're back, my little chili babies! After some time off producing our new darkly comic sci-fi audio drama, Parasitecology, Interrupted Tales returns with a Tale of (barely) forbidden love from the March, 1943 issue of Ranch Romances. Maybe "forbidden" isn't the right word for it, perhaps "barely there" is the right one? Anyhoo, it's a hoot and we're excited to be back!

This episode features a conversation spurred by The History of Bad Ideas podcast, who you should be subscribing to and following on Twitter at @BadIdeasPodcast. If it's geeky, they've got fun opinions about it.

A quick word on scheduling: We are back but changing our frequency for a bit. We'll be switching to new episodes every other Tuesday, with Parasitecology being released the in-between weeks. So if you're getting this when it comes out, you can listen to Parasitecology next Tuesday, and then a new Interrupted Tales the next one. This will last for the 14 episodes of Parasitecology. We do hope you give it a try, it's a sci-fi tale of fugitive aliens that live on your brainstem, depressed IT workers, interplanetary conspiracy, and pizza rolls. If you like it you'll still get us every week!

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Please take a moment and rate us on Apple Podcasts right over here. Every reviewer get free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

E055: 2018 Holiday Interruptiganza Dec 24, 2018

Are you ready for some holiday cheer? Are you ready for an episode so gargantuan that it can contain THREE tales of holly, jolly interruptions? Welcome to the 2018 Fun Time Holiday Interruptiganza Volume 2: The Reckoning! From three different pulp magazines come stories of the true meaning of Christmas, as long as the true meaning of Christmas involves breaking and entering, poor Italian children, and very wet trains. Spend some time avoiding family and listen to our latest podcast!

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Please take a moment and rate us on iTunes! Right over here. Every reviewer get free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

E054: Glamour Girl 2040 Nov 27, 2018

This episode features all the glitz, glamour, and rocket ships that only future showbiz can provide! From Startling Stories in 1940 comes "Glamour Girl 2040", a story that pairs sci-fi and the movie business as only a pulp magazine can. And if that isn't exotic enough for you, Rob and Alan discuss the amazing and futuristic world of laundry chutes. Sure, we may not have jetpacks and flying cars, but some houses feature little tunnels from bedrooms to laundry rooms! Wow, what a world we live in.

We also feature a promo for the fantastic Go Your Own YA podcast, where in each episode Carey and Marie discuss life, the universe, and everything you can learn (and shouldn't learn) from Young Adult books from today and yesterday. Find it everywhere you find podcasts and @GoYourOwnYA and goyourownya.com!

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Please take a moment and rate us on iTunes! Right over here. Every reviewer get free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

E053: Who's Got the Turkey? Nov 21, 2018

It's Thanksgiving time! Well, at the time we're publishing this. And in America. Well, it's Thanksgiving in our hearts and in this episode we celebrate with a thrilling tale of railroad men and turkey heists. From the November, 1909 issue of The Railroad Man's Magazine comes "Who's Got the Turkey?" which has as many twists as Oceans 11 and as many turns as a forced game of Monopoly with your family. Join Rob and Alan as they raise a glass of gravy in thanks to all our listeners and the bizarre pulp magazine stories we love so much!

We also feature a promo for the fun and funny So It Is Told podcast, where comedian Jacob Meza and funny guests share legends, myths, and fairy tales from near and far. Find it everywhere you find podcasts and follow Jacob @soitistoldcast!

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Please take a moment and rate us on iTunes! Right over here. Every reviewer get free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

E052: A Delicate Commission Nov 13, 2018

It's Van Damme as you've never seen him before! No, it's Richard Gere and Geena Davis fighting a Detroit car magnate! Nah, it's a suave secret agent, sent to protect a woman of means... and mystery! It's: "A Delicate Commission"! Actually, it's a guy who goes shopping for his sister, but don't worry, we made it both exciting AND funny. From the Winter 1933 edition of Follies pin-up magazine comes this story of confused shoppers and very confused shopping. When you think of pulp magazines and comedy (and you will think of pulp magazines and comedy) this is just the kind of strange story you never knew you needed in your life.

Another thing you never knew you needed in life is the Hark! The 87th Precinct podcast. Celebrate the works of Ed McBain and his team of dedicated detectives. The city is imaginary, the people and places are fictitious, the podcast is real! If you like book talk and hard boiled action, Hark! is for you.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Please take a moment and rate us on iTunes! Right over here. Every reviewer get free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

E051: When The Killer Called Nov 06, 2018

The podcast is coming from inside your app! Listen along as we read "When The Killer Called", a crime story from 1945's Detective Tales magazine. A couple are terrorized by a criminal ex in a way that doesn't play out anything how you'd expect! I'm kidding, of course, it plays out exactly like that movie you saw with that story. No, not that one, the other one. No, the other, other one! Join Rob and Alan for a juicy slice of pulp mixed with comedy mixed with long distance calls from (alleged) small-time murderers.

Also featured: A promo for the Unassigned Reading podcast. A fun book club about all the books you'd never get assigned in school. You know, the interesting ones! Find them at http://unassignedreadingpod.com or wherever you downloaded this one.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Please take a moment and rate us on iTunes! Right over here. Every reviewer get free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

E050: The Brain Jungle Oct 23, 2018

OUR 50th EPISODE! That's right, 50 episodes of kooky aliens, robots, cowboys, ghosts, lost loves, found loves, and whatever that Santa Claus story was about. We thank everyone who stuck with us over the last year and if this is your first episode you have SO MUCH to binge! This week's episode of mystery and murder is from Short Stories Magazine (Motto: "We're Cutting You Off at 8 Pages No Matter What!") and features the adventures of general dick-around-town, Felix Hazard. Actually, he outsources all of his work so he's pretty much Master Guy Sitting in Chair (and Detective), although props on the name.

Meanwhile, Rob reads a touching tribute to Alan on the big 5-0 and we promo the great Those Happy Places podcast. It's about theme parks, rides, and the lands that make them special. Buddy and Alice are great hosts and we heartily endorse their general awesomeness.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Please take a moment and rate us on iTunes! Right over here. Every reviewer get free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

E049: Moon, June, Spoon, Croon Oct 16, 2018

In our 49th podcast (49!) we combine two of our listener's favorite genres: Sci-fi and romance! "Moon, June, Spoon, Croon" is a futuristic Tale from the Summer, 1955 issue of Startling Stories (the same issue as listener favorite, "The Angry House) and while Alan reads, Rob interrupts and we discuss robot dating, janitors of the future, and the other Rick Astley song. Can a modern robot find its way in a cold, uncaring world? Can it overcome its limited yet somehow extremely powerful programming? And will the title ever make sense? All your questions will be answered (except that last one, cause, nope)!

We also promo the excellent Ink to Film podcast, which you can find in your favorite podcast app or learn about right here. They read books and watch movies, it's a perfect blend of book talk, film talk, and humorous banter. Whether you've read the book or even seen the film they're discussing, it's always worth a listen!

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Please take a moment and rate us on iTunes! Right over here. Every reviewer get free stuff (Jelly the Gelatinous Cube pins, stickers, postcards with original art, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

E048: The Weeping Killer Oct 09, 2018

This week we read and interrupt a 1921 Tale of crime, "The Weeping Killer"! It's from Black Mask Magazine and covers the criminally under-discussed question of modern times: How many times can a mobster cry before people start to talk? The answer may surprise you! Plus Rob and Alan induct a new member into the IT Book Club: Luke of the fantastic Ink to Film Podcast. How do you join the IT Book Club? Simply rate us on iTunes/Apple Podcasts and DM us your details on Twitter and you'll get an exclusive membership card, postcards with original art, stickers, pins of Jelly the Gelatinous Cube, and more!

We also feature a promo for our friends at the Novel Predictions podcast. A great premise well executed: Two friends, one reads a book, one tries to guess the ending based on limited information and her wits. Also: It's hilarious. Find it on your favorite podcast app and at Apple Podcasts right over here.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Again, please take a moment and rate us on iTunes! Right over here. Every reviewer get free stuff (pins, stickers, postcards, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

E047: Radia Riddle Sep 25, 2018

We're back to sci-fi in our latest podcast featuring a Tale from the June, 1952 issue of Australia's own Thrills Incorporated! Don't worry, mates, we don't do any accents this time, but we'll catch you on the flip-flop, homies! We've heard that's an extremely popular saying in Australia, btw. We start with a brief visit to the circus as Rob discovers that a dying art form is pretty much dying for a reason and then Alan interrupts "Radia Riddle". It's hilarious, it makes no sense, and we get several visits from the Riddle King. His questions are tough but at least they aren't fair. It's fun.

We also feature a promo for the Loaded Literature podcast. They eat, they drink, they talk books, it's a great show. Plus their website has interesting essays, recipes, and more. It's pretty nifty and it's at loadedliteraturepodcast.com and wherever you get podcasts.

You can follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Again, please take a moment and rate us on iTunes! Right over here. All reviews get free stuff (pins, stickers, postcards, and more) sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

E046: The Tennis Court Decides Sep 18, 2018

In our latest podcast we read a Tale of tennis, class warfare, and the dangers of gantry cranes and also introduce our new mascot! Head over to @taleinterrupted on Twitter to see our new pins of Jelly, the Gelatinous Cube. She's ready to ooze her way into your heart. Want a free pin of Jelly along with other free stuff? Just review us on iTunes/Apple Podcasts right here!

"The Tennis Court Decides" is from the March, 1913 issue of Top-Notch Magazine, so you know it includes the highest possible of all notches. It's the tale of college boys vs. blue collar slobs and features everything you could possible want except Rodney Dangerfield. Plus you'll learn about all the perks working in a 1913 factory had, such as sports facilities and forced coworker interaction! It's like the Google campus of the earlier 20th century, only with more black lung. You'll 15 and Love it! (I've just been informed that Jelly will not stand for such puns and has threatened to leave so we regretfully rescind that joke)

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E045: George Loves Gistla Sep 11, 2018

This episode we open with a very brief discussion about touching trucks and continue with a tale of doomed sci-fi romance that's less Romeo and Juliet and more Dharma and Greg. From the January, 1954 issue of Planet Stories comes "George Loves Gistla", the best love story from Venus since, well, since something Chuck Tingle probably wrote. Fifties sci-fi and conformity collide and you'll never guess what wins out in the end! Love? Oh, you sweet summer child. You're adorable.

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E044: Convince Me I Said Sep 04, 2018

We open our latest podcast with a very brief discussion of the joys of unclehood and continue with a manly story of grit and Naval protocol from Mammoth Adventure magazine's November, 1946 issue. "Convince Me, I Said" has all the hallmarks of a classic adventure story: ships at war, men lost at sea, and getting trapped in a conversation at lunch with an overbearing coworker. How far will men go to survive in the Pacific of World War II? Turns out, about 5 pages, that's how far.

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E043: Brass Buttons Aug 28, 2018

The podcast opens with a brief discussion of chance "celebrity" encounters and continues with a romantic tale of parking, horse racing, and buttons! Yes, we apologize to our Amish listeners but there's a lot of button discussion in this episode and you may want to skip this one. Whew. Really dodged a buggy there.

Straight from the April 16, 1921 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly (motto: "Only stories, go sell your essays and poems to those suckers at Harper's") comes "Brass Buttons", the story of a woman who speeds at the edge of the law and the officer who must track her down... as well as his stolen heart! Um, actually, it's not nearly that exciting. She's mostly just a terrible parker and he's, well, a cop with buttons. It's a good thing we've added jokes and other content to our reading of the story to jazz it up a bit. Ooh, and there is a jazz reference within. Listen to learn about one of the hottest songs of 1921!

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E042: Task to Luna Aug 21, 2018

Rob and Alan kick off the podcast discussing the finer points of the modern working woman in the legal profession and then read a Cold War sci-fi yarn called "Task to Luna". From the January, 1951 issue of Planet Stories comes a solid little story of war, madness, and destiny. Plus bazookas! All with our usual comedy and nonsense in a tight little package. Take your lunch break on the moon today!

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E041: The Last of Mrs. Debrugh Aug 14, 2018

On this spooky podcast, Rob gets far too deep into the weeds of Dutch doctoring and we read a story from the October, 1937 issue of Weird Tales. "The Last of Mrs. Debrugh" (or "DeBrugh", which is how it is in the story but not the title or table of contents) is scary in the way a giant vat of mayonaisse is scary. Which is to say it's not, but it does make you feel uneasy. So strap yourself in for mild thrills in a story that cares as much about general pipe cleanliness as providing you chills!

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E040: The Secret of the Invisible Girl Aug 07, 2018

Girl power! Well, invisible girl power. Not THE Invisible Girl power, though. You know what, forget I mentioned it.

Celebrate Rob and Alan's 40th podcast with a quick pitch for the Inspector Poirot Extended Cinematic Universe ("This summer: The Name for Action is Miss Lemon!") and then learn one of "Doctor Hackensaw's Secrets." Who's that? We don't know but apparently this author wrote a bunch of these kinds of stories for different magazines through the years. This one is "The Secret of the Invisible Girl" and it will take you from the Old West all the way to deepest Africa, or at least as close to any of those places as an old sci-fi author who does not bother to do research can get. Plus, inventions: Smelling masks! Cameras that can see auras! Bananas! This one has it all!

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E039: A Matter of Cash Jul 24, 2018

It's two-fisted action in the South Seas the way YOU demanded it! If you demanded it vague and full of questionable motives, that is. "A Matter of Cash" is from Thrilling Adventures magazines' June, 1939 issue, where every adventure story takes place in an exotic locale (like China, Africa, or Holland) and features tough men with manly names (like Gunsmoke Enmity, Ochiri Death, or Holland). In addition to an exciting tale and a good deal of discussion about where to conceal compact sticks of dynamite, Rob and Alan also induct a new member into the I.T. Book Club. Be bold and join today!

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E038: A Weapon of the Law Jul 10, 2018

In this podcast, Alan and Rob discuss the pros, cons, and logistics of bunk bed usage and then dive right into a story of crime, library etiquette, and desk safety from the August, 1922 issue of The Black Mask magazine. "A Weapon of the Law" pits a desperate man against the judge who put him away. All this and the boys get a quiet drink at the Twisted Kilt!

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E037: Always One Night Jul 03, 2018

This week the podcast goes back to the world of saucy misadventures with "Always One Night" from the November, 1937 issue of Snappy Illustrated Fun and Fiction magazine. Their motto: "We don't need a snappy name because we've got snappy stories!" What kind of hijinks can a sharp dressed bellhop get into on Broadway? We're not sure, because we can't figure out half the slang in this thing, but it's saucy and funny and also includes Rob having to read uncomfortable words like "throb". Shudder.

We also feature a special guest (well, her words at least) from the excellent 33% Pulp podcast as Linzi is inducted into the IT Book Club thanks to her kind words on iTunes. The swag is on its way!

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E036: Who Is Charles Avison Jun 19, 2018

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This week, Alan and Rob induct a new member into the IT Book Club and then continue a short run of sci-fi stories with Who Is Charles Avison? from the December, 1939 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries. Just who is Charles Avison? Inventor, man of some means, and quite possibly a giant moron. Let's just say that if you invent a new kind of air ship and want to slip the surly bonds of Earth, don't let this guy drive.

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E035: The Angry House Jun 12, 2018

Now put down your ray guns, our podcast's got a new sci-fi yarn just for you! First, Alan and Rob discuss their third favorite topic, exotic fruits, and evaluate the "miraculous" powers of the "Miracle" "Berry". Then we read this week's Tale, The Angry House.

Straight from the summer, 1955 issue of Startling Stories comes the story of a (somewhat) smart house against a pair of (somewhat) bumbling thieves in the future! Yep, it's like a robot Kevin McCallister taking on Joe Pesci and the guy from Bushwacked in the future. Laugh along at all the maiming and pain, just like we do each Christmas!

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E034: Summer Rewind! Jun 05, 2018

It's gettin' hot, folks, at least in Interrupted Tales country. And what better way to cool off than to listen back on a bunch of podcast episodes from this winter and spring? Join Rob on a trip through the archives with clips from some of our most recent (and craziest) shows. There's sci-fi, romance, fables, crime, and Alan's touching story about an older man's quinceanera. We thought that particular off our very abnormal live show, it would be good to highlight some of what we've done in recent months. A great introduction for new readers!

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E033: Interrupted Tales LIVE - The Failure May 29, 2018

Well, it finally happened. We had our first LIVE podcast recently as part of the Livestream for the Cure (you can still give at livestreamforthecure.com and tell them we sent you)! We raised over $300 for cancer research, which was matched and part of a tremendous event that raised over $10,000 in total donations!

To celebrate, we present to you, the listener, an episode captured from the livestream. If you've wanted to hear the chaos that interrupting a tale live combined with a challenge or curse for each donation made can create, well then, we've got the episode for you! This week's tale is from the August, 1922 issue of The Black Mask magazine and it's a tale of crime, someone really nervous about committing a crime, and middle management. Mostly, though, it's about making Rob and Alan do silly things to help us juice up our donations.

Fair warning, the sound is a little off at times. We were using a different streaming tool than usual so some sentences come in late and we edited off a single input so some of the levels will be off. Alas, there was only so much we could do, but here it is, warts and all! But as my father never said, warts make the toad. So we have that going for us!

So join us for a little something different. Grab your favorite drink, curl up on your favorite office chair, and get ready for this week's very different, very live tale!

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E032: Jupiter Napoleon May 22, 2018

First off we'd like to thank everyone who listened to our Live show on May 19th as part of Livestream for the Cure. We raised over $300 for cancer research and had loads of fun! We'll be putting out a recording of the show as a future special episode, special thanks to the Epic Film Guys podcast for having us and raising over $5,000!

This week's tale is from the December, 1950 issue of Out of This World Adventures magazine and, boy howdy, is it pulpy sci-fi fun! Jupiter Napoleon has rayguns (with an even dumber name), a femme fatale, evil alien warlords, just about everything you could ever want (unless you're looking for story about Victorian-era coal miners, I guess it doesn't have that). It's a quick listen and if you like Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, or basically life we think you'll get a kick out of it. Plus you'll get a free name for any commenting system for life! Jupiter Napoleon: Human of Action!

So join us in the Great Jovian War for some space opera laughs! Oh, and the cover. Please check out the cover on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, it's worth following us just for the cover!

E031: High Explosives May 15, 2018

This podcast we read a tale from a 1921 issue of Adventure magazine about two great things that go great together: Prohibiition and nitroglycerin. High Explosives will transport you to Colorado's oil country and introduce you to the great character find of 1921, the Shooter! A superhero who fends of bootleggers with his- wait, I'm getting an update. Oh, okay: The Shooter is just the nickname for the guy who throws nitro down a rundown oil well in the hopes that a big explosion will result in more big oil. Still, he's got a Batmobile of sorts (an old, beat-up wagon) and a sidekick (a mangy dog), and a costume (well, a lot of dust). But he does run into some bootleggers and joins up with coppers to fight crime!

Come join us east bound and down for some old adventure with a car chase, shooting, and explosions! Plus hooch. Sweet, sweet hooch.

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E030: The Piper from Bhutan May 08, 2018

This podcast, Alan and Rob take a moment to thank the Brit Pod Scene show for having us guest on the second episode of their podcast. Special shout-out to the Theme Park Film and Rough Giraffe podcasts for making it happen and for both being our favo(u)rite Brits!

Now onto "The Piper from Bhutan", a tale of murder, mystic pipes (the kind you play, not the fun kind), and really bad science! Straight from Weird Tales magazine, it dares to answer the question "what if you could kind of vaguely, sorta, maybe, barely cause the dead to come to life and how would this affect your university enrollment?" If you're a fan of crime or supernatural stories this one has you covered and if you're not you can just sit back and marvel at Alan's Ghost Whisperer references and uncovering of the deadly secrets of Toastmasters International

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E029: The Man Who Could Work Miracles May 01, 2018

Welcome to a special Super-Sized Sci-Fi Spectacular podcast with a Tale from HG Wells!

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In this episode, Rob embarrasses himself at the airport (as usual) and we read a tale from a titan of science fiction, the inventor of the idea of time travel as we know it, the man who predicted Martians could be killed by the common cold (it's actually HPV, but who wants to give them that?), the one and only HG Wells! The Man Who Could Work Miracles one is a story straight from the Twilight Zone, and we can only assume Wells actually invented a time machine, traveled forward 60-odd years, and came back so he could claim it as his own idea. Let's see Jules Verne do that!

Anyhoo, to honor Mr. Wells, this episode is a bit longer than most, but you'll not only receive a delightful parable of a man given the powers of a god, you'll also get to hear us potentially alienate our British listenership (wih love!) and continue our random beef with places in Florida in the hopes of starting something (we're willing to trade if anyone lives in Tucson, Detroit, or Binghamton, however). Plus the usual nonsense, jokes about walking sticks, and BIBO! Don't know about Bibo? One doesn't really know Bibo, one only experiences Bibo. Bring Bibo into your life, today. To gaze at Bibo is to gaze into the infinite.

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E028: Love in a Cottage Apr 24, 2018

In this episode, we introduce you to the new IT Book Club (not a division of Reynholm Industries)! How do you become a member of the IT Book Club? It's easy, just leave a 5-star review on iTunes, Right over here! Membership has its perks; not only will we induct you as a member on the air, we will read your review, too. So please leave your thoughts, poems about turtles, and guacamole recipes on Apple Podcasts/iTunes today and join the exclusive IT Book Club!

Then come right back here and listen to this week's Tale, a doozy of a short story called "Love in a Cottage" by Francis A. Durivage all the way back from 1853! A story about a poor rich man who seeks to impress the lady of his dreams by becoming a rich (in spirit) poor man, it's classic Shakespearian romance in the sense that it's entirely built on lies but it's all okay because... love? Anyway, the story is a breezy hoot and Alan and Rob get to work out their... tasteful Irish accents (love you, Ireland!). So grab a glass of cheap beer and pull up a dusty, worn chair while we read you this week's tale.

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E027: The Clean Man and the Dirty Angels Apr 17, 2018

In this week's chugging podcast adventure: Rob and Alan discuss their brackets for Mundane Madness (always bet on binder clip!) and we read a story of a godly railroad man and the fallen women he believes are beyond saving. If you're looking for puritanical thinking and old-timey deep voices saying "t'ain't right" a lot, well, you're looking for some strangely specific things, but we have got you covered!

This Tale is from Stories of the Railroad published in 1899 by John A. Hill (1899's Slogan: "19-hundred-zero-zero, party over, wait, plenty of time"). John A. Hill was not only a railroad engineer, he became the "Hill" in McGraw-Hill publishing and a titan of our time! Just think of all the SAT prep books we owe to his writings in Locomotive Engineer magazine.

Get ready to ride the rails in this story of adventure and learn a lot about the economics of late 19th century dance halls! So grab your favorite bottle of hooch and curl up in your parlor car while we read you this week's tale.

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E026: The Chameleon Man Apr 10, 2018

This thrilling episode: Rob reveals the true heights of his manliness (spoiler alert: ankle deep at best) and we read a science fiction story about a man who can turn invisible and his attempt to help the war effort by starring on the Great White Way!

From the January 1943 issue of Amazing Stories, "The Chameleon Man" by William P. Mcgivern (writer of the film The Big Heat and at least 3 episodes of Kojak) features a man so forgettable that he actually becomes invisible and just wants to join the Army to help the war effort. So our protagonist, a shady talent agent (shocking!), decides the best way to aid him is by taking him straight to Broadway to make a few bucks. Forget sneaking into a bunker to get Hitler, this guy could be stage crew without even wearing black! That's the perfect use of his abilities, genius!

This story also includes a long paranthetical about the reality of invisible people from the editors so if you don't listen to this for the humor, tune in because you might just learn something. It's like how we watch Spinal Tap as a cautionary tale about the dangers of spontaneous combustion. So grab your favorite clear beverage and curl up in your favorite flesh-toned chair while we read you this week's tale.

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E025: The Shock Apr 03, 2018

This episode Alan drops some science about thermocouplers and how important they are in today's modern homes (hint: you cannot reverse the polarity of a thermocoupler and swing your house around the sun to travel back in time). The we read a seemingly lighthearted story about a baseball player that suddenly takes a swerve into Thrilltown! BTW, if you've passed the 7-11 on Chiller Road, you've gone too far.

From Wide-Awake Magazine in 1916, "The Shock" by Grant Trask Reeves (about whom little is known except he wrote baseball stories and either had an awesome name or great taste in pseudonyms) is about a drunk major leaguer (who is also a major league drunk) who gets in a bit of a bind with his manager and may have to pay the ultimate price. Is it jail? Being traded to Miami? Only time and this week's tale will tell! So curl up in your favorite dugout and grab some Big League Chew while we read you this week's tale.

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E024: Don't Get Technatal Mar 27, 2018

Rob shares a bittersweet family story involving animated balls of dough and naive immigrants followed by a short sci-fi tale from the utopian future of 1975! Will man still be alive? Will women survive? Will robots know how to shake their booty? All of these questions, and, well, not many more, but at least all of these questions will be answered!

"Don't Get Technatal" was written by science fiction luminary Ray Bradbury under a pseudonym way before he got famous as an author and was the lowly editor of a low-budget, but ultimately influential, fanzine called Futuria Fantasia. It was 1939 and Bradbury decided to riff on the little known and by then pretty much done political movement of Technocracy. Yes, a nerd writing about a future where the nerds have taken over. Who says science fiction is all about wish fulfillment? Bet they feel silly now! So have your robot butler grab your favorite drink and curl up on your knitted couch as we read you this week's tale.

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E023: The Necklace of Pearls Mar 20, 2018

The Saga of Stairs, Part 2: The Submission of the Truth. Then, a fanciful fable from the island of the Azores with more crying than Solomon Burke's Cry to Me, which is, NOT COINCIDENTALLY, part of the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. This week's genre: Fairy Tales. Or Nymph Tales. But not Pony Tales, and not Cotton Tales.

"The Necklace of Pearls" as retold by Elsie Spicer Eells is from 1922's "The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores." So grab a philtre of tears, and curl up in your favorite embroidered saddle as we read you this week's tale.

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E022: Scrambled Yeggs Mar 13, 2018

Weird fruit part 3, then a jokey farce about a stranger-in-a-strange-land, a costume ball, quite a bit of lying and possible incestuous jewel thieving. All set against the background of 1940s Paris, which - now that we think about - seems like a weird time to have a ball but... well, you'll see what happens. This week's genre: Romantiheist.

"Scrambled Yeggs" is from the anthology "Night Life Tales" Vol. 1, No. 19, and it's a bit risque on the face but not very titillating inside, but obviously we've added a bunch of sexiness just through our husky voices. So grab an absinthe, and curl up on your favorite divan (that's the correct order in which you would do it, ROB) and sit back while we read you this week's tale.

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E021: My Irish Friend Mar 06, 2018

Dentistry and peeing your pants - true story? Then we plunge ourselves into a frightening TRUE ACCOUNT of promises, ghosts, and the noises they make in the dark. This week's genre: Ghoooossst Stories!

Our tale "My Irish Friend" comes from the collection "Real Ghost Stories" by William T. Stead, a man with a somewhat controversial reputation and a writing style that can best be praised as "note-takingish." So grab a bottle of laudanum and curl up in your favorite bedchamber while we read you this week's tale.

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E020: Limbering Up Ebenezer Feb 27, 2018

The Winter Marblelympics are here and it is time to chant GO GO SAVAGE SPEEDERS! Oh, and there's a story too, something about a miserly couple that has a falling out over pickles and the foxtrot. This week's genre: Romance then Not Romance.

"Limbering Up Ebenezer" is from the May 1919 edition of Saucy Stories Magazine and it is basically congealed jargon aggressively molded into two columns and three pages. So curl up in your favorite town hall bench and grab a drink of free tap water while we read you this week's tale.

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E019: The Winds, the Birds, and the Telegraph Wires Feb 20, 2018

What is the acceptable age for owning a waterbed? Then, a succinct little fable about some kind of god named the "Earth King" - who may or may not have a Swedish nu-metal band backing him - and his travails hiring contractors. This week's genre: Fairy Tales.

"The Winds, the Birds, and the Telegraph Wires" is by Revered Jay T. Stocking, and it appears in an anthology entitled "Twenty Four Unusual Stories for Boys and Girls," arranged and retold by Anna Cogswell Tyler. It nicely explains why the winds hate the birds and the birds hate wires, but it does not explain how "Birds on a Wire" failed at the box office, so there's still a lot of mystery left in the world. So curl up in your favorite rainbow bed, and grab a rainbow popsicle and celebrate like it's the Fourth of July, as we read you this week's tale.

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E018: The Devil's Jest Feb 13, 2018

Weird fruits, part two - the paw paw. After that, Alan reads a yarn of a dying man's confession to a conveniently placed burglar. This week's genre: Suspense.

"The Devil's Jest" by Robert Terry Shannon comes from the pages of Argosy All-Story Weekly, Dec 15th, 1923, and it concerns the revenge of a man who gets his medical advice from Dr Oz and definitely needs a subscription to the Times. So curl up in your favorite hospice bed with a glistening revolver as we read you this week's tale.

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E017: Twixt Life and Death Feb 06, 2018

Weird fruits, part one: the Durian. Then a manx tale from the Isle of Man involving wholesale theft of seagull eggs! Seriously, people are about to be put in jail over this. This week's genre: Adventure/Mystery/Poetry.

"Twixt Life and Death" by Clucas Jouchin is from the 1905 anthology Fifty-Two Stories for Girls edited by Alfred H. Miles, and there is no doubt that this story is extremely appropriate for girls of all ages who dream of being a sleepwalker and really -- really -- don't care for dogs. So curl up on your favorite coat and grab a drink while we read you this week's tale.

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E016: The Chemical Magnet Jan 30, 2018

Nude wookies! Then we take a lazy stroll on the scientific shores of a tale about a driven inventor and his plumbing issues, which is absolutely CENTRAL to the plot. This week's genre: Super Science!

"The Chemical Magnet" is from the August 1927 edition of Amazing Stories magazine. Curl up in your favorite ratty beach towel and grab a Bahama Manana Alabama Obama from your closest Margaritaville while we read you this week's tale.

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E015: Skirts and Brats Jan 23, 2018

This episode, Alan escapes from a room through the power of blowing and Rob wonders why we're reading a story about skirts and delicious, grilled Johnsonville brats. It's all followed by a crime drama so baffling in its plot, dialogue, and crime that we think it technically qualifies as outsider art.

"Skirts and Brats" is a crime+morality tale from the September 3rd, 1918 edition of Adventure magazine. Curl up in your favorite above-the-bar hideout and grab a potato masher while we read you this week's tale.

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E014: Why Men Don't Marry Jan 16, 2018

Alan is fined by the council for pique, and then we are toasted with a tale of scummy romantic misadventure amongst the backdrop of gorgeous Switzerland, home of waiters with outsized importance to stories. Join us to learn about Lee Lee Sobieski's poetry, and definitely NOT how to pronounce the word "shemagh."

"Why Men Don't Marry" from the book "Frivolous Cupid" by Anthony Hope, author of Prisoner of Zenda. We totally spaced out on doing our Ronald Coleman impression in this episode, and we're sorry for that, but you can recreate it by repeating the name "Ronald Coleman" over and over again and successively rolling the R more each time.

Grab a drink of Kirsch and curl up in your favorite A-frame Swiss chalet, while we read you this week's tale.

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E013: Two Weeks in August Jan 09, 2018

This episode, Rob finally lulls his toddler (and Alan) to sleep with the hypnotic power of European tractor stories and then we dive into the future of annoying coworkers and space tourism. Boy, if that isn't a thrilling prospect for Fifties sci-fi hilarity, I don't know what is!

Another science-fiction story from the glory days of yore, "Two Weeks in August" combines all the adventure of being forced into coworker conversations with looking in a phone book. Yep, seriously, that's pretty much it. Plus pastrami sandwiches! Trust us, it all comes together as we read a highlight from the February, 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction and sprinkle our usual jokes and nonsense about.

It's time to curl up in your favorite space fishing boat and grab your favorite drink as we read you this week's tale.

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E012: Picture Bride Jan 02, 2018

We discuss the believability of lies and what grandmas do in their spare time (knitting, baking, plotting death upon their enemies, etc.). Then we regale you with a tale of unsocialized idiots tuning into mysterious women from the future with rheostats. Rheostati? Rheostatuses? Preposteruses!

As implied above, this week's story is a whole bunch of Science Fiction hoo-ha in the vein of Twilight Zone or an episode of Black Mirror that's 99% less about the bleak horrors of existence and inevitible crushing of the human experience by technology. It's from Galaxy Science Fiction, June, 1955, so if you like two guys talking about dames and the scientific breakthroughs that will finally allow one of them to feel love than this is the story for you. Basically what we're really getting at is that Ex Machina is a complete rip-off of this and someone owes someone else a lot of money.

So it’s time to curl up in your favorite laboratory with your girlfriend who lives in Canada or Europe or wherever and grab a drink while we read you this week’s tale.

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E011: A Chance Clew Dec 26, 2017

This week we switch from weird wintry tales to a weird mystery tale! First we wonder about what's a dream and what's getting its ass to Mars or not, then jump into a daring criminal enterprise involving molasses and a dopey gumshoe. There's also some banter about manservants and the movie Ghost (you know, typical conversational stuff).

This week's genres are Crime and Mystery as we present a serial from the pages of Detective Story Magazine. It's time to curl up on your favorite cask and/or barrel and grab a drink, while we read you this week's tale.

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E010: Holiday 2017 Interruptiganza Dec 19, 2017

Tis' the season to be interrupted! This week we get in the spirit (and possibly spirits) and posit whether it's better to give or receive (an empty box) and then saddle up a reindeer for TWO Christmas-themed stories: "Little Jean" and "A Kidnapped Santa Claus". In the first story, we meet a little boy who has never even heard of Christmas in the literally unpronouncable country he is from, but somehow he figures it out all on his own. In the second, well - it's pretty messed up, honestly - but we tackles elves' rights, stooge-like "demons", and wackily named creatures like Nuter, Wisk, and Febreze. The whole thing is basically a sourcebook for an incredibly unpopular AD&D setting. And now it's time to curl up in a sleigh and got your nog on, while we read you this week's tales.

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E009: Getting Billy's Goat Dec 12, 2017

Sports fever takes center stage as we talk about the virtues of YouTube white noise options and then thunder right into a story that's about football (yet doesn't really feature football) and love (as written by a man who has clearly never known the touch of another person). This week's story genre: Adventure? Romance? It’s time to curl up in your favorite chair (or bleacher) and grab a drink while we read you this week’s tale.

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E008: Mystery Eyes Over Earth Dec 05, 2017

We consider the existential horror of Super Mario Odyssey and then listen to an alien's TPS report. GO AMERICA! This week's story genre: Science Fiction. It's time to curl up in your cigar shaped craft and grab a drink while we read you this week’s tale.

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E007: Her Husband Nov 28, 2017

We "acquire" pumpkins and enjoy a story where we jump to conclusions about what our husbands are doing with far more interesting females. This week's story genre: Romance. It’s time to curl up in your favorite coat and grab a drink while we read you this week’s tale.

It's 1916 and you are a wife and mother with the perfect life until you receive vague, really vague, incredibly vague rumors about your husband and another woman. Is Tyler Perry making period films now? No, it's "Her Husband" from Breezy Stories magazine (slogan: "Nothing Too Serious, Keepin' It Easy"). Romance, a woman spurned, an affair uncovered. Finally, a story that takes a hard-hitting look at life for a woman in a perilous time in history. We kid, of course, women couldn't even vote, let alone actually be the stars of their own stories! It's all their in the title, folks.

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E006: The Gold Mill Nov 21, 2017

We figure out how to call people eggplants on our way to Popeyes, and then are regaled with the story of a dead miser, his mill, his cat, and the musical man who came up with brassiere. This week's genre: Adventure? It’s time to curl up in your favorite abandoned structure and grab a drink while we read you this week’s tale.

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E005: The Genie of the Dingle Nov 14, 2017

We fall into the deep tapestry of Tolkein references and then follow the story of an author's innocent dalliance with his very own dingle. It’s time to curl up in your favorite chair (or oak log) and grab a drink while we read you this week’s tale. Sorry for some audio issues!

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E004: Tartas the Terrible Nov 07, 2017

We talk junk (in all its meanings) then get down to a narrative treasure involving bitter rivals in romance and their understaffed castles. It’s time to curl up in your favorite straw-covered cell and grab a drink while we read you this week’s tale.

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E003: The Test Oct 31, 2017

We create a monstrosity out of cheap toys, then hear about the criminal justice system and the doctors who exploit it for their own perverse ghost fetishes. It’s time to curl up in your favorite chair (you'll get it later) and grab a drink while we read you this week’s tale. Chair. Hilarious.

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E002: The Great and the Small Oct 24, 2017

We talk kids halloween costumes and then proceed to interrupt a "thrilling" story of horse endurance racing across the turn-of-the-century West. It’s time to curl up in your favorite chair and grab a drink while we read you this week’s tale, buckaroos.

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E001: No Place for Husbands Oct 17, 2017

In our inaugural episode, we talk about terrible candy from our childhood and delve into a tale of near-philandering among the financier-turned-movie star industry from Saucy Stories, August 1st 1922 with the story "No Place for Husbands." It’s time to curl up in your favorite chair and grab a drink while we read you this week’s tale. (Apologies for the audio quality, it's episode 1!)

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E000: Preface, or Introduction to Interrupted Tales Oct 10, 2017

Folks, Episode 0 has arrived! If you don't know what Interrupted Tales is all about - Interrupted Tales, the show where two friends take turns reading stories to you, the listen, while the other person constantly interrupts - dive in and give a listen to this carefully curated list of moments from the series. If you think that "a carefully curated list of moments from the series" sounds a lot like a clip show, you can keep it to yourself, ok? Because this is some hand-selected farm-to-table artisanal level of clip selection.

But it's not just clips - no! We also give you vital information about the show, like when it comes out (every week on Tuesday mornings) and provide some episode recommendations to fit your particular genre tastes. If you like what you hear, go ahead and hit that subscribe button on your favorite podcast player so it arrives without you even having to get onto your sweet little tootsies. Already a subscriber? If you could be bothered to sit through a clip show then you're the type of listener we'd love to leave a review to help even more people learn about Interrupted Tales. Right over here.

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