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Did you ever have one of those days? The kind of day that leaves you feeling out of sorts, when you’re not even sure where you are or how you got there? Then you can relate to tonight’s tale.

Join us now for a story of a woman having just one of those unsettling days, in the play “Mind the Loop.”

Tonight’s play was written, directed, and produced by Aimee Pavy

Heard in tonight’s play were:

Beth Damiano as Laura
and Dana Kelly Jr. as Pete
Josh Horowitz as your host

Additional music “Dangerous Swing” is by Blue Dot Sessions, sourced from the Free Music Archive, and additional sound effects were sourced from Free Sound dot org, both under Creative Commons licensing.

If you enjoy our plays, please subscribe and leave a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts. Or drop us a line via email (twelvechimesradio@gmail.com). We’d love to hear from you. Thank you for listening and hope to see you again...at midnight.

In honor of the holidays, I posted a repeat Twelve Chimes ghost story for Christmas with a new intro including a show update!

I have a plan for the coming year to focus less on work and more on creativity! I have an story I'm halfway through editing, a finished script to cast and record, a new script in the works, and an adapted piece.

I'm excited about revisiting the world of storytelling, if for no other reason than for my own pleasure and joy. Though, it is fantastic if others can enjoy the stories, particularly as I rely on the collaboration of talented actors, musicians, and artists to realize my stories...and not always mine...11 of the 27 stories were written by fabulous contributors as well as authors and radio writers of the past.

This repeat play is one of my favorite Twelve Chimes ghost stories. So grab a cozy blanket and a cup of something hot, curl up by the Christmas tree, and listen to my take on the legendary ghost, La Llorona (see credits below, play/story 14). Lots of spooky love and Happy Holidays!!

How is a story interpreted differently with alternative actors? Listen and see! This version of the “Spooky” story is performed here by the SAG-AFTRA Radio Plays Committee, located in Los Angeles, CA. This time actors performed the story in one continuous take!

SARP stands for the SAG-AFTRA Radio Plays Committee, located in Los Angeles, CA.

The SAG-AFTRA Radio Plays Committee (SARP) produces radio plays and workshops that provide an opportunity for members to showcase their talent(s) to as many people in and out of the entertainment industry as they possibly can in a fun, safe, clean, diverse, supportive, entertaining and educational environment. By producing and workshopping these events, the committee illuminates and illustrates the origins of SAG-AFTRA’s past and encourages members to become more involved in their union through performance and leadership. Events take place at both the SAG-AFTRA Plaza and the Autry Museum in Griffith Park, and are open to the public as well as the industry.

Tonight’s bonus play was written, directed, and edited by Josh Horowitz

Heard in tonight’s play were:
Josh Horowitz as the KGB Scientist
Amalisha as Katya
Michael Carnegie as the Military Aide and Spy 2
Bob Telford as Colonel Sweeney
Kris Frost as Agent Lansing
Nancy Wilson as Agent Meadows
Dea McAllister as Vasimovna and the Room Service Lady
Dana Kelly Jr. as Deputy Director Cartwright and the President’s Aide
James Tripp as Agent Gusterson
Beth Damiano as Patty
David Westberg as the Doctor and the President
Rick Scarry as Spy 1 and Narrator

Music and sound effects from FreeSound.org
Additional music arranged and performed by Josh Horowitz
Logo design by Michael Dern

If you enjoy our plays, please subscribe and leave a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts. Or drop us a line via email (twelvechimesradio@gmail.com). We’d love to hear from you. Thank you for listening and hope to see you again...at midnight.

Do you remember a time when wars were cold and people fought them in the shadows? It was a time of spies and secrets with each side trying to outdo the other using any means necessary.

Join us as we drop in on a highly classified meeting at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., where even the uncanny is not off the table, in the play "Spooky"!

Tonight’s play was written by Josh Horowitz

Produced by Aimee Pavy
Sound edit and sound design by Josh Horowitz

Heard in tonight’s play were:
Josh Horowitz as the KDB Scientist and Spy 2
Lena Horowitz as Katya
Bob Telford as Colonel Sweeney
Michael Carnegie as the Military Aide
Brett Stillo as Agent Lansing
Audra Wolfmann as Agent Meadows
Regina Yermus as Vasimovna
Edward Champion as Deputy Director Cartwright
Aaron Seymour as Agent Gusterson and the Doctor
Beth Damiano as Patty
Aimee Pavy as the Room Service Lady
Landon Hood as Spy 1
Dana Kelly Jr. as the President’s Aide
And JFK as the President, courtesy of NVIDIA Natural TTS Synthesis and Tacotron 2

Music and sound effects from FreeSound.org
Additional music arranged and performed by Josh Horowitz 
Play/story cover photo by Peter Wiberg from Pixabay 
Logo design by Michael Dern
And yours truly Josh Horowitz

And a shout out to podcast friends of the show: The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society, Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Radio, The Gray Area, the Narada Radio Company, and our new friend Horror Shop Radio!!  

If you enjoy our plays, please subscribe and leave a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts. Or drop us a line via email (twelvechimesradio@gmail.com). We’d love to hear from you. Thank you for listening and hope to see you again...at midnight.

Tonight we have another ghost story for your listening pleasure, in the spirit of continuing one of our favorite Christmas traditions. This tale was written in 1952 by writer Rosemary Timperley.

Join us now for a short and bittersweet story of a woman alone...almost...in the play “Christmas Meeting.”

Tonight’s play was written by Rosemary Timperley and produced by Aimee Pavy.

Heard in tonight’s play were:
Aimee Pavy as the Narrator
Matty Stone as Francis Randel
Beth Damiano as the Landlady
And yours truly Josh Horowitz

Additional music was by Jill Tracy from her holiday album "Silver Smoke, Star of Night," and available for purchase on Bandcamp

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Thank you for listening and... Happy Holidays!

As we’re all confined to our homes this holiday season, it’s hard to meet new people, unless of course it’s midnight, because at midnight... anything can happen.

Tonight’s play was written and produced by Aimee Pavy, with Aimee as herself and the ghost.

Additional music "Coventry Carol” is by Jill Tracy from her holiday album "Silver Smoke, Star of Night," and available for purchase on Bandcamp.

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Thank you for listening and hope to see you again...at midnight.

Have you ever had a creepy or scary experience upon waking? Do you attribute your strange experience to the supernatural or to a physical phenomenon? Tell me more!

Join me, Aimee Pavy, creator of Twelve Chimes It's Midnight, for my “Thoughts on Sleep Paralysis.”

The additional music A Gothic Funeral” was created by Haunted Corpse, sourced from the Free Music Archive | https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Haunted_Corpse

The photograph for the cover art is by StockSnap, sourced from Pixabay.

If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and leave a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts, it really helps the show. Or drop us a line via email (twelvechimesradio@gmail.com). We’d love to hear from you.

Thank you for listening and hope to see you again...at midnight.

When you were a teenager, did you ever sneak out at midnight, to check out some creepy abandoned place? Noooo? Afraid you might actually find something scary?

Join us now for a story about a gang of curious teenagers who get together in the dead of night in the play "Midnight Delinquents."

** And be warned, this play/story contains some adult language. **

CREDITS:
Writer: Isaac Penston
Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Host: Josh Horowitz
Ruth: Gillian O’Leary
Babs: Taara Ram Mohan
Thomas: Ojas Mor
Pill: Jude Lee
Jack: Logan Schluntz
Mary: Vice

Cover Art: Rowan Barbeau | thecrowsart.tumblr.com
Logo design: Michael Dern

Additional music, “Haunting of the Crypt,” was created by Haunted Corpse, sourced from the Free Music Archive | https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Haunted_Corpse
Additional sound effects from Freesound.org
For more details on their Creative Commons Attribution www.twelvechimesradio.com/attributions

The Narada Radio Company - Presenting a variety of series in the coming years, we begin with "The Cellar,” a horror/suspense series produced and directed by Pete Lutz naradaradio.libsyn.com/

Josh Horowitz – Check out his ebook narration work at Audible.com. Get a promo code for two of his works, for FREE! joshhorowitz.com/audible

Is there a particular melody that haunts you? That conjures up ghosts from your past? What if that melody was accompanied by…a real ghost?

Join us now for a suspenseful tale of a family in jeopardy, in the play “The Turn of the Thumbscrew.”

CREDITS:
Writer/Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Host: Josh Horowitz
Lead Sound Design: Josh Horowitz
Honora Calder: Kaila Knudsen
Nigel Calder: Ilana Horowitz
Evaleen Calder: Lori Gieleghem
George Bowman: Paul Silverman
Charlotte Ryden: Jill Tracy
Mille: Aimee Pavy
John Calder: Cody Nichols

Cover Art: Gary Davis | www.deviantart.com/maniakuk
Piano music arranged and performed by Jill Tracy and additional music also by Jill Tracy from her holiday album "Silver Smoke, Star of Night" | jilltracy.com
Logo design: Michael Dern
Additional sound effects from Freesound.org - for more details www.twelvechimesradio.com/attributions

Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society - New to Old Time Radio, hardcore fan, curious, but don’t know where to start? Try the MORLS, a podcast on dedicated to the great crime, horror, and suspense shows from the golden age of radio! www.ghoulishdelights.com/series/themorls/

Breaking Walls Podcast – Please check out James Scully’s amazing podcast about the history of American dramatic radio! thewallbreakers.com/

Since about the 1830s until today, there has been a tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas eve. In the spirit, ha ha, of this tradition, regular cast member Crystal Why tells us a ghost story, told on location from a haunted house on Russian Hill in San Francisco. Turn off your lights and bring out the candles. Do you hear a noise? Did that candle move? Tune in and find out what happens! Happy Holidays!

CREDITS:
Writer/Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy (yep, it's completely scripted…fiction!)
Voices: Crystal Why "interviewed" by Aimee Pavy
Holiday Music: “Carol of the Bells” by Jill Tracy from her Christmas album "Silver Smoke, Star of Night." | jilltracy.com

For Halloween, we've got with a dark noir play by the Czar of Noir Eddie Muller! www.eddiemuller.com

Ever forget something? Even lost car keys can drive the mind to distraction, but what if, one day, you forgot everything?

Join us now for a suspenseful tale of murder, money, love, ambition, and greed in the play “A Perfectly Obvious Explanation.”

CREDITS:
Writer: Eddie Muller
Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Host: Josh Horowitz
Frank: Brett Stillo
Lucky: Alexander Cukor
Dr. Lorrison: Jill Tracy
Sherry: Zelda Koznofski
Police Captain: Eddie Muller
Police Officer: Scott Owen
Cover Art: Clyde J. Kell
Closing Music: “Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)” by Lee Presson & the Nails
Audio recording: Aaron Seymour
Logo Design: Michael Dern

Breaking Walls Podcast – Please check out James Scully’s amazing podcast about the history of American dramatic radio! thewallbreakers.com/

Have you ever been in a tight spot, trying to avoid the cops with blood all over your tie. Inconvenient to say the least! Join us now as we follow Jimmy and George as they discover the perfect solution to their dilemma, in this Twelve Chimes sponsor promo for the fabulous Relic Vintage, “The Bloody Tie.”

San Francisco's finest vintage boutique offering high quality men and women's apparel, accessories and jewelry from 1920s-1970s. Check them out at www.relicvintagesf.com, on Etsy at RelicVintageSF, and follow them on Instagram at @relicvintage @relicvintageshop!

CREDITS:
Writer/Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Host: Aimee Pavy
George: Aaron Seymour
Jimmy: Aimee Pavy
Store Proprietor: Oran Scott (Relic Vintage owner)
Detective: Terra Williams (Assistant Manager at Relic Vintage)
Music: The Kurt Ribak Trio | www.ribak.com/

CREDITS:
Writer/Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Narrator: Josh Horowitz
Musician: Scott Louis
Buddy: Brett Stillo
Singer: Audra Wolfmann
Cop: Scott Louis
Samantha: Audra Wolfmann
Music: The Kurt Ribak Trio and the piece "Prelude to a B Movie" | www.ribak.com/
Cover Art: Jeff Heermann
Logo Design: Michael Dern

Great apartments at a great price are hard to come by in San Francisco. To keep them, people will put up with almost anything.

Join us now for a story of discovery, death, and one cranky cat in the play Adopted Ghost.

CREDITS:
Writer/Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Narrator: Josh Horowitz
Jeanette: Crystal Why
Mrs. Whiskers: Aimee Pavy
Sean: Scott Louis
Mrs. Campbell: Beth Abdallah
Mike: Cameron Eng
Fred: the Cast
Cover Art: Jeff Heermann
Logo Design: Michael Dern

If you could spend an evening with a dead celebrity, who would it be? Choose carefully or come midnight, it might be you who’s dead. Join us now for a story of a fangirl who unwisely chose a ghost as her obsession in the play "Ghost Crush."

CREDITS:
Writer/Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Narrator: Josh Horowitz
Waitress: Aimee Pavy
Mary: Beth Abdallah
Jack: Aaron Seymour
Raymond: Scott Louis
Louisa: Kiley Brocaw
Responding Agent: Aimee Pavy
Cover Art: Jeff Heermann
Logo Design: Michael Dern

Join us now for a discussion on the topic of Twelve Chimes’ main inspiration, the old-time radio show "Lights Out," with Twelve Chimes creator/director/producer Aimee Pavy and actor, filmmaker, and podcaster Brett Stillo.

To check out the "Lights Out" radio show (for free!), go to Internet Archive at archive.org/ (they're the best!). And check out my favorite Brett Stillo short film at www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTBpPNgfbog and his podcast with cohost, our very own Twelve Chimes announcer, Josh Horowitz, at 5minutesoftrouble.com!!

Join us now for "The Darkness," play/story 2 of the new-old-time radio/audio drama, Twelve Chimes It's Midnight. Old houses often make strange noises. Sometimes it’s just the house settling…sometimes it’s a problem with the pipes…sometimes it’s something more sinister.

CREDITS:
Writer/Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Narrator: Josh Horowitz
John: Aaron Seymour
Becky: Aimee Pavy
Cover Art: Jeff Heermann
Logo Design: Michael Dern

The pilot play/story of the new old time radio/audio drama Twelve Chimes It's Midnight. Seance Games is the first of many original "radio" plays of mystery, suspense, and horror!

CREDITS:
Writer/Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Narrator: Josh Horowitz
Ginny/Mrs. Scarpelli: Aimee Pavy
Victoria Ghant: Beth Abdallah
Dr. Drayson/Mr. Stevens/Mr. Conway/Mailman: Aaron Seymour
Henry Ghant/Andrei: Brett Stillo
Madame Sala: Audra Wolfmann
Cover Art: Jeff Heermann
Logo Design: Michael Dern