Today, we’re exploring True Crime of the early 20th Century.

In 1927, a man named Edward Henry Smith sat in a New York apartment, surrounded by the files of the world’s most baffling disappearances. He wasn't just a reporter; he was a student of the human shadow. Before his untimely death that same year, Smith would publish Mysteries of the Missing, a collection of cases that defied logic and law.

To Smith, the "Missing" weren't just gone—they were puzzles of chemistry and circumstance. But one case stood above the rest. A case that turned Fifth Avenue into a graveyard of secrets.

Today, we examine Smith’s account of Dorothy Arnold, a young woman of wealth, who walked out of her father’s upscale New York City home into a winter afternoon and never walked out.

Lets follow the trail through the eyes of a man who spent his life hunting for the truth in the dark.

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In this episode you’ll hear a short story by Manuel Komroff: “The Little Master of the Sky”.

This is one of Komroff's most celebrated early works, first appearing in the prestigious literary magazine The Dial in 1921, establishing Komroff's reputation as a master of the "mystical-realistic" style. It follows his interest in characters who exist on the fringes of society or possess a unique, almost spiritual perspective on the world.

Upon its publication in 1921, it was selected for Edward J. O'Brien's influential The Best Short Stories of 1921 anthology.

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In this episode we hear "The Spider's Eye" (1884), a short story by Lucretia P. Hale that explores themes of perception and social consciousness. Originally published in the anthology Stories by American Authors, Volume 3, the narrative is set in a theater where the protagonist reflects on the nature of sound and acoustics.

As the story develops, the protagonist experiences a shift in perception that allows them to hear the inner thoughts and private desires of fellow audience members.

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