Gerald

Campfire Radio Theater

Haunted Air Audio

Drama, Fiction, Fiction:drama

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Amid an atmosphere of growing hysteria, a small town minister is determined to get to the bottom of a series of unspeakable crimes just as his young son, Gerald, comes under the influence of a not-so imaginary friend. Warning: Contains explicit language and frightening situations. From the audio play by Bill Gray Adapted by John Ballentine Directed and produced by Kevin Hartnell and John Ballentine Cast James Hicklin Rish Outfield Blythe Haynes Jack Kincaid Owen Bevan M J Hartnell Joe Stofko Christina Alfieri Original music score by Kevin Hartnell Running time 38:36 Follow us on Facebook @CampfireRadioTheater and Twitter @CampfireRadio

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0:00.0	Welcome, friend. Have a seat by the fire. Make yourself comfortable.
0:17.0	183. A summer forest aglow with twinkling light. Fireflies danced in the darkness like fiery embers.
0:29.6	Gerald remembered how his father plucked each one from the air as the boy held his glass jar ready.
0:36.6	Such a wondrous sight, a tranquil moment of joy.
0:42.6	Unfortunately, as Gerald would soon discover, fireflies don't live long in captivity under glass,
0:52.3	much like the human soul. their light is fragile and quickly extinguished.
1:01.0	Do you know where your children are?
1:12.6	Do you know what they're thinking about?
1:15.6	When they're thinking about you?
1:19.6	Do you know where your parents are?
1:23.6	Tonight's play is adapted from a story by Bill Gray featured in the classic CBC horror radio series Nightfall.
1:34.3	It's called Gerald. Gerald! Gerald! He wants to talk to you!
2:03.6	What? Who?
2:04.6	That man over there! He wants to talk to you!
2:07.6	There's no one there!
2:09.6	Not there! There! See, he's waving at you!
2:12.6	Oh, uh, yeah. Well, he's not waving at me, though.
2:15.6	He just wants to find... Hey, where are you going?
2:20.3	He's coming over. I don't want to talk to him. He's your friend. He gives me the Greeks. You talk to him.
2:26.3	Come on, Ricky. Just a minute.
2:29.3	Ricky, come on back, and I'll... Oh, hi. I... No, I can't have any ice cream.
2:52.6	I gotta get back, you know, for supper. So I'll see you.
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