Comments on: Episode 31: Man Size in Marble

By: Mike H

Mike H — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:03:59 +0000

The BBC did a version of this in 1997. The Female Ghost – Man Sized in Marble, by Edith Nesbit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53tMzPR0eAo

The Granite Furniture company apparently still has one store left in West Jordan, Utah.

By: David Thiel

David Thiel — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:38:03 +0000

I too was with this one for the first half, but what eventually put me off weren’t the dodgy accents or lack of Foley, rather that—like dropping dead of COVID when vaccines are widely available—it was an ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE TRAGEDY. Frau Blücher (whinneeee!) told him exactly what would happen, the very hour it would occur, and the stupidly simple thing he could do to stop it. Even if he didn’t believe the folklore, maybe he could’ve taken his wife for an romantic overnight stay at the local inn. You know, just to be damned sure. At the very, very least, once he realized the statues were gone, he should’ve RAN THE F HOME instead of letting Dr. Distraction delay him. Aaaagh! I blame E. Nesbit, but I also blame the script writer for not rewriting this Idiot Plot.

By: Patrickm

Patrickm — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 04:55:04 +0000

This was one of the worst things I’ve ever heard. Wooden AND purple is hard to do.

By: Tim Uren

Tim Uren — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:43:49 +0000

In reply to Doug Shaw. I love this so much. Thank you, Doug!

By: Doug Shaw

Doug Shaw — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 14:18:54 +0000

Okay, you touched on it – but dear Lord – this aspect of this episode was so unintentionally funny.

DUDE: We were humble of means, but we were happy.
DUDE: We lived in the most humble of cottages, but we had each other.
DUDE: It was the kind of life that only the very rich or the very humble could appreciate.
MAID: Oi needs a week off guv’nor.
DUDE: THE HORROR! THE HORROR! WHAT ARE WE TO DO!
LADY: I could do the chores for the week?
DUDE: NO! NO! THAT CAN’T WORK! THAT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE HOURS A DAY!
LADY: Ummm… you could help?
DUDE: THE TERROR! THE HORROR! YOU FOOL, DON’T YOU SEE? THAT WOULD STILL BE … NINETY MINUTES OF HOUSEWORK! EACH!

By: Tim Uren

Tim Uren — Sat, 06 May 2017 17:31:34 +0000

In reply to Jamie B.. If the price of a beautiful and durable home is that once a year it comes to life and tries to kill me, so be it. All hail Biotex! Gloria Biotexam!

By: Jamie B.

Jamie B. — Sat, 06 May 2017 15:44:39 +0000

This was truly a triumph in advertising. The granite furniture company sponsoring a story about haunted marble pirate statues? Genius! Hopefully their chairs don’t come to life, however, or their customers will have to soak their pants in just so much Biotex…

By: MadMikeyD

MadMikeyD — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:46:20 +0000

While this is not the best episode you guys have featured, I did enjoy it. While Eric is correct that it would have been neat to “see” the statues come alive, I am a fan of the unseen horror as well. That may be part of why I enjoy audio drama more than TV – the images in my imagination are often better than that of a production crew. As an example in film, I prefer the original, barely seen, Wampa in “The Empire Strikes Back” as opposed to the fully realized creature in the Special Edition version. He was scarier in my imagination than the slightly altered version of Rudolph’s “Bumble” snowman they ended up with.