Before Rod Serling re-tooled it for The Twilight Zone, The Self Improvement of Salvadore Ross was a short story by Henry Slesar. Read for you tonight, by Tom Elliot.

Before The Long Morrow, there was The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. Soon we take a look at the Twilight Zone episode, but first let's remind ourselves of that original story. From a 1965 release called Have a Happy Holiday, by Lorne Greene.

Rod Serling adapted The Old Man by Henry Slesar for The Twilight Zone as The Old Man in the Cave. Tom Elliot takes a look at the original story.

Before there was Of Late I think of Cliffordville, there was the short (or not so short) story, Blind Alley by Malcolm Jameson. Tom Elliot reads part two of the story that Rod Serling adapted for The Twilight Zone. Which version do you prefer?

Before there was Of Late I think of Cliffordville, there was the short (or not so short) story, Blind Alley by Malcolm Jameson. We meet Mr J Feathersmith who, bored with his wealth, longs for his childhood home of Cliffordsville (the S was dropped for the television version). But his journey back in time isn’t as easily procured as it is for his television counterpart.

As a prelude to The New Exhibit, Tom Elliot reads a classic tale in a similar vein. The Waxwork by Alfred McClelland Burrage.

Before he adapted it into Printer’s Devil for The Twilight Zone, Charles Beaumont’s tale was quite a different beast. Tom Elliot takes a look at The Devil, You Say?