July 22, 2025

Episode 174 - Timeless Stray - encore

Episode 174 - Timeless Stray - encore

ANOTHER  Victorian sci-fi episode by Gil Schmidt

Timeless Stray: Investigators in Victorian England are hired to find out whether a fortune teller is real or if she is a charlatan. In any case, sometimes the future should just be left alone.

Gil introduces himself here...

"I was born. I’m told I was very little. Had to grow, but did so by tearing around the neighborhood crashing into things (trees can be tricky) or acting like each baseball game (or any game, for that matter) was a "winner take all" epic. And by reading. Plenty of short stories, particularly those in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" and "Boy's Life." Also comic books, tons and tons of comic books, along with science fiction by the truckloads. And anything else I could find, from "Newsweek" and "Reader's Digest" to "Highlights" and the encyclopedia. Started writing at 12, have kept at it since. Not as prolific as I like, but then again, whose fault is that? I say the trees, who have a record of 11-0 against me. On the other hand, my stories have appeared in thousands of printed pages, so maybe I have evened the score."

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Gil Schmidt

Guest Author

"I was born. I’m told I was very little. Had to grow, but did so by tearing around the neighborhood crashing into things (trees can be tricky) or acting like each baseball game (or any game, for that matter) was a "winner take all" epic. And by reading. Plenty of short stories, particularly those in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" and "Boy's Life." Also comic books, tons and tons of comic books, along with science fiction by the truckloads. And anything else I could find, from "Newsweek" and "Reader's Digest" to "Highlights" and the encyclopedia. Started writing at 12, have kept at it since. Not as prolific as I like, but then again, whose fault is that? I say the trees, who have a record of 11-0 against me. On the other hand, my stories have appeared in thousands of printed pages, so maybe I have evened the score." - Gil Schmidt

He has appeared in 1 episode and is scheduled for another in the near future.

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Melissa Del Toro Schaffner

Narrator / Co-Founder / Producer

Melissa Del Toro Schaffner is the primary Narrator for ALL the UNTOLD TALES episodes. She is an American Voice Actor and the co-creator narrator of The Untold Tales Podcast. She provides compelling voiceover and storytelling to help you emotionally connect with your ideal customers, driving sales and interest. Melissa is a dynamic mom of an only and enjoys bringing stories to life! Her background is in Electrical Engineering and Project Management and she has her MBA (an educational and work background she shares with Jeff). Focused on audiobooks, television and radio commercials, animation and video games, corporate narration, live events and eLearning projects as her primary craf, Melissa has also volunteered her voice for numerous educational materials and studied the craft under experts in the industry for over a decade. She was nominated for Best Animation Voiceover in 2024 by The Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS) and her top notch studio sound is signed off by audio engineering powerhouses. She is the voice of main protagonist Minny from Cerulean Summer ( https://tinyurl.com/8efrxet9 ), and Lace in Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa ( https://tinyurl.com/9afky7pd ), and has narrated several audiobook titles on Audible ( https://tinyurl.com/mry9vyyp ). She has voiced dozens of memorable characters on the popular Children’s S.T.E.M. Podcast “Who Smarted?!” and was also a contestant on the nationally televised game show “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire”. When she’s not in the studio, she can be found playing Roblox with her daughter, plotting miracles with her hus… Read More