Every October in Charleston, you can rest assured that a few local theater companies will make hay from Halloween, mounting shows with a chill twist throughout the month. This year is no exception, with a slew of whodunits and other plays, some contemporary and others old chestnuts on offer.

Take Dial M for Murder , Charleston Stage’s new production directed by Henry Clay Middleton that is currently upping the intrigue at Dock Street Theatre, running through Nov. 2.

A throwback, to be sure, one that stirred up memories of my own youth decades ago when I trod the Dock Street boards, as the theatrical like to say. Then, such classics were standard fare, and it was in high Halloween spirit that the ghosts of those former days enthralled a new crowd at a recent performance.

In many ways,

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