Foggy morning at Gillette Castle State Park.Gillette Castle State Park straddles the towns of East Haddam and Lyme, Connecticut in the United States, sitting high above the Connecticut River. The castle was designed and built by William Gillette (1853–1937), an American actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on stage. Gillette lived here from 1919 until his death in 1937. The park is located at 67 River Road in East Haddam and consists of the castle (located in Lyme) and its grou

You’ve seen his face, read his words, and felt his wit echo through generations. But you’ve never heard his voice. For all his fame as the most celebrated speaker of his century, no authentic recording of Mark Twain’s voice has ever been found. Though he experimented with early recording technology in the late 1800s, any cylinders he may have made have vanished. What survives instead is a haunting echo of what might have been. In 1934, at Harvard University, actor and playwright William Gillette