BEST OF (#28 OF 500) GARM-A HOSTAGE by RUDYARD KIPLING
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A humorous Rudyard Kipling story based upon his time serving the military in India when it was a Bri...
A RULER OF MEN by O.HENRY
28 Aug 2024
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On the streets of New York our narrator runs into an old buddy named Kansas Bill who he hasn't seen ...
HUNTER QUARTERMAINE'S STORY by H. RIDER HAGGARD
25 Aug 2024
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Upon invitation to Sir Henry's residence, a small group mof close friends, both men and women, gathe...
BEST OF (#27 of 500) THE INTERLOPERS by SAKI
23 Aug 2024
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Two men, both having been feuding over property rights for years, meet one another at night while hu...
OLD TICONDEROGA by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
21 Aug 2024
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New Englander writer Nathaniel Hawthorne visits the remains of Fort Ticonderoga, which played an imp...
ANNIHILATION AND EXAMINATIONS ZANE GREY THE YOUNG PITCHER
18 Aug 2024
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The big day arrives during spring training and the banished varsity players , sidelined this year du...
BEST OF (#26 of 478) AUNT PHILIPPA AND THE MEN by LUCY MAUD MONTTGOMERY
16 Aug 2024
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In this great short story by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, a young lady (Ursula) is ordered ...
THE STORY OF SIR PELIAS (CHAPS 5-6) by HOWARD PYLE from THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR
14 Aug 2024
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In Chapter 5: How Sir Gawain met Sir Pelias- then how Sir Gawain found his way into Lady Ettards cas...
THE THREE TOOLS OF DEATH A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K.CHESTERTON
11 Aug 2024
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Father Brown is called upon to investigate the recent death of an older recluse who was at one time ...
BEST OF (#25 OF 476) WILLIAM WILSON by EDGAR ALLAN POE
09 Aug 2024
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In this story a young man attending school in England meets his doppleganger,or double, who looks an...
THE SAFETY MATCH by ANTON CHEKHOV
04 Aug 2024
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A truly rare story from Anton Chekhov which is best decribed as a mystery spoof. A seasoned Russia...
BEST OF (#24 ORF 473) BREAD and THAT IOWA TOWN from PRAIRIE GOLD
02 Aug 2024
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In 1914, when America sent many of her young men to fight for Europe's freedom, a call was put out t...
RIP VAN WINKLE by WASHINGTON IRVING
31 Jul 2024
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This classic story from America's first widely recognized author Washington Irving tells the story o...
THE STORY OF SIR PELLIAS (CHAPS 3-4) from THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In chapter 3 Sir Pellias holds true to his promise to declare Queen Guinivere to be the most beautif...
BEST OF 1001 (#23 FAV OF 472) WAR and JAN THE UNREPENTANT JACK LONDON
26 Jul 2024
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War- A cavalry scout comes upon a deserted farmhouse where violence has recently taken place and tur...
A TINY LITTLE THING and ANDROCLUS & THE LION TALES FOR ALL AGES
24 Jul 2024
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A Tiny Little Thing- A father teaches a little girl the importantace of all lives big or small Andro...
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES and THE SWINEHERD HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
21 Jul 2024
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Two classic morality tales which have been shared for way over a hundred years from Hans Christian A...
BEST OF (#22 OF 471) TRANSIENTS IN ARCADIA by O.HENRY
19 Jul 2024
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A young woman of obvious class is enjoying a week's stay and an escape from the summer heat at a pos...
THE SIGN OF THE BROKEN SWORD A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
17 Jul 2024
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This is one of best Father Brown stories I have had the pleasure to share. Its a great story that ri...
PRISONER OF THE SOPHS and CALL FOR CANDIDATES ZANE GREY THE YOUNG PITCHER
14 Jul 2024
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Ken Ward, after talking to his coach not long after the great potato fight, is talked into walking o...
THE VARSITY CAPTAIN and A GREAT ARM by ZANE GREY
10 Jul 2024
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The start of another great series of baseball short stories (the last one was "The Red-Headed Outfie...
THE STORY OF SIR PELIAS (CHAPS 1-2) FROM HOWARD PYLE'S 'THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR & HIS KNIGHTS
07 Jul 2024
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Sir Pelias, one of King Arthur's top knights, makes a promise to Lady Guinevere that he will go on a...
BEST OF 1001 (#20 OF 463) BOULE DE SUIF (PT 2) by GUY DE MAUPASSANT
05 Jul 2024
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In part two the travelers are growing more and more resentful of Boule de Suif as she continues to s...
BEST OF 1001 (#20 OF 463) BOULE DE SUIF (PT. 1) by GUY de MAUPASSANT
05 Jul 2024
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First published in April of 1880, "Boule de Suif" is one of Maupassant's most famous and important s...
THE LOADED DOG by HENRY LAWSON
03 Jul 2024
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A playful young black labrador gives three Australian gold miners a scare when he picks up a wrapped...
THE WARRIOR MAID OF SAN CARLOS by ROBERT BARR
30 Jun 2024
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A true story telling of the time young Horatio Nelson, while reconnoitering Fort San Carlos for the ...
#19 (of 462) BEST OF 1001 RIKKI TIKKI TAVI by RUDYARD KIPLING
28 Jun 2024
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A young mongoose is discovered half-drowned by an English family who take him into their home where ...
PLAIN FISHING by FRANK STOCKTON
26 Jun 2024
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Our narrator tells a great fishing story whicfh begins at the home of an old local fisherman with tw...
OUR AROMATIC UNCLE by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER
23 Jun 2024
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A marrried couple who for years has ben enjoying gifts from a generous uncle they had never met fina...
#18 (of 461) BEST OF 1001 NEGORE, THE COWARD by JACK LONDON
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Siberian tribesman is branded a coward and must find a way to defeat the Russians attacking his tr...
THE FILLMORE ELDERBERRIES by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
19 Jun 2024
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A young man who has just lost his father and needs to support his mother tries to find work but no o...
TRANSFORMATION by ROBERT BARR
16 Jun 2024
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Two brothers who own a successful clock/watch shop in Paris are surprised when a disreputable look...
THE STRANGER by AMBROSE BIERCE
12 Jun 2024
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"The Stranger" by Ambrose Bierce: A group of men traveling in the old west meet a strange man at the...
THE BOOK OF MERLIN: (CHAPS 3-4) MORGANA LA FAY BETRAYS KING ARTHUR
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this story Merlin is no longer a force but he is able to make a request to Vivien to save King Ar...
BEST OF 1001 (# 16 of 450) HOW ROBIN HOOD CAME TO BE AN OUTLAW by HOWARD PYLE
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From the Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Reknown in Nottinghamshire is an 1883 novel by the ...
THE MANAGER OF MADDEN'S HILL by ZANE GREY
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A young crippled boy who has learned baseball inside and out gets a chance to become a manager for a...
THE MISTAKE OF THE MACHINE A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Father brown shares a story with his friend Flambeau about a visit the Father had made to a detectiv...
THEIR FIRST FORMAL CALL by GRACE MACGOWAN COOKE
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many years ago, around 1900, social customes were very different from what they are today. if a youn...
THE STORY OF THE BETRAYAL OF MERLIN (CHAPS 1 &2) KING ARTHUR & HIS KNIGHTS
26 May 2024
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King Arthur's evil sister Queen Morgana LaFay plans a way to get Merlin out of the way of Arthur by ...
#14 LISTENER FAV (of 448) WHITE AND YELLOW by JACK LONDON
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Working for the fish patrol in the San Francisco Bay area, a young man faces down a gang of Chinamen...
AN ALI BABA OF THE SIERRAS by BRET HARTE
22 May 2024
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A 10 year-old boy growing up in a gold mining area discovers the stash of a pair of notorious thieve...
3 BANJO PATERSON STORIES FROM DOWN UNDER: HIS MASTERPIECE, SITTING IN JUDGEMENT,THIRSTY ISLAND
19 May 2024
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Australia owes a debt of gratitude to Banjo Paterson (and Henry Lawson) for their great short storie...
THE HEAD OF CAESAR A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
15 May 2024
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Father Brown and Flambeau assist a young lady who is being terrorized by a blackmailer. APPLE .USERS...
PILLAR OF FIRE by RAY BRADBURY
12 May 2024
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William Lantry awakes hundreds of years in the future after having died in 1933. He awakes with a b...
THE WRONG SHAPE A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
12 May 2024
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Father brown and Flambeau visit the art conservatory of a friend who has asked Father brown to look ...
BEST OF 1001 (#13 OF 447) CONFESSIONS OF A HUMORIST by O.HENRY
10 May 2024
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In this classic O.Henry short story, a second accountant in a small hardware store finds he has a ta...
THE EXPOSURE OF LORD STANSFORD by ROBERT BARR
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A young socialite becomes the object of jealousy and desire when she attends a large party at a weal...
THE DUKE'S MYSTERY and MATRIMONIAL ESPIONAGE ANDREW FORRESTER
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Duke's Mystery- A London private detective does his best to solve a robbery ring, and things go ...
#12 (of 446) BEST OF 1001 GARM-A HOSTAGE by RUDYARD KIPLING
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A humorous Rudyard Kipling story based upon his time serving the military in India when it was a Bri...
THE LOST LEGION by RUDYARD KIPLING
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the territory bordering British-controlled India and wild Afghanistan, a special mission is sent ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON AND TEDDY ROOSEVELT OFFER SOME GOOD ADVICE FOR AMERICANS
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If the men on Mount Rushmore could speak today this is probably what they would tell us- our nation'...
THE PREMATURE BURIAL by EDGAR ALLAN POE
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this story, an unknown narrator tells us stories of people who had been buried prematurely and we...
THE MARIONETTES by O.HENRY
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this dramatic short story a character named Dr. James lives a double life. A doctor by day, he ga...
MY DOUBLE AND HOW HE OUTDID ME by EDWARD EVERETT HALE
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A minister decides to hire a double to attend all the boring non-church related functions that minis...
#11 of 443 LISTENER FAVS THE END OF THE STORY by JACK LONDON
19 Apr 2024
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A highly skilled surgeon trying to escape the heavy demand placed upon him for his service is drawn ...
THE LADY, OR THE TIGER? by FRANK STOCKTON
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In "The Lady, or the Tiger", by Frank Stockton, a semi-barbaric king has devised a trial by chance t...
PROSPER'S OLD MOTHER by BRET HARTE
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the Bret Harte gold camp tale a young miner who strikes it rich hires an older lady to assume the...
#10 OF 442 LISTENER FAVS THE PARADISE OF THIEVES A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Father Brown is traveling in Italy when he comes across a strange situation. An English family on va...
THE MANAGER OF MADDEN'S HILL by ZANE GREY
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A young crippled boy who has learned baseball inside and out gets a chance to become a manager for a...
#9 of 441 LISTENER FAVS A SOUND OF THUNDER by RAY BRADBURY
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this excellent sci-fi short storyby Ray Bradbury, a hunter named Eckels pays $10,000 to a time ma...
A HUMBLE ROMANCE by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A tin merchant on his country route stops at a farmhouse owned by a woman who keeps an adopted daugh...
#8 OF 440 FAVS THE MEXICAN (PT 2) by JACK LONDON
28 Mar 2024
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This was the #8 listener favorite of 440 episodes. (Actually part two was #2 but I set up our best o...
#8 OF 441 LISTENER FAVS : THE MEXICAN (PT I) by JACK LONDON
28 Mar 2024
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This was the #8 listener favorite out of 440 episodes. "The Mexican" (Pt 1) by Jack London is the st...
ROSES, RUSES, AND ROMANCE and THE COMPLETE LIFE OF JOHN HOPKINS O.HENRY
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories of early New York City (circa 1919) from master storyteller O.Henry. APPLE USERS New!...
WHILE THE AUTO WAITS and A COMEDY IN RUBBER O.HENRY
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Both stories from 'The Voice of the City'- O.Henry's impressions of a young and boisterous New York ...
#7 OF 439 LISTENER FAVS THE DOWNFALL OF MULLIGAN and THE AMATEUR GARDENER by BANJO PATERSON
22 Mar 2024
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The Downfall of Mulligan- A few sports club members on a train bound for the Sydney Races think they...
THE NIGHT MOTH WITH A CROOKED FEELER by CLARA DILLINGHAM PARSONS
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Love comes in all shapes and sizes. One of our 1001 Classic Short Story favorites! Enjoy 'The Secret...
THE MERINO SHEEP by BANJO PATERSON
17 Mar 2024
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Merino Sheep and the wool they produce have been a leading Australian export for years. Australian f...
#5 OF 435 LISTENER FAVS JIM BAKER'S BLUE JAY YARN by MARK TWAIN
15 Mar 2024
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Jim Baker's BlueJay Yarn by Mark Twain-When Mark Twain stayed in a California gold camp in 1864-65 h...
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ITALIAN NOBLEMAN A POIROT MYSTERY
13 Mar 2024
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A dinner meeting ends in murder and the evidence seems to point to an Italian diplomat- until Poirot...
INDIAN CAMP by ERNEST HEMINGWAY and THE NINE CENT GIRLS by H.C..BUNNER
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Indian Camp- A young man accompanies his father, a doctor, to an Indian camp where a woman is having...
#8 OF 441 LISTENER FAVS ROBIN HOOD AND THE TINKER and THE SHOOTING MATCH AT NOTTINGHAM
08 Mar 2024
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From 'The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood' by Howard Pyle- these two stories tell of how Robin came t...
SUNDAY BALL by ZANE GREY
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Sunday Ball" by author Zane Grey gives us a rare look at the early days of baseball in middle Ameri...
THE SIRE DE MALETROIT'S DOOR by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A young soldier escaping a search party in the dead of night finds an open door to a wealthy home wh...
#3 OF 432 LISTENER FAVS THE MAN ON THE TRAIN by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our #7 top listener favorite, The Man On The Train, tells the humorous story of a grandma who, despi...
THE RETURN OF IMRAY by RUDYARD KIPLING
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In British Colonial India our narrator finds himself in a small station staying in a large bungalow ...
KING ARTHUR BATTLES WITH THE SABL;E KNIGHT from THE BOOK OF KING ARTHUR & HIS KNIGHTS
25 Feb 2024
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Two chapters (1 and 2) from Pt 2 of the Book of King Arthur & his Knights finds Arthur dueling with ...
#6 OF 437 LISTENER FAV THE BLUE CROSS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON
23 Feb 2024
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Our #6 of 443 episodes- The Blue Cross A Father brown Mystery- When his priceless Blue Cross is targ...
MY LADY JANE by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A young man is talked into attending a dinner party by his lookalike cousin, and while there meets h...
THE OBLONG BOX by EDGAR ALLAN POE
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A men traveling on a sailing vessel from Charleston S.C.to New York becomes intrigued by a fellow tr...
THE LOVE OF LONG AGO and THE INDISCRETION by GUY de MAUPASSANT
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two love stories from Maupassant- the first revealing how free married women were in the 16th-19th c...
GREATER LOVE by BRAM STOKER
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two men, the best of friends , fall in love with the same woman. One of the men, the narrator of thi...
HEARTS AND HANDS and BURIED TREASURE by O.HENRY
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Follow our new True Stories interview show (and be a guest) 1001 True Stories with Brian Tremblay...
ICARUS AND DAEDALUS, THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES, THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, AND A LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER BY F, SCOTT FITZGERALD
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We bring you four stories today: Icarus and Daedalus- James Baldwin- an ancient Greek tales about a ...
#4 OF 434 LISTENER FAVS THE LEGEND OF KING ARTHUR BEST OF 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES
02 Feb 2024
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The Legend of King Arthur is one of the most enduring legends known to man. This version is the best...
THE RUBE'S HONEYMOON by ZANE GREY
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A great Zane grey short story from his book "The Red-Headed Outfield" recalling stories from the ear...
THE SHAPE OF THINGS by RAY BRADBURY
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A futuristic couple have their first baby using a new delivery room process only to find that the ba...
A MAN IN A HURRY R.W. CHAMBERS
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A young man traveling from New York City to Florida to stop his brother's sudden wedding on behalf o...
THE WATER HOLE BY MAXWELL STRUTHER
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A man reuniting with his friends in New York City and recently back from another one of his world ad...
1001 TRUE STORIES......BOOKING GUEST INTERVIEWS NOW! LISTEN NOW! NEW SHOW COMING TO THE NETWORK!
20 Jan 2024
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Host Brian Tremblay explains our new interview show 1001 True Stories here... 1001 True Stories with...
#2 OF 431 LISTENER FAVS 3 ANCIENT GREEK STORIES LISTENER FAVS ) by JAMES BALDWIN
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#2 Best of 1001 Classic Short Stories "3 ANCIENT GREEK STORIES by JAMES BALDWIN The classic tales of...
HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER by HENRY LAWSON
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A sheep man trying to stay off the bottle leaves for a ride through the outback to reach a station w...
THE PURLOINED LETTER EDGAR ALLAN POE
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Purloined Letter is one of Poe's ,three detective stories featuring the very sharp crime solver ...
#1 OF 430 LISTENER FAV THE PLYMOUTH EXPRESS AFAIR AGATHA CHRISTIE
12 Jan 2024
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The Plymouth Express Affair is our #1 most listened to Short Story of our 429 stories since we began...
KING RICHARD COMES TO SHERWOOD THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this last chapter of Howard Pyle's 'The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" the new king of Britain c...
THE MAN IN THE PASSAGE A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Father Brown arrives at a theater at the request of an old friend who ends up being murdered shortly...
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (PART TWO)
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"The Murders In The Rue Morgue" (Pt 2):The exciting conclusion to Edgar Allen Poe's classic detectiv...
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (PT 1) by EDGAR ALLAN POE
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"The Murders In The Rue Morgue" (Pt 1): In what many consider to be one of Poe's best short stories,...
A SAD CHRISTMAS STORY by HENRY VAN DYKE
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A tired wandering shepherd seeking redemption from his sins is befriended by strangers in the desert...
MY CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO YOU (PLUS NEWS) 2023
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to all of you for being loyal listeners! We are seeking your unique stories at two new interv...