THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This classic tale from Hans Christian Anderson reminds us to always try to help the poor and needy, ...
THE TOYS OF PEACE by SAKI
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"The Toys of Peace" by Saki: The uncle of two young boys attempts to replace their toys of war with ...
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI by O.HENRY
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry narrated by master storyteller Jon Hagadorn for 1001 Classic short S...
WHAT CHRISTMAS IS AS WE GROW OLDER and HOW THE CAPTAIN MADE CHRISTMAS
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What Christmas Is As We Grow Older by Charles Dickens is a bittersweet look at Christmas from the vi...
CAPTAIN ELI'S BEST EAR by FRANK STOCKTON A 1001 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL SELECTION
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Apple Users- recent upgrades may have moved your download choices to a default setting- so if you mi...
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. DAVENHEIM A POIROT MYSTERY by AGATHA CHRISTIE
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Apple Users- recent upgrades may have moved your download choices to a default setting- so if you mi...
OLD WELL-WELL by ZANE GREY (BEST OF)
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Apple Users- recent upgrades may have moved your download choices to a default setting- so if you mi...
SOLDIER HOME and THE BATTLER ERNEST HEMINGWAY
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
These two stories are from post WW1 collections Hemingway wrote depicting veterans who couldn't get6...
THANKFUL by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two little girls living in old New England bet on which family's turkey is bigger and learn an impor...
THE EYE OF APOLLO- A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Father brown accompanies his good friend Flambeau to see his new office location (Flambeau is a...
ROBIN HOOD AND THE GUY OF GISBOURNE from THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robin and Little John decide to take two different paths into the woods in search of adventure and b...
GIRL and JEFF PETERS AS A PERSONAL MAGNET by O. HENRY
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two O.Henry stories with a twist will keep you guessing. Try the new "Tales of Escape & Suspense"- l...
THE SCHOOLMASTER'S PROGRESS by CAROLINE M.S. KIRKLAND
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this humorous story, an 18 year old young man becomes schoolmaster at a country school and become...
THE LOST GHOST by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two ladies enjoying knitting on a porch begin a conversation about one's experience with the ghost o...
THE WIDOW OF THE SANTA ANA VALLEY by BRET HARTE
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A small town in the often rainy Santa Ana Valley of California is brightened by the arrival of an in...
LAZARUS COME FORTH by RAY BRADBUIRY
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A morgue ship with recent information gathered from space that would end a 300 year old war is comma...
HIS WIFE'S DECEASED SISTER by FRANK STOCKTON
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A tongue-in-cheek story about a young writer who is enjoying great success until he writes a story t...
THE SINS OF PRINCE SARADINE A FATHER BROWN ADVENTURE
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Father Brown and Flambeau take a fishing boat downriver to visit a Prince who had invited Flambeau t...
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: MOWGLI'S BROTHERS from THE JUNGLE BOOK at 1001 GREATEST LOVE & FAMILY STORIES
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A young "man-cub" is raised by wolves in the jungles of India in this great story by Kipling- the fi...
THE CHASE OF ROBIN HOOD by HOWARD PYLE
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After winning an archery contest on behalf of the queen, the King decides to renege on his promise t...
MOTHER by OWEN WISTER
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mother was written and published originally in an anthology titled A House Party: An account of stor...
PRAIRIE GOLD SOME IOWA MEMORIES
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories containing memories of small towns and home on the farm in Iowa from the 1917 book "Prai...
THE SCALER by STUART EDWARD WHITE
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A man named Fitzpatrick is sent into the Michigan woods in winter to provide accurate estimates of e...
THE LITTLE BLACK DOLL and UNCLE RICHARD'S NEW YEAR DINNER LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Little Black Doll- An orphaned girl being raised by an unloving grandmother does her best to com...
ROADS OF DESTINY O.HENRY
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this three part story, with each part having a different outcome, a young shepherd and poet leave...
THE SCHOOL MISTRESS by ANTON CHEKHOV
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chekhov's wonderful portrait of a school mistress who daily has to face low pay, loneliness, and unf...
FISHIN' JIMMY by ANNIE TRUMBULL SLOSSON
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Trumbull Slosson was a prolific author of novels and short stories mostly dealing with New Eng...
'SUMMER OF '77' from A TEXAS MATCHMAKER by ANDY ADAMS
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A true piece of American west history as cowboy Andy Adams, in his book 'A Texas Matchmaker', recall...
THE MYSTERY OF THE 500 DIAMONDS (PT 2) by ROBERT BARR
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In part two detective Valmont is hunting the American- and finally believes he has him trapped in a ...
THE MYSTERY OF THE FIVE HUNDRED DIAMONDS (PT 1) by ROBERT BARR
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We introduce in this story the vain French detective Eugene Valmont, who VERY likely was the inspira...
THE SECRET GARDEN A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Father Brown attends a private party at the home of the city police chief only to find an apparent s...
AN EPISODE OF FIDDLETOWN (PT 2) by BRET HARTE
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In part two we move forward in time to where Carrie is in a finishing school out east and a man from...
AN EPISODE OF FIDDLETOWN (PT 1) by BRET HARTE
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This classic Bret Harte story follows the life of a young woman who learns to see and feel beyond he...
AT THE END OF THE PASSAGE by RUDYARD KIPLING
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A gritty tale of four Britons assigned to work in India who brave the terrible heat every Sunday to ...
THE STORY OF THE OTHER WISE MAN (PT 2) HENRY VAN DYKE
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In part two we find our fourth wise man still searching for the new king- until his journey ends in ...
THE STORY OF THE OTHER WISE MAN (PT 1) by HENRY VAN DYKE
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You have all heard of the three wise men who followed the shining star over Bethlehem to honor the n...
THE ALUMINUM DAGGER R. AUSTIN FREEMAN
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A doctor solves a closed room murder involving a man who has been stabbed in the back with a dagger ...
THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF by O.HENRY
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Back by popular demand- this is one of O.Henry's best! This "Home Alone" style comedy has been made...
A CONVERT OF THE MISSION by BRET HARTE
09 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A circuit preacher with a particular dislike for human frailty and slovenliness breaks down on the j...
THE MAGIC EGG by FRANK STOCKTON
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A young hypnotist hopes to wow the people of his hometown as well as his bride to be with a carefull...
DEFENSE MECH by RAY BRADBURY
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An astronaut named Holloway develops a PTSD-related phobia as the ship he in on nears Mars, and insi...
ROBIN HOOD TURNS BEGGAR from THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Hood finally achieves his dream of becoming a beggar, at least for a day, and in the process o...
THE SEIGE OF THE LANCASHIRE QUEEN by JACK LONDON
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The fish patrol comes upon a situation where a crew of Italians fishing illegally go to great extrem...
WATER THEM GERANIUMS (PT 2) HENRY LAWSON
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this gripping Australian tale, Henry Lawson recounts the life of a bush woman who rarely sees her...
WATER THEM GERANIUMS by HENRY LAWSON (PT 1)
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A young man moving with his wife to a bleak shack in the Australian Outback begins to see the errors...
PSYCHOLOGICAL SHIPWRECK and THREE AND ONE ARE ONE AMBROSE BIERCE
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two ghostly stories by one of the masters, Ambrose Bierce, New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow ...
THE NAMESAKE by WILLA CATHER
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A famous American sculptor working in Paris shares a private story with his students regarding his n...
BROWN OF CALAVERAS by BRET HARTE
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A gambler returns to his hometown to find his best friend down in the dumps because his beautiful wi...
THE TRIMMED LAMP by O.HENRY
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins from Matthew 25 states that ten virgins await a bridegro...
LITTLE JOHN TURNS BAREFOOT FRIAR
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Little John and Robin Hood decide to don costumes and each go their own way to see what adventures b...
THE THIRD INGREDIENT by O.HENRY
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this story, a 30 year old woman named Hettie, down on her luck and making a stew with only meat, ...
CONVERTED by ROBERT BARR
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This story about an evil knight and his band of men who decide to attack and destroy the nearby cast...
MIGGLES by BRET HARTE
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A group of stagecoach passengers, hemmed in by rising waters, stop at what appears to be a deserted ...
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT by JACK LONDON
07 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A noted sociologist returns to the city of his boyhood to find it has changed for the worse. He deci...
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO by EDGAR ALLAN POE
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Edgar Allen Poe's The Cask of Amontadillo is a story of revenge. A man named Montresor lures an ol...
A SOUL THAT WAS NOT AT HOME by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This well-written but controversial short story involves a wealthy woman who finds an 11 year old bo...
ZERO HOUR by RAY BRADBURY
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this suspenseful tale the children are playing strange games outside- and sharing some strange st...
THE WRECK by GUY de MAUPASSANT
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While enjoying the company of an old friend, a middle-aged man recalls his unusual New Year's Eve tr...
HOW RICHARD OF THE LEA PAID HIS DEBTS THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An interesting story of how the Knight Richard The Lea borrowed 500 pounds from Robin Hood and went ...
THE MAID OF ORLEANS and CHARLEMAGNE AND THE ROBBER KNIGHT
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Joan of Arc and an old tale of how King Charlemagne named his castle- all with the help...
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS by O. HENRY
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A love triangle develops between two young women and a young aspiring male artist whom they both adm...
VAN BIBBER'S BURGLAR and VAN BIBBER AS BEST MAN R.H DAVIS
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
R.H, Davis offers two tales of the city- this time new York City, as our hero narrator, van Bibber r...
THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHEAP FLAT POIROT INVESTIGATES
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot uses his "little grey cells" to break an international s...
THE UNPARALLELED INVASION by JACK LONDON
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the futuristic story, written for McClure's Magazine in 1906, the U.S. and its allies (in 1976) l...
THE COUNTERSIGN OF THE CRADLE by HENRY VAN DYKE
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this interesting two part story set in the north country outside of Quebec, our narrator has book...
ROBIN HOOD AIDS A SORROWFUL KNIGHT
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Hood and his band come upon a knight who has lost his fortune and soon his home to the governm...
A SOCIETY FOR THE REFORMATION OF POKER PLAYERS by ROBERT BARR
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A group of men traveling on a steamer from England to America decide to befriend a young man who the...
TOMBSTONES by GUY de MAUPASSANT
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Parisian man, while enjoying a night with old friends, relates a story of an unusual meeting with ...
HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE and THE BRAVE THREE HUNDRED and CROSSING THE RUBICON
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Three great tales of courage from Rome and Greece told by James Baldwin. New Twitter address- @1001p...
BREAKING INTO FAST COMPANY by ZANE GREY
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking into fast company" is an old expressiNew Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID U...
ON THE DIVIDE by WILLA CATHER
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A lonely Norwegian immigrant who has built his own home and started a farm longs for a wife- but his...
ROBIN HOOD COMPASSES A MARRIAGE
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As most of you listeners know, Allan A Dale has a sweetheart who has been promised to an older man b...
A MOTHER OF FIVE by BRET HARTE
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A nine year old motherless girl in a small frontier community keeps close watch on her 5 plain littl...
A WEDDING GIFT by GUY de MAUPASSANT
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A young man with a bad reputation of being a womanizer marries a sweet young girl against her parent...
A MATTER OF FACT by RUDYARD KIPLING
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kipling proves his mastery in a yarn about three journalists who take a budget steamer to save expen...
NO PLACE FOR A WOMAN by HENRY LAWSON
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Australian storyteller Henry Lawson tells the tale of an old bushman who lived a solitary life miles...
AN ELECTRICAL SLIP by ROBERT BARR
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A young man working as the telegraph operator for a small town loses his fiance to a cold blooded mu...
ROBERT TURNER'S REVENGE by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A successful businessman returns to the small town of youth to foreclose on a mortgage held by his o...
THE BRIDE COMES TO YELLOW SKY by STEPHEN CRANE
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Texas Sheriff is traveling back to his town with his new bride when he is accosted by the town dru...
THE KNOCKER by ZANE GREY
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Another great baseball story from Zane Grey's "The Red-Headed Outfield" collection tells the story f...
ROBIN HOOD SEEKS THE CURTAL FRIAR (OR HOW ROBiN FOUND FRIAR TUCK)
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robin and 4 of his men set out to find a friar who can marry their new recruit Alan A Dale and Robin...
ROCKET SUMMER by RAY BRADBURY
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Taken from Bradbury's novel, 'Rocket Summer' takes a futuristic look (from 1947 to future) at a busi...
A STOLEN CHRISTMAS by MARY E, WILKINS FREEMAN
25 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A New England story about an old woman with no money and no support who steals a parcel of toys from...
A DEAL ON CHANGE by ROBERT BARR
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A wealthy New York stockbroker goes to great lengths to help his daughter-in-law get some social acc...
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE (Revised) and STANDING FAST (GREEK AND HOMERIC TALES)
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Orpheus and Eurydice is an old Greek tale retold by V.C. Turnbull which recalls the story of a gifte...
A DREAM STORY- THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL by HENRY VAN DYKE
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christmas comes early to 1001 Greatest Love Stories with this classic Henry Van Dyke story telling o...
LASTING LOVE and HIS AVENGER by GUY de MAUPASSANT
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lasting Love- After a dinner party at the manor the subject of 'what is true love' is discussed betw...
CHRISTMAS AT SEA (STEVENSON) and CHRISTMAS BY INJUNCTION (O.HENRY)
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christmas at Sea (poem) - Robert Louis Stevenson. A young man who has left his family to go to sea i...
ROBIN HOOD AND ALLAN A DALE from THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Hood sends out some of his men to waylay a cash rich traveler but having no luck, they do mana...
SUSIE ROLLIFF'S CHRISTMAS by EDWARD PAYSON ROE
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two young men from a small Connecticut town named Opinquake join General Putnam's army as it digs in...
HOW THE FIRST LETTER WAS WRITTEN by RUDYARD KIPLING
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this delightful tale, which is one of Kipling's beloved "Just So Stories", a neolithic father and...
THREE VERY OLD TALES THE WIVES OF WEINSBURG-THE MOST PRECIOUS THING-ADMETUS AND ALCESTIS
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three Very Old Tales The Wives of Weinsburg- A kingdom falls but the women plea to the attackers to ...
AN ADJUSTMENT OF NATURE and THE LOVE PHILTRE OF IKEY SCHOENSTEIN by O.HENRY
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two great short stories from the master of plot twists- O. Henry, Enjoy! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio D...
WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO LIVE by JACK LONDON
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two American businessmen stranded in riot-ridden Tampico Mexico shortly after the US occupied Vera C...
THE PHANTOM COACH by AMELIA EDWARDS
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this tale a young man out grouse hunting on the moor finds himself lost with snow coming fast, an...
LITTLE JOHN AND THE TANNER OF BLYTH and ROBIN HOOD AND WILL SCARLET
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Little John & The Tanner of Blyth- Robin Hood sends Little John on an errant to Ancashire but Little...
THE LEGEND OF THE ROSE OF THE ALHAMBRA by WASHINGTON IRVING
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This story takes us back to the time of Philip IV of Spain, when the court moved for a period of tim...
A TINY LITTLE THING and ANDROCLUS AND THE LION
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Tiny Little Thing - (anonymous) A father teaches his young daughter an important llesson about sma...
THE HEATHEN by JACK LONDON
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this South Seas story, our protagonist befriends an island man named Otoo and they become3 insepa...
BIG TWO-HEARTED RIVER (PT 2) by ERNEST HEMINGWAY
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 we offer some history on the town of Seney, Michigan, when it served as home for three tho...