1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
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1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Do you recall your parents saying "Wise Up?". This is the BEST way to increase your intellect, grow your vocabulary, and broaden your view of history and culture. Take the "wise up!" challenge and listen to any 5 of these narrated stories and give your brain a treat! (It works for all ages, includ...
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LITTLE JOHN AND THE TANNER OF BLYTH and ROBIN HOOD AND WILL SCARLET
Little John & The Tanner of Blyth- Robin Hood sends Little John on an errant to Ancashire but Little John takes a detour to the Boars head Inn, gets d...
THE LURKING FEAR by H.P. LOVECRAFT
A wealthy bachelor goes on a demon-hunting expedition to a deserted mansion in the Catskills and finds more than he bargained for. This spine-chilling...
A COSMOPOLITE IN A CAFE by O.HENRY
From THE FOUR MILLION by O. Henry
O. Henry's "A Cosmopolite in a Café" tells of the narrator meeting E. Rushmore Coglan, a man who claims to be...
A BROTHERS GRIMM TRIPLE PLAY: TOM THUMB, THE FROG PRINCE, AND BRIAR ROSE
3 Original fairy tales from The Brothers Grimm whose job it was to spend their lives collecting old tales-m the same ones that Disney and others clea...
A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM by EDGAR ALLAN POE
In Scandinavia, there is a phenomenon known as the Moskstraumen or Moskenstraumen, a system of tidal whirlpools found in the Lofoten archipelago in No...
LAZARUS COME FORTH by RAY BRADBUIRY
Planet Stories 1944 copy-A morgue ship with recent information gathered from space that would end a 300 year old war is commandeered by a greedy crew...
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO by EDGAR ALLAN POE
Edgar Allen Poe's The Cask of Amontadillo is a story of revenge. A man named Montresor lures an old friend who unknowingly wronged him to sample his r...
THE BUSH FIRE by HENRY LAWSON (A.K.A.THE FIRE AT ROSS'S FARM)
This story was originally written as a 'Bush Ballad" or poem-story by Henry Lawson, and it describes how two competing farm families finally unite whi...
WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO LIVE by JACK LONDON
meTFrom Jack London's collection 'The Road': wo American businessmen stranded in riot-ridden Tampico Mexico shortly after the US occupied Vera Cruz sc...
BREAKING INTO FAST COMPANY by ZANE GREY
Breaking into fast company" is an old expression for a pitcher who makes the big leagues
I led my party into Morrisey's private box in the grand...
THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE and THE CHOICE OF HERCULES (JAMES BALDWIN)
The Husband Who Was To Mind The House- is a folk talestory in which a husband complains tohis wife for not having dinner ready when he comes in from w...
BEST OF (#30 OF 502) THREE WISE MEN by DAMON RUNYAN
METhe Three Wise Men by Damon Runyan tells the story of three mobsters who stop to help a woman having a baby, and find unexpected redemption for thei...
THE TWO WINNIE THE POOHS
The real story of the two Winnie-The-Poohs!
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MAMMON AND THE ARCHER by O. HENRY
A young man of means expreeses frustration to his wealthy father over not being able to find alone time with the girl of his interests due to her busy...
A BLACKJACK BARGAINER by O.HENRY
A hopeless drunk and failed attorney finds redemption in this well written tale by O.Henry..
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THE PURLOINED LETTER EDGAR ALLAN POE
The Purloined Letter is one of Poe's ,three detective stories featuring the very sharp crime solver M. Dupin, who accepts the challenge of finding a h...
COOL AIR by H.P.LOVECRAFT
In New York City in the early twenties a writer finds a baely livable apartment in a rroming house.soon finding that directly above himlives an eccent...
THE KIDNAPPED PRIME MINISTER by AGATHA CHRISTIE
A great Hercule Poirot mystery from Agatha Christie. Poirot is given a little more than 24 hours to find England;s kidnapped Prime Minister. He is giv...
THE STRANGE CRIME OF JOHN BOULNOIS from THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN
Reporter Calhoun Kidd of the Western Sun is off to interview John Boulnois, a philisopher, at his home, Grey Cottage at the edge of Pendragon Park. B...
THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL A SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE
The Duke's son is missing and Holmes and Watson take the case- which leads to a very unusual conclusion.
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CAPTAIN ELI'S BEST EAR by FRANK STOCKTON A 1001 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL SELECTION
Apple Users- recent upgrades may have moved your download choices to a default setting- so if you miss 15 days or skip a few episodes it stops sending...
CHRISTMAS JENNY by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
A single woman living alone on a mountain within sight of a little town raises the curiousity of the town's inhabitants who share rumors about the str...
WHISTLING DICK'S CHRISTMAS STOCKING by O.HENRY
This was the first short story penned under the name O.Henry- and its a great classic, offering a tale of a wanderer named Whistling Dick who, finding...
ANN MARY; HER TWO THANKSGIVINGS by MARY E .WILKINS FREEMAN
A little girl is temporarily abandoned on Thanksgiving when her family has to rush away to the next town to care for an ailing relative
HOW WE KEPT THANKSGIVING AT OLDTOWN by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
How was Thanksgiving celebrated in the 1860's? After the Civil War, affairs of home and hearth became much more important to families who suffered so...
THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP by BRET HARTE
In this short story by Bret Harte, first published in the August 1868 issue of Overland Monthly, a baby boy is born an orphan in a gold mining camp in...
JEEVES IN THE SPRINGTIME by P.G. WODEHOUSE
Bertie Wooster is approached by his old pal Bingo for help in the romamce departmentm and needs Jeeve's advice. It seems that Bertie has fallen head...
A DEPARTMENTAL CASE by O.HENRY
An ex-Texas Ranger, Indian fighter working as a commisioner of a small office in the state govenrment is approached by a down and out woman who is see...
THE FLYING STARS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON
The story takes place at an English manor home at Christmastime, where family and friends are gathering to celebrate the season. Father Brown is a clo...
THE COUNTRY COTTAGE and THE SCHOOL MISTREESS by ANTON CHEKHOV
So much for that quiet holiday weekend so longed for by these two newlyweds! It's FAMILY TIME!!!!
Anton Chekhov's "A Country Cottage" centers on...
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING and A BRAVE LITTLE QUAKERESS
The First Thanksgiving- Published in 'Short Stories From American History in 1905 by Blaisdell & Ball, this story of the 1621 Plymouth Celebration tel...
BEST OF 1001 (#21 OF 470) BRIGHTEN'S SISTER-IN-LAW by HENRY LAWSON
This story was a great find and is still one of our best performing episodes. Henry Lawson's "Brighten's Sister-In-Law" is a poignant narrative, a cla...
THE LAST LEAF by O.HENRY
FALL FAMILY SPECIAL: THE LAST LEAF by O.HENRY
New York City in Greenwich Village around 1910 was a haven for aspiring artists and anyone looking...
BEST OF (#17 OF 460) A BURGLAR'S CHRISTMAS by WILLA CATHER
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The Holidays are approaching and at 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast our shows themes every Sunday will be turning to FAMILY and H...
RIP VAN WINKLE (WASHINTON IRVING) and THE AMERICAN BOY (THEODORE ROOSEVELT)
Rip Van Winkle- A very lazy old Dutchman takes his dog on a mountain hunting trip to escape his nagging wife and winds up meeting a strange little gro...
PERJURED by EDITH MIRILEES
A teen-aged boy witnesses an horrific death by the railroad tracks of his small town and to build his status with the older boys he hangs with he adds...
A GRAY SLEEVE by STEPHEN CRANE
After a skirmish a Civil War cavalry Captain enters a house thinking it might be housing enemy and finds a scared young lady holding a gun behind her...
DAVID SWAN by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
A young man heading for college in Boston decides to catch a nap in a cozy little glen not far from the stage stop. While sleeping soundly he is silen...
MARJORIE DAW (PT 2 OF 2) T.B. ALDRICH
Our two best friends continue to write back and forth until John (Jack) Fleming's leg heals enough to travel, which he does, taking the train to new H...