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- 931 - HOT POTATOES by ARNOLD BENNETT
Hot Potatoes by Arnold Bennett Arnold Bennett's Hot Potatoes is a gentle comedy of good intentions gone wrong, centered on a devoted mother, her musically gifted son, and two very ill‑timed potatoes. On a bitterly cold evening, Mrs.Swann'son is preparing to play in the orchestra at an important social event hosted by local businessmen. His mother, proud but anxious, fusses over him as he leaves. At the last moment she is struck by a "brilliant" idea: Hiss hands must be kept warm for the performance—so she bakes two large potatoes and hurries out into the night to deliver them to him. Her son, meanwhile, has already arrived at the elegant home where the pre‑concert dinner is being held. Things fall apart quickly from that point forward.
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Sun, 15 Mar 2026 - 35min - 930 - ZERO HOUR by RAY BRADBURY
🕒 Summary of "Zero Hour" "Zero Hour" follows a seemingly ordinary suburban day in the Morris household, where seven‑year‑old Mink and the neighborhood children are wildly excited about a new game they call "Invasion." Mink raids the kitchen for pots, pans, and odd supplies, insisting they're needed for instructions given by a mysterious figure named Drill. The story unfolds through the eyes of Mrs. Morris, who watches the children's play with mild amusement, even as their behavior grows stranger. Mink talks to empty spaces, uses unfamiliar words, and hints that the "game" is part of a larger plan involving beings "not exactly Martians." The children, she says, are helping these visitors because adults are too busy and too logical to notice what's happening. As the day progresses, the children's excitement builds toward a moment they call Zero Hour. Only at the end does Mrs. Morris realize the truth: the "game" is real, the aliens are coming, and the children have been used as the perfect entry point for an invasion. The story closes on a chilling note as the invasion begins inside the Morris home.
📚 Themes and Significance • Loss of innocence — Bradbury uses children's play to mask a genuine threat, showing how innocence can be manipulated. • Generational disconnect — Adults dismiss what they don't understand, leaving them blind to danger. • Technology and vulnerability — The story reflects mid‑20th‑century anxieties about unseen forces reshaping society.
🧭 Why "Zero Hour" Endures • It's one of Bradbury's most effective blends of domestic realism and science‑fiction dread, using the familiar rhythms of family life to heighten the shock of the ending. • It showcases his gift for foreshadowing, with small oddities accumulating until the final reveal. • It remains culturally resonant as a cautionary tale about underestimating the young, overconfidence in adult logic, and the dangers of ignoring subtle signs of change.
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Fri, 13 Mar 2026 - 29min - 929 - THE FIRST CLASS PASSENGER by ANTON CHEKHOV
The First‑Class Passenger unfolds during a winter train journey, where a modest, observant narrator finds himself seated vis‑à‑vis a well‑dressed stranger. The man, eager for an audience, begins talking about his life—boasting about his cleverness, his ambition, and the way he has outmaneuvered others to get ahead. As he speaks, his pride slowly exposes something darker: a past marked by cruelty, selfishness, and a lack of remorse. Chekhov builds the tension not through action but through revelation. The more the man talks, the more he condemns himself, until the narrator—and the reader—see the moral emptiness behind the polished exterior. The story becomes a quiet study of guilt, self‑deception, and the thin line between success and moral failure.
🖋️ What Inspired Chekhov (Based on What We Know) There is no single recorded anecdote from Chekhov explaining the origin of this story, but its themes and structure align closely with several well‑documented aspects of his life and writing: • Chekhov traveled constantly, especially by rail, and often used trains as settings where strangers reveal themselves in unexpected ways. Encounters with talkative fellow passengers were a common feature of Russian travel in the 1880s and 1890s. • He was fascinated by casual confession, especially the way ordinary people reveal their flaws unintentionally. Many of his stories hinge on a character who talks too freely, exposing truths they never meant to share. • He frequently explored moral blindness, showing how people justify their actions while remaining unaware of the harm they cause. The first‑class passenger fits this pattern perfectly. • Chekhov's medical background gave him a keen eye for psychological detail. He often said that people reveal themselves most clearly in unguarded, everyday conversation—exactly the dynamic at play in this story. While we don't have a diary entry saying "this is why I wrote it," the story reflects Chekhov's lifelong interest in the quiet dramas of ordinary people and the moral contradictions hidden beneath polite conversation.
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Wed, 11 Mar 2026 - 23min - 928 - THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY by MARK TWAIN
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🐸 Summary of The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain's story centers on a narrator who visits a mining camp in California to inquire about a man named Leonidas W. Smiley. Instead, he is cornered by the endlessly talkative Simon Wheeler, who launches into a long, deadpan tale about Jim Smiley, a compulsive gambler who would bet on anything that moved. Smiley's prize possession is Dan'l Webster, a frog he has trained to jump higher and farther than any other. A stranger tricks Smiley by secretly filling the frog with buckshot, causing Dan'l Webster to lose the contest. By the time Wheeler finishes his rambling anecdote, the narrator realizes he has been the victim of a frontier tall tale—one told with such sincerity that it becomes its own kind of art.
📚 Why the Story Mattered to Mark Twain • It launched his national career. The story was first published in 1865 and became Twain's breakout success, bringing him widespread recognition as a humorist. It is widely acknowledged as the piece that "jumpstarted his career," establishing his voice and reputation. • It showcased his signature style early. Twain's blend of dry humor, regional dialect, and satirical observation is already fully formed here. The story's structure—a straight‑faced narrator listening to an outrageous yarn—became a hallmark of his comedic technique. • It connected him to the American West. Twain's mining‑camp experiences in California and Nevada shaped his early writing. This story captures the rough‑and‑ready storytelling culture of the frontier, grounding his humor in lived experience.
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Sun, 08 Mar 2026 - 19min - 927 - THE MONKEY'S PAW by W.W.JACOBS
"The Monkey's Paw", a classic horror tale from W.W.Jacobs places an old British soldier in a friends home with a tale to tell about the magical and dangerious powers of a monkey's paw he has brought with him. He warns his friends not to use it but they insist, and disaster follows.
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Sat, 07 Mar 2026 - 28min - 926 - THE LADY WITH THE DOG by ANTON CHEKHOV
THE LADY WITH THE DOG SUMMARY
In this quietly powerful tale of unexpected love and emotional awakening, Anton Chekhov introduces us to Dmitri Gurov, a disenchanted Moscow banker vacationing in the seaside town of Yalta. There, he encounters Anna Sergeyevna, a young woman walking with her small white dog. What begins as a fleeting affair between two married strangers soon deepens into something far more profound and unsettling.
Set against the backdrop of the Black Sea and later the gray streets of Moscow, the story traces the inner transformation of a man who, for the first time, confronts the possibility of genuine love—and the quiet tragedy of lives constrained by social convention. Chekhov's masterful restraint and psychological insight elevate this brief encounter into a timeless meditation on desire, loneliness, and the human capacity for change.
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Wed, 04 Mar 2026 - 51min - 925 - A SAKI DOUBLE PLAY! THE OPEN WINDOW and A MATTER OF SENTIMENT by H.H.MUNRO (SAKI)
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The Open Window" — Show Notes Summary In this iconic tale of mischief and misdirection, a nervous visitor named Framton Nuttel arrives at a quiet country house seeking rest and recovery. But when he's greeted by the host's precocious niece, Vera, he's drawn into a chilling tale of loss, longing — and an open window that never closes. Saki's razor-sharp wit and love of the unexpected are on full display here, as he turns a simple social call into a masterclass in narrative sleight-of-hand. A story about nerves, storytelling, and the fine line between truth and invention, The Open Window remains one of the most beloved short stories in English literature.
🐎 "A Matter of Sentiment" — Show Notes Summary It's the eve of a major horse race, and the guests at Lady Susan's country house are in a quiet frenzy. Everyone wants to place a winning bet — but with no clear favorite and their hostess disapproving of gambling, the scheming must be done in whispers and winks. Enter Clovis, ever the agent of chaos, who discovers a potential inside source: the butler's second cousin, a stable lad with privileged knowledge. What follows is a deliciously dry comedy of manners, deception, and social subterfuge, as Saki skewers the pretensions of the upper crust with his trademark elegance and bite.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2026 - 24min - 924 - THE NAMESAKE by WILLA CATHER
THE NAMESAKE by WILLA CATHER
The Namesake tells the framed story of Lyon Hartwell, an American sculptor living in Paris, who explains to a group of young American art students how a return to his family's Pennsylvania home rekindled his sense of national belonging and shaped a major work, "The Color Sergeant." The narrative moves from Hartwell's orphaned childhood and artistic training in Rome and Paris to a poignant visit to his father's birthplace in the United States, where discovering his uncle's grave and a trunk bearing his name awakens a deep kinship with his American rootschoices.
What inspired Willa Cather to write the story Cather drew on a family legend about a maternal uncle who died in the Civil War and on her own experience of travel and residence in France and Pittsburgh. She had earlier written a poem called "The Namesake" dedicated to a soldier-uncle; in the 1907 short story she reworked that material, shifting details (including the uncle's wartime allegiance) and placing an American expatriate artist at the center to examine how returning home can supply moral and imaginative fuel. Scholars note that Cather's personal name-story and her summers in France and years in Pittsburgh helped shape the tale.
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Fri, 27 Feb 2026 - 30min - 923 - BROWN WOLF by JACK LONDON
Episode Summary — Brown Wolf by Jack London Jack London's "Brown Wolf" follows Walt Irvine and his wife Madge and the wild, half‑tamed dog they call Wolf. The story moves between domestic warmth and the untamed instincts of the animal, tracing how Wolf's wildness both endears him to the couple and ultimately forces a wrenching choice. London balances vivid natural description with sharp human detail, turning the dog into a mirror for questions of freedom, loyalty, and the uneasy boundary between civilization and the wild. Key themes • Wildness versus domestication — Wolf embodies the tension between instinct and companionship. • Human‑animal bond — London explores how affection, responsibility, and misunderstanding shape relationships with animals. • Survival and identity — The story probes what it costs to belong, and what is lost when one tries to force a wild thing into a tame role. Publication and context "Brown Wolf" first appeared in 1891 and has since been collected in volumes such as Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories. The tale is often anthologized in collections of London's short fiction and is available in public‑domain editions. What inspired London to write it Jack London's fiction frequently draws on his lifelong fascination with dogs, wolves, and frontier life. His travels and experiences in the North, his close observation of sled dogs and wild canids, and his interest in naturalism and survival informed stories like "Brown Wolf." London used animal characters not merely as background color but as symbolic agents—vehicles for exploring human pride, freedom, and the harsh laws of nature. Contemporary editors and critics have noted how London's own adventures and his sympathy for the wild shaped these narratives. Why it matters for listeners "Brown Wolf" is compact but powerful: it showcases London's gift for atmosphere, his ability to animate animal psychology, and his moral ambivalence about taming the wild. For your audience, it's a vivid, emotionally direct piece that pairs well with readings of London's longer works and with discussions about nature, responsibility, and the costs of domestication.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2026 - 35min - 922 - A REDEEMING SACRIFICE by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
Episode Summary — A Redeeming Sacrifice (with an added twist) Lucy Maud Montgomery's tender short story A Redeeming Sacrifice follows a quiet, aching tale of love, pride, and the painful choices that can drive two young people apart. Set against the windswept beauty of an island community, Montgomery's original narrative traces the consequences of a single rash act which could be viewed as heroic, the story capturing the author's gift for small‑town detail and deep emotional truth. In this episode I read Montgomery's story as written — then, for listeners who've ever wished for a fuller reckoning, I present a short, original continuation that honors Montgomery's tone while offering the closure many readers have no doubt longed for. " If you enjoy the extra, tell a friend and leave a note — I'd like to know what you think.- corage or cowardice?
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Sun, 22 Feb 2026 - 30min - 921 - OLD WELL WELL BY ZANE GRAY A BASEBALL STORY
Old Well-Well" is a classic baseball short story by Zane Grey, first published in the July 1910 issue of Success magazine. Summary The story follows the legendary figure of "Old Well-Well," an elderly man famous throughout the East as the ultimate baseball fan. He is recognized by his unique, thunderous yell of "Well, well, well!" which he bellows at critical moments in games. The narrative focuses on a high-stakes professional game where a young, unproven player named Burt faces off against an experienced veteran pitcher, Duveen. As the game reaches a fever pitch and the crowd erupts in "bedlam," Old Well-Well's iconic cry serves as a unifying force for the spectators. The story is less about the technical play-by-play and more about the vibrant culture and spirit of early 20th-century baseball, portraying it as a "national game" that connects people across generation
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Fri, 20 Feb 2026 - 28min - 920 - THE ANTIQUE RING by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Antique Ring" (1843) is a fascinating departure from his usual dark, Puritan-focused dramas. It is a "story within a story" that blends lighthearted social banter with a legendary, cursed history.
The story begins in a cozy, modern setting where a young man named Edward Caryl presents an antique ring to his fiancée, Clara. When she asks about the ring's history, Edward—an aspiring writer—unfurls a legendary "biography" of the jewel. He transports his listeners back to the court of Queen Elizabeth I, where the ring is a royal pledge given to the Earl of Essex. According to Edward's tale, the ring carries a mysterious power: it sparkles with a "diamond of the mind" when the wearer is true, but grows dim and murky when betrayal is afoot. The narrative follows the ring through a series of tragic historical mishaps, including its role in the Earl's execution, before finally landing in the hands of the modern-day lovers. As you read, you'll find yourself questioning where Edward's fiction ends and the "real" history of the ring begins. It is a masterful look at how we project meaning onto objects and how the ghosts of the past continue to haunt the romantic gestures of the present.
Unknown Facts & Inspirations While Hawthorne is usually associated with the "Haunted Mind," this story reveals a more playful, experimental side of his genius. The "Essex Ring" Legend: Hawthorne didn't invent the ring's backstory entirely. He drew from a popular 17th-century legend involving Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex. It was rumored that Elizabeth gave Essex a ring, promising to save him from any danger if he sent it back to her. When he was scheduled for execution, he supposedly tried to send it, but it was intercepted by a rival. Hawthorne took this historical "urban legend" and added his own supernatural, moralistic twist.
A "Potboiler" with Purpose: Hawthorne wrote this during a period when he was struggling financially and trying to appeal to the "gift-book" market (popular annual anthologies for women). Interestingly, he used this "commercial" assignment to subtly mock his own profession—Edward Caryl is often seen as a self-parody of Hawthorne himself, a writer trying to please a demanding audience. The Salem Connection: Though set in London and "modern" America, the story's focus on symbolism and hidden sin is a direct result of Hawthorne's obsession with his Salem ancestry. He believed that even a beautiful piece of jewelry could carry the "stain" of the past. Critical Reception: Then vs. Now In 1843: Upon its initial release in The Sargent's New Monthly Magazine, the story was well-received but seen as "light" entertainment. Readers of the era loved the mix of historical romance and contemporary manners. The "Minor" Label: For decades, critics dismissed "The Antique Ring" as a minor work compared to The Scarlet Letter. They felt it lacked the psychological depth of his darker stories.
Modern Re-evaluation: Today, the story is highly valued by scholars for its meta-fictional quality. It is studied as an example of how Hawthorne viewed the act of storytelling itself—seeing the writer as a sort of jeweler who polishes old myths to make them shine for a new audience.
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Wed, 18 Feb 2026 - 38min - 919 - THE FURNISHED ROOM by O. HENRY
"The Furnished Room" is widely considered one of O. Henry's most somber and haunting stories. Unlike his more lighthearted or humorous tales, this one leans heavily into urban loneliness and tragedy. The story follows a weary young man searching the boarding houses of New York City's Lower West Side for a woman he loves—an aspiring singer named Eloise Vashner. He has been searching for five months. He rents a "furnished room" from a cold, ghostly landlady. The room is dilapidated and smells of stale air and cheap perfume. As he sits in the dark, he is suddenly overwhelmed by the strong, distinct scent of mignonette—the exact fragrance Eloise used to wear. Convinced she has been in the room, he frantically searches the furniture and cracks in the wall for a sign of her, but finds nothing. Publication and Context Written/Published: The story was first published in the New York World in 1904 and later included in his famous 1906 collection, The Four Million. Historical Setting: At the turn of the century, New York was flooded with young people from rural areas seeking fame in the arts. O. Henry captures the dark side of this "American Dream"—the anonymity and despair of the big city. Possible Inspirations While O. Henry rarely cited specific inspirations, scholars point to several factors: Personal Tragedy: O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) lived a life marked by loss. His wife, Athol Estes, died young from tuberculosis. His own experiences living in cheap New York boarding houses after his release from prison gave him an intimate, firsthand look at the "transient" lifestyle. The "Furnished Room" Culture: During the early 1900s, boarding houses were a unique social phenomenon. They were places where thousands of people lived in close proximity but remained total strangers. O. Henry was fascinated by the idea that a room could hold the "ghosts" or lingering energies of those who stayed there for just a week. The Mignonette Scent: This specific flower was a popular Victorian symbol for "your qualities surpass your charms." It adds a layer of sensory nostalgia that O. Henry likely drew from the romantic literature of his era.
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Sun, 15 Feb 2026 - 21min - 918 - THE CHASE OF ROBIN HOOD by HOWARD PYLE
After winning an archery contest on behalf of the queen, the King decides to renege on his promise to allow Robin and his men a safe journey home, and sends 7 score of armed men to cut off all the roads to Nottingham. Robin sends his men in one direction while he follows another- a choice that saves his men but lands him in trouble more than once. His cunning and some old friends come to the rescue.
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Fri, 13 Feb 2026 - 45min - 917 - THE BLUE CROSS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON
METhe Blue Cross is the first of G.K. Chesterton's 53 great Father brown short stories, and it introduces two characters that are often used in future stories- French Detective Valentin and the master criminal Flambeau- who will soon be reforming and coming to the good side in future stories. In this story Valentine is after a rare and valuable Blue Cross which he knows Father Brown is carrying with him from a council meeting, and believes the good Father is a simpleton and an easy mark.
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Wed, 11 Feb 2026 - 47min - 916 - THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER by WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON
The Story Summary In this inaugural Carnacki tale, occult investigator Thomas Carnacki is called to investigate the "Grey Room" in a centuries-old mansion. The room is plagued by a violent, invisible entity that has beaten previous occupants to death. Unlike traditional ghost hunters, Carnacki uses a blend of ancient ritual and modern technology—specifically his famous "Electric Pentacle." After a terrifying night spent inside the protective barrier, witnessing a massive, disembodied hand attempt to manifest and crush him, Carnacki discovers that the haunting is tied to a historical ring and a "gateway" that was never properly sealed. He eventually succeeds in "shuttering" the spiritual leak, proving that some monsters are not just ghosts, but intruders from another dimension.
Key Themes & Atmosphere The Scientific Occultist: Carnacki doesn't just use holy water; he uses vacuum tubes, wiring, and photography. The "Outer Monstrosities": The idea that the universe contains vast, predatory forces that don't care about human morality. Claustrophobia: The tension of being trapped inside a circle while something powerful prowls just inches away in the dark. The Legacy: Influence on the Genre William Hope Hodgson's work, particularly this story, acted as a bridge between Victorian ghost stories and modern horror. The Blueprint for the "Occult Detective": While there were earlier examples (like Sheridan Le Fanu's Dr. Hesselius), Carnacki perfected the trope. He directly influenced characters like John Constantine (Hellblazer) and the Winchester brothers from Supernatural. Influence on H.P. Lovecraft: Lovecraft was a massive fan of Hodgson, praising his ability to create "cosmic fear." You can see the DNA of the "Gateway" in Lovecraft's later stories about ancient evils breaking into our reality. The Technology of Fear: Hodgson was one of the first to suggest that ghosts could be fought with science. This "technobabble" approach to the supernatural is the direct ancestor of the P.K.E. meters and proton packs in Ghostbusters. Memorable Quote "It was a hand, a vast, white, slimy hand, and it was reaching out of the center of the room toward me... It was the very essence of some monstrous, outer-world life."
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 - 57min - 915 - ROBIN HOOD TURNS BEGGAR from THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Robin Hood finally achieves his dream of becoming a beggar, at least for a day, and in the process outwits and outfights a number of scoundrels who end up contributing their wealth to the cause.
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Fri, 06 Feb 2026 - 42min - 914 - A LOVE PASSAGE by W.W. JACOBS
"A Love Passage" is a lighthearted maritime comedy from W.W. Jacobs' 1896 collection, Many Cargoes, that satirizes the bumbling romantic efforts of sailors. The Plot The story follows the mate of a schooner who decides, with somewhat clinical detachment, that it is time for him to fall in love. When the skipper brings his daughter on board for a voyage, the mate sees an opportunity and begins an exaggerated performance of romance. Performing "Love": The mate's idea of courtship is highly theatrical; he begins to mope, loses his appetite, and spends an inordinate amount of time washing and preening, much to the annoyance of the skipper. The Misunderstanding: Most of his "lovelorn" gazing goes unnoticed by the girl. While the mate believes he is deep in a profound, melancholy romance, the girl remains oblivious or merely amused by his strange behavior. The Climax: The humor peaks when the mate's attempts to appear sophisticated or "stricken" by love conflict with his actual duties on the ship, leading to comical friction with the crew and the skipper. Key Themes Performance vs. Reality: The mate is more in love with the idea of being in love than with the girl herself. Nautical Life: Jacobs uses his signature dockside vernacular and maritime setting to ground the absurdity of the "love passage" in the gritty reality of life on a schooner.
Sun, 01 Feb 2026 - 29min - 913 - AUNT PHILIPPA AND THE MEN by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
In this great short story by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, a young lady (Ursula) is ordered by her father to place some distance between herself and her suitor for the summer, and she is sent to live with her aunt on the coast. Her Aunt Philippa is a "speaks-her-mind" type of old school aunt, and does her best to discourage Ursula from marrying just anybody. Aunt Philippa is a character and a story you will want to share with your friends- and we hope you do!
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Fri, 30 Jan 2026 - 35min - 912 - THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY (PT 2) by CHARLES DICKENS
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Wed, 28 Jan 2026 - 1h 30min - 911 - THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY (PT 1) CHARLES DICKENS
"The Wreck of the Golden Mary" is a collaborative novella published by Charles Dickens in the 1856 Christmas issue of his periodical, Household Words. The story is a dramatic, suspenseful narrative focusing on the sinking of a passenger ship and the subsequent survival efforts of those in lifeboats. Summary of "The Wreck of the Golden Mary" The Voyage and Disaster: The Golden Mary, captained by William George Ravender, is en route from Liverpool to California, navigating around Cape Horn during the height of the California Gold Rush. The ship strikes an iceberg, causing it to sink. The Lifeboats: The passengers and crew escape into two lifeboats. The first chapter, written primarily by Dickens, focuses on the harrowing, orderly evacuation led by Captain Ravender and his loyal first mate, John Steadiman. Inspiration for the Story The California Gold Rush: The story is directly set against the backdrop of the 1850s California Gold Rush, with passengers on the ship chasing fortune. Victorian Shipwrecks: In the mid-19th century, maritime disasters were common, and narratives of survival and bravery at sea were popular. The theme of encountering icebergs was a known danger, and the story focuses on the psychological struggle of survivors facing extreme deprivation. Collaboration: While initiated by Dickens, the story was a collaborative effort for Household Words, allowing for different perspectives on the ordeal. "The Frozen Deep": Dickens was preparing his theatrical production of The Frozen Deep at the time, which also featured themes of Arctic survival and, likely, influenced the icy, dramatic nature of this story. The novella is noted for exploring human behavior under severe stress, combining intense, realistic details of the wreck with the psychological resilience of the survivors.
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Sun, 25 Jan 2026 - 58min - 910 - THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE QUARTER A SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE
A young rugby player comes to Holmes with worries that their star player is missing and that something bad may have happened to him. Holmes and Watson do their best to uncover the mystery.
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Sat, 24 Jan 2026 - 50min - 909 - 'THE SHADOW' VINTAGE RADIO MYSTERY NOW PLAYIING M-W-F AT 1001 GHOST, CHILLER & LOVECRAFT
Join host Gizelle Erickson every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4pm ET at 1001 Ghost, Chiller & Lovecraft Podcast as she introduces the nuances of every episode of America's favorite vigilante radio serial 'The Shadow' as Lamont Cranston and his sexy sidekick Margot Lane bring all the lowlifes and sleazeballs who never thought they would be punished to justice. Take the Shadow challenge and listen to the first five episodes like I did to really get an understanding of the show and you'll be a fan!
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Fri, 23 Jan 2026 - 03min - 908 - 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 detained, and later runs into trouble on the trail. Having lived with the Sheriff for months Little John has put on some weight and doesn't have the staying power he used to have...
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Wed, 21 Jan 2026 - 45min - 907 - 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 true "citizen of the world," free from hometown ties. Coglan boasts of world travels, dismissing regional pride and judging people individually. However, when a stranger insults Coglan's hometown of Mattawamkeag, Maine, Coglan fiercely defends it, revealing his profound local loyalty and leading to a fight, thereby exposing his hypocrisy and proving the narrator's theory that true cosmopolites are rare.
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Fri, 16 Jan 2026 - 16min - 906 - 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 cleaned up for public consumption.
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Wed, 14 Jan 2026 - 32min - 905 - 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 Nordland county (in Norway) between the Norwegian Sea and the Vestfjorden. This Moskstraumen was the inspiration for Poe's tale. Poe learnt about the maelstrom from several sources, which included an 1834 story in Fraser's Magazine titled 'The Maelstrom: A Fragment'.
'A Descent into the Maelstrom' is a classic example of Poe's incorporation of real-life, non-fiction accounts of phenomena into fiction. The story provides us with something that real life almost certainly never could: what would it be like to be caught up in such a powerful force as the Maelstrom and yet live to tell the tale? Much like people who claim to have had near-death experiences in which they have seen the 'other side', the white-haired man experienced, and survived, something that nobody else had.
Many of Edgar Allan Poe's tales focus on protagonists who find themselves in trouble because of their own behaviour: so the murderer in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' is driven mad by his own guilt (or, depending on how you read that ambiguous story, by the supernatural beating of his victim's heart beneath the floorboards), while the cat-killer in 'The Black Cat' also brings his subsequent haunting and bad luck upon his own head through his cruelty to his pet.
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Sun, 11 Jan 2026 - 49min - 904 - 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 member who wants to sell the information to their enemies, the Martians- and only one man can stop him.
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Sat, 10 Jan 2026 - 32min - 903 - 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 rare wine selection, located deep beneath his villa in old catecombs. He then chains the man to the walls and builds a wall to hide the man from any searchers.
Inspired by a legend Poe had heard while he was serving with the army in Boston.
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Wed, 07 Jan 2026 - 18min - 902 - 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 while trying to prevent a wildfire from destroying their farms.
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Sat, 03 Jan 2026 - 29min - 901 - 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 scramble to save US civilians stranded upriver at a drilling station. An Oldsmobile turns up out of nowhere offering them one chance at salvation.
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Sat, 03 Jan 2026 - 51min - 900 - 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 stand of the Chicago American League grounds. We had come to see the Rube's break into fast company. My great pitcher, Whittaker Hurtle, the Rube, as we called him, had won the Eastern League Pennant for me that season, and Morrisey, the Chicago magnate, had bought him.
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Wed, 31 Dec 2025 - 34min - 899 - 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 work- so she convinces him to switch jobs the next day..
The Choice of Hercules- a young Hercules is journeying toward the mountains when he sees the road split and pauses to decide which to take.He is soon approached by two beautiful women, one who offers an easy path full of fun and the other who says there will be hard going and you'll have ups and downs- but you will be able to enjoy the fruits of your labors once you reach your destination.Which does he choose?
Sun, 28 Dec 2025 - 16min - 898 - THREE WISE GUYS 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 their troubles.
Damon Runyan, a New York city sports writer and author, rose to fame in the prohibition era for his colorful stories which involved characters typical of the shady side of Brooklyn. Runyan's stories were always narrated by one of these nameless mobsters, and always spoken in the present tense. This style became very popular in movies in the thirties and forties. The Three Stooges popularized Runyan;s famous quote from this story "Wise Guy, eh?", and was one of the many expressions that were popularized during that era.
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Sat, 27 Dec 2025 - 36min - 897 - THE TWO WINNIE THE POOHS
The real story of the two Winnie-The-Poohs!
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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 - 12min - 896 - MAMMON AND THE ARCHER by O. HENRYSun, 21 Dec 2025 - 17min
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A hopeless drunk and failed attorney finds redemption in this well written tale by O.Henry..
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Sat, 20 Dec 2025 - 41min - 894 - 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 hidden letter which has become an impossible feat for the Paris police. Poe's detective stories led the way for other authors to introduce the detective genre. Enjoy all our shows at www.bestof1001stories.com
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Wed, 17 Dec 2025 - 48min - 893 - 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 eccentric old doctor who requires an extremely cold living situation to stay alive.One day, the writer suffers a seizure and knowing his nearest neighbor is a doctor.he goes upstairs to ask for help. The story gets stranger as the doctor comes to depend on the man for his survival, and the writer, feeling that he owes the doctorfor saving him, does all he can to help the failing old man stay alive.
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Sun, 14 Dec 2025 - 25min - 892 - 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 given a team of detectives who are convinced that The Prime Minister was captured in France but Poirot insists on looking in England..
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Sat, 13 Dec 2025 - 43min - 891 - 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. But he comes across a murder, but who is the guilty party. Father Brown investigates. A great Father Brown mystery from the pen of G.K.Chesterton.
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Wed, 10 Dec 2025 - 43min - 890 - CAPTAIN ELI'S BEST EAR by FRANK STOCKTON A 1001 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL SELECTION
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Two old sea captains put their heads together to provide a special Christmas for a little girl in need of one.
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Sat, 06 Dec 2025 - 51min - 889 - 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 strange menagerie she keeps in her shabby hut on the mountain. When the church deacon and pastor decide to make an unnounced visit to 'Christmas Jenny's' home and enter without an invite, a close friend from the town gives them a piece of her mind.
A good Christmas story from Mry E.Wilkins Freeman.
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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 - 38min - 888 - 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 New Orleans no longer friendly to hoboes, hits the road for better chances, and finds himself the new owner of a young ladie's stocking which was accidentally dropped from a passing carriage. Its a story that will immerse you in life along the river at the dawn of the 20th century and keep you in suspense as trouble approaches a sugar cane plantation outside of New Orleans.
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Sun, 30 Nov 2025 - 43min - 887 - ANN MARY; HER TWO THANKSGIVINGS by MARY E .WILKINS FREEMANWed, 26 Nov 2025 - 34min
- 886 - HOW WE KEPT THANKSGIVING AT OLDTOWN by HARRIET BEECHER STOWESun, 23 Nov 2025 - 30min
- 885 - 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 California and raides by a grizzled bunch of miners. This story helped to puch Bret Harte to international prominence as a writer, and contains a veritable cornucopia of descriptive words- a great tool for learning and expanding your literary horizons.
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Sat, 22 Nov 2025 - 27min - 884 - 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 over heels for a girl who serves food at a local coffee shop and also works as a chef for a wealthy old man. Bingo wants to marry her but needs to have his wealthy Uncle up his monthly allowance so he can support her. A plan proposed by Jeeves looks like it might do the trick.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2025 - 36min - 883 - 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 seeking financial support which her nw dead father, a Texas hero, had denied,hoping that whatever had been promised to him could be passed down to her. Conversation led to her sharing her name and the commisioner related that yes, her father and he had fought together and been close friends for years. She also shared the fact that her bum of a husgand had taken her money and turned her out after mistreating her.
The commissioner promised he would help her one way or the other.
This is a great story you don't want to miss!
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Sun, 16 Nov 2025 - 32min - 882 - 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 two young newlyweds, Sasha and Varya, who are enjoying profound, almost dream-like happiness while strolling on the platform of a little country station under the moonlight. The air is still and heavy with the fragrance of lilac and wild cherry, and they look forward to a perfect, quiet supper of chicken "just big enough for two," along with salmon and sardines. Sasha remarks that their "splendid time" seems almost unbelievable. However, their tranquility is instantly shattered when the train, described as a "dark monster," pulls up to destroy their little oasis of peace.
For the Credits: Narration & Production: Gizelle Erickson Executive Producer: Jon Hagadorn Music and Sound Effects: Thanks to Victor vanTast "Prelulde Des-Dur" Music by Lutz Dalkowski from Pixabay Nature ambience Cyprus Troodos mountains Mount Olympus Sound effect by Freesound Community from Pixabay
Sun, 09 Nov 2025 - 31min - 881 - 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 tells of the actual events in a brief, appealing format suitable for all ages. For the bigger story, we encourage you to go to our 1001 Heroes podcast Nov 24, 2021 and check out 'The True Story of the First Thanksgiving'.
A Brave Little Quakeress- Written by Edward Payson Roe, this true story of a 12 year old Quaker farm girl who shows courage far beyond her age when her home and family is attacked by Tories during the Revolution reminds us that courage comes in all sizes and shapes.
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Wed, 05 Nov 2025 - 31min - 880 - FALL FAMILY SPECIAL: THE LAST LEAF by O.HENRY A GREENWICH VILLAGE STORY
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 for work in a growing new city. Sue and Johnsy were two young female artists living on hope and not much else. When Johnsy got sick Sue was told by the doctor that Johnsy didn't have long to live- but Sue never gave up- as far as she was concerned they were family. Its a "masterpiece" from O.Henry!
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Wed, 29 Oct 2025 - 18min - 879 - HOLIDAYS ARE HERE AS 1001 HEROES AND 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES GO 100% FAMILY AND HONOR THEMES NOW THRU DEC 31ST ( SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE- MORE COMING MID NOV)
The Holidays are approaching and at 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast our shows themes every Sunday will be turning to FAMILY and HONOR -SINCE MANY OF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BRINGING FAMILY TOGETHER, RECONNECTING , SEEKING CLOSURE ON ACCOUNT OF LOST ONES, seeking justice, KEEPING THE PEACE. HONORING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND BUILDING NEW RELATIONSHIPS. A FEW EXAMPLES: AT 1001 HEROES WE BRING NEW EPISODS EVERY Sunday at noon eastern and a 'best of "listener favorite every Thursday night at 9PM ET- MOST OF THESE Best ofs after Halloween will also carry similar themes that unite with these topics. I'll tag them as Fall Family and Honor Themed Beginning this last week of October and lasting through the holidays, we are offering a number of interview-base shows dealing with subjectS that go straight to the heart starting with "LIVE, LAUGH, AND FIND TRUE LOVE: A STEP BYSTEP GUIDE TO BUILDING NEW RELATIONSHIPS- OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR AND LONG TIME L.A. DIVORCE ATTORNEY SARAH INTELLIGATOR- She is empowering, inspirational and packed with powerful tools to help you, male or female, to a healthy, fun and fulfilling relationship- whether youre on the brink of a marriage or just starting out or hoping to find a lasting love- don't miss this interview and book! We'll talk about the 5FasilFactors- Fundamental values, fear, Foundation, Fixing, and Fairy Tales-I guarantee you will appreciate her honest take. The following week Sunday NOV 2: Holidays are tough on the families of murder victims and missing relatives: A son's12 year long search for the killer of his father as we interview California Congressman ,author, and law firm partner Mike Gatto- who is still actively searching for clues to his fathers murder– And asking each of you to offer your theories and ideas as to new ways to look at the evidence which he lays out in his book Noir by Necessity And in this interview. This book is a True Crime page turner with a powerful Family theme… On Sunday Nov 9th Retired Police Sgt Bert "Maverick" Gonzalez reminds us why families of those who are constantly working in service to others in police, military, and rescue throughout the holidays are sacrificing so much to keep the peace-- in his new book The Real Greatest Show on Earth- all lessons learned and stories told gathered from his 40 years of service in Florida's Miami Dade county- it's a well told story that bridges the gap between crime scenes and calm and in a family sense, because it shows the important link between mental health and community engagement is just as important as tactics
Thesae are just three examples of our FALL FAMILY ORIENTED SHOWS AT 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries-now thru December is solid family, holiday-themes, honoring the men and women in uniform whose prence will be missed at many dinner tables this coming holiday,, and heart-felt stories and advice.
We'll be doing the same thing at 1001 Classic Short Stories & tales so stay tuned for that update as well- and This is Jon Hagadorn, your host at 1001 Heroes, legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast- Make sure to share our Fall family and Honor themed shows over the next 9 weeks and bring us new listeners! Also check our our new website at www.bestof1001stories.com for our entire archives of all 12 1001 shows, sign up at any "Newsletter Sign Up Page- and that newslatter will cover the coming week 's specials and shows, offering lots of insight and sometimes personal stories. One more thing- the holidays are a time for giving- and we really appreciate those who give monthly to cover our basic expenses here at 1001 Stories network. By going to patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork and signing ing up for a few dollars a month to help us forward. I have also been bringing on new help with some terrific talents which you've heard or enjoyed in Gizelle Ericksen and Lena Alsup- and I'm seeking a male voice for narrating some good stories for Old West and others.
Sun, 26 Oct 2025 - 05min - 878 - 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 group of gnomes carrying a keg of liquor and getting ready to party. He falls asleep for a long, long time....
The American Boy- Teddy Roosevelt shares his opinion of what a good American boy should be all about- honesty, morality, courage, and a desire to protect the weak.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2025 - 17min - 877 - 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 lie to his story, saying that a known local townsman was near the boy at the time the train pulled in. This psychological thriller ends in a crowded courtroom as the boy comes to term with the results of his actions.
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Wed, 22 Oct 2025 - 31min - 876 - 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 back. The Captain, after investigating the house to find two other family occupants, finds himself drawn to the girl but struglles to find a way to tell her.
Sun, 19 Oct 2025 - 37min - 875 - 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 silently approached by three different entities- the first promises wealth, the second promises love, and the third robbery and possible death. A great lesson on how life (and sometimes tragedy) passes us by when we're not watching closely.
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Sat, 18 Oct 2025 - 19min - 874 - MARJORIE DAW (PT 2 OF 2) T.B. ALDRICHWed, 15 Oct 2025 - 23min
- 873 - MARJORIE DAW (PT 1) by THOMAS B. ELDRICH
Two close pals exchange letters, one having had to cancel his trip to a summer spot in New Hampshire with his friend due to a broken leg. In the letters the pal in New Hampshire begins to write of the presence of a beautiful young lady named Marjorie Daw, who is living there at "Tyhe Pines" in a house with her father. Our brone-legged friend, withering away in New York City, takes an instant interest in the young lady and begs for more letters and more story on her.
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Sun, 12 Oct 2025 - 27min - 872 - THE CAGE and OUT ON THE FIELD BY ZANE GREY
Wayne University Ken Ward has a long shot at playing varsity baseball ijn his first year due to the team's varsity players being grounded by playing ball outside the college off season. When the tryouts come over a hundred players show up and they are hooted mercilessly by the varsity players now on the sidelines.
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Fri, 10 Oct 2025 - 36min - 871 - THE BOULEVARD OF ROGUES by MEREDITH NICHOLSON
From the author who gave us "House of 1,000 Candles" (currently at 1001 Stories For The Road) comes this short story about a city councilman who m as a lesson in honesty, began to install statues on the town's main boulevard that featured some of the town's past crooked leaders, and some poor decisions of the past- calling it "the boulevard of rogues".
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Wed, 08 Oct 2025 - 18min - 870 - THE PRELIMINARIES by A.C.COMER
A young man wants to marry a local girl whose father was recently sent to prison for embezzling another person's money. He talks to the girl's mother, who has three daughters, and she doesn't want any of them to marry, because she doesn't them to grow old and bitter like her as a result of not living the grand life she had hoped for. (She was constantly pushing her husband to provide more and living beyond their lifestyle, which he why he "borrowed" short term loan from another man, and though his investment saved his family from ruin and he paid it back- he got caught.)
Then he asked his father for permission to marry and his father said that the girl's familie's reputation was now "tainted" and that would haunt him through their marriage,
Then he got an appointment to meet with her father in prison- which he did- and what a story!
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Sun, 05 Oct 2025 - 46min - 869 - DUTCH COURAGE by JACK LONDON
Two young mountain climbers are about to take on the famous Half Dome in the High Sierras when they see a distress signal flashed at them from high up on the peak..
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Fri, 03 Oct 2025 - 23min - 868 - THE LIE (PT 2) MARY ANTINWed, 01 Oct 2025 - 32min
- 867 - THE LIE (PT 1) MARY ANTIN
A teacher in a city school circa 1916 (we assume New York) works with a 12 year old immigrant boy whose family had recently arrived from Russia as he becomes assimilated to our culture. In part one the boy, after she asks him to try on a George Washington costume for an upcoming school play, becomes very upset- but won't give up what is hurting him.
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Sun, 28 Sep 2025 - 25min - 866 - BLIND MAN'S HOLIDAY by O.HENRY
This engaging story takes place in New Orleans in the early 1900's, as a young man and woman get married spontaneously, but within hours the man begins to wonder if he has made the right decision, and goes back to the priest asking how he can annul the marriage. Through twists and turns and a surprise ending the man finds he still has a lot to learn. O.HENRY BEST STORIES. O.HENRY PODCAST.
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Fri, 26 Sep 2025 - 53min - 865 - THE RUBE'S WATERLOO by ZANE GREY
Con, the Worcester coach, is all set to win the series when his best pitcher, nicknamed "The Rube', falls apart. It seems that a very pretty girl named Nan Brown has the Rube so distracted that he can't perform- and its going to take some really tricky relationship coaching to make it to the pennant.
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Wed, 24 Sep 2025 - 31min - 864 - A CANARY FOR ONE and MY OLD MAN ERNEST HEMINGWAYSun, 21 Sep 2025 - 48min
- 863 - THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHEAP FLAT POIROT INVESTIGATES
The famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot uses his "little grey cells" to break an international spy ring.
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Fri, 19 Sep 2025 - 34min - 862 - ROBIN HOOD SHOOTS FOR QUEEN ELEANOR by HOWARD PYLE
Robin receives a royal request from the Queen to represent her at the national match, promising he and his followers safe journey to and from London. he accepts, and brings 4 of his trusty men with him.
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Wed, 17 Sep 2025 - 46min - 861 - THE GREAT SERMON HANDICAP A JEEVES STORY from P.G.WODEHOUSE
Another great tale from Wodehouse taking a poke at the generation of wealthy young men who are kept on retainers by rich relatives and have no desire to work- thus having to create their own entertainment- in this case, betting on which church reverend will give the longest sermon on the coming Sunday.
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Sun, 14 Sep 2025 - 39min - 860 - LITTLE JOHN GOES TO NOTTINGHAM FAIR and HOW LITTLE JOHN LIVED AT THE SHERIFF;S
Two great Robin Hood adventures from Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
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Wed, 10 Sep 2025 - 41min - 859 - THE RACE by STEWART EDWARD WHITE
Two cowboys are paid to round up a crew of Mexicans to drive a herd of cattle near the Mexican border. When one of the vaqueros becomes angry and shoots the black cook, one of the cowboys shoots and kills the Mexican, turning the Mexicans againt the two gringos. Trapped by gunfire, they try to figure out a way to come out of the mess alive.
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Wed, 10 Sep 2025 - 26min - 858 - SPRINGTIME A LA CARTE and THE MARRY MONTH OF MAY A DOUBLEHEADER FROM O.HENRY
Spring has arrived, and in the bustling city of New York in 1905 or so minds were turning to other than business pursuits. Two great stories from O.Henry that illustrate what NYC was like in those formative years- with ice delivery wagons, coal furnaces, gum-chewing shop girls, and single women trying to make it on their own.
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Sun, 07 Sep 2025 - 31min - 857 - BEST OF: THE BODY SNATCHERS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
SPOOKTEMBER IS HERE!! A favorite tale of horror from Robert Louis Stevenson who gave us Treasure Island (which, by the way, is over at 1001 Stories For the Road). T
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Fri, 05 Sep 2025 - 52min - 856 - THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANON by FRANK STOCKTON
A classic Frank Stockton tale about a griffin ( a winged beast of legend) and a minor canon- meaning an associate pastor/priest who handles the actual job of visiting and teaching the congregation). Our story: A little rural church built centuries ago features a stone likeness of a griffin above the entrance door, and word reaches a Griffin that his likeness is attached to a church. Naturally he plans a trip to see it.
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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 - 38min - 855 - THE WORST CRIME IN THE WORLD A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
A great Father Brown Mystery from GK Chesteron's collection 'The Wisdom of Father Brown.
Father Brown plans to meet his niece in a picture gallery, but before he does, he encounters a lawyer named Granby who wants his opinion about a man named Musgrove who has received mized reviews. Upon meeting his niece, father brown finds out she is planning on marrying Musgrave- and Father Brown takes a sudden interest.
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Sun, 31 Aug 2025 - 42min - 854 - MIDNIGHT MYSTERY SPECIAL: THE HONOUR OF ISRAEL GOY A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
Father Brown, thief-turned-detective Flambeau, and an inspector from Scotland Yard come to a castle in Scotland to try to determine if a murder has been committed there.
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Fri, 29 Aug 2025 - 37min - 853 - 2 B R 0 2 B by KURT VONNEGUT
(to be or naught to be) In a future where death is volunteered and the population is controlled, a soon-to-be father waits for his triplets to be born—and he must find three volunteers to die in order for them to live.. Explicit includes violence. Thought -provoking commentary about a futuristic totalitarian society
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Wed, 27 Aug 2025 - 22min - 852 - A MYSTERY OF HEROISM by STEPHEN CRANE
meAmidst a raging battle taking place over an otherwise peaceful glen, a soldier, having been taunted by others, decides to run under shell and rifle fire across an open meadow filled with dying men and horses to a nearby well to fill canteens.
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Sun, 24 Aug 2025 - 22min - 851 - THE UNEXPECTED by JACK LONDON
A woman hunting the Klondike for gold with her husband meets 'the unexpected' when tragedy suddenly occurs within their group and tests her ability to cope with life threatening circumstances.
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Fri, 22 Aug 2025 - 50min - 850 - MR.VINCENT EGG AND THE WAGE OF SIN H.C. BUNNER
An elder man living out his latter days in Paris and working part time writing for a tour guide spends one week every month drinking himself into a stupor between writing jobs and having no concern for other people's problems until his laundress (washerwoman) shares her miserable life with him, giving him a reason to care for others.
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Wed, 20 Aug 2025 - 31min - 849 - MY WATCH and MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE by MARK TWAIN
MY WATCH: A humurous piece describing the narrator's futile efforts to get his watch fixed
MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE: An autobiographical piece describing Twain as a young typesetter in Hannibal who gets a rare chance to write an article or two for the daily paper while the owner is out for a few days
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Sun, 17 Aug 2025 - 14min - 848 - THE HUNTER'S LODGE CASE by AGATHA CHRISTIE
With Poirot recovering from the flu, Hastings sets out to solve a murder. In the process, as Hastings share the results of his investigation, Poirot responds to him by wire with requests that Hastings can't see the value of- until Poirot solves the case without ever leaving his hotel room.
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Fri, 15 Aug 2025 - 31min - 847 - THE UNFAMILIAR by RICHARD CONNELL
A small, broze-skinned man shows up mysteriously in a small Connecicut farming town wearing strange clothes and speaking very little english. A local farmer rescues him from a trip to the jail by offering to be responsible for him and then puts him to work. Over time, the small man's unfamiliarty with everything to big machines to glowing fireflies earns him a reputation as a coward until.....
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Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 34min - 846 - O.HENRY DOUBLE PLAY: DOUGHERTY'S EYE OPENER and LITTLE SPECK IN GARNERED FRUIT
Big Jim Dougherty was a sporting man, but he hadn;t been much of a husband to Del. After three years of marriage she finally had to ask him to take her out to dinner. She dressed to impress. A great New York in 1905 short story.
"The Kid" was a successful bantam weight boxer, just married in NYC, with a loving wife for whom he would do anything- and that's just what she asked him to do. But finding a fresh pear in New York in the winter was no easy task.
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Our protagonist finds himself stranded at Innsmouth and given a room at the only hotel- a room from which he makes a narrow escape as unseen creatures start tearing down the door.
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Fri, 08 Aug 2025 - 1h 12min - 842 - (BEST OF-LISTENER FAVORITES) THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH (PT 2 OF 3) by H.P. LOVECRAFT
The suspense heats up quickly as our narrator finds the town drunk, who, with the help of a quart of whiskey, shares an incredible story of devil worship and sacrifice. Then our narrator finds that there is no bus leaving town and he will have to stay at the only inn.
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Fri, 08 Aug 2025 - 54min - 841 - (BEST OF-LISTENER FAVORITES) THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH (PT ONE) by H.P. LOVECRAFT
You are a guest in a house on Adams Street listening to a first hand account from a witness to exactly what happened there years ago to cause the little seaside town and its people to become so strange. It is a horrifying tale of a supernatural being from the sea named Dagon that gripped the town with fear and disease and wouldn't let go.
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Fri, 08 Aug 2025 - 1h 05min - 840 - HUCKLEBERRY by FRANK STOCKTON A TALE OF RIDDLES
Frank Stockton not only gave us some great short stories but also some very well-loved children's tales.
Frank Stockton (1854 - 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known for his allegorical fairy tales for all ages. Rather than moralizing, he tended to poke fun at qualities like greed, violence, and abuse of power. The Lady, or the Tiger?, his most famous story (published in 1882), offers a compelling choice for the reader because there is no right answer. It is a fascinating illustration of the conflict between determinism and free-will, an increasingly popular choice for middle school language arts teachers to include in their persuasive writing lessons. His story, The Griffin and the Minor Canon (1885) received renewed interest in 1963, with an edition illustrated by Maurice Sendak. We feature both works on our Fairy Tales Guide.
Stockton also offers a different storytelling style, a more subtle element of surprise, as in The Widow's Cruise, a slow-paced conversation between widows and visiting seafaring men, in which one widow tells the most dramatic sea story of all.
Wed, 06 Aug 2025 - 18min - 839 - THE AUNT AND THE SLUGGARD by P.G. WODEHOUSE
"The Aunt and the Sluggard" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in the Saturday Evening Post in the United States in April 1916, and in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom in August 1916. The story was also included in the 1925 collection Carry On, Jeeves.[1]
In the story, Bertie's friend Rocky, a reclusive poet who dislikes city life, needs help from Bertie and Jeeves when he is instructed by his aunt to go to exciting parties in New York and write letters to her about them.
Plot He was a poet. At least, he wrote poems when he did anything; but most of his time, as far as I could make out, he spent in a sort of trance. He told me once that he could sit on a fence, watching a worm and wondering what on earth it was up to, for hours at a stretch.
— Bertie describes Rocky, the sluggard[2] In New York, Bertie is surprised to be woken by his friend Rockmetteller "Rocky" Todd, who normally lives quietly in the country. Rocky received a letter from his aunt in Illinois and namesake, Miss Isabel Rockmetteller: she will pay Rocky an allowance, on the condition that he live in New York and write to her once a week about his experiences there so she can enjoy the city second-hand. She feels that she is not healthy enough to go to New York herself, though Rocky asserts that she is only being lazy.
Wodehouse often has Bertie Wooster allude to a literary work he would have studied at school, though Bertie rarely quotes precisely, giving merely a sketchy version of the original work. An example of this in "The Aunt and the Sluggard" occurs when Bertie is at the hotel missing Jeeves: "It was like what somebody or other wrote about the touch of a vanished hand" (from Tennyson's "The May Queen"). Another example occurs when Aunt Isabel arrives unexpectedly at Bertie's apartment: "The situation floored me. I'm not denying it. Hamlet must have felt much as I did when his father's ghost bobbed up in the fairway"
The contrast in Jeeves's and Bertie's diction leads to what Wodehouse scholar Kristin Thompson terms the "translation device". Jeeves often says something that Bertie repeats in less formal language, either to make sure he understands or to translate for someone else. This device is used for comic effect in "The Aunt and the Sluggard", when Jeeves provides a long, formal, sophisticated description of his plan for Rocky to have someone else write letters about New York to his aunt. When Rocky is confused by Jeeves's complex speech, Bertie translates Jeeves's idea for Rocky in much fewer, simpler words. The humour in these situations arises from the fact that Bertie's version is much shorter than Jeeves's.
The title is a pun on Book of Proverbs 6:6 "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise."
The fictional character Jimmy Mundy is based on evangelical preacher Billy Sunday.
In the story, Jeeves visits two nightclubs, "Frolics on the Roof" and the "Midnight Revels". Both of these names were derived from the popular "Midnight Frolics" at the New Amsterdam's Roof Garden theatre.
Publication history
1916 Saturday Evening Post illustration by Tony Sarg Tony Sarg provided illustrations for the story in the Saturday Evening Post. Alfred Leete illustrated the story in the Strand.
The story was featured in the 1919 collection My Man Jeeves and in the 1925 collection Carry On, Jeeves. There are some minor differences between the two book versions of the story. For example, in the My Man Jeeves version, one of the phrases in the poem by Rocky Todd which Bertie quotes is "With every muscle". This phrase is changed to "With every fibre" in the Carry On, Jeeves version of the story.
The 1958 collection Selected Stories by P. G. Wodehouse, published by The Modern Library, and the 1985 collection P. G. Wodehouse Short Stories, published by The Folio Society and illustrated by George Adamson, included the story.
"The Aunt and the Sluggard" was collected in the 1958 anthology The Saturday Evening Post Carnival of Humor, published by Prentice-Hall.
Sun, 03 Aug 2025 - 53min - 838 - (BEST OF: LISTENER FAVORITE) THE LADY WITH THE LAMP: THE STORY OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE by ELMER ADAMS AND WARREN FOSTER
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Fri, 01 Aug 2025 - 16min - 837 - ADVENTURE OF THE WESTERN STAR ( A POIROT MYSTERY) by AGATHA CHRISTIE
Outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie has sold more books than any other author. Inj this Hercule Poirot detective mystery, Poirot solves a double robbery involving two rare diamonds.
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Wed, 30 Jul 2025 - 50min - 836 - THE VANISHING OF VAUDREY A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY (W BONUS PRELUDE)
In one of GK Chesterton'slast collections, the Wisdom of Father Brown, Father Brown, while visiting a retired Flambeau in Spain, explains to a curious guest how he solves murders. Then he begins to recall past events, one story of which is 'The Vanishing of Vaudrey'.
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Sun, 27 Jul 2025 - 1h 14min - 835 - A VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN by BRET HARTE
A young American man visiting a nearly deserted old abbey in England decides to take a swim in a secluded but inviting pond filled with crumbling statues. Suddenly a young lady enters from a hidden path, and not knowing for sure what to do, and not wanting to frighten or embarrass her, he becomes a statue some distance away through the reeds. To his surprise, she pulls out her sketchbook...
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Fri, 25 Jul 2025 - 26min - 834 - A TRIVIAL INCIDENT by ANTON CHEKHOV
A Trivial Incident- An Earlybird Release
Our narrator and his friend enter the woods on a large estate to hunt woodcock but are soon told that the owner does not allow hunting. The narrator's friend once knew the lady owner so they approach the house hoping to leverage that old friendship. Chekhov shows his mastery of the short story through characterization, which takes an ordinary event and incorporates mixed emotions to make a moving account of what would normally be "a trivial incident".
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Wed, 23 Jul 2025 - 25min - 833 - THE GOLD and THE CAT BY MARY E. WILKIINS FREEMAN
The Gold- The Colonies had recently gone to war with the Old Country and New England coastal residents were hearing that british ships were raiding small towns. One married couple, having just received a large inheritance of gold, knew that it had to be hidden and quickly....
The Cat- A loner cat surviving by himself one winter in a mountain cabin, his mastrer having left for the winter, receives a visitor to the cabin in the form of an old man seeking shelter. The man is too weak to provide food, the cat appreciates the companionship, and a strong bond is formed. An excellent story about humans and animals and their need for companionship- lots of highly descrptive phrases here that illustrate a short story writer at the top of her game.
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Sun, 20 Jul 2025 - 50min - 832 - (BEST OF) THE SHARTZ-METTERKLUME METHOD & THE OPEN WINDOW by SAKI
TWO great Saki stories today poking fun at Victorian era society.. First- The Shartz-Metterklume method- a mysterious lady of class is mistaken for the newly hired nanny (governess) of a wealthy family and bedlam follows. In The Open Window, a young man who has been sent to a country estate to cure his extreme nervousness is set upon by a precocious 15 year old girl with advanced storytelling abilities.
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